Hua Fushu smiled and said, "Brother, I don't mean to ask for a gift, but if you want to give it to me, I'll accept it."
The noodles were cooked and served, one bowl per person.
Nanxing and Jingmo were already starving, so they ate voraciously without caring about their image at all. Qin Youran, Mu Qing and Yu Chisu ate relatively slowly because they were in someone else's house. Sanqiao knew that Hua Fushu was injured and inconvenient, so she wanted to feed him.
Hua Fushu didn't want Sanqiao to feed her. She pushed her bowl of noodles in front of Ye Zelin and said, "Husband, my wound hurts and it's inconvenient. You feed me."
Hearing this, Qin Youran and Mu Qing almost spit out the noodles in their mouths, but fortunately they managed to hold it back.
Yu Chi Su was calmer. When they were at the Xiangshui Inn, Hua Fushu even said such explicit words. It was understandable that she asked Ye Zelin to feed her. After all, she was injured. It was not like they were deliberately showing off their affection.
Ye Zelin was stunned at first, but he quickly realized that Hua Fushu was injured and unable to move. Most people hold chopsticks with their right hand, and Hua Fushu doesn't know how to use chopsticks with his left hand.
So he took Hua Fushu's chopsticks, held the bowl of noodles, blew the noodles cool before feeding them into Hua Fushu's mouth. It was just like a mother feeding her child, the mother feeds the noodles to the child's mouth, and the child opens his mouth to eat.
Ye Zelin is the mother, and Hua Fushu is the obedient child.
Sanqiao moved the stool he was sitting on towards Mu Qing and then started eating noodles.
Not long after eating the noodles, Shang Shisan's wife, Kou, came over with two maids. She had a round face, a slightly plump figure, was of medium height, and was wearing an indigo dress.
When he saw someone coming in, Hua Fushu called her Thirteenth Sister-in-law, and Ye Zelin also called her Sister-in-law.
"He's such an elegant young man. My sister is so lucky." Kou only glanced at Ye Zelin indifferently, gave a brief evaluation, and said to Hua Fushu, "Sister, I've prepared hot water. You can go take a bath first. Your medicine will be ready later. I'll have my maid bring it to you, and Xiaoqiao will come too." She then said to Ye Zelin, "My brother-in-law and everyone else, please wait. Someone will be here to serve you in a while."
Ye Zelin and others expressed their gratitude.
Sanqiao supported Hua Fushu and followed Kou Shi. Kou Shi waved to Yu Chisu and said softly, "Young lady, come with us too. Let's go."
"Me?" Yu Chisu pointed at herself.
"Let's go." Kou said.
Yu Chisu then followed, with her head slightly lowered. She felt a little embarrassed by the family's hospitality.
After taking a bath, Hua Fushu changed into clean clothes. She wore a goose yellow double-breasted top with a white tube top underneath, and a goose yellow long skirt tied with a white ribbon.
Perhaps because of her injury, the dress Kou had prepared for her was soft and breathable. The color wasn't her typical red, but the style was one she liked. Even the guest room she'd been given was spacious and well-ventilated, with mosquito repellent incense and a gauze curtain on the bed. They even provided ice cubes to cool her down, fearing she'd get too hot. It was a truly thoughtful and considerate experience.
She no longer felt like an outsider, but a member of the Shang family. She even thought that Shang Shisan was her biological brother and Kou was her biological sister-in-law.
But that's just a thought.
When the maid brought Ye Zelin to the guest room after he washed, Hua Fushu was already lying on the couch.
At this time, the maid brought Hua Fushu's medicine. Ye Zelin took it, held the medicine soup, and fed Hua Fushu with a spoon. After only two sips, Hua Fushu was afraid of the bitterness, so he took the bowl of medicine soup directly from Ye Zelin's hand and gulped it down.
A few drops of medicine flowed from the corners of her mouth. Ye Zelin took the handkerchief handed to her by the maid and wiped it clean for her.
Ye Zelin looked at the other bowl of unfinished medicine soup and said to the maid, "Miss, does your house have any candied fruits? My wife is afraid of bitter medicine."
The maid replied, "Yes, please wait a moment, sir. I will bring some right away."
Soon, the maid brought a small jar of candied fruit. Hua Fushu held the candied fruit and ate one candied fruit for every spoonful of medicine Ye Zelin fed her. The maid couldn't help but chuckle. Hua Fushu wasn't afraid of her laughter, but instead hoped she would laugh longer.
Ye Zelin was not as thick-skinned as Hua Fushu. He glanced at the maid and the maid couldn't help but smile.
After finishing the medicinal soup, there was still one piece of candied fruit left. Hua Fushu handed the candied fruit jar to Ye Zelin and said, "Here, this is a reward for you."
Ye Zelin saw that she looked like a young woman in love sharing delicious food with her sweetheart. He smiled faintly, and with his slender fingers, he took the candied fruit from the jar, put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it. He joked, "You little foodie, you eat candied fruit even when you take medicine. You're so sweet."
Hua Fushu smiled awkwardly, "I'm sharing it with you, not eating it alone."
Giving him one to eat is called sharing? It was clearly her leftovers that she gave him to eat, so how could it be called sharing? Ye Zelin joked, "You didn't share the good things with me before."
Hua Fushu recalled the time when they visited the Lantern Festival during the Shangsi Festival. At that time, she offered to share food with him but he refused. So she said half seriously and half jokingly, "At worst, I can give you half of everything in the future."
Ye Zelin believed it and said, "Okay, give me half of it from now on."
In the morning, after Hua Fushu had her meal, she went to see Shang Shisan, accompanied by Ye Zelin and Sanqiao. She briefly explained the matter of the 100,000 official silver and Qingyun Mountain. She did not mention her deal with Sai Yuhuan, nor did she reveal the true identities of Sai Yuhuan and the others. Finally, she said, "I'm sorry to trouble you, Brother Shisan. I promised them to return the silver and send them away, and it's not easy to go back on my word. Don't worry, brother, this won't bring you any trouble."
Shang Shisan waved his hand and said, "Sister, please don't worry about whether it will cause trouble or not. Since it is your order, I will definitely see to it."
The two discussed the departure time. Hua Fushu felt that the sooner the better, so they set the time at noon.
Shang Shisan went to prepare the boat himself. As soon as he left, Hua Fushu returned to the guest room. Ye Zelin said to her, "Fushu, what you said to Brother Shisan was a lie."
Hua Fushu chuckled: "Not really, I only told part of it. Thirteenth Brother is a trustworthy person."
Ye Zelin poured her a cup of tea and sat on the bamboo couch. "How did you and Thirteenth Brother meet? When did you meet?"
Hua Fushu sat on the other side of the coffee table, not drinking the tea poured by Ye Zelin. She told Ye Zelin how she helped the Xiangshui Cao Gang overcome difficulties and how she became sworn brothers with Shang Shisan. After hearing this, Ye Zelin smiled and said, "So you came to Xiangshui Town specifically to help Brother Shisan. It wasn't just a chance encounter or a chance kindness."
Hua Fushu asked in return: "Do you know which industry is the most profitable?"
Ye Zelin shook his head slightly at first, then thought for a moment and said, "The entertainment industry, perhaps."
Entertainment industry?
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