Chapter Seventy-One: Goodbye
Jiang Liuli returned to the room, took out the inkstone and prepared to go to Lan Tingxuan, after he gave her the hairpin just now, he ran back to the room.
She knocked on the door, and after a while, Lan Tingxuan opened the door, and when he looked up and saw the peach blossom hairpin on her head, he was stunned.
"It's really a good fit for you." He looked at the hairpin on her head with joy, when he went out to buy something, he accidentally found this peach hairpin, the first thing that came to mind was her face, and then he bought it without hesitation.
"I like it very much." She said it frankly, but Lan Tingxuan blushed when she heard it, he didn't expect her to say it so bluntly.
"If you like it, it's fine." He blushed shyly, lowered his head slowly, and didn't dare to look at her, this was the first time he bought something to give away, and he was still the person he liked.
"Here's for you." She handed him the inkstone in her hand, and although she had never used it, she could faintly smell the fragrance of the inkstone.
"For me?" After Lan Tingxuan opened it, he looked at her in shock, and knew that this inkstone was expensive when he saw the texture and the faint fragrance.
"I bought it a long time ago and planned to give it to you, but there were too many things during this time, and I forgot about it." She said truthfully.
"Thank you, I like it very much," he originally planned to refuse, but when he saw the hairpin on her head, he accepted it calmly, she could accept his gift so boldly, how could he be so twisted.
Jiang Liuli saw him accept the inkstone so happily, and smiled with satisfaction, just now he was secretly thinking in his heart that if he dared to chirp, he would definitely not give him a good face, but he didn't expect to be so interesting this time.
Lan Tingxuan played with the inkstone in his hand, struggled for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to look up at her, with a serious look, as if he was going to say something important.
"Girl, I'm going back in the next two days." After he finished speaking, there was a strong reluctance in his heart, after separating from her this time, he didn't know if he could meet again, so he was reluctant, he was heartbroken, and wanted to express his heart, but he was worried that he might not even be able to be a friend after saying it, he could see that she didn't have herself in her heart at all.
"I finally said it, and I guessed it when I saw that you looked like you wanted to talk and stopped talking in the past two days." Jiang Liuli saw that he finally said it, and looked at him with a smile, with no reluctance in his eyes, which made him a little disappointed.
"Really?" He lowered his head in frustration, not wanting her to see the sadness in his eyes.
"I also plan to leave in the next two days, if you have time, you can go to Shengjing to find me." Seeing that he seemed a little lost, she blurted out.
"Sheng Jing? Then we may not really see each other again. He smiled bitterly, if it was somewhere else, he would still be able to go and see her when he couldn't help but miss her, but Sheng Jing's words, he wouldn't be able to see her.
"Why?" She asked, puzzled. Did he think Shengjing was too far away?
"For as long as I can remember, my mother has told me that I can go anywhere, but I can't go to Shengjing, and I don't know why." Lan Tingxuan shook his head weakly, although he was very curious about why his mother had such a request, but he didn't dare to ask, because every time he mentioned Sheng Jing, he could feel the deep sadness on his mother's body, in order not to make his mother sad, so he never asked.
"Really? That's a shame. Jiang Liuli said regretfully, it seems that in the future, I can only keep communicating by letter.
"Forget it, since you can't come to Shengjing, let's continue to exchange letters." She said with relief that as long as she kept in touch, it didn't matter to her whether she saw each other or not.
Seeing this, Lan Tingxuan could only accept the reality, it seemed that she just regarded herself as a friend, and she was not even reluctant to give up the difference between the two, which made him feel a little frustrated.
However, it is good to be able to continue to exchange letters with her, and the letters in the future will be something that will relieve him of the pain of lovesickness.
In the next two days, Yi Wenyu accompanied Jiang Liuli in the kitchen to prepare snacks and dry food when she had time, but she didn't stay long before she was called away by Li Wenao, the reason was very simple, Gongsun Hou missed her, and in desperation, most of them were Jiang Liuli staying in the kitchen.
But sometimes Lan Tingxuan will accompany her in the kitchen, as the saying goes, a gentleman is far away from cooking, not only does he not reject the kitchen, but also follows him to learn to cook rice balls.
After packing up the things, the two packed their bags and prepared to leave, Gongsun Hou has always been very worried that Yi Wenyu will leave with her, and he pestered her even more, as long as he couldn't see her, he began to look everywhere, he was really anxious, and he would get out of bed to look for it.
Originally, Jiang Liuli didn't plan to leave with Lan Tingxuan, but after thinking about it, she still went with him, so that they could stay together for two more days, and Lan Tingxuan naturally agreed with her proposal.
After the carriage was ready, Jiang Liuli gave him two jars of peach blossom brew she brewed, and she kept two jars herself.
Yi Wenyu stood at the door to see Jiang Liuli off, Gongsun Hou was afraid that she would leave with the carriage, even if she was weak, she still insisted on standing at the door, staring at her for a moment.
"Okay, Sister Wenyu, you go back, let's go." Jiang Liuli really couldn't see him like that, so she could only leave as soon as possible.
"Miss, be careful on the road." Yi Wenyu looked at her apologetically, if it weren't for Gongsun Hou, she would definitely leave with her.
"Gongsun Hou, if you dare to let her down again, I will make you regret it for the rest of your life." Jiang Liuli threatened Gongsun Hou, although he loved Yi Wenyu very much, it was hard to guarantee that he would not do something stupid again.
"What happened three years ago has made me regret it for the rest of my life, how dare I live up to her again?" Gongsun Hou smiled bitterly, in his opinion, the difficult days have passed, and he will no longer be stupid to trust others and not believe her.
"You can remember best." Seeing this, Jiang Liuli nodded with satisfaction, if An Ruo is gone, maybe they can live in peace.
After saying goodbye to them at the end, Jiang Liuli and Lan Tingxuan left in a carriage, and they had to travel together for two days before they parted ways.
Lan Tingxuan knew that he would soon be separated from her, so he cherished every minute and every second together, and even the lone medical book she borrowed was put aside by him, and he didn't even have the desire to read it.
They were not in a hurry to go back, so they hurried slowly, and the original two-day journey forced them to walk for three days.
Looking at the fork in the road ahead, Lan Tingxuan was a little lost, there was always a moment when the journey came to an end, but when this moment came, he was so reluctant that he even wanted to tell her his heart, even if he was rejected, it didn't matter.
"Tingxuan, the next road, I should go by myself." Jiang Liuli said in a depressed mood, at this moment, she realized that she was a little reluctant.
"yes, it's finally time for us to go our separate ways." Lan Tingxuan said with a sigh, but listening to her call, his mood was a little better.
When he was in Gongsun Mansion, she rarely called his name, and this was the first time he had heard her call himself like this, and it turned out that her name was so pleasant to pronounce from her mouth.
"It's getting late, I should go, or I won't be able to catch up with the next town." Jiang Liuli looked at the sun overhead, she was a little far away from the next town, and she had to hurry early.
"Then you go first, and when you leave, I'll go." He looked at her reluctantly and let himself go first in front of him, but he couldn't do it, so he could only let her leave first.
"Then I'll go, I'll write to you when I get to Shengjing." Jiang Liuli saw the reluctance in his eyes, and didn't say anything more, and drove away after saying goodbye to him, the longer he stayed, the more reluctant he was to leave, it was better to cut through the mess quickly.
Lan Tingxuan looked at the carriage that was gradually moving away, and suddenly felt that his heart was empty, and he knew that his heart had followed her and left together.
He stayed where he was for a long time, until Jiang Liuli's carriage completely disappeared from sight, and then he reluctantly drove away, and the road he walked was diametrically opposite to her, and the two would go farther and farther.
After Jiang Liuli drove away, she suddenly felt so lonely, even if Lan Tingxuan didn't talk much, but with him by her side, even if she didn't speak, she would feel very satisfied, but now, she felt so empty.
She reached out and took off the peach blossom hairpin on her head, and played with it in her hand, at this time her heart was very confused, because of what was disturbed, but she didn't know, this was the first time she had such emotions, and her heart was stunned for no reason.
Seeing that the horse could travel on its own even if she didn't need to catch it, she sat in the carriage and took out her books to pass the time.
In this way, he wandered alone to the next town, and the loneliness in his heart gradually faded with the lively atmosphere in the city.
Now that it was approaching noon, she had eaten three days' worth of dry food, and missed the hot meal very much, so she chose a wine shop that was neither too big nor too small, and walked in, intending to find an inn to stay in after the meal, and wait for the next morning to hurry.
The food she ordered was quickly served, and she sat alone in the corner and ate it, and all kinds of noises came from the lively wine shop, but it did not affect her at all, but the conversation at the next table attracted her attention.
"Did you hear that? There was an epidemic in Liuxi Village, and many people died, and I don't know if it will infect us. A man at the next table said in alarm.
"No, Liuxi Village has been blocked by the government, and no one can get out." The other man was not worried at all, and drank the wine from the bowl as he spoke.
"There is no cure for the epidemic, and it is contagious, will this time it be like in the past, directly slaughtering the village?" Another man asked nervously.
"Maybe it's possible." The first man to speak nodded approvingly.
Jiang Liuli laughed out loud when she heard this, who said that there is no cure for the epidemic, there is obviously a medicine to treat, but those ordinary doctors naturally can't cure it, and a miracle doctor like her senior brother can come up with a perfect solution.
However, thinking that the government is very likely to slaughter the village for the sake of safety, I began to worry, not everyone in Liuxi Village was infected with the epidemic, but the government would not care so much, and everyone in the village would not let go of any of them, which was very cruel, but it was the best way to do it once and for all.
The epidemic is only a slower-spreading infectious disease here, and where it happens, most of it is related to the environment, and once you get it, you will be tired and have a persistent fever.
A hundred years ago, there were two epidemics, but because it is a rare disease, many doctors are helpless about this disease, and when this disease is first discovered, many people die, so everyone is now afraid when they hear about the epidemic.