Chapter 716: Chapter 241 Kiss_2
Hundreds of coins strung on a colorful thread, divided and stored again under the pillow.
Back when she was with the Lu Family, each New Year’s Eve, her mother would secretly stuff red-threaded copper coins under her pillow.
Lu Tong picked up the copper coins, looked at the person across from her, "New Year’s money?"
"Aren’t you regretting not having eaten the coins tonight?" Pei Yunmeng sat down in front of the small table, "Now you have them."
"How do you know I didn’t get any coins?"
He glanced at Lu Tong and said leisurely, "When I entered your courtyard, your colleague was diligently courting you. It was obvious at a glance."
Lu Tong: "..."
This person’s gaze was as sharp and poisonous as ever.
Lu Tong carefully stored the string of copper coins: "So, you asked me to come over just to give me New Year’s money?"
"Of course not." Pei Yunmeng looked out the window, "It’s too noisy watching fireworks with a bunch of drunkards. My yard is quiet, so I’m lending it to you."
Honestly, his place was indeed very well chosen, quiet and simple, and with the window open, one could see outside the courtyard. It must be the best view for watching fireworks at midnight.
"So I should thank the Marshal as well?"
"Sure," he propped his chin, looking at Lu Tong with a slight smirk, "how would you like to thank me?"
"How do you hope I thank you?"
Pei Yunmeng lifted his eyelids to look at her and after a moment, he laughed softly, "Then get well from your injury first."
"Sounds like you want to swindle someone." Lu Tong picked up the wine jug, poured a full cup, and brought it to her lips; the taste was sweetly fragrant as it filled her teeth, and she was momentarily stunned, turning to Pei Yunmeng, "Not wine?"
He glanced at her, his eyes seemingly reproachful, and as he poured himself a cup, he said, "You’re still on medication, wanting to drink alcohol, do you have no regard for your life?"
"I especially found Plum Blossom Drink for you, seeing that your colleagues didn’t prepare any Sweet Syrup for you."
Every time he mentioned "colleague," it felt pointed. Lu Tong, having no response, finished the drink in her cup in one gulp.
As she raised her hand, her sleeve slid down, revealing a wrist with healing wounds, different from before, slightly reddened. Pei Yunmeng, noticing this, frowned and grabbed her hand, asking, "What happened?"
Lu Tong hesitated for a moment.
Recently, as her body began to react to medication once again, Ji Xun had been adjusting her old wounds from Huangmao Hill. Some medications were effective, others not, and accidental reactions were inevitable when applied to her body.
After she explained to Pei Yunmeng, he finally let go of her hand, but his brows were still furrowed, "Do you have to keep testing like this?"
"It’s okay," Lu Tong said, "It doesn’t hurt."
Upon hearing this, Pei Yunmeng lifted his gaze, looking at Lu Tong.
Lu Tong: "What now?"
"When you’re in pain, you say it doesn’t hurt, when you want something, you say you don’t, when you like something, you say you don’t." He spoke softly, "Doctor Lu, must you always say the opposite of what you feel?"
His words carried a chill, and Lu Tong looked up to find him staring at her, his expression somewhat angry.
After a moment of silence, Lu Tong said, "Doctor Ji has applied medicine, the wounds will heal eventually."
Pei Yunmeng watched her silently, his gaze complex, and after a while, as if finally compromising, he spoke softly.
"That’s what a doctor would say."
"For the sick, there’s no need to endure. Cry out when it hurts, speak up when uncomfortable, that’s what a patient should do."
"Doctor Lu has been a doctor for too long, sometimes, you might as well try to see yourself as a regular patient." He looked down and pushed a cup filled with sweet water into Lu Tong’s hands, their fingertips touching and a faint warmth transferred between them.
Lu Tong looked at the person in front of her.
Under the slightly cold night sky of Su Nan, the youth’s features softened from their usual sharpness, his eyes looking at her gently and warmly like misty rain.
"Next time you’re in pain, tell me. Although it’s not much help, at least someone will know."
Lu Tong was taken aback.
It was as if a boat reached the calm cold river, gradually spreading ripples across the surface, making her heart stir slightly.
"Boom—"
From beyond the lodging, the distant laughter and screams of the neighboring Medical Officer’s quarters could be heard.
Lu Tong turned her head.
It was midnight, and the sky above Su Nan City began to light up with fireworks.
The fiery trees brushed the clouds, resembling a soaring phoenix, bursting brilliantly like falling stars.
She rose from her seat, put down the teacup, and walked to the front of the courtyard.
The light of the flowers and fireworks made the usually deserted streets lively, and in an instant, the sky was filled with blooming flowers.
Lu Tong looked up at the fireworks above her.
This was her third time watching fireworks since descending from Luomei Peak.
The first was last New Year’s Eve, the second was when Qi Yutai died, and she had no heart to appreciate the fireworks the first two times, but this time, though not as grand and prosperous as the fireworks in Shengjing, they felt particularly beautiful.
She turned to the person beside her.
Pei Yunmeng came to her side, and noticing her gaze, asked, "What’s wrong?"