Smiling Under Lanter Chapter 554 - 195: Couple Outfits2

Chapter 554: Chapter 195: Couple Outfits_2

Lin Danqing also received a red paper.

Lin Danqing had arrived early in the morning since the dical Officer Institute was closed for a ten-day break, and she didn’t need to ask for leave. Calculating the ti, she ca early to help.

While Du Changqing and Ah Cheng were busy outside, Lin Danqing followed Lu Tong inside the shop. The shop had been renovated, combining two rooms into one. The forrly old walls had been carefully repaired, and the new dicine cabinets were clean and shining. At first glance, everything looked brand new.

Under the dical books on the table, there were also a few volus of books. Lin Danqing, with her sharp eyes, pulled out one and exclaid in surprise, "Record of Twin Affections"... Younger Sister Lu, you like to read this too?"

Lu Tong paused for a mont, "Not really."

"It’s

who was reading it," Yin Zheng said with a smile, taking the book scroll from Lin Danqing’s hands, "I went to Yasi Bookstore earlier to buy fireworks and paintings, and Boss Luo gave it as a freebie. Sotis when the dical hall is quiet, I read these storybooks to pass the ti."

"Storybooks?" Lu Tong was perplexed.

Usually busy with managing the dical hall and helping with dicine preparation, she didn’t know when Yin Zheng had beco interested in these.

"Yes," Yin Zheng explained with a smile, "It tells a story of a true and false daughter from a wealthy family. First marriage, then love, brother and sister in love, feigning death to escape, and ultimately reconciliation, with everyone happy in the end. It’s very interesting."

Lu Tong was blank.

This sounded a bit far-fetched.

Lin Danqing blinked, "I read this before but didn’t finish it. I stopped halfway."

Yin Zheng was puzzled, "Why? Did the story go awry later on?"

"Not exactly, it’s just that later when the female character is injured and can’t get up, the Prince jeers at the Imperial Physician, ’If you can’t cure her, you’ll all be buried with her.’ I couldn’t continue reading."

Lin Danqing shivered, "Who could continue reading that? The dical Officer isn’t so scapegoat."

Lu Tong: "..."

Seeing Lu Tong’s indescribable expression, Lin Danqing sighed, "Actually, I used to love reading these. But later on, firstly, I was busy preparing for the spring examination, and secondly, so storybooks are just too bizarre."

"The one where the Imperial Physician has to be buried alive, at most, reflects a poor character. But so storybooks go further, describing a couple on their wedding night, doing it thirteen tis..." she leaned closer to Lu Tong, whispering, "You and I are both dical students, isn’t this outrageous?"

Yin Zheng couldn’t help but snort with laughter, and seeing Lin Danqing’s glance, she quickly explained, "Perhaps the storybook authors are just making it up..."

"That’s easy to say," Lin Danqing argued earnestly, "but if the won who read these books take them as truth, thinking all n in the world are like this, they might encounter a different reality when they get married. If they think there’s a problem with their husbands, wouldn’t it destroy their marriages?"

"My ancestors always said, ’Better to demolish a temple than to destroy a marriage.’ Such a sin would be grave."

Her far-sighted worries left both Lu Tong and Yin Zheng speechless for a mont.

Amid the silence, suddenly, the sound of horse hooves approached from outside, and the joyful voice of the shop boy rang out, "A guest has co, please co in quickly!"

Lu Tong turned to look.

Under the Li Zishu tree at the doorway, a carriage had stopped. A lad in green clothing jumped down, nimbly lifting the carriage curtain, followed by a young man in blue who descended from the carriage.

The youth dressed in a light blue robe, his long hair pinned up with a jade hairpin, with bright clear eyes and a dignified yet handso visage, was extrely well-mannered. As he stepped down from the carriage, his robes fluttered with the breeze, like ripples spreading on the surface of a lake.

In the midst of the fiery sumr sun, the mont the young man stepped down from the carriage, it was as if a cool breeze swept through the bamboo forest, dispelling the stifling heat and remarkably bringing a sense of soothing tranquility.

Widow Sun and Sister Song were collecting the herbal tea distributed for free by Du Changqing at the doorstep. They both stared in astonishnt. Widow Sun nudged Du Changqing’s arm and whispered, "Shopkeeper Du, who is this gentle and handso man?"

As Du Changqing was ladling out the dicinal soup, he stopped for a mont and said irritably, "A plaster for all ills."

Lin Danqing stroked her chin and murmured into Lu Tong’s ear, "Doctor Ji, out of his dical Officer robes, does have a certain charm, doesn’t he?"

Lu Tong remained silent, setting down the dicinal jar in her hand and turning to walk towards the entrance.

Seeing Du Changqing’s deanor, it seed he wasn’t planning to welco the guest.

She had only reached the doorway and hadn’t spoken to Ji Xun when suddenly another sound of galloping hooves was heard.

This ti the hoofbeats were more urgent than before. As the sound drew nearer, another vermilion-wheeled carriage stopped in front of Renxin dical Hall, right next to the carriage under the Li Zishu tree where Ji Xun had alighted.

"Doctor Lu——"

Before the person arrived, his voice preceded him. A young man in green leaped down from the carriage, his voice buoyant, and behind him, another person lifted the carriage curtain, bending down to step out.

The onlookers turned their gaze forward.

From the carriage, a young man dressed in a light blue brocade robe alighted.

This young man was also quite handso.

His features were not as reserved and delicate as the previous gentleman’s, but sharper and more striking, captivating the heart. Yet when he smiled, showing his nearly imperceptible dimples, it was particularly compelling.