There must be times when she is needed in the evening, Song Wan Yue thought about it and went out to find Song Lin, “Father, Master Chu is sick, I have to stay and look after her tonight.”
The word “no” was on his lips, but Song Lin swallowed it again. It was only natural for a disciple to stay and take care of his master when he was sick, but he didn’t feel comfortable leaving Song Wan Yue here alone and said in a jarring voice, “Fine, father will stay with you.”
Song Wan Yue wanted to say no, but then she thought that she had promised Song Si that she would not stay overnight at the Gu family’s house no matter what, so she nodded, “It’s fine, I still have an empty room over there, father will go over first, I’ll ask Xiao Si to send a message to the family.”
Song Lin answered, handed the carriage over to Xiao Si and went to her courtyard in the direction Song Wan Yue had pointed out.
Song Wangyue also turned around and went back inside.
The light shone on Master Chu’s face, making her look paler and paler.
Dr Yao was so tired that he slumped into the chair in front of the bed, staring unblinkingly at Master Chu.
Master and Madam Gu sat at the table, also exhausted.
Only Gu Yi was still standing by the bed, deep worry hidden in his tightly furrowed brow.
The movement of Song Wangyue entering startled him and he turned back, his voice muffled, “Uncle has gone?”
“Father is not at ease with me, I asked him to stay.”
Gu Yi nodded his head and turned around again.
There was silence in the house.
Half an hour later, Master Chu’s face was still pale, but Doctor Yao let out a deep sigh of relief, “It’s stabilised for now, let’s rotate to eat first, then rest a little.”
“You and Yue’er go and rest, my parents and I will keep watch.”
Doctor Yao had no problem with this. After tossing and turning all afternoon, he was indeed a little tired, so he got up. Not knowing whether it was because he had got up so hard or because he was too tired, his body stumbled a little and Song Wangyue and Gu Yi reached out to help him at the same time.
“It’s really old, before ……”
The first thing he wanted to say was that he sighed and shook his head after saying these few words.
The two of them went out of the courtyard and walked down the long road.
Lanterns were hung on both sides of the road, illuminating it brightly.
After walking for about a few dozen feet, Dr Yao stopped, “Disciple, you are also tired, go back, I will walk the rest of the way slowly by myself.”
“Good.”
Song Wangyue didn’t insist and turned around to walk in the direction of her own courtyard.
When she was far away, Dr. Yao also continued to walk forward.
Perhaps it was because he was really old, he could not help but say many things, but he was afraid that if he said them, he would scare Song Wan Yue.
When Song Wan Yue returned to the courtyard, Daya quickly brought up the food and stood aside.
“Daya, sit down and eat together.”
Song Wan Yue had not told her family that Gu Yi had sent Daya to serve her, and Song Lin had been shocked to see Daya when she entered the courtyard just now. As for what Daya said about serving her, he didn’t even think about it, they were his own sisters, what was the point of serving or not serving.
“Thanks a lot big uncle, slave ……”
“Sit down together.”
Song Wangyue gave her a wink, and Daya paused before pursing her lips and coming forward to sit at the bottom of Song Wangyue’s table, picking up chopsticks and serving them dishes.
This was the first time Song Wangyue had eaten in this courtyard, even though there were only the three of them, and the kitchen had brought them six dishes and one soup.
Song Lin did not see anything wrong with Daya’s behaviour and he also put some dishes in Song Wan Yue’s bowl.
He opened his mouth to ask about Master Chu, but then thought that it was not his place to ask, so he changed his mouth, “Eat more.”
“Thank you father, I may have to go over again in the evening, in a while father rest early.”
“You go about your business, don’t worry about father.”
Song Lin finished and also gave Daya some dishes to put in the bowl in front of her, and Daya stiffened up.
“Eat.”
Song Wangyue only pretended not to see her strange appearance.
Da Ya lowered her head, put down the communal chopsticks, picked up the chopsticks in her own hand, and put a bit of the dish in her mouth. Since she was a child, no one had ever given her a dish before, and her heart was reeling.
After eating and resting for a while, Song Wan Yue went over to Master Chu’s courtyard, Song Lin was uneasy and sent her over, stopping at the courtyard gate and watching Song Wan Yue enter the house and not going back, waiting directly outside the courtyard gate.
The only person left in the house was Gu Yi, sitting in the chair where Dr. Yao had just sat, looking at Master Chu.
Song Wangyue poured a cup of water and handed it to him, “Master is lucky, he will be fine.”
Gu Yi took it and drank it dry before his voice was mute, “I know, she will be fine, after all, she still has a lot of things left to do, she can’t let go like this.”
Song Wangyue patted his shoulder and brought the water cup over, “I’ll keep watch, you go and eat.”
“Little girl ……”
Gu Yi looked up at her, wanting to say something, he had just thought about telling her about his relationship with Master Chu, that’s why he had said that.
“You’re tired, go eat and rest.”
Gu Yi swallowed the words he wanted to say but did not get up, “I’m not hungry.”
“You have to eat even if you’re not hungry, we can’t all be exhausted before Master wakes up, if you don’t want to go back to the courtyard to eat, have Xiao Si bring the food over.”
Gu Yi didn’t say anything.
“Little Four.”
Xiao Si, who was waiting at the door, heard the sound of the two men’s words. When Song Wangyue shouted out, he quickly walked out of the courtyard and came in a short while later with a food box and placed it on the table.
Song Wangyue pulled Gu Yi to get up and came over, Xiao Si brought out the food and put it on the table, put the food box aside and withdrew to close the door.
Song Wangyue sat Gu Yi down, took the chopsticks and put the dishes in his bowl, then gave him the chopsticks, “Eat.”
Gu Yi silently took the chopsticks, bowed his head and moved sluggishly to take a small bite.
A groan came out of Master Chu’s mouth, Gu Yi immediately dropped his chopsticks and quickly went over, Master Chu’s face had already turned from white to red.
“Medicine!”
Xiao Si darted to the small kitchen and brought over the medicine warmed on the cooker. Gu Yi scooped a small spoonful and fed it down, but Master Chu’s teeth were tightly closed and not a single drop could be fed in.
Song Wangyue leaned down and pinched both of Master Chu’s cheeks, forcing her to open her mouth. Gu Yi carefully fed the medicine into Master Chu’s mouth, and after feeding a spoonful, Song Wangyue let go and waited for Master Chu to swallow the medicine before she pinched both of his cheeks again.
After half a bowl of medicine was fed, Master Chu’s two cheeks were left with two deep red handprints that were shockingly red.
The two men who saw these two red fingerprints looked at each other and at Song Wangyue at the same time. Under the sky, the only person who dared to pinch Master Chu’s cheeks like this and give her medicine was Song Wangyue.