Chapter 385: Looking for Medicinal Herbs (1/2)
Even after receiving Bai Luochu’s gratitude, Pei Rumo wasn’t able to cheer himself up. In the end, she was still treating him as an outsider. Pei Rumo sighed but he didn’t harp on it. Now that she was able to speak to him on such friendly terms, it was a sign that their relationship had improved by leaps and bounds. At least they were friends now…
Bai Luochu finished the food in her bowl and was so stuffed she couldn’t move. She felt that Pei Rumo gave her more than half the food on the table. Even though her movement was restricted due to her vision, she didn’t feel like sleeping. She sent Pei Rumo out to fetch some items for her.
“Can Your First Highness do me a favor?” Bai Luochu tested the waters.
Pei Rumo, who was about to return the food boxes, turned around and he said, “Speak your mind. I’ll help you as long as it’s within my abilities.
Bai Luochu didn’t stand on ceremony. She directly listed out the things she needed, “Can Your First Highness please look for some medicinal herbs before helping me to arrange an array?”
Pei Rumo quickly fetched a sheet of paper and he brought along a brush and ink. When he got everything ready, he said, “Tell me everything you need. I will make a list in case I miss out anything.”
Bai Luochu snickered. She slowly listed out the items she wanted one by one and Pei Rumo noted them down on his list. After she was done, he repeated it to her and asked, “That’s all?” The herbs Bai Luochu requested for were ordinary ones and they wouldn’t be hard to find even in the Desolate Region. Of course, if they were in the capital city, Pei Rumo merely had to raise a finger before gathering all of them. He didn’t understand what Bai Luochu wanted to do with these herbs.
She nodded her head and explained herself, “These are ordinary herbs. It won’t be difficult for you to gather them and I have my uses for them. If I ask you to look for precious medicinal herbs, I will be wasting your time and energy. Moreover, you won’t be able to distinguish between them. If someone scammed you with random herbs, money would be the least of our problems. The array I’m about to set up will be greatly affected and that won’t be good. As such, these ordinary herbs are enough,”
Pei Rumo contemplated for a moment and felt that she made sense. He wasn’t knowledgeable when it came to medicinal herbs and he merely learned the basics when it came to differentiating between poisonous herbs. Moreover, he learned it because he had to avoid getting poisoned when out on military campaigns. Pei Rumo wanted to help Bai Luochu to her bed before going off to look for the herbs, but he was stopped by her.
“It’s just going to the bed. I can find my way. I won’t be hurt if I fall anyway thanks to your elaborate set up. Just go.”
Bai Luochu pulled her arm away and she slowly groped around to find her way back to the bed.