Chapter 19 Persistence
Feeling the sweat soaking Du Ruozhi's clothes, Du Huaizhi knew that she was frightened and didn't say anything to her.
After finally coaxing her to sleep in the middle of the night, Du Huaizhi discovered she had a fever the next morning. Du Huaizhi was at a loss as to what to do, so he hurriedly called An Nian to see Du Ruozhi.
After taking her pulse, An Nian raised his hand and touched Du Ruozhi's forehead, saying, "She was frightened last night and the cold has entered her body. Keep her warm. Once she has normal breathing and starts sweating, she'll be fine."
"Miss..." Xiuzhu's eyes were filled with tears, and she questioned An Nian, "Why don't you prescribe some medicine? How can I get better without taking medicine?"
"Don't take medicine randomly. Her fever is not high. She will be fine after a good rest." After An Nian packed up the medicine box, she went to check Du Huaizhi's hand.
Xiuzhu was choked by her and had to retreat aside in disappointment.
"Not bad, some changes." An Nian said, taking out the bottle of paste and preparing to make a hand mask for Du Huaizhi.
Du Huaizhi realized something was wrong and stood up to move away. "Zhizhi probably can't make the journey in her current condition. I'll go inform the people at the Dali Temple." After that, she walked out the door without looking back.
As soon as Du Huaizhi stepped out of the door, he ran into Xie Sui who was rushing over.
Xie Sui was stunned when he saw Du Huaizhi. He was about to say something when Du Huaizhi stopped him with a look.
Leading him to the handrail of the corridor, toward the door to the courtyard, Du Huaizhi said, "My sister had a fright last night and has a fever this morning. I'm afraid we'll have to postpone our journey for a day. I wonder if Master Xie could grant us a favor and allow us to stay here for a day."
"Fever?" Xie Sui's tone was slightly lowered, and the concern in his eyes was overshadowed by his forbearance. "Is it serious?"
"It's not serious. You will be fine after a day or two of rest." Du Huaizhi looked at Xie Sui. He was good-looking, promising young man, and a decent person. He was just a little older. If he was three or four years older, they would be a better match.
"If it is inconvenient for Master Xie to stay, you can go ahead and we will find guards to escort you."
"It's nothing." Xie Sui said immediately, realizing his mistake and straightening his expression. "I came here to tell Miss Du that a murder occurred in the inn last night. I will need to stay in Shaoping for a few days."
"That's perfect. Once the adults have dealt with their affairs, Zhizhi should be able to recover." Du Huaizhi said.
The sound of a door opening was heard behind him, and An Nian came out carrying a medicine box.
Du Huaizhi didn't even turn around, and said politely to Xie Sui, "It's troublesome for Lord Xie to make this trip in person, I'll see you off." Then he enthusiastically led Xie Sui downstairs.
Xie Sui wanted to say no, but Du Huaizhi led him downstairs first. He didn't want to stay in front of the women's room for too long, so he followed her and left.
When I got downstairs, Du Huaizhi had already disappeared.
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"Boss, a bowl of wontons."
The wonton shop was almost full, and Du Huaizhi rarely found an empty table to sit down. After a while, someone sat down next to him.
The man was wearing green clothes and holding a book in his hand. He was the murderer wanted by the Shaoping government in the wanted order issued overnight.
When Du Huaizhi saw him, he couldn't help but be stunned. No, he had just killed someone last night and the government was looking for him everywhere, but this guy didn't even change his clothes. He ran to the street and sat down to eat wontons.
The man raised his eyes and met her gaze, his brows curved, "What a coincidence, Miss Du is here too."
Du Huaizhi: “…”
Just at this moment, several officers and soldiers were comparing portraits one by one on the street, and were about to come over here.
Du Huaizhi thought that he should hide now no matter what.
However, it turned out that she was overthinking it.
Two officers and soldiers came towards the wonton shop, looked at the faces of the diners one by one, and compared them with the portraits.
When they arrived at the table where Du Huaizhi was, the officers and soldiers held the portrait in their hands and looked at the man again and again.
Instead of dodging, the man was very relaxed and calm. He even raised his hand and bowed to the officers and soldiers with a friendly smile on his face.
The officers and soldiers nodded at him and went straight to the next house.
Du Huaizhi looked at the backs of the two pillars of the country as they left, and held his forehead with his hand. He finally understood why these guys were so fearless.
"I ate at this wonton shop yesterday. Although the shop is inconspicuous, the taste is amazing. Miss Du, you have come to the right place." The man picked up two pairs of chopsticks from the bamboo tube, took out a handkerchief to wipe them, and handed a pair to Du Huaizhi.
Du Huaizhi took the chopsticks without hesitation.
"Miss Du, have you reached any conclusion on the matter I discussed with you last night?" The man suddenly asked while they were eating.
Du Huaizhi blew away the chopped green onions floating on top of the wonton soup and took a sip. "You can't just pick a random name. Not just anyone can come up with one." She looked at him and said, "At the very least, it has to be someone close to you. You and I don't know each other, so I can't do this."
The man said "Oh" softly, lowered his head to pick up the wontons and eat them, seeming a little disappointed, and as if he was planning something bad.
In Du Huaizhi's opinion, the latter is more likely.
As expected, when the man looked up again, he opened his mouth and said, "Why don't you and I get married? That way, we'll be close relatives."
"Puff——" Du Huaizhi couldn't help but choked on a mouthful of wonton soup and coughed repeatedly, "Cough cough cough..."
The man didn't care about her reaction at all and started introducing himself. "I am twenty-three years old this year, still unmarried, and have no parents. I have several houses and savings in Mingzhou... Wait for me to count." He counted one, two, and three on his fingers, but before he finished counting, he was held down by Du Huaizhi's hand.
There was no way, she really couldn't bear it anymore. The colleague who usually rolled his eyes when he saw her and wanted to squeeze her out actually proposed to marry her. This was too horrifying.
"I'll give you one." Since he was so persistent, Du Huaizhi gritted her teeth and compromised. After all, she was the one who got the upper hand by naming him. As long as he didn't regret it in the future, it would be fine. "What's your family's surname? What characters do you like? Tell me, I'll give you some suggestions."
The man's expression seemed to darken for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure. "My surname is Wei. As for the characters I like," he showed her the scroll in his hand. "They're all here. The ones circled are them."
Du Huaizhi looked at the page with several ink circles drawn on it, and his first glance fell on the word "goodness" that he had asked about last night.
His original surname was Wei, and Wei Shan was quite consistent with his style.
"Then how about using the word 'goodness'?"
The man obviously liked this word very much. He coughed lightly with pretended reserve and said, "Well, Wei Shan, it's a good name." From now on, he also had a name.
There was a sudden commotion at the corner of the street. Xue Feiheng and a group of soldiers were walking quickly towards this side, scanning the street.
Seeing this, Wei Shan calmly took out a human skin mask from his sleeve, put it on his face, and instantly turned into a beautiful woman.
She then took off the bamboo hairpin and let her long hair fall down behind her. Her originally gentle and approachable temperament suddenly became more charming and attractive.
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