Li Yue Shu returned to her room and saw the empty medicine bowl, which only made her angrier.
She walked over and picked up the bowl, about to smash it, when Aunt Liu suddenly walked in. "Yue Shu, you..."
Aunt Liu was startled. "What are you doing?"
Li Yue Shu paused, feeling a bit embarrassed.
She quietly put the bowl down. "I... I thought the bowl was cracked, so I turned it over to check, but it turns out I was mistaken."
Aunt Liu looked at her and couldn't help but chuckle. "What did A Yu do to make you so angry?"
Li Yue Shu pouted and put the bowl down. "I'm not angry with A Yu."
Aunt Liu looked surprised. "Then what are you angry about? Even with everything the Shen family did, I've never seen you this upset."
Li Yue Shu was taken aback.
Actually, she didn't know what she was angry about.
Whether in modern times or here, she had rarely been this angry.
It wasn't that she had a good temper, but because if she had something to be angry about, she would address it immediately.
But this time...
Li Yue Shu frowned slightly, collecting her thoughts. "Aunt Liu, I wanted to talk to you about Brother-in-law's surgery."
She quickly changed the subject. "Brother-in-law's surgery isn't difficult, but both my hands are injured. For safety's sake, the surgery might need to be postponed."
Aunt Liu hadn't expected this to be what she wanted to discuss. She said with some helplessness, "At a time like this, you're still thinking about surgery! We all trust your medical skills. It's not too late to discuss this after your injuries have healed."
Li Yue Shu nodded and said no more.
She had originally called Aunt Liu to see off Mother Mo, so she had nothing else to say.
And so, Li Yue Shu began to recuperate at home, enjoying a rare opportunity to relax.
Perhaps accustomed to being busy, Li Yue Shu found it a bit difficult to adjust at first, so she went to discuss medical techniques with Ji Mo Bai.
Everyone else also returned to their daily lives. The only one who seemed to have changed was Man Xing.
Ji Mo Bai was busy discussing medical techniques with Li Yue Shu every day, which naturally left him with nothing to do.
Seeing that Shen Ting Yi went to the pharmacy to help every day, he decided to tag along.
Besides looking for something to do, he also wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Shen Ting Yi about apprenticeship.
He didn't understand why Shen Ting Yi was so insistent on not taking him as a disciple. After all, there were countless people in the world who wanted to become the Young Master's disciple!
As for Shen Ting Yi, she found the person who kept pestering her, talking about how amazing his Young Master was, to be extremely annoying.
"I've already told you I will never become your Young Master's disciple. Why are you more annoying than my fourth brother when he throws a tantrum!"
Despite her undisguised disdain, Man Xing didn't seem to care.
Or rather, he was already accustomed to their daily bickering and mutual disdain.
"Why?" Man Xing walked forward, puzzled. "Your mother has already agreed. Even if you become the Young Master's disciple, it won't stop you from learning medicine from your mother. It's a win-win situation."
"Who cares about this win-win situation! I will become a divine doctor even more skilled than your Young Master in the future. I will never become his disciple!" Shen Ting Yi rolled her eyes directly.
Man Xing was surprised. "So the reason you don't want to become the Young Master's disciple is that you want to become an even more skilled divine doctor than him?"
Shen Ting Yi lifted her chin. "Don't think it's impossible! I'm only six years old, and I have plenty of time to learn medicine from my mother. I will definitely surpass your Young Master in the future."
Man Xing was confused and asked, "But what does that have to do with you becoming a disciple? Wouldn't learning medicine from the Young Master make it more likely for you to surpass him?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Ting Yi simply glared at him. "I have no interest in surpassing your Young Master, but if I do surpass him, the whole world will know that my mother is the most skilled!"
As soon as she said this, Man Xing was stunned. He clearly never expected that the reason she refused to become a disciple would be this.
Seeing that he had finally quieted down, Shen Ting Yi picked up the small tray and was about to leave.
Man Xing snapped back to attention and quickly reached out to stop her. "Wait..."
The next moment, with a soft "snap," both Shen Ting Yi and Man Xing froze in place.
Man Xing's hand had inadvertently caught the pendant on Shen Ting Yi's neck. As they pulled in opposite directions, the pendant broke directly.
Beads of various colors scattered instantly, some even rolling several times on the ground before rolling far away.
Man Xing's eyes widened involuntarily, looking panicked.
Having stayed at Li Yue Shu's house for so long, he knew how important this pendant was to Shen Ting Yi.
It was a birthday gift from Li Yue Shu, and Shen Ting Yi never took it off except when sleeping.
"I... I'm sorry, I..." Man Xing was suddenly flustered. He held the silver clasp connecting the pendant, not knowing where to put it.
Shen Ting Yi snatched the silver clasp from his hand, said nothing, and squatted down to pick up the beads.
Man Xing quickly squatted down to help, apologizing as he picked them up. "I'm sorry, I really didn't do it on purpose. I know this pendant is very important to you. I'm sorry..."
This pendant had been specially customized by Li Yue Shu. To make it easy for Shen Ting Yi to wear, it wasn't large. The two of them quickly gathered all the beads.
Man Xing quickly handed over the beads he had collected. "I'm sorry, I..."
His words suddenly stuck in his throat. A crystal-clear tear landed on the back of his hand, feeling incredibly hot.
Shen Ting Yi took all the beads from his hand and finally looked up from her bowed head.
At that moment, her teary, red eyes met Man Xing's, and his heart felt as if it were being squeezed.
He panicked. "Don't cry! I... I'll definitely fix it for you. Don't cry..."
Tears streamed down Shen Ting Yi's cheeks. Her large eyes were red, and her wronged, pitiable appearance made one's heart ache.
Her voice was choked with sobs. "You stinky Man Xing, I hate you!"
After saying that, she cupped the scattered pendant and ran off.
"Shen..." Man Xing wanted to call out to her, but he didn't know what to say and just stood there stunned.
He really hadn't done it on purpose.
Man Xing suddenly felt somewhat dejected.
That pendant was so important to her, she would definitely never forgive him...
Man Xing hung his head and squatted down, putting the scattered medicinal herbs back into the tray.
He picked up the tray and was about to get up when he spotted a hint of red among the herbs.
He put the tray down and fished out the red speck from the herbs. It turned out to be a red bead, about the size of a fingernail.
This must have fallen from Shen Ting Yi's pendant. Because it was so small, it had been missed among the herbs.
Man Xing instinctively wanted to return the bead to Shen Ting Yi, but remembering her words of hatred, he hesitated to take another step.
Given her stubborn personality, if she cried, she must really hate seeing him now. He'd better wait for her to calm down before returning the bead.
With this thought, Man Xing carefully put the bead into his pocket and then carried the tray into the pharmacy.
Unnoticed by anyone, a figure not far away had seen everything.