Li Huairou skipped away.
She knew someone was following behind her, but she didn’t care. Let them try something if they dared.
In the end, she didn’t get too far before she met the guard who was responsible for escorting her back.
As usual, they didn’t ask anything and split into two teams; one of the teams sent her back, and the other continued to investigate.
When she returned to the carriage, Li Huaike looked at Li Huairou. Li Huairou nodded, and Li Huaike was relieved. He leaned against the carriage wall. Finally, they could go back.
Li Huairou also laid down in an unladylike manner. “So tired!”
Liu Sike gently covered her with a blanket and said, “Sleep.” These days, she’d really worked hard, especially with Huairou’s lazy temperament. It was tough on her.
Li Huairou smiled at Liu Sike. Then she slowly closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
Liu Sike smiled lightly and raised her head; Li Huaike was smiling at her. Liu Sike blushed slightly, sat next to Li Huaike, quietly held Li Huaike’s hand, and lightly leaned her head against his shoulder.
In Yancheng, in front of her parents, the two of them had worshipped heaven and earth—the rest of the ceremony would be completed after returning to Happy Valley.
But in Liu Sike’s heart, they were already husband and wife.
On Fang Tianluo’s side, they’d almost gotten caught, so they had to rush to leave Prince Yan’s sphere of influence. Needless to say, they suffered as they rushed along the way.
Finally settling down, the first thing Fang Tianluo did was to detoxify Xiao Lingling with medicine.
But Xiao Lingling refused—she would never consume those disgusting things!
Fang Tianluo saw that Xiao Lingling’s skin had begun to fester, and he knew that it couldn’t go on like this. He stunned her, then boiled the medicine and directly fed it to her.
It really worked. According to Li Huairou’s prescription, three doses in a row could completely detoxify the poison, but with only one dose of medicine, the red bumps on Xiao Lingling’s face faded a little.
In the next few days, Fang Tianluo did the same thing—regardless of Xiao Lingling’s angry eyes—and fed her the remaining two medicines.
Xiao Lingling’s poison was detoxified, and her skin returned to its former fairness and smoothness, but Xiao Lingling didn’t have the time to feel happy. When she thought of the disgusting things that had been added to the medicine she had taken, she just wanted to throw up.
And towards Fang Tianluo, who’d used extraordinary means to force her to take the medicine, Xiao Lingling was also angry. She found a reason to quarrel with Fang Tianluo and ran away from home.
Of course, the more important goal was to get rid of Fang Tianluo.
“How about the prescription?” Xiao Lingling asked with a green expression. If she were to find out that Li Huairou had written this prescription indiscriminately, she would definitely kill the bitch herself!
“Saintess, we have hired several doctors, and they all said that the prescription is extremely exquisite, and that there is no problem.”
Xiao Lingling’s face was pale. “How is it possible?! How could there be such a disgusting prescription in this world?! It must be your incompetence.”
“Saintess, please calm down. The subordinates may not believe it, but all the doctors said that.” In other words, your poison has been cured. This fact is before you, so why don’t you believe it?
“Saintess, someone is coming.”
Xiao Lingling waved her hand, and her subordinates immediately disappeared.
Xiao Lingling took a deep breath and sat on a rock by the river, sulking.
Fang Tianluo saw her from a distance and smiled. Just like a child, she didn’t run far when she was angry; she liked to stay by the river. “Alright, don’t be angry—see what I bought for you? Your favorite candied haws! Also, a sweet-scented osmanthus cake from Sifanzhai. So don’t be angry anymore, okay?”
Xiao Lingling glanced at Fang Tianluo, took a bite of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that Fang Tianluo had fed her, and smiled.
Fang Tianluo looked at her delicate appearance, and a thought flashed through his mind. He leaned forward.
Xiao Lingling covered her mouth and pushed the person away. “Don’t kiss me! I’ve been traumatized!” After speaking, she took the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and ran away.
Fang Tianluo was a little helpless. What did it matter? He didn’t even care.
But girls, they always had the right to be willful.
As for Li Huairou, she returned to Happy Valley without a hitch.
After counting the things he’d brought back, Li Huaike didn’t care about the gold, silver, and jewelry. The thing that made him happy was that Prince Yan had sent a slow-cart of medicinal herbs. Li Huaike couldn’t tear his eyes away from the medicinal herbs as he said, “Prince Yan certainly is really interesting.”
Beside him, Liu Sike couldn’t laugh or cry.
Seeing that Li Huaike seemed to have forgotten his business, Li Huairou hurriedly reminded him, “Let’s put the medicinal herbs aside first. Shouldn’t the matter between you and Liu-jiejie be handled now?”
As soon as her words came out, Li Huaike was stunned, and Liu Sike blushed. Uncle and Auntie Zhang looked at Li Huaike excitedly, waiting for Li Huaike’s explanation.
Li Huairou told them what happened, and before Li Huaike could speak, Uncle and Auntie Zhang proceeded to handle it.
The wedding was actually very simple, but Liu Sike didn’t care—as long as she could be with Li Huaike, she was very content.
After the newlyweds were sent into the bridal chamber, Li Huairou was a little bit drunk and ready to go back to sleep. Turning around, she saw Auntie Zhang wiping her tears at her.
Seeing that Li Huairou saw her, she quickly wiped away her tears, barely showed a smile, gestured, and asked whether she was hungry? Did she want to eat something?
Li Huairou reacted a little bit slowly because she was drunk, and then laughed.
It could be assumed that Auntie Zhang had seen Li Huaike getting married, thought that Li Huairou was all alone, and so she cried. But Li Huairou really didn’t think there was anything wrong with being alone.
Li Huairou patted her stomach. “I’m full, can’t eat anymore, I’m dizzy, go back to sleep, Auntie Zhang, you also go to bed earlier.”
After speaking, she staggered back to her room, collapsed, and fell asleep on the bed.
When Li Huairou woke up the next day, she found that everyone was already up and busy. Liu Sike accompanied Li Huaike to sort out the medicinal herbs. Uncle Zhang was out hunting, and Auntie Zhang was preparing lunch.
Seeing that Li Huairou had woken up, Auntie Zhang brought her breakfast. After eating, Li Huairou felt a little sleepy and planned to go back to sleep.
Seeing her being so tired and lazy, Li Huaike couldn’t stand it. He planned to stop her, but was stopped by Liu Sike, who said. “Huairou has worked hard these days, and it’s very exhausting for her. Now that she is back, let her rest!”
When Li Huaike listened to this, he found that it was true, so he stopped talking.
Seeing this from the side, Auntie Zhang lowered her head and smiled.
This time, Li Huairou slept until lunchtime. Awakened by the scent, she stretched and came out to see a table full of her favorite foods. She couldn’t help reaching out and grabbing a piece, but she was patted.
Liu Sike looked at her with a smile. “Go wash your hands first.”
Li Huairou grinned and turned to wash up.
Li Huairou was eating happily. Auntie Zhang saw her eating happily, so she was also happy, and she kept giving Li Huairou dishes.
Li Huaike thought for a while. “Huairou, after this period of time, I feel that I have limited knowledge. So, I want to travel with Sike. What’s your opinion?”
“Me? I think it’s a good idea,” Li Huairou said.
“Then do you want to go with us?” Li Huaike asked.
Li Huairou’s head shook like a rattle. “I don’t want to! Both of you can go, and I’ll stay here. I don’t want to go anywhere. Please pay attention to your safety and keep in touch.”
This answer was as expected. Li Huaike and Liu Sike smiled at each other.
“Sister-in-law, come with me.” After dinner, Li Huairou wanted to wash the dishes, but was slapped on the arm and pushed away by Auntie Zhang.
Fortunately, she was not idle.
Liu Sike followed Li Huairou.
Li Huairou gave her a bunch of things, explaining in detail the effects of these medicines and how to detoxify them. “For example, this ‘Drunk Fairy’, as the name suggests, can knock people unconscious when it touches the skin. This is what I used in the previous incident. It is powdery, so you can put it in the hollow part of a hairpin. Or, in dangerous times, you can put it underneath your nails. There is also this, which is called ‘Fleeting Breath’. As the name implies, you can lose your breath in a second—this is highly toxic, and you must be careful. If the situation doesn’t call for the last resort, don’t touch it.”
Li Huairou said a lot, and Liu Sike memorized it all.
After Li Huairou finished speaking, Liu Sike repeated her words again, without any omissions. Li Huairou was relieved, and she smiled, satisfied.
“I wish you a good journey. When will you leave? If it’s too early, I may not be able to get up and see you off!” Li Huairou said with a smile.
Liu Sike also smiled. “Go with Huaike’s idea. I will listen to him.”
“Okay. Be careful on the road, remember to wear the bell, and don’t lose it,” Li Huairou said.
Liu Sike nodded.
When Li Huaike and Liu Sike left, Li Huairou really couldn’t get out of bed. It was because she’d read storybooks until late at night, only going to bed at three in the morning, so she couldn’t get up at all in the morning.
Li Huaike waited for a while. Seeing that his sister didn’t mean to get up, he could only sigh helplessly. Before leaving, he told Uncle and Auntie Zhang, “Don’t indulge her too much, or else you’ll spoil her.”
Uncle and Auntie Zhang said a few “ah ah” words and waved their hands to urge him to go quickly and not interfere with how they raise children.
Li Huairou slept until the afternoon. After washing up, Auntie Zhang brought rice to her. After Li Huairou ate, Auntie Zhang didn’t let her touch the side of the bowl; she stuffed her with a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts and let her go play.
On the side, Uncle Zhang was humming while building a swing. The swing in front was too small, so it’d be better to change to a larger one to be able to lay on it and enjoy the sun in the winter. That would be great.
Li Huairou drank the scented tea that Auntie Zhang had carefully brewed, ate the sugar-fried chestnuts, and read her storybook. She felt that such a day was too beautiful. She couldn’t imagine what it’d be like if she’d followed Li Huaike for some poor tour.
Anyways, Li Huaike now recognized Xiao Lingling’s true face, and there was also a cold and intelligent woman like Liu Sike by his side; Li Huairou should have gotten rid of his fate, and she now had nothing to worry about.
The rest of her time, of course, was for enjoying life!
Li Huaike had been away for more than half a year. Fortunately, letters were sent back every month, so there was no situation in which there was no news.
On this day, Happy Valley had received another letter from Li Huaike. “Hey, what’s the matter, didn’t the letter arrive just yesterday? Why is there another letter today?” Li Huairou was a bit puzzled.
Upon reading the letter, Li Huairou understood what had happened. It turned out that Li Huaike and Fang Tianluo had made an appointment to meet on the second day of this month. Who would guess that Fang Tianluo wouldn’t arrive after the time was up? Li Huaike was anxious, so he’d looked around for Fang Tianluo’s whereabouts.
Only to learn that after Fang Tianluo had entered Qilin Mountain, there was no further news.
Li Huaike asked around. From a woodcutter, he learned that many people in black had been seen in Qilin Mountain half a month ago and late at night.
Li Huaike looked around and vaguely guessed that Fang Tianluo might have fallen into the hands of the Baiyue Sect. Li Huaike had felt that he and Liu Sike would not have been able to save Fang Tianluo, so he’d quickly written to Li Huairou for help.
