CHAPTER 387: CHAPTER 360: RETURN TO JINGCHU CITY

Then he discovered that Yu Xiaolian was restless in her sleep. She would either put her legs on him or place her hand on him, and although he quietly moved her away a few times, soon enough, she would cling back like glue.

Su Jingchen had no choice but to let her do as she pleased.

Little did he know, Yu Xiaolian’s unconscious actions were a kind of torment for him.

Su Jingchen sighed, it was really tough for him.

After getting up, Yu Xiaolian asked the waiter to help get medicine from the doctor, as it was too late yesterday and they agreed to pick it up at the doctor’s herbal hall this morning.

The waiter, having received five taels of silver from Yu Xiaolian, was quite diligent in running errands for her.

Very soon, he brought back several large bags of herbal medicine. After showing them to Yu Xiaolian, he took them to the kitchen to brew.

After washing up, Yu Xiaolian wet a new towel with hot water, wrung it dry, and wiped Su Jingchen’s face with it.

Su Jingchen felt a bit uncomfortable being served like this. His right hand was fine, and he could very well wash up himself, but Yu Xiaolian was enthusiastic and wouldn’t allow him to refuse.

"How’s your arm?" Yu Xiaolian asked while wiping Su Jingchen’s hand.

Su Jingchen honestly replied, "It didn’t feel very painful yesterday, but after sleeping, it seems worse."

As the towel rubbed over Su Jingchen’s forearm, the ointment stained the towel dark brown. Yu Xiaolian advised while wiping, "It takes a hundred days to heal bones and muscles; make sure to rest well!"

Su Jingchen understood his own injuries; a hundred days seemed unnecessary. It should be mostly better in half a month.

"Miss, the young master’s herbal soup is ready, should I bring it in now?" the waiter’s voice called from outside the door.

Yu Xiaolian tossed the towel into the basin and told the waiter at the door, "Bring it in!"

The waiter agreed and turned to the kitchen to fetch the herbal soup.

After Su Jingchen drank the herbal soup, Yu Xiaolian pushed him back onto the bed to rest, "Rest well; I’ve asked the waiter to brew some bone broth for you. You should be able to drink it soon. They say you are what you eat, so have more bone broth to help your arm heal faster."

Having just drunk a large bowl of herbal soup, Su Jingchen frowned immediately upon hearing he would need to drink bone broth soon.

"I want some fruit candy, my mouth tastes bitter!"

Yu Xiaolian smacked her forehead, "Look at me, I’ll get it for you right away, herbal medicine is the most bitter."

Yu Xiaolian took out various candies from her space: fruit candies, milk candies, jelly beans, crispy candies, chocolate, "Go ahead and eat, eat!"

Su Jingchen took a piece of milk candy, "One piece is enough!"

Yu Xiaolian also took out prunes and salted plums, "Eat some of these too, so your mouth won’t taste bitter."

After eating a piece of milk candy, Su Jingchen felt immensely happy. Why were such delicious things made in the world?

He loved eating the stuff in Yu Xiaolian’s space, especially the snacks, which always made him feel very happy after eating.

Especially a thing Yu Xiaolian called spicy strips, he could never get enough of those.

"I want to eat spicy strips!" Su Jingchen couldn’t help but swallow at the thought of spicy strips.

Yu Xiaolian waved her hands, "No, no, you can’t eat spicy food while taking herbal soup."

Su Jingchen felt a bit aggrieved, "Then when can I eat it?"

Wouldn’t it be too hard to endure if he couldn’t eat it in a hundred days?

Yu Xiaolian thought for a moment, "You probably can after you stop the herbal soup."

Su Jingchen glanced at the several large bags of medicine, "How many days is this for?"

Yu Xiaolian replied, "Half a month’s worth."

"Does that mean I won’t have to take medicine after half a month?"

"Not necessarily, it depends on how well you recover."

"Are we going to stay here for half a month?" Su Jingchen frowned.

"Otherwise, do you want to travel with an injury?" Yu Xiaolian retorted.

"Even if I’m recovering, we can’t stay here. It’s too close to Leishan." Su Jingchen pondered, "Let’s go to Jingchu City!"

Yu Xiaolian thought Su Jingchen made a lot of sense; indeed, it was too close to Leishan here. Those people from the Miao clan often came to this town for supplies, making it easy to run into them.

If they encountered them, conflicts would be inevitable.

"But I asked the waiter, and there are no carriages for sale in this town, only ox carts. Ox carts are too slow for traveling, and there’s no carriage cover." Yu Xiaolian wondered, in just one day, where on earth did those Miao people sell her carriage?

Now that she wanted to buy it back with money, she couldn’t find it anywhere.

Su Jingchen suggested, "We don’t need to buy an ox cart, if we can’t find a carriage, we can hire one to take us to Jingchu City, and then buy a carriage there."

Yu Xiaolian asked, "When should we leave?"

"Immediately!" The Miao clan and the Witch Clan were too terrifying, and every year, large numbers of people flowed towards Leishan, never to return. He didn’t believe no one in this small town was suspicious. Perhaps everyone here knew about the sacrifices but kept quiet, pretending ignorance. One could say that the people of this town aren’t as simple as they seem.

After listening to Su Jingchen’s analysis, Yu Xiaolian also felt they had to leave, "I’ll go rent a carriage!"

"Be careful!" Su Jingchen cautioned.

Soon, Yu Xiaolian rented a carriage, parked it in front of the inn, and together with Su Jingchen, they checked out of the room, settled the bill, and boarded the carriage with Su Jingchen’s package of medicine.

The driver was an elderly man, who was quite curious about their departure from Leishan to Jingchu City, and kept questioning them along the way.

Yu Xiaolian didn’t mention they came for medicine, she only said they came to visit relatives in town.

"Why didn’t you stay at your relative’s house instead of the inn when visiting relatives?" The old man kept prying as he drove.

Yu Xiaolian’s tone turned cold, "My relative was murdered for being too talkative, so I couldn’t visit."

Startled by Yu Xiaolian’s words, the old man shrunk his neck in fear and explained, "I just thought driving is boring, so I wanted to chat with you two, nothing else. Please don’t misunderstand!"

"No misunderstanding, just drive!" Yu Xiaolian replied sullenly.

Su Jingchen chuckled quietly and said in a low voice, "Why did you scare him like that?"

Yu Xiaolian didn’t have any serious reason, "I was annoyed with his nosiness!"

From Leishan to Jingchu City, it was not a short journey. Yu Xiaolian and Su Jingchen toiled on the road for seven or eight days before they reached Jingchu City.

However, compared to last time when Jingchu City was bustling, this time it seemed quite bleak, with pedestrians on the streets rushing around anxiously.

After settling the fare with the driver, Yu Xiaolian and Su Jingchen checked back into the inn they stayed at last time. After securing a room, they went to the restaurant they had visited before to eat.

During this journey, their meals had been makeshift, so finally at a large restaurant, Yu Xiaolian couldn’t resist and ordered a large table of dishes.