Legend of the Moon Sword
Master Gu's medicinal secret (2)

The twilight has arrived. All the maids were preparing to have dinner together like their daily routine. Xie Jia was already there, she was waiting in front of the dining room door awkwardly. When looking inside, he could see some maids preparing food and some of them cooking food.

Xie Jia scratched his nape, he should have left here. I don't know why he felt so awkward.

"Xie Jia, come here. The food is ready" Call one of the waiters.

"O-oh? Yep!" Xie Jia replied with a wave. He quickly approached the dining table and sat down on one of the chairs.

The servants smiled sweetly at him, and it astonished him. Tumben once they smile like that. They never smile at her or even look at her in disgust.

Lin Mei came, all the servants welcomed her arrival and let her sit down at the place that was already prepared.

"Is the dinner for Mr. Gu already prepared?" Lin Mei asked.

"Yes,Senior. We've prepared porridge for Mr. Gu," replied one of the servants.

"Alright, give it to me. You eat first" said Lin Mei and received a bowl of fresh porridge in her hand.

Xie Jia could only see when Lin Mei chose to provide Master Gu's dinner alone. And it made some male servants whisper in the back.

"Hey, once senior Lin wanted to provide Mr. Gu's dinner first. And this dinner hour is brought forward?" - Waiter A.

"Yes too. After all, it wasn't like he used to take Xie Jia. What's wrong with senior Lin? Has his heart softened?" - Servant B.

Xie Jia who heard that did not blame the servants who talked about it from behind. But he was confused, and it was true what the servants said.

Suddenly Lin Mei was being nice to him.

"The sweet is ready, you eat it" said one of the waiters with a smile. He placed a plate full of sweets in front of Xie Jia.

Seeing that,Xie Jia became tempted. Maybe now his saliva will drip in a moment. He stared one by one at his seniors, with a timid look he asked for permission to eat immediately.

"No need to ask us for permission, eat as much as you can" they said, laughing.

Xie Jia nodded, feeling pleased and her hand picked up one of the cookies on her plate. A small cake about the size of a palm with chocolate powder on it. And he thought maybe it was cinnamon powder.

Xie Jia ate ravenously that night. All the sweets tasted good in his mouth. Moreover, he very rarely ate food like this.

While the servants were watching him from earlier with a hard to interpret look.

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That night the full moon shone brightly, clearly visible in the expanse of the night sky. There were no stars there, making the night feel lonely.

The cold old barn, the window just opened until the night wind came in. Spell-written papers were scattered everywhere, some were even torn.

Sit cross-legged in the middle of the room. Zhi Yuo closed his eyes, trying to concentrate. The moonlight that propagated from the window was exposed to his face. His eyes closed quietly, his eyebrows slightly wrinkled. His mind was focused only on what he was doing at the moment.

Zhi Yuo focused on one thing, the light of the full moon. He was trying to absorb the energy from the moon, strengthening his body as it used to be.

He wants to be stronger. This is the step he must master from the beginning.

"A little more..." Zhi Yuo tried harder to focus. His eyebrows bent sharply as he felt his skin begin to feel the sensation of being pierced by thousands of needles. His eyes that were closed bit by bit saw the white light coming.

A little more, he would have made it past the first step.

"Zhi Yuo!"

Zhi Yuo flinched, he reflexively opened his eyes in shock. When he turned his head quickly, Yan Yan stood there with a tray containing a lot of food in his hand. He looked at Zhi Yuo while clucking.

"What are you sitting cross-legged for?! Come and eat!" Tell Yan Yan roughly.

Zhi Yuo opened his mouth, he was daydreaming.

"I should have finished.. ".

Want not.

Zhi Yuo got up, visiting Yan Yan who was preparing a bowl of rice on the tray.

"There is lotus seed soup and sweets. We can have dinner today," Yan Yan said as he prepared food for them.

Zhi Yuo saw a bowl of soup and rice before him. For a long time he did not eat rice. Usually here just steal peaches. His hand grabbed the chopsticks and the rice bowl. He was about to inhale a little bit of that delicious-scented lotus soup. Just looking at him made his hunger rise.

Tumben once the servants and Lin Mei were kind enough to give them dinner.

"Oh, where's Xie Jia?" Ask Zhi Yuo. He had not seen the girl.

"Xie Jia had dinner with another waiter. Lin Mei gave him a lot of sweets and now he is in the dining room," Yan Yan replied. His hands were busy picking up the lotus seed grains floating on top of the soup.

Zhi Yuo furrowed his brows, feeling strange for Lin Mei's attitude that changed 180 degrees. Why could that be?.

On the sidelines of her meal, she was still thinking about how Lin Mei could have Xie Jia have dinner in the dining room? Why was it only Xie Jia who was told to go there? Looks like something's weird.

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Lin Mei was done with her task of feeding Mr. Gu dinner. He didn't give his host that medicine tonight, but he'll give it tomorrow morning.

The slurry is already barren. Lin Mei said good night to Mr. Gu and went from that spacious room to her own room.

The scrolls of letters piled up right in front of her dressing table. Lin Mei felt dizzy with the messy state of her room, but she decided to take care of it after receiving a new letter from Madam Gu Fei.

His hand took out a new unread fold of the letter, then read it in his heart. The first sentence greeted him.

Lin Mei, in two days I will come to my husband's residence. I hope tomorrow goes well. Tomorrow night, we'll talk for a while. Come to my house tomorrow night.

Xie Jia was cool to enjoy the sweetness, then he took another cake with a lot of cinnamon powder on it. A plate full of cake is almost gone. While the other waiter noticed how to eat.

We'll talk about our next plan. I told you, right? Let no one know this.

Zhi Yuo finished off the remains of the lotus soup that was inside his bowl. He chewed on the lotus seeds, watching the door of the warehouse that had not opened since Yan Yan came out of the warehouse to pick up Xie Jia.

"That boy was a long time ago," Zhi Yuo whispered. Waiting for Xie Jia made him tired himself.

Last time you said, there was one person who looked suspicious at the residence right? He almost knew our plan. What is that ? a little boy ?.

The sound of footprints was seen running fast towards the warehouse. The sound of gasping breath was clearly heard among the roar of the night wind. Cold sweat poured from Yan Yan Yan's forehead, he painstakingly ran towards the warehouse with a frail figure on his shoulders, starting to get weak.

I told you, didn't I? If anyone knows our plan, finish it off. Slowly, though,

"Zhi Yuo!"

The barn door slammed. Zhi Yuo turned his head towards the source of the voice. Instantly he followed frantically looking at Yan Yan Yan's already deathly pale face .

"W-What is this?.." Zhi Yuo stuttered for a moment. I don't know why, but he felt very shocked and worried.

Yan Yan regulated his breathing, then he said in panic.

"Xie Jia vomited blood!"

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