Chapter 102: Visiting the First Pharmacy
Translator: Storm in a Teacup
Ye Chengzhi got off the wagon and stood at the entrance. Staring at the black inscribed plate hung above the door, he murmured blankly, “The First Pharmacy?”
He suddenly rembered that his master did ntion this place several days ago when he gave the silver needles to An Rushuang. However, it was beyond his expectation that the First Pharmacy was actually that shabby.
An Rushuang went to knock the door directly. Hurrying forward behind her, Ye Chengzhi ca to realize whom she was going to et. It must be the person his master ntioned that day, Luo Qu.
Following An Rushuang’s order, Hong Yu and Xiaotao were waiting inside the wagon. Though worried about Bian Wen, they could do nothing except for giving their lady a few words of comfort.
It was after a long while that An Rushuang heard the light footsteps behind the doors followed by a childish sound. “Who is it? We don’t sell herbal dicine today. Please co tomorrow.” It was Kong Qing.
An Rushuang answered after a second thought, “Kong Qing, I co here to et master Luo Qu.”
The black painted doors creaked after a period of silence. Seizing the door with his snowy and tender small hand, Kong Qing poked his chubby face out and frowned heavily upon seeing An Rushuang.
“How co you are here again?” Brother Chuan Qiong and Brother Gu got so angry at her visit last ti that they even refused to play with him later on.
An Rushuang couldn’t help smiling bitterly. She seed to be unwelco, but she mustn’t give up now at the entrance of the First Pharmacy. An Rushuang squatted, keeping their heads on the sa level. She said quite sincerely without a trace of contempt, “Kong Qing, listen to . I must et Luo Qu today. Please tell Chuan Qiong that I have gotten the letter already.”
Feeling a little uneasy about her tone, Kong Qing stared blankly at An Rushuang with his eyes wide open before looking back subconsciously.
Following his eyes, An Rushuang caught a corner of the green robe fluttering in the wind. Knowing Chuan Qiong was there, she then shouted loudly, “Chuan Qiong, since you have heard my words, please let have a talk with Luo Qu.”
Chuan Qiong didn’t show himself until a long ti had passed. Clad in a green robe covered by a layer of gauze, he was still that eye-attracting young man. He ca up unhurriedly, his eyes sparkling with a tinge of unhappiness.
“What did you say just then?” He asked with a sneer.
Staring at him in resoluteness, An Rushuang repeated her words again. “You have promised to let have a talk with Luo Qu if I got the letter. Since Mr. Bian Wen is in trouble now, I must et her to...”
Even before she finished speaking, Chuan Qiong interrupted her with an ironic smile which seed so weird on his handso face.
“Resort to Luo Qu when he is in trouble? Why didn’t he lend her a hand when Luo Qu was in peril?”
He continued loudly in rage, “Do you think you can be Luo Qu’s disciple with the letter in your hand?! No way! She taught no one before, and won’t make an exception for you!”
An Rushuang sighed slightly. She actually cald down upon hearing his words. “I don’t expect I can bd apprenticed to her. However, since Bian Wen is in danger, please ask her whether she is willing to et . I will wait for you here. If she refuses, I will leave at once and never visit the First Pharmacy again for the rest of my life!”
An Rushuang chuckled. “As for the letter, give it to her for . Please tell her, Mr. Bian Wen had always waited for her at the Erald Lake until he was abducted.”
She took out Bian Wen’s last letter and handed it to Chuan Qiong.
Slamming the door with a hard kick, Chuan Qiong went inside with the letter clenched in his hand. There was no sound in the inner room.
Quite astonished, Ye Chengzhi knew clearly that how much An Rushuang longed to learn dical skills. She actually claid she didn’t care if Luo Qu was willing to teach her or not at such a key mont.
Bian Wen was surely her big trouble.
Ye Chengzhi turned to her. “If, I an if she refuses, are you willing to give up your dream?”
Knowing his aning, An Rushuang slightly smiled before responding slowly, “I learn dicine to save lives. Have you ever heard that soone who cares nothing about life wants to learn dicine? Why should I learn it if I can’t save the ones important to ? What’s more, I still have you if Luo Qu refuses. It’s okay for to find a second-best master.”
She was really as free and easy as a heroine. Ye Chengzhi nodded with a smile. “I am totally unqualified to be your teacher.”
They stared at each other in chuckle.
Suddenly, the lightening skimd across the sky like a silver dragon. As the deafening thunder rumbled, the cloudy heaven was lit by the bolt.
As the sky turned darker and darker, nurous raindrops started to beat the ground to the flurry of ear-splitting thunders. It felt freezing cold with the rain touching your skin.
In a mont, the drizzle turned to a downpour.
An Rushuang onlysaw the drizzle of Mohe City. She had never experienced the downpour in the capital. As powerful as the waterfall, the rain had blurred her eyes completely.
The eaves were too narrow to provide shelter for them. Ye Chengzhi stepped backward slightly to give more room to An Rushuang. His clothes were soaked before long.
“Go to the wagon at first. I will call you if he cos,” An Rushuang suggested.
With his face going crimson, Ye Chengzhi was silent. When a girl was in trouble, how could a man stand by? Shouldn’t she go to wait in the wagon instead? Since he was already soaked, it made no difference where he stayed now.
“Miss An, go to the wagon. I will wait for him here.” Ye Chengzhi said in a hurry.
An Rushuang shook her head in resoluteness. “I have promised him to wait outside the door. I mustn’t break my promise.”
Ye Chengzhi fell into silence upon hearing her words.
Hong Yu and Xiaotao jumped off the wagon to offer An Rushuang the cape and insisted upon staying there with her, but were driven back instead in the end.
Even under the eaves, An Rushuang couldn’t help shuddering in the cold wind mixed with the freezing rain.
It was until their face turned ghastly pale that the black painted doors squeaked open.
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