Chapter 38

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Going our separate ways

For someone to make Yu Qingluo wish she could be as far away as possible from them and no longer contact them in this life this much, she could say that he was worthy of being Nannan’s father. Luckily, she had already fully grasped how this father and son duo normally conducted themselves, Nannan’s big temper had obviously all been inherited from him, she had no doubts about it.

Ye Xiudu secretly let out a breath, his expression returning to normal.

When he turned his body back to face Yu Qingluo, he noticed that she was staring intensely in his direction, so he avoided her line of sight with a hint of awkwardness, saying: “Who is this enemy of yours?”

“This is my problem.” Yu Qingluo sneered, bringing a hand over her face to massage the spots in her jaw that were sore from all the pinching from before while pouring herself a cup of tea with her other hand. Only now she was able to stifle all the anger she felt from his brutish actions.

She must not anger herself further, after all, to be angry with Ye Xiudu, this thick-skinned man who seemed to have no bottom line and that on top of this was still Nannan’s father, would only bring her more bitterness and suffering.

After letting out a breath she lifted her eyes and noticed that Ye Xiudu’s expression had once again turned bad. So hurriedly, she carried on explaining herself: “I’m going to be clear with you. The only reason I came here today was to draw out an enemy of mine. I didn’t hide it (TL: her identity as the GD) from you guys on purpose, we are, after all, only strangers whose ways crossed by chance. We are not even close enough to be considered friends. I only intended to help you recover from your wound, and Peng Ying from his poisoning, and be properly rewarded for my service. Afterwards, we’ll turn back into being strangers and go on our separate ways. The relationship we have is only a contractual one, based both on benefit and the employment of my services.”

Finishing her speech, she once again poured a cup of hot water and drunk a few sips to moisturize her throat, feeling that the sensation of the liquid descending was very soothing.

Only then she continued her explanation: “Since we’ll no longer have any contact in the future, who I am or who you are isn’t something necessary for us to know. Moreover, your goal in coming here today was only to have your condition assessed by the Ghost Doctor, but your treatment has been under my care right from the start. Therefore, even if you were unable to see the Ghost Doctor today, no harm would come to you. You can even consider it as you sending the Ghost Doctor to the tavern and taking a stroll outside your residence to sunbathe a little. Or maybe an additional payment you provided for the treatment I gave you before, also…”

But as Yu Qingluo spoke, her voice became lower and lower because she was able to see that as her explanation progressed, Xiudu’s expression seemed to be covered in black clouds, just like a storm was brewing underneath his stillness. She couldn’t hold herself from gulping a mouthful of saliva and going back to thinking about the possibility of running out through the window.

She already explained it all so clearly, so what the hell he wasn’t satisfied with?

“To go our separate ways? To turn back into strangers?” Ye Xiudu stared at her fixedly, speaking word by word as if he was seeking confirmation.

Yu Qingluo nodded slightly; had she mispronounced something?

Actually, if it wasn’t for those 15 million taels, she’d already have taken Nannan and left without a trace. Otherwise, why would she stay by his side to help him recover when she would have to risk having Nannan’s identity being uncovered by him?

Ye Xiudu felt like this woman’s words set alight a fire in his chest, that burned more and more fiercely to the point that it seemed as if it would burn away all the rationality he prided himself in.

“…” Yu Qingluo closed her eyes shut, tactfully. She could see that Ye Xiudu seemed to be enraged. She felt that if she opened her mouth again, she might not be able to prevent her jaw from being dislocated by him this time and it was even harder to say if she would ever be able to get her hands on the money he owed her.

Yup, it was better to shut up.

However, this brief moment of silence ended up lasting almost an hour.

Ye Xiudu didn’t open his mouth to say another word and Yu Qingluo also tried to erase her sense of existence, it was very tactful… ‘pretending to be dead’.

In fact, this went on until there was a sound of knocking on the door “The next patient is here.”

Yu Qingluo’s lips moved slightly, looking in Ye Xiudu’s direction she said: “It’s late, how about you go back first?”

Ye Xiudu glanced at her but kept himself on his sit, without moving an inch.

“Those who are coming from outside are all patients and we want to uphold a doctor’s good heart and benevolence to all humankind. So we cannot drag on their suffering and postpone their consultations, right?”

Ye Xiudu’s expression turned into one of cold mockery. This time he stood up and directly moved to sit in the beauty recliner[1] she was sitting before, closing his eyes and reclining on it with a natural indolent manner. Resting with his eyes shut.

“…” Yu Qingluo’s fingers gripped tightly around the thick and delicate tablecloth. ‘Bear with it. It’s all for those 15 million. So just bear with it.’

“Bring the patient in.” Yu Qingluo opened the room’s door, conveying this brief command to Jin Liuli outside.

The latter was extremely curious. Could it be that the master of the Mo resident left? Listening to Nannan’s words, it seemed that he was surnamed Ye. ‘Tsk, tsk.’ She was very curious to know what the hell happened inside of the room where they stayed shut inside for such a long time.

But Nannan, that stinky brat could only say “I don’t know” to any question she tried asking. It was all a hopeless endeavour right from the start.

Yu Qingluo saw her sticking her head around full of curiosity and sneered. Resting her body against the door frame she asked: “Do you want me to invite you for a cup of tea? And while at that, shouldn’t we settle some accounts? How about making it clear why the number 3 was put inside the ballot box and taken out by you in such a timely manner?”

“Cough…” Jin Liuli changed into a proper standing posture, seriously opening her mouth to say: “The next patient has already arrived and is waiting for you outside, I’m going to go and bring her in.”

After speaking, she had already taken three steps back and, under Yu Qingluo’s cold gaze, turned around to walk quickly in the direction of the small arched door.

Although Jin Liuli’s skills were higher than her’s. She had nothing on Yu Qingluo’s shameless scheming abilities as well as her tendency of settling old scores[2] and destroying a bridge after crossing the river[3]. It would be better for her if she just honestly went out and brought the patient in.

Jin Liuli fixed her expression into a more natural one and leisurely moved towards the small arched door, where, on the opposite side of it, stood two women. With a smile, she said: “Who among you is the patient? Follow me.”

“Can’t we go together? Shopkeeper Jin, my younger sister is afraid of strangers. If I don’t accompany her to go she’ll be scared. You can relax, I’ll just stay quietly by the sidelines, I won’t bother the Ghost Doctor’s examination of my sister.”

Jin Liuli’s eyes quickly swept over her figure. Deep in her eyes (JLL), there was a hint of mockery. ‘This woman’s breathing was steady and her movement on the way here, graceful and relaxed. It seemed that her martial skills weren’t low.’

As for the woman by her side, whom she called ‘younger sister’, she indeed had a timid and cowardly demeanour and she might be able to pass herself as someone who was truly scared of strangers. These two people seem to be quite the tricky ones.

Sizing them up with her eyes, the arch in Jin Liuli’s lips deepened. “I’m sorry, these are the Ghost Doctor’s rules. I’m also helpless about it. I ask you, miss, to wait here for a moment. You can rest your mind, I’ll be accompanying your younger sister all the way. I won’t let her be alone with other people.”

After the woman heard Jin Liuli’s words, her brows frowned slightly. Her eyes flashed with killing intent, but seeing that Jin Liuli was looking over, it all completely vanished in the next second. She had no other option but to agree: “Since that is the case, then I can only bother Shopkeeper Jin to do so.”

Finishing her sentence, she once again exhorted repeatedly her ‘little sister’, saying words like “Don’t be afraid.”, “Just remember what I told you before and it’ll all be alright.” and “You also want to recover from your wounds as soon as possible, right?”.

After speaking, her fingers suddenly went slightly behind her little sister’s body. (TL: It wasn’t very clear in the raws as well, but I can imagine that she must have either pinched her or held on her wound – if her little sister’s hands were placed behind her body… anyway. It’s a painful sort of threat)

The ‘little sister’ stifled a groan, and shiveringly agreed.

Jin Liuli raised an eyebrow, still smiling with poise, then led the ‘little sister’ to enter Yu Qingluo’s room.

When she arrived at the door, she quickly took a blindfold and put it over the woman’s eyes, then opened the door and led the person over.

Yu Qingluo raised her head and was stunned on the spot. She then quickly glanced at Ye Xiudu over the Beauty Recliner.

How could it be… Wu Dong?

Translated by C, The Apostle of Coffee

Edited by NoveLeo, Life is a Drama

Translator’s Notes

[1] 美人榻 – beauty recliner. I prefer to just let the image speak for itself.

[2] This is also an idiom ‘秋后算账’ but I already translated in the meaning it is supposed to give, contrary to the next idiom. But basically, It means that Yu Qingluo is good at ‘taking revenge against others as soon as the moment presents itself.’

[3] Meaning ‘to abandon a benefactor after getting the benefits.’ I believe I explained this one before.