usatvline Chapter 1881 - 443: The Right Medicine for the Illness, Fair Competition (Part 4)
Chapter 1881 - 443: The Right Medicine for the Illness, Fair Competition (Part 4)
Yun Ya chuckled, crawled over to thump his shoulders, and said, "Master, you’re just someone who doesn’t bend for fame or profit, you feel the sufferings of the common folk. Otherwise, with your skills, all kinds of big shots would be scrambling to treat you like an honored guest. As for me being some kind of Princess, Master, please stop mocking me."
"Alright, alright, that glib tongue of yours." Zhang Huasheng sighed.
Yun Ya asked, "Master, how come you’re here?"
"Your martial uncle contacted me. That’s how I found out something happened to you, so I figured out a way to sneak in. You girl, how long has it been since I saw you, and you’ve already run your body into this state? Did you just treat everything I said as hot air?"
Yun Ya suddenly threw her arms around him, her voice choked, "Master, I’ve missed you so much..."
Zhang Huasheng gave a little cough. "Enough, don’t pull this on me. Ever heard of propriety between men and women?"
"You’re my master, my elder. What’s wrong with me doing this?" Yun Ya said, acting cutesy.
Though she hadn’t spent much time with her master and he was hidden most of the time, it still didn’t affect the way she saw him. During those lonely years in a foreign country, it was her master who gave her the warmth of family.
Her master had a jumpy, carefree temper. For some unknown reason he’d drifted overseas. Back then she would walk down the street with her schoolbag on her back, past clusters of beggars. Every time she passed, she’d toss some coins into their bowls. Her master was one of those beggars.
Once, when she dropped some change into his bowl, he suddenly rushed up and hugged Yun Ya’s legs, babbling about how her forehead was full and her bones were extraordinary, that she was perfect for studying medicine, and he wanted to take her as a disciple. Yun Ya had thought he was crazy at the time and was this close to calling the cops.
Thinking back now, she still found it hilarious.
Later she realized this old man was a bit different, like some mischievous old urchin. After secretly observing him, she discovered he really did have real skills, so she actually bowed to him as her master. Yun Ya wanted to take him away and give him a stable, well-off life, but he refused. What did he say back then? That he was already used to this wandering lifestyle—heaven as his quilt, earth as his mat, eating the wind and sleeping in the dew, free and content.
He really did teach Yun Ya a lot, but most of the time she couldn’t find him. For about two years, Yun Ya completely lost all news of him. Maybe, like he said, he’d drifted off to some other city.
Until she later learned he was the junior fellow apprentice of Doctor Hua, and his medical skills were in no way inferior to Doctor Hua’s. Only then did Yun Ya suddenly realize how big a deal her master was. But with such a powerful background, instead of going home to bring honor to his family, he was roaming the streets of a foreign country as a vagrant. That was really something...
Seeing him again out of the blue, Yun Ya felt both surprised and warmed to the core.
"Alright, I haven’t bathed in half a year. You’re really not disgusted?" Zhang Huasheng glanced at her with a smile.
"How could I be disgusted by my master?" Yun Ya laughed.
"That mouth of yours is like it’s smeared with honey, only knows how to sweet-talk your master." Zhang Huasheng reached out and tapped her forehead in mock reproach.
Just then there was a knock at the door, and a man’s low voice came from outside: "Sir, how is the Princess?"
Zhang Huasheng coughed. "Hold on, I’m giving her acupuncture."
The sound outside the door fell silent.
"I’ll keep it short. I’ll be staying here for a while. First, the food’s pretty decent here, so I don’t have to worry about my meals. Second, I want to see what kind of medicine your mom’s selling in that gourd of hers. Third... is your senior brother’s orders: to keep a good eye on you, girl. You’re causing trouble all day long."
"So you basically came for the food, didn’t you?" Yun Ya asked, disgruntled.
"What do you think?" Zhang Huasheng folded his arms over his chest.
"Forget it, no point arguing with a foodie." Yun Ya rolled over and lay down.
"Girl, your illness is no small matter. I told you before, didn’t I? Look at you, you still didn’t take my words to heart. Do you have to make me, an old man with white hair, bury you, a youngster with black hair, before you’re satisfied?" Zhang Huasheng sighed and started nagging right by Yun Ya’s ear.
Yun Ya covered her ears—don’t listen, don’t listen, don’t listen... Deep inside, a quiet warmth slipped through her heart.
"From now on, I’m going to start conditioning your body. Right now your body is like a taut string—no telling when it’ll just ’snap’ all of a sudden. You dying isn’t the point; if you leave this old man all alone, who’s going to send me off in my old age, who’s going to cry at my grave and burn paper money for me? You have to die after me, got it?"
"I heard from senior brother that you’re dating that kid from the Yan Family. Are you serious about him or not? Precisely because of that, you’ve got to pull yourself together and nurse your body back to health. Otherwise, if you kick the bucket before your wedding day even comes, won’t you feel cheated?"