Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Although he was confused due to fever, he still remembered that before he fell into a coma last night, he had already broken out in a cold sweat and felt very uncomfortable due to the heat and stickiness. However, due to the fever and coma, his body felt heavy and his mind was unclear, so he was unable to get up and change.
But now, he was clearly wearing dry clothes!
The buttons were neatly fastened and ironed, and the original robe was thrown at the foot of the bed.
…Not only that, Lu Huan’s doubtful gaze fell on his pillow, where there were two cold cloth towels folded into strips with water stains on them, which seemed to be melted snow.
Lu Huan subconsciously touched his forehead and found that his fever had subsided!
If Lu Huan had not realized what was happening at this moment, when his eyes moved to the medicine bowl beside the bed, his pupils suddenly shrank, as if he had seen something shocking, and he was unable to react for a long time –
An empty bowl.
The air still exuded the bitter smell of medicine, and the fragrance of medicine also lingered between his lips and teeth.
This was?
Did he finish the rest of the medicine?
Someone actually broke in last night and force-fed him medicine?!
Lu Huan’s heart was filled with alarm, and he subconsciously threw off the quilt and jumped out of bed. Because he had not yet fully recovered, he was a little unsteady on his feet, and he barely managed to stand by holding onto the head of the bed. However, he held his breath and checked his body, only to find that –
No signs of being poisoned?! No signs of discomfort at all.
…On the contrary, compared to last night, his fever had completely subsided and he felt much better all over.
Lu Huan turned around again and bent down to check the unopened packets of medicine. It seemed that they were left there specifically for him to take until his typhoid fever was completely cured.
He opened the packages one by one, sniffed them, picked up the herbs with his fingers and took a look, but he saw that they were all nourishing and warming medicines or medicines for treating typhoid fever, and there was not a single bad medicine.
“…”
How could it be…?
Someone broke in, not to harm him, but to send him medicine – and even took care of him all night?
Lu Huan was extremely shocked. He held the medicine bag, his fingers clenched involuntarily, and he stood in the room with a blank mind.
He lowered his eyes to look at the drug residues scattered on the ground beside the bed. And his heart trembled slightly, not knowing how to react.
He didn’t know how much time had passed.
The first ray of sunlight in the early morning shone through the window of the woodshed and fell on his thick black eyelashes and slightly pale face. At that moment, a rare look of confusion that did not belong to him appeared on his usually indifferent face.
….
Lu Huan still had a lot of things to do today.
Three taels of silver were not a lot of money. They could buy some things, but they were not enough to maintain a long-term livelihood.
He bought some leek roots and early spring zucchini from the market yesterday. These were winter crops that could be harvested as soon as possible as long as they were carefully cared for. In addition, the eggs laid by hens could also be sold at a good price.
Since this piece of land already belonged to him, he had to make good use of it and earn some money while maintaining his own food and clothing before Lady Ning took the next step.
Nowadays, the capital had restricted juggling and sword dancing, so it was impossible for Lu Huan to make money this way. Moreover, he was the illegitimate son of Ning Wang’s mansion, and he was not allowed to go in and out very often. Every time he went in and out, he was treated like a thief.
So after much thought, he decided to plant more plants and bribe the guard at the side door to help sell them secretly in exchange for silver.
Only with money could Lu Huan change his current predicament –
Lu Yu’an and Lu Wenxiu were legitimate sons. They could go to school at the Imperial Academy and practice martial arts at the horse farm together with the other princes. However, they did not know how to cherish the condition of being born with a silver spoon in their mouths, especially Lu Wenxiu, who skipped classes all day long.
However, Lu Huan, who was born as a bast**d, was trapped in a corner of the firewood yard from childhood to adulthood. He had few opportunities to leave the Ning Wang Mansion, let alone have his own teacher.
Although he had secretly learned a thing or two from the instructor of the imperial guards outside the courtyard wall when he was invited to the Ning Wang Mansion, and had learned riding, shooting, and the Four Books and Five Classics, he knew that this was far from enough.
His ambition and revenge went beyond that!
He knew that he had to study and learn the truth in order to achieve his goal. He needed money to buy books and bows and arrows.
If he had more money, he could even sneak out to find a private school and stay away from Ning Wang’s Mansion.
But now――
The person who suddenly appeared beside him obviously disrupted his plans a little.
Lu Huan stood under the eaves, looking at the roosters and hens fluttering around in the yard.
He also looked at the grape vines covered by last night’s snow and the various crop seeds leaning against the wall.
He walked over and sprinkled the feed inside the fence. Twenty-six chickens immediately gathered around excitedly, pecking at the ground.
Lu Huan walked to the hen’s coop and took a look. He didn’t know if it was because there were too many chickens, but some hens had started laying eggs last night. He reached out and touched it and took out two warm eggs.
For Lu Huan, who had been treated harshly by Lady Ning since childhood and had hardly ever had hot meals, an egg was obviously a delicacy that he could only get from the kind Fourth Aunt during festivals.
But now, with the help of that person, he was holding two round and smooth hot eggs in his hands.
….
Lu Huan couldn’t help but feel an indescribable emotion in his heart, and his expression was a little complicated…
Could it be that the man really had no ill intentions?
If he really had malicious intentions, that person could come and go freely in the firewood yard. Since he was unconscious due to a fever last night, that person could have stabbed him with a dagger, leaving him with no room to resist!
In fact, it wasn’t just last night. That person could have done something to him at other times as well, but he never held back and just sent him all kinds of things he needed!
However, if he had no ulterior motive, why did he send him things over and over again? Could it be that he really wanted to help him and was kind enough to give him a helping hand?
But — but how could it be –?!
He had never felt this kind of kindness since he was born. No one in the Ning Wang Mansion would help him. It was good enough if they didn’t flatter and follow Lu Wenxiu to step on him. Even the Fourth Aunt only looked at him with pity for the sake of self-preservation. There was no such kindness in the Ning Wang Mansion, and even less outside the Ning Wang Mansion!
How could someone suddenly help him out of trouble without showing up again and again?!
…He couldn’t imagine who would treat him so well.
Lu Huan stared at the egg in his hand. It seemed as if his palm still had the remaining feeling of ice and snow after he had squeezed the cloth to reduce his fever. The ripples in his heart grew bigger and bigger.
If there really was such a person…
If it was true, he actually felt a little nervous and his heart was pounding.
– And, there was a sense of difficulty in his throat, and a secret hope arose in his heart that he himself was not even aware of.
But Lu Huan immediately felt that his idea was absurd, even ridiculous.
What if it wasn’t the case? What if that person had no intention of harming him, nor had he set any trap for him, but also didn’t care about him as he thought, and merely treated him, a bast**d within the courtyard walls, as some fun and pitiful toy, toying with him at his will?
After all, his background was clear. He was indeed the son of Ning Wang and a prostitute outside, so it was impossible for him to have any secret background.
It was also impossible for other relatives to help him secretly.
Well, besides those silly tricks and charity tricks –
Lu Huan really couldn’t imagine who would be nice to a bast**d like himself without any purpose.
….
Thinking of this, a basin of ironic cold water seemed to be immediately poured over his head.
Lu Huan pursed his lips, trying his best to suppress his wild thoughts and extinguish all his expectations and desires.
His eyes then became calm.
No matter what, he should first respond to changes by remaining unchanged.
….
That day, he fed all the chickens, took the eggs, and began to plant the winter crops he had purchased.
He had not touched the clothes and other things that the man had sent him before because he suspected that he had ulterior motives. However, after last night’s cold wind and rain, although Lu Huan still did not know the other party’s purpose, he had more or less lowered his guard and temporarily concluded that the other party had no ill intentions.
So he divided the crops that the other party had placed at the foot of the wall.
The ready-made potatoes, carrots and other foods were divided into twenty-three bags and all moved to the kitchen.
The other seeds were left in place and those that could be planted were planted on the same day. For those that could not be planted for the time being, a room next to the firewood yard was cleaned up and used as a warehouse, and they were stored in some way.
After doing all this, Lu Huan went to the kitchen.
Lu Huan could do everything from chopping wood to fetching water, and he was also good at cooking and making noodles. Otherwise, he would not have been able to survive in this huge Ning Wang Mansion over the years.
He lit the stove, rolled up his sleeves, revealing his clean, slender arms, chopped carrots and potatoes, mixed them with flour, and spread them in the pot. White steam rose, and in the dim light of the fire, a pancake was soon ready.
His index finger twitched, and his eyes couldn’t help but sparkle a little.
This was the first time in all these years that he had eaten something hot instead of cold leftovers.
….
Lu Huan swallowed the pancake in a few bites to fill his stomach, then cut more carrots and mashed potatoes and burned the firewood more vigorously.
He made another bigger pancake that smelled better and looked even more tempting.
But he didn’t eat it. Instead, he put it on a plate and placed it on the stove, warming it with the remaining heat from the stove.
….
He paused and looked out of the kitchen uncertainly.
It was already night, a few snowflakes were floating in the sky, and everything was silent.
Would that person…come tonight?
If he left the finished pancake here, would the man see it? Would he like it?
Lu Huan was a little nervous.
But – he immediately thought, if that person was really just giving him charity for fun…
…When that person saw him eagerly preparing the pancakes for someone to come, would he laugh at him and think he was a poor wretch who desperately seized on a little kindness?
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