Chu Yuning placed the bowl on the table, sat down opposite Jiang Yuchen, and asked, "Where is my medicine?"
Although the question was directed at Shen Yuan, Chu Yuning's gaze remained fixed on Jiang Yuchen, not sparing Shen Yuan even a glance.
Shen Yuan's tone was very calm: "I haven't prepared the medicine yet, you should go back and rest first."
"You haven't even finished setting up, and you still have time to sit here chatting with others?"
Chu Yuning sneered, "I don't know how you became a doctor. I'm your patient now, you should be responsible for me. Go and prepare my medicine first!"
Shen Yuan glanced at Chu Yuning: "I am a doctor, that's true, but I'm not your servant. I have my own arrangements for when to see patients and when to prepare medicine; you don't need to tell me what to do!"
"You have your own plans? Your plans are to prioritize chatting with idle people and put taking care of patients second?" Chu Yuning's face was cold, and her tone became increasingly aggressive.
"Smack—"
Jiang Yuchen slammed his hand on the table, causing the tea in their bowls to ripple.
His voice was extremely cold, filled with impatient anger: "Treat me if you want, otherwise get out!"
“You…” Chu Yuning didn’t expect Jiang Yuchen to dare yell at him. Her face immediately turned red, and she stood up and glared angrily at Jiang Yuchen.
Jiang Yuchen scoffed, "What do you mean, 'you'? Can't you speak properly because your tongue is tied in knots?"
"My sister Yuan can make medicine for you whenever she wants!"
"Who do you think you are? How dare you yell at Sister Yuan? Let me tell you, Sister Yuan is under my protection. If you dare to disrespect her again, I'll have you tied up and thrown into the river!"
Jiang Yuchen's voice was quite threatening, but Chu Yuning was not afraid of him.
In his eyes, Jiang Yuchen was nothing more than someone with a lot of dirty money!
So what if he's covered in gold and jade?
He's just a lowly businessman!
How can anyone compare to a scholar like him?
Chu Yuning stood before Jiang Yuchen, her eyes half-closed, looking down at him condescendingly: "Under the clear sky and above the law! I am Chu, a scholar from Jian'an City. You dare to kidnap me, which shows you have no respect for the law!"
"A scholar who has passed the imperial examination? Oh dear, I'm so scared!"
Jiang Yuchen clutched his chest, feigning a look of terror, but his performance was clearly an act.
Seeing that Jiang Yucheng didn't take him seriously at all, Chu Yuning was furious. He wanted to say something more, but a radiating dull pain suddenly came from between his lungs, making it painful for him to breathe.
Chu Yuning's brows furrowed, her arm gripping the table trembling slightly, "Cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."
"Stay away from me, don't infect me!" Jiang Yuchen covered his mouth with a handkerchief and took two steps back in disgust.
Chu Yuning had no time to pay attention to Jiang Yuchen at the moment. He stared intently at Shen Yuan, silently asking her with his eyes what was going on with him.
Shen Yuan didn't say anything, but let Chu Yuning follow her back to the room, then made him lie down and took his pulse.
After taking his pulse, Shen Yuan said, "If you want to live a few more years, start cultivating your character and temperament from today onwards, calm your mind and avoid doing things that are too ambitious or seeking things that you shouldn't. Only in this way can you die peacefully of old age."
"..." Chu Yuning pursed her lips. "I was just a little dizzy and coughing. What do you mean by dying? You hate me that much? You're so determined to curse me to die?"
Shen Yuan smiled; good advice is useless against a damned ghost.
She was too lazy to offer any further advice.
“I know you hate me, you resent me. But no matter how you hurt me, I have never resented you.” Chu Yuning suddenly raised his hand and grasped the hand that Shen Yuan was holding on his wrist.
He looked up at Shen Yuan, his deep eyes filled with indescribable emotions, as if he had a thousand words to say to her.
But Shen Yuan pushed Chu Yuning's hand away without any mercy.
Chu Yuning lowered her head dejectedly. "Yuanyuan, can't we really make up and go back to how things were before?"
"cannot."
Shen Yuan uttered those two words, then pushed open the door and walked out.
Chu Yuning sat on the edge of the bed, watching Shen Yuan's back, her hands clenched tightly in her sleeves.
When Shen Yuan came out of the room, Jiang Yuchen was still eavesdropping under the window next to her, not even realizing that Shen Yuan was already standing behind him.
Jiang Yuchen covered his face and turned around only when a slender hand grabbed his ear.
“Yuan… Sister Yuan.”
Shen Yuan didn't speak, but gestured to Jiang Yuchen to get up with her eyes.
Then she turned around and went to the pharmacy to get her medicine.
After preparing the medicine, Shen Yuan sat by the small stove in the backyard, holding the medicine pot, and personally watched the fire.
Jiang Yuchen hadn't left. Seeing Shen Yuan standing motionless guarding the medicine pot, he said sullenly, "Do you personally prepare medicine for everyone like this?"
Not entirely.
"Then why did you brew the medicine for him?" Jiang Yuchen glanced at the room where Chu Yuning was resting. For some reason, he disliked Chu Yuning from the first moment he saw him.
Shen Yuan said softly, "I happened to have some time, so I just fried it."
Jiang Yuchen said "Oh," and squatted down next to Shen Yuan, saying, "I also want to drink the medicine you brewed yourself!"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan lifted the lid of the small medicine jar and raised an eyebrow at Jiang Yuchen: "If there were poison in this, would you still be willing to drink it?"
"Every medicine has its side effects, but I'm not afraid!"
"Alright, I'll give you a bowl in a bit, and I'll personally feed you the medicine I brewed myself."
Jiang Yuchen swallowed hard. "I... I was just joking, there's no need to actually drink it!"
Shen Yuan's lips curled slightly, neither confirming nor denying.
Jiang Yuchen stared at the small medicine pot emitting wisps of smoke. It contained a decoction for treating illnesses, so how could it be poison? Shen Yuan was probably just joking to scare him.
After realizing what was happening, Jiang Yuchen pouted in dissatisfaction, "Sister Yuan, you tricked me again!"
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