"Girl, do you know why I had you come over to watch?" After inserting all one hundred and eight silver needles into Gu Qingheng’s body, Dao Xuzi finally looked at Yang Ruxin with a smug expression.
"To show off your advanced needling technique." Yang Ruxin’s face, however, was filled with heartache for the pain Gu Qingheng was enduring.
"Do you want to learn?" Dao Xuzi laughed, "I know you also possess medical skills, but you don’t know these, do you?"
"Are you some sort of charlatan?" Yang Ruxin frowned at Dao Xuzi, "You can see all that?"
"I can also tell that you’ve treated his eyes before," Dao Xuzi looked at Gu Qingheng, "but a young girl like you suddenly possessing such formidable medical skills is abnormal, almost monstrous. Aren’t you afraid people will become suspicious? But with me as your master, no matter how impressive your medical skills are, there won’t be any problems..."
Yang Ruxin slightly raised her eyebrows, then turned to Gu Qingheng: "What do you say, Gu Qingheng?"
"Xinxin..." Gu Qingheng, with his eyes closed and voice weak, spoke, "Accept the senior’s offer..."
Only then did Yang Ruxin look at Dao Xuzi: "Alright."
Dao Xuzi actually laughed: "Didn’t expect you to trust this kid so much..."
"In this world, I, Yang Ruxin, could even distrust myself, but I will always trust him," Yang Ruxin said with certainty.
The corners of Gu Qingheng’s mouth curled up slightly, and then he peacefully fell asleep.
After coming out from the neighboring room, Yang Ruxin felt an inexplicable sense of peace in her heart. In fact, she knew this must also have been arranged by Gu Qingheng. After all, Dao Xuzi had previously been utterly unwilling to reveal himself, but today, he took the initiative to offer to treat Fang Tianze, thereby letting some people know that she, Yang Ruxin, was Dao Xuzi’s disciple. This not only elevated her own status but also made it more convenient for her future endeavors. This man, ah, made it difficult for her not to love him.
She had assumed that the family would all be asleep by now, but just as she entered, she noticed a figure in the courtyard, causing her to frown slightly: "Dabao, why are you standing out here? It’s very late..."
"Sister Xinxin..." Zhou Xiao hurriedly wiped his face, "I’ll go to sleep right away."
"Wait, have you been crying?" Yang Ruxin quickly pulled Zhou Xiao over, "Has something happened?"
Zhou Xiao looked down, twisting the hem of his clothes in silence.
"We’re family, isn’t there anything you can’t tell your sister?" Yang Ruxin went to stand in front of Zhou Xiao, gazing directly at him under the moonlight.
"I..." Zhou Xiao bit his lip, raised his hand to wipe away tears, "Sister, tomorrow is mother’s death anniversary. Every year on this day, father would come back to visit mother... I miss my father..."
Yang Ruxin’s heart sank, and she took Zhou Xiao into her arms: "Let’s go make offerings by the river for your mother tomorrow. The river flows far and wide, your mother will surely receive them, and your father will definitely feel your filial piety..."
"Thank you, sister..." Zhou Xiao sniffled.
"Alright, time to sleep," Yang Ruxin patted Zhou Xiao’s shoulder, "You’re a man, you’re allowed to be upset for a little while, but not allowed to stay upset..."
"Yeah." Zhou Xiao nodded, "Sister Xinxin, I was just upset for a little while, I’m fine now."
"Then go to sleep," Yang Ruxin smiled, "You are a brave child, your parents would definitely be proud of you... "
Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, the Zhou Family in Changping County was thrown into utter chaos.