"It's raining..." The people of Dream Splendor City dropped everything they were doing, men, women, old and young, gathering in the streets, cheering and jumping.
Tong Zi at Hua Lan Medical Hall stood foolishly at the entrance, glancing at the frenzied villagers.
He reached out and caught a few drops of rain. "Ah... it really is raining. Young miss, it's raining."
The heavens bestowed a sweet rain, and all under the sky shared this moment, with no distinction between near or far.
"Everyone, quickly collect the rain!" The owner of the bun shop across the street shouted, and instantly, the people in the street scattered.
The drought had lasted too long, and every container that could collect water in their homes was brought out.
The back courtyard of the yamen.
A Jiu had not felt the sensation of being completely soaked in a long time. She tilted her face up, letting the rain wash over her, the more fierce the better.
Lord Wang, standing under the pavilion, walked out dazedly. He spread his hands, tilted his head back, and closed his eyes, feeling the rain more precious than gold.
Just then, A Jiu suddenly stopped her joyous movements.
With a sideways glance, she saw Ah Nai collapse before the offering table.
"Ah Nai!" A Jiu, soaked by the rain, shouted, choking on a mouthful of water.
She casually wiped her face and rushed over.
"Elderly one," Yun Hao followed closely.
When they turned her over, her breath was faint, and she slowly opened her eyes. "Granddaughter, this old man, didn't... didn't I lie to you..."
"No, Ah Nai didn't lie to Jiu'er." A Jiu's face, indistinguishable between tears and rainwater.
"That's good, that's good..." Madame Wang, exhausted, closed her eyes and her body went limp.
"My lord, Madame Wang has fainted," Yun Hao coughed out several mouthfuls of rain, only vaguely seeing Lord Wang outside the pavilion. All images were blurred by the curtain of rain.
"Quickly, quickly get a doctor."
Lord Wang, disregarding his soaked official robes, his sleeves flapping loudly, rushed over urgently, his clothes sticking to him from time to time.
He irritably rolled up his sleeves.
"Girl, aren't you a doctor yourself? Hurry... this is a hero of our Nan Ming City."
Hearing this, A Jiu was naturally happy for her grandmother. However, he was different from others.
Just then, A Jiu suddenly felt a sharp pain in her back:
"Good, good, good, move her into the house."
Her Ah Nai's hand was too rough, pinching her so hard that her spine felt like it would shatter.
A Jiu still had to symbolically pinch her Ah Nai's ear.
Outside in the flower hall, Lord Wang laughed heartily twice. "Hahaha, tomorrow this official will go to see the Prince and issue an order to release those two."
As soon as these words were spoken, Steward Li's face turned ugly. "My lord, absolutely not."
"How can it not be? Although this official loves money, I am not one to go back on my word. As for you, you actually tried to slander the gods with money."
"Gods?" Steward Li's legs trembled. How did this become gods?
The Imperial Study.
Madame Wang grabbed her granddaughter's needle-holding hand. "Lord Wang has already ordered your parents released. You should leave quickly, don't worry about this old man."
After speaking, Madame Wang coughed violently several times, her head feeling weak, and she slumped back onto the pillow.
"Ah Nai, are you pretending, or..." She had clearly been pinched just now.
She also knew that Ah Nai didn't want more people to know she could summon rain, but why was she so weak?
"Hurry and leave, Ah Nai has plenty of ways to get out of here."
Madame Wang knew perfectly well that with her current actions, unless she died, she wouldn't be able to leave.
But she had her own plans.
"Do you really have a way?" A Jiu's eyes were misty.
"I still need to go back and ask you for spiritual spring water. What are you afraid of? Hurry and go."
Madame Wang pushed A Jiu.
A Jiu sat down on the ground with a plop. She got up, turned, and ran out the side door.
"How is it, Miss A Jiu?"
Yun Hao met her head-on.
"Nothing serious, she'll be fine with a couple of days' rest," A Jiu said uneasily.
"That's good. Now that your grandmother has gone from sinner to hero, our Lord Wang will surely treat her well. Perhaps he will even take your grandmother to see the Prince."
Yun Hao saw this as a good thing.
But in A Jiu's eyes, as Ah Nai had said, it might not be a good thing.
After a short while, the clouds cleared and the sun appeared.
The entire street of Nan Ming City was wet.
Yun Hao sent A Jiu back to Hua Lan Medical Hall. "Don't worry, Lord Wang has already issued an order. Your parents will be released at the latest tonight, and they will be personally brought here to reunite with you."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Yun Hao." As soon as A Jiu entered the door, tears flowed down.
Finally, the family would be reunited.
"Miss Jiu'er, you're finally back. It rained just now, look how much I collected."
Tong Zi's face was red with joy, and he kept pulling A Jiu towards the back courtyard.
As soon as she reached the back courtyard, A Jiu was shocked.