"That's what I want to say. Baoyu deliberately kept it a secret from Cao'er. He found an excuse to trick Cao'er back to town, and now he's found a house outside to settle him down."
Yang Donghu frowned, and became even more worried after hearing this: "But this matter can't be kept secret forever."
"This is the first time Baoyu has encountered this, and it's hard for her to make a decision on her own. She wants to ask you whether she should tell Cao'er about this."
Yang Donghu was in a mess. He had thought that if he could find Liu Guiyuan and bring him back, everyone would be happy. However, no one expected such a sudden change. If Cao'er knew about it, there would be no hope and she might even lose the desire to live. This caught Yang Donghu off guard and he didn't know what to do.
Thinking of Cao'er's sleepless nights, troubled by her worries about Liu Guiyuan, Yang Donghu couldn't bring himself to bring himself to speak. After a moment's thought, he spoke with difficulty: "How about we keep it a secret for now? Where is Liu Guiyuan staying? I want to go and see for myself."
"No, you're not safe yet, how can you go out and run around? That place is not close to here, you can't go."
Yang Anjin regretted speaking out about this, and dragged Yang Donghu over with him, feeling annoyed: "You can't go anyway, and I'm already being too nosy by saying this. If you... then I'll never forgive myself in this life."
Since Yang Donghu knew about it, he couldn't pretend not to know and not care about Cao'er's life or death. However, he heard this from Yang Anjin. If he got willful and something unexpected happened, he was afraid that he would be blamed. He couldn't ignore both sides. Yang Donghu calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Tell me where Liu Guiyuan is. If I don't go, it's the same if I let Dachuan go to check."
Yang Anjin was already a talkative person, and if he didn't tell him the place, he was afraid that he would worry every day, so he had to tell him the address.
"Don't worry, I will take care of my own body. Poor Cao'er. If you don't tell me about this, I would feel really guilty if I learned about Cao'er's bad news without knowing it one day." Yang Donghu patted Yang Anjin's hand, motioning him to rest assured.
"Well, be careful."
Thinking about this matter made him upset, so when Yang Donghu had some time alone with Zhao Luochuan at night, he told him everything.
Zhao Luochuan also said the same thing. There was no way he could let Yang Donghu work so hard with him. After much persuasion, he finally reached an agreement with the two.
"Go and see what Liu Guiyuan's condition is like. Go tomorrow, and we'll make plans after you come back."
Before Yang Donghu went to sleep, he was still nagging and urging her. He must have been worried about this matter all day. Zhao Luochuan covered his eyes with his palms, hugged him in his arms and whispered in his ear: "I know, go to sleep quickly. Aren't you tired after thinking about it all day? Go to sleep quickly."
The next day, Yang Donghu got up very early and urged Zhao Luochuan to go quickly. He wanted to know what happened in the meantime and didn't want to wait a moment longer.
Zhao Luochuan was worried, so he settled Yang Donghu in Zhu Cuilan's yard before leaving. He also said that he would be back soon and asked him not to go out and just wait at home.
The address given by Yang Anjin was nearly a hundred miles away from here, and it was definitely not possible to get there by walking alone. Zhao Luochuan rented a horse, which saved a lot of time on the round trip.
The two places are under the jurisdiction of the same company. Zhao Luochuan took some effort to find the farmer's family where Liu Guiyuan was staying. He did not disturb them rashly, but waited outside for a while.
The layout of the courtyard showed that the owner's family was not well off, but there were racks of herbs drying everywhere, so there must be a barefoot doctor practicing medicine in the family.
A peasant girl was sitting in the yard tending to the dried herbs, while another thin man was cleaning up the residue she had picked out with a broom. There was indeed something unusual when their eyes met.
Zhao Luochuan had used Liu Guiyuan's portrait to look for someone before, and this time he recognized at a glance that the thin man was the person in the painting. He hesitated for a moment and knocked on the door of the simple courtyard.
The peasant girl heard someone knocking on the door and asked as she stood up and walked out. When she saw a stranger, she became wary and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Zhao Luochuan pointed at Liu Guiyuan behind her without saying a word.
It was obvious that this was not the first time that the peasant girl had seen someone looking for Liu Guiyuan. She looked in the direction of his finger and saw the person being pointed at staring at her blankly.
After a long time, so long that Zhao Luochuan felt impatient, the peasant girl finally spoke again, but she was talking to Liu Guiyuan: "Wen En, do you remember where I took you to pick herbs last time?"
Liu Guiyuan nodded, and the peasant girl smiled at him: "Then can you help me collect the herbs like you did last time? You remember what the herbs look like."
Liu Guiyuan said nothing as he prepared to go out with his backpack on his back. When he passed by Zhao Luochuan, he looked at him curiously.
Only after the person passed by did the peasant girl invite Zhao Luochuan into the yard.
"His name is obviously Liu Guiyuan, why do you call him Wen En?" Zhao Luochuan didn't waste any words and went straight to the point.
The peasant girl fiddled with the herbs without stopping, her head still fixed, her tone calm as she spoke: "I picked him up. When he woke up, he forgot everything, not even his own name. I named him Wen En."
As she spoke, she glanced up at Zhao Luochuan, who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and continued, "You're not the first one to come looking for him. I know what you want to ask. When I found him, he was covered in wounds and only had one breath left. I used all my strength to save him. If you want to take him back, I won't agree, and neither will he."
She was being so decisive, Zhao Luochuan retorted coldly, "How do you know he won't agree? Just because he can't remember doesn't mean the people who worry about him don't exist. His family is going crazy looking for him, and even now his best friend is keeping it a secret from the elderly at home. Have you ever thought about how much harm it would cause to those people if he never went back?"
"You don't have to lecture me about these big principles. The fact that he's forgotten what happened in the past can only mean it's God's will. If he had lived a stable life before, how could he have fallen to this point? He finally escaped the hardships of the past. Do you want him to go back and continue to live a life where he was hunted down and killed? You said his family, it's been so long, they have to accept the facts sooner or later. Just go back and tell them that Wen En is dead, so he won't have to go back and feel sad like this."
"A doctor's heart is filled with compassion. How could you say something that would cause parents to abandon their son?" Zhao Luochuan found her words somewhat unreasonable and said coldly, "Liu Guiyuan is a filial son. If he ever remembers everything, won't he blame you?"
"Whether he blames me or not is something he can decide after he remembers. How can you guarantee that he will be willing to go back after he remembers? What if he doesn't want to? Are you fulfilling his wish by forcibly taking him back now?"
No matter what Zhao Luochuan said, the peasant girl remained unmoved. She just had to say that she would not agree to Liu Guiyuan leaving.
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