Chapter 59 - A Frightening Thought (1/2)

Chapter 59: A Frightening Thought

As Song Yuming made his way off the mountain with his load of firewood on his back, he happened to run into Yuansheng. The girl had gotten lost in the village and was standing at the fork in the road looking around, holding a bamboo basket. She saw Song Yuming in the distance and jumped up and down and waved at him.

Song Yuming came up to her and said, “Third Sister? What are you doing here?”

Grinning, Yuansheng said, “Brother-in-law, I came to see Second Sis. Your house is too hard to find. I asked several villagers, but they all told me something different.”

Song Yuming smiled. “Instead of admitting you’re lost you complain about the directions you were given. Follow me.”

Yuansheng grinned. She noticed the firewood on his back and asked, “Brother-in-law, aren’t you tired carrying all that on your back?”

He shook his head and turned around. “You came here by yourself?”

“Shh,” she said. “Don’t tell Second Sis or else she’ll scold me.”

Song Yuming nodded wearily. “How is Mama Qiao? Your Second Sis has been worried about her.”

“Mama Qiao is fine. The whole street can hear her loud hollering.”

“Oh? Must be you not listening that made Mama Qiao have to reprimand you.”

Yuansheng scratched her head awkwardly. “Brother-in-law, how can you be so blunt? Give me a bit of face.”

Song Yuming had something on his mind, and now that Yuansheng was hear, he asked her offhand, “What kind of books does your Second Sis usually like to read?”

Yuansheng cocked her head to the side, thinking. “So many, this and that. Poetry, plays, history, travelogues, supernatural stories and historical romances… She reads everything.”

Song Yuming nodded. “So then she must have read a lot of medical books?”

“A few,” she said casually.

He breathed a sigh of relief at that, but then Yuansheng continued, “But Second Sis doesn’t like medical books. She can’t stand the smell of medicine!”

Song Yuming was inwardly startled, but his face remained neutral. “How can that be, your Second Sis is an expert in medicine. She can identify all kinds of medicinal herbs.”

Yuansheng snickered. “Brother-in-law, you got it all wrong. Second Sis doesn’t know the first thing about identifying herbs. She knows even less about that than I do.”

Doubts once again flooded into Song Yuming’s mind. He looked at Yuansheng. “You’re not kidding me are you?”