Spring arrives and the land smiles

"Is what he said true?" Qingyan asked, staring at Luo Qing.

"Twelve is a bit of an exaggeration." Luo Qing felt uncomfortable under the gaze, and her voice sounded somewhat guilty as she answered.

"I'm not exaggerating. I raised this black sunflower for you. I remember the whole process clearly. Otherwise, if I had ruined it, you would have skinned me alive," Xiao Shier quickly retorted.

"So, how much blood of the Golden-bellied Python is needed to nourish this Black Sunflower?" Qingyan asked Xiao Twelve, word by word.

"Hmm, at least three, I guess." Xiao Shier counted them on his fingers with an air of seriousness.

"Three?" Qingyan's voice suddenly rose, startling Luo Qing even more.

Qingyan frowned at Luo Qing: "Heal yourself first, then treat me, otherwise—"

“My wrist is much better now. The black hibiscus will bloom in the next couple of days. After nurturing it for more than a month, the best time to use it for medicine is when the flowers bloom, harvesting the stamens and roots together.” Luo Qing interrupted her.

"I said, heal yourself before you treat me, otherwise don't blame me for not cooperating." Qingyan stared intently at Luo Qing.

"Qingqing, I am a doctor myself, so I will naturally heal myself. I don't want to spend the rest of my life with these crippled hands, do I?" Luo Qing coaxed Qingyan with a smile.

"I can't trust you."

Qingyan turned around and bowed to Xiao Twelve again: "How can Luo Qing's hand be healed without leaving any sequelae? I would be grateful if you could enlighten me, Mr. Twelve."

"Girl, Luo Nannan's love for you hasn't been wasted." Xiao Shier looked at Luo Qing with a grin, only to be met with a sharp glare from Luo Qing.

"Luo Nannan, you're being mean to me again." Xiao Shier pretended to be wronged.

Qingyan immediately stepped forward to separate the two and bowed again: "I hope that you will tell me the treatment method, Twelfth Master."

“Luo Nannan, this girl is tough, you can’t beat her.” Xiao Shier glanced at Luo Qing triumphantly, then turned to Qing Yan, “Miss, Luo Nannan’s tendons were injured, which would have left sequelae, but now with Mo Kui, and with the help of my specially made Seven Flavor Powder, she will be completely healed.”

"Xiao Twelve, you—" Luo Qing rushed forward to stop him, but was stopped by Qing Yan.

Xiao Shier continued, unconcerned, "However, there is only one black sunflower, which is not enough. The young lady will suffer a bit when she tries to detoxify."

In the end, she couldn't hide it anymore, and Luo Qing sighed deeply.

"It's alright, please explain in detail, Mr. Twelfth." Qingyan ignored Luo Qing's disappointment and continued to ask.

At this point, Xiao Shier was no longer afraid and began to explain the treatment method to Qingyan in detail, and also told her about Qingyan's detoxification plan.

"Girl, cutting out flesh and bones is something most people cannot endure. Have you thought it through?"

"It's alright, it's not the first time anyway. Luo Qing is meticulous and precise, I trust him." Qing Yan smiled.

"What? You've already been gouged out once?!" Xiao Twelve exclaimed in surprise.

Luo Qingbei and Xiao Shier got annoyed by the argument, shoved him hard, and left with Qingyan in their arms.

Xiao Shier staggered a large step, steadied himself, stood still, shook his head as he looked at the two figures' backs, and went in the opposite direction.

Qingyan was led into the Qunfang Tower by Luo Qing, and a servant led the two to a room.

"Miss, this is your room." The servant respectfully opened the door for Qingyan, then turned to Luo Qing, "Young master, this way please."

"No need, we can stay in one room." Qingyan pulled Luo Qing into the room.

Luo Qing was stunned for a moment.

This is Lingluo Manor. There is no need to worry about spies or be afraid of assassination. The two of you do not need to pretend to be a young couple and share a room. What do you mean by this, Qingyan?

"Don't even think about sneaking to pick that black sunflower for me to use in medicine when I'm not paying attention or when I'm asleep. I'm going to stay with you until the black sunflower blooms, and then I'll supervise you in making the medicine." Qingyan walked to the bedside and sat down.

Upon hearing this, Luo Qing couldn't help but laugh; his Qingqing was truly adorable.

"I know that with your martial arts skills, it would be incredibly easy for you to slip away while I'm asleep," Qingyan said, sounding somewhat discouraged.

"Since you knew, why did you do it?" Luo Qing asked, puzzled.

"So, no matter what I do, you'll still secretly go and pick black hibiscus for medicinal use, right?" Qingyan asked seriously.

Those sparkling eyes left Luo Qing with nowhere to escape. Only when Qing Yan's eyes gradually reddened did Luo Qing hurriedly pull her into his arms, coaxing her softly, "No, I will never do anything you don't want to do. You can rest assured."

"Okay, I believe you." Qingyan smiled.

As evening approached, a servant brought the two of them dinner, along with Xiao Twelve's Seven-Flavor Powder and a message.

"Tomorrow at Shenshi (3-5 PM), Miss, you may freely pick the black sunflowers. If Luo Nannan tries to stop you, then you can cry in front of her." The servant repeated this in Xiao Shier's tone before respectfully leaving.

Cry, cry, cry in front of him!!

Qingyan turned to look at Luo Qing, blinking her eyes: "Was this trick effective?"

"Yes, it's useful." Luo Qing blushed and lowered her head, frantically picking at the rice in her bowl.

Haha, I never imagined that heroes are fearless, but only when a beautiful woman is in tears, the ancients were right.

After dinner, Luo Qing was about to administer acupuncture and change Qing Yan's dressing. This time, before Qing Yan could even undress herself, Luo Qing had already told her the truth: only her shoulders and arms needed to be exposed. Qing Yan was shocked and her eyes widened: Luo Qing could say such things without batting an eye, what kind of situation is this?!

After the treatment was completed, Luo Qing washed her hands with a handkerchief and said seriously, "Qingqing, do you know that if the amount of black sunflower used in the medicine is not enough, in order to ensure the efficacy, we can only cut open the wound to apply the medicine and go through the pain of having flesh and bone removed again? Have you thought it through, Qingqing?"

"I've thought it through," Qingyan replied without hesitation.

Luo Qing sighed: "Mafeisan (anesthesia powder) is incompatible with black sunflower flowers, so it cannot be used when cutting flesh and removing bones."

"I knew it all along," Qingyan said dismissively.

"Then why did you say you'd thought it through?" Luo Qing's voice suddenly rose.

"Otherwise what?" Qingyan smiled slightly, tilting her head to look at him, "Would you cripple your hand forever?"

"I didn't know how to treat your wrist, fine, but now that I do, how can I let you degrade yourself?" Qingyan said angrily. "You all say that you're doing this for me, protecting me is all that matters, without considering anything else. But have you ever thought about how I can live with myself if my well-being is built on your sacrifices? You all say you'll stay with me for life, but if this continues, I'll definitely end up alone."

As Qingyan spoke, she burst into tears.

Luo Qing panicked and quickly comforted her, "Okay, okay, I won't take any risks for you in the future. Don't cry, okay?"

Qingyan wiped away her tears, looked at Luo Qing pitifully, and cried even louder.

"Qingqing, Qingqing, I promise I'll protect myself from now on, okay?"

"It's all my fault. It's all my fault."

"Qingqing, Qingqing, don't cry."

Qingyan stopped crying, her heart filled with joy; the tearful words had indeed worked.

Luo Qing coaxed Qing Yan to sleep. Afraid that he would slip away in the middle of the night, Qing Yan rested his head on Luo Qing's arm and wrapped his arms around his waist. Luo Qing was overwhelmed by such enthusiasm and stiffened his body until Qing Yan fell asleep, at which point he finally fell into a deep sleep.

Both of them slept very soundly and did not wake up until noon.

Luo Qing pulled her arm, which had been sore from Qing Yan's pressure, rubbed it and stretched it out, and then felt a little better.

Perhaps because they had slept for too long, both of them were a little dazed. But as soon as they saw the sky outside the window, Luo Qing exclaimed that something was wrong, then got out of bed and ran outside.

Qingyan, not understanding why, also ran out.

"You two are awake." Xiao Shier was tending to the black sunflower plant when he saw the two of them running over one after the other, and asked without looking up.

"Did you put sleeping pills in our dinner last night?" Luo Qing questioned.