Chapter 571 - 465: Master Guan’s Injury (2)

Even though it’s nothing much, it’s just a bit unsettling.

"Lianxin, wipe the sweat." Sun Youwei, fully focused on the surgery, had beads of sweat forming on her forehead, and even her nasal tubes were moist with sweat.

Lianxin quickly fetched a clean towel and absorbed the sweat from her face.

Half an hour later.

Finally, the wound was completely treated.

Sun Youwei suddenly remembered something, leaned over to Lianxin’s ear, and whispered, "You go..."

Lianxin looked at Sun Youwei in surprise.

"Hurry, Guan Master’s injury can’t be delayed."

"Okay, I will send Rui over at once." Lianxin nodded.

"Guan Master, your injury is quite severe. It’s best to rest in bed for the next few days, and also, you need to..." Sun Youwei bent down to say.

"Insert a tube?"

"This is actually for better healing of your injury. After all, the injured area is there, and if no measures are taken, once healed, urination could be very troublesome. Also, although your injury is treated, a follow-up repair surgery may be necessary, which I cannot perform, only my junior brother can."

Guan Biyun’s face turned red and then pale. Actually, she had long since ceased the thought of marrying; as long as the injury could heal, the repair didn’t matter.

"Guan Master, you can choose not to do this repair surgery, but your wound in that area, in case there’s urinary incontinence after healing, can only be fixed through repair surgery." Sun Youwei reminded Guan Biyun from a doctor’s perspective.

"Let’s talk about it then, Youwei, can you keep my injury a secret and not tell Yurou?" Guan Biyun said, "I don’t want Yurou to bear this hatred. She is innocent, the one who should be hated, the one who should be killed, is that beast King Qi."

"Understood, I will conceal it from Yurou for now, but eventually, she will find out. Are you sure you can hide it from her for a lifetime?"

"I’m not saying to hide it forever, just don’t know how to start discussing it with her now."

"If you don’t know how to start, I can help you."

Yuzhu’s voice came from outside the door.

She was called up and temporarily made three dishes and a soup, which she brought over.

"Guan Master, I just made the dishes that were available in the kitchen, hope you don’t mind." Yuzhu apologized. It was so late, and some dishes could not be made in time, so she just made what was available.

"That’s already very good, thank you." Guan Biyun thanked her. In order to rush back to Dongshan as soon as possible, she had been eating and sleeping rough along the way, not having a decent meal or a good sleep. Now, finally, she could enjoy a proper meal and a good night’s sleep.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot one thing." While eating, Guan Biyun suddenly looked up, "On my way back, I ran into a girl who was almost drugged and abducted by someone. I couldn’t stand by, so I rescued her. Along the way, we supported each other. She’s staying at Yuelai Inn, and we agreed to meet her tomorrow morning."

"Guan Master, give me the name and room number, and I’ll have Lianxin go early tomorrow to bring her to the residence." Sun Youwei nodded; in helping Guan Master, and as a person with a bitter fate, she would naturally not hesitate to aid her.

...

"Young master, Mei’Er has sent a letter; Situ Wan has awakened and is clamoring to see you."

"Didn’t she scold me?"

"Mei’Er wrote in the letter that she scolded you as despicable and shameless, not following the ways of the martial world, and even used despicable knockout drugs on her..." Lianxin smiled while pressing her lips together.

"Alright, keep this a secret, not a word to be disclosed to senior sister, and how did you handle her disciple Hai Tang?"

"She doesn’t know Situ Wan has been sent away, but she has talked to Shi Yin saying if Situ Wan leaves, she will follow. Shi Yin, unaware of the internal situation, tried hard to persuade her to stay, but was refused." Lianxin said, "However, it’s apparent this maid has some cultivation, and not insignificant at that. She infiltrated our Lin Family, with Situ Wan as an internal aid, obviously with no small intention."

"Her identity, has it been found?"

"No, it’s not easy to investigate this, but I found an interesting situation; do you want to know?"

"Speak, don’t tease me." Lin Miao gently pinched Lianxin’s waist.

Lianxin’s face instantly turned red.

"Young master, you are so bad."

"Am I bad, or do you sisters want me to be bad to you two?"

"Then tonight young master..."

In fact, a decent woman could accept flirting, but she just couldn’t accept yours if you weren’t her man. When you are her person, whatever you say won’t offend her; rather, she might even find it amusing.

The principle that ’a man who’s not bad isn’t loved by a woman’ originates from here.

Let’s get to business!

"I found that Situ Wan and the late wife of Hang Military Marquis Qingye are cousins; Hang Military Marquis Qingye has a daughter named Qingtang, who was also nearly assigned to marry King Qi. This Qingtang also seemed to get wind of the news early and fled directly; now, no one knows her whereabouts, and even though Hang Military Marquis Qingye lost a daughter, he seems unbothered, clearly knowing her whereabouts and thus unworried about her safety..."

"You mean this Hai Tang is Hang Military Marquis Qingye’s daughter Qingtang?" Lin Miao easily understood.

Hang Military Marquis Qingye knew his daughter was with Situ Wan; naturally, he wasn’t worried. Situ Wan is the senior sister of Yaoguang Peak of the Wendao Sect, a master in the Meridian Passage Realm, so why worry when a daughter is with such an aunt?

As for not fetching back, he likely has his considerations; now that his daughter is missing, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. If she returned and the emperor decreed her marriage to King Qi, would he agree or not?

At least now there’s a reason. The daughter is missing; even if you decree the marriage, I can’t find someone to marry King Qi.

After all, Hang Military Marquis absolutely does not want to ally with the royal family through marriage.

So, to become a Grand General, not one is truly a boor, but rather, shrewdness abounds.

"Is she still around?"

"She is, but she has moved out of the mansion, staying at an inn outside, seemingly also the Yuelai Inn." Lianxin tilted her head.

"Also?" Lin Miao caught an inappropriate word in Lianxin’s immediate statement.

"The First Lady just said, on the way back, Guan Master saved a girl, who is also staying at the Yuelai Inn; she instructed me to fetch the girl to the manor tomorrow morning."

"What, how can such a mysterious woman be casually brought to the manor?" Lin Miao slightly frowned. But Sun Youwei acting this way wasn’t surprising; she was a woman without much scheming and ill-will, inexperienced with the deceit in the martial world.

Even if this girl was saved by Guang Master, without figuring out her identity, bringing her suddenly to live in the manor was obviously inappropriate.

"Didn’t you remind them about this sort of thing?"

"In front of Guan Master, it wasn’t quite right for me to speak out. Anyway, even if she’s brought back, she’ll be placed in the front yard, separate from the back yard, and I’ll arrange people to monitor closely." Lianxin said.

"In that case, proceed as she intends. Didn’t Luu Wan move out? Let her stay in Luu Wan’s room," Lin Miao said, "We don’t support idlers at home. Give her two choices, either help out in the house or go to the adjacent Huaye Tower."

"Young master, isn’t this a bit improper, given she was brought back by Guan Master?"

"No need to worry, Guan Master is a reasonable person; she brought her back, but that doesn’t mean she’s responsible for her lifetime. Just because she rescued her, doesn’t mean she has to take charge of her whole life, right?" Lin Miao waved it off; this was something he wouldn’t worry about.

Guan Master probably just wanted to find this girl a job, so she wouldn’t be unable to settle down and earn a living.

"Alright, then I’ll arrange it directly." Lianxin was the chief stewardess of the inner courtyard, and with the outer courtyard steward Mr. Xie sent out on business, she was managing both the inner and outer courtyards now.

As for Yun, her main focus remained on the tofu shop and pickle garden.

Yun intended to delve deeply into the "eating" sector; pickles are indispensable to the common folk, and now there was crystal sugar available.

With crystal sugar added, the taste and texture of Lin’s Tao Ran Residence’s pickles improved significantly; of course, once the pickles from the pickling garden hit the market, they achieved great success.

But as Yun continued to remain single, who would inherit the business she tirelessly built was unknown.