Chapter 1190: Just waiting on Ning Cheng (2/2)

With help from young medical assistants, Mu Linger could brew medical decoctions and use needles on Gu Qishao everyday very well. On this afternoon, Mu Linger personally made a big pot of medical decoction to replace the one in the giant medical tub. Then she had the servants carry Gu Qishao inside for his daily two hour soak. His quiet form sitting in the tub looked like he was only sleeping.

Mu Linger dismissed everyone else after that and personally shut the doors. Like every other day, she took a chair to sit next to the tub while resting her arms on the edges and stared at her Qi gege.

She had to admit that her eyes weren’t idle. Sometimes they looked at Qi gege’s, face, other times somewhere further down, like his chest. Because he was completely bare, his good-looking physique often turned her face red. She knew that this was the only time in her life she could spend daily with Qi gege again at such close proximity day and night.

When Qi gege woke up, he would only run away, while she would have to face Jin Zi. In the past, she had hoped to wait until Qi gege grew too old to run any more, but who knew he had an un-aging body? That wasn’t true anymore, but she couldn’t afford to wait until he aged, either.

“Qi gege, what do you think I should do?” Besides staring at Gu Qishao these days, Mu Linger also talked to him. She knew he couldn’t hear her or answer back, so she dared to speak whatever was on her mind.

“Qi gege, Linger isn’t someone who goes back on her word. I promised back then...Linger knows she’s a fool, but still…”

“Qi gege, Jin Zi isn’t a bad guy. Actually...he has a good heart.”

“Qi gege, if I hadn’t accepted Jin Zi’s demand back then, he would have used me to threaten my big sis. That wouldn’t have ended well for him. That’s why...I had no choice but to agree.”

“Qi gege…” As Mu Linge spoke, she tilted her head to look both helplessly and intently at Gu Qishao. “Qi gege, Linge wants to marry you. I want to bear your children...you know?”

She suddenly realized how stupid she was. Qi gege had already hinted to her back in Northern Li that they were an impossible pair. Qi gege had always known she liked him! He wasn’t a fool…

What would Gu Qishao think if he heard her words? Perhaps nothing at all. He knew Mu Linger’s thoughts better than anyone else. He’d probably think...that she was being too noisy again.

Like this, Mu Linger rambled next to Gu Qishao for an entire hour. It wasn’t until the medical assistants returned with another batch of heated medical decoction that she ran off to drink some water. The assistant was a youth of 12 to 13 years old, personally hand-picked by Gu Beiyue. He was sharp and obedient, so he usually left the room as soon as his job was done. But today, he hung around waiting.

“Do you still have some business?” Mu Linger asked.

The assistant began to stammer, “Big sister Linger, it’s….actually, I’m just…”

“Just say it outright, there aren’t any outsiders here,” Mu Linger never put on airs in front of the medical assistant.

“Big sis Linger, my father’s placing bets with other people and staked a lot of money. I wanted...I wanted to ask you in secret whether he’ll win or lose,” the assistant replied.

Mu Linger was puzzled. “What kind of bet? Is it related to me?”

“It’s...it’s…” the assistant grew timid. “It’s related to Academy Head Beiyue. They’re betting on whether he’ll marry Eldest Miss Qin.”

“What did you say?” Mu Linger was surprised.

“The rumors started months again. They said Academy Head Beiyue already sent a marriage proposal to the Qin Clan, but there’s been no movements since then. That’s why so many people are placing bets. My father bet that Academy Head Beiyue wouldn’t marry Eldest Miss Qin.”

“The eldest daughter of the Qin Clan who’s confined to a wheelchair?” Mu Linger exclaimed in surprise. She knew the various clans of Medical City and their circumstances well.

The assistant immediately nodded, shocking Mu Linger even further. She ran out without a word to find Gu Beiyue himself…