Chapter 124 Chapter 124 Jealousy PK
"If I want to, I can."
As he said this, his eyes gleamed with confidence, brighter than the sparks in the dark night.
Duan Wenpei looked carefully at his second brother who was several heads shorter than him, walked behind him and grasped the wheelchair handle again with doubt.
The wheelchair slowly moved forward, and Zhao Huaiyou's freed hands finally trembled as they retreated into his sleeves. Looking at the empty corridor, he couldn't help but sigh, "Third brother, you've changed."
Become less cautious and no longer hide your goals and ideas.
"People always change. My second brother has changed too," Duan Wenpei sneered.
The second brother who used to be indifferent to everyone can now confidently say that he would help him get support from the Zhou family.
As time passes, the mansion remains the same as before, but the people who live here have long since changed...
As they approached a fork in the road, Zhao Huaiyou suddenly gripped the rotating wooden wheel tightly and said hesitantly, "Third brother, I have only one request of you... If the Zhao family is truly at the end of its rope, I hope you will spare my father and mother's lives."
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The days that followed went on as usual, except that the business at Fuze Hall became increasingly busy, so much so that Nan Xu and Yin Ruizhu had no time to take care of other things, and they often ate and rested in the pharmacy.
Even Nan Yicheng was invited by Nan Xu to help.
The young man, who was used to a leisurely and noble life in Kyoto, looked down on these jobs. However, he left in a hurry, and although the marquis's mansion would send letters and silver every month, they could not cover his expenses.
Without money, even if you immerse yourself in books all day long, you won’t be able to solve the problem of hunger.
Gradually, the confusion and disgust changed the moment he received the moon silver.
"Why don't you go back first, brother? You should have returned to Kyoto after rescuing me. You haven't been back for so long, and your sister-in-law and the children miss you so much." Nan Xu packed the herbs and handed them to the patient who came to get the medicine. She turned around to get the pestle to pound the medicine, but a pair of hands next to her handed the things to her before her.
Nan Xu smiled at the young and handsome doctor. The doctor blushed instantly, but was in no hurry to go back. He stood by and helped her pass the herbs.
Nan Yicheng used his writing skills to organize several incomplete medical books. At this moment, he was rolling up his sleeves to carefully check whether the medicinal materials drawn in the books were accurate. When he was about to look up and speak, he saw this scene.
The beautiful woman was dressed simply, with half of her long black hair tied up with a jade hairpin and the other half tied behind her head with a ribbon. She was concentrating on hammering the pestle in her hand, and occasionally smiling and talking to the man next to her. The man was tall and straight, with a handsome and elegant face. He was dressed in the same simple clothes and cooperated with the woman very well.
At first glance, I thought it was a young couple running a drug store, with the husband following his lead and the wife following his!
No, no, no.
As soon as this thought came up, it was quickly suppressed by Nan Yicheng.
Ah Xu is still a good match for Duan Wenpei. Yes, yes, yes. He shook his aching neck and felt that he shouldn't have ignored this "former brother-in-law" so much, even though this man was about to marry a new wife.
But he subconsciously had a hunch that Nan Xu and Duan Wenpei weren't as distant as they seemed. The way he looked at his sister always had a kind of affection he couldn't describe...
He couldn't help but put down what he was holding, walked forward and squeezed the young man aside, "Doctor Huo, please go and do your work. Shopkeeper Nan, I'll take care of this. It just so happens that we haven't talked together for a long time, so let's take advantage of the free time to have a few personal words."
Seeing Nan Yicheng take the herbs from his hand as if nothing had happened, Doctor Huo showed a hint of disappointment on his face.
But he knew very well that this was the brother of the girl he loved. No matter how disappointed he was, he could only stare at him silently for a moment, and then sat back down, looking back every few steps.
Nan Xu caught a glimpse of this out of the corner of her eye and shook her head, laughing. "Brother, you wanted to say something personal, but you just said it out loud. Why are you staring at Doctor Huo?"
Nan Yicheng leaned forward, trying to block the gaze from that side, while stubbornly saying, "I'm afraid someone might target you, and they want me to go back early... You're all alone here, and your second brother hasn't been released by King Yi yet. I want to stay with you and your sister, and I'm not going anywhere!"
Nan Xu couldn't help but slow down her movements when she heard him speak so decisively. "Speaking of this, I haven't asked Big Brother what Duan Wenpei said that night. Now Second Brother is locked up again, and we don't know whether he's dead or alive. Big Brother isn't in a hurry, is there something planned?"
Since his sister asked him, Nan Yicheng did not hide it. However, there were many people here and they were talking a lot. He looked around and leaned over to whisper in Nan Xu's ear.
Nan Xu listened without stopping her hands from moving. Nan Yicheng's attention was all on his mouth and he was not familiar with the medicinal herbs. He picked up a few plants and handed them to her. Nan Xu took a closer look, but they were not what she wanted.
After listening to him quietly, Nan Xu waved to Doctor Huo, who was looking over here frequently, to come over and help. Nan Yicheng was puzzled, so Nan Xu spread out the herbs in her hand to show him, "I understand what you said, big brother. But now I really need someone to help me process this batch of herbs quickly. Big brother is not suitable, so let Doctor Huo come."
Seeing Nan Xu calling him, Doctor Huo was naturally very happy. He immediately strode over with Nan Yicheng's warning and displeased eyes.
Nan Yicheng refused to give in. He bowed to Nan Yicheng, then bent down, picked up the basket of herbs in front of him, walked to the other side of Nan Xu, and continued his previous actions.
He passed it to Nanxu, who then pounded it. Nanxu raised her hand to wipe the sweat off her face. He wanted to use the towel to wipe it, but hesitated and put it down. He turned around and picked up the teacup beside her and handed it to her...
Nan Yicheng's eyes twitched as he watched, and he was about to speak up to remind Nan Xu to be careful of her identity when a woman's scream suddenly came from the door.
"Sister Nan, why are you doing this kind of work that servants do?!"
Facing the light, Qin Hui walked in holding Duan Wenpei's arm, followed closely by Zhao Huaian who was reluctantly pushing Zhao Huaiyou.
Benedict was certain that Duan Wenpei would never spend as much time with Qin Hui as his father had said, so today he publicly suggested that his brothers accompany Qin Hui, the future sister-in-law, out for a walk, hoping that Duan Wenpei would refuse so that he could incite Zhao Huaian, who had decided to break off the engagement with the Qin family. Looking at the two people pretending to be intimate after coming out, his face looked very ugly.
Just as he was thinking about how to let Qin Hui see Duan Wenpei's hypocritical true face, he looked up and saw Fuze Hall. He heard that Nan Xu had been in the pharmacy recently. He changed his mind and insisted on suggesting that they go in and let the doctor check on Zhao Huaiyou despite Zhao Huaiyou's refusal.
He had seen how reckless Duan Wenpei was for Nan Xu, and he also knew that he stayed in the other courtyard at night, so he firmly believed that Duan Wenpei would never let Nan Xu see him and Qin Hui being so intimate.
As long as Duan Wenpei's eyes met Nan Xu, and he coldly and heartlessly shook off Qin Hui's arm, he could then have someone go to the Qin family and exaggerate that Duan Wenpei still had feelings for Nan Xu and that marrying Qin Hui was just a show... The smug smirk widened infinitely at the corners of his mouth. He looked eagerly at everything in front of him, and was about to speak up to help Qin Hui rebuke Duan Wenpei, but was nailed to the spot by Duan Wenpei's hand on Qin Hui's waist.
Not only him, but everyone present stopped what they were doing and looked over.
Even Yin Ruizhu, who was counting medicinal materials in the warehouse, rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing the situation, she couldn't help but worry for Nan Xu.
"Miss Qin is surprised by what you said. What do you mean by master and servant? This is the pharmacy that Ah Xu and I opened with great effort, so that the people of Shu can afford to see a doctor and take medicine. We are doing our own business, but why does it sound like we have done something lowly in Miss Qin's mouth? Does the lady mean that the people of Shu are also lowly people?" She smoothed her messy hair, walked to Nan Xu and gently squeezed her hand, which she had clenched at some point.
Qin Hui was feeling awkward and uncomfortable with the hand that was suddenly placed on her waist. Although she pretended to be in love with Duan Wenpei to outsiders, she could only put her arm around Duan Wenpei at most. For cousins who were not related by blood, this was the greatest intimacy they could show each other. No matter how good she was at acting, she could not ignore the arm that was around her waist.
The corners of her mouth sneered and she felt the hand on her waist tightening and tightening, almost pinching her. Qin Hui looked helplessly at the perfect match of Nan Xu and the man in front of her, and silently cried out in her heart, "What a shame! What's wrong with you two!"
No matter how bitter you feel, the show must go on.
She leaned closer to Duan Wenpei's chest, gritted her teeth and said to him, "Calm down!" Then she spoke indifferently, "Yes, yes, I'm just worried about Sister Nan. Sister Yin, please don't be angry. If you really get angry, others will say that I, the future wife of the Weiyang Earl, can't tolerate Sister Nan. What will I do then?"
They kept calling her "sister" on the left and "sister" on the right. They were two or three years older than Qin Hui, but that was nothing compared to Duan Wenpei. He was eight or nine years older than Qin Hui, and as old as an old radish. Yet they shamelessly displayed their affection in public.
I really don’t mind the sour taste!
Yin Ruizhu said "Pooh" at her and was about to say that you don't mind that Duan Wenpei is too old, but was stopped by Nan Xu.
His gaze lingered for a moment on the vein-filled hand on Qin Hui's waist. Nan Xu glanced at the gloom between Qin Hui's brows, tilted his head and smiled provocatively at Duan Wenpei.
"Doctor Huo, let's continue."
The young doctor naturally knew the relationship between Nan Xu and Duan Wenpei, but what was there to be afraid of in front of the person he loved?
"Okay, I'll listen to Miss Nan Zhang..."
He put the herbs in his hand into the medicine mortar, and in front of everyone, he took out a clean handkerchief from his sleeve and carefully wiped the sweat off Nan Xu's face, his eyes fixed on Nan Xu's reaction.
Nan Xu didn't expect him to do this, and subconsciously looked at Duan Wenpei, but happened to see Qin Hui falling into his arms at some point. Although she knew that the two were acting, she still couldn't help but feel a pang of pain in her heart.
Humph! You are allowed to be the first, but I am not allowed to be the fifteenth?
Nan Xu was about to take the handkerchief from Doctor Huo when she paused and leaned towards Doctor Huo, saying with a smile, "Thank you, Master Huo."
Qin Hui couldn't stand being pinched by Duan Wenpei and fell into his arms. She was reaching out to fight back when she looked up in disbelief.
What happened to the promise of a love stronger than gold? Could it be that he can act better than her?
Nan Yicheng, who was already dumbfounded and didn't know what was going on, pulled Yin Ruizhu, who was also a little at a loss, to the side, away from Nan Xu and the others.
Only Zhao Huaian's expression kept changing. Finally, he threw his sleeves in anger, and left the pharmacy with a cold snort, not caring about Zhao Huaiyou who was pushed in by him.
Duan Wenpei looked at him coldly with dark pupils surging in his eyes. An invisible aura spread out from his body, and the brand new handkerchief in Doctor Huo's hand was instantly shattered into pieces.
Qin Hui's body trembled as it was almost clamped under her armpits. She did not think about revenge and weakly called out "Sister Nan".
Nan Xu gave the panicked Doctor Huo a soothing look, then turned to look at Zhao Huaiyou, who seemed to see through everything, and said, "Second Young Master, you want to see your legs? It's a good thing Doctor Huo studied under a famous master, so why not let Doctor Huo take a look at your legs?"
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The author has something to say: The hero and Qin Hui are getting married soon, so it should be over soon. For now, I'm thinking of not writing a sequel, and see if you guys have anything you want to read.
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