There would always be people close to the Chen Family who would know about Madam Chen, and people close to the Chen Family's servants would also know. Therefore, the news of Chuji Teahouse being able to catch monsters and exorcise ghosts spread in a certain area.
If there was one, there would be two. If there was two, there would be three. As soon as Chu Xiang opened, there were people who came to ask for help. There were monsters, ghosts, and evil spirits. With Chu Xiang and Li Yufeng working together, there was nothing they could do. Their fame spread even more, and their business flourished. They had a firm foothold in the capital.
Bai Yi and Bai You's medical skills were superb. After Madam Chen recovered, she introduced them to her good friends. These people introduced them to other people they were familiar with. They gradually had their own connections and opened up the circle of officials and nobles, earning a lot.
Bai Yi now had time and did not go home often. She liked to go to the teahouse to find Chu Xiang. She felt that it was more interesting to catch monsters and exorcise ghosts with Chu Xiang.
One day, she was laughing with Chu Xiang on the third floor when she saw Zhuang Yulang enter the teahouse with several students. Bai Yi smiled: "Sister, does Big Brother Zhuang come often? Those people seem to have a good relationship with him. "
Chu Xiang nodded, "He comes often and likes to treat people. Those people are naturally willing to go with him."
Bai Yi felt that something was wrong, "En? Aren't they together for poems? "
Chu Xiang looked at the book in her hand and raised her eyebrows: "Poems? Yes, it is true when other people gather. Your Big Brother Zhuang … … seems to be much weaker in this aspect. If he didn't have a lot of money, they might not be willing to play with him. "
This made Bai Yi very surprised. She had heard praises of Zhuang Yulang in the town before. What genius? He was able to pass the imperial examinations at such a young age. This was a height that many people could not reach in their lifetime. She had always thought that Zhuang Yulang was very powerful. Why did he need to treat people to get together with other students?
She did not show up and quietly hid to see the situation with Zhuang Yulang. Chu Xiang saw this and curiously asked: "What are you doing?"
Bai Yi pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "I want to know what he's like outside. I feel like … the him I know isn't the real him. I want to know everything about him."
"Hmm, sure. Actually, I think you should turn into a fox when you have time and get close to him to see what he's like in private." Chu Xiang's lips curled into a smile. She did not feel that she was teaching her younger sister bad things.
Bai Yi was puzzled. "In private? When I was a fox, he often treated me, Bai Yi, very well. Mother worked hard, and I wanted to take the exam and become an official to repay mother. Oh, right, and he didn't pocket the money he picked up. He was very kind and sincere, and he liked me very much. That's all. "
Chu Xiang looked up at her. "Silly sister, a person's heart is fickle. Why don't you use this ability? Anyway, if he likes you in private, you can enjoy it happily. It's not a bad thing. "
Bai Yi hesitated for a moment and was surprised to find that she was hesitating. Since when did she not trust Zhuang Yulang so much? She didn't even notice it. This was not a good sign. She took a deep breath and nodded. "Sister, you're right. Instead of making wild guesses, it's better to know more about him."
Zhuang Yulang's performance in this poetry competition was just like Chu Xiang's. There was nothing outstanding about it. And because a young master joined this time, the young master didn't spoil Zhuang Yulang and didn't care if he invited him or not. He ridiculed Zhuang Yulang's poem in front of everyone, making Zhuang Yulang embarrassed.
Bai Yi saw Zhuang Yulang's face turn red and leave in shame. She stood up angrily. "Who is this person? How can he be so rude? "
Chu Xiang nodded in agreement. "It's very rude. Even if the poem is really not good, you can just point it out. Why ridicule him? What are you going to do? "
Bai Yi was just about to teach that person a lesson, but after hearing Chu Xiang's words, she thought about it and calmed down. "It's just a small matter to make him be rude. If I hit him too hard, he will be like Miss Jiang. I can't be like this."
Bai Yi shook her head and thought seriously for a while. Finally, when the young master got up to leave, she moved her finger and made him slip and fall on the threshold!
The servant of the young master quickly helped him up and quickly left. Bai Yi laughed and said, "Sister, did you see his face just now? It's red. He also knows how to lose face. "
Chu Xiang laughed and said, "Okay, an eye for an eye. Go and see your Brother Zhuang."
"En, I'll buy a roast goose. He likes to eat it the most. Sister, I'm leaving. You go out and do things carefully. If you meet a powerful person, you must call me. I'll help you. "
"Okay, go quickly."
Chu Xiang watched Bai Yi run out happily and shook her head with a smile. She said to Li Yufeng, "She's still a girl. She should be coaxed and played with. Every time she works so hard to repay a favor, it's really a big loss."
Li Yufeng put down the book and walked to her side. He joked, "With such a powerful sister like you, it's not certain who will suffer a big loss. If Bai Yi didn't have you, what would she do? She might have been skinned alive. "
"Impossible, you think too highly of her." Chu Xiang held her chin and laughed. "Have you heard the story of two snake demons? One green and one white, they also went down the mountain to repay a favor. Humans and demons have different paths. Of course, they will cause a lot of trouble when they just enter the world. The biggest advantage of having a high cultivation is that even if you cause trouble, you have the ability to calm it down. Then, you can learn from your mistakes and slowly grow up. Only then can you truly understand that Bai Yi has me in the world. It's just that the process of climbing up and rolling up is omitted. You won't be so ruthless and punished so heavily. "
Li Yufeng sat across from her thoughtfully and looked at her. "I really haven't heard such a story. Why don't you tell me? What kind of trouble did they cause? "
Bai Suzhen and Qing had caused a lot of trouble. The Demon Realm was originally a place where the strong were respected. They were very powerful. When they entered the world of ordinary people, it was easy for them to do bad things with good intentions. If they were angry and fought with people, the destructive power would be even more amazing. They could even do something like flooding the Jinshan Temple.
Demons did as they pleased. They always had to suffer losses and be injured before they could learn the rules of the human world little by little. In Chu Xiang's view, Bai Yi grew faster than the green snake and the white snake. She was different from those who were silly and sweet in love. She just needed a little more time. After all, it was the first awakening of love, and he was also the benefactor who saved her life. To believe that this man was not so good and to give up, it would take time to accept.
Chu Xiang told the story of the green snake and the white snake to Li Yufeng. After listening, Li Yufeng was silent for a while before saying, "If you are not strong enough, you will be attacked by others. If you want to be free, you not only need strength, but also power. "
Chu Xiang raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Why does it sound like you want to do something big?"
Li Yufeng smiled and held her hand that was on the table. "Then I can't be idle. At the very least, I have to give you no reason to despise me. Seeing you dislike Zhuang Yulang, I feel a sense of urgency. I can't be a man that you don't like. "
"Then go and do it. I'm waiting to see you do something big." Chu Xiang was really looking forward to it. She felt that he was a little mysterious. She didn't know what he wanted to do.
From then on, Li Yufeng often went out. When he came back, he was not idle. He studied very hard. But every time Chu Xiang went to subdue demons and ghosts, he would still follow. Chu Xiang was a demon. When she went out to do this kind of thing, he was afraid that she would meet powerful and scattered Taoists. He couldn't be at ease if he didn't follow.
The two of them were busy. Bai Yi didn't want to trouble them, so she went to find Bai You. Anyway, Bai You was always with her. It was convenient.
When she was treating Mrs. Chen, she asked a lot of things about the evil ghost husband. They were both poor students. The man and Zhuang Yulang had many similarities. When Bai Yi heard about the man, she felt as if she saw Zhuang Yulang's future. Although Zhuang Yulang didn't show a bad character, she was still affected.
She couldn't help but be like Chu Xiang. She turned into a fox and stayed by Zhuang Yulang's side. Of course, Zhuang Yulang wouldn't guard against a fox. So after Bai Yi stayed for a few days, she finally saw a side she had never seen before. Zhuang Yulang broke the teacup and cursed those who mocked him in the room. He cursed very fiercely.
She was shocked. What was going on? Wasn't Zhuang Yulang very peaceful and happy when he was alone before? Why was he like this in the room now?
She didn't want to think of her benefactor in a bad way. She released her spiritual power and slowly calmed Zhuang Yulang's violent mood. Zhuang Yulang gradually calmed down and sat back at the table. He picked up the book and found that his mind was much clearer. He could read, so he started to read.
Seeing this, Bai Yi was convinced. He just suddenly came to the capital and was under too much pressure. Didn't he study hard? She could still help in this regard. As long as she cleared his heart, he could concentrate on reading. She used her spiritual power to clear his mind, and he could remember things faster.
So Bai Yi didn't go to the shop often. She gave the shop to Bai You, and she stayed at home. When Zhuang Yulang was reading, she helped him grind the ink, pour tea, and fan him. In fact, she had been using her spiritual power to help him, so that he could read more easily and the room was much more comfortable.
Although Zhuang Yulang didn't know what she did, he was very comfortable with her. Of course, he was happy. When he was in a good mood, he relaxed when he played with the fox in private and became as gentle as before.
Zhuang Liushi was not happy. Her son was studying well. Why did Bai Yi always go in? Wasn't this disturbing her son's business? The more she looked at Bai Yi, the more unpleasant she felt. She felt that Bai Yi just wanted to hook up with her son and make trouble. Every time she beat Bai Yi and let her go to the shop to work.
Bai Yi didn't take her seriously, but her nagging every day made Zhuang Yulang very annoyed. He simply asked Bai Yi not to study with him. In order to let him read with a clear mind, Bai Yi had to turn into a fox and go into the room to help him. It was very good. She could get along with him from time to time. Seeing that his homework was better, she was happy for him.
However, this method was only a temporary solution. Zhuang Yulang just calmed his mind and concentrated more. But good poetry could not be made by calming his mind and concentrating. After he was once again ridiculed at a poetry gathering, he returned home and slammed the door shut. He hid in his room and drank alone, giving up on himself.
Bai Yi was very anxious. After knocking on the door for a long time and not getting a response, she ran out and turned into a fox. When Zhuang Liushi saw her go out, she thought she didn't care about Zhuang Yulang and couldn't help but curse. Bai Yi didn't have time to pay attention to her. When she entered the room, she jumped into Zhuang Yulang's arms and tried to comfort him.
Zhuang Yulang hugged the white fox and laughed at himself while drinking. "Only you don't dislike me. You have always treated me as your master. Wherever I go, you follow me. Xue 'er, I'm useless. I'm too useless. What top scorer? I can't even pass the Jinshi exam! I'm not a scholar at all. It's my luck to pass the exam. What about this exam? If I can't pass the exam, my mother will be disappointed, Bai Yi will be disappointed, others will laugh at me, and I will look down on myself. Oh, that godly doctor can make me the prime minister. How can I? How can I? He, Bai Yi, can help me be the prime minister. How can you and I be the prime minister? "
Bai Yi anxiously comforted him, but it was no use. She had never seen him so depressed. It was as if he had lost all hope. Was the imperial exam really so important?
But she didn't understand essays or poetry. She couldn't help him. Bai You had the ability to help him become the prime minister. How could she help? She sent a sound transmission to Bai You next door. [Bai You, tell me quickly. What can I do to help Brother Zhuang?]
Bai You replied. [I can't disclose it. I've already done too much. I can't do more.]
Bai Yi also knew that she couldn't disclose too much about this kind of thing. Bai You was not here, so she couldn't ask. She anxiously thought of various ways, but rejected them one by one. She could not steal the questions, nor could she steal the poems. She could not make Zhuang Yulang smarter and more knowledgeable. The final exam was coming soon. How could she help him?
Could it be that she saved some important person and made Zhuang Yulang an official? But the medicine shop had been open for so long. The highest official she had contacted was only a second-rank official. It was impossible to make Zhuang Yulang an official directly.
Many thoughts turned in Bai Yi's head. Zhuang Yulang drank a bottle of wine, pinched Bai Yi's neck, and put her on the table. Bai Yi suddenly remembered that she was wearing something on her neck. It was the snow lotus pill that Chu Xiang had refined for her!
The snow lotus pill was very rare. Cultivators who were seriously injured could quickly recover after taking it. The effect was even greater for ordinary people. It was not an exaggeration to say that they would be reborn. A snow lotus pill could make Zhuang Yulang smart!
Bai Yi happily jumped on the table. She wanted to dissolve the snow lotus pill into the tea for Zhuang Yulang to drink. Just as she was about to put it in, she paused, turned around, and ran out.
Bai Yi turned back into a human in a place without any mercy. She held the snow lotus pill in her hand. She didn't know what was wrong with her. Just as she was about to put the pill in, she suddenly didn't want to do this kind of nameless thing. She wanted Zhuang Yulang to know what she had done for him.
This was a snow lotus pill. It was something very important to her. She was willing to give it to Zhuang Yulang, but she wanted him to know that it was she who gave it to him.
Bai You went out to the medicine shop. When she saw her holding the snow lotus pill in the alley, she immediately went to the teahouse to find Chu Xiang.
"Sister Xiang, the snow lotus pill is so precious. If Bai Yi gives it to Zhuang Yulang, then if she gets injured in the future, she won't have such a good pill. Moreover, the snow lotus pill can also remove the heart demon when Bai Yi advances. She shouldn't give it to Zhuang Yulang. "
Bai You thought that Chu Xiang would stop Bai Yi, but Chu Xiang didn't raise her head. She looked at the book and said, "That snow lotus pill is hers. She can give it to whoever she wants. When a child grows up, of course, she has to understand the price she has to pay. If she wants to pay, she can pay. In the future, she has to bear the price herself. There's nothing wrong with that, right? "
Bai You opened her mouth and found that she couldn't refute. Yes, that snow lotus pill was very precious, but Zhuang Yulang had saved Bai Yi's life. Even if Bai Yi didn't do it for love, it was not wrong to give him the snow lotus pill to repay his kindness. Although he didn't like Zhuang Yulang, Zhuang Yulang's kindness to Bai Yi couldn't be changed.
For the first time, he felt regret. That day, he went to pick herbs nearby. Why didn't he go forward and meet Chu Xiang and Bai Yi? If he went forward, what would Zhuang Yulang have to do with him?? How could he let this kindness bind Bai Yi to the point where she couldn't move?
Bai You sighed and left the teahouse. Chu Xiang looked up at his back. She tilted her head and said to Li Yufeng, "Does he care too much about Bai Yi?"
Li Yufeng smiled and said, "Isn't that normal? The two of them are together. It would be strange if he didn't care. Bai Yi may be the person Bai You has been with for the longest time in hundreds of years. "
Chu Xiang shrugged, "It's good. Bai You is a good person. With him caring for Bai Yi, I can rest assured."
"Why do I feel like you're looking at your brother-in-law? Bai You passed it so easily? "
"That's not it. I don't care about this. They can do whatever they want. I'm not looking for a man."
Li Yufeng couldn't help laughing, "Does anyone believe you? If you don't care, maybe Bai Yi will marry into the Zhuang family now. "
Chu Xiang threw away the book and said with a smile, "It's not good to lack a good man. I don't care about a good man. Let's see if Bai Yi likes him or not. Well, I'm going out. I won't come back for dinner tonight. "
Li Yufeng looked puzzled. He got up and looked at her, "Where are you going? No one came to ask for help today. "
"Buddha says: No." Chu Xiang stretched out her index finger and shook it in front of him. She chuckled and went downstairs.
Li Yufeng was very curious about what she was going to do. Recently, she often went out alone. But Chu Xiang didn't go, so he didn't ask and didn't follow. He looked at the book in his hand, thought for a while, and left the teahouse after telling the shopkeeper.
The two of them did their own things. When they returned home, it was already very late. Usually, Zhuang Liushi and the others were all asleep. But today, they were so excited that they made a table of good wine and good dishes, waiting for them to celebrate.
Zhuang Liushi didn't know why, but Zhuang Yulang's face was full of joy. Chu Xiang sent a sound transmission to Bai Yi, [Give him the Snow Lotus Pill, and your kindness will be repaid.]
[Sister, I …] Bai Yi looked embarrassed. She felt a little guilty for giving Zhuang Yulang the Snow Lotus Pill that Chu Xiang gave her.
Chu Xiang sat down and ate with them. She didn't care and said, [It's just a small matter. Why do you look like this? But you have to remember that you don't owe him anything. It's like being reborn. Your repayment to him doesn't belong to his kindness of saving you. You have to know that he was just kind at that time. He didn't save you specifically.]
Bai Yi listened carefully and agreed with Chu Xiang's words. [I know, sister. He and I … don't owe each other anything. In the future, he will no longer be my benefactor.]
[That's right. You'll be happy when you do what you want to do. As long as you're happy, even if you give him your cultivation, it doesn't matter. But don't be unhappy after doing something. What's the point?]
Li Yufeng also said, [Listen to your sister. Make yourself happy at all times. Otherwise, why do we cultivate so hard?]
[En, I'll remember.] Bai Yi solemnly agreed. This was not the first time she heard them say this, but it was the first time she agreed with them from the bottom of her heart. She cultivated so hard to be free and happy. If she did something that made her unhappy, why would she do it?
Bai Yi looked at Zhuang Yulang. Seeing Zhuang Yulang so happy, she inexplicably felt relieved. Didn't she follow her benefactor to repay his kindness? It turned out that repaying his kindness was so simple. She just needed to satisfy his wish. This seemed very simple to her. It wasn't as difficult as she thought. The fate of gratitude was also not as tangled as the fate of those seniors.
Bai Yi held the pot and poured wine for Chu Xiang. When she drank with Chu Xiang, a sincere smile appeared on her face.
She was very grateful to Zhuang Yulang for saving her life, but she was really grateful to Chu Xiang for always being by her side. She reminded her, took care of her, and taught her. To have such a good sister in this life, she was really lucky.
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