Chapter 20 : Wants a Kiss~

“Old Zhou, that question of yours is a bit unreasonable. Among all the healers in the world, who cures diseases without medicine?”

Clearly, Old Man Zhou Zhengfang was trying to use him to get close to the Prince Zhennan’s Mansion, a powerful connection.

But he didn’t want to!

Are you kidding? One Pei Qingxuan was already chaotic enough.

If he got involved in the imperial court as a small doctor, wouldn’t he be eliminated in minutes?

“Old Zhou… Some illnesses can be cured, but some cannot…”

Xu Ping’an kindly reminded him, putting down his wine glass.

“I’m not good at drinking, so I’ll stop here today.”

“This…”

Zhou Zhengfang’s hand, holding the cup, stiffened slightly.

The expression on his face was extremely complex, changing drastically, then quickly returning to a smiling look as he nodded.

“It seems Divine Doctor Xu is still young. He can’t even drink this much wine. This won’t do, you’ll have to practice more in the future. Um… someone, please bring out Divine Doctor Xu’s ‘inner volume’.”

“Yes.”

The servant quickly led Pei Qingxuan, who was sitting in the back hall, out.

After this girl came out, she didn’t dare to look at him.

What’s wrong?

Although he had doubts, Xu Ping’an didn’t think much else.

He cupped his hands in greeting.

“Old Zhou, there’s no need to see me off.”

“Divine Doctor Xu, take care.”

Leading Pei Qingxuan out of the Zhou family’s grand residence and standing under the gatehouse, Xu Ping’an couldn’t help but look back at the deep mansion behind him, shaking his head.

“Fame and fortune truly harm people.”

This Zhou Zhengfang, in Erdaotou Village and even within a radius of ten li, was considered a well-known wealthy person.

Yet, even someone with a happy life, children, and a good family background, still harbored such thoughts.

“He’s already in his fifties or sixties, yet he still can’t let go of these things.”

Xu Ping’an sighed, then paused.

Wait… where did my little pendant go?

He turned around and saw the young girl standing there prettily, head lowered and silent.

“My lady?”

Looking at Pei Qingxuan, who was silent with her head down, Xu Ping’an’s heart skipped a beat.

Could it be… this girl has recovered her memory?

If that were true, he had taken quite a few liberties these past few days.

Given the current social atmosphere of Great Qi, he would either have to marry her, or she would kill him out of rage.

Remembering their first meeting that day, with the sword at his neck, he shivered all over and quickly took out a sachet from his sleeve.

If she really made a move, he would immediately tear open the sachet, at least to save his own life first.

But this silly girl shook her head, looking troubled, and stepped forward to hug his arm.

Seeing her like this, Xu Ping’an felt relieved, but then he was filled with suspicion again.

What’s wrong with her?

Why is she suddenly like this?

Why is my previous ‘hundred thousand little pendant’ silent?

Although he was confused, seeing that Pei Qingxuan had no intention of speaking, he didn’t say anything either.

In the afternoon, he walked around the village again.

There were basically no more patients, so he took the small path and hurried home before dark.

He also brought back the little donkey from Old Zhang’s house.

It was only a six-month-old little donkey, still a foal.

Don’t expect it to carry things; he’d just raise it at home for now.

“Qingxuan, look, this little donkey is so interesting. And it’s a female.”

He felt awkward seeing the girl’s gloomy expression and immediately tried to change the subject.

However, the girl didn’t react much; she just looked up, said “Oh,” and then lowered her head again.

Seeing her like this, Xu Ping’an couldn’t help but sigh.

He wondered what she and Auntie Zhou had talked about in the back hall of the Zhou family’s residence, as she had been so unhappy ever since coming out.

He returned home full of doubts.

After entering the house, he first settled Pei Qingxuan, then cooked dinner, and went to the courtyard to check on the growth of the herbs.

Finally, he set up a wooden post and tied the donkey there.

He went to the west room for a hot bath, then took Pei Qingxuan in to bathe her as well, and then began to dry their hair.

“Drying” in this era didn’t involve hair dryers; they could only wrap their hair in towels and gradually absorb the moisture with dry towels.

He sat at the head of the bed, which wasn’t made yet, staring blankly at the silent girl.

“My lady, what’s wrong? Why have you been so unhappy all day? Did Auntie Zhou say something to you?”

Jokingly, although he, Xu Ping’an, was just an ordinary doctor, the people around him were certainly not to be bullied.

If someone truly bullied them, he would have to settle the score.

Pei Qingxuan lowered her head, glumly looked up at Xu Ping’an, then quickly lowered her head again, and began to twist her dark hair with two fingers.

“Husband~”

The little lady’s tender voice combined with her pitiful appearance was quite enticing.

Good heavens, if it weren’t for the fact that she was a patient, and her identity was unknown, and she had amnesia, this look alone was practically tempting him to commit a crime!

“What’s wrong?”

“Husband… do you… not like Qingxuan?”

The silly girl looked up, glanced at Xu Ping’an, and then immediately lowered her head, her voice full of grievance and a hint of a sob.

“How could that be? My lady is the cutest in the world, how could I not like her?”

It seemed she had probably heard something she shouldn’t have from Auntie Zhou.

No, he couldn’t just let this go.

Tomorrow, he would have to go to the Zhou family and get to the bottom of it.

He, Xu Ping’an, was unwilling to get involved in certain matters, but that didn’t mean he was afraid of trouble.

He picked up a cup and took a sip of cool boiled water.

Before he could even swallow the water, the girl’s faint voice drifted over.

“Then… then why doesn’t Husband get intimate with me?”

“Pfft!!”

His eyes widened suddenly, and the shock made him spray out the water in his mouth with a “pfft.”

He turned his head in surprise and uncertainty to look at his silly little lady.

How did she suddenly blurt out such a sentence?

“Cough~ cough! You, what did you say? What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Who told you that?”

“It… it was Auntie Zhou who said it.”

The girl lowered her head, her pretty face flushed crimson.

Her two index fingers intertwined her hair strands in front of her chest, twisting and twisting until the hair was knotted, but her fingers still didn’t stop.

“Auntie Zhou said… if a man likes his lady, he will kiss his lady. But… but Husband, you’ve never kissed me. Do you not like me?”

The girl looked up slightly, her watery eyes filled with a bit of disappointment and pity.

“How… how could that be? Husband likes you! Husband likes you the most!”

You good-for-nothing Auntie Zhou! How could you teach such things?!

Well taught!

Tomorrow, he’d definitely get Auntie Zhou a beauty-enhancing prescription!

“Then why doesn’t Husband kiss me? I want Husband to kiss me~”

Uh~

“Mmm… okay.”

Xu Ping’an looked at the girl who had raised her head and closed her eyes, her pale little face covered in a blush.

He leaned down.

The girl looked up in surprise, holding her forehead with both hands, her large eyes filled with confusion.

“Husband… that’s not the kiss I want~”