ADWMCES Chapter80

Ji Yujin said this, loosened his hand, and walked to the next room to do something unknown.

Chu Fengqing curled up the fingers hanging at his side, and his eyes flashed slightly. Ji Yujin remained unusually quiet, which wasn’t what he had expected. He wasn’t very skilled at handling such situations, and that made him feel somewhat embarrassed.

Although the time and timing are a bit wrong, but… the two haven’t seen each other for several months after all.

He pursed his lips slightly and sat on the chair beside him. He had been traveling for such a long time, and not only did his waist and legs ache, but he also felt exhausted, as if coming from the depths of his soul. He couldn’t stand for even a moment longer, and even his mind was a little unclear.

He pressed his temple, his clear eyes concealing a flicker of emotion.

When Ji Yujin saw him, he didn’t seem as happy as he had imagined.

There were footsteps behind him. The footsteps were so familiar that he could tell who they were without even looking.

The next moment, the jade crown on his head was taken off, and his black hair spread out like a waterfall, fell on his shoulders, and a dry and soft cloth gently wiped his hair.

Chu Fengqing leaned back, resting the back of his neck on the warm and spacious body, a gesture of total dependence. “Did you go there for so long just to look for clothes?”

Ji Yujin kept moving his hands. “It’s hard to find an unused piece of cloth here. Look how difficult it is, and yet you still come here so foolishly.”

After the city was locked down, all supplies became extremely precious, and sometimes even food was in short supply.

His movements were very gentle, and Chu Fengqing slowly closed his eyes. The two chatted intermittently, and finally the water on his hair was basically wiped dry.

“Done.”

Ji Yujin said softly, Chu Fengqing said “en”, and before he could open his eyes, he felt his lips getting hot. When he opened his eyes, he suddenly met a pair of slightly red eyes, the desire in those eyes was not covered at all, it was naked, and the strong wind and heavy rain swept over.

Chu Fengqing was held and sat on the table. He had never been in such an “out of line” posture before. He pushed Ji Yujin and wanted to get off.

But Ji Yujin didn’t care about all this at the moment. He was like a beast that only knew how to take. He locked Chu Fengqing, and with a bit of madness of “resisting to the death”, he bit his lips, pried them open, and tested his bottom line bit by bit.

Chu Fengqing was dressed in a light blue robe. His originally clear eyes were now covered with a layer of crystal, with a hint of crimson at the corners. His pale lips turned bright red, as if he were an immortal from heaven who was pulled into this world and stained with “desire”.

“Ji Yujin…” Chu Fengqing called softly.

“En, I’m here.” Ji Yujin also responded.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a knock on the door, followed by Zhao Li’s voice, “Governor, there is another large-scale infection in the west of the city. The other lords want to discuss with you. They are waiting for you in the hall.”

Ji Yujin then let go of Chu Fengqing, put his forehead against Chu Fengqing’s, and said, “Alright, ask them to wait a moment.”

Zhao Li’s old face turned slightly red, but he had no choice either.

Ji Yujin touched Chu Fengqing’s slightly sweaty forehead with his hand, chuckled, hugged Chu Fengqing tightly, and said, “I am both happy and scared to see you. I have never been so conflicted in my life. I am afraid you were sent by God to cure me.”

Chu Fengqing pursed his lips and lowered his eyes. Sitting on the table was too presumptuous for him, not to mention that he and Ji Yujin were still…

His nerves were tense, and his face was hot.

Ji Yujin added, “In order to stop me from being scared, I have to ask you for something.”

“You must not step out of this mansion. If you need the patient’s symptoms, I will have them written down, or at least draw them for you. But you cannot go out, alright?”

Chu Fengqing frowned, and his cold voice became a little hoarse. “Ji Yujin, are you my father?”

Ji Yujin: “……”

He was stunned for a moment, then laughed a few times, “If you want to call me that, I won’t refuse either.”

He successfully earned a roll of the eyes from Chu Fengqing, “Alright, I won’t bother you anymore, but you still can’t leave the mansion, not even a single step. It’s best if you just stay in this room.”

His tone was very serious this time because he was afraid that Chu Fengqing would take this as a joke. Since the outbreak of the plague, countless people have lost their lives in front of him. Some of them were still very strong during the day but died silently at night after spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Half of the people in the city were infected with the plague, and several physicians who went to treat them died. Now an area in the east of the city has been completely marked off as the place where people infected with the plague live. Ditches have been dug in that area, and quicklime has been spread as a boundary. Foods were delivered there with slings.

Despite this, the number of sick people in the city increased every day, and no one knew what caused the illness. And this person in his family was extremely delicate on weekdays and would definitely have a fever at night if there was a little wind. He would not dare to bring him here even if he had a hundred thousand guts, but now he actually came here by himself.

When he thought about what would happen if Chu Fengqing got the disease, he, who was usually fearless, began to tremble all over.

Chu Fengqing stared at Ji Yujin and nodded after a while, “Alright, I won’t run around.”

As he said this, he urged him, “Go quickly, they are waiting anxiously.”

Ji Yujin took him down from the table and said, “En, do you want to go to sleep for a while? I’ll be back in about an hour.”

Chu Fengqing responded, “Alright”. After Ji Yujin left, he couldn’t fall asleep. Although he was physically tired, but he was mentally excited.

“Qing Niao.”

He shouted to the outside room, Qing Niao came with him from the capital. Maybe because he was used to being a secret guard, even if he was asked to be a guard, he always squatted in places where there was no light, such as the eaves and treetops.

In a moment, Qing Niao appeared in front of him. He saw the broken skin on Chu Fengqing’s lips at a glance. He lowered his head tactfully, pretending that he saw nothing. “Madam.”

“Qing Niao, can you help me find a physician here? I have something I want to ask clearly.”

Qing Niao: “Madam, the Master has ordered that no outsiders are allowed to enter the mansion, and no one who has contact with Madam is allowed to leave the mansion.”

Chu Fengqing frowned slightly. “Alright, then you go out first.”

He opened the door and planned to go for a walk outside, but before he could even step out, he was stopped by a man who looked like a servant, “Lord Chu, the Governor has ordered you to rest well. If you have anything you want to do, wait for him to come back, and he will accompany you.”

Chu Fengqing: “……”

“I want to go for a walk in the backyard.”

“This…” The man showed embarrassment, “This humble one can’t make that decision either. How about you go back to your room, and this humble one will go ask the Governor first?”

Is Ji Yujin planning to detain him as a prisoner?

Chu Fengqing didn’t want to make things difficult for him, nor did he want to disturb Ji Yujin because of these trivial matters.

“Forget it.”

After saying this, he returned to the room, put away the medical books he had brought with him, changed his clothes, took a book, and half-leaned on the small couch.

The drizzle outside soon turned into heavy rain, and the room was a little dim. He lit a candle and listened to the sound of raindrops hitting the eaves. The roof here was paved with green tiles, and the sound of raindrops hitting it was dull but a little crisp.

Directly across from the small couch stood a window, and outside it grew a cluster of vivid green banana trees. The sound of rain striking their leaves was altogether different.

Sleepiness crept up on him little by little.

In the hall, everyone had an ugly expression.

“All the infected people in the west of the city have been sent to the east of the city, but this is not a solution. Leaving aside whether the eastern part of the city can even hold so many people, if the plague continues to rage like this, it will not be a solution. The previous medicine is completely useless. Not to mention curing the disease, it can’t even prevent it.”

“Didn’t the capital send an imperial physician over? Let’s go take a look tomorrow. Maybe they can develop a medicine to cure the disease.”

“That’s easy to say. In just half a month, how many physicians have you met? Don’t you have any idea?”

“Then what else can we do? The dead are hauled away on carts and burned, leaving not a single whole body behind. I’m truly weary of hearing the cries of grieving parents. A few days ago, a little girl was still staggering when she walked, squatting in the corner and secretly wiping tears. Later, I found out that both her parents were dead.”

“A girl that young doesn’t even call for her parents, because she already knows she no longer has them. When my daughter was her age, she only needed to reach out for me to hold her. I don’t even dare to think about how she’ll survive in the future.”

“Even if I didn’t get sick, I also couldn’t bear it. This is not the human world, this is simply purgatory.”

As soon as he said this, everyone fell silent.

……

When Chu Fengqing opened his eyes again, it was already dark. Someone had closed the window, and there was a blanket covering him.

He raised his eyes, looking for the figure, and finally saw the man at the table.

Ji Yujin did not light the candle. He just sat there in the darkness. No one knew what he was thinking. He seemed to have merged into the darkness.

Chu Fengqing lifted the blanket and walked to his side.

Ji Yujin didn’t see him at first, until Chu Fengqing touched him with his hand. Then he turned around and looked at him as if he had just woken up from a dream, with a smile on his lips. “You’re awake? Why did you fall asleep on the couch? What if you caught a cold?”

Chu Fengqing: “I didn’t want to sleep at first.”

Ji Yujin rolled up a strand of his hair with his hand. “Are you hungry? I’ll have someone bring you food.”

“No rush.” Chu Fengqing sat on the chair next to him. There was something wrong with Ji Yujin.

“Is the situation in the west of the city very serious?”

Ji Yujin shook his head, not wanting him to worry. “No problem.”

As he spoke, his eyes darkened, and he remembered something and chuckled, “I just feel a little useless.”

Chu Fengqing poured him a glass of water and lit the candle in the room. The candle flame flickered. “Ji Yujin, I heard a joke a few days ago. Let me tell you.”

Ji Yujin glanced at him and paused slightly.

“There was a man who went to the martial arts arena to watch an archery competition. He was too near the arrows and took a stray one to the chest. Everyone rushed to fetch a physician, and among them was one skilled in surgery. Everyone suggested inviting him. The physician was indeed experienced. He said it was ‘a small matter’ as soon as he came. After he sawed off the tail of the arrow outside the body, he stopped. Everyone was bewildered and asked him why he had stopped. Guess what he said?”

His voice was soft, usually carrying a distant quality, yet to Ji Yujin it felt like the gentlest voice he had ever heard.

Ji Yujin shook his head. “What did he say?”

Chu Fengqing’s eyes are slightly curved. “He said the surgical department I was responsible for had already been settled, and the only thing remaining was the internal medicine department.”

Ji Yujin smiled, his fox-like eyes slightly tilted upwards, and he said helplessly, “You ah, you ah.”

Chu Fengqing: “Although this man is a little funny, but he is not without reason. We are all mortals, and it is normal to be unable to do things. You don’t have to take on all the responsibilities yourself. The right way is to do your own job.”

“I’ve never seen a plague contained within a city in such a short time. Before coming here, I thought it would surely be chaos, but once I arrived, I found that a city stricken for so long could still remain so orderly.”

He was not very good at praising others, but at this moment he still said sincerely, “You are awesome.”

It was indeed terrible. A plague of this scale was unheard of. Most people would have panicked, but he took charge of the situation at the first possible moment. Not only did he refuse to abandon anyone, but with no medical knowledge himself, he managed to bring the number of infections down to the lowest level. The hardships behind this were beyond what outsiders could imagine.

Chu Fengqing pursed his lips and said, “It’s us, physicians’ turn next.”