Since Xu Xing returned already late at night, he naturally couldn’t disturb them. He could only go back to his room to rest, muttering, "I told my master ages ago, we should pay to build a road from the mountain top to the foot. Just one trip up and down the mountain is enough to lose your life!"
Exhausted, he wished he could fall asleep right away.
After being so tired and sleeping, by the time he woke up again, the sun was already high in the sky, and the mountain roosters outside were crowing.
Upon hearing he woke up so late, Xu Xing realized Mo Si Huang had already gone down the mountain, which finally brought him to full wakefulness.
How could he have left already?
Xu Xing thought, washing his face with the cold mountain water, and headed towards the pharmacy. There, he quickly found the drawer amongst the expensively ranked medicinal herbs containing Winter Love Grass. Upon opening it, his face changed slightly.
What’s going on?
Empty... empty?
How is it empty?
Xu Xing was taken aback, searching the pharmacy thoroughly, even lifting cabinets and carefully checking around. His face gradually turned ashen.
"Where’s the medicine?!"
Ji Xuewei, having rarely changed into women’s clothing, yawned as she walked in, her eyes still heavy with sleep, "Xu Xing, what are you doing?"
"The medicine! What about the medicine in this drawer?"
Ji Xuewei was startled awake by Xu Xing’s increasingly agitated voice, and they looked at each other in dismay.
"There are many mountain rodents here. We previously had mice stealing herbs from this drawer. I originally planned to lock it, but too many people have been asking for fortune-telling recently, and I forgot in the meantime..."
Xu Xing was so terrified his face turned pale, and his lips started trembling, "Oh no... Winter Love Grass only thrives every ten or so years, and it’s extremely difficult to preserve unless done by a professional. Where can I find another one now? Damn it! If Seventh Master Feng finds out, he might just kill me!"
All the other medicine had been prepared, just waiting for that one to be added!
Although it was unclear if this medicine would affect Su Li’s unborn child, Su Li’s eyes should remain unaffected.
Now it’s all ruined...
It’s over!
Ji Xuewei’s eyes flickered, and she said hesitantly, "If it’s not the mountain rodents, could it be human interference?"
Xu Xing was becoming frantic, scolding, "Human interference? It’s just our master, senior, and junior siblings on this mountain. Who would steal the herbs to harm our junior sister Su Li?"
Ji Xuewei’s voice dropped very low, "I mean... it could be Shishu."
Sheng Lanqing?
Xu Xing suddenly stopped and his expression was somewhat unusual.
They surely didn’t worry about Sheng Lanqing harming Su Li, but if this Shishu seized the opportunity to cause Su Li and Seventh Master Feng to break up, it wasn’t impossible. After all, they didn’t think highly of Feng Huaijin...
Xu Xing’s mind was in turmoil. He slapped his forehead anxiously, "No more talking. I need to go down the mountain and head back. This is serious!"
Xu Xing packed his things and dashed down the mountain.
Ji Xuewei stood at the mountain pass, watching Xu Xing’s figure disappear, and a frightening thought suddenly popped into her mind.
Last night, she saw the eldest senior brother burning something, it seemed like he was smoking.
But the smoke didn’t smell like cigarettes, and she jokingly asked if he had switched to smoking leaf tobacco.
Ji Xuewei’s heart skipped a beat, and she felt her legs going weak.
No... could it be?
Ji Xuewei shook her head vigorously, muttering to herself, "No way, am I overthinking?"
She would rather believe that Feng Huaijin would have an affair with Su Li one day than believe her eldest senior brother would harm their junior sister Su Li!
After all, their lives were intertwined!
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