Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

Seeing Ling Qiqi's irritable look, Du Jingshan couldn't help but hold her back and asked:

"Wait a minute, you called me here in a hurry just to treat Pei Chufeng?"

"Ah."

"Did the witch doctor see him? What did she say?"

"Don't worry about what my aunt says. Just look after yourselves. Hurry up and stop talking nonsense."

Ling Qiqi half-dragged and half-pulled Du Jingshan to Pei Chufeng.

Seeing that it was Du Jingshan who came, Pei Chufeng did not show any expression on the surface, but he felt sad in his heart. He knew that the few days he had stolen to spend with Ling Qiqi were over.

Du Jingshan took Pei Chufeng's pulse carefully and asked about his condition in detail. Ling Qiqi accompanied him carefully.

"Southern Emperor, please have a good rest first. I still need to consider the prescription." After saying that, he got up and went out. Seeing this, Ling Qiqi said hello to Pei Chufeng and followed him out.

"Well, can he be saved?"

"You should have known about his illness a long time ago, why did you ask me to come?"

"... Don't you have any solution?"

Ling Qiqi spoke in a low voice, obviously trying to suppress her emotions. Du Jingshan sighed and said:

"I'll give it a try. Leave him to me. You can go do your big thing with peace of mind."

Ling Qiqi nodded:

"Thank you, senior brother."

Du Jingshan sighed again and asked:

"When will Ling Yi arrive?"

"They were supposed to arrive in the next few days, but I haven't seen them yet. I've sent people to investigate."

"Is the army ready?"

"I have been accompanying Pei Chufeng these days and cannot spare the time to ask about it in detail. However, there is nothing to prepare. Everything has been arranged before. Was anyone able to discover you coming here?"

"I have tried my best to cover it up, but since neither you nor I showed up in the wedding procession, it is only a matter of time before we are discovered."

"I can't care about that anymore."

"For Pei Chufeng, you have disrupted your original plan. If he knew, he wouldn't be so sick."

"I can't just ignore him, and I owe him something. But now you're here. I want you to go back to Nan Shen with him and help him recover with my aunt. Just do your best to treat his illness, and I can feel a little relieved."

"When do we leave for the Southern Mirage?"

"The sooner the better. I'm worried that Ling Yi might arrive at any time. If the two of them meet, it will be troublesome again."

"I know. I'll do my best. Don't worry."

"Ah."

"Qi'er." Pei Chufeng's voice suddenly sounded from behind them. The two looked in the direction of the voice and saw him standing not far away. They didn't know how much of their conversation he had heard.

"Why did you come out too? Go back to the house quickly. You're wearing so little or you'll catch a cold." Ling Qiqi came forward and without giving Pei Chufeng any time to speak, she helped him walk into the house.

Du Jingshan looked at the backs of the two people and couldn't help but sigh again.

After Ling Qiqi accompanied Pei Chufeng back to the house, she tried every way to cheer him up, hoping that he would go back to Nan Shen to recuperate as soon as possible.

Although Pei Chufeng knew that there was no possibility for him to stay any longer, he couldn't help but want her to coax him more.

"Hubby, be obedient and go back to Nan Shen. You promised me before. Now Senior Brother Gengshan has arrived. You can't go back on your word."

"Why are you in such a hurry to send me back? Are you afraid of being caught?"

"Tsk, how can you say that? It's so harsh. We are so innocent and upright."

"Innocent?"

"clean."

Pei Chufeng pulled her into his arms:

"What about now? Are you still innocent?"

"It must be innocent. Let go immediately."

"I don't want to let go."

After saying that, Pei Chufeng buried his head in Ling Qiqi's neck, sniffing her scent greedily.

Ling Qiqi understood his double meaning, and her hand that was about to push him away stopped in mid-air. Instead, she stroked his back and comforted him:

"If you don't want to let go, then don't. No one is forcing you. It's useless to force others to do this kind of thing. You can only let it go on your own. But I have important things to do now, so I can't accompany you."

"I know you have important things to do, so I have been accommodating you and putting myself in a difficult position."

"Then I'll have to ask you to go back to Nan Shen and wait, okay?"

"Waiting for what? Waiting for you, or waiting for me to figure it out and let go?"

“There’s always one.”

"What if I can't wait for both of them before I die?"

"No, I will go to Nan Shen to find you when I finish what I am doing."

"Really?"

"Really? I'll take Senior Brother Gengshan as your hostage."

"Ahem, I heard it." Du Jingshan spoke while standing at the gate.

"Brother, why are you eavesdropping here instead of writing prescriptions and boiling medicine?" Ling Qiqi quickly got out of Pei Chufeng's arms and complained.

"I haven't figured out how to do it yet. I want to come and give Nan Di Hao a pulse. Next time when you talk about others, remember to close the door."

"Tsk." Ling Qiqi stepped aside in dissatisfaction.

Du Jingshan felt his pulse and said:

"The pulse of the Southern Emperor was slightly different the first and second time. I need to study it more carefully. I will do my best. The world is so big, and everything is interdependent. There is always a corresponding method. I believe that I can work with the great witch doctor to make the Southern Emperor's condition better. I hope the Southern Emperor will cooperate with me and return to Nan Shen for treatment as soon as possible, so that the Seventh Princess can rest assured."

Pei Chufeng didn't say anything, but Ling Qiqi kept nodding beside him, looking at Pei Chufeng with eager eyes.

Pei Chufeng shook his head helplessly and finally said:

"Okay, then it's Brother Lao Du's turn."

"I will prepare it right away. Some of the herbs are hard to come by. I will write a list later and ask the Seventh Princess to send people to search for them."

Ling Qiqi patted her chest and assured:

"Leave it to me. No matter how much money it costs or how much trouble it takes, I will definitely find it for you. But... when are you going to return to Nan Shen?"

"The earliest possible is tomorrow." Du Jingshan replied.

"Tomorrow? So soon." Pei Chufeng murmured.

"Good tomorrow, what are you waiting for? Brother, hurry up and pack up. I'll see you off tomorrow."

Ling Qiqi almost half-pushed and half-forced Du Jingshan to go and prepare the things he would need to return to Nan Shen. Pei Chufeng asked Ling Qiqi to stay with him every step of the way before he left. Ling Qiqi did not refuse and fulfilled his little wish.

The two people didn't say anything, just sat there quietly, the autumn sun shone on them, there was a faint smell of herbs in the air, and a light breeze blew, ruffling a strand of hair on her temple.

Everything is so ordinary and beautiful.

Ordinary and beautiful, it sounds a bit contradictory.

Ordinary people usually work hard to make a living and persist in their dreams.

In the end, mediocrity brings trouble to oneself, while busyness leads to nothing.

This kind of ordinary beauty can only be captured by those who have faced separation and death.