Chapter 25 (1/2)
Translated by pucari @ dreamwidth
Edited by elliot
[Chapter 25 - Something’s wrong with the medicine!] The prestigious sects are unreasonable
Although he bathed in hot water and had medicine, the condition of Shen Qian Ling's body was still too poor. After making the fever subside with much difficulty, the cold poison in his body flared up. He was curled up in pain, with no hint of blood in his face, his fingers holding on to the blankets with a death grip, and cold sweat also appeared on his forehead.
”Is there any way to cure this?” Qin Shao Yu turned around and asked Hua Tang.
Hua Tang said tactfully, ”The inner energy of sect leader in inclined towards yang, if you can be with Mister Shen....together, then he will be able to endure it better.”
Qin Shao Yu frowned, ”Other than that?”
”There's no other way, he can only endure through it.” Hua Tang said, ”After enduring it for a few hours, the cold poison will eventually became dormant again.”
”You can go.” Qin Shao Yu sighed in his heart.
Hua Tang acknowledged the order and turned and left, closing the door for the two of them along the way.
Qin Shao Yu wringed a warm hand towel, and helped him to slowly wipe away the sweat on his forehead.
”Cold.” Shen Qian Ling's voice sounded like a kitten.
”It won't be cold anymore soon.” Qin Shao Yu held his hand, sending some internal energy little by little over, wanting to help alleviate his pain.
Warmth travelled from his palm and slowly pa.s.s through his whole body. Shen Qian Ling felt a lot better, and so he smiled at him gratefully.
A smile from a sickly pale beauty was really alluring.
Thus Qin Shao Yu reached out and picked him up, and pulled open the s.h.i.+rt ties in two moves.
Yi! Shen Qian Ling's eyes instantly widened!
Don't take advantage right now you jerk!
I just changed my view of you!
If you dare to touch then I will break off relations!
”What are you imagining wildly about.” Qin Shao Yu pulled on his cheek, ”I'm giving you more internal energy, it will be better for you.”
Shen Qian Ling: ”............”
Alright this warrior you are n.o.ble and moral, and full of righteousness, it's me whose thoughts are vulgar and impure.
Qin Shao Yu took off one side of his clothes, and pressed his palm gently on that thin chest.
Shen Qian Ling laid in his arms, his eyelashes lowered, frowning occasionally.
”Hurts?” Qin Shao Yu asked him.
”Yes.” There's some cold sweat on Shen Qian Ling's palms.
”Don't be scared, try your best to relax a little.” Qin Shao Yu voice was very gentle, ”Your body is weak, I know my limits.”
It was very easy for these kind of conversation to cause ambiguity alright?
The errand boy at the door, who had come to send hot water was extremely moved.
It was exactly the same as the stories.
Very loving.
Really made it unbearable for people.
Thus an hour later, a new scene/plot begin to spread around the city rapidly, the incident of staying on the sickbed was the best incentive ever, there was even an outlandish version where ”Young master Shen was at his last gasp of breath, sect leader Qin, teary-eyed, used his body to help him detox day and night”, it was extremely deranged.
That was why it had been said that the imagination of the ma.s.ses has always been rather shocking.
Shen Qian Ling who was inside the inn obviously didn’t know about this. There was bone piercing pain whenever the cold poison acted up on occasion, and even though Qin Shao Yu stayed by his bedside throughout, he still went through some suffering. Until the time when the sun set and the moon rose, then did the effects of poison gradually lessen; his entire inner garment was drenched with cold sweat, and his face was even whiter than paper.
An underling sent in bathing water boil with heated herbs, Qin Shao Yu helped him to remove his clothes, and gently carried him into the water.
Shen Qian Ling already had no mood to be bothered about the matter of ”being seen naked”, in fact he was in such pain that he became sluggish, and only know to sit in the tub in a daze, his eyes vacant.
”Pained dumb?” Qin Shao Yu pinched his cheeks.
”........Yes.” Shen Qian Ling came back to the present, his whisper very weak and without strength.
”Don't get too cold next time.” Qin Shao Yu helped to pour hot water down his shoulders, ”The flare ups of the cold poison will be worse than the previous time, you won't be able to stand it if it increases.”
To think that it would become increasingly worse....
Shen Xiao Shou wished to cry and yet had no tears, wis.h.i.+ng that he could just dunk his head in water.
This kind of time travel wasn’t rational.
”But it will be alright as long as we're more mindful, so there's no need to worry too much.” Qin Shao Yu kneaded his stiff shoulders, ”Hua Tang will prescribe some heated medicine, it will be added when cooking soup, your body will feel warmer.”
”Mother has also given some medicine.” Shen Qian Ling propped himself by the edge of the tub, ”Although it can't alleviate the cold poison, my uncle said that it can still drive out the cold.” Even though his mother had said to keep it a secret as much as possible, but it was still not a good idea to eat medicine anyhow, or else if the medicine were to conflict with each other, then the one who loses is still himself. Who could understand the suffering of being a medicine container.
”Where is it?” Qin Shao Yu asked.
Shen Qian Ling pointed at the cabinet.
Qin Shao Yu stood up, and found a porcelain bottle from the cloth bundle, ”This?”
”Yes.” Shen Qian Ling nodded.
”Do you have to eat it now?” Qin Shao Yu opened the bottle.
”No, my mother said it can only be eaten once a month.” Shen Qian Ling sneezed.
The bath water had also turned somewhat cool. Qin Shao Yu pulled over a cloth, and bundled him out of the tub.
Shen Qian Ling: ”........”
Alright his limbs were sore and weak, so this was the only way.
It was still better than being carried out by other people.
”Sect leader.” Hua Tang knocked on the door outside, ”This subordinate had helped young master Shen to cook some porridge to warm the stomach, does he want to eat it now?”
There's porridge to eat? Shen Qian Ling's ears instantly perked up.
Thus before Qin Shao Yu could say anything, he heard Shen Qian Ling's stomach begin to rumble, clearly he had been starving.
........
Sect leader Qin laughed without an ounce of sympathy.