Xi Lanting did not appear in public for several days.
It was ten days before Yun Qiao saw him.
His previous good looks were gone and he was very pale. Yun Qiao had just walked to the entrance of his courtyard when his car came in through the front door and stopped.
When Xi Rong opened the car door, Xi Lanting was still taking medicine.
Yun Qiao stopped and shouted in a low voice: "Uncle Qi?"
Xi Lanting raised his head to look at her and smiled softly at her. The wind blew through the bamboo forest, and the green branches rustled. Yun Qiao could only feel her heart rising and falling with the wind blowing the bamboo waves, and her emotions were inexplicable.
He leisurely got out of the car, the sun shone on him, and his eyes, shrouded in warm golden light, seemed to be breathtaking.
"...Didn't you go out to play?" he asked casually.
Yun Qiao shook his head: "No."
"Isn't it boring to stay at home all day long? You should really make some friends." Xi Lanting said, "I remember that Granny Xiao had countless disciples. Many aristocratic families in Yancheng are involved with you. Those families don't have girls of the same age?"
"Not really." Yun Qiao said, "I'm not interested."
Xi Lanting seemed to be a little interested: "What are you interested in?"
"medicine."
Xi Lanting: "..."
"I was supposed to study English in Hong Kong and then go to an American university to study Western medicine," Yun Qiao said.
After she said that, she thought Xi Lanting would say that now that her grandmother was gone, she could continue to study.
Unexpectedly, Xi Lanting was silent for a moment, his eyes were silent for no reason, and then he said: "I am so tired from studying, but I still go abroad to study. I am crazy."
Yun Qiao: "..."
He walked back and invited Yun Qiao to sit in his courtyard.
He didn't walk fast and frowned whenever he moved, as if he was in great pain.
Yun Qiao couldn't help it again: "Uncle Qi, what's wrong with you? I can help you cure it..."
Xi Lanting smiled: "Treat with Granny Xiao's medical skills?"
"You don't like it?"
"No, my situation is different from others." Xi Lanting said, "Do you think I haven't asked Granny Xiao myself? She hasn't mentioned me to you?"
"When?" Yun Qiao asked immediately.
Xi Lanting: "I have been there three times. You were not at home twice, and I only saw you once. I saw you and your two maids picking mulberries in the yard to eat.
Did you eat or not? Your face and body were covered with mulberry juice, purple, black, and red. You were dirtier than a beggar. I didn't even look at you.
You caught a glimpse of a handsome man and ran away feeling ashamed. Do you have any memory of this?"
Yun Qiao: "..."
Uncle Qi, who calls himself a "handsome man", probably never knows what it means to be proud.
But having said that, Yun Qiao was really impressed.
She was only twelve years old at that time, and she was very naughty and greedy.
Grandma never restricted her or asked her to be a lady.
When grandma saw things like climbing trees and walls, she would only tell her to be careful and don't fall down, but she wouldn't care about anything else.
Seeing a young and handsome man coming in from a distance, she ran away as if she was shy. When she came out after washing her face and changing clothes, her grandmother was guarding the house and did not allow her and the maids to pass.
Afterwards, grandma said that the man was seeking medical treatment. But she couldn't cure her, so the man left.
No matter how serious the illness is, it can't be cured even if I seek help from my grandmother.
Only that person.
Yun Qiao didn't see his facial features clearly at that time. She could only guess from his general appearance that he was a very handsome man.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Xi Lanting.
But grandma kept the matter secret and never mentioned it again.
They occasionally talked about Du Xiaoqin and the Xi family, and grandma also casually mentioned that the seventh master of the Xi family sought medical treatment.
"In all my life, I have never seen a disease that my grandmother couldn't cure." Yun Qiao said, "You are the only one."
"Can you cure it?" Xi Lanting asked her with a smile, "Your grandma can't cure it, can you?"
Yun Qiao looked straight and shook her head seriously: "I'm not as good as grandma."
Xi Lanting picked up the tea, took two sips, lowered his head and smiled, not really minding it.
He was thinking about something and couldn't help laughing.
"What's wrong?"
"I recall the way you picked mulberries and ate them. You were just like a monkey." Xi Lanting laughed loudly.
Yun Qiao: "..."
Are you annoying or not?
Will it stop hurting now?
Yun Qiao secretly grinded her teeth, thinking that Uncle Qi was still a bastard no matter how beautiful he was. She wanted to bite him, but Xi Rong came in.
Xi Rong walked up to Xi Lanting and said, "Master Qi, the old lady asked you to come over. We have a visitor at home."