Chapter 295 Domineering Female Doctor Skilled in Gu Poisoning VS Down-on-their-luck Laborer Prodigal Son 22
Jiang Zhiyi noticed that Li Chaoye was carrying many things, which she assumed were all items prepared for her.
He has always cared about her a lot, and whenever he has something good, he always thinks of saving it for her first.
Jiang Zhiyi quickly welcomed him inside, "Senior brother, please come in."
She reached out to help Li Chaoye with his things, but he dodged her hand, saying, "Junior sister, no need, I can carry them myself."
After that, Jiang Zhiyi locked the courtyard gate again.
Inside the room, she poured him a cup of tea and asked, "Senior brother, why did you come to Hezhou City?"
Although Hezhou City is not far from Qingshui Town, it will still take at least a day to get there.
Li Chaoye replied, “I heard that there is a divine physician living in Fu'en Temple outside Hezhou City. His medical skills are very high, and he seems to have many lost medical books and classics. Every day, people flock to him for treatment. I have recently encountered some difficult and complicated diseases, so I thought I would visit him to see if I could find a solution from him... It just so happens that you are here, so I came to visit you first.”
"I see." Jiang Zhiyi nodded.
Li Chaoye's medical skills are far superior to hers; if he can't solve the problem, it must be a very serious illness.
Jiang Zhiyi: "Senior brother, if there's anything you need me to do for you, just tell me. Although my medical skills aren't as good as yours, I'm still good at helping you."
Li Chaoye: "Okay, senior brother understands."
Jiang Zhiyi asked again, "Senior brother, have you had dinner?"
Li Chaoye shook his head.
The journey was quite long. He set out at dawn and had been traveling all day, only drinking a few sips of water along the way. He was indeed quite hungry now.
Jiang Zhiyi: "I'll go make you something to eat."
Although Li Chaoye had always cooked for her before, and she was usually too lazy to do it herself, she felt it was her duty to be considerate and take care of her senior brother today, since he had traveled so hard.
“Why don’t I go? I just happened to bring you some fresh bamboo shoots. I remember you love this dish the most.” Li Chaoye stood up. “It’s been a day. These bamboo shoots can’t be kept for long. If they dry out, they won’t taste good.”
Jiang Zhiyi thought for a moment. His cooking skills were indeed better than hers, and she was also a little tempted by his dishes. "Okay, then Senior Brother, you cook. I'll go and prepare a room for you to sleep in tonight. You can stay here for the next few days. Don't bother looking for an inn."
"Mm," he nodded in response.
Jiang Zhiyi led him into the kitchen, where Li Chaoye skillfully started a fire at the stove.
Seeing that he had already started to get busy, Jiang Zhiyi went to a room on the west side.
The room was empty. She had cleaned it a few times, and it was spotless enough to be lived in.
Xiao Che had many quilts delivered beforehand, but she wasn't used to sleeping on a very soft bed, so she left many of them in that room, which now made it convenient for her to make the bed.
After making the bed, Jiang Zhiyi looked around and found that the room was not very bright, so she went to get some candles and luminous pearls and placed them in the room.
After tidying up the house, Jiang Zhiyi went to the kitchen to help Li Chaoye.
Before long, Li Chaoye had cooked several light dishes. Although these dishes weren't anything fancy, they still looked very appetizing.
The two sat down at the table, ready to eat.
Suddenly, the sound of tiles falling came from outside.
Jiang Zhiyi knew without even thinking who it was. That damned Xiao Che had climbed over the wall again; this was the fifth tile he had broken.
"Senior brother, it might be the cat from the neighboring yard... I'll go out and take a look. You can sit here and wait for me. I'll be right back."
Jiang Zhiyi hurriedly went out.
Sure enough, she spotted Xiao Che's figure in the corner of the courtyard.
He was standing on tiptoe, reaching for the food box on the wall.
"What are you doing here? You broke my tiles again." Jiang Zhiyi said angrily.
Xiao Che said somewhat aggrievedly, "I came to bring you food, but you locked the courtyard gate, so I can't get in."
Jiang Zhiyi didn't want to talk to him anymore. She needed to get rid of him quickly, otherwise her senior brother would inevitably ask her questions if he saw her.
It's best if her senior brother doesn't know about what happened between her and Xiao Che. Otherwise, knowing his personality, he'll definitely worry about her and cause all sorts of trouble.
"Give me the food box, and you can go now." Jiang Zhiyi no longer refused as she had before.
Xiao Che sensed that something was amiss. Her behavior today was very unusual; she had accepted his gift so quickly.
Why was she in such a hurry to send me away?
Xiao Che glanced into the house a few times, then picked up the food box and prepared to go there, saying, "Let's eat together."
"No way." Jiang Zhiyi stopped him.
"Why not? Who's inside? Is there someone in the house?" Xiao Che was now even more certain of his suspicion.
Jiang Zhiyi said somewhat helplessly, "Yes, my senior brother is here, so you shouldn't go in. I don't want him to see you."
A fire flared up inside Xiao Che. She was always thinking about her senior brother and didn't care about him at all.
He said through gritted teeth, "Why can't I go in just because he's here? Why should I have to hide? You don't need to lie to me anymore. I know you two aren't married. I've already sent people to find out."
Jiang Zhiyi: "Anyway, it's just not allowed."
Xiao Che: "You like your senior brother? Are you afraid he'll misunderstand our relationship?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhiyi frowned subconsciously and replied, "Yes."
Xiao Che was so angry at her words that he laughed. "That's your business. It has nothing to do with me if you like him. What does it have to do with me if he misunderstands you? I'm going in today. I have to see what he looks like."
"Xiao Che, aren't you annoying?" Jiang Zhiyi still reached out to stop him.
"I'm not annoying, you're the most annoying one." Xiao Che couldn't help but retort to her.
Jiang Zhiyi was surprised that he had yelled at her, and a feeling of inexplicable grievance welled up inside her. She pinched his arm and fiercely snapped back, "Get out of here!"
"I'm not leaving." Xiao Che stubbornly refused to go.
They argued outside for a long time, as if they were deliberately being stubborn, neither willing to give in.
Li Chaoye had already come out at some point and was standing not far away watching the two people who were constantly pulling at each other.
However, the sky was dark and the candlelight was not bright enough to see his expression clearly.
Li Chaoye suddenly spoke up: "Junior sister, since he's already here, let him in."
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