Chapter 24: The Sick Brother

  Xin Yan came out of the house, saw Bai Yun rushing through the garden gate of Ting Yu Xuan and heading towards Mei Xiang Wu, so she asked Green Luo and Hong Yu beside her: "Miss is in such a hurry, what's wrong?"

  Lü Lü Dao said: "Does Xin Yan sister know yet? Just now Song Ta said that the young master is ill, Miss must have gone to Mei Xiang Valley to see the young master."

  "Is Young Master ill?" Xie Lian's heart sank suddenly.

  "Could it be? He said that he came back late from the Qingyi Pavilion last night and didn't bring Songta with him, so he caught a chill. And to make matters worse, Master and Mistress scolded Songta for not taking good care of Young Master!" Hongyu said.

  Xin Yan's heart felt increasingly uncomfortable, it must be that last night the young master gave her his cloak and stood with her in the cold wind for so long.

  Zheng Shenshen was dazed, and then heard Hongyu say, looking in the direction of Meixiangyuan: "Miss is also true, young master is ill, isn't there a doctor to prescribe medicine? She rushed out like this, without even wearing an outer jacket, what if she catches a cold..."

  "Shut up, you jinx! Miss and Master are deeply affectionate siblings," Green Lotus glared at Red Jade, then turned to Heart Sutra and said, "Why don't you, Heart Sutra sister, send a cloak to the miss instead?"

  Xiren returned to her room, grabbed a crimson cloak from the clothes rack behind the screen, and hastily rushed to Meixiang Valley.

  Bai Yun arrived at Mei Xiang Wu and saw Song Ta standing under the corridor with a worried face, when he saw her, he hastily bowed to greet her.

  Bai Yun said warmly: "The young master is ill, what are you doing standing here? Come in together and see if there's anything that needs your help."

  Songta didn't dare move.

  Bai Yun warmly raised an eyebrow and said: "What's wrong, have you been punished by Master and Madam to stay here?"

  Songta nodded reluctantly and blinked twice, with two tears rolling out.

  Bai Yun glared at him with disgust, seeing that his face and nose were frozen red, and spat: "Look at your lack of dignity!"

  Songta wiped his face and said with a sob: "Songta is truly sorry, I apologize to the young master. If Songta had waited for the young master last night..."

  "If only if, if you had waited for Young Master last night, it's likely that the two of them would have fallen ill today. Thanks to you not waiting for Young Master last night, the White Manor was spared a medical bill today!"

  Miss saw good heart comforted herself, Songta full of gratitude, he twitched the corner of his mouth and sobbed heavily.

  "Alright, come with me! Later, Doctor Lang will have written a prescription and you'll need to run errands to the pharmacy to get the medicine!"

  Songta remained still, not daring to move, with one foot wanting to lift but not daring to. Baiyun warmly sighed and said: "I will tell Father and Mother to let you redeem your mistakes, whatever the matter is, I'll take care of it for you."

  Songta ran up to Baiyun Nuan and gave her a slap in the face.

  This is still the first time Bai Yun has stepped into her brother's bedroom after her rebirth.

  The house is still the one in my memory, but the furnishings are much more expensive than before. After all, a biological mother is better than a stepmother, and she would not let her children suffer. Although the White family's prosperity is not as good as it was during their ancestors' time, a thin camel is still bigger than a horse.

  On both sides of the house, a pair of plum blossom-shaped foreign lacquer small tables were set up. On the left table, there was Wen Wang's tripod, key, incense box, and on the right table, there was Ru kiln beauty pot. On the ground, facing west, four chairs were lined up, all covered with silver red flower chair covers, and under them, four footstools. On both sides of the chairs, a pair of high tables were also set up, with tea bowls, vases, and flowers all complete.

  Bai Yun didn't have time to carefully look at the decorations in the house and followed Song Ta into the inner room.

  In the room, Lang Zhong was writing a prescription on the round table, his father stood beside him, frowning and looking worried.

  Mother sat in front of the bed, anxiously wiping Bai Zhenxuan's forehead with a hot towel. Zhen Niang stood beside her, also with a worried expression. Yu Mo held a basin of hot water and knelt at the foot of the bed, the hot water still emitting steam.

  When Bai Yun came in, her mother said: "This child is sick and doesn't even know it. This morning he was still babbling to me about Yu Mo's affairs in the Lan Ting, fortunately Yu Mo followed him to Mei Xiang Valley and found that his body was burning with fever. Boys are always careless."

  Zhen Niang hastily took the hot towel from Bai Jiangshi's hand and went to the basin to wring it out again. As soon as she touched the water, she realized it was scalding hot and couldn't help but let out a low cry.

  "Scalding water!"

  Bai Yun suddenly noticed that Yu Mo's hand, holding the basin, was slightly trembling. The hot water had even caused Zhen Niang to lose her usual composure, and yet Yu Mo had been silently enduring it without making a sound. It seemed that she had finally found an opportunity to not have to go to Jing Yi Ting, so she had made up her mind to make a good impression.

  "Yu Mo, hurry up and change the hot water to iced water." Bai Yun Wan said.

  Everyone was stunned.

  "Your brother has caught a chill, how can you still use cold water to wipe him down?" White Jiang looked at her daughter in confusion.

  "Brother has a fever and needs to use ice water to cool his forehead in order to bring down the fever. Using hot water won't have any effect," Bai Yun explained.

  Liu Langzhong, who was opening the square on a round table next to him, heard Bai Yunnuan's suggestion and turned his head in surprise. Seeing that it was a girl with clear eyebrows and eyes, he couldn't help but ask Bai Yushu in surprise: "Who is this young lady? She's absolutely right."

  Bai Yuxiao smiled and said: "It's a little girl, let Mr. Liu see the joke."

  Liu Langzhong held the prescription in his hand, blowing dry the ink marks, and praised: "Old Master Bai is so lucky, Miss Bai is indeed intelligent and clever. What she just said is truly a doctor's words. Generally, when people have a fever, apart from taking medicine, this cold compress has the most immediate effect. It seems that Qiang Jin Ge must be hiding some kind of mysterious medical book, and Miss Bai must have read extensively to know this prescription."

  Bai Yun warmed up in her heart and smiled wryly. She was just a long-term patient who had become a good doctor, and in her previous life, she had lain on the sickbed of the Zhang family for five years, doing nothing but reading some medical books.

  Bai Jiang saw Liu Dafu affirming Bai Yunnuan's statement, and hastily asked Yu Mo to take away the hot water and replace it with ice water. Poor Yu Mo's hands had just grasped the scalding golden basin and were in pain, yet he went to change the water again. Suddenly cold, suddenly hot, what a commotion.

  Liu Dafu presented the good prescription to Bai Yunnuan, who carefully examined the medicine. Liu Dafu's prescription was proper and square, and his brother took the medicine and rested for a few days without any problem. He smiled and said: "Sir, your prescription is wonderful!"

  Liu was overjoyed.

  Bai Yushu then let Songta take the prescription to fetch medicine, and ordered Qin Ai to lead Liu Dafu to the accounting room to collect the diagnosis fee, and also sent him out.

  Bai Zhenxuan was drowsy due to his fever, which made his face flush bright red.

  Bai Jiang's expression was worried as she looked at Bai Yu Shu, "Master, in two days, the Magistrate will be arriving at the White residence. Zhen Xuan is ill, what can we do?"

  Bai Yun comforted him warmly: "As I said, brother's illness came at the right time. As the saying goes, 'Disaster is the foundation of good fortune, and good fortune is the foundation of disaster.' That day at Lingyun Temple, I originally lied to Master Xiang that brother was ill, and it was not suitable for him to meet guests while recuperating in the mansion. Now, brother indeed fell ill."

  Bai Yushu and Bai Jiangshi exchanged a glance, both casting their astonished gazes at Bai Yunnuan. After the New Year, Ah Nuan was truly different, making them look at her in a new light.