Adorable Food Goddess

Chapter 9 : Limitless Patient

Translator: YTJS_  Editor: Perriemix

Xia Chunyu rushed to the east wing, kicking his two henchmen awake before ordering Peng Wu to go and get the lame physician of the mountains, Mr. Liu.

Peng Wu ran straight to Mr. Liu’s room, shaking him awake and hauling the guy out of his blanket. Peng Wu pulled him all the way to the courtyard before the physician could even finish dressing up properly.

Xia Chunyu glared at Peng Wu as he saw the physician’s sorry state. “Mr. Liu, please take a look at her. She seemed feverish.”

Mr. Liu touched Ye Jiayao’s forehead, measuring her pulse before asking, “Did she catch a cold?”

Xia Chunyu shook his head.

“Injured?”

Xia Chunyu hesitated for a while before shaking his head firmly.  That place might have been a little injured, but it would not have been so serious as to cause a fever! Didn’t every woman go through that? He didn’t see any of them fall sick just because of that.

Mr. Liu frowned. He wasn’t a professional and although he could handle superficial injuries, apply some medicinal oil and manage to bandage, diagnosing illnesses was beyond his capabilities.

“Maybe it is from a fright? A snake crawled in last night, but I am certain that she was not bitten,” Xia Chunyu said, meaning for the two idiots to hear in case they started making things up.

“So third-in-charge kicked the door to save sister-in-law,” Song Qi said in realization, exchanging a conspiratory smile with Peng Wu.

Xia Chunyu ignored the teasing looks between the two hopeless idiots in the corner. He just could not be bothered with them at the moment. “Can she be cured?” he asked Mr. Liu.

Mr. Liu smoothed his goatee and replied, “I will write her a nerve-calming and fever-reducing prescription. If that still doesn’t work, then we’ll have to call the soul.”

Xia Chunyu was at a loss. Call the soul? How?

Peng Wu followed Mr. Liu to get the medicine while Song Qi went to the kitchen to get some food for their sick sister-in-law.

Song Qi’s face was sour when he confessed, “Third-in-charge, I don’t know how to make food!”

Xia Chunyu replied harshly, “Who told you to make it? Even I wouldn’t dare to eat the things that you make! Go and get Old Head Yu to make it.”

“I can’t go. Yesterday, I snatched a lot of stuff from Old Head Yu and he will definitely chase me out with a knife if he sees me again,” Song Qi replied weakly.

Xia Chunyu kicked him hard. “Scram! Boil some hot water for your sister-in-law, you do know how to boil water, don’t you?”

Song Qi rubbed his knee, embarrassed. “Yes, yes, this I know.”

Xia Chunyu went around the house, closing the windows before leaving to look for food.  What is the use of having henchmen if you can’t even get them to go to the kitchen?

With everyone gone, Ye Jiayao was finally free to open her eyes. She mulled over what the physician had said and wondered if he really was a professional.  He actually said to call the soul!  She could only hope that the guy was not a hoax because these three men were all completely useless in taking care of a sick person. They were just allowing her fever to burn, for goodness’s sake! They didn’t even make her a cold compress or something to bring her temperature down.

Ye Jiayao struggled to get up, wanting to get Song Qi to fetch some water, but then thought better of it and just lied back down. If that filthy man, who lacked compassion and basic morals, saw her get up, he would think that she was just fine and probably begin ordering her around again. She would just let her fever burn for a little longer and put the blame on him to torture him for a while.