Seeing a hint of wariness in Qin Heming's eyes, Qin Baiyi belatedly realized that he had lost control of his emotions in his haste and acted too intensely.
He took a deep breath silently, trying his best to suppress his worry, before speaking again.
"I'm sorry, I was too harsh. You... with so many little red rashes on your body, don't you feel uncomfortable at all? Or remember anything?"
The hint in his words was too obvious, but there was no malice in them. Qin Heming tried hard to recall what he had said while answering seriously.
"It feels a little itchy, and the more I scratch, the itchier it gets, but other than that, there doesn't seem to be anything else. I think I must have accidentally touched some strange plant, and it should be fine."
Upon hearing this, Qin Baiyi's eyes darkened slightly, and the anger that he had managed to suppress earlier resurfaced.
"Since you already know you're feeling unwell, why don't you hurry back and let your mother or Xiao Yao take a look? Aren't you afraid you'll faint in the mountains!"
Qin Baiyi spoke these words with great emphasis, and something flashed through Qin Heming's mind.
Unfortunately, he couldn't catch it; he only felt that the thing was somewhat familiar...
"Pack your things and come back with me right away." Not waiting for Qin Heming's reply, Qin Baiyi simply stopped waiting and urged him in a deep voice.
This scene felt even more familiar to Qin Heming, but he just couldn't remember the specifics, so he had no choice but to obediently listen to Qin Baiyi's words.
But as he was about to bend down to pick up the bamboo shoots that had already been dug out of the ground, Qin Baiyi swiftly slapped his hand away, and all the bamboo shoots were picked up by Qin Baiyi and put into his basket.
Finally, Qin Baiyi even took his basket and carried it on his back.
He finally understood that the man in white didn't want him to touch the bamboo shoots.
Don't touch bamboo shoots...
These words kept echoing in Qin Heming's mind. Even after he returned to his resting place and Xiao Yao examined him, he still couldn't figure out the reason.
"Young Master, your symptoms are somewhat similar to my daughter's. But my daughter developed these symptoms after eating peanuts. Did you eat anything similar?"
While asking questions, Xiao Yao was also carefully observing Qin Heming, trying to find out more about the reasons.
“Aside from lunch, I haven’t eaten anything else. Aunt Yao, I just went up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots.”
"Bamboo shoots..." Little Yao murmured, her eyes slowly closing as if lost in a memory.
After a while, she suddenly rushed to fetch a basin of water for Qin Heming, her usually gentle voice now carrying a hint of seriousness.
"Quickly wash your hands clean. If I remember correctly, you shouldn't touch things like bamboo shoots. Luckily, you didn't touch too many today, otherwise you might have fainted on the mountain!"
Seeing Xiao Yao's serious expression, Qin Heming felt that she was not threatening him. He quickly washed his hands carefully, even cleaning the crevices under his fingernails.
It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly realized that someone had asked him to do the same thing before.
At that time, we just had him rinse his mouth and then take his medicine properly...
etc!
He finally remembered that he had never been allowed to eat bamboo shoots since he was a child, and the cook had been punished for accidentally letting him eat bamboo shoots once.
If it weren't for his pleading, the cook might have lost his head.
But only those who had served him knew these things, and the white-clad uncle's tense and anxious expression earlier clearly indicated that he also knew something.
How could that be?
Could it be that his mother told him...?
As soon as the thought popped into his head, Qin Heming gently shook his head in denial.
Impossible. He has never touched or eaten bamboo shoots since his mother came to this family.
Even the bamboo shoots for Da Hua were dug up by his mother. Da Hua would remove them himself if he wanted to eat them, so he didn't need anyone to feed him, and he never touched them.
So... how did the man in white know this?
"Young Master, this is the medicine you will be taking next. Don't worry, your symptoms are very mild and will completely disappear in two days at most."
Xiao Yao's words pulled Qin Heming out of his confusion. He smiled politely at her, but his gaze involuntarily drifted toward Qin Baiyi.
Fearing the other party might discover something, he glanced at it and immediately withdrew it, taking the medicine to find Qin Qingyu.
At this moment, Mo Qianshang noticed the abnormality on their side. After learning the whole story, she first thanked Qin Baiyi and then went to talk to Xiao Yaoshi about Qin Heming's situation.
On the other side, the Qin brothers were also having a lively conversation.
"Big brother, the uncle in white has always been very kind to us. He even knows things that even Mother doesn't know. Do you think he could be our father?"
After listening to his elder brother's description and questions, this was the only reasonable explanation Qin Qingyu could come up with.
In his memory, although his father did not often wear white clothes, his figure was very similar to that of the uncle in white. If you didn't consider his father's dark skin, even the outline of his face was somewhat similar to that of the uncle in white.
However, their father was not as handsome as the uncle in white, and his temperament was more like that of the uncles in the village.
But after listening to Qin Qingyu's words, Qin Heming suddenly felt that what he said made a lot of sense. After a long silence, Qin Heming suddenly lowered his voice so that only the two brothers could hear him.
"Second brother, why don't we test the waters together?"
"How do we test them?" Qin Qingyu missed their father and was also very curious, so she immediately leaned closer.
"We'll go find Mom in a bit, and you can ask her... Then I'll secretly observe Uncle in white's reaction. If he really is our father, his expression will definitely change."
"Okay, we'll do it your way, big brother!"
The two brothers hit it off immediately, and after Qin Heming finished drinking the medicine, they walked together to Mo Qianshang's side.
"Mother, I just read a story in a medical book, and it suddenly made me miss Father. Do you still remember what Father looked like?"
Qin Qingyu was naturally bookish and looked rather thin. At this moment, he deliberately lowered his voice and lowered his eyes, which gave people a sense of sadness for some reason.
Seeing the child like this, Mo Qianshang couldn't say that she didn't remember, so she could only try her best to recall her memories of Qin Baiyi and tell them to the child.
"Your father is an extremely diligent man, and his skills... are quite good too!"
Actually, it was Mo Qianshang who saved the children's father, but in order to maintain the image of their father in the children's eyes, she had to tell a white lie.
However, upon further reflection, Mo Qianshang still couldn't recall much, so she could only make things up.
"Your dad was so thoughtful. Every time he came back from working, he would bring you food. When he had money, it was snacks; when he didn't, he would pick wild fruit for you from the mountain. You were so happy then!"
Mo Qianshang spoke very seriously, and even though Qin Qingyu didn't remember clearly, she felt as if such a thing had happened.
But that wasn't their purpose, so at Qin Heming's prompting, Qin Qingyu blushed and continued to ask questions.
"Did Father ever bring Mother anything?"
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