After the first astrology exam, Yu Shu went to the Human-training Hall the next day to ask around. As expected, this exam was a unique question. It was the three-star omen that Yun Hua Yi Zi had solved twenty years ago.
Yu Shu was relieved. She was waiting to see the Ji family make a fool of themselves. The Celestial Commissioner would also have a headache. With so many correct answers, how would they rank the papers? A dozen of them would be ranked first? Thinking of that scene, Yu Shu was overjoyed.
The next exam was physiognomy. Yu Shu did not need to take the exam. She went home early to pack her luggage and waited for Pei Jing to send someone to pick them up to move.
On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Yu Shu brought Jing Chen and Yu Xiaoxiu away from Huixing Street. They arrived at Zhao Hui and her husband's residence in the city. It was a house with two entrances and two doors.
The horse carriage stopped. Pei Jing and He Fangzhi were waiting outside the door. When they saw Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu get off the carriage, they knew it was the friend Yu Shu had been talking about.
Pei Jing had a good eye and knew how to read people. Otherwise, he would not have taken a fancy to Yu Shu and taken her as his apprentice. He looked at Jing Chen. His forehead was full and his expression was clear. He knew he was a righteous person. He immediately had a good impression of him.
Yu Shu introduced Pei Jing and He to Jing Chen. Jing Chen cupped his hands and bowed. "Mr. Pei, Doctor He."
"You must be Young Hero Jing. I've heard of your name for a long time. Now that I've met you, you are indeed handsome. Come, come, please come in." Pei Jing invited them in. He and Zhao Hui were sworn siblings. He was also He Fangzhi's elder brother. Although he was not in front of the house, he could be considered as half a master.
He Fangzhi directed two porters to help Yu Shu carry their luggage. Yu Shu left Yu Xiaoxiu at the door and accompanied Jing Chen into the courtyard.
Zhao Hui, who was pregnant, was waiting in the front hall. When she heard the footsteps at the door, she asked the servant girls to help her up and watched as they entered the room one after another. Her eyes immediately fell on Jing Chen, who was standing tall and straight. She sized him up and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. What a handsome young man.
"Aunt Huei, this is Jing Chen." Yu Shu introduced them and helped Zhao Hui to sit on a chair.
Zhao Hui looked at Jing Chen gratefully. "Young Hero Jing … I heard from Xiao Yu. Thank you for your help when I was critically ill. Xiao Yu has been taking care of me on the way to the capital. Now that we've reunited, you can rest assured and stay here. Treat this place as your home … If you need anything, just tell me, okay?"
"Thank you, Madam He." Jing Chen was not good at interacting with people. He kept his words short. Coupled with his cold temperament, he gave people the impression that he was not easy to get close to.
Zhao Hui remembered that Yu Shu said he was unsociable. She didn't take it seriously. She still smiled. "Then I'll take you to the backyard. I've arranged the rooms. If you're not satisfied, you can change."
They moved to the backyard. Although the house was not spacious, there were many rooms. There were courtyards on the east and west sides. Jing Chen was arranged to live in the west wing … Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu were arranged to live in the east wing … Zhao Hui and her husband lived in two rooms in the north. In the front yard, there were rooms for maids and doormen.
After looking at the rooms, there was nothing to be dissatisfied with. Yu Shu knew that Zhao Hui deliberately separated her from Jing Chen. Jing Chen didn't have any objections. It was Yu Xiaoxiu who had objections.
Whether in the Ji family or in Huixing Street, he and Yu Shu always slept in the same room. At night, they could hear each other's snoring. They were so close to each other, but suddenly there was a wall between them, which made him feel reluctant.
Zhao Hui persuaded, "I heard from your sister that you'll be thirteen after the New Year. You'll be a man. How can you sleep in the same room with your sister? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? Listen to Aunt Huei. We live next door. It's not far. We see each other every day. Are you afraid of losing your sister?"
Yu Xiaoxiu was shy. After being criticized, he didn't ask to live with Yu Shu anymore. Yu Shu was happy to see Zhao Hui preaching to him and didn't interrupt. Although Yu Xiaoxiu listened to her, he would talk back occasionally. Sometimes, his words could make her angry. But he didn't do that to Zhao Hui.
The room was cleaned and the bedding was ready-made. They just put their luggage in the room and then officially moved in.
The house on Huixing Street was empty. She didn't contact the seller and didn't plan on selling it. She wanted to leave a way out for herself. If something happened in the future, she would at least have a place to stay. Because Yu Shu still had to prepare for her exams, Pei Jing didn't want to take up too much of her time, so he didn't have a banquet. At noon, everyone ate a simple meal together at the new residence. Then, he and Doctor He went out to prepare for the opening of the medical center.
Yu Shu heard that Pei Jing had a part in this. When the medical center opened, he would have thirty percent of the shares. Yu Shu knew Pei Jing's personality and didn't think that he would covet benefits from Doctor He and his wife. As expected, Zhao Hui explained, "It's not easy to do anything in the capital. Your Uncle Pei said that when the medical center opens, we can use his name to hang it under the name of the Thai Heng Chamber of Commerce. At that time, it will be cheaper to buy medicine than outside and the higher-ups will take care of us."
Yu Shu nodded. "Aunt Huei, do you have enough money? I have a thousand taels of silver to spare. If it's not enough, you can use it first."
She was talking about the hush money that the Xia Jiang family had given her. It was still in storage and hadn't used much.
Zhao Hui was shocked. "Where did you get that much money?"
"Naturally, I earned it." Yu Shu thought of it as a debt to repay her for saving Xia Mingming. When she thought of Xia Mingming, she was a bit distracted. She didn't know if she was doing well or if she had returned to Jiangnan.
Zhao Hui didn't want Yu Shu's money. "Don't worry, there's enough money. I asked for the Dou family's property and sold most of it. In addition to the five hundred taels you left behind before you left, it's more than enough to open a medical center."
Zhao Hui told her to put the money away and went to the back room to find a metal money box for her to store.
Kim Bao had been sleeping in Yu Xiaoxiu's pocket. Yu Shu was afraid that it would scare Zhao Hui, so she didn't let it show its head. However, when the little guy woke up, it was hungry and started to squeak. Zhao Hui heard it and asked them suspiciously, "Why do I hear the sound of a mouse? Do you hear it?"
Yu Xiaoxiu looked at Yu Shu. Yu Shu thought for a moment and decided to give Zhao Hui a heads-up first, in case Kim Bao ran around the room and scared her.
"Aunt Huei, it's not a mouse. It's a little thing that Xiaoxiu and I raised. It looks like a mouse." Yu Shu prepared Zhao Hui's mind before she reached out and asked for Kim Bao from Yu Xiaoxiu. She held it out for Zhao Hui to see. She combed Kim Bao's soft back hair with her fingers and let it lie obediently on her palm.
"Ah! Isn't, isn't this a mouse? "Zhao Hui pointed at Kim Bao, who was licking its paws in Yu Shu's hand in surprise.
"It's not a mouse," Yu Xiaoxiu defended Kim Bao. "Its name is Kim Bao. Kim Bao is much cleaner than a mouse. My sister and I give it a bath every two or three days. It followed us from Yiyang to the capital. It's good and obedient."
Kim Bao didn't know if it heard that Yu Xiaoxiu was praising it. The tip of its ears twitched alertly, and it stood up from Yu Shu's palm. Its two little paws were crossed in front of its chest, and a pair of black eyes looked at Zhao Hui. The dark circles under its eyes made it look silly.
Zhao Hui giggled and looked at it with interest. She wasn't afraid. Instead, she asked Yu Xiaoxiu what it usually ate, where it slept, and other questions. Obviously, she had accepted such a little guy living in their house.
Yu Shu chatted with Zhao Hui for a while. Seeing that she was tired, she let her go back to bed to rest. She took Yu Xiaoxiu back to the room to tidy up its clothes and find some food for Kim Bao. When they went out to the yard, she didn't forget to poke Kim Bao's head and point to Zhao Hui's room to warn it, "Don't run over there, and don't climb onto the bed in that room. Do you hear me?"
Kim Bao chirped twice. It wasn't clear if it understood, or if it was annoyed by Yu Shu.
Yu Shu experienced the first advantage of living with Zhao Hui that night. When it was time to eat, she didn't need to light the fire or cook the stove. Someone had prepared the food in advance and called her to eat.
Jing Chen was a male guest. He Fangzhi was not at home, so it was inconvenient for him to sit at the same table with them. Zhao Hui asked the manservant to send the food to his room. After the meal, Yu Shu asked Yu Xiaoxiu to stay with Zhao Hui and talked to her. She went out of the dining room and went to the west wing.
There were several rooms in the yard, and the layout was similar. Each house had two rooms, a small living room and a side bedroom. There was a thick cotton curtain hanging at the door to keep out the wind and cold. Yu Shu entered the room. Jing Chen just put down the bowl. There were three dishes and one soup on the table. They were all vegetarian dishes that Yu Shu had specially told Zhao Hui.
"Are you done eating?"
"Yes."
Yu Shu walked around the room and touched a painting on the wall. She turned her head to Jing Chen and said, "When Doctor He comes back, I'll ask him to examine your body. Is that okay?"
Jing Chen said, "Haven't I already recovered?"
Yu Shu shook her head and said, "I'm not talking about the injuries on your body, but — — you've lost your memory for so long. There must be something wrong with you that's why you're not feeling well. Doctor He has three generations of medical practitioners. His medical skills are excellent. Other doctors might not be able to see the problem, but maybe he can."
It was because she was chatting with Zhao Hui today that she suddenly had the idea to ask He Fangzhi to treat Jing Chen. Originally, Yu Shu did not want too many people to know about Jing Chen's memory loss. However, if she could help him recover his memory, it would not be a big deal to keep it a secret.
Back when Zhao Hui's head was bleeding profusely and she was pulled back from the gates of hell by He Fangzhi, Yu Shu realized that Doctor He was not an ordinary doctor. Jing Chen's memory loss could be considered a problem with his head. Coincidentally, He Fangzhi was an expert in this field. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, she felt that Doctor He should give Jing Chen a good checkup.
When Jing Chen heard that there was hope for his memory loss, he was overjoyed. "It would be best if it could be cured."
As time went by, Jing Chen's desire to recover his memory grew stronger. He wanted to know where he came from, who he was being persecuted, and who he was. He also wanted to remember who he was, and how he met Xiaoyu.
Seeing how happy he was, Yu Shu could not help but pour cold water on him. "That's good, but aren't you afraid that you'll remember some unpleasant things after you remember them? That'll make you even more distressed?"
Jing Chen's gaze shifted slightly. He raised his head to look at her and smiled. "No matter what, I want to remember."
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