31 A Favour to be Returned (1/2)

When Madam Lin saw them both drink her stew without question, she couldn't help but chuckle slightly.

Her slight chuckle made the two young men stand on edge, as though expecting to be ambushed at any moment.

Madam Lin gently shook her head.

”Perhaps you should take a look at your servant's wound.” She said, looking at Xiao Wu, who seemed to be dazed from blood loss.

It was then that the young man was reminded of his wounded bodyguard, coming over to support, and attempt to take a look at the wound, which had been made by a blade.

”I'll look.” Madam Lin assured, coming over with a few of the herbs that had been left there intentionally. Internally thinking how the not so good looking herbs had turned to be useful after all.

She lifted his arm to see the wound which had been made by a blade, deepest at about two inches. The blood was thick and sticky a color of deep red.

She lightly touched the blood and sniffed her fingers.

[Good, there was no poison on the blade.]

There was not much that could be done, so she simply ground up some blood coagulating herbs and put it on the wound before she skillfully bandaged it.

”He should be fine if the wound does not touch water for the next three days.” Madam Lin says with a smile.

That smile was gentle and soothing, it was no different than that of a mother's smile trying to calm her frightened children. Such a smile soothed everyone, even Ru An who had a degree of fear and respect toward Madam Lin felt that kindness that Madam Lin had only shown to her own son.

”Thank you.” The man in brocades said in a grateful manner. It seems that the smile had also impacted him.

”En.” Madam Lin said as she put away the medicine slowly.

This left the young man at loss of what to say. He could only carry on this slowly dying conversation.

”May I ask madam's name.”