Warm medicine emits fragrance

Li Chenbi was so angry that she could hardly speak. Other women were all chasing after a title, but she alone did not want one and even wanted to push it onto someone else.

"You really think of me as just a bed warmer?"

"You don't want a formal title, but I do! I can't stay with you like this, without any commitment!"

Fan Liuer said helplessly, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Li Chenbi stared at her. "Marry me."

"don't want."

"Fan Liuer!"

Fan Liuer was also annoyed, thinking that Li Chenbi was truly the most difficult person in the world to please. "Then go find someone who can give you a proper status!"

Upon hearing this, the grip around her waist tightened suddenly, and she met Li Chenbi's furious eyes.

Fan Liuer shrank her neck.

Although she has some confidence now, Li Chenbi is indeed quite frightening when he is angry.

"you..."

She was just about to say something gentle to ease Li Chenbi's anger when there was a knock on the bedroom door.

"Master, someone is looking for you outside."

These words caused the two people inside the room to look towards the door at the same time.

Li Chenbi frowned and asked, "Who is it?"

The person outside replied, "He said he was the schoolteacher."

Li Chenbi immediately looked at Fan Liuer, his eyes clearly questioning and scrutinizing.

Fan Liuer inexplicably felt as if she had done something wrong.

"A schoolteacher?" Li Chenbi asked coldly. "When did you meet this schoolteacher?"

"What does he want with you?"

How would he know you live here?

He fired off a series of questions, and before Fan Liuer could answer the first one, his voice deepened.

"Don't try to lie to me, I can find out."

"Who...who is trying to lie?" Fan Liuer said, her voice lacking confidence.

She really didn't mean to lie; she just felt guilty, inexplicably guilty.

"This town is so small, it's not surprising that you know anyone. I didn't dare to go to the clinic when I got your medicine before. Teacher Wen knows some medicine, so I went to consult him."

As she spoke, she tried to get off Li Chenbi. "I don't know why he came to see me. Maybe he has something to say. I'll go ask him."

Li Chenbi pressed her down, "So eager?"

"What's the rush? They're waiting outside."

"You're obligated to see him just because he's waiting for you? Who is he that important to you? We haven't even cleared up our issues yet."

"The things between us can't be explained in a short time, so how can we keep them waiting?"

Li Chenbi looked at her coldly, "You're not allowed to go."

Fan Liuer found Li Chenbi utterly unreasonable. "Don't be so unreasonable!"

"I'm being unreasonable? Fan Liuer, you weren't this anxious to see me, but now you're in such a hurry to see someone else's man? Is that me being unreasonable?"

"Don't be so unreasonable!" Fan Liuer glared at him. "You can just leave once you're healed, but I'm going to stay here for the rest of my life. If I offend people, how am I supposed to face my neighbors?"

"If you had even a little bit of consideration for me, you wouldn't have done something to put me in such a difficult position."

Li Chenbi was amused by her words. "Fine, I was being unreasonable. I won't make things difficult for you. Go ahead."

He let go.

Fan Liuer got off him without even glancing at him, straightened her clothes, and walked towards the door.

Li Chenbi stared at her retreating figure, his hands clenched tightly.

Fan Liuer left the bedroom, and fearing that Li Chenbi might make some noise, she closed the door before heading towards the courtyard gate.

Upon reaching the doorway, I saw Wen Zhishu standing outside.

Wen Zhishu was carrying several medicine packets in one hand and two books in the other. When he saw Fan Liuer, he smiled.

"Madam Fan, I'm sorry to bother you."

Fan Liuer quickly waved her hand, "No, no, don't bother me. May I ask what brings Teacher Wen to see me?"

Wen Zhishu handed over the books in his hand, "Didn't you say the other day that you were studying medicine on your own? These two books contain prescriptions that I copied down when I was studying medicine. They are quite effective for treating common headaches and fevers. You can take a look."

Fan Liuer was surprised that her fabricated lie had been taken seriously. Feeling a little guilty, she forgot all her politeness and quickly took the book.

"Thank you so much, Teacher Wen. You've gone to so much trouble."

Wen Zhishu smiled shyly, "It's not much trouble. Anyway, I don't need these notes anymore, so I might as well give them to someone who needs them."

As he spoke, he handed over the medicine packet in his hand, "These are the herbs I picked to relieve summer heat. You can brew a pot of them every day and drink it like water to cool down."

Fan Liuer's constitution doesn't need cooling down at all; she'd rather be hotter.

She wanted to decline, but then she remembered there was someone in the room who needed to cool down, so she accepted.

"That's exactly what I need. Thank you, Teacher Wen. How much is it? I'll give it to you." She turned to get the money.

Wen Zhishu quickly stopped her, "It's not much money. We're all from the same town, no need to be so polite."

"How could I possibly accept that?" Fan Liuer insisted on going to get the money. "I'll be there soon, just wait for me."

Wen Zhishu came today hoping to make a good impression on Fan Liuer. Ever since Fan Liuer visited him that day, he couldn't stop thinking about her.

It seems to be a sign that I've been longing for day and night.

When he woke up this morning, he realized that it is rare to meet someone in one's life who can make one's soul yearn for you. Since you have met them, it is fate, so why bother about their past?

Having figured this out, he couldn't wait to see Fan Liuer, so he found an excuse to come.

He naturally wouldn't accept Fan Liuer's money.

In a moment of urgency, he reached out and grabbed Fan Liuer's arm, "No need."

As soon as the words left his mouth, his expression changed slightly, and he tightened his grip on Fan Liuer's hand. "Why are your hands so cold?"

The moment Wen Zhishu grabbed her arm, the first thing that came to Fan Liuer's mind was Li Chenbi's angry eyes, and she instinctively tried to shake off Wen Zhishu's hand.

Unexpectedly, Wen Zhishu held on tightly and even gently scolded her.

"Don't move."

Wen Zhishu held her arm with one hand and placed the pad of his other finger on her wrist. "Let me take your pulse."

Fan Liuer pulled her hand back, "No need, my health is indeed not very good, I've seen many doctors before."

Wen Zhishu frowned. The pulse he felt indicated more than just a poor constitution.

"you..."

He paused as soon as he spoke, his gaze falling on Fan Liuer's back, his eyes slightly widening.

Fan Liuer sensed something was wrong and tried to turn her head away.

A heat source pressed against her from behind, and a gloomy voice sounded in her ear.

"What are you doing?"

Fan Liuer reacted as if she had been burned, abruptly shaking off Wen Zhishu's hand and turning to look at Li Chenbi.

"Nothing much, Teacher Wen just took my pulse to see how I've been feeling lately."

"Is that so?" Li Chenbi asked Wen Zhishu in a cold voice and with a chilling gaze.

Wen Zhishu was also quite surprised, both by Li Chenbi's appearance and aura, and by the fact that he was only wearing a casual outer robe, revealing a large expanse of his waist and abdomen.

"Who is this...?"