Wine-scented Beauty

Chapter 174: Discord

Chapter 174: Discord

"It can be treated, it can be treated." The doctor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued to look at Lu Yu on the bed. Qin Fang also looked carefully at the wound on his back.

After examining him for a while, the doctor asked Qin Fang to go out and get the medicine. Ji Meiqing moved a stool over and sat down beside him to watch. Seeing his solemn expression, she became worried. "How is he? Is he badly injured?"

"No, not at all." He shook his head, used tweezers to remove the sticky stuff from his back, and when Qin Fang brought the medicine over, he crushed it, wiped it with water, applied the paste, and then tied it up with a strip of cloth.

With a cracking sound, Lu Yu's face turned pale instantly. Fearing that Ji Meiqing might do something, the doctor quickly explained, "It's just bone setting, young lady, there's no need to worry."

Ji Meiqing was relieved and quietly watched them treat Lu Yu.

After everything was almost done, Ji Meiqing sat down on the edge of his bed and tidied up the blankets next to him.

"You haven't left yet?" Ji Meiqing asked, noticing Qin Fang still standing next to her.

Qin Fang snapped out of her reverie, met her scrutinizing gaze, and replied, "I'm curious because Young Master Lu is so badly injured."

"What's it to you? Are you a doctor?"

"I've been learning from my father, so I'm practically a healer myself." She remained fearless, responding calmly. Ji Meiqing looked at her, her expression suddenly darkening.

The room was quite stuffy, and Lu Yu was sweating profusely. Ji Meiqing quickly wiped him down, but then noticed a silk handkerchief on his face. She glanced at it, then took it and wiped her face as well.

"Thank you."

This wasn't a heartfelt remark. She wiped the cold sweat from Lu Yu's forehead and continued looking at him.

Lu Yu was asleep for the time being, and it wasn't appropriate for him to leave. His wounds kept coming back and forth, and he didn't know when they would heal. So Ji Meiqing simply rented two rooms here and moved some of her belongings over.

After handling business matters.

Then she focused on taking care of Lu Yu. There was no need to spell out Qin Fang's intentions. She had been quite attentive to Lu Yu these past few days.

The sky had been terribly overcast for the past few days, yet no rain had come. The room was unbearably stuffy, so she opened the window and finally smelled a refreshing, crisp breeze.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

Qin Fang ran up from behind, pressed down on the window in front of her, and closed it. Then she looked at Ji Meiqing, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

"You know that sick people shouldn't be exposed to drafts, so why did you open the window?"

She questioned Ji Meiqing aggressively, as if she wanted to devour her whole. Ji Meiqing paused for a moment before asking, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I... I was only acting out of a doctor's compassion. Young Master Lu is injured right now, wouldn't you be harming him by doing this?"

"Young Master Lu hasn't said anything, why are you in such a hurry?" She glanced at her indifferently, then opened the window again. "The air in the room is so stuffy. Taking a breath of fresh air now and then is good for blood circulation and makes the blood fresher."

"you!"

"It's just a doctor's compassion." She glanced at it again, then left the room. Qin Fang glanced at the window, and in the end, could only leave the room angrily.

The people from Black Wind Village happened to be looking for them, so Ji Meiqing invited them to sit and have tea at a nearby teahouse.

As soon as the tea was served, Ji Meiqing told the others not to come any closer, then looked at them and asked, "Have you thought it through?"

"We've already thought it through, and we'll follow the boss's instructions completely."

They glanced at each other, then pushed each other, and in the end, they only glanced at her silently before lowering their heads again.

Ji Meiqing wasn't in a hurry. She simply said, "I need to take care of my husband these next few days. As for the escort agency, go find Li Ming. Tell him it was my order, and he'll know what to do."

“Li Ming…” They looked at each other and hesitated for a moment.

"What? Is there something else?"

"No, no..." they all shook their heads. "We'll be leaving now."

Having said that, he devoured all the pastries on the table before leaving dejectedly. Ji Meiqing paid the money and went home.

She wore a bamboo hat and a light gray dress. Her features were obscured, but no one called out to him.

Ji Meiqing returned to the backyard, but just as she was about to go in, she heard voices inside. She stopped abruptly and did not go any further.

“Young Master Lu and Sister are truly a happy couple. I envy you for having such a wonderful husband as Young Master Lu.”

"I also envy myself for having such a good wife," Lu Yu said with a forced smile.

Qin Fang was taken aback, not expecting Lu Yu to be so affectionate... She didn't know how to respond for a moment, and could only laugh awkwardly, "Young Master Lu is so good to my sister."

"Oh." Lu Yu was somewhat indifferent, but his eyes were intentionally or unintentionally glancing in her direction, which made Ji Meiqing wonder if he had seen her.

However, he quickly relaxed and continued to eavesdrop from there.

"Young Master is not feeling well yet, why don't you go back and rest first? It's windy outside the window, which isn't good for your health."

Qin Fang deliberately softened her voice, almost as if she had no bones left, and tried to lean against him. Lu Yu deliberately moved back a little, and then said, "Please have some self-respect, young lady."

Qin Fang was disgruntled and didn't insist any further. Lu Yu walked to the bedside, then lay down again. Looking at Qin Fang still standing there, he thought for a moment and said, "Please close the door when you leave."

“…Okay…” She slowly walked towards the door, feeling a little disappointed.

She had just closed the door and was about to go back to her room to think of another solution when she turned around and saw Ji Meiqing, which startled her.

"Didn't your father teach you that you shouldn't covet what isn't yours?"

She stared straight at Qin Fang.

Qin Fang shrank back, her face flushed, and protested, "I was just a doctor showing concern for the patient's condition!"

"Oh." She stared at her intently. "I didn't say anything. Why are you in such a hurry?"

Qin Fang was speechless. Thinking of Lu Yu in the room, she realized he must have heard the conversation outside. Her eyes darted around, and she immediately came up with a plan.

"How can you say that, sister? I was just concerned about Brother Lu."

The sudden change surprised Ji Meiqing, who didn't understand what Qin Fang was up to, and asked, "What does your concern for him have to do with me?"

"Then the older sister is not angry with the younger sister anymore. Actually, the younger sister just saw that Brother Lu had woken up and was so weak, and there was no one to take care of him, so she took over the task."

She lowered her head and gently sniffed a few times. But there was no sound from the door behind her.