I smiled secretly at him and told him about the cooperation between the pharmacy and the Zhou Prince's Mansion, but he put on an incredulous expression.
"We'll know whether it's true or not tomorrow!" I said smugly.
Later, when Zhou Lang and I went to the backyard to share this with Mr. Yuan, he was still looking dejected, lying on the fish tank: "Well done, my niece is capable."
Although he was praising me, he seemed distracted.
He offered plenty of advice and even played chess with Zhou Lang for an entire afternoon. He thought that given Zhou Lang's usually terrible chess skills, he would let Mr. Yuan win a couple of games to cheer him up, but to his surprise, Zhou Lang won every single game this time.
Mr. Yuan stared at the chess game, which Zhou Lang had lost to, with a look of disbelief, and became even more depressed.
I pinched my temples, my head aching: "I was just telling you to lose to Uncle Yuan to appease him, how did you end up winning?"
Zhou Lang looked completely innocent: "Ah Hua didn't say anything either..."
"Alright, alright, it's my fault! I forgot about your gradually growing divine consciousness."
In the end, I had no choice but to leave with Zhou Lang, feeling rather dejected.
On the way back, Zhou Lang stood in front of a guqin shop for a long time, reluctant to leave.
"You like it? Can you play it?" I asked.
Zhou Lang shook his head and then nodded: "Probably! But I'm not sure!"
"Buy it! We'll buy everything you like!"
I may not be able to now, but I might be able to someday.
I noticed that Zhou Lang kept staring at one of the antique-style guqins and asked the shopkeeper about the price, which turned out to be ten taels of silver!
Indeed, refined people indulge in romantic pursuits and extravagant lifestyles, which often cost them the most money.
I reached into my purse, and... well, I was out of money!
I've already spent almost all of that one or two taels of gold in the last few days.
Seeing this, Zhou Lang quickly pulled me outside, saying, "I'm just looking, I didn't say I had to buy anything."
Thinking to myself, I can only wait until the prince has paid the remaining balance before I come back to see him.
The sun is setting.
The passersby on the road were heartbroken, and the heartbreak I felt came from being so captivated by Zhou Lang's figure ahead, carrying large and small bags of food, that I lost my soul.
When Zhou Lang noticed that I was always lagging behind him, he stopped and waited for me. He had just turned around and looked at me.
I waved to him and said, "Zhou Lang, turn around."
Zhou Lang, not understanding why, obediently turned around.
I happily leaped up onto Zhou Lang's back in three quick steps and hung on his back.
"Zhou Lang, how can you be so kind! I really, really, really like you!"
He was carrying chicken, duck, fish, meat, and various bags and packages, which rattled and clattered as he spread his arms to maintain his balance.
"Ah Hua, are you tired? Then hang it up securely, I'll carry you home." Zhou Lang was as simple-minded as a fool, carrying things and still wanting to carry me home.
"I just wanted to get close to Zhou Lang..." Seeing that he started to seriously carry me on his back, I quickly jumped down and took some things from his hands.
“We will share happiness and hardship together,” I said earnestly to him.
It's so great to never have to worry about someone suddenly appearing in my life again!
The next day——
Sure enough, Uncle Cai from the Zhou Prince's Mansion brought my beloved, gleaming gold ingot to the pharmacy to discuss business.
My colleague and I were both stunned.
The first thing I did after receiving the money was to buy back the guqin that Zhou Lang loved.
Zhou Lang was so moved that when he got home, he sat down at his guqin and casually played a cheerful tune that I didn't recognize.
I gazed longingly at Zhou Lang, who sat before the guqin, his fingers moving with fluid grace as he plucked the strings, and sighed inwardly, "I've truly been unworthy of your place..."
Thinking about it, all my skills are thanks to that mountain god uncle who used magic to implant all the knowledge he had learned in his life into my head. If I weren't smart and quick to understand, I probably would only be able to barely recognize some words and the mountain god uncle's messy philosophy of life.
Playing the piano? Like that old man? His playing was worse than ghosts howling, so I inherited his notion that he was tone-deaf.
Seeing Zhou Lang so gentle and refined now makes me love him even more!
"Does Ahua want to learn? Zhou Lang can teach you!" Zhou Lang asked, seeing my blank expression.
"Okay..." Hearing him say that, I also became interested.
I got up and rushed towards Zhou Lang, but halfway there I accidentally bumped into something hard, which almost made me stumble and fall. Luckily, Zhou Lang caught me in time.
I looked down and saw that it was the potted plant, its leaves swaying towards me, shimmering with a faint light.
"Hey! You little plant can actually wander around by yourself? Are you trying to become a spirit?" I sighed to myself as I picked it up and placed it on the stone table.
"Then you'd better watch carefully!"
I threw myself into Zhou Lang's arms! I grabbed his hand and asked him to teach me to play the zither...
The flowers and plants were swaying wildly, as if they wanted to come up and beat me up.
I stuck my tongue out at him triumphantly.
The days spent with Zhou Lang, such a blissful couple, flew by—
Meanwhile, besides the business with the prince, people outside the pharmacy heard that our shop's miraculous medicine had cured Prince Zhou and that we also had business dealings with the prince. With his reputation as a living advertisement, other people gradually began to come to Changsheng Pharmacy to get medicine and ask for medicine.
In order to keep the business running, I only sell one bottle of my blood each month as the store's prized elixir.
The store's business is getting better and better.
I was busy with my love life and only occasionally helped out, but I mostly left the work to the young man.
Meanwhile, Zhou Lang, whose heart and eyes were only for me, was becoming increasingly powerful.
He gained more and more knowledge and skills.
From the initial arts of playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, to the later arts of poetry, calligraphy, and the Six Arts.
Everything I saw broadened my horizons, and I couldn't help but admire Wen Heng's talent.
No wonder he always acted superior and looked down on me.
It turns out I really am not as good as him...
"Wen Heng? Is he still there?" I asked the flowers and plants curiously.
Whenever I want to know if he's still there, I call out to him. If he doesn't respond, I threaten to throw him away to scare him, and only then will he reluctantly twist his body to respond.
But lately I've noticed that the light around that plant has started to dim and become less luminous, and it's also become increasingly slow to respond to me.
Perhaps it was because Zhou Lang's spiritual power grew stronger that the spiritual power within this flower and plant dimmed.
After I called out a few times, the plants struggled to wiggle their branches and leaves after a long time.
Only then did I feel relieved enough to leave.
Today, Zhou Lang boiled some hot water for his bath.
He and I were together.
This is something we often do these days.
But it never crossed the line.
Today, after we finished bathing, he took a comb and sat with me in front of the dressing table, carefully combing my hair.
After I finished combing his hair, I gave him a thumbs up with great satisfaction. Just as I was about to take the comb from his hand and comb his hair too, he suddenly pulled me into his arms.
He nodded and bowed his head, looking down at me.
His eyes were filled with deep, affectionate starlight as he pressed his lips to mine. A wave of warm, moist air enveloped me.
This was the first time he had ever kissed my lips on his own initiative...
He whispered in my ear, "Ahua, I want you..." I never expected him to make such a request.
I was utterly astonished.
But his warm breath kept brushing against my face, making me completely infatuated.
I think if I give it to him this time, Wen Heng will become the person who only has me in his heart and eyes.
It was time to give it to him, so I nodded to him.
Zhou Lang gazed at me with burning eyes, then casually scooped me up in his arms and carried me slowly to the bed...
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