A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 296 Legitimate Reasons

"It's been two days, and we still can't find any trace of Sister Si Yao!"

In the dense forest, the path wandered back and forth anxiously.

"You're swaying in front of us. If you don't get dizzy, we'll all get dizzy." Xin Nu leaned against the tree trunk, still staring at the path coldly.

This little girl always finds fault with him. Although Xiaolu feels resentful, he dares not say anything and can only stay beside the silent Xiaobai.

“We’ll expand the search area for another day. If we still can’t find Miss Si Yao, we’ll have to report back to His Highness.” Xiaobai frowned in an air of being a superior and suddenly said in a deep voice.

"If His Highness knew, I'm afraid we would all be in big trouble." Although this matter could not be hidden from His Highness, Xin Nu shuddered when she thought of His Highness's angry look. She sighed with despair and then glared at the path, scolding: "It's all your fault. You had to take a detour on a good route. If Miss Si Yao had arrived in Qile City earlier, this wouldn't have happened!"

“How can you blame me for this? How would I know that you…” Xiaolu suddenly shut up halfway through his words and quickly swallowed the rest of his words back into his stomach.

After all, he was not sure whether these two knew about Sister Si Yao going to Qile City to look for her childhood sweetheart. Since it involved His Highness' taboo, Xiaolu naturally did not dare to speak carelessly.

"We what? Just tell me!" Seeing Xiaolu hesitating, Xin Nu, who was already angry, became relentless.

Xiaolu crossed his arms over his chest, pouted his lips and turned his face away, ignoring the gloomy-faced girl opposite him.

Xin Nu was so angry that her eyebrows were raised, but she could do nothing but snorted coldly and turned away.

"We haven't seen each other for many years, why do you two still quarrel every time you meet?" Looking at Xin Nu's angrily leaving, Xiaobai shook his head helplessly at Xiaolu. They are really a pair of enemies from a previous life.

"You saw it too. I didn't quarrel with her. She was the one who was being unreasonable and making trouble." Xiaolu spread his hands with a look of grievance.

Xiaobai glanced at him without saying anything else, and just walked straight in the opposite direction of Xin Nu with an expressionless face.

"Could it be that I am wrong?" Seeing that Xiaobai ignored him, Xiaolu felt even more aggrieved. He pouted, scratched the back of his head, and walked away.

Under Si Yao's treatment with acupuncture and medicine, Xuanyu's complexion had obviously improved a lot, and the pain in her body and fear of cold had also been alleviated. She could sleep peacefully at night without her sister using her internal energy to transfer heat. However, her hands and feet were still weak and she was unable to get up and walk.

But the improvement has made the sisters Yanyu and Zeng Si very happy. Honghua has also gradually changed his attitude towards Si Yao. In the beginning, he would threaten her with his poisonous scorpion from time to time, but after seeing Si Yao's superb medical skills, he started to call her "Sister Si Yao" affectionately.

Hong Hua's attitude change was shocking, which surprised Si Yao, but she was relieved despite her helplessness. Although she was not afraid of the other party's venomous scorpion intimidation, there were still two innocent people in the farmyard. After spending a few days with her, Si Yao clearly understood that Hong Hua's temper was unpredictable and she was definitely not a good person. If she got angry, innocent people would be harmed.

"Thanks to Miss Si Yao's superb medical skills, I have been able to get better recently. I was too anxious before and brought you here without saying a word. Now your companions may be looking for you in a hurry. Can you let me bring them here?" At 9:00 p.m. on that day, Si Yao finished acupuncture treatment for Huan Yu. Huan Yu was now in good spirits and naturally would say a few words to her.

"There's no need to look for them. If Madam Honghua is willing, you can just bring a message for me to let them know that I'm safe." Si Yao hurriedly spoke up to stop them. It would be enough to let Xiaolu know that she was safe, and the King's men must not be allowed to find this place.

"Sister Si Yao, just tell me what letter you want to bring. You work hard to treat my sister every day, so it's only natural for me to do you a favor." Hong Hua happened to walk in and naturally heard the conversation between the two. She smiled at Si Yao.

"Thank you, Madam Honghua." Si Yao had also finished collecting the needles. Seeing Honghua's ready agreement, she immediately stood up and went to the outer room. She picked up the pen on the table and quickly wrote a line of words before handing it to Honghua. She continued, "Miss Xuanyu needs to rest and recuperate now. Madam, please don't let them come and disturb her."

Although this excuse was not a lie, after all, Yan Yu really needed to recuperate, and there were already enough people in the yard, but Si Yao still looked guilty.

"I have forgotten to ask, Sister Si Yao is probably not just an ordinary bell doctor, right? Otherwise, how could she be secretly protected by someone?" Hong Hua naturally noticed the evasion in Si Yao's eyes, so he revealed a sly smile, and asked curiously after taking the letter from the other party.

What you fear will come true. Si Yao's heart skipped a beat. She was not good at lying and couldn't find an excuse for a while. Fortunately, Xuanyu in the inner room spoke up in time to help her out:

"Sister, Miss Si Yao's companions are still anxiously looking for someone, why don't you go quickly?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." Seeing her sister urging her, Honghua no longer made things difficult for Si Yao. She just winked at her meaningfully and turned away.

"Thank you." Si Yao breathed a sigh of relief, went back to the inner room and gave Yan Yu a faint smile.

"It was my sister who offended you. I should be the one apologizing to you." Yan Yu also laughed. After leaving Yingmen, she could laugh without restraint and from the bottom of her heart, so her eyes were no longer cold.

"Yu, it's time to take your medicine." At this time, Zeng Si's voice came from outside.

Si Yao said nothing more, picked up the medicine box, turned around and walked out, and nodded to Zeng Si who was waiting outside the door with a bowl of medicine soup. After spending so many days together, Si Yao could naturally see Zeng Si's feelings for Yan Yu, so every time he brought in the boiled medicine, she would leave on her own.

When Huanyu saw Zeng Si's expression turned cold again, she didn't want to owe him anything in the past, but now in her current state she was even less able to bear his kindness. Although Huanyu couldn't bear to treat him coldly every day, she had to cut the Gordian knot.

"It's cold, you have to drink it while it's hot." Zeng Si was accustomed to Huan Yu's cold face, and he still showed concern and warmth to her.

"Third Master has been out for so long, it's time for him to go back." Xuan Yu had no choice but to cruelly drive him away again.

"Yunyu, there is something I have been hiding from you." Seeing that Yunyu insisted on driving him away, Zeng Si lowered his head and hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, "I have left Yanjiapo and am no longer the third in command."

"What did you say?" Yan Yu was shocked and stared at Zeng Si. He actually left Yanjiaopo and his sworn brother for her?

"Now... I have nowhere to go, do you still want to drive me away?" Zeng Si also gazed at her affectionately and smiled gently.

"The world is so big, you can find a place anywhere." Yan Yu turned her face away angrily and sneered.

"But I just want to stay with you."

"Why are you doing this?" Yan Yu sighed helplessly again.

"Don't be angry, drink the medicine first, otherwise it will get cold." Zeng Si still smiled gently and handed the warmed medicine to Yan Yu.

He didn't dare to do that in the past and could only follow her from a distance. Now that she needed someone to take care of her, he had a legitimate reason to stay with her.