Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

"Impudent!" Wei Mu Ya was annoyed when she heard that Nan Luo came for her younger sister's medical expertise. "Mu Qing is still young and inexperienced. There are other doctors in the city, why don't you ask them instead of my younger sister?"

Nan Luo didn't answer.

It was Wei Mu Qing who was watching Nan Luo's face intently. She could see the conflict within Nan Luo's eyes and also his struggle. Even though she might not be able to be compared to her outstanding older brother, she was not a stupid person.

She could guess his reason when he asked for her.

"Ya Jie, don't be so angry," Wei Mu Qing soothed her older sister. She only turned to look at Nan Luo and asked, "Does this person so important for you that you're willing to lower yourself to ask for my help?"

For a young noble to ask for the help of a young woman, that was called lowering themselves. Women's status has always been low and even with their family background that was pretty good, it would not change the fact that their status was lower than the males.

That was why Wei Mu Qing was used to face contempt and distrust directed towards her when she was being apprenticed doctor in this city. However, she didn't voice it out and wholeheartedly learning everything that was possible for her to learn.

And Nan Luo was being earnest.

To be wanted and acknowledged was something that Wei Mu Qing had always wanted. She never thought that such acknowledgement from outsiders would first come from this young man in front of her.

She could guess that the person whom Nan Luo wanted her to help must be a young woman.

But she might be hiding her real gender.

And she's also important for Nan Luo.

"Yes," Nan Luo answered firmly. If it was for his sister, he didn't mind asking for help and lowered himself. How does pride even mattered compared to his sister's life?

Wei Mu Qing showed a faint smile. "In that case, let me take a look."

"Mu Qing!"

"Ya Jie, please stay here." Wei Mu Qing looked at her older sister and showed a reassuring smile. "I'll be back soon."

Wei Mu Ya looked at her younger sister's smile and really felt like she couldn't do anything. She felt frustrated when she thought that her younger sister was coined by others like this.

Couldn't Mu Qing see that the other party just wanted to take advantage of her?

"Watch Mu Qing carefully. If she yelled or anything happened to her, just deal with him appropriately." Wei Mu Ya waved her hand.

"Yes, First Young Miss Wei."

Meanwhile, Nan Luo led Wei Mu Qing to the building next door. He walked a step ahead from her and only keep track of her through his martial arts. This way, he didn't need to look at her directly.

When they reached the door, Nan Luo saw that Feng Ao Si was still standing there as he had asked the other party just now.

Nan Luo rubbed his nose.

His older cousin didn't think it was strange for him to listen to his arrangement?

He didn't try to dwell on the matter, though and motioned inside. "Please come in, the patient is inside."

"Okay."

Wei Mu Qing walked into the room and immediately saw Nan Hua on the bed. Even though Nan Hua was dressed as a male, she had been learning under her master for a long time to be able to differentiate between male and female easily.

That was why she knew that the person on the bed must be female.

"Excuse me, my name is Wei Mu Qing. I'm here to treat on you," Wei Mu Qing introduced herself when she saw Nan Hua opened her eyes.

"Nan," Nan Hua replied softly.

Nan.

Wei Mu Qing didn't like war, but it didn't mean that she didn't know anything about what happened at the frontline. Her father had once mentioned about a surprisingly outstanding young man named Nan who was Young Commander Nan's adjutant.

It seemed that the person in question was actually a young woman.

"I'll check you first."

Taking Nan Hua's pulse, Wei Mu Qing's face quickly turned serious. She realized that the patient in front of her had actually broken some bones on her ribs and had multiple degree of bruises.

Just what in the world happened?

Forcing down her curiosity, Wei Mu Qing began to help Nan Hua dress her wound. And in the process, she came to realize that the patient herself also knew the direction of the treatment well.

Though, Nan Hua was a bit too weak to do the process by herself.

Because of that, Wei Mu Qing had to help her slowly but surely. Her eyes shone with astonishment at each instruction Nan Hua gave to her. This had also become a process for learning for her.

...

Outside the door, Nan Luo looked at Feng Ao Si and nodded. "Thanks for staying here this entire time."

"It's nothing much, but it's rare for me to see you so concerned about someone." Feng Ao Si looked at Nan Luo probingly. He didn't think that Nan Luo was that kind to other people normally.

With him already seeing Nan Luo when the latter was busy killing the assassins, Feng Ao Si had long thought of Nan Luo as someone who was ruthless. There was no way Nan Luo would be someone who would care about other people's wellbeing so earnestly.

"I can't just see her die, can I?" Nan Luo rolled his eyes.

"What happened? I didn't think that those injuries are caused by swords when I passed by the soldiers. It looks as if they're all being trampled on the ground rather than fighting."

"Trampled, huh? That's quite an apt description."

"Yes?"

"There's an avalanche and some of us got buried." Nan Luo's face darkened a bit when he thought that it was their plan. But Feng Ao Kuai had warned him before that he was not allowed to tell others that it was their masterpiece and instead tagged it as an accident. "It's really unfortunate."