Chapter 208 Untie the knot
Chapter 208 Untie the knot
Ruan Qingqing understood Wushang's meaning. The three of them were not as simple as they seemed, nor as pure as she imagined. She had to be wary of them.
"I understand what you mean."
She was responded by a gentle warm breeze.
Soon, Dr. Li and Ruan Shitai were invited over by Aunt Wang. To be on the safe side, Ruan Qingqing asked Dr. Li to check all three of them, just in case.
Half a day later, Doctor Li found Ruan Qingqing and asked her solemnly, "Qing girl, where did you find all these people from?"
Ruan Qingqing asked in confusion, "Doctor Li, what are their health problems?"
Doctor Li sighed, "They are not old, not weak, and not frail. I don't know if keeping them is a blessing or a curse."
"How do you say this?"
"Don't underestimate the old man with white hair, for his bone age is only forty. The young man who is as thin as a paper man looks extremely weak, but his pulse is strong and powerful, without any sign of weakness. The girl with a big belly is not pregnant, but her belly is filled with Guanyin soil. Although she looks exhausted, she is actually full of vitality inside." Doctor Li frowned.
"How could this be?"
"The old man must have suffered a trauma in his early years, and his hair and beard turned completely white due to excessive worry. The young man has two conflicting poisons in his body, and the dragon and tiger are competing with each other, which damages the body surface; the girl must have taken a famous medicine that can prolong life. In short, these three people seem contradictory and inconsistent. You have to be more careful!"
"Doctor Li, is there any way to expel the Guanyin soil in that girl's stomach?" Thinking of her promise, Ruan Qingqing still asked.
"Under normal circumstances it cannot be expelled. However, if the true Qi of a person with internal strength is combined with silver needles, it is not difficult to expel it." Doctor Li stroked his beard and said thoughtfully.
"According to Doctor Li, who is more suitable to provide true energy, the old or the young?" Ruan Qingqing asked.
"Neither of them is suitable." Unexpectedly, Dr. Li rejected it.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. Maybe the true energy in their bodies is their magic weapon to prolong their lives!
"This is a bit difficult. How about Doctor Li prescribe some medicine that can alleviate the symptoms first?" Ruan Qingqing suggested.
"No medicine will work in her condition. Let's not waste the herbs!" Doctor Li sighed again.
"I understand. Thank you, Dr. Li!"
Ruan Qingqing personally saw the master and disciple off.
On the way back, Ruan Qingqing silently thought about the arrangements that would be made for these three people.
"Don't meddle in their own affairs. Just pretend you didn't hear what Doctor Li said today."
Just as she was lost in thought, Wushang's voice popped out again.
"Are you talking to me?" Ruan Qingqing asked, looking around.
"Who else is here besides you?"
Ruan Qingqing took three deep breaths, but ultimately failed to control the wild power in her heart.
"Wu Shang, come out here! Is there anything you can't say to my face? Why do you always contradict yourself? Ever since the last battle with Mo Liangren, you've become weird. If I've done anything wrong, just tell me directly. If you don't want to stay here, my father and I have said that we have no restrictions on your stay or departure."
Wushang appeared hesitantly, lowering his head, "You don't remember what happened before you fell into a coma?"
"Didn't we just work together to wipe out the Moliang people who attacked us?"
Ruan Qingqing didn't feel that she had done anything to let him down.
"I mean what you said before you fell into a coma." Wu Shang raised his head excitedly, and when he met Ruan Qingqing's eyes full of doubt, he seemed to be burned by something. He quickly dodged his gaze and looked away.
"You didn't say anything?" Ruan Qingqing looked puzzled.
Seeing his shy look again, she was suddenly shocked, "Did I say something about promising myself to you?"
"Cough, cough, cough..." Wu Shang put his hand to his lips and coughed violently. "That... cough, cough, that's not the case."
"Then why are you acting so weird lately?"
"I...I...I was thinking wrong. It's okay!" Wushang stammered.
Ruan Qingqing casually slapped a tree next to her, jumped up, and sat steadily on the thick branch.
She leaned her head against the tree trunk, her eyes looking into the distance.
"Whether you believe it or not, there is no hierarchy in my place. I have never treated you as a servant. Just like Uncle Liu and Aunt Wang, I have never really treated them as servants. Instead, I respect them as elders."
"Then... in your heart, how do you see me?" Wushang asked in a hoarse voice, sitting on another branch of the tree.
"We are equal friends. You took great pains to carry me home, but because of my family's negligence, you collapsed in the room with a fever for a long time before you were discovered. This is indeed our fault. I apologize to you on behalf of my family!" Ruan Qingqing said sincerely.
"You don't have to apologize to me. I never hold it against you."
"Then why do you always do things that contradict yourself? You say you just want to fulfill your duty as a guard, but you pop up from time to time to remind me of this and that? Aren't you tired?"
"Nothing, I was just distracted before."
"Where did it go?"
"Nothing?" Wu Shang stammered a few times and finally said nothing.
"Think about it carefully. In fact, with your skills, you can start a new journey in life, unrestrained and free. It's really a waste of your talent for you to stay with me." Ruan Qingqing said sincerely.
"Don't chase me away! For the rest of my life, I just want to live for myself once."
"Does staying by my side like a secret guard count as living for yourself?" Ruan Qingqing turned to look at him.
"Forget it!" Wu Shang's answer was firm. "I have received respect from you that I have never experienced before. No one looks at me strangely, and I don't have to worry about being called a monster. There is no mission that I have to shoulder since birth!"
Finally, he asked cautiously: "Would you think I was a coward who shirked my responsibilities?"
"Don't think too much. Judging from your horrific injuries, it's better not to carry out those missions!" Ruan Qingqing comforted.
"Thank you!" Wushang exhaled deeply, as if he wanted to spit out all the guilt and shame.
"You're welcome. If you feel unhappy or confused in the future, just tell me directly. Don't be so awkward by yourself. It's painful for you to see me suffer!"
"Is it that obvious?" Wu Shang refused to admit that she was awkward; that was a girl's nature.
"I'm just short of hanging a loudspeaker around your neck and shouting to the whole world." Ruan Qingqing covered her mouth and smiled.
"Stop framing me!"
"You're getting angry out of shame!"
Ruan Qingqing stretched out her voice, smiled, jumped down from the tree, and skipped towards home.
Wu Shangqi was neither happy nor sad, he just followed behind with a helpless look on his face.
"Miss Ruan, what did the doctor say?" Ruan Qingqing was stopped by Yue Linlang as soon as she arrived home.
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