A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 154 Fear of the Truth

"I'm sorry, Sister Siyao."

Xiaolu sent Si Yao, who was knocked unconscious by him, back to the room. Before leaving, he bowed and apologized to Si Yao, who was lying on the bed.

Afterwards, he just left Si Yao's room and ran into Mr. Xiu Ming at the corner:

"Xiaolu, have you seen Si Yao?"

"Sir, Miss Yao should be in the study." Xiaolu bowed to Xiuming, lowered his head guiltily and replied.

"I didn't see her in the study. By the way, what happened to Guo Ying? I just saw her running back to her room crying, and she ignored me when I asked her." Xiu Ming frowned on his elegant and gentle face. He followed his master's instructions and asked the medicine boy in the village not to make public what happened today. He went to the study but didn't see his junior sister. When he was looking for her everywhere, he ran into Guo Ying running back from the back mountain crying, which made him puzzled.

"Well, I'll go take a look." Xiaolu took this opportunity to slip away.

"Wait, how did you get here?" Xiu Ming, who had just reacted, asked hurriedly before they had walked far down the path.

There is only Junior Sister Si Yao's room in the southeast corner of the second floor of the backyard. How does this path lead to the outside of Junior Sister Si Yao's room?

"Please forgive me, sir. I am here to look for Miss Yao as well." What was supposed to happen finally happened. Xiaolu turned around helplessly and bowed to Xiuming again. He pretended to be embarrassed and continued to make up stories: "I...I accidentally made Guoying cry. She ignored me, so I had to ask Miss Yao for help. After all, Guoying listens to her the most."

"Is that so? Then it seems that my junior sister is not in the room or the study. Where did she go?" Xiuming did not doubt Xiaolu's words. After all, Xiaolu and Guoying have always been good friends, and it was not the first time that they had cried while playing. He muttered to himself and turned away.

Looking at Xiu Ming's receding figure, Xiao Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly turned around to look for Yu Cheng. He still didn't know what had happened to His Highness.

It was almost dark when Mr. Fan and Arnold arrived at Sanxiu Pharmacy. After Sanxiu forced Yan Zong to drink the second bowl of medicine, the cassia bark poison in his body was finally eliminated, but he had lost too much blood, so he was still in a coma.

Arnold looked at the prince with so many injuries all over his body and burst into tears again. Mr. Fan was relieved after listening to Yu Cheng's report and turned to find Mr. Sanxiu.

"Old chess friend, would you like to play a game?" In the tea room, Mr. Fan glanced at the chessboard next to him and asked Sanxiu with a smile.

"Come on, who's afraid of who!" Sanxiu put down the pastries in his hand and moved the chessboard to the table without any hesitation.

"Thanks to you for saving His Highness in time today, I will let you go first." Mr. Fan placed a porcelain jar with white chess pieces next to Sanxiu and said with a smile.

"Don't regret it if you lose." Sanxiu raised his eyebrows and rubbed his hands happily. Although he never disdained to show off his medical skills or ask for favors, since the other party took the initiative to give up the white piece, he naturally would not be polite.

"In your eyes, sir, my chess character is so bad?" Mr. Fan said helplessly with a bitter smile.

"Haven't you blamed yourself enough for playing chess?" Sanxiu rolled his eyes in disdain.

"Same here." Mr. Fan laughed.

"Why does that boy hate him, the princess of the clan, so much?" Sanxiu played the white piece first, his face suddenly became serious and he asked.

"Sir, can you see this?" Mr. Fan paused holding the black piece's hand, then smiled curiously.

"Humph, he is a man. If this princess had any affection for him, he would not refuse to touch her even if he died." Sanxiu snorted disapprovingly, but then murmured, "But his princess is really vicious. She actually used this method to force her husband. Any man would probably avoid her."

Mr. Fan said nothing, but just lowered his eyes and stared at the chessboard in silence for a moment before he slowly sighed, "Although marriages are ordered by the emperor and are determined by fate, this Princess Zong and His Highness seem to be enemies in their previous lives, and have formed a bad fate in this life!"

"Now that things have turned out like this, can we still live?" Mr. Fan's words made Sanxiu's face turn bitter. He was not feeling sorry for the boy, but he felt sorry for his eldest disciple. Not only did he lose his life for a heartless man, but he also ruined his son's lifelong happiness.

"In this marriage, diplomatic relations between countries are the most important. Whether they can continue is not something they can decide." Mr. Fan shook his head and sighed helplessly.

"Hmph, the imperial family is the most ruthless!" Sanxiu just snorted coldly and said nothing more. He had scolded his apprentice a lot in the past, but now he is old and can't scold anymore. Besides, scolding him more will not change anything except adding to his troubles. The prince who holds the military power is not capable of it, let alone him, a commoner?

In the dark night, Si Yao woke up in a daze. She was puzzled to find herself back in the room. She vaguely remembered that Guo Ying heard her telling Xiaolu about the cause of death of Senior Brother Huifeng in the back mountain. Guo Ying? Thinking of this, she didn't want to recall it anymore and hurried out of the room.

"Sister Si Yao?" Xiao Lu had just finished visiting the injured Prince Zong. He was sighing and was about to go find Guo Ying when he ran into Si Yao who had just come downstairs. He couldn't help but become nervous.

"Have you seen Guo Ying?" Si Yao looked anxious and asked Xiaolu.

"I didn't see her at dinner, so she should be in the room." Xiaolu was prepared to be questioned by Si Yao, but he found that the other party was as normal. Although he still had doubts in his heart, he felt a lot more relieved.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide this..."

"Sister Si Yao, shall we go find Guo Ying?" Si Yao's sudden apology made Xiao Lu feel even more guilty, so he interrupted her without waiting for her to finish, "Sister Si Yao, I am the one who should say sorry, please don't apologize to me!"

The two men came to Guo Ying's room but did not see anyone. It was only after another medicine boy told them that they found Guo Ying sobbing in the medicine room.

"Guoying, I'm sorry..." Looking at Guoying's red face from crying, Si Yao felt distressed and blamed herself. She squatted down and wanted to apologize sincerely, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Guoying threw herself into her arms and started crying.

Since Huifeng was able to go out on his own for free medical consultation, Guoying has been with him. The two of them have experienced a lot and are like siblings. Even though Huifeng is cold and taciturn, everyone can see that he cares for Guoying. Huifeng's sudden death was a big blow to Guoying, but she didn't show it in front of others and was ignored by everyone.

She didn't hate Si Yao. After more than half a year of getting along, she trusted Si Yao the most in the village. What made her sad was Hui Feng's suicide. Why did he commit suicide for no reason? She wanted to know but was afraid to know. She was still young and too weak to have the courage to bear the pain brought by the truth, so she interrupted Si Yao's words, just because she was afraid to hear the truth.

Xiaolu stood at the door in silence and lowered his head guiltily. He had too many secrets in his heart, but he had to pretend to be relaxed to hide them. Before coming to Sanxiu Pharmacy, he felt accustomed to it, but after staying here for more than a year, facing these simple people all day long made him particularly tired.