A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 463 Let Him Hurt Again

"I should have stayed here with you during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but I couldn't miss the family dinner hosted by my eldest brother."

In the study room of the villa outside Mucheng, Yan Zong handed a cup of steaming Xianwu Fengming to Si Yao and said to her with some guilt.

Since his relationship with Si Yao grew stronger, Yan Zong often traveled between Mucheng and Xuancheng. Whenever he arrived, the two of them would meet in this quiet courtyard where there was no noise or disturbance and they could talk to each other without any scruples.

"Mid-Autumn Festival is the day for family reunions. Your brother and your wet nurse are in Shangjing City. We can see them anytime, but you can hardly see them a few times a year. You should go back." Si Yao, who was flipping through a medical book, heard Yan Zong's words, but raised his eyes and smiled at him disapprovingly.

Yan Zong sighed helplessly at Si Yao's sensible and open-minded attitude. He then blamed himself for being greedy. She was never a spoiled little woman, and wasn't it her independence and perseverance that he admired? Then he held her hand and said affectionately, "In my heart, you are also a very important family member."

Hearing this, Si Yao was stunned for a moment. She slowly put down the medical book in her hand and looked up at Yan Zong. She slightly opened her red lips but didn't know how to respond.

"We are a couple for life, we are going to grow old together, how can we not be a family?" Yan Zong explained when he saw the doubt on her face.

One pair for life people.

Si Yao also silently repeated it in her heart, and couldn't help but feel her heart beating fast. She clasped his fingers tightly with her backhand, smiled tenderly, and looked at each other in silence.

"Is this medical book valuable?" Seeing her silent and affectionate expression, Yan Zong stopped talking and turned to glance at the medical book in Si Yao's hand and asked.

"Well, some of the arguments and viewpoints in it are quite peculiar. I plan to take it back and ask my master. Where did you get this book from?" Si Yao also came back to his senses. A bit of coldness returned to his warm eyes. He nodded and asked.

"Recently, a Taoist priest with great medical skills has been providing free medical consultations in Xuancheng. He also claimed that he had traveled to the Western Regions. Mr. Fan has always been interested in things outside the Western Regions, so he went to visit the Taoist priest. The two of them had a great conversation and talked until late at night. He brought back some books, mostly travel notes and miscellaneous essays. I saw a medical book, so I asked for it from Mr. Fan."

"Is that Taoist priest still here?" Si Yao immediately became interested when he heard this and continued to ask him.

"He was traveling and passing through Xuancheng. He disappeared yesterday." Yan Zong shook his head and said, and when he saw that she was no longer talking, he asked, "Why? Are you still thinking about the poison in Xuanyu's body?"

"That Taoist priest had traveled to the Western Regions and was an expert in medicine. I think he might have some knowledge of the flower bite poison. What a pity..." Si Yao sighed regretfully, and then checked the catalog in the medical book in front of her, but there was not a single word about the flower bite poison.

"Isn't there still time? Don't worry." Seeing the disappointment on Si Yao's face after her fruitless search, Yan Zong hurriedly comforted her.

"Although we have the formula and there are only two rare flowers left to be found, these two are hard-to-find medicines in this world. Madam Honghua has been in the desert for several months. It is almost late autumn. I don't know if she can successfully find Mosang this time. And the purple pig flower in the East China Sea is an even rarer medicine that is even more difficult to find."

Si Yao sighed softly and slowly stood up and walked to the window. She looked out the window at the dense forest that was gradually becoming desolate and withered. She couldn't help but feel inexplicably melancholy in her heart. Perhaps it was for Yan Yu, or perhaps it was because of her helplessness as a doctor. She suddenly realized that since she entered the medical profession and witnessed the suffering of countless patients, her heart was no longer as hard as a rock as before.

Looking at Si Yao standing in front of the window and sighing with sorrow, Yan Zong was secretly worried about her changes. Although a compassionate doctor is a blessing for the patients, he did not want her to be too kind. As a doctor, she had to face birth, aging, sickness and death every day. If she was too kind, she would always be hurt.

"Speaking of this, I remembered one thing. I heard that Shufeng has been looking for purple pig flowers everywhere." There was silence in the room for a moment. Yan Zong also stood up and walked to Si Yao, smiling.

"Why is General Shufeng looking for purple pig flowers?" Si Yao asked curiously.

"You don't know, the last time this kid went to Sanxiu Pharmacy, he wanted to see you but he ran into that Huanyu first. He fell in love with you at first sight and couldn't forget you. So when he saw you that day, he became infatuated and mistook you for Huanyu." Yan Zong shook his head and smiled bitterly before replying to her.

"What? He actually did this to Xuanyu..." Si Yao frowned in shock. Before she finished speaking, she shook her head and said to Yan Zong, "That won't do. Xuanyu and Master Zeng have been through thick and thin together and have finally come this far. General Shufeng, please don't interfere. You have to persuade him."

"He did persuade me once, and also told him that Xuanyu has a complicated identity and is now a thorn in the eyes of Yingmen. Her elder sister is from the Poisonous Insect Valley in Southern Xinjiang. But don't worry. Although Shufeng has been in the army for many years, he is still a young master of a noble family. His family will definitely not let him bring Xuanyu, who has such a background, back home. As long as their love is stronger than gold, that kid will definitely not be able to separate them." Yan Zong felt a little amused when he saw Si Yao worrying about other people's feelings, so he hurried to comfort her.

"That's good." Yan Zong's words made Si Yao feel lost again. Yes, the marriage system in this world is mostly based on the balance of interests, and being well matched is very important, especially for aristocrats and aristocratic families like them.

Seeing Si Yao lower her eyes, Yan Zong seemed to have guessed what she was thinking, so he held her in his arms and whispered, "I am not them, and you are not Yan Yu. My mother is also a disciple of Mr. Sanxiu like you. Although I am a prince, you save the dying and the wounded and benefit all living beings. This is great love. I, Yan Zong, am lucky to be able to accompany Doctor Si Yao in this life."

Si Yao listened to his affectionate words without saying a word, but just closed her eyes and hugged him quietly. Unconsciously, she became more and more attached to this man's arms.

The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Lin woke up in a depressed mood. He only ate two bites of breakfast and went to the study alone.

Apart from Xiuming, the people who usually cared about him the most were Siyao and Caiyi. Having breakfast with Chenlin, they could see the worry on his face. Siyao had to go to the front hall to deal with the clinic after breakfast, so she asked Caiyi to go and ask about him first.

After Caiyi finished her work in the kitchen, she cooked a bowl of dumplings that Chenlin liked to eat and brought it to the study. At this time, Chenlin was lying outside the window in a daze. When he saw someone coming in, he hurried back to sit at the desk.

"I saw that you only ate two bites of breakfast. I thought that maybe the buns and pumpkin porridge today were not to your liking, so I cooked your favorite dumplings." Caiyi saw his panic, but just smiled without saying anything. Then she brought a bowl of dumplings to Chenlin and continued to smile gently.

"Thank you, Sister Caiyi, but I... I have no appetite." Chen Lin glanced at the dumplings that were still steaming, but he had no appetite at all, so he could only say helplessly to Caiyi.

"Why do you have no appetite for no reason? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Upon hearing this, Caiyi hurriedly raised her hand to touch his forehead. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was not hot, and asked with concern.

"Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival. Sister Caiyi, do you miss your family?" Chen Lin shook his head, hesitated for a moment, then frowned and asked.

Caiyi turned her head and thought about it carefully, then shook her head and nodded, then smiled sadly: "I only miss my mother, but she is no longer in this world."

"I miss my mother, too." Chen Lin also lowered his eyes and muttered softly.

Caiyi looked at Chen Lin, who was so sad, and didn't know how to comfort him for a moment. After coming to the pharmacy for several months, she naturally knew that Chen Lin was abandoned here a year ago by his own mother because he was weak and sick and could not support him.

There was silence in the study for a moment before Caiyi asked again, "Do you want to go back and see her?"

Chen Lin still kept his head down and said nothing, but two bean-sized tears had already fallen from his eyes, which was enough to explain everything.

Caiyi was moved when she saw this, and tears welled up in her bright eyes. She suddenly stood up and said to Chenlin, "If you finish eating the dumplings, I will ask the master to take you home."

"Really?" Chen Lin wiped his tears in surprise and looked up at her.

Caiyi turned around and left the study without answering, and began to look for a great teacher to cultivate her reputation.

"Take Chenlin to see his mother?" In the tea room, Caiyi's request made Xiuming feel a little embarrassed for a moment.

"Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival. Chenlin missed his mother so much that he was in low spirits. He didn't even have much breakfast today! Doesn't the master love Chenlin the most? Can you bear to see him so sad?" Caiyi squatted beside Xiuming, shook his arm and begged coquettishly.

After coming to the pharmacy for a few months and getting to know the gentle and soft-hearted nature of the master, Caiyi is no longer as restrained in front of him as before, except in class.

"What do you know, girl? It's okay if Chen Lin doesn't go to see him. I'm afraid that he will be even more sad if he goes back to see him." Xiu Ming smiled helplessly at Caiyi, and then sighed.

"It makes you sadder after seeing him? Caiyi doesn't understand." Caiyi shook her head in confusion and looked at Xiuming with her bright and lively eyes.

"Chen Lin was abandoned by his mother at the pharmacy. Although she had no choice, he was an abandoned child after all. Taking him back today would only make him be abandoned again. Therefore, it is better not to meet each other than for a short meeting." Xiu Ming also continued to sigh.

"But he is still thinking about his mother now. If he doesn't see her, he will probably miss her day and night. Instead of this, it is better to let him feel the pain again. Maybe he won't think about it anymore in the future." Although Mr. Da's words made sense, Caiyi couldn't bear to see Chen Lin suffer like this. Besides, since she had promised him, she would naturally try her best to ask Mr. Da for help.

Xiuming didn't say anything after hearing Caiyi's words. He slowly drank half a cup of tea before nodding and smiling at her.

"Thank you, sir!" Caiyi was so happy that she ran out in a hurry without even having time to greet him.

"This girl." Xiu Ming shook his head, but his face was full of doting.