Chapter 49: Collecting Herbs
Yan Ning held a book in one hand, and shook his head back and forth to observe both sides of the path, mumbling something in his little mouth.
Xie Jingyu really wanted to hug him, like before, and let him act coquettishly in her arms, but she couldn't do that now.
Yan Ning repeatedly looked through the pages of pictures, seeming to remember them but also not remembering them. He curled his lips and said, "It's so difficult. I can't even remember the characteristics of these herbs. I don't know how Sister Qi Yu remembered them. She's amazing!"
The man's slender and bony fingers rested on the paper, and his low and gentle voice filled Yan Ning's ears: "Remember one first, just remember this one. Look for this one for half an hour. When you have found more of this one, you will remember it, and then find the next one."
Yan Ning moved slightly to the side, rubbed his hot ears, and shifted his gaze to the book.
"Oh, yes, that's a good idea!"
He is still the same as before, he loves to praise and coax people, and people who talk to him feel comfortable. He just has this ability.
In this small world filled with the fragrance of soil and shrubs, Xie Jingyu only hopes that time will pass more slowly...
"Rehmannia root, the plant is up to nine inches tall, the rhizome is fleshy, yellow when fresh, and the stem is purple-red.
Its leaves usually form a rosette at the base of the stem, gradually shrinking upwards into bracts or alternate. The leaves are ovate to oblong, green above, slightly purple or purple-red below, with irregular round teeth or blunt serrations on the edges.
Find him first! ”
The boy read it three times and looked at the pictures several times. He felt that he had almost memorized it, so he went on the journey to find the medicine with him again.
Time passed quickly. Yan Ning and Xie Jingyu were busy all afternoon, and their baskets were filled with several kinds of medicinal herbs.
But they had only reached the mountainside.
Qi Yu shouted at them at the foot of the mountain: "Hurry up! If you are any later, your brother will find out and he will skin me alive."
"Okay! Here we come!" Yan Ning hurried down the mountain carrying the medicine basket.
"Can I visit your home?" Xie Jingyu caught up with him.
Yan Ning slowed down his pace. He didn't want to reject the friend he just made today, but he had to do so because of his family.
"…But…my brother doesn't seem to like outsiders coming to his house."
Xie Jingyu knew that he couldn't rush things, but he couldn't bear to see Wei Qingcheng disappear in front of him any longer. He pretended to be disappointed: "Is it not okay even if I'm your friend?"
Yan Ning recalled a time when he wanted to keep Qi Yu at home for a night, and Yan Zijie was so angry that he smashed the cup in front of Qi Yu.
He said apologetically: "I'm sorry, my brother will be angry."
If Jingyu went, his brother would definitely be angry. What if he did something to embarrass Jingyu? He was already nineteen years old, and he didn't want his friends to see him being scolded by his brother like a child.
Yan Ning had no experience in getting along with friends. Looking at Xie Jingyu's gloomy face, he didn't know what to do. Qi Yu was already waiting below, so he could only hurry up and continue to go down the mountain.
Yan Ning was in a hurry to walk, and his mind had long been on Xie Jingyu behind him. A small stone caused him pain.
"ah!"
The sole of the foot could not bear the hard stone, so it fell to one side, and the poor ankle was under pressure.
Xie Jingyu didn't have time to support him.
Yan Ning squatted on the ground, a few tears came out of the corners of his eyes due to the pain, and then he fell into the embrace filled with the fragrance of herbs.
"It's over. Even if I go home on time, I'll be discovered. I'll also implicate Sister Qi Yu. Jing Yu, I'm so useless..."
Xie Jingyu hugged the boy and let him sob in his arms. He had suffered so much injustice and had no one to tell.
Kidnapped in the name of family affection, these people deserve to die...
It seems that there is no need to delve into the "helplessness" of this so-called savior.
"Cry, it's okay, I'm here," Xie Jingyu tightened his arms, and the young master seemed to have found someone to rely on, and burst into tears.
In these three years, how much suffering and pain did you endure to transform from the fearless and bright-eyed Second Prince Wei to the cautious Yan Ning?
Xie Jingyu's blood started to boil, and the ruthlessness and bloodthirstiness in his body were clattering. They all deserved to die... Why did they treat his Qingcheng like this...
When the person was tired of crying in his arms, Xie Jingyu came down from the mountain with the basket in one hand and the person in the other.
"Hey! Can you two just walk these few steps for two quarters of an hour? If your brother knows about this when you get home, he'll scold me to death!"
Qi Yu was so angry that she almost died. She waited at the foot of the mountain but no one showed up.
Looking back, I saw the two of them were hugging each other like good brothers.
After she finished scolding him, she saw Yan Ning's slightly swollen eyes and red nose, and she couldn't bear to scold him anymore.
He said with concern: "Don't cry, your brother can't eat us, you are afraid of him, I... I am not afraid of him!"
She gave herself a thumbs up, and her bluffing made Yan Ning burst into laughter.
"I cried because I sprained my ankle, not because I was afraid of my brother..."
Xie Jingyu smiled secretly. Sure enough, she was still the face-conscious Wei Qingcheng. He pursed his lower lip.
He bent down and squatted in front of Yan Ning: "Let me carry you."
Yan Ning was a little embarrassed at first, but Qi Yu urged him to hurry up, so he leaned over and hugged the man's neck.
It smells so good. It's obviously a similar smell, why does it smell so good on him?
Yan Ning was like a puppy, sniffing around the back of Xie Jingyu's neck, following a familiar smell.
Seeing that he was having fun, Xie Jingyu didn't think about the sad things anymore and just let him go.
Before we even reached the gate, a man in dark green clothes came out. "Are you tired from playing? Why are you letting someone else carry you? Aren't you ashamed at your age?"
His doting yet strange tone made Yan Ning very uncomfortable. In the past few years, his brother had always been very gentle to him, but he knew that it did not involve going out or meeting strangers.
What happened today?
Xie Jingyu had no intention of letting him down, and Yan Ning also had the courage not to come down.
The atmosphere froze for a moment. Xie Jingyu glanced at this so-called brother.
He pretended to be a good brother.
"He sprained his ankle. I took him in."
Xie Jingyu ignored him and carried him into the courtyard.
Qi Yu followed behind and made a gesture to beg for mercy to Yan Zijie.
After they left, Yan Zijie's face, which had been smiling slightly, suddenly darkened.
…
"Ningning, let me apply the medicine for you," Yan Zijie carried the medicine box and sat beside the bed.
Yan Ning was alert to Yan Zijie's change. He refused: "Let Sister Qi Yu come. She is more familiar with my physical condition."
Yan Zijie's perfect expression cracked, and he walked out, shaking his sleeves.
Qi Yu opened the medicine box and took out a bottle of medicinal wine: "Is your brother okay? He... doesn't look well,"
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