"No Wedding Unless Enemies and Lovers" 《不是冤家不拜堂》Chapter 222

 Xiao Yi Chen smiled: "You haven't heard of it, it means you have very limited sources, you've come to the right place."

Bai Mo's lips twitched, "Yi Chen, I haven't seen you in so long, you're tongue is even more venomous, you've become better at mocking other's skills," Bai Mo patted the table and called the waiter, "Waiter, bring two jars of wine!"

Xiao Yi Chen pointed at Xiao Xiang and Xiao Mo: "I've got children with me, I can't drink."

Bai Mo rolled his eyes, "Safe it, I know how much alcohol you can take, a jar of wine won't make you drunk, have you not heard, meeting an old friend in a foreign place you must get thoroughly drunk."

Xiao Yi Chen's lips twitched, "I only heard there are four greatest joys in one's lifetime, sweet rains after a long drought, meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land, enjoying a wedding-night, and passing the imperial examination with distinction, I don't know about getting thoroughly drunk?"

Bai Mo rolled his eyes: "You're ill-informed!"

Xiao Yi Chen's lips twitched, Xiao Mo and Xiao Xiang rested their chins on both hands looking at Bai Mo then at Xiao Yi Chen, the two bantering was very amusing, it was even better than listening to the theatre singing a play.

The waiter carried two wine jars over, then provided two dishes which went well with alcohol, Bai Mo poured the wine: "This Beiling tavern knows how to do business, giving food with alcohol."

Xiao Yi Chen laughed, "Long time no see, how about you treat me to this meal?"

Bai Mo spat out a mouthful of wine, cursing Xiao Yi Chen for being calculative.

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Mo tilted his head to say to Xiao Xiang: "Daddy and this uncle Bai seem to be drunk?"

Xiao Xiang said quietly: "Then let's go, they're going to want to talk about who will settle the bill anyway, let's go play nearby."

Xiao Mo nodded, pulling on Xiao Xiang's hand they walked quietly on tiptoes downstairs.

Bai Mo pushed on Xiao Yi Chen's arm, "Hey, your two brats have run off, aren't you going to go after them?"

Xiao Yi Chen leaned against the window, his eyes not showing any intoxication, he waved his hand: "There's no harm, those two children won't be bullied, they're considered to be little tyrants here."

Bai Mo chuckled, suddenly he slapped his head: "I almost forgot, Chi Feng gave me a letter to give you, now that I've run into you, take a look." He had carried this letter with him for five years, he had wandered everywhere but didn't find Xiao Yi Chen, a few times he had itched to open the letter, but he was a virtuous person, he wouldn't take a look at someone else's letter, thus...even if he wanted to he could only bear it, now he could finally know the content of the letter.

Xiao Yi Chen took the crumpled letter from Bai Mo and opened it: "There's a smell of sweat, why did you keep it at your chest, it's not valuable?"

Bai Mo coughed: "Stop talking rubbish, I bathe every day, and I'm not a martial artist, how can I stink of sweat?"

Xiao Yi Chen laughed unfolding the letter: "Yi Chen, even though I'm not sure if you'll read this letter, I'm still writing it, Bai Mo is also leaving, the capital city will be a lot more lonely, I've always been looking after the shop you've left in the capital, if you need money just say so. Xiao Yi Mo bestowed a beauty to me, her name is Xiang Yun, she is very understanding, when you come back I'll invite you to our wedding."

Xiao Yi Chen smiled: "Chi Feng actually found himself a partner, have you seen that Xiang Yun?"

Bai Mo nodded, drinking a mouthful of wine: "Chi Feng that guy really cherishes her, now out of the three of us only I'm single but it's not a problem, I think it's good to be alone."

Xiao Yi Chen laughed behind his hand, "You comfort yourself in that way?"

"Madam Xiao it's not good!" 

Ji Ling Xue stretched, this afternoon nap was not disturbed by the two children, it really was refreshing, opening the door she stepped outside, the plump auntie from next door was panting with her hands at her waist, "No...no good, madam Xiao..."

Ji Ling Xue patted the other person's shoulder: "Speak slowly..."

The plump auntie said: "Your two children had a fight with landlord Qian's grandson, you should hurry and take a look, that landlord Qian's madam is a retired nanny from the palace, she served the empress dowager, she has a lot of connections."

Ji Ling Xue frowned: "My husband went out with the children..." She turned picking up a feather duster and rushed out, Xiao Yi Chen, where did you run off to instead of looking after the children?

When Ji Ling Xue rushed to the streets, there were three layers of people surrounding the entrance of the streets, pushing through the crowd, she saw Xiao Xiang and Xiao Mo stand in front of a young girl, a snivelling little boy wearing expensive clothes stood behind that young girl.

The young girl pointed at Xiao Mo and Xiao Xiang scolding: "You two dare to injure our young master, everyone saw it, my young master's hand is swollen, just you wait, our old master and madam won't let you off."

Xiao Mo and Xiao Xiang looked innocent, Xiao Xiang said: "This auntie, I already said so many times, we didn't hurt him, it was that poisonous spider there, we saved him, he was only frightened."

Xiao Mo said: "My older sister applied medicine on his wound, you don't know what's good or bad and just wiped it off, now his hand is swollen like that and you turn around to scold us, are all you adults unwilling to see sense?"

Everyone followed Xiao Xiang's hand, a cyan spider was on a pillar nearby, that strange colour made people fearful.

The Qian family nanny said: "How are we supposed to know what you gave the young master, maybe you want to kill our young master?"

The snivelling young boy inhaled through his nose: "Nanny, that spider is theirs, they deliberately used it to scare me, help me teach them a lesson."

The nanny from the Qian family looked like she had received an order, waving her hand, "What are you doing, take those two brats and bring them to the residence."

The two servants behind the nanny rubbed their hands and approached Xiao Xiang and Xiao Mo.

Ji Ling Xue had wanted to watch from the crowd to see how the two of them would react in this situation, she didn't expect Xiao Mo's keen eyes to have spotted her, they bounced over to her, each of them hugging her arms and began to wail, completely lacking the stubborn appearance from before.

Xiao Xiang: "Mother, you've finally come, if you didn't come you wouldn't be able to see your cute Xiang Xiang again."

Xiao Mo: "Mother, you have to give us justice, they want to take older sister and I away."

The Qian family nanny looked Ji Ling Xue up and down: "You're the mother of these two children, you've come at the right time, your son and daughter hurt our young master to this extent, what are you going to do?"

Ji Ling Xue nodded, just now she had heard most of it, she said to the nanny: "This isn't the time to talk about this, this young master has been poisoned by the spider, if it isn't treated in time..." 

Ji Ling Xue didn't finish speaking when she saw the Qian young master tug on the nanny's sleeve, one hand clutching his chest, "Nanny...I don't feel well..." His lips had turned black purple, it scared the rambling nanny's face to turn a deathly grey, "Young master...young master, are you alright?"

The Qian young master tottered, the nanny gathered him in her arms in a fluster, she looked around the crowd, anxiously saying: "Doctor, doctor...is there a doctor to save the young master, as long as you treat the young master, our landlord Qian will be grateful to you." The Qian nanny begged for a while, the crowd continued talking but no one stepped forward, she could only look, a lot of people shrunk their necks.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Xiang looked at that nanny with pity, shaking their heads, idiot, your young master is going to be killed by your arrogance.

Ji Ling Xue said: "If you don't mind let me take a look at the wound?"

Qian nanny pulled Ji Ling Xue to the side, questioning her: "You...you're not a doctor..."

Ji Ling Xue's lips pulled into a sneer, "When it comes to poison, I know a bit, you need to think about it clearly, if I don't take a look at your young master, the poison will enter the bottom of his heart, at that time even if an immortal comes it'll be hard to save him, everyone here can bear witness, I tried to save him but she won't let me."

The nanny clenched her teeth, of course she didn't want to be accused of killing the young master, thinking that she would be blamed in front of the Qian family and the crowd.

After Ji Ling Xue took the Qian young master's pulse, placing a pill in his mouth, then looking at the wound under the handkerchief tied around his hand, she saw the blood slowly seep through the wound.

Xiao Mo and Xiao Xiang quietly stood beside Ji Ling Xue, watching her save him, adoration and pride in their eyes towards her.

The Qian nanny looked at the black blood in distress, "What is it?"

Ji Ling Xue said: "He's been saved, fortunately the poison didn't spread, if you hadn't wiped the medicine my daughter applied to the wound, he would have been fine already."

The Qian nanny bowed her head, she was only worried her young master would be poisoned by someone, she didn't think...

When the Qian people left, the crowd who had gathered to watch the show also dispersed, Xiao Mo and Xiao Xiang pulled on Ji Ling Xue's sleeves complaining.

Xiao Mo: "Mother, daddy left us to drink with an old friend."

Xiao Xiang: "Mother, daddy still hasn't come back yet, I think he's drunk, I'll take you to go see him."

Ji Ling Xue nodded, following the two children, not forgetting to ask: "Who is the old friend, a man or woman?"

Xiao Xiang said: "It's an uncle in white, he seems to be very familiar with daddy, and knew I've been poisoned."

Ji Ling Xue was surprised, thinking about it she said: "It's Bai Mo?"

Only a few people in the world knew Xiao Xiang was poisoned, Ji Ling Xue hurried to the restaurant, Xiao Yi Chen and Bai Mo just happened to walk out with their arms around each other's shoulders, after seeing Ji Ling Xue holding a feather duster, Xiao Yi Chen's smile faded, with a little bit of smile he stepped forward saying: "Madam why are you here?"

Ji Ling Xue said: "I came to settle a debt with you, do you know the two children were bullied just now, did you know this old lady lost a detoxifying pill to settle the matter, that detoxifying pill can't be bought for one thousand gold." She had used quite a lot of good herbs, now there were only two pills on her.

Xiao Yi Chen pulled on Ji Ling Xue's arm, taking the feather duster from her hand, smiling he said: "Wife don't be angry, this won't  happen again, let's go, let's go home and talk about it, Bai Mo also came to participate it the herbal medicine festival, we met on the streets so we drank two cups of wine."

Ji Ling Xue sighed, tilting her head she greeted Bai Mo: "Bai Mo, long time no see."

Bai Mo greeted: "Madam Xiao is as svelte as before."