Li Ying rolled her eyes at Ye Jingchi and was about to lie down to sleep when Ye Jingchi hurriedly got up, got her a pillow and slippers, and helped her lie down.
Zhou Qi couldn't stand the scene and turned over to face inwards. He never expected that Commander Ye was such a doting husband in private.
Ye Jingchi took off his clothes and covered Li Ying with them.
"Go to sleep, I'll stay here."
Li Ying, who had just closed her eyes, opened them again. "You don't need to stay here. You can go to sleep too."
Ye Jingchi shook his head: "I can't sleep."
Seeing him staring intently at her, Li Ying felt a little embarrassed. She turned over to face him, suppressing her wild thoughts, and closed her eyes.
Ye Jingchi sat on the opposite bed, quietly watching over Li Ying.
The train rumbled and started moving, the tracks rattling and creaking.
Li Ying secretly turned her head and met Ye Jingchi's dark and deep eyes.
Why aren't you asleep yet?
"I can't sleep." Ye Jingchi said with a hint of grievance, "I haven't had a full night's sleep since we broke up."
Li Ying glanced at him: "Smooth talker."
"Really, I'm not lying to you." Ye Jingchi said, holding Li Ying's hand. "Li Ying, now that the old relationship is over, can we start a new one?"
Li Ying roughly understood what he meant and remained silent.
"You don't need to rush to tell me the answer. Take your time thinking about it. I'll wait for you." Ye Jingchi held Li Ying's slender white hand tightly and brought it to his lips.
Li Ying pulled her hand back: "I haven't decided yet."
Ye Jingchi smiled faintly.
He was being a bit too hasty.
From the capital to southern Yunnan, they traveled across almost half of China, a journey that took four days and three nights. Li Ying was sore from sitting that her back ached, her legs cramped, and she was suffering from soreness.
"hiss!"
"What's wrong?"
Ye Jingchi always noticed that something was wrong with Li Ying immediately.
"My leg cramped up."
"Let me rub it for you."
Ye Jingchi sat on Li Ying's bed, placed her legs on his lap, and gently massaged them.
"Lying down for too long is uncomfortable, and sitting for too long is also uncomfortable. Let's take a walk."
Ye Jingchi agreed.
The two people would walk along the path on one side of the train, passing one carriage after another.
"Look at other men, and look at you! How could I have married a man like you? I'm suffering from morning sickness so badly, and you don't even try to comfort me."
"Alright, which woman doesn't get pregnant? Why are you being so delicate?"
Young couples often use Ye Jingchi and Li Ying against each other, which leads to arguments.
Li Ying glanced at Ye Jingchi and smiled.
When the train arrived at the station, Ye Jingchi personally escorted Li Ying and Zhou Qi to his second senior brother's village.
This is a remote mountain village in southern Yunnan. Not only is it far away, but the mountain roads are also rugged and difficult to travel, consisting entirely of stones and mud.
Ye Jingchi didn't want Li Ying to suffer too much, so he rented a horse-drawn carriage. However, the carriage was too bumpy, and even someone as strong as Li Ying vomited profusely when they arrived in the village.
"Junior Sister?"
A man dressed in local clothing, carrying a basket on his back, was pleasantly surprised to see the group of people and walked over to Li Ying.
"Junior Sister, you came to see me?"
Li Ying nodded and reached out to grab her second senior brother's wrist: "Second senior brother, I'm begging you to help me, please help me save my junior brother."
After saying this, Li Ying, exhausted from the tension of the night and the exertion of the journey, fainted.
When I woke up again, I was already lying in bed in a simple room, filled with the faint scent of herbs.
"Awake?" Shi Bai brought in the medicine he had just brewed, sat down by the bed, and touched Li Ying's forehead.
"You're a doctor yourself, how could you not even notice when you had a fever or a cold?" Shi Bai rebuked.
Li Ying felt very guilty. She was thinking about what she would say when she saw her second senior brother, and she neglected her own health.
"As for Junior Brother, Commander Ye just told me about it. He said he's your man. Isn't your man Lu Xingzhou?" Shi Bai asked in surprise.
Li Ying smiled bitterly: "I misjudged people and was deceived by that person."
Shi Bai slapped his thigh hard: "I told you long ago that Lu Xingzhou had a bad face and wasn't someone I could entrust my life to, but you just wouldn't listen. Forget it, it's all in the past. You were young then, so it's understandable that you didn't listen. It's just that you've suffered these past three years."
Li Ying didn't feel wronged at all, but her second senior brother's words, "You've suffered," made her unable to hold back any longer and she started sobbing.
"Second Senior Brother didn't mean to blame you. Nobody's perfect, you're young and your judgment of people is poor, so it's not your fault. But this Commander Ye seems quite reliable to me." Shi Bai had a very good first impression of Ye Jingchi.
Li Ying didn't mention the divorce, otherwise, would her second senior brother have found an opportunity to get rid of Ye Jingchi?
"He is very good to me."
"Is the child in your belly his?"
Li Ying hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
There are many things she shouldn't let her second senior brother know; she's really afraid he might kill someone in a moment of impulse.
"Life is bitter, and it's not easy to meet the right person. As long as he treats you well, that's enough. If he doesn't, tell your second senior brother, and I'll help you get revenge!"
Second Brother is always so popular.
"Second Brother, I have a few ancient books that I'd like you to take a look at."
Li Ying sat up and took out those ancient medical books from her bag.
"This is an ancient book that has been lost for a long time. Where did you get it?"
Shi Bai was overjoyed.
"You know Old Chen from the capital, right? He's the one who gave it to me."
Shi Bai certainly knew that the Chen family in the capital was a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners who had made many contributions to promoting traditional Chinese medicine culture.
The fact that Professor Chen could give such an obscure and difficult-to-understand ancient book to Li Ying shows how far-sighted he was.
"You can just have someone deliver the book, why do you have to make the trip yourself?"
Li Ying sighed, "Second Senior Brother, I came here in person to find a precious herb on the mountain. Only this herb can heal your wrist."
Shi Bai frowned: "Junior Sister, this kind of herb is only mentioned in storybooks and ancient books. There is no record of it in reality. Even if there is, can you recognize it?"
Li Ying nodded: "Yes, that's why I'm going to go up the mountain to find the tough grass myself. And as far as I know, this kind of herb only grows in southern Yunnan."
That's why she traveled thousands of miles to southern Yunnan in person.
"Okay, as long as you can recognize this herb, your second senior brother will accompany you up the mountain to collect it."
Li Ying nodded happily.
Zhou Qi knocked on the door and stood there: "Miss Ying, the food is ready, let's eat!"
Li Ying followed Shi Bai out. Ye Jingchi was not there. Zhou Qi was at the dinner table, as was Shi Bai's mother.
"Aunt Hong," Li Ying called out, but Aunt Hong ignored her, remaining seated with vacant eyes and a desolate expression.
Shi Bai patted Li Ying on the shoulder: "Sit down and eat."
Li Ying sat opposite Aunt Hong, watching Aunt Hong mechanically pick up food with her chopsticks while holding a bowl, without saying a word, which was very strange.
Zhou Qi was also puzzled, but dared not ask, and just buried his head in his food.
Li Ying noticed that Aunt Hong was sick, and that she had a very serious illness.
After dinner, Li Ying pulled Shi Bai into the courtyard.
"Second Brother, Aunt Hong is sick, can't you tell?"
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