A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 344 Si Yao is late to realize

Si Yao and Xiao Lu stayed at the Liu family in Xucheng for four or five days. Madam Liu often pulled Si Yao aside to confide her deepest feelings, because she had been a widow for more than ten years and had raised four children alone. No one could understand the pain and suffering she had experienced along the way and she had nowhere to tell. The first time she met a female doctor like Si Yao, she naturally opened her heart and told her about the difficulties she had experienced over the years.

During this period, Liu Ziyang tried every means to please Si Yao. He searched for medical books and rare medicines for her every day, or asked people to find some famous doctors to discuss medical cases with her. As for Si Yao's doubts, he just made the excuse that he happened to meet her outside and brought her back.

If it was just Mrs. Liu's worry, she would not be able to keep Si Yao for long. However, she was obsessed with medicine and when she saw the medical books and rare medicines brought back by Liu Ziyang and several insightful doctors, she was reluctant to leave, so she stayed for a few more days without realizing it.

Xiaolu was extremely anxious as he watched Sister Si Yao gradually fall into the trap carefully designed by the mother and son of the Liu family. However, he also knew that Sister Si Yao's energy was now focused on the medical books that were piling up like a mountain in her room, and she didn't even have time to speak to him.

"Uncle, do you know what kind of family the Liu family is in Xucheng?" Early in the morning of that day, Xiaolu slipped out of the Liu Mansion alone and wandered on the street for a long time before he found a noodle stall not far from the Liu Mansion and ordered a bowl of noodles. Then he asked the stall owner curiously.

Although he knew that the Liu family was a family of scholars, he was surprised that Liu Ziyang had found so many medical books and rare medicines in just a few days, and the doctors he invited all had real skills. Xiaolu naturally suspected that the Liu family was not as simple as it seemed. In order not to arouse Liu Ziyang's vigilance, he ran outside to inquire.

"The Liu family in the north of Xucheng? Oh, their ancestors have been smoking cigarettes!" The stall owner who was cooking noodles became excited when he heard Xiaolu asking about the Liu family, and smiled with envy on his face.

"What's that smoke?" Xiaolu still didn't understand what the stall owner meant, so he continued to ask curiously.

"The Liu family rarely advertises outside, and you are from another place, so naturally you don't know about it." The stall owner smiled heartily, and then he said, "The Liu family is a real scholarly official family in this Lanwu land. I heard that when Mr. Liu was alive in his early years, he was a high-ranking official in the capital. Unfortunately, he died suddenly due to illness. The Liu family carried the coffin back to his hometown. After three years of mourning, Mrs. Liu dragged her four children and stayed in her hometown in Xucheng. But Mrs. Liu was also courageous. She raised the four children alone with the meager family property left by Mr. Liu. More than ten years have passed in a flash. Now, Mr. Liu has been an official in the court for many years, and Mr. Liu is also teaching in a large academy in Jiangnan. Although Miss Liu married far away, I heard that her husband's family is also a scholarly family for generations, so they are well matched. Only Mr. Liu has just come of age this year and is loved by Mrs. Liu, so he still stays by her side to fulfill his filial piety."

As he was talking, the stall owner had already placed a bowl of hot noodle soup in front of Xiaolu, and then reminded him: "Be careful, it's hot!"

"Thank you, old man." After hearing what the noodle stall owner said, Xiaolu suddenly realized. No wonder Liu Ziyang had such ability.

Although Xiaolu firmly believed that Sister Si Yao would never fall for a weak, pretentious pretty boy like Liu Ziyang, the Liu family was a powerful official family after all, and the local minor officials might even curry favor with the Liu family. In addition, Liu Ziyang was quite scheming, so he was afraid that if Sister Si Yao continued to stay, she would have difficulty getting away.

Thinking of this, Xiaolu no longer had the appetite to eat noodles. He hastily put down the money and rushed back to Liu Mansion. No matter what, he had to get Si Yao away from that wolf's den.

"Are my noodles so bad?" The noodle stall owner muttered with a disappointed look on his face when he saw the customer hurriedly leaving after taking only two bites of noodles.

When Xiaolu returned to Liu Mansion to look for Si Yao, she had happened to have been invited by Liu Ziyang to have breakfast in the backyard garden.

After the Waking of Insects, all things come back to life, the whole garden is already covered with lush greenery, and the temperature is gradually rising.

"You are a doctor, you should know the way to balance work and rest. You lock yourself in the room every day to read medical books. How can your body bear it in the long run?" Under the pavilion in the garden, after Liu Ziyang sent the servants away, he personally placed a bowl of bird's nest porridge in front of Si Yao and advised softly.

"I don't eat bird's nests." Si Yao then put the bird's nest back in front of Liu Ziyang, picked up a piece of steamed bun from the plate, and said in a calm voice: "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your concern for Si Yao."

"Si Yao, do you know what I admire most about you?" Looking at the bird's nest porridge returned by Si Yao, Liu Ziyang's handsome face showed a gentle smile, and then raised his eyes and looked at Si Yao infatuatedly and continued: "You are open and honest, consistent in your words and deeds, and you can directly say whether you like or dislike something. I can't do this, so I admire you."

"Mr. Liu, you are too kind. Everyone in this world lives in a different place, and naturally has a different state of mind. Some people can live as they please, but some people have to walk on thin ice for half their lives. What's more, Si Yao is not always consistent. Sometimes I lie to patients, and I become cautious in front of the powerful to protect myself." Liu Ziyang's words made Si Yao lower her eyes and shook her head disapprovingly, smiling faintly.

"Yes, there are thousands of people in this world, and everyone has his own way of living." Liu Ziyang also murmured and laughed, then suddenly he boldly looked at Si Yao affectionately and asked seriously: "Si Yao, what do you think of this Liu Mansion?"

"The front yard is antique and the backyard is pleasant. Such a quiet house is suitable for Madam Liu to recuperate." Si Yao looked around the garden and nodded in response.

"What about you? Do you like it?" Liu Ziyang continued to ask.

"I like the world outside." Si Yao said casually and turned around, but suddenly met Liu Ziyang's affectionate eyes. She was slightly stunned for a moment, and then she realized that it turned out that Mr. Liu's attentiveness to her during this period was not because of his mother.

"Si Yao..."

"Sister Siyao!"

Liu Ziyang was about to continue speaking, but was interrupted by the sudden appearance of the path. He lowered his eyes in disappointment, with a hint of anger in his eyes.

"Thank you for your hospitality today, Mr. Liu. I'm full. Please enjoy your meal." Si Yao was just regretting her slowness in noticing the meal, when luckily Xiaolu came and resolved the awkward moment. She stood up, bowed to Liu Ziyang and said goodbye, then left with Xiaolu.

Liu Ziyang clenched his hands on the table into fists. At this moment, he seemed to have made a decision, his eyes were firm yet terrifying.

"Sister Si Yao, we have been in the Liu Mansion for almost half a month. It's time to leave." Xiao Lu whispered to Si Yao after she followed her out of the garden.

"Okay, I'll go say goodbye to Madam Liu right now." Si Yao responded without hesitation.

Xiao Lu was surprised and happy at Sister Si Yao's sudden change. He thought she was going to use the unfinished medical book as an excuse to make him wait for another two days.