The carriage drove slowly along Yongning Street for a while, and the rain outside the window had not stopped.

"Aman." The white-clothed figure in the carriage cheered up a little, and called in the direction of the front of the car, "Don't go back to the mountain, stay overnight at Yingtian Inn." ”

The driver felt a little strange, turned his head and said, "I told you before, no, you have to say that you want to see it." ”

"No matter how bad my eyes are, men and women can always be distinguished."

The person in the carriage coughed when he heard this, with a feeling of reminiscing about the past, and he smiled lightly: "You have good eyes." ”

His smile was fleeting, and he was a little worried when he recalled the scene just now.

He thought for a moment and instructed Ah Man: "When I settle down in the inn, you can follow that young man for me and figure out where to live." "Childe," Ah Man said suspiciously, "do you suspect that he has a sister?" “

The people in the carriage sighed and said, "I have a good brother, but she probably doesn't." “

Ah Man speculated and said: "If you want me to follow, I'll follow, but you're okay alone in the inn, right?" "It doesn't matter."

The medicine I drank in the morning gradually took effect, I was sweating all over, and I felt that the clothes inside were soaked and stuck to my back, but the whole person was much more relaxed.

The pillar sorted out two baskets of medicinal materials, and when he saw me copying the prescription without stopping, he paused and said, "Xiaolin, the steward said that he would deduct your salary, why don't you fight with him?" "What's there to fight about." I put down the pen and looked up at him, "He is in charge, he said that he wanted to detain it, and it was useless for me to argue with him." "It's better to waste that little effort than to copy a few more recipes."

Zhuzi's eyes flickered and said, "I just don't understand, you know a lot of medicines, and you can see the good and bad prescriptions, why don't you talk to Doctor Chen." "Maybe he can take you as a disciple."

My expression darkened, and I whispered, "I may not stay long in Yingtian, wait until I finish what I have to do." I wanted to go back to the mountains. “

"I don't want to be an incompetent doctor, that's the most important thing." "Xiaolin, is your home far away from Yingtian?" The pillar looked at me for a moment and asked me curiously. "It's a long way, it's a few days just by boat, not counting the time it takes to walk." "Won't your family be worried if you run so far?"

I was silent for a moment, and then spread my hands helplessly and said, "I'm the only one in my family, and no one is worried about me." “

The pillar regretted his speech, and said busily: "I'm sorry." I didn't know you were alone. "It's fine. I'm used to it. "Pick up the pen again. I smiled, "So there's nothing to fight for when you deduct some money, and the whole family is not hungry." "It's not like someone else has to support their families, it's even more difficult."

The pillar nodded yes again and again. After a few days of getting along, I knew that he was a kind person, and I was so agreeable not to break my heart.

He turned and walked out of the room, and I took the pen in my hand and continued to copy, my mind in a state of confusion, with a premonition that something was going to happen, and from my previous experience, my premonition was often accurate.

Fortunately, it was smooth in the afternoon for half a day, and the rain kept falling. There weren't many customers at the pharmacy, and business was quieter than usual, so the moment it closed, I realized that another day had passed.

Dragging a tired figure down the long street, people passed me in twos and threes. There are few people like me who are alone, on the street at night, there are families who go out to shop together, and there are men and women who go out in pairs, although they talk freely with the pillars, in the face of this situation, my feelings are still low.

Xiao Chu's face flashed in my mind, and I finished eating the wonton I ordered, and was about to pay and leave, when a hand reached over and pressed the back of my hand.

The first reaction was that the palms of his hands were hot, and the second reaction was to look up at him.

Xiao Chu turned his head to the proprietress and said gently: "Serve me a bowl of wontons like her." ”

The proprietress was stunned and didn't move her steps for a long time, Xiao Chu repeated helplessly.

I was still wearing the men's clothes of the medical hall, his hand was held by him, and people passed by in three or two, his eyes were strange, and I was sitting on pins and needles.

I tried to break free of his hand, but he looked up and said, "Don't move. ”

After that, the whole person fell down the wooden table of the small shop, and he lay on the table without looking up.

Feeling that something was wrong, I sat down nervously, gently pushed his shoulder and said, "Xiao Chu, what's wrong with you?" ”

He didn't speak, his head lifted slightly, and then the night light came on, and I could see drops of sweat running down his forehead.

His face was so pale that he didn't see blood, and no matter how dull I was, I knew what was going on.

Looking left and right, I saw the carriage I often saw under the tree on the side of the street, I broke free from Xiao Chu's palm, turned my head and said anxiously in his ear: "Wait for me." “

I helped Xiao Chu into the carriage with the guards, and I was about to get out of the carriage to pay for the wontons, but Xiao Chu firmly held my hand against his chest and refused to let go. "Please do me a favor," I took out the money from my purse and handed it to the guard Xiao Chu brought, but the man shook his head and refused to accept it, only signaling to me, meaning that he had money.

Watching the guards get out of the car and walk to the small shop where they just stayed, I looked back at Xiao Chu and couldn't help it anymore: "Since you are not feeling well, can't you stay at home well?" ”

"What are you doing here?"

He shook his head, his dark eyes glancing at me without speaking.

Suddenly, he turned sideways, then bent down again, and fell on his lap.

I looked at him in a panic, and in the midst of my hectic confusion I realized my duty, one hand still clutched by him against my chest and abdomen, and the sweat of his palm wet the back of my hand.

I could only use my other hand to stroke his back from top to bottom, he slowed down, stood up, there was a kind of misty love in his dark eyes, he looked at me so intently and whispered: "Xiao Ling'er." ”

"Well, are you getting better?" I looked at him worriedly, "Where is your home, let the guards drive you back, okay?" ”

He shook his head, let go of my hand, and then called me, "Xiao Ling'er." "What are you going to say?" I looked at him fixedly and said, "If there's anything, I'll talk about it when you're better." “

Xiao Chu moved, the whole person leaned back, my eyes searched in the car, and folded the cushion on the side in half, cushioning behind him, so that he could lean there comfortably. "In the morning, I want to chase you." Xiao Chu said in a low voice, "But I stayed outside all night, and I really couldn't run." ”

"You have something to say now, I was in turmoil in the morning, and I didn't know how to face you." I turned my head and looked out the window.

"Last night, it was me who lost my temper, it was just a joke, no big deal."

I smiled bitterly: "Maybe I didn't do what I wanted to do when I came to Yingtian, and I was in a bad mood, probably because I was angry with you." ”

"Speaking of which, I should be grateful to you, I didn't say anything along the way, and when I came to Yingtian, if it weren't for you, I would almost be black-eyed."

"You borrowed my money to rent a small courtyard, so that I can have a place to live."

"I didn't say much, but I was very grateful from the bottom of my heart."

"When I get the money in the medical hall, I will return it to you as much as possible, so that I will owe you less favors."

"As for the maid, selling myself to be a maid is indeed unimaginable to me, I am used to being alone, lonely but free."

Xiao Chu sighed and said, "I understand what you mean, now, you give me some time, I have something to say to you." ”

"Xiao Ling'er," Xiao Chu repeated dumbly, "When I was in Guanlan, I told you that in fact, I am the same person as you. ”

He was suddenly silent, and many complicated emotions appeared in his deep eyes.

In an instant, he smiled self-deprecatingly: "Most of the time when I have memories is in bed, not to mention the world outside the window, even getting up is a luxury." "What I have to do every day is nothing but taking medicine or taking medicine, and I can never finish taking medicine." "Later, the memory of taking medicine even exceeded the memory of eating, so nothing in this world has a profound taste for me." "I have been lying in the palace for almost ten years, and the precious medicinal materials are hanging with a breath, so I originally thought that this life was the day of waiting for death."

I looked up and looked at him, and the eyes on his pale face were as bright and clear as ever. "Actually, the word death is a relief for me, and I have always thought so." "But I survived, my life was not only given to me by my mother, but also carried the expectations, dedication, and hard work of many people." "I didn't expect that one day I would get better, that I would be able to get out of the house that had been lying for more than ten years, and that I would be able to walk out of that palace door." "In the same way, I can't imagine that a decision to help my brother make a wish will make me meet you who are similar to me in Guanlan." "I don't know if this is the fate that God gave me, but, Xiao Ling'er, the moment my heart was moved, it was not joy, it was fear!" "I don't know if I'm qualified to ask you for anything, and I don't know what I'm going to do to your life if I tell you?"

Xiao Chu lowered his head, took my hand and slowly stroked the back of my hand, he smiled, and said softly in a low voice: "The so-called deed of sale last night is actually not a joke, it is a cowardice and temptation that I dare not face. "The big husband has done something and he has not done anything, I asked myself, will such a bleak life drag another innocent person into the water?" "I kept watch all night outside your courtyard gate, thinking over and over what I should tell you, but in the morning, the moment I saw you, my only thought was to be with you, and that thought was stronger than ever."

Xiao Chu suddenly laughed, and he said in a low voice: "When I was in Guanlan, you were watching a play, why shouldn't I, but after a long time, I can't tell whether I am watching a play or I have already entered the play." ”

"Xiao Ling'er, if you want, can you give me a chance?"