Chapter 777: Full-level Boss Dressed As a Peasant Girl
Chapter 777: Clueless Zhao Xi
Shu Yu curiously took the box. "What's this?"
Zhao Xi lazily replied, "I made some medicine for you to restock. Yesterday, you used up all the hemostatic medicine for treating external injuries. And the sleeping medicine, you also used half of it. I've replenished them for you so that you won't run out."
As he glanced at Meng Yunzheng, Zhao Xi yawned and continued, "There are also two types of poison. I've written down their effects on a piece of paper. Young Master Meng from your family is afraid that you'll encounter someone like Cheng Dong again and won't give you a chance to speak. So he specifically asked me to prepare them. I stayed up all night, and it exhausted me."
Shu Yu finally noticed the dark circles under his eyes. He did look quite haggard.
"Thank you." In appreciation of his effort, Shu Yu decided to share some news with him. "I'll keep these medicines safe. Not just for myself, but I'll also give a portion to my mother and sister. It'll prevent them from facing the same situation as last time. Unlike me, my sister doesn't have the time to learn martial arts, but having medicine on her can still provide some self-defense."
Seeing that Zhao Xi was genuinely interested, Shu Yu smiled and changed the topic. "But I doubt she'll need to use them. In the future, there might be someone escorting her back and forth. You know, today I went to the Huifeng Escort Agency and met the son of the head, Luo Qing. When my father was talking to him, he kept asking about my sister and seemed particularly concerned."
Zhao Xi's eyes widened. "Luo Qing?!"
Shu Yu looked at him curiously. "Yes, Luo Qing. He's tall and is a young master. My father said he's also skilled in martial arts."
Zhao Xi suddenly became anxious, even though Lu Erbai seemed quite satisfied. "Ah Yu, you must persuade your father and sister. You're leaving soon, and if your sister marries that young master from the escort agency, it'll be like a thousand miles apart. Can you bear to leave her here alone?"
Shu Yu restrained her laughter. It seemed her intuition was right. Zhao Xi indeed had feelings for her sister, but he appeared a bit clueless.
She exchanged glances with Meng Yunzheng, who also chuckled. Then he pulled Zhao Xi and said, "It's getting late. We have to set off."
Zhao Xi still wouldn't give up. As he was being dragged away, he shouted to Shu Yu, "You have to think it through, Ah Yu. You must persuade them. Don't do anything foolish..."
His voice gradually faded, and Grandma, who was at the door with her sewing supplies, returned and asked suspiciously, "What's going on with them? Why did Zhao just ask you to persuade us?"
"He asked me to remind you to take care of your health and left some recipes for nourishing food. He said that it's easy to get sick in the winter and that you should eat well instead of scrimping on money. He can't always be here to look after us since he's leaving with Young Master Meng for a while."
Grandma smiled, her eyes narrowed. "This kid is considerate. He may appear loud and boisterous, but he's actually quite nice."
Indeed, loud and boisterous, and clueless.
Shu Yu thought about Zhao Xi's sudden nervousness earlier, and she couldn't help but feel pleased.
In the afternoon, Qi Chan did come to find her. He asked about the heat patches and then left.
He had left Heichang County and went to find prefect magistrate Cheng.
To present the heat patches to the emperor, they would definitely need to go through the prefect magistrate, who was currently Cheng Daren.
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