Fortunately, the winter clothes were thick, so he was not discovered…
Because of the cold weather these days, his health was not good, so his junior brother gave him some tonics. He took a look and found that they were all warm in nature, but after all, they were tonics, so they would cause heat. Also, yesterday, Ji Yujin didn’t know who gave him a piece of venison. Seeing that he rarely had an appetite, Ji Yujin left it all to him, he greedily ate two more pieces.
He also asked Ji Yujin to pour him half a cup of that deer blood wine1Deer blood wine is a medicinal food made with deer blood as the main ingredient., just to satisfy his craving for it. But now he has shot himself in the foot. Once he swallowed these things, it was impossible not to feel hot and irritable.
Fortunately, Ji Yujin didn’t drink it; otherwise, the scene would be chaotic. However… since Ji Yujin is an eunuch, it should be fine even if he drank it.
It was rare for Chu Fengqing to have such an embarrassed look on his usually cold face. Before he could recover, Ji Yujin came over pushing a wheelchair. It was only a few steps away, so it wouldn’t take long.
Ji Yujin looked at the unnatural expression on his face and narrowed his eyes slightly, wanting to reach out and carry him to the wheelchair. Unexpectedly, the person avoided him and even pushed him away. He didn’t dare to look at him but just whispered, “I-I can do it myself.”
What he didn’t see was that the pair of eyes that dared not look at him had already become extremely panicked.
Ji Yujin was puzzled, and he didn’t dare to force Chu Fengqing, so he squatted down, kneeled on one knee on the ground, looked at him carefully, and asked, “What’s wrong? Did I hurt you? Where does it hurt? Let me see.”
The snow-white person in front of him slowly turned crimson at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Ji Yujin’s pupils shrank slightly.
Chu Fengqing was extremely embarrassed. He had never felt so… unspeakable before.
He closed his eyes and lowered his head even lower, but fearing that Ji Yujin might worry, he pretended to be calm and said, “No, I just… don’t want to rely on others for everything.”
He was only concerned with his face, trying to maintain that somewhat shaky calmness, and he didn’t notice that the exposed half of his neck had been dyed thoroughly with a thin layer of red, like snow that was about to be burned.
Who is Ji Yujin? He is someone who was born with one more skill than others. He does the meticulous work of an interrogator. His eyes slowly narrowed.
“Don’t want to rely on others for everything?” Ji Yujin’s tone lengthened a little, his fox eyes hooked up as he looked at the snow-like neck. His red clothes seemed to become more dangerous.
Chu Fengqing didn’t see it and was completely unaware of his change. He just responded with an “En” to himself.
Suddenly, his exposed back of the neck felt warm, and Ji Yujin’s lips fell on it, it was soft and moist.
Chu Fengqing’s pupils slowly contracted, and his straight eyelashes trembled a few times, as if he didn’t expect Ji Yujin to do this.
“Ji-Ji Yujin…”
He wanted to turn his head, but Ji Yujin’s strength was beyond his reach. He could not move after using just a little force.
Chu Fengqing: “Let go of me.”
Ji Yujin said shamelessly, “I won’t.”
Ji Yujin chuckled, his hands clasping the fairy’s waist, holding the fairy’s waist with his hands. He originally supported from behind but now turned into sitting face-to-face. Chu Fengqing sat on Ji Yujin’s lap, held in his arms, and his eyes could see nothing but Ji Yujin’s ruffian face.
The young master had never seen such a scene before, and he was immediately a little panicked, but he has one advantage: he never expresses his thoughts in words. Even if the sky fell in his heart, it would not show on his face either. His eyes were shallow, and his thin lips were pursed, still very intimidating, still so high and mighty, cold and distant.
He slightly turned his eyes aside, their black hair was tangled together, and their red and white clothes were also mixed chaotically, one was unruly and outgoing while the other was as cold as snow. They were obviously two completely different people, yet they are so harmonious that they are meant to be together.
Ji Yujin seemed to be unsatisfied. He held Chu Fengqing, resting his forehead on his shoulder, and kissed the back of his slender neck one after another. Gradually, the kiss turned into a bite, and his teeth gently pressed on that inch of extremely sensitive skin, causing the person in his arms to gasp. In the end, he was still reluctant to use too much force, leaving only a shallow mark.
Ji Yujin looked at the marks he left on the snow-white skin, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
His teeth rubbed down his lips. He didn’t know whether he was afraid that Chu Fengqing would be frightened or for some other reason, but he also leaned his forehead on the other party’s shoulder to hide his “wolf ambition”. Ji Yujin didn’t move, and Chu Fengqing naturally didn’t move either. His eyes were moistened. He closed his eyes and recovered. At the same time, Ji Yujin also moved and picked him up.
Suddenly in the air, Chu Fengqing subconsciously put his arm around Ji Yujin’s neck. Ji Yujin was stunned, but there was a smile in his eyes. He looked at the wheelchair he had pushed over from afar and felt that it was unnecessary. He stretched out his long legs and kicked the wheelchair away. He said with a “tsk” and smiled, “Why do you need this thing when you have me?”
Chu Fengqing blinked, and before he could say anything, he was carried away. Fortunately, both of them liked quietness, and there were not many people in the courtyard; otherwise, he would have been really embarrassed.
After returning to the room, the two of them did not do anything more intimate. Chu Fengqing was not thick-skinned after all. As soon as he returned to the room, he hid behind the table by the window and wrote the medical manuscript he had not finished. However, he had no idea where the things in his mind in the past had gone, and he could not write a single word even after a long time.
Ji Yujin was not sure what he was thinking. He poured himself a cup of cold tea and gulped it down. It was bitter, astringent, and icy, and no one knew how he managed to drink it. Only the bulging veins in his neck revealed his endurance.
The two of them sat like this for a while, and finally Ji Yujin broke the silence in the room. “Physician Chu, would you like to try some of Guoji’s candied fruit? I have to go on a trip for business later and will bring some back for you.”
Chu Fengqing had no resistance to sweets, so he nodded when he heard his words.
The two had just said a sentence when Zhao Li arrived and was waiting at the door. It must be an urgent matter. Ji Yujin glanced outside and made a “tsk” sound, expressing his dissatisfaction with having to go out so soon.
Chu Fengqing also followed his gaze and looked outside, saying, “Go ahead, be careful.”
Ji Yujin walked towards the table in black boots, bent down under Chu Fengqing’s puzzled gaze, tilted his head, and kissed him on the face, completely ignoring whether Zhao Li outside could see it or not.
Not sure if it’s because of the cups of cold tea he drank or not, but his lips felt a little cold, and they left immediately after just a touch.
Zhao Li coughed lightly, then turned around and stopped looking over here.
Seeing Chu Fengqing’s expression change slightly, Ji Yujin put on a malicious smile, “I don’t think you would be reluctant to part with me. Physician Chu, you really are—as conscienceless as ever. Forget it, I’ll leave first, and I’ll come back to settle this with you tonight…”
He paused for a moment, then uttered two words: “Debt of love.”
Before Chu Fengqing could react, Ji Yujin had already picked up the sword on the table and walked out, leaving him alone in the quiet room. After an unknown amount of time, he pursed his still pale lips and whispered to himself, “I’m not reluctant.”
The ink dripped from the brush in his hand onto the rice paper, and the ink spread out and formed a ball. Chu Fengqing looked at that place and sighed softly, then put down the brush in his hand. After putting it down, he did not make any other movements. He sat upright for a while, as if thinking about something. After a moment, he raised his hand and touched the place where Ji Yujin had kissed just now. His eyelashes trembled slightly, and the expression in his eyes was completely obscured.
At night, when Ji Yujin came back, it was already very late. Chu Fengqing’s body had not fully recovered yet, and he was easily tired, so he went to bed early.
Ji Yujin sat at the table for a while. The heat in the room soon dispelled all the coldness that had enveloped him. After his hands were warmed by the brazier, he walked to the bed. He squatted down, staring at the person, and reached out to touch his face, with a hint of restraint in his gentleness.
Chu Fengqing’s health had not yet fully recovered. He was already thin, and this serious illness made him even thinner. There was still a hint of sickness in his eyes that had not yet been dispelled.
Ji Yujin said softly, “Have a good night, Little Physician Chu.”
After thinking for a moment, he added, “Mine.”
My little Physician Chu.
As winter goes and spring comes, the ice and snow melt, all things revive, and the mountains are covered with flowers.
Father and Mother Chu are old and don’t like to travel back and forth. After hearing that Chu Fengqing’s health had recovered, they simply settled down in the old house in Jiangnan. Father Chu has now completely given up the idea of re-entering the officialdom. He only wants to live quietly in the water town of Jiangnan with his wife and children in a warm bed and enjoy the tranquility he has never enjoyed before.
Chu Yinyin also plans to go south to find her parents tomorrow. She has been in Yancheng for a long time already.
Chu Fengqing was naturally not reluctant to leave. Chu Feng had already returned to the border area. Father and Mother Chu were far away in Jiangnan, and Yinyin was the only one by his side. He had also wanted to go back to Jiangnan with them.
But Ji Yujin still had some matters to deal with, and the new emperor had not sent anyone to take over Yancheng yet. Ji Yujin had written countless letters, but it seemed as if they had not received them and there had never been a reply.
The new emperor must be reluctant to let him resign. Chu Fengqing had met the new emperor once. He looked at Ji Yujin as if he were a treasure, and his words were full of admiration. He must have wanted to use Yancheng to delay Ji Yujin.
After all, this concerns the people of an entire city, so Ji Yujin didn’t dare to just walk away.
Ji Yujin rarely met anyone more shameless than him, and he felt quite amused and helpless.
On the first day of Chu Yinyin’s departure, Chu Fengqing and Ji Yujin were having a meal when they heard that Xu Junyu wanted to see them. The two looked at each other, put down their chopsticks, and had someone bring him in.
Xu Junyu saluted the two of them: “Senior Brother, Lord Ji.”
He raised his eyes to look at Chu Fengqing and said straight to the point: “I am here to bid farewell to the two of you. Now that Senior Brother is in good health, I have completed the task assigned to me by Master. Senior Brother’s medical skills are far superior to mine as well, and I won’t be needed anymore. I will not bother you in the mansion anymore.”
Chu Fengqing: “When are you leaving?”
Xu Junyu: “I will leave tomorrow.”
Chu Fengqing: “This anxious?”
Ji Yujin chuckled when he heard this: “You picked a very coincidental time. Yinyin is also leaving tomorrow, so could it be that you are taking the same route?”
Xu Junyu paused and was speechless for a moment. After a moment, he looked at Ji Yujin, then at Chu Fengqing, with a serious expression on his face, and said seriously, “Coincidentally, I am also going south.”
Ji Yujin couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
Chu Fengqing glanced at him, sighed softly, and turned to look at Xu Junyu: “Yinyin has a lively personality, I’ll have to trouble Junior Brother to take care of her on the way.”
The journey was long, and although Ji Yujin had sent people to escort them, it would still be good to have someone to talk to. To be honest, Chu Fengqing felt a little relieved to have Xu Junyu along.
Besides, these two children are both well-mannered, and anyone with a discerning eye can see what’s hidden in their eyes. The Chu family is not a pedantic clan.
The most important thing is that after spending these days together, both of them felt that Xu Junyu was someone they could trust.
As for what the future holds, that is their story.
One day passed in the blink of an eye. Chu Fengqing and Ji Yujin stood outside the city and watched the carriage going further and further away. The tracks left by the carriage were soon covered by the tracks of other carriages.
A gust of wind blew. It was cold these past few days, and there was a chill in the wind. Ji Yujin was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he walked in front of him and blocked his sight: “Alright, they’ve gone far. You will become Wangnei Stone if you are still looking.”
Chu Fengqing raised his eyes and looked at Ji Yujin. There were thousands of passersby in his life. He couldn’t remember how many people he had seen off, nor how many people had left his side. But luckily, there was such a person by his side who promised to never leave.
Ji Yujin knew that he was in a low mood and was just thinking about what to say to tease him when the next moment his hand hanging by his side was held. Chu Fengqing’s fingertips were slightly cold, his eyes were slightly drooping, and the wide sleeves hid their hands very well.
Ji Yujin was slightly stunned but reacted very quickly and held his hand in his palm. Unlike Chu Fengqing’s, his palm was dry and warm.
Among the passersby, the two held hands tightly. Although some people would look at them, but they also didn’t care. Instead, they secretly felt pleasure. Ji Yujin’s lips curled up into a smile, and Chu Fengqing glanced at him with slightly curved eyes.
“Let’s go, just walk like this to the mansion.”
“It seems a bit silly.”
“Will it?”
“Somewhat.”
“Hahaha, it doesn’t matter.”
……
That day, Chu Fengqing looked outside and found it incredible, even though it was already spring, but there was still frost on the tiles.
Chu Fengqing was still a little afraid of the cold. He didn’t want to step out of the room at this temperature. There was a Hualong installed under the room, so the room was very warm.
Ji Yujin looked at Chu Fengqing, who seldom took a few steps out of the door in a day. All he did was sit at the desk or a small couch and do nothing but write and read. He was almost becoming a nerd. How could this be possible? He still remembered what Chu Fengqing’s master had said, that a person must move so that his blood circulation would become active and it would be good for his health.
Ji Yujin thought about it and decided that he definitely didn’t want to go anywhere else. “Qing’er, do you remember the hot spring on the mountain? Let’s go take a bath in the hot spring.”
Chu Fengqing subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Ji Yujin covered his lips. Ji Yujin narrowed his eyes and said, “If you agree, we will pack up and go in a while. If you refuse, I will take you away immediately.”
“So, think about it carefully and say.”
Chu Fengqing blinked as he looked at the rogue Ji Yujin. The two of them confronted each other, and in the end, Chu Fengqing was defeated. His voice was cold but mixed with some humanity. “Bandit.”
Ji Yujin raised his eyebrows, not feeling ashamed but proud.
Chu Fengqing had no doubt that Ji Yujin was a man of his word, but when he thought of the biting cold wind outside, he began to hesitate. Wouldn’t it be better to stay inside?
But when he met Ji Yujin’s eyes, he still refused, he only said softly, “Then I want to take the fox fur.”
Although few people wear fox fur in spring, if his family’s Physician Chu wants to wear it, then let him wear it. Ji Yujin hooked his lip and said jokingly, “Not to mention fox fur, even tiger skin is fine.”
Chu Fengqing was coerced and lured up the mountain, but he had to admit that the hot spring water was warm, and soaking in the pool made his bones feel warm. His muscles, which had not moved for a long time, slowly stretched out, it was extremely comfortable.
He doesn’t know what Ji Yujin was thinking at the time, he didn’t build a roof over the hot spring pool and only fenced it off on all sides. When he looks up, he can see the sky full of stars, twinkling stars, and the Milky Way across the sky.
Chu Fengqing was wearing a middle-length robe, leaning against a smooth stone nest. There seemed to be a reflection of the starry sky in his eyes, so bright and dazzling. His black hair was casually scattered in the water, he didn’t care about it either, but there was a bit of embarrassment on his face.
After a while, he heard footsteps. It was Ji Yujin’s.
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips slightly and submerged his upper body in the water. He had worn the wrong undergarment yesterday. This undergarment was relatively cool and thin for summer wear, so he thought it should be fine and did not change it. However, he did not expect that this fabric would become transparent once soaked in water, like a layer of gauze stuck to the body, unable to cover anything.
