Chapter 34: Night Talk
After getting Ah Zi's words, Tang Yinzhong went happily and tried harder to persuade his eldest brother, but after arguing for a day, there was no result.
Ah Zi waited alone in the downstairs room, listening to the quarrels between Tang Yinzhong and Ah Brown that came upstairs from time to time, and knew that Ah Brown always refused to let go.
At dinner time, Tang Yinzhong came to Ah Zi's room to sit for a while.
Although he said that Ah Zi should rest assured to stay here, there was a strong resentment and dissatisfaction on his face, and he obviously suffered a lot of resistance from Ah Zi's side.
If it was in the past, seeing that he had caused such a big trouble because of himself, Ah Zi couldn't sit still, and he was afraid that he would leave directly with apologies.
But this time, she could only keep a thick face and pretend not to see the embarrassment on Tang Yinzhong's face.
She didn't want to lose the opportunity to walk with Ah Brown.
After sending Tang Yinzhong away, Ah Zi closed the door, but suddenly felt a palpitation, hurriedly sat down nearby, and breathed for a long time before relieving.
Tomorrow will be the night of the full moon!
Originally, the master would prepare medicinal materials for her a week in advance, and Hui Niang would also help her boil them early and serve them to her in person.
But now that something has happened to Yaoxian Valley, he has forgotten about catching the medicine in advance.
She searched for the bag of tips given to her by her master before on her waist, and her hand touched her waist, but her heart sank.
Her bag is gone.
Ah Zi instantly broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly propped up her body to turn over every corner of the room, but found nothing.
She tried to recall the situation during the day, and when she got up in the morning to go to the Sifang Pharmacy, she subconsciously touched her waist, which was still ...... at that time
Thinking about it carefully, she later fell asleep on the stone steps in front of the pharmacy, and vaguely felt that there were people around her, so she woke up.
It seems that the bag was stolen at that time.
Ah Zi remembered that she kept moving around the room, not knowing what to do.
The silver in the bag was all that, but it also contained a map to the Golden Forest and her prescription.
Now go to Tang Yinzhong for help?
Not to mention that it is too much to trouble him again and again, even if he is warm-hearted and willing to help her go out to find it, where can he start in this vast sea of people?
What's more, the medicine has to be taken a day in advance, and it will only take effect on the night of the full moon, and now even if I am lucky enough to get it back, it will be a day later, and I can't catch up with it anyway, counting the time to catch up with the medicine.
Ah Zi thought about it, but couldn't find a suitable solution, and just didn't know what to do, she suddenly heard a very faint breathing sound outside the window, if it weren't for her unusual hearing, I was afraid that it would be difficult to find.
Finding the abnormality, Ah Zi tiptoed to the window.
Adjusting his breath slightly, Ah Zi slammed open the window, only to see the empty backyard outside, where a few plane trees stood quietly, and the bleak autumn leaves were flying in the wind.
Ah Zi was puzzled, lowered his head, and found a square paper bag quietly placed on the windowsill, with a yellowed wax paper and a roll of parchment tied on it.
Carefully opened it and looked at it, only to find that it was her prescription and map, the map was wrapped in a few grains of broken silver, and the paper bag contained the medicinal materials she urgently needed.
Ah Zi poked his head out of the window with all his might, and the chain around his neck slipped out at some point, flashing with blue light.
Leaving the strong smell of incense in the room, Ah Zi smelled the abnormality of the smell of the backyard: there were people in the backyard, and it was the familiar smell.
Ah Zi desperately climbed out of the window, eagerly searching around the backyard.
"Ah Brown, I know you are here, and since you have already arrived outside my room, why don't you come out to meet me?"
Ah Zi shouted quietly, wanting Ah Brown to hear, but he was worried that his scream had alarmed the people upstairs.
The cold wind of the late autumn night was already a bit biting, and the old wounds on Ah Zi's body had recurred, and he was already weak, but he still refused to go back to the room.
Since Ah Brown came to her window and brought medicinal herbs for her, he must still be thinking about the past like her, in this case, why did he refuse to come out to see her, and why did he put on such an indifferent posture in front of people?
Ah Zi couldn't figure it out, and she didn't want to think about it.
All she knew was that at this moment she smelled Ah Brown's familiar breath, and she wanted to see him.
The moon climbed up the treetops little by little, Ah Zi didn't find Ah Brown, but she used all her strength, she held the plane tree trunk with one hand, stood in place, dizzy, and was about to fall.
Leaned forward, but was caught in mid-air by a pair of strong arms.
Ah Zi unexpectedly threw herself into a warm chest, and she raised her head to meet Ah Brown's eyes, which were even deeper in the moonlight.
Ah Zi grinned at Ah Brown, and a smile bloomed on her pale face.
Ah Brown sighed lightly, leaned over and picked Ah Zi up by the waist, rushed into the inn room from the window in three or two steps, and then gently put her on the couch.
"Seven years apart, are you okay?"
After Ah Brown sat down beside her, Ah Zi looked into his eyes and asked in a low voice.
Ah Brown smiled at Ah Zi, revealing a row of white teeth.
Ah Zi retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes, and laughed distractedly: In fact, the answer is already so obvious, why do you need to ask, the current Ah Zi is no longer the young man who lived like a savage in the deep mountains back then, he is living well, far better than he thought.
It's just that shouldn't this be exactly what you want?
Why do you really see it now, but there is a little loss in your heart?
Because in the past seven years, Ah Brown has no traces of himself?
"The medicine I sent just now was taken according to your prescription, you can see if it's right." Seeing that Ah Zi was just looking down at the ground, Ah Brown said on his own, "Is your illness caused by me seven years ago?" Later, I fell into the root of this disease, and it has not been better? ”
Ah Zi looked up, saw Ah Brown's eyes full of concern and apology, shook his head with a smile, and said, "It's okay, take it the night before the full moon night, and you'll be fine." ”
Ah Brown nodded slightly, and said, "I didn't say goodbye that year, it was my fault." I thought that would be the way I could help you. After knowing the truth, I tried to go back to find you, but to no avail, I had to go back to the capital. ”
"I studied medicine with Master and had a good life, but why did you hurt me?" Ah Zi said, raised his head suddenly, and said, "It's just Ah Brown." I did have some resentment against you at first, for making that decision for me...... You're not me, and how do you know what I want? Your so-called good for me may not be what I want, just like Tang Gongzi's request this time......"
"This time it's different!" Ah Brown didn't wait for Ah Zi to finish speaking, and suddenly interrupted her eagerly, "You can't follow us." You have never been in contact with the royal family of Dongyuan, and you don't know the dangers inside. I'm not going to let you follow me in this muddy water. ”