Chapter 249: Trust

 Chapter 249: Trust

Daohua and her group arrived at Xingyuan in the afternoon. By that evening, Xiao Yeyang had moved into the courtyard where Yan Wenkai was staying, while the healthy Yan Wenxiu and Yan Wentao moved to another courtyard.

Xiao Yeyang's condition had already become quite serious. Over the past few days, he had been hanging on with the medicine Daohua brought earlier. On his way here, he had experienced another bout of diarrhea, and now, his face appeared pale.

After Daohua checked his condition, she turned around to prepare more medicine.

An hour later, Daohua returned, holding a bowl of medicine. Just as she was about to step into the room, Xiao Yeyang hastily stopped her. "Don't come in! This plague is highly contagious. Even though I’ve been careful, I still caught it. You... you don’t want to get infected too, do you?"

Daohua paused, looking at the persistence and concern in Xiao Yeyang's eyes. Finally, she handed the medicine to Defu.

Defu took the bowl and asked, "Miss Yan, what is this medicine?"

Daohua thought for a moment and carefully replied, "I’ve seen a few formulas for treating the plague in medical books. After examining Xiao Yeyang's symptoms, I decided to use one of them."

Upon hearing that Daohua had a formula for treating the plague, both Xiao Yeyang and Defu were relieved.

However, Defu's smile quickly faded as he looked at the medicine, hesitating. "Miss Yan, does this mean you don’t know the effects of the medicine?"

Daohua lowered her eyes and remained silent. Of course, she knew the effects. But it was hard to explain, and she couldn’t just say this formula had been verified by generations of people.

Defu became cautious and didn’t dare to give the medicine to his master.

What if the formula was fake? If Xiao Yeyang took it, would his condition worsen instead of improving?

Xiao Yeyang glanced at Daohua, then, clutching his stomach, he stood up and took the medicine from Defu. He drank it in one go.

"Master!" Defu’s face changed.

Xiao Yeyang handed the empty bowl back to Defu and frowned. "It's so bitter!"

Daohua's eyes flashed. "Aren’t you afraid of making your stomach worse?"

Xiao Yeyang sat back on the bed. "I’m already in this state. How much worse can it get?" He paused, then looked at Daohua seriously. "I trust you."

Daohua raised an eyebrow. "Hmm?"

Xiao Yeyang continued, "You came all this way through so much danger. You couldn’t possibly be delivering a useless formula."

Daohua smiled. "You know me pretty well!" Then she looked at Defu, who still looked worried. "Don’t worry, the medicine might not work, but it won’t make him worse."

Defu gave a wry smile.

Xiao Yeyang rubbed his stomach, and though it could have been psychological, he felt less pain. After a moment, he stood up again.

"What are you doing?" Daohua immediately asked.

Xiao Yeyang replied, "I’ll go for a walk to reassure the people outside."

Daohua refused. "Quick, help him back to bed."

Defu hesitated, looking at Xiao Yeyang, then at Daohua.

Although he wanted his master to rest, he didn’t dare to give orders like Daohua did.

Seeing Xiao Yeyang stand still, Daohua sighed. "The formula I gave you really is for treating the plague. Now that Fourth Brother and you have taken it, we’ll know by tonight or tomorrow morning if it works."

"Don’t you feel sleepy right now?"

Xiao Yeyang nodded. He did feel a bit light-headed.

Daohua smiled. "That means the medicine is starting to work."

The herbs she used for Xiao Yeyang and Fourth Brother were from her space, and their efficacy was several times stronger than regular herbs.

She continued, "Don’t worry about things outside. I’ll take care of it. Just rest well. The sky won’t fall."

Xiao Yeyang stared at Daohua, and all the tension he had been holding onto quietly loosened.

Seeing that Xiao Yeyang had no objections, Defu immediately helped him back to bed.

Xiao Yeyang was exhausted, and after lying down, he soon fell asleep.

Defu, seeing this, smiled in relief and whispered to Daohua, "Master is asleep! He hasn’t had a proper rest because of his stomach pains for a while now."

Daohua was impressed. Even in such a state, Xiao Yeyang had managed to hang on so long with his strong willpower.

"You keep an eye on him. I’m going to check on Brother Dong. Let me know if anything happens!"

When Daohua arrived at Brother Dong's new courtyard, she was surprised to see Dong Yuanyao there.

"Sister Dong, you’re here too?"

Dong Yuanyao looked a bit fatigued, but smiled when she saw Daohua. "You’re here, so why can’t I be?"

Daohua shook her head. "I didn’t mean that. I just didn’t expect to see you here."

Dong Yuanyao understood and, after some thought, asked, "How are Xiao Yeyang and Fourth Brother Yan?"

Daohua replied, "They’ve both gone to sleep. Since you’re here, tell me about Brother Dong’s condition in detail. The more detailed, the better, so I can prepare his medicine."

Dong Yuanyao eyed Daohua carefully, then hesitated. "Can you really treat illnesses?"

Daohua repeated what she had told Xiao Yeyang earlier about her use of the formula.

Dong Yuanyao furrowed her brows. "Isn’t that reckless? You can’t just give people unverified medicine. What if it makes them worse?"

Daohua fell silent at her words.

Looking at Dong Yuanyao ’s disapproving expression, Daohua thought back to Xiao Yeyang, who had immediately trusted her and taken the medicine without hesitation. She suddenly felt a deep sense of something.

Xiao Yeyang truly trusted her!

"Sister Dong, if you have doubts, you can wait. But if my brother and Xiao Yeyang show signs of improvement after taking the medicine, then you can give it to Brother Dong. How does that sound?"

Dong Yuanyao hesitated for a moment. Her brother was already unconscious, and though she didn’t dare to give him medicine rashly, she decided to wait one night. She nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile, Defu, not daring to take risks with Xiao Yeyang's health, immediately called for Physician Xu as soon as Daohua left.

Looking at Xiao Yeyang, who was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly, Physician Xu hurriedly checked his pulse. After a moment, he excitedly turned to Defu.

"Master Xiao Yeyang has taken some medicine, right? Quick, show me what it is!"

Upon seeing Physician Xu's reaction, Defu knew things were looking up. "The medicine was prepared by Miss Yan. She personally made it. I don’t know the details, but... Physician Xu, will he be alright?"

Physician Xu breathed a sigh of relief. "Master’s condition has improved. If this continues, he should be fully recovered soon."

Defu was overjoyed. "Really?"

Physician Xu nodded, then continued, "What exactly is going on with Miss Yan? Hurry up and tell me everything."

Defu immediately relayed everything Daohua had told him.

After listening, Physician Xu fell silent for a moment, then stood up. "Let’s go. Take me to see Miss Yan. If his condition has also improved, then the formula is most likely real."

At that moment, Daohua was in the courtyard, guiding Wang Man’er and others on how to prepare the medicine.

Although she had to wait for Xiao Yeyang and Fourth Brother to show signs of improvement before revealing the full formula, it was still possible to prepare some medicine for the other patients in the manor to help ease their symptoms.

There were too many patients outside, and she didn’t have the ability to treat them all individually, but the people in the manor could still be saved.

Because of Xiao Yeyang, the manor was under a lot of scrutiny. As long as the people in the manor improved, it would give hope to those outside as well.

(End of chapter)