Chapter 151: Twisted
Five days later, more than five hundred patients crowded the temple.
Su Yaoguang collapsed in front of everyone.
“Yaoguang…” Zhang Zhaodi screamed.
The others hurried over.
“Make way, make way…” Zhou Wangshu picked up Su Yaoguang and ran toward Jiang Jing’s pharmacy.
At this hour, Jiang Jing was compounding medicine in the pharmacy.
“Jiang Jing, Yaoguang fainted.” Zhou Wangshu kicked open the pharmacy door and carried Su Yaoguang inside.
Jiang Jing quickly set down the medicinal herbs in her hands and rushed over at top speed to take Su Yaoguang’s pulse, saying, “This is overexertion. Let her rest quietly and recover. Don’t let her overwork herself anymore.”
“So stupid.” Zhou Wangshu said angrily, “Not earning a single copper coin, even paying out silver, yet working so desperately.”
“Yaoguang is just that kind of person. It’s precisely because she’s so kind that everyone likes her so much.” Jiang Jing said, “If she weren’t kind, would you be alive? Would I be alive?”
Zhou Wangshu: “…”
Yeah! They were alive because of her kindness.
Besides the two of them, there were also those people outside.
If not for her, those people’s lives would have ended long ago, with no opportunity to reunite with their families.
Jiang Yihuan carried the vegetable basket, bent down into the vegetable patch, and picked vegetables in the field.
Now all the mild patients were in the bamboo houses on the back mountain. She and Xiao Yanci had moved there too. Over these days, people had recovered and gone down the mountain one after another, leaving fifteen people in the bamboo houses.
But even so, fifteen people squeezed into three bamboo houses, so they could only sleep on the floor. Jiang Yihuan had no bed either and could only rest beside Xiao Yanci.
“Boss Su has fallen ill from exhaustion. We need to make something good for her to nourish her.” The two old woman servants responsible for cooking went to the field to pick vegetables, discussing Su Yaoguang’s coma.
“So many patients, and those patients even have pus-filled boils. They look particularly disgusting, but she cared for them very patiently.”
“Boss Su is truly a great benevolent person, a living Bodhisattva! When I came over just now, many conscious patients were kneeling before the Buddha praying for her! The abbot was reciting scriptures beside them, saying that the devotees were so devout, Boss Su would receive everyone’s blessings and surely meet with good fortune in all matters.”
Jiang Yihuan listened to those people’s conversation, jealousy flashing in her eyes.
What big good person was Su Yaoguang pretending to be?
If the county magistrate had given her this errand, she would have done much better than Su Yaoguang.
Wait, that woman was sick…
Jiang Yihuan carried the vegetable basket to the door of Su Yaoguang’s room. She peeked in through the window and saw Zhou Wangshu guarding beside Su Yaoguang’s bed without leaving her side for a moment. Disappointment flashed in her eyes.
“What are you doing here?” Zhang Zhaodi carried over the medicine and saw Jiang Yihuan lurking sneakily at the doorway. She looked at her warily. “What scheme are you plotting now?”
“I was passing by and got lost by accident.” Jiang Yihuan said softly, “Auntie, don’t be so nervous. It’s as if we’re enemies.”
“Aren’t our two families enemies?” Zhang Zhaodi sneered, “You’d better not plot any schemes, or I’ll throw you into the back mountain to feed the wolves.”
“How would I dare?” Jiang Yihuan carried her vegetable basket and ran off.
Zhou Wangshu opened the door, saw Jiang Yihuan’s fleeing figure, and asked Zhang Zhaodi: “Mom, what happened?”
“That stinky girl was lurking around here spying, who knows what scheme she’s plotting. We can’t leave Yaoguang’s side. We must keep someone guarding her, got it?”
“I know.” Zhou Wangshu took the medicine bowl from Zhang Zhaodi’s hands. “I’ll feed her the medicine. Mom, go eat something. Don’t overwork yourself anymore.”
“Alright.” Zhang Zhaodi said, “I’ll come relieve you later.”
“Okay.”
Zhou Wangshu carried the medicine to the bedside, helped Su Yaoguang up, and propped a pillow behind her to support her body a little. He scooped a spoonful of medicine into her mouth, but it flowed out.
“If you don’t drink it, I’ll pry open your mouth and pour it all in.” Zhou Wangshu threatened.
Su Yaoguang was unconscious and naturally couldn’t hear his threat, so she still didn’t drink.
Zhou Wangshu tried several times to no avail. Looking at that bowl of medicine, he hesitated again and again, tilted his head back to drink a mouthful, then lowered his head to…
Su Yaoguang opened her eyes and saw the handsome face drawing near. Just awakened, she was startled and instinctively swung a fist.
Zhou Wangshu nimbly dodged. The fist grazed past his face, missing the handsome face but still brushing it. But this brush didn’t hurt; it felt more like being teased.
“What are you doing?” Su Yaoguang looked at him with a strange expression.
Zhou Wangshu swallowed the bitter medicine and ate a preserved plum, saying, “I’m feeding you medicine!”
“You’re feeding me medicine, so why did you drink it yourself?” Su Yaoguang eyed him and showed an ‘I get it’ expression. “Don’t tell me you…”
Zhou Wangshu’s face flushed red, his expression becoming awkward: “Don’t get the wrong ide…”
“You’re afraid it’d be too hot for me, so you tested the temperature first?” Su Yaoguang said moved, “Little brother Wangshu, how are you so thoughtful?”
As she spoke, she pinched his cheek.
“Such a thoughtful good man. Who knows who he’ll cheapen in the future.” After sighing, Su Yaoguang took the medicine bowl from his hands and gulped down the medicinal soup in a few mouthfuls.
Zhou Wangshu: “…”
Ha! Luckily she’s dumb.
Otherwise, it would have been so embarrassing.
“Yaoguang, you’re awake.” Jiang Jing walked in. “You really scared us to death.”
She took Su Yaoguang’s pulse and said, “Good, no major issues. Just don’t overwork yourself anymore.”
“These next few days, don’t run around. Leave the rest to us. First, recover your health.” Zhou Wangshu said, “Since you’re awake, I’m going to eat. You sisters chat.”
Zhou Wangshu fled in disarray.
Jiang Jing asked puzzled, “What happened between you two? Why is he acting so strange?”
“Maybe… he has to relieve himself?” Su Yaoguang said, “He must have guarded me for a long time. If I didn’t wake up, he couldn’t leave, so he held it in for ages. Now that I’m awake, he has to hurry and take care of that problem.”
“Is that it?” Jiang Jing asked doubtfully, “He could just call someone. There are many people outside. A shout, and plenty would come care for you.”
After Zhou Wangshu went out, he overheard the sisters’ conversation and rolled his eyes.
Him having to relieve himself?
Fine, compared to letting her know the truth, the excuse of needing to relieve himself was better.
He had really gone mad earlier to come up with such a bad idea.
It was all Su Yaoguang’s fault. She read those improper storybooks all day. He’d only glanced at them unintentionally a few times but remembered that scene, and at the moment, he thought of using the same method to feed her medicine.
Luckily she woke up, or else…
“Wangshu, I heard Yaoguang woke up?” Zhang Yingdi walked over. “How is she?”
“Little auntie, don’t worry. She’s fine. Jiang Jing is with her now.”
“Amitabha, that’s great, that’s great. Sure enough, the Bodhisattva heard our prayers. Just now, hundreds of patients simultaneously made vows to the Buddha and Bodhisattva, all praying for our Yaoguang to live a long life of a hundred years and have a smooth life this time around!”
