But as soon as she rushed out of the room, she remembered that she could no longer leave the courtyard.
His shoulders and back slumped instantly.
She turned and went back into her room, asking Bai Yanzhang, "Do you remember what that vendor looked like?"
“I remember,” Bai Yanzhang reassured him. “Don’t worry, I will definitely find him and the person who ordered him.”
He was definitely not mistaken about the fact that the vendor was selling candied hawthorns.
The other party wouldn't harm Tianci for no reason; they must be driven by self-interest or under some kind of coercion.
The person behind this either has a grudge against him or against Qin Wenjun and her son.
Bai Yanzhang quickly reviewed the enemies that he and Qin Wenjun and her son might have offended, and identified a few key suspects in his mind.
Qin Wenjun sat down on the round stool with a dejected look on her face and covered her face with her hands.
"It's all my fault. I always buy him food from these street vendors. If I had taught him from the beginning not to buy food from street vendors, he wouldn't have..."
Bai Yanzhang grasped her wrist.
“This is not your fault. Normal street vendors are just trying to make a living and wouldn’t intentionally hurt others. If you have to blame someone, blame me. I handle cases every day and deal with so many criminals, yet I still didn’t see through that vendor’s trick.”
It was because he didn't have a good eye for Tianci.
He fell for it.
Hearing his self-reproach, Qin Wenjun's pent-up anxiety, which had been building up for a day and a night, finally found an outlet and poured out.
Tears blurred her vision.
She said in a trembling voice, "I'm so afraid something might happen to Tianci..."
Bai Yanzhang released her wrist and pulled her into his arms.
"Don't be afraid, with Miss Xiao here, he'll be fine."
"He had a fever all night yesterday, and when he woke up this morning he said he had a headache and didn't even want to eat..."
She poured out all her worries at once.
Bai Yanzhang listened silently, occasionally responding with a few words.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, she must have cried herself to sleep, so she leaned against him and fell asleep.
Bai Yanzhang sighed softly, bent down, picked her up, and carried her to the next room.
After settling him in, he returned to watch over Tianci, wiping his sweat and feeding him water.
After the servants brought the food, he went to the courtyard gate to collect it. He first put Qin Wenjun's portion in the next room, then woke up Tianci and fed him some porridge.
Then I eat it myself.
When the tableware was delivered, there was an extra bundle and several buckets of hot water at the door.
The bundle contained clothes and personal toiletries that he had sent over by his attendants.
He brought in the bundle and hot water.
There is a well in the courtyard.
He fetched water, adjusted the hot water to lukewarm, and washed Tianci's body before washing himself as well.
When Qin Wenjun woke up and came to find him from the next room, he was wringing his hair with a cloth.
Her heart skipped a beat at his disheveled appearance.
He turned his head away hurriedly.
Bai Yanzhang stopped what he was doing.
"I just fed Tianci and wiped his body. You should eat first and get some rest early tonight. I'll stay with Tianci."
He had never taken care of children before, let alone a sick one, so Qin Wenjun was understandably worried about entrusting him with the responsibility.
"I'll keep watch; you go and rest."
Bai Yanzhang said with a stern face, "Take care of yourself first. Otherwise, if the baby isn't better and you fall ill, won't I have to take care of two people?"
Qin Wenjun: "???"
She turned around and said irritably, "If you collapse, won't I also have to take care of two people?"
Bai Yanzhang chuckled: "My body is healthier than yours, and I can resist smallpox. Do you think I'm more likely to fall ill, or are you more likely to fall ill?"
Qin Wenjun glanced at him up and down: "I don't know who fainted in front of the palace gate back then. It was thanks to my young lady's rescue that they were able to save their lives."
Bai Yanzhang: "..."
A hint of unease flashed across his face. "It's been so long, I've already recovered."
Qin Wenjun scoffed, "I don't care whether you've taken good care of him or not, I'm definitely going to stay here."
Bai Yanzhang did not refute further.
He thought that at worst, he could just wait until she fell asleep and then send her back to the neighbor's.
Qin Wenjun was caught off guard by his move. When she woke up the next day, she found herself in the next room again. She was so angry that she wanted to kick Bai Yanzhang out of the courtyard.
Unfortunately, it's not possible.
Bai Yanzhang took over all the work of taking care of Tianci and wouldn't let her do anything.
When she protested, he used the excuse that he had never taken care of the children and wanted to make up for it, leaving her speechless.
She was forced to become a hands-off manager.
On the third day after Bai Yanzhang's arrival, Xiao Qingyin came over and said that she had found a cow that could be vaccinated against smallpox.
"After you get vaccinated, you won't get smallpox."
Qin Wenjun was greatly shocked.
"Will everyone be free from smallpox from now on?"
Xiao Qingyin nodded: "If everyone gets vaccinated."
Qin Wenjun gladly accepted the smallpox vaccination.
While she was away, Bai Yanzhang quietly asked Xiao Qingyin, "Could you pick me up?"
Xiao Qingyin: "???"
"Didn't you have smallpox before?"
Bai Yanzhang blushed slightly: "I made that up."
Xiao Qingyin remained silent.
This guy will stop at nothing to sneak in and become the father.
They even dare to make up such an excuse.
After she gave him the vaccination, she warned, "Don't tell lies like that again, understand?"
Bai Yanzhang nodded obediently, just like a student.
Xiao Qingyin was worried for the two of them, but fortunately, neither of them showed any special symptoms after being vaccinated, and Tianci's recovery was faster than expected.
In less than two weeks, the scabs had formed.
He had regained his original energy by then, and he was overjoyed to have his parents by his side.
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