Chapter 1191: You left me behind again (2/2)

Han Yunxi comforted Mu Linge while sending out shadow guards to search for Gu Qishao’s whereabouts. Of course, these were all for show to placate the girl and give her hope. Han Yunxi knew that Gu Qishao hadn’t come by to visit her this time just to purposely avoiding meeting Mu Linger.

This silly girl. Can’t she tell? Or does she refuse to face reality?

Mu Linger was too depressed. If she was sad about Qi gege leaving her the last time she climbed the rear mountains, now she was sad because Qi gege had thoroughly tossed her aside. Han Yunxi couldn’t coax her any, so she had Zhao mama carry over Rui’er.

“Linger, if you cry any more, you’ll scare Rui’er,” she stated.

Mu Linger looked up and instantly stifled her crying upon the sight of the baby. Still, tears trickled down her face. When Han Yunxi saw her trying to be strong, she only felt helpless. She ended up letting Mu Linger cry if that made her feel better!

Han Yunxi carried little Rui’er into the courtyard. After reaching one month of age, Rui’er’s daily changes came very quickly. He was more aware of his surroundings and had plenty of expressions and moods. He loved it when his mother took him out to stroll around the gardens. He was still too young to know he had a very beautiful godfather who loved to joke and find lots of tasty snacks, or that Auntie Linger was very sad. He was even more clueless to the fact that the most helpless thing in the world was wishing for something you couldn’t have.

Mu Linger cried and cried until she fell asleep. When she woke up, it was already evening and Han Yunxi was sitting by her side, reading though a booklet. Although Mu Linger didn’t know its contents, she knew Han Yunxi was very busy.

Her stricken heart warmed slightly as she said, “Big sis, I’ve caused trouble for you again.”

Han Yunxi rolled her eyes at her before resting her gaze back on her book. “I’ll spend the night with you. Hungry? Should we get Zhao mama to make you a bowl of noodles?”

“Not hungry,” Mu Linger thought, then asked, “Big sis, I want to go find Doctor Gu in Northern Li. I’ll go save people with him!”

Han Yunxi was both surprised and pleased. She patted her on the shoulders and said, “Good going!”

Thanks to the snow disasters and plague, many of Northern Li’s cities were left undefended. Either the troops had ran off or fell victims to the plague, turning the entire country into a living Hell. Meanwhile, the Northern Li emperor had snatched away grain and medicine to retreat to one of Northern Li’s snow mountains and set up camp.

When Ning Cheng set off, he gave the people grain and medicine, so they and the soldiers naturally surrendered. They were thankful for Ning Cheng and cooperated with his administrative efforts. Ning Cheng took two entire months to delegate his troops to different areas of the country. They managed to quarantine almost all of the plague victims while the soldiers took charge of delivering food and medicine. Treatment of the patients had to be left to the medical teams.

Han Yunxi received the latest news about the front lines. Gu Beiyue had almost reached Ning Cheng’s tent and brought along three specialist plague treatment teams. They wanted to resolve the disease before midsummer fell.

Mu Linger was clever in the way of medicine. If she went, she would be a huge asset to Gu Beiyue!

Mu Linger bravely wiped away her tears and declared, “Big sis, keep little Rui’er and His Highness company. I want to go up that mountain and look at that tree. I’ll spend the night there and leave tomorrow morning!”

“Be careful. If you ever want to go home, come back here,” Han Yunxi said tenderly.

Mu Linger prepared to set off when she suddenly recalled something and turned back. “Big sis, did you get the letter I sent you before?”

“About Eldest Miss Qin?” Han Yunxi asked.

“Yes! That’s the one…” Mu Linger wanted to say that Gu Beiyue might have some sort of personal difficulty at hand, but Han Yunxi cut her off.

“Linger, marriage is a personal affair. Since Beiyue chose her, he must have his reasons. We should just wait to share the wedding wine with him.”

Mu Linger knitted her brows in worry, but Han Yunxi simply waved a hand to hurry her up the mountain while it was still light. As Mu Linger stepped out the door, she suddenly felt self-reproach. I haven’t even sorted out my own problems yet, so why should I be worrying about Gu Beiyue’s?

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By the time Mu Linger reached the mountain peak, it was already dark. The end of spring and beginning of summer was approaching. Many stars dotted the sky as Mu Linger helped herself up the branches to find a place to sit. She looked up and saw the starscape above her.

That entire night, she sat spacing out in the tree before inexplicably falling asleep. Maybe it was because the tree belonged to Qi gege, but she had a groggy sense that he was by her side, protecting her…