Chapter 380 Gift Giving
Tang Yichen listened to Qin Huiyin talking about the auction. Seeing that she was very interested, he poured her a cup of tea and listened to her quietly.
"Did I disturb you while you were working on the documents?" Qin Huiyin saw the documents in front of him, "You go ahead and do your work. I'll go see if my mother has come back."
"Yinyin, how many people know that Miss Xia's appearance has been damaged?" Tang Yichen called her.
Qin Huiyin thought carefully and said, "After she entered the capital, she would wear a mask when she went out. So far, only people from my family, the Xia family, and Mr. Li knew about it in the capital."
"If the Zhu family didn't take the picture of the herb, they will definitely ask someone to find out who took the picture. If we don't find a way to have the best of both worlds, I'm afraid we'll become enemies with the Zhu family."
"Brother, what you mean is..."
"There are two plans now. One is to give half to the Zhu family. However, this way, Miss Xia's injury can be healed, but the Zhu family's injury is too serious and may not be healed. The Zhu family will definitely be dissatisfied. This will not only not gain gratitude from the other party, but may even make enemies. The second is to bring out this disaster. Just say that the person who bought the herbs has left Beijing. Miss Xia can heal her wounds, but she can't make it public. She still has to wear a mask as usual, and wait until the storm is over before taking off the mask and returning to her true appearance."
"The herbs were bought by Young Master Li for Wan'er. The Zhu family can't be so unreasonable, right? They need them, and so do others! Everyone gets the things based on their own abilities, but if they can't get them, they just steal theirs from others. How can this be justified?" Qin Huiyin said.
"If the Li and Xia families were officials or aristocratic families with higher status than the Zhu family, the Zhu family would certainly not dare to do anything. However, once they find out that the person who took the photo of the herbs is a commoner or a businessman, do you think the Li and Xia families dare to offend them? Even if they dare to offend, they will probably have a hard time. Yinyin, let alone them, even your brother cannot offend the Zhu family now. This is the cruelty of the officialdom."
"I will discuss it with Wan'er." Qin Huiyin was in a good mood originally, but now she is in no mood at all.
"Brother is wrong. I ruined your mood." Seeing that she was unhappy, Tang Yichen comforted her. "Maybe brother is worrying too much. The Zhu family may not come to our door."
"The problem that Big Brother is worried about is a problem. You think more about it than we do. This is right in itself. After all, if you don't think about the future, you will have immediate worries!"
Tang Yichen saw Qin Huiyin leave, fiddling with the inkstone in his hand, his eyes full of annoyance: "I shouldn't say that, the little girl is unhappy."
Qin Huiyin came out of the study and asked the servant about the whereabouts of Xia Ruwan and Li Congxiao.
Zhilan said from the side: "Miss Xia is still in the tea room, Mr. Li has left."
Qin Huiyin returned to the tea room and saw Xia Ruwan still intoxicated there. She took the ice box from her hand and said, "It's so cold, you are not afraid of the cold, what are you doing with it?"
Xia Ruwan said uncomfortably: "I was thinking about something and didn't pay attention for a while."
"Look at how happy he is. Is there any progress?" Qin Huiyin joked.
"What progress? What progress?" Xia Ruwan said coquettishly, "Don't talk nonsense."
"I just came from my eldest brother's place. He reminded me of something. It's not nice to hear, but it's the truth. I think I need to tell you about it."
Xia Ruwan said seriously: "What's the matter, tell me?"
"The Zhu family didn't bid for the herbs, but they may not be willing to give up. If they come to your door, will you give them up or not?" Qin Huiyin looked at her.
Xia Ruwan frowned: "Can't the Zhu family find another batch of herbs?"
"You and I both know that this herb is precious. It is a gift from God that it can be found in the world now. If it were so easy to find, it wouldn't be such a headache."
"If it's a thorny issue, I'd definitely be willing to give up the herbs. We're all small fry, and we can't beat them. What else can we do?"
Xia Ruwan walked out with an ice box.
She rushed to the door of Li's house.
When the Li family's servant saw that it was her, he immediately invited her in.
She arrived at Li Congxiao's room without any obstruction.
She stood outside the wing room and said to the attendant who came out, "I have something to say to your young master, please ask him to come out."
"Our master is ill, I'm afraid..." The attendant looked towards the room worriedly.
"What's wrong? Have you seen a doctor?" Xia Ruwan became nervous.
"Our Master won't let me say it..."
Xia Ruwan strode into the room and saw Li Congxiao sleeping on the bed. However, from his red face and pale lips, it could be seen that he was seriously ill.
He was fine just now. How come he fell ill in less than half an hour?
No, his condition just now was not right, he was just trying to hide it and pretend to be normal. Now that I think about it, his breathing was much heavier just now.
Although his face was ruddy, his eyes could not hide his fatigue. At that time, she did not dare to look him in the eye and did not notice his abnormality.
"Have you called the doctor?"
"The young master has been ill for a few days and has been taking medicine. When he heard that the auction would have the herbs he needed, he dragged his sick body over. He didn't book a room in advance, so he was not eligible to stay in the room. He spent a lot of money to get the room from someone else."
"Where's his medicine?"
"Young Master just came back. The medicine is still being boiled. It will be ready soon."
"Bring some warm water. How did you take care of him? Didn't you see he was badly burned?"
"Yes, I will go right away."
Xia Ruwan stayed by Li Congxiao's bed, looking at his tired and weak appearance, and muttered, "You are always so playful and smiling, but in the end you are nothing but a piece of paper."
At this moment, she no longer cared about the 'troubles' and 'dangers' that had not yet happened. She only knew that he had fought hard for this herb for her, and she could not let him down.
When Li Congxiao opened his eyes, he saw the girl lying on the bed, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
He stretched out his hand to touch her intact cheek, but stopped before reaching over. He just gently stroked the strands of hair on her forehead, revealing her eyes.
Xia Ruwan opened her eyes and saw that he was awake. She sat up suddenly and said, "You're awake."
She reached out and touched his forehead: "It's not hot anymore."
Li Congxiao looked at her with a smile: "You took advantage of me when I was sick. How are you going to explain this to me, Miss Xia?"
"Who took advantage of you? I saw that you spent so much money to buy the herbs, so I owed you a favor, and now I want to repay you."
"Then I'm at a disadvantage. No, I have to stay in bed for a few more days and ask you to continue to take care of me." Li Congxiao said weakly, "My arm hurts, please massage it for me."
"Are you shameless?" Xia Ruwan's cheeks felt hot and she patted his arm.
"Hiss..." Li Congxiao felt pain.
Xia Ruwan's face changed, and she gently pressed his arm: "Does it hurt here?"
"Yeah, right here. It will be fine if you press it." Li Congxiao grinned.
Xia Ruwan then realized that she had been tricked by him. She wanted to slap him, but seeing that he was still so haggard, she didn't do it.
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