sbdcsierra Chapter 486: Afraid that he would be dragged down by her like his sister
Chapter 486: Afraid that he would be dragged down by her like his sister
Old Zhou learned from Yan Yu that Hong Hua really did not return to Sanxiu Pharmacy, and left in a hurry before he had time to say hello to Si Yao. He came and left in a hurry, which made Xiao Lu even more curious about how the fearless Madam Hong Hua had offended Mr. Zhou so much that she didn't even dare to see him?
"Don't worry, your sister will be fine." In the backyard of the pharmacy, after Lao Zhou left, Zeng Si spoke to comfort Xuan Yu, who was also extremely anxious.
"I hope so." At this moment, any comfort would be of no use to Yan Yu unless her sister appeared in front of her in good condition.
"Uncle Liu, what's wrong?" In the back kitchen, Caiyi placed the washed vegetables on the chopping board. Seeing the chef, Master Liu, holding an empty bowl in a daze, she walked up to him curiously and asked.
"I remember leaving a few eggs here before I left last night. How come they are all gone today?" Master Liu asked Caiyi in confusion, holding up the empty bowl.
"Eggs? I was in the study last night and didn't come to the kitchen. Could they have been stolen by mice?" Caiyi opened her eyes wide in surprise when she heard it.
"I put the egg and the bowl into the pot. With the lid covering the pot, the mouse definitely can't get in." Master Liu shook his head repeatedly after hearing Caiyi's words.
"I didn't steal those eggs." Caiyi frowned nervously and said timidly.
"I didn't expect you to be so suspicious. I didn't say you stole it!" Master Liu couldn't help shaking his head and laughing when he saw Caiyi looking timid. She has been helping in the kitchen for a few months. She is diligent, honest and sensible. She is also the one that Miss Siyao and Mr. Da take special care of. No matter who he suspects, he would never suspect her.
Caiyi couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. It was not that she was suspicious for no reason. She was once wrongly accused of being a thief and beaten in the street because she was a child from a poor family. Today, she saw the eggs disappeared. She was the only one in the kitchen who stayed in the pharmacy, so she was the most suspicious. Caiyi was afraid that she would have to taste the pain of being unable to defend herself again.
"There are a lot of children in the pharmacy. Who knows who might come to the kitchen to look for food when they are hungry in the middle of the night. A few eggs are not a big deal. I'll just mention it to the master later when I settle the bill." Master Liu turned around and put the bowl in the cupboard, continuing with a smile.
After breakfast, Sanxiu went for a walk in the front yard. Seeing that there were not many patients today, he continued to let his apprentice Si Yao see patients, and he went to the small courtyard. Last night, he only saw Qihua Mo Sang but not Madam Honghua. He was attracted by Mo Sang and forgot to ask about her for a while.
"Mr. Sanxiu."
The three scholars entered the courtyard. Zeng Si, who was in the courtyard, was surprised to see them and came forward to bow and say that now Xuanyu only needed to take the medicine on time every day, so the three scholars rarely came here.
"Well, where is Madam Honghua? I have something to ask her." Sanxiu smiled at Zeng Si, then looked around and asked.
"She...is back?" Zeng Si's eyes flickered slightly, and he hesitated for a moment before asking.
"What? You didn't know she came back last night?" Sanxiu, who was completely unaware of the situation, naturally didn't realize that Zeng Si was testing him, so he asked without thinking.
"Mr. Sanxiu, are you saying that my sister came back last night?" When Yu, who was worried, heard Sanxiu's words in the room, she was surprised and happy. She quickly got up and walked to the door of the room and asked happily.
"You really don't know? She's not here? Is she rushing to the East China Sea again?" Sanxiu looked at Yanyu who was supported by Zeng Si and became puzzled. Now that the woman has come back, doesn't she even want to see her own sister?
"Mr. Sanxiu, how did you know that my sister came back last night?" With the help of Zeng Si, Yanyu came in front of Sanxiu, bowed, and continued to ask.
"Didn't she personally hand Mo Sang over to Yao'er?" Seeing that they really had never seen Hong Hua, Sanxiu muttered in confusion, but he didn't think much about it. Since the woman was not there, he just said a few words and turned away.
Although Zeng Si guessed about 70% of the story, he didn't know how to tell Yan Yu. As a sister, she was really sorry. She came back after several months and should see her sister who frightened her every day.
"Sister." The two people in the yard were sighing with their own thoughts, and suddenly they heard a soft call from the room behind them and they couldn't help but be overjoyed again.
"My sister suffered for me."
In the room, Huan Yu stared at her sister's face that was sunburned in the desert. She felt distressed and guilty, and couldn't help but burst into tears. Her sister always cherished her face, but now she made such a sacrifice for her.
"It's only right for a sister to suffer for her. Besides, if it weren't for my drag, you wouldn't have fallen to this point. Just think of it as your atonement." Honghua wiped away the tears for Yanyu, then held her in her arms and smiled softly.
"I'm glad you came back safely." Huanyu didn't want to talk about the past all the time. She leaned against her sister's arms and murmured to herself. After a moment of silence, she suddenly sat up and asked, "Did you go to the desert with Mr. Zhou?"
"Yeah." Honghua blinked and responded lightly.
The weather was cold so she naturally didn't really stay in the back mountain, so when Lao Zhou came just now, she had already hidden in her room.
"So you have been traveling together for several months, but why are you hiding from him now? Mr. Zhou said he came to collect a debt, what do you owe him?"
"Bah! Shameless thing, you're so ungrateful after getting the advantage, who knows who owes whom!" After hearing what her sister said, Honghua sneered and cursed.
"What happened between you two?" Seeing her sister's angry look, Yan Yu turned her clear eyes slightly and continued to ask.
Seeing that there were only two sisters in the room, and her younger sister was questioning her, Honghua did not intend to hide it, so she lowered her eyes and sighed, "It's all my fault that I got drunk and barged into his room... I thought that everyone would not care about it since they are old, but I didn't expect this drunkard to chase after your sister like a girl. I have to take responsibility for him..."
Before Honghua finished speaking, Xuanyu couldn't help laughing out loud, then shook her head and sighed to her sister: "Although Mr. Zhou is a drunkard who doesn't care about his appearance, he is a decent person. How can you compare with the men your sister had before? Since you took the initiative to provoke him, you should think about how to deal with him. You can't just hide away all the time."
"What else can I do if I don't hide? Do you really want me to be responsible for him?" Seeing that his sister was helping that drunkard to persuade him, Honghua immediately glared at her unhappily and snorted coldly.
"Sister, you have never been a procrastinating person. Why can't you be as ruthless and cruel to Mr. Zhou as before?" Xuanyu understood her sister's anger and shame. If her sister had looked at him from the past, she would have looked down on Mr. Zhou, who was sloppy and addicted to alcohol. It seemed that the two of them had experienced many hardships on their journey to the west, and they had unknowingly developed feelings for each other.
"Hehe, you just said that he is an upright person, and this time it is thanks to him that I was able to find Mo Sang successfully. No matter how cruel and ruthless I am, your sister, I cannot repay kindness with enmity." Honghua answered stubbornly but her eyes were dodging. How could her guilty conscience escape Yanyu's eyes?
"Sister has gone through a rough life and finally met a good man. Don't you really cherish him?"
Hong Hua didn't know how to respond to Xuan Yu's words. She just lowered her eyes and sighed for a long time. Her mind flashed with all the things she had experienced with Lao Zhou in the past few months: he stepped forward when she was hunted by the Shadow Clan; they pretended to be a couple to avoid the Shadow Clan; they quietly watched the moon on the roof of the West Border City; they were inseparable in Gu Yun Country, looking for Mo Sang everywhere; they experienced a life-and-death experience in the desert and hugged each other with joy when they found Mo Sang...
He was indeed a good man worthy of trust, but she was not. She was also afraid that he would be dragged down by her like her sister.