18 Seeking for Help (1/2)

Suyin stepped up to Qin Fuhua, tugging his sleeves as he shoved her with his arms, pushing it ahead.

”What are you doing?!” He called, stepping away from Suyin.

”What is that?!” Suyin knew it. The moment that she fell from the cliff, she was supposed to hit the edge of the rock, but Qin Fuhua had cushioned the hit for her.

”That is nothing of your affair.” Qin Fuhua coldly answered. Suyin gazed at him, trying to pull his sleeves again. Qin Fuhua evaded her.

”That isn't a concern?! That was from the fall earlier isn't it?! Why did you do that?!” Suyin had pushed Qin Fuhua to the side of the pavilion, causing him to stand next to the frame of the pavilion. Suyin made an effort to look at his sleeves before he shoved her away and this time, it made her fall down to the ground.

”So you could save the Princess! If you got wounded, who would cure her?!”

Suyin stopped fighting with Qin Fuhua, gazing up at him from the ground. Of course. The Prince of Qin wouldn't have done something so reckless if it wasn't relevant to him. It made sense that he had to make sure that Chuhua was cured and taken care of after all, which was really his purpose. Suyin was no one significant to him, except her medical abilities for his little sister.

Suyin got up and turned to Weizhe.

”I'm ready to go to my room,” Suyin announced. Weizhe nodded, giving his regards to Qin Fuhua before moving back to the main courtyard.

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Suyin had settled in the Qin manor within a couple of days. She wanted to confess to Areum about the secret, but it was too much of a burden for her to handle since it would ruin the Prince's reputation and secret. It was better for Areum to not know about the circumstances otherwise, she would probably be in danger also. Her only excuse she could use was observing the little Princess's health which was actually another reason that she lingered. It was unusual for the Prince and Princess to be living away from the Palace, though, since Suyin assumed they would have a luxurious lifestyle.

Suyin never got the chance to see Qin Fuhua or even Weizhe since their courtyard was separated from the main courtyard. It was as if they never stepped in the main courtyard or even feel obliged to see the little Princess. Suyin and Areum rested in the East wing of the manor, opposite of Qin Fuhua's. Her room was the nearest to the Princess's room, to watch her health and condition.

Qin Chuhua would have episodes of muscle pain, but there were no side-effects whatsoever with Suyin's medicine. Although all it could do was briefly cure her pain for a couple of minutes, she couldn't depend on the herb. She couldn't solve Chuhua's illness, so she didn't have a solution to the problem.

Suyin had set Chuhua in her bed, relaxing. It was about night time, and Suyin frequently checked on the Princess to see how she was doing.

”Suyin?” Suyin spun around before leaving the room.

”Yes, Princess?” Suyin replied. Chuhua had a concerned tone when she summoned Suyin.

”Can you honestly tell me something?” The child's eyes dropped, worried.

”Of course, what's wrong?”

”.....Will I die, soon?” The little girl wanted to know what was honestly wrong with her. She was restricted during her play time although she often played with the maids, Areum, or even Suyin since they have been in the manor. She understood that her sickness was hopeless according to the royal doctors, but she had hope that Suyin was the only one who believes that there was a cure to her disease.

This was the reason why Suyin wanted to be a pediatric doctor. She had seen children struggle with the concept of death and their time which wasn't on their side. Suyin formerly wanted to become a teacher, but after seeing the death of her little nephew, she knew that she had to at least save someone, even if it just gave them more time.

Suyin didn't know what to do with her question. Would she be straight-forward about it? Would she tell her a little white lie? She paused for a second to think about her response and sat down next to Chuhua.

”I won't let you die, at all, no matter the cost,” Suyin assured. ”I know that it's hard for you to keep going, but no matter what, the Prince and I will find a way to cure you.”

Chuhua was composed after Suyin's words, nodding her head. ”I believe in you, Suyin. Thank you.” The child answered, closing her eyes.

”Good night, Princess.”

Suyin marched out of the room and delicately closed the door without making any noise. She could sense another presence near her, assuming it was Areum.

”Areum, before you go to sleep, make sure that I have a couple of Ying Yue's flower lilies left for tomorrow.”

There was no reply to Suyin's command. She noticed it was unusual that Areum wasn't acknowledging her.

”Did you hear--” She swung around, recognizing that the person standing behind her wasn't Areum, but Qin Fuhua!

”What the hell?! You frightened me” Suyin touched her chest, feeling her heart beat swiftly because of his appearance. It had been the first time since the interrogation about his identity that they had seen each other.

”The Princess is sleeping if you were going to see her,” Suyin pronounced in a flat tone. She had already made plenty of nicknames perfect for him in her head for being a stupid jerk. ”Freaking Frost.” She uttered beneath her breath, cursing him.

”Hm.” He acknowledged, casually roaming with his hands behind his back. It was out of the ordinary for Suyin to see Qin Fuhua at this time since she rarely saw him at the main court.

Suyin was curious where he and Weizhe had wandered off to at the back of her mind even if she didn't want to think about it. Qin Fuhua passed by Suyin and walked off to his courtyard, stepping through the gate to the bridge and traveled off. Suyin could see little candles lit in the water for vision.

Suyin was supposed to head to her room, but couldn't help herself to linger in the main courtyard, sitting down in the middle of the grass in the center. She sat down, crisscrossed with her hand resting on her elbow as she put her head on the palm of her hand.

”SIGH. The Prince was just here a while ago.” A voice deliberately expressed out loud. ”Seems like his bandage was unattractive on his arm. It's a SHAME that there isn't anyone that can HELP wrap it because everyone is so fearful of him.” Suyin moved her head towards the voice.

Weizhe strolled through the corridor, carelessly pacing to Qin Fuhua's area after she saw him.

”Aurgh. Damn you, fool (*Suyin was playing on words with FUhua)” She rolled her eyes. As a Doctor, she wasn't going to leave someone's injury go blind, especially the Prince of Qin.