Seeing Qi Wen catching up, Xiao Jingcheng got a bit anxious and urged Ye Wanmian.
"Sweetie!"
After figuring out what was going on, Ye Wanmian found it both funny and annoying. She pulled a straight face and said, "These are all medicines for treating and saving people, not ordinary candies. Be a good boy and put them back."
"Sweet!" Xiao Jingcheng didn't understand. All he knew was that these were good things he had found for her. Why didn't she appreciate it?
It was all because of Qi Wen!
He turned his head and bared his teeth at Qi Wen, showing a fierce expression.
Seeing this, Ye Wanmian let out a soft sigh. She picked up one from his palm and put it into her mouth, then spat it out with a "呸" sound. Frowning, she said,
"It's not sweet. It's not delicious. I don't like it."
Xiao Jingcheng was overjoyed when he saw her eat it. But when he found that she frowned and spat it out, saying "I don't like it", he just stood there stunned.
Don't like...
She had also said "I don't like it" to him this morning. He thought "I don't like it" must mean getting angry, and when someone was angry, they would ignore him.
Xiao Jingcheng stood up, holding the pear - flavored cough drops in his hands. He walked out of the door and put them back on the shelf.
Seeing with his own eyes how obedient and submissive he was, Qi Wen opened his eyes in surprise and couldn't help giving Ye Wanmian a thumbs - up. "It's still you, Mrs. Jiang, who has a way."
After a while, Xiao Jingcheng returned to Ye Wanmian's side. But he kept looking down at his palm, with his eyebrows knitted tightly, looking extremely distressed.
The pear - flavored cough drops hadn't fully set yet and were sticky, leaving quite a few marks on his palm.
Seeing this, Ye Wanmian pulled his hand over and carefully wiped it clean with a wet handkerchief for him.
When the girl lowered her head, a small section of her neck was exposed. Her eyelashes were like two little fans, fluttering in front of him. He stared blankly, and once again felt a strange ache in his chest.
Just as he reached out his hand towards her, wanting to touch her eyelashes, someone suddenly came into the medical clinic. An angry voice interrupted their train of thought.
"Mrs. Jiang, is there something wrong with the medicine you prescribed for my younger sister a few days ago?"
This voice... was Ye Huan's!
Ye Wanmian was startled. She subconsciously took a step forward, trying to block Xiao Jingcheng behind her.
However, the next moment, a shadow fell in front of her. Someone blocked in front of her and stopped Ye Huan.
"Who are you?"
Li Zhao was about the same height as Xiao Jingcheng, so he could completely block Ye Wanmian behind him. He looked down at Ye Huan, who was half a head shorter than him, with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.
All this happened in the blink of an eye. Almost as soon as he saw someone charging straight at Ye Wanmian angrily, Li Zhao had rushed over. Ye Huan didn't even get a clear look at Xiao Jingcheng's face.
Coming back to his senses, Ye Huan frowned and sized up Li Zhao standing in front of him.
With Li Zhao's good looks, he should have been unforgettable. But with Ye Wanmian's charm - neutralizing charm on him, Ye Huan only glanced at him and then shifted his gaze.
He had come here to demand an explanation. He had specifically inquired about Xiao Yixuan's whereabouts and confirmed that he was not in Dongli Town and couldn't back Ye Wanmian up, so he had rushed here in a hurry. Now seeing that there were two more people in the medical clinic, especially a man, he held back and took a step back, saying,
"I'm just here to ask for an explanation. I don't mean to cause trouble."
Li Zhao remained unmoved and said, "Oh? What explanation are you asking for?"
"A few days ago, my younger sister got sick. Having heard that the doctor in this medical clinic was extremely skilled, we came here to seek medical treatment. This lady examined my sister and prescribed medicine. But there was a very heavy dosage of coptis in the prescription. My sister simply couldn't drink the medicine. Instead, she was tortured by it and looked a mess."
Ye Huan said, clenching his fists tightly. "I took that prescription to ask other doctors in other medical clinics. The prescription itself was fine, but the problem was with the coptis. This medicine - coptis didn't need to be added!"
"Mrs. Jiang, my younger sister has never met you before. There is no grudge between you. Why did you torture my sister like this?"
Never met before? No grudge?
Ye Wanmian remembered all that had happened to her in the Ye family in the capital city. She gritted her teeth tightly to restrain the urge to retort.
She also wanted to ask Ye Wanxing. She had no grudge against Ye Wanxing, didn't want to fight for anything, and had even taken the initiative to give in. Why did Ye Wanxing deliberately say those words to stimulate her when she was seriously ill?
If she couldn't see the malice hidden in Ye Wanxing's heart, she would have wasted all these years of teachings from her master.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard Li Zhao say,
"Each doctor in every medical clinic has their own style and habits of practicing medicine. We can't generalize. Moreover, when you took the prescription from our Huichuntang Medical Clinic to ask doctors in other medical clinics, can you be sure that the other party pointed out the problem with the prescription because they were really skilled in medicine, and not deliberately distorting the facts to make you seek medical treatment in their medical clinic?"
Li Zhao spoke slowly and rationally. Ye Huan was stunned, and his train of thought was interrupted. "This..."
Li Zhao gave a soft snort. "When you came to Huichuntang to seek medical treatment a few days ago, did our young Dr. Jiang tell you that she hasn't graduated yet, and if you didn't trust her medical skills, you could find a more experienced doctor?"
Ye Huan's face changed again. "... She did."
"Since you already knew about our young Dr. Jiang's situation and chose to trust her medical skills and stay for treatment, now, just because your younger sister can't bear the bitterness and can't drink the medicine, you come to question our young Dr. Jiang's motives. What are your motives then?!"
Li Zhao's eyes darkened slightly, and his voice was cold. "Do you think you can bully her just because she's a woman and her master is away on a long - distance trip, and there's no one to back her up?!"
Ye Huan subconsciously took a step back and felt a bit guilty for no reason. "Naturally... not."
Li Zhao snorted. "You can go out and ask the nearby villagers what kind of person our young Dr. Jiang in Huichuntang Medical Clinic is, and you'll know whether she deliberately made things difficult for your younger sister."
Ye Huan was scolded by Li Zhao until his ears turned red. He gradually came to his senses.
Xing'er had been in a bad mood and ignored him, so he had believed her words and come to question Ye Wanmian. It turned out that he had been too narrow - minded and impulsive.
He clasped his fists and bowed to Ye Wanmian, who he couldn't see behind Li Zhao. "Sorry. I was too impatient and impulsive. I apologize to young Dr. Jiang for my rudeness just now."
Ye Wanmian was extremely happy that the matter had been resolved before she even had a chance to say anything. Suppressing her admiration for Li Zhao, she lowered her voice and said, "It's okay. After all, it involves your family member's health. It's only natural to be impulsive. But it's not a good thing that your younger sister can't drink the medicine all the time. I have a solution. Are you willing to listen?"
Seeing that she wasn't angry and had even come up with another solution, Ye Huan felt even more guilty.
"Please go ahead, young Dr. Jiang. I'm all ears."
"You can make the medicine in the prescription into pills and take them with water. However, the medicinal effect will be greatly reduced, and the price will be a bit higher."
Ye Huan let out a sigh of relief. "If it can be made into pills and taken with water so that she doesn't have to suffer from the bitterness of coptis anymore, I'm willing to pay any price."
Ye Wanmian said with a smile, "It's not expensive. Ten taels of silver will do."