Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2182: Chapter 2180: Qi Deviation

Bai Ruozhu didn’t dare to move recklessly, afraid that the other party might notice something. Fortunately, that scorching gaze swept over her and shifted elsewhere.

”Let’s go, take a look over there,” Jian Dan said.

She led two of her subordinates to turn their horses towards the east.

”Father, should we go somewhere else?” Yizi tentatively asked.

Bai Ruozhu hesitated for a moment. Should she chase after them to see? Wouldn’t that be too risky?

Just then, she suddenly saw someone accompanying a flatbed cart, rushing to the door of the clinic in the distance. That back looked very familiar.

Who could look familiar to her in Chengshui Country?

”Let’s go, take a look over there.” Bai Ruozhu called Yizi, heading towards the clinic, which was in the opposite direction from where Jian Dan left.

”Help me carry him in, thank you.” Ji Ziyan anxiously said to the farmer beside him.

He had dragged Zhou Jue to the city gate early in the morning, intending to find a horse carriage to go to the clinic. But considering their current disguises, hiring a horse carriage wouldn’t match their identities. What if they were exposed and Zhou Jue was taken by the royal family?

Luckily, a farmer delivering goods was pushing an empty flatbed cart out of the city. He stopped the farmer, handed him dozens of copper coins, and asked him to help push Zhou Jue to the hospital.

On the way, Zhou Jue’s complexion worsened, and his body got hotter and hotter. Ji Ziyan was so anxious that his hands and feet were trembling slightly. If something happened to Zhou Jue, he would never forgive himself.

When Bai Ruozhu got closer, she didn’t recognize Zhou Jue, only thinking he was a tall patient. It wasn’t until she saw Ji Ziyan’s face that she realized it was an old acquaintance she hadn’t seen for days. Then, looking at the patient on the cart, she remembered it was Zhou Jue in disguise.

”Doctor, please save my brother. He’s been unconscious with a fever.” Ji Ziyan anxiously exclaimed as soon as he entered the clinic.

Bai Ruozhu followed inside, noticing how nervous Ji Ziyan was about Zhou Jue.

The elder doctor glanced at Zhou Jue’s condition, frowned, and said, ”Why did you bring him here so late?”

He then checked Zhou Jue’s pulse, and his frown deepened. ”Forgive me, but I am unable to treat him.”

Ji Ziyan’s legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground. ”No, this can’t be...”

A young assistant patted his shoulder and said, ”My condolences, take him home quickly. Don’t linger around here, just in case...”

The young assistant hesitated, shrugged his shoulders, and dared not speak further.

But Ji Ziyan heard nothing, suddenly kneeling in front of the doctor, ”Doctor, I’m begging you, please save my brother, please!”

Bai Ruozhu frowned from the side. The young assistant was afraid that Ji Ziyan’s appearance would catch Jian Dan’s eye, and Zhou Jue showed symptoms of severe internal injuries from going berserk — an ordinary doctor couldn’t possibly treat him.

Moreover, they didn’t even have a guard with them. What was going on?

”It’s not that I don’t want to help, it’s just that I really can’t. You should find a famous doctor.” The elder doctor helplessly waved his hand.

Bai Ruozhu said to Yizi, ”Go tell that person your father knows a famous doctor, tell him to follow us with his brother.”

Yizi was taken aback, thinking, does the master know these two?

Jianqi and Muyu had already avoided Jian Dan and followed into the clinic. Seeing Ji Ziyan, they knew what was going on.

Yizi went to ask Ji Ziyan, who looked at Bai Ruozhu in confusion because he couldn’t recognize her in disguise.

But Ji Ziyan didn’t hesitate and followed Yizi. The elder doctor couldn’t save him, and he had no one else to turn to. The ”famous doctor” Yizi mentioned was his last hope.

”Load him onto the horse carriage.” Bai Ruozhu said solemnly.

Ji Ziyan followed into the carriage with Bai Ruozhu and Yizi.

”Please, my lord, you must save my brother,” Ji Ziyan’s voice choked with emotion.

”We’ll talk when we get back,” Bai Ruozhu said sternly.

Ji Ziyan looked at ”Lord Li,” feeling a sense of familiarity, yet couldn’t recall anything, but he began to feel a bit more at ease.

Bai Ruozhu reached out to press a few points on Zhou Jue’s body and whispered, ”He’s gone berserk, his internal disorder is severe, if not properly eased, his meridians will rupture and he’ll die. How did he get like this?”

Ji Ziyan was shocked; how could someone they disguised as a farmer notice that Zhou Jue had inner strength?

”I don’t know either,” Ji Ziyan said, his voice heavy.

Before long, they reached the inn. Bai Ruozhu hurriedly asked Jianqi and the others to help carry Zhou Jue upstairs to their room.

”You all...” Ji Ziyan saw Jianqi and the others and suddenly had a realization.

”Don’t make a sound,” Bai Ruozhu said, immediately taking out acupuncture to quickly administer needles to Zhou Jue. Ji Ziyan widened his eyes, ”You’re Bai Ruozhu?”

”Shh, don’t speak!” Yizi made a shushing gesture at Ji Ziyan.

Ji Ziyan quickly closed his mouth, nervously watching Bai Ruozhu’s hands. Bai Ruozhu was too busy to explain, quickly applying needles, and then used inner strength to help Zhou Jue regulate his meridians.

After about a quarter of an hour, the redness on Zhou Jue’s skin finally faded.

Bai Ruozhu withdrew the silver needles and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

”How is he?” Ji Ziyan anxiously asked.

”For now, he’s okay. His situation was very severe; it’s a good thing I was here.” Bai Ruozhu said, shaking her head. ”What have you two been doing lately? How did he end up like this, with no guards around?”

Hearing the words ”gone berserk,” Ji Ziyan completely broke down and said painfully, ”I provoked him; I’m such a bastard!”

Bai Ruozhu asked Muyu to help him up and then prescribed medicine for Zhou Jue. After all the busy work, Ji Ziyan’s emotions calmed down.

”He said he wouldn’t fight for power anymore, so he brought me to the nearby mountain to live in seclusion. He’d dismissed his guards, only letting people deliver food and supplies periodically. Yesterday we had a quarrel, and when I found him, things were off. I didn’t realize then, and as a result...”

Ji Ziyan looked at Zhou Jue, his gaze becoming exceptionally gentle.

”I didn’t expect Zhou Jue to do so much for you; he’s truly a devoted soul.” Bai Ruozhu said with a smile, but with her middle-aged merchant face, it looked especially odd.

Ji Ziyan blushed; why hadn’t he realized all this before? Zhou Jue had sacrificed so much for him, given up so much. Yet he was fixated on the fact they were both men, finding Zhou Jue’s situation humiliating, ultimately breaking his heart completely.

He must have been so heartbroken to go berserk and nearly lose his life.

Bai Ruozhu saw Ji Ziyan zoning out, gestured to the others, and said, ”We’ll go rest now, take good care of him.”

”Thank you, Ruozhu,” Ji Ziyan said.

”Don’t go outside, I don’t want my identity exposed,” Bai Ruozhu advised in a low voice.

”Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere. I’ll stay with him,” Ji Ziyan said, looking at Zhou Jue with extraordinary tenderness.