The visitor was Cheng Chu. He first bowed respectfully, then smiled and handed over two small medicine packets: "This medicine is a family heirloom of the county magistrate, specifically for treating aches and pains and blisters. Applying it externally for an hour will make a big difference. And this is a pill to prevent colds, invented by the Duke of Zhenguo. It's very convenient; you two can just mix it with water and swallow it..."
Cheng Chu rambled on for a while, and seeing Chen Shu remain silent, he nervously apologized, "I've always been a talkative person, please forgive my rudeness, Lord Chen..."
Chen Shu, however, took Cheng Chu's hand with deep emotion, saying, "Did the county princess send you?"
Cheng Chu nodded, then quickly shook his head, looking somewhat annoyed: "The county princess didn't tell me she sent me. Lord Chen, please keep this a secret, or I'll be punished."
After Cheng Chu finished speaking, he silently praised himself in his heart—although the county princess didn't say anything, he was the one who added the drama to his life, but he performed very well this time!
Chen Shu was amused by Cheng Chu's "honesty and straightforwardness." He patted Cheng Chu's hand and laughed loudly, "Okay, I definitely won't tell. Thank you for your hard work. What's your name?"
Cheng Chu smiled along, his handsome face filled with innocent naivety: "My name is Cheng Chu, you can just call me Chu. If you two need anything from me in the future, please feel free to give the order."
Chen Shu was moved once again—this was clearly the county princess's intention.
Princess Heyang is such a good person!
Li Xuan, who had overheard the entire conversation between the two inside the house, was caught in a deep dilemma. He felt that Cheng Chu and the Princess of Yang County were not entirely kind-hearted, but since he and Chen Shu were already in this situation, there was nothing for her to flatter or scheme against.
That's really strange... So what exactly is Princess Heyang after?
When Chen Shu walked back to the bedside, he saw Li Xuan's ever-changing expression. The two of them had been enemies and friends for so many years, and Chen Shu knew what the latter was going to do with just a glance from Li Xuan. He immediately realized that this guy was starting to overthink again.
Chen Shu snorted coldly, handed a portion of the medicine to Li Xuan, and said sarcastically, "Lord Li, perhaps you shouldn't use it. Maybe they've poisoned it."
Li Xuan glared at Chen Shu, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "It's fine if you don't need to, I'm perfectly healthy."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he sneezed loudly, smearing Chen Shu's face with saliva.
Chen Shu: "".
He wiped his face with a look of disgust, shoved the medicine into Li Xuan's hand, and rolled his eyes: "Take it and use it, don't let it infect me with your illness."
Even Li Xuan couldn't say anything now. He could only take the medicine, apply the wound medicine to his foot, and take a pill to prevent catching a cold.
Since Shang Shaoyan was a young lady, it was not appropriate for her to stay at the post station with a group of young men, so she stayed at an inn. Before this, Madam Cheng had invited Shang Shaoyan to stay at her home several times, but Shang Shaoyan had politely declined.
After all, it's not good to make it too special.
Right now, Shang Shaoyan is curled up in bed, reading a book by lamplight.
This book is a copy of "A Brief History of Time" made by Shang Yunlan herself. In his previous life, Shang Shaoyan was worst at physics and would fall asleep as soon as he listened to a lecture. Therefore, he asked Shang Yunlan to find a book related to physics and astronomy to help him fall asleep.
In a daze, Shang Shaoyan seemed to have returned to a physics classroom in the 21st century. The physics teacher was a girl in her early twenties. She actually taught very well, but her Sichuan accent was very distracting. In every physics class, Shang Shaoyan's attention was focused on her accent.
Shang Shaoyan often falls asleep in physics class. Whenever this happens, the physics teacher will furiously slam his fist on Shang Shaoyan's desk: "Sang Shaoyan, what's wrong with you? I told you not to sleep, not to sleep, can't you understand human language?"
Once, Shang Shaoyan was incredibly bold—perhaps because she wasn't fully awake—and immediately said, "Teacher, my name is Shang Shaoyan, not Sang Saoyan!"
Physics teacher: "..."
Then Shang Shaoyan was punished by being made to stand.
As Shang Shaoyan drifted off into thought, she flipped through the book. By the third page, she was already dozing off. Just as she was about to peacefully close her eyes, a clear female voice came from outside the door: "Why are you all so annoying? I've told you so many times that I'm trying to sleep. Stop disturbing my peace and quiet!"
Shang Shaoyan was immediately startled awake and subconsciously said, "Teacher, my name is Shang Shaoyan, not Sang Saoyan!"
The area outside the door fell silent instantly. Bai Lu, who was inside, was also awakened by Shang Shaoyan's shout. She looked confused, but still dutifully scolded, "Who dares to address the county princess by her name!"
Shang Shaoyan regained consciousness, looked at Bai Lu, cleared his throat, and reassured her, "Bai Lu, it's alright."
Bai Lu's eyes were half-open and half-closed, clearly extremely sleepy: "Ah, but this servant heard someone..."
Shang Shaoyan gave an awkward smile and was about to speak when he heard a knock on his door: "Sang Shaoyan? Is that you, Si?"
Shang Shaoyan: "...?"
She was a little confused, then her eyes widened—that voice, that accent, wasn't that her physics teacher!
Shang Shaoyan was immediately gripped by the fear of being dominated by physics, but having died once before, she quickly regained her composure: "Bai Lu, go and invite the lady outside in."
Bai Lu was almost awake. She nodded, got up, and opened the door.
Standing outside the door was a beautiful, sharp-looking woman dressed in short men's clothing with a sword at her waist. Her eyes lit up the moment she saw Shang Shaoyan: "Hey, it really is you!"
Shang Shaoyan: "..."
She gave Bai Lu a wink, and Bai Lu immediately obeyed and left the room to find Bai Shuang.
Inside the room, Shang Shaoyan quickly got off the bed, pulled the young woman into the room, and exclaimed in surprise, "Teacher Xie?"
Xie Huayin nodded, looking at Shang Shaoyan with surprise: "You're in Leli too?"
Shang Shaoyan was a little flustered, but still nodded: "That's right, how come you also..."
Xie Huayin sighed, sat on the edge of the bed, and slowly began to speak in Mandarin: "It's a long story... I'll make it short."
Shang Shaoyan: "."
Suddenly, there was no accent, and I'm not used to it at all.
Xie Huayin complained, "That day after I got home from get off work, I read a novel as usual. The book was called 'The Overbearing Prince: The Foodie Princess, Don't Run Away'."
Shang Shaoyan: "...Good, good name."
Xie Huayin took a sip of water and continued, "At first, I thought it was pretty rubbish and I didn't really want to read it, but then I found out there was a cannon fodder character with the exact same name as you, and hey, that piqued my interest!"
Shang Shaoyan's lips twitched slightly: "Thank you for your kind offer."
Xie Huayin waved her hand: "No need to thank me. Then I finished reading the book and found that you were only mentioned three times in total. The first time was when you were jealous of the female lead and tried to trip her up, only to be humiliated; the second time was when it was said that your parents and brothers had all died, and you ended up in prostitution; the third time was after the female lead married the prince, when you watched her grand wedding procession in the brothel and shed tears of regret..."
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