Li Ying wasn't fearless, but she knew that those people wouldn't take a desperate gamble unless absolutely necessary.
Seeing the herbs in Li Ying's arms, Ye Jingchi said unhappily, "You're pregnant now, why are you still working so hard to make medicine?"
Li Ying looked at the herbs in her hand and smiled: "It's actually quite boring to be idle, don't you think?"
Unable to argue with Li Ying, Ye Jingchi followed her to the pharmacy and assisted her.
Seeing how skilled Ye Jingchi was at grinding medicine, Li Ying praised him, "Commander Ye really can learn anything well."
Ye Jingchi smiled slightly, "Then do you like me even a little bit?"
Li Ying paused, turned her head and stared intently at Ye Jingchi, her heart suddenly pounding faster.
"Ye Jingchi, why are you asking this?"
“Look, now you’re my wife, and I’m your man, but I feel like we’re strangers. In your heart, I’m dispensable.”
When Ye Jingchi realized this, he felt truly helpless.
He had absolutely no idea how to truly enter Li Ying's heart; the walls she had built around her heart were too strong.
Li Ying sighed softly: "Ye Jingchi, every couple that gets together isn't truly in love. Wouldn't it be better if we slowly became the closest family?"
Why do we have to ask that question about love?
Saying "I love you" means you can truly love someone for a lifetime.
Ye Jingchi raised an eyebrow. "It seems that winning your heart is not something that can be done overnight."
Li Ying smiled and said, "Ye Jingchi, I think things are fine as they are now."
No need for grand gestures, peaceful and quiet life is the best.
As long as the poison can be removed from his body, he can live a peaceful and uneventful life from now on.
Ye Jingchi pondered for a moment, then didn't press the matter further.
"That's good."
"Miss Ying!"
Aunt Yang called from outside the door, "Ying, Zhou Qi is back! Come out and see!"
Li Ying and Ye Jingchi rushed out and saw Zhou Qi covered in blood, swaying precariously, only able to stand steadily with the help of Aunt Yang.
"Zhou Qi!"
"Miss Ying..." Zhou Qi fainted before he could finish his sentence.
"Quickly, take him back to his room!"
Ye Jingchi and Aunt Yang escorted Zhou Qi back to his room. Just as Li Ying was about to treat Zhou Qi's wounds, Lu Qingwan rushed over.
"Zhou Qi is back?"
Seeing Zhou Qi covered in blood on the bed, Lu Qingwan took a step back, but still managed to stay upright.
For a long time after she returned from the front lines, the mangled wounded soldiers were deliberately forgotten. But now, Zhou Qi has reminded her of those days on the front lines.
"Qingwan, treat his wounds!" Ye Jingchi ordered.
Lu Qingwan hesitated, fear hidden in her eyes, but her steps were still firm as she walked towards the bedside.
Li Ying stood up, put the first-aid kit aside, and left Zhou Qi's room with Ye Jingchi.
Li Ying knew how cruel it was to make Lu Qingwan face such a scene, but she had to go through it.
While browsing through ancient books, Li Ying found a formula that could cure all poisons, but the process was very complicated.
Li Ying wanted to give it a try, so she started trying it the next day. She asked Aunt Yang to get her some of the new drinks from the tavern.
He locked himself in his room to develop a medicinal wine for detoxification.
Zhou Qi woke up the next day and felt a little embarrassed when he saw Lu Qingwan lying by the bed.
"You're awake?" Lu Qingwan grabbed Zhou Qi's arm. "Let me see, is there anything else that's bothering you?"
Zhou Qi broke free from Lu Qingwan's arm: "I'm fine, Miss Lu, thank you."
Lu Qingwan then noticed that Zhou Qi's ears had turned red and he was still desperately pulling the sheet over himself.
Yesterday, when Zhou Qi was being examined, Lu Qingwan stripped him naked, but now she's pretending to be innocent in front of him.
"Zhou Qi, you scared me to death yesterday! I even abandoned all pretense of decency to check your wounds." Lu Qingwan also looked a little shy.
Zhou Qi was even more embarrassed: "Miss Lu, you're a doctor, so just treat me like a pig."
Lu Qingwan was furious and pointed at Zhou Qi: "I think you're a pig! Humph!"
After saying that, he turned and rushed out of the room.
Ye Jingchi stood at the door and waited until the room quieted down before coming in.
"Commander Ye." Zhou Qi hurriedly pulled up his clothes and put them on.
Who did you run into?
His injuries were shocking; it was obvious that they were inflicted by gangsters.
Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Zhou Qi spoke up: "The Jiangcheng gang."
"You went to Jiangcheng?" Ye Jingchi didn't expect Zhou Qi to be so perceptive, guessing Jiangcheng so quickly.
"Hmm." Zhou Qi lowered his head.
“I almost forgot, your accent has Jiangcheng accent, you're from Jiangcheng.” Ye Jingchi stared seriously into Zhou Qi's eyes and questioned, “Zhou Qi, what exactly do you do?”
Zhou Qi panicked for a moment, clenched his fist, and gritted his teeth.
"Commander Ye, to tell you the truth, I used to be part of the Jiangcheng gang. But I left because I couldn't stand their actions. You know, the Jiangcheng gang has a rule: you can't leave the gang unless you're dead. But I didn't want to continue, so I broke away from them during a mission and ran away. After that, the Jiangcheng gang started hunting me down. It was last year when Miss Ying saved me; it was a life-or-death situation."
Zhou Qi told the whole story.
"You knew perfectly well that the Jiangcheng gang wouldn't let you go, so why did you still go to Jiangcheng this time?"
“I found out that Chi En’s mother had correspondence with the Jiang Chengnan family, and given the incurable poison in Yu Pingping’s body, and considering that the Jiang Chengnan family is a family that makes drugs, I wanted to go there to investigate. I didn’t expect to be exposed. I almost didn’t make it back.” Zhou Qi was very ashamed.
Ye Jingchi scrutinized Zhou Qi. His half-truths might fool others, but they couldn't fool himself.
Since he was unwilling to tell the truth, Ye Jingchi did not make things difficult for him.
"You should focus on recovering from your injury."
"Commander Ye, to be frank, Yu Pingping was poisoned by Mrs. Chi, and Director Yu was taking the blame for Mrs. Chi. It's just that I haven't found any evidence." Zhou Qi knew he hadn't handled things well and wanted Ye Jingchi to punish him.
"You did a great job. Take good care of yourself."
Ye Jingchi patted Zhou Qi on the shoulder.
"Commander Ye..." Zhou Qi hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Ye Jingchi frowned slightly: "No matter what you heard, remember, you can't say a single word!"
Zhou Qi nodded emphatically: "I will!"
He overheard about Ye Jingchi's poisoning and learned that Commander Ye's life was nearing its end.
He wanted to tell Miss Ying this information as soon as possible, but he was ambushed. It seems that Commander Ye doesn't want Miss Ying to know about this.
Is it good or bad for him to keep it a secret?
Li Ying came to see Zhou Qi, who was already able to get out of bed and was eating.
"Are you feeling any better?" Li Ying sat down, looked at Zhou Qi's face, and said to Aunt Yang, "Make him more nutritious food these next few days; he lost too much blood."
"Okay, Miss Ying!" Aunt Yang withdrew.
Zhou Qi held his chopsticks, hesitated for a long time, and then finally spoke: "Miss Ying..."
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