Warm medicine emits fragrance

Li Qiuping swallowed the words she hadn't had a chance to say and silently retreated.

He was too far away to hear what Li Chenbi said to the door. He only saw that the door opened a little while later, revealing a small crack.

Li Chenbi, leaning on his cane, pushed open the door and went in, then closed the door.

He breathed a slight sigh of relief and waved to the other servants, "It's alright, it's alright, go back to your work."

Fan Liuer didn't want to open the door. She was determined to ignore Li Chenbi and let him bask in the sun outside, hoping he would die of heatstroke!

She ignored Li Chenbi's initial attempt to have a proper chat.

There was a moment of silence outside the door, then Li Chenbi's voice rang out again.

"The sun is too strong outside, I can't stand it, I'm afraid I'll get heatstroke."

Fan Liuer still ignored him, thinking that this suited her just fine, so that he wouldn't argue with her every day.

Fan Liuer dislikes arguing the most. When she encounters trouble, she tries to find a way to solve it. If she can't solve the trouble, she stays away from the person who caused it.

If she can't afford to offend her, can't she at least avoid her?

But Li Chenbi is a persistent nuisance, constantly causing her trouble, and she can't escape him.

She couldn't help but blame fate. What kind of ill-fated relationship did she have with Li Chenbi that she would run into him even when he was in trouble?

I should have kicked him into the water that day.

She grumbled inwardly for a moment, then suddenly realized that the people outside had stopped talking.

This wasn't Li Chenbi's style. She had thought he would just kick the door open. Although he had difficulty walking, opening the door would be a piece of cake for him; the door couldn't stop him at all.

Even if he hadn't forced his way in, it certainly wouldn't have been so quiet; he would have forcefully ordered her to open the door.

He's so quiet now, it's not like him at all.

Could it be that amnesia has made him much more docile?

Thinking about it carefully, it's true. Ever since Fan Liuer picked up Li Chenbi, his temper has been much better than before.

They no longer threaten to break her legs as easily as before.

She remained seated, listening intently to the sounds outside the door.

After waiting a while, Li Chenbi's voice finally rang out, sounding much weaker than before.

"If you don't want me to come in, then hand me my medicine; I'm feeling a bit unwell right now."

Li Chenbi's medicinal herbs were expensive, so Fan Liuer kept them all in her own room.

Li Qiuping brought back a total of seven doses of medicine, and after taking two doses, he still has five doses left.

Fan Liuer was already worried. The remaining medicine would only last for five days. Now that Li Chenbi was hiding from his enemies, he couldn't possibly return to Xingzhou. What would they do when the medicine ran out in five days?

Seeing that Li Chenbi needed to take medicine again, he still couldn't bring himself to do it and reluctantly opened the door.

The face outside the door looked unwell; it was flushed and covered in sweat.

He was already sensitive to heat, and after arguing with her for so long under the scorching sun, he must be feeling extremely uncomfortable right now.

But she couldn't bring herself to worry about him, so she just left him with a lukewarm reply.

"It's cooler inside. Go lie down on the bamboo bed for a while to calm down and see if your fever goes down."

After saying that, he turned around and sat down on the chair by the window, with his back to Li Chenbi.

Li Chenbi smiled slightly as she turned around. He was indeed feeling unwell, but his mood had improved considerably.

She's just stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside; she still cares about him deep down.

He went inside, closed the door, took off his outer robe, lay down on the bamboo bed, and watched Fan Liuer's back as he slowly calmed himself down.

Under the bright summer sun, Fan Liuer sat by the window, propping her head up with her hand on the windowsill. Sunlight filtered through the leaves and fell on her face, head, and body, as if shrouding her in a layer of soft light.

Outside the window, the chirping of birds and cicadas was quite noisy, but Li Chenbi's restless heart gradually calmed down.

He suddenly realized that being an ordinary couple, living with Fan Liuer in this small town, and leading a normal married life was a pretty good choice.

However, he dismissed the idea in an instant.

His and Fan Liuer's physical conditions destined them to live an ordinary life. His daily medicine expenses and Fan Liuer's heating expenses during the winter were not something that ordinary families could afford.

Fan Liuer didn't want to pay attention to Li Chenbi, but since there was no movement in the room for a long time, she couldn't help but wonder what he was doing.

She couldn't resist after a while and turned her head to look at the bamboo bed.

He met Li Chenbi's gaze.

Caught peeping, Fan Liu'er was embarrassed and pouted, saying irritably, "What are you looking at me for!"

Li Chenbi was calm at this moment, and his tone was also calm. He said, "I was just thinking that it would be nice to stay in Guanshan Town with you and be an ordinary couple."

Fan Liuer was still angry and was about to say who wanted to be husband and wife with him when Li Chenbi said, "But then I thought, both of us have diseases that are extremely expensive to treat, so we really can't be an ordinary couple."

Upon hearing this, Fan Liuer forgot to refute the term "husband and wife," her attention wandering.

"Hmph, that's because you can't live a normal life. I've set aside money for my retirement, enough to ensure I'll live a life of comfort and ease."

Li Chenbi quite liked her arrogant demeanor, but he didn't like what she said.

Sometimes I think you're quite insightful, wanting to sever our relationship over things that never happened; other times I think you're incredibly naive.

"Do you really think a widow with a huge sum of money can live a peaceful old age in this world?"

"There's no man in your household, so even if you had this money in your hands, you wouldn't be able to keep it."

Fan Liuer dismissed his words, saying, "I've always been frugal with money. Aside from being a bit gluttonous, I don't like jewelry, gambling, or doing business easily. How could I not be frugal?"

Li Chenbi opened his mouth to speak, but Fan Liuer stopped him, "I know what you want to say, that someone will do something to me, right?"

"I've thought about all of this. I chose to settle here because it's close to Siqing and Brother Feng. It's common knowledge that I'm on good terms with their family. Brother Feng knows some martial arts, so no one would dare to mess with me easily."

She looked at Li Chenbi with a serious expression: "Li Chenbi, I grew up in the market, not like those pampered young ladies who never leave their homes. I grew up in this kind of environment, so I know it better than you do."

Li Chenbi still felt she was being naive. "Feng Ji doesn't live here after all, so he can't watch over you day and night. If someone really targets you and comes to your door when Feng Ji isn't here, do you think you can escape?"

Fan Liuer listened with an indifferent expression, "Then it means that this calamity is destined to happen to me. Even if I follow you, I can't guarantee that I will be safe and sound for the rest of my life. Look at those rich ladies and young misses, they also have their share of troubles."

"How can a person live in this world without encountering any risks?"