374: Erlang, it's time to take medicine.

Soon, Qi Ya walked in, carrying a bowl of medicinal soup.

"Second Brother, it's time for your medicine~"

Then, Qi Ya sat by the bed, took a spoon, and slowly blew on the soup to cool it.

Li Rupo watched Qi Ya half-sitting on the edge of the bed, her posture outlining a captivating curve. Her exquisitely sculpted face, with its delicately moving red lips, stirred his heartstrings.

"Second Brother, it's time for your medicine~"

Qi Ya said softly, leaning down to bring the spoon to Li Rupo's lips.

Li Rupo felt as if he were floating on a cloud, his entire being now felt ethereal!

He was the happiest man in this world!

"Qi Ya, if this moment could last forever, I would die content," Li Rupo said, his eyes brimming with tears.

"Second Brother, please don't say such things. If you were to go, Qi Ya would never live on alone!" Qi Ya chuckled, then moved the spoon forward an inch. Li Rupo let out an "Ah" and swallowed it in one gulp.

"Bitter," Li Rupo said.

"Hehe, I never thought a dignified general like you, one of the top heroes in Liaodong Commandery, would be afraid of bitterness," Qi Ya laughed softly, a sight that once again made Li Rupo's heart flutter.

"I've been afraid of taking medicine since I was little because it's so bitter. My mother always prepared honey for me and fed it to me after I finished my medicine," Li Rupo said with a smile.

"Then, Second Brother, if you drink all of this, Qi Ya will feed you too," Qi Ya said.

"Good!" Li Rupo nodded emphatically, then slowly, bit by bit, he finally finished the entire bowl of medicinal soup.

Just as Qi Ya was about to get up, Li Rupo pulled her back.

"Qi Ya, you feed me," Li Rupo said.

"Where is there any honey?" Qi Ya asked playfully.

"There are grapes on the table. Feed me one," Li Rupo said with a smile.

Qi Ya nodded, then turned her back to Li Rupo, a look of disgust on her face. She placed the medicine bowl on the table, casually plucked a grape, and then turned back, smiling, "Second Brother, open your mouth."

But Li Rupo chuckled, "You feed me."

"Aren't I feeding you right now?"

"Feed me with your mouth," Li Rupo chuckled.

"No way, I'm shy," Qi Ya said, suppressing a gag and forcing a smile.

"Just once," Li Rupo said.

"Then after I feed you, Second Brother, you'll go to sleep obediently and recover quickly. That way, Qi Ya can rest easy," Qi Ya said.

"Mhm," Li Rupo nodded heavily.

Qi Ya suppressed her nausea, held the grape in her mouth, and slowly leaned towards Li Rupo... "Ah~"

Li Rupo closed his eyes and opened his mouth wide, waiting for Qi Ya to feed him.

Seeing that there was still an inch of distance, Qi Ya used her internal energy and directly spit out the grape.

A crystal-clear grape fell directly into Li Rupo's mouth, and he slowly chewed it.

He was already very satisfied. After all, Qi Ya was different from other women. Although she was a woman of a different ethnicity, her skin was exactly like that of Central Plains women, as if it could break with a touch. And having grown up eating meat and drinking sheep's milk, she had a curvaceous figure, a hundred times better than other scrawny women!

Even more precious was her lively and cheerful personality, yet she was extremely conservative about matters between men and women!

Today was already a great step forward!

Li Rupo's heart was filled with immense happiness.

But as he chewed, Li Rupo's expression became a little confused, and he asked,

"Why does this grape have a fishy smell?"

Qi Ya quickly took a step back, her face flushed, and said, "Ah, does it? Maybe I ate seafood before I came..."

"Oh," Li Rupo didn't think much of it and happily swallowed the grape.

The grapes from Qi Ya's mouth were just better than those from anywhere else!

"Squeak!"

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a limping Li Rumei entered, leaning on a crutch, and chuckled, "Second Brother, what fishy smell?"

Both of their expressions changed, and Qi Ya spoke first:

"Then, Second Brother, you rest first. Qi Ya will come again tomorrow."

"Mhm," Li Rupo nodded. Although he was a bit reluctant, since he couldn't move right now, he let Qi Ya go.

As soon as Qi Ya turned around, she bumped into a young man.

Qi Ya hastily dodged, bowed, and then hurried away.

Li Rumei was momentarily lost in thought the moment he looked at Qi Ya, only regaining his senses when Qi Ya closed the door.

"Hey, Fifth Brother, did you hear what I said?" Li Rupo asked.

"What? Second Brother, what did you just say? I didn't hear clearly," Li Rumei asked blankly.

"I asked why you didn't greet your Sister-in-law?" Li Rupo asked.

"Ah, so that was my young Sister-in-law!" Li Rumei chuckled.

"You rascal, how about it? Isn't your Sister-in-law beautiful!" Li Rupo chuckled.

"Mhm, beautiful, truly beautiful!" Li Rumei gazed in the direction Qi Ya had left, slightly dazed: "So big... so white!"

"What are you saying, Fifth Brother?" Li Rupo asked.

"Ah, nothing, Second Brother.

I was saying the sun is really big today, and the wind is really white," Li Rumei said.

"What?" Li Rupo was utterly confused.

"Nothing," Li Rumei quickly shook his head and said, "How are you, Second Brother?"

"The physician said I'll be able to get out of bed the day after tomorrow," Li Rupo replied... Chunxiao Tower.

"I want to see what big deal brings you here!" Šurhaci said indignantly as he followed Zhao Bo inside.

"Young Master Zhao, I've been waiting for you!" The madam greeted him with a beaming smile!

"Has the person you mentioned arrived?" Young Master Zhao asked.

"Of course, I'll lead you up," the madam said with a smile, leading the way.

Before long, she led them to a private room. Zhao Bo tossed over a gold ingot and said, "Don't let anyone disturb me."

"Alright, Servant understands," the madam bit the gold ingot with her teeth and walked out gleefully.

This scene made Šurhaci, who was behind Zhao Bo, feel his heart bleed, his face filled with distress.

Zhao Bo glanced at his expression and chuckled, "Don't look like that. You have to give to gain."

Šurhaci snorted disdainfully: "I want to see how you gain. This one gold ingot is enough for how many of our clansmen to survive!"

"Just watch," Zhao Bo sneered, then straightened his clothes and pushed open the door.

Upon opening the door, they saw a man brewing tea. The man, seeing Zhao Bo enter, waved for him to sit down.

"I am Zhao Bo. I heard Chun Niang say there's a business deal here, so I've come to meet," Zhao Bo said with a smile as he sat down.

Šurhaci also sat down, secretly observing the man in front of him, wondering why Zhao Bo would come here to meet this person.

"Hehe, what kind of business does Young Master Zhao want to do?" the man asked.

"What kind of business can Mr. do?" Zhao Bo counter-asked.

"What others don't have, I have. What others have, I excel at. What others excel at, I offer cheaply.

Young Master, just speak your mind," the man said with a faint smile.

Zhao Bo chuckled at his words, dipped his finger in water, and wrote two characters on the table.

Grain, Weapon.