After a long while, she still didn’t receive any response. ‘Could it be that she’s a mute?’ Just when Ji Yunshu thought about it, Zijin finally spoke.
“Shi!” The single word pierced the air like a piece of ice.
‘So she can actually speak.’
“How old are you?”
“15.”
‘15?’ Ji Yunshu was shocked and couldn’t believe her ears. What did she go through to become such an ice-cold person that kept people from approaching her?! Most of the people like her were trained to become as such and were kept for only two reasons – to protect their master or to kill for their master!
Before Ji Yunshu could inquire further, Shi Zijin had already jumped to the beam of the roof. Not even her shadow could be seen. Ji Yunshu felt cold shivers running through her back as she had the impression of being watched from somewhere. She was aware that she was being monitored, but unable to do anything about it.
Two consecutive days have passed, but Ji Yunshu didn’t see Shi Zijin again. Jing Rong continued to make a trip to the palace each day. As for her, she frequently visited Yuhua Pavilion.
She heard many things every time she came; Due to Wei Yi’s charm, Yuhua Pavilion became even more bustling the past two days. Supposedly, he threw all the medicinal ingredients into a pot, causing all the apprentices to be busy all night, forgoing sleep to salvage everything. Then, there was a story that he helped the apprentices with a prescription, but he mistook croton seeds, a strong laxative, with qilin beans, causing a patient to have diarrhea. This almost destroyed Mo Ruo’s reputation as a God Doctor. There was also the matter about how he thoroughly made Mo Ruo sick of him after forcing the latter to listen to all of his wondrous life experiences since childhood in the hope of jolting his brain and curing him. And he had barely finished talking about the first ten years of his life. If this continued, he might end up making someone go crazy.
“If you don’t let him shut his mouth, I’ll use poison to make him mute!” Mo Ruo said with a face red from anger.
As if his fingertips were on fire, he fiercely pointed at Wei Yi who was helping a patient with their medicine in a far corner. He was as busy as the other apprentices, sweating from the work – reassuring patients and distracting a child by pulling a face. He appeared very happy.
Ji Yunshu couldn’t help using her sleeve to hide her smile. After watching for a while, she said with a smile, “Although Wei Yi talks a lot, he is also a hard worker. Look at how much he helped you with your business. Besides, for the past two days, he was the one who warmed your wine before giving it to you. He is very attentive, so you shouldn’t just look at his faults.”
“I just can’t understand what is so good about him that made you seek my help in curing him?”
Mo Ruo simply found Wei Yi a pain in the ass. Ji Yunshu watched Wei Yi doing tasks amongst the crowd. A twinge of guilt flashed through her expression. “Young Master Mo, I won’t hide the fact that if it weren’t for me, his parents would be still alive. He also wouldn’t need to accompany me to the capital as well. He would have remained in Jinjiang, living his life peacefully.”
Mo Ruo was bewildered. “You’re saying that his parents died because of you?”
“Right!”
“How did it happen?”
Ji Yunshu hesitated for a moment before she finally narrated her story. After hearing the tragic story, the dislike in his eyes lessened somewhat. He didn’t speak, only drinking a mouthful of wine.
Ji Yunshu’s eyes remained on Wei Yi. “I hope that he will remain oblivious all this life. He saved me, but I am the cause of his parents’ deaths, even if the circumstances surrounding their deaths were a combination of various freak accidents.”