Yi Shangyun pouted and asked doubtfully, "Does Third Young Master also believe that this medicine is really that miraculous?"
Yi Junhao smiled and nodded in response, then extended a large hand to her and took the red plum blossom four-cornered lantern from her hand.
With a suspicious look on her face, Yi Shangyun uncorked the bottle, brought it close to her nose and smelled it. As a medical whiz from the 21st century and CEO of a well-known domestic pharmaceutical group, she could accurately guess the composition ratio of any traditional Chinese medicine just by smelling it, a skill that many of her colleagues envied.
But then, she suddenly frowned and muttered, "Deer antler slices, prepared rehmannia root, dried ginger, ephedra, cinnamon, licorice root, white mustard seed, Sichuan achyranthes root, ground beetle, saposhnikovia root, angelica root—isn't this Yanghe Decoction? Its effects are warming yang, dispelling cold and dampness, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, and unblocking the meridians. How could it possibly be effective for such a severe case of cold poisoning like hers? It seems tonight's trip was truly in vain. However, to actually meet Young Master Yi here... Oh well... let's just consider this trip as fulfilling my promise to him that day, to spend New Year's Eve with him. Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem like it was truly a wasted trip."
After thinking it through, her brows gradually relaxed.
Yi Junhao noticed her murmuring and asked curiously, "What were you saying just now?"
Yi Shangyun snapped out of her reverie and smiled, saying to him, "Oh, it's nothing. I just took a closer sniff of this medicine, and it seems to taste particularly bitter."
Upon hearing this, Yi Junhao's eyes immediately lit up with doting affection. He then gently rubbed her nose and said, "Good medicine tastes bitter, don't you know? Candy may be sweet, but can it cure illness?"
Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun was instantly stunned, a deep sense of homesickness welling up in her heart.
She remembered that in the 21st century, whenever she was sick and afraid of injections and medicine, her mother would say the same thing to her, exactly the same thing Yi Junhao was saying now.
She once secretly threw away the injection solution on her way to the hospital, pretending that she had already received the injection, and happily returned home.
He once secretly slipped extremely bitter Western medicine pills into his pocket when his mother wasn't looking, but he forgot to throw them away later. When his mother was washing clothes, the pockets of his clothes were stained brown, and his mother eventually found out.
There were times when, at dusk, as darkness fell, she would squat under a tree to take a bowl of very bitter Chinese medicine. This way, she could pretend to take the medicine while letting the tree roots drink it for her. She even fantasized that after the tree took the medicine, it would transform into a tree spirit with super magic to play and frolic with her.
...
All of this ultimately resulted in her mother personally standing in front of her to supervise her every time she took her medicine, checking her mouth and palms, for fear that she would continue to waste the medicine.
As she thought about it, her eyes couldn't help but well up with tears.
Young Master Yi noticed that something was wrong with her and hurriedly asked with concern and heartache, "Girl, what's wrong? Don't cry. Trust your third brother, this medicine will definitely cure the cold poison in your body. Your third brother swears... it will definitely work."
As he spoke, he hurriedly reached out to wipe away the tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. Her eyes were wet with tears, and she looked at him pitifully.
Half a day later, she sniffed and said to Yi Junhao, "Third Young Master, thank you."
Yi Junhao was naturally unhappy that she kept saying those three words, but after seeing her tearful face just now, he didn't want to scold her anymore. He just urged her, "Listen to me, quickly take this medicine. Third brother has a surprise for you, so you won't feel bitter."
Little did he know that the real reason Yi Shangyun burst into tears was because of a single, unintentional remark he had just made.
Then, Yi Shangyun gently lifted a corner of her veil, raised her head slightly, and drank the medicine from the small porcelain bottle in one gulp.
Yi Junhao looked at the obedient and docile Yi Shangyun with a doting smile.
"Bang..." Just then, a loud noise came from behind Yi Shangyun.
Hearing the sound, she quickly turned around and saw colorful fireworks rising one after another in the middle of the flat ground in front of her. Their dazzling flames shot straight into the sky, resounding through the clouds and instantly illuminating the entire night sky.
Looking up at the night sky, Yi Shangyun murmured, "So beautiful..."
Yi Junhao, however, stared intently at her face, which was veiled and obscured by her veil, completely captivated by her beauty.
Only after the fireworks ended and disappeared did Yi Shangyun turn around, only to meet Yi Junhao's gaze, which seemed unable to look away. Yi Shangyun immediately blushed.
Yi Junhao suddenly realized her discomfort, so he turned to look at the twinkling stars in the sky and exclaimed, "Look, there's a shooting star!"
Before she could react, Yi Junhao's two gentle and delicate hands gripped her shoulders and turned her body around.
Looking back, I saw two shooting stars in the night sky that suddenly emitted a dazzling light before streaking across the sky and plummeting down.
"Make a wish quickly!" Yi Junhao urged again, and then saw Yi Shangyun obediently put her hands together in front of her chest and close her eyes.
Just then, Yi Junhao smiled behind her and quietly took out the small jade-colored medicine bottle from his bosom.
He gently uncorked the bottle, and by the dim light, he saw a faint purple wisp, resembling both gas and smoke, slowly rising from the jade-colored medicine bottle and swirling above it.
He quickly moved it closer to Yi Shangyun, and the streams of something that looked like either gas or smoke instantly seemed to be bewitched, joyfully flowing into Yi Shangyun's seven orifices...
Finally, after making a long wish, Yi Shangyun slowly opened her beautiful phoenix eyes.
Just then, several more meteors began to slowly streak across the night sky, followed by many more. For a moment, these meteors seemed to be moving house, bustling about in the night sky, slowly shifting their positions and then gradually sliding down...
"There really is a meteor shower tonight, it's incredible!" Yi Shangyun stared intently, tilting her head back in a daze.
"Third Young Master, do you believe me? When I came up the mountain just now, I really hoped there would be a meteor shower tonight. This place has no obstructions, it's perfect for watching a meteor shower." Yi Shangyun was so excited that he grabbed Yi Junhao's arm and shook it excitedly as he spoke.
Yi Junhao seemed to really enjoy her initiative to get close and touch him, and smiled slightly as he looked at their intertwined limbs.
When Yi Shangyun saw that his eyes were fixed on the spot where she was holding his arm, she seemed to realize something, so she quickly let go of his arm and hid it behind her back, burying her head in her hands.
At this moment, Yi Junhao finally spoke up, "So, wouldn't you say this is a dream come true? Did Third Brother's girl enjoy the meteor shower on New Year's Eve?"
Yi Shangyun nodded vigorously with a smile, but then immediately frowned and shook her head.
Yi Junhao asked in surprise, "You don't like it?" This was a mysterious celestial phenomenon that he had spent a lot of time and effort observing in Hundred Herbs Valley, and the girl didn't like it?!
As if thinking of something, Yi Shangyun said sadly, "Shooting stars are beautiful, but once they start to show off their light in the brilliant starry sky, it means the end of everything for them."
However, Yi Junhao disagreed, saying, "But like a meteor, though it disappears in an instant, it radiates all its light."
Just like himself at this moment, for the girl, even if he had to give up everything, he felt it was all worth it.
After saying that, the two fell silent for a moment, and simply admired the magnificent meteor shower that filled the sky.
...
Everything that happened here was clearly seen by Xuan Yuanhan and his servant, who were secretly watching from the side.
Xuan Yuanhan was already feeling quite uneasy because of Yi Junhao's intimate and ambiguous actions towards Yi Shangyun tonight, and because he could openly spend such a romantic night with Yi Shangyun.
Cheng Liang, however, was only concerned with venting his anger and added fuel to the fire, saying, "Your Highness has warned that Young Master Yi to stay away from Miss Yi many times, but he still does as he pleases and is so arrogant, testing our patience time and time again. If it weren't for the fact that only he can make this miraculous medicine, I would have gone out to teach him a lesson long ago."
Xuanyuan Han remained composed, and Cheng Liang, seeing his indifference, asked with a hint of doubt, "By the way, Your Highness, it seems that Young Master Yi applied medicine to Miss Yi twice just now, didn't he?"
Xuanyuan Han then coldly said, "It seems that's how it is."
Cheng Liang then realized he hadn't misread it; his master had seen it too. He then proceeded with a serious expression, analyzing, "Your Highness, I don't understand. Why did he first give Miss Yi one medicine, and then administer the second medicine when she wasn't paying attention while making her wish? Which of these two medicines is the real miracle drug, or is one of them...?"
As he spoke, he suddenly paused, then exclaimed in panic, "Oh no! Could she have given Miss Yi some kind of vile drug when she wasn't looking?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xuan Yuanhan gave him an extremely cold and sharp look, and Cheng Liang immediately swallowed the words he wanted to say.
Afterwards, Xuan Yuanhan withdrew his gaze, continuing to stare at the two people in front of him, and said to Cheng Liang in a low voice, "He's not that bad yet."
After hearing his master's words, Cheng Liang's anxiety lessened somewhat. He also hoped that Yi Junhao was not as cunning and despicable as he thought, so he calmed down and continued to observe.
At this moment, the fleeting brilliance of shooting stars in the night sky dwindled, for even the most dazzling scenery must come to an end, and even the most touching stories must come to a close.
Yi Shangyun remained lost in thought, gazing up at the last few shooting stars, as if trying to imprint the entire beautiful scene of the night into her mind.
Suddenly, she bit her lip and asked Yi Junhao, who was also gazing up at the starry sky, hoping to freeze this beautiful moment with his girl forever, "Has Third Young Master ever met someone he shouldn't have met in his life?"
Upon hearing this, Yi Junhao suddenly came to his senses and, without thinking, looked at her vaguely beautiful profile and replied, "Yes."
Finally, the last shooting star, trailing a long tail, gradually slid down and disappeared from the sky.
Yi Shangyun was quite surprised by Yi Junhao's answer, then looked away and continued to ask, "Then how did you know that the person was someone you shouldn't have met in this life?"
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