Chapter 14: Awkward Bai Caoshi

The apprentice felt Zhe Yu’s pulse. For a moment, shock, astonishment, and undisguised sadness flashed across his face.

He quickly lowered his head, and a teardrop fell on the back of his hand.

What kind of chaotic pulse was this? What kind of serious illness was this?!

“Are you… poisoned?” The apprentice’s voice trembled. “No, it’s not just poison. Your internal organs…”

His internal organs were all damaged, and his life was on the line.

He looked up at Zhe Yu, his eyes twinkling.

Zhe Yu glanced at it and looked at the empty space. “What does it feel like? Every day at midnight, it’s extremely cold, and then it’s extremely hot. Cold and hot alternate, and it’s as if I’m dead. However, when it hurts to the extreme, I’m numb. The doctor I saw in the past said that I could die at any time. I’m just hanging on by a thread.”

He had probably said too much. Zhe Yu coughed violently as if his lungs were about to cough out.

The apprentice retracted his hand and quickly helped him catch his breath. His hand was already on his back.

Their eyes met.

Zhe Yu smiled, but his smile was bleak.

The apprentice avoided his gaze, thinking that it was time to prescribe a prescription. Then he realized something and paused.

“My illness has been examined by famous doctors, but it’s useless. You shouldn’t waste the medicinal power,” Zhe Yu said expressionlessly.

“But even if there’s a glimmer of hope, you can’t give up,” the apprentice corrected him seriously. Then, he turned to the assistant beside him and said, “I’ll say, you take it down. The rhinoceros horn…”

“No rhino horns,” the shop assistant interrupted the apprentice mercilessly.

The apprentice raised his eyebrows. “Alright, let’s change the recipe. Ginseng and Licorice…”

“There is no Ginseng, will Codonopsis work?” the shop assistant asked again.

Bai Caoshi: “…”

There was nothing in such a huge medical center. What kind of doctor was he? What kind of world was he saving?

However, she had forgotten that this was only a remote town. It was normal for those precious medicinal herbs to not be found here.

Zhe Yu’s originally gloomy face was now torn between laughter and tears. If he wasn’t the one who was sick, wouldn’t it be hilarious for an apprentice who didn’t even know what medicinal herbs his own medical center had?

The apprentice stood up and bowed to Zhe Yu. “Wait a moment.” He lifted the curtain and went to the front hall. He stopped in front of the medicine cabinet and returned a moment later.

He recounted the prescription. “Use Ganqi, Platycladi Seed, Dogwood, and sour dates. After grinding them, add honey to make a ball the size of a Sycamore. Eat it with warm wine twice a day. Go get the medicine.”

This recipe specializes in treating injuries, and mending, and stabilizing the five internal organs.

The shop assistant was stunned for a moment before he added warmly, “These medicines are very expensive.”

“Are you afraid that this noble young master won’t pay for his treatment?” The apprentice was furious. “Isn’t his Madam helping to brew the medicine? We can let her work to repay the debt. Also, give me some wolfberries and yams.”

Zhe Yu: …

The shop assistant was speechless.

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Zhe Yu was sent back to the ox cart. A moment later, Bai Caoshi came out with medicine in her hand.

Just thinking about it made her heart ache. These herbs cost 12 teals and 300 copper coins.

“Sister, you’re finally out. Why were you gone for so long?” Bai Xiaoshu was concerned about his sister.

“I’m fine,” Bai Caoshi apologized to Little Jiang. “Sorry to trouble you, Uncle Jiang, but I need to go to stationery first… Oh, to the bookstore.”

The bookstore was where pens, ink, paper, and inkstones were sold. Bai Caoshi almost let it slip.

Zhe Yu looked at Bai Caoshi. Without warning, he raised his finger and brushed it against her temple.

This, this, this, this damn instant tenderness. Her face instantly turned red.

Zhe Yu casually said, “When you were brewing the medicine, did you splash the ginger juice on your face? You didn’t even wash it off. That apprentice just now had the same ginger color on his face. Cough cough…”

Bai Caoshi was faced with immense awkwardness.

She blew her cover. It couldn’t be, right?