Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me-Chapter 455 - 233: Flower Viewing (Part 2)

"How did it suddenly get worse when it was just fine yesterday!" Doctor Li burst in, and after greeting everyone, he sat down on the stool that Liu Ya had moved over to take Shi Fengju’s pulse.

He found that Shi Fengju’s pulse was indeed abnormally throbbing and rapid, and he frowned slightly. Then he peeled back the loosely covering gauze from his leg, and was taken aback upon seeing the wound, exclaiming, "It’s inflamed! How could this be!"

Shi Fengju coughed awkwardly and mumbled: "Perhaps it’s because the weather has been a bit hot these past few days..."

"That doesn’t make sense!" Doctor Li flatly rejected the excuse, examining the wound carefully and gently pressing around it. Frowning, he said, "Young master, did you engage in any strenuous activity yesterday? The muscles have been slightly strained, but fortunately, the bones are not dislocated. Otherwise, we would have to reset them!"

Pressing her lips together to suppress a laugh, Sang Wan lifted her handkerchief to her mouth and stealthily giggled, thinking: Serves you right! See if you’ll ever be so reckless again!

Doctor Li’s skeptical gaze did not hide as he looked over, as if demanding an explanation from Shi Fengju, who felt even more guilty. In a spur of desperate wit and slight embarrassment, he chuckled: "My wife rushed over from home yesterday, and upon seeing my condition, she was so heartbroken and worried that she cried. I couldn’t bear to see her like that, so I forced myself to walk a few more steps in front of her, hoping to reassure her. Who would have thought it would aggravate the wound? It truly wasn’t worth it!"

"So that’s what happened!" Doctor Li suddenly realized and nodded in understanding, sighing, "Young master, you must not walk around too much before you’re fully recovered. You must rest in bed properly. Otherwise, as the weather gets hotter, it will be very detrimental to your wound! Madam has a kind heart, please reassure her not to worry. After all, it’s just a superficial injury, and with proper care, you’ll recover soon, so there’s no need to worry!"

"Haha, you’re absolutely right! I should indeed talk to her properly later!" Shi Fengju nodded in complete agreement.

Doctor Li then wrote another prescription and gave further instructions before taking his leave.

Steward Zhang personally saw him out and took the prescription with him to get the medicine.

Sang Wan emerged from behind the screen, looking at Shi Fengju with an amused smile, and couldn’t help but let out a light chuckle behind her hand.

No longer displaying any awkwardness, Shi Fengju smiled and extended his arms to signal her to sit by his side, teasing, "Don’t you think your husband is clever?"

Suppressing her laughter, Sang Wan nodded, "Indeed, too clever! To my great disappointment!" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Nonsense!" Shi Fengju laughed and pulled her into his embrace, pinching her chin, "I had just managed to smooth things over, and here you are disappointed that you didn’t get to witness some drama!" The two of them then laughed together.

Doctor Li’s targeted treatment turned out to be effective. After washing with the medicinal soup and applying the ointment, the burning and stinging sensations died down considerably, which relaxed his tensed body a bit.

Since last night, the two of them indeed refrained from any vigorous activities. Having someone by his side, even though confined to this small space, Shi Fengju felt content and didn’t feel distressed at all.

In a few days, the business accounts for the first quarter began to arrive from various places. In the past, these were always sent to Qingzhou, but this year, given the unusual circumstances, Shi Fengju had already instructed to have them redirected to Handan. Sang Wan had helped him with the accounts before, so naturally, they reviewed them together again this time. Sang Wan, who had grown bored of daily tea-drinking, playing chess, and chatting, didn’t refuse and took it as a distraction to go through the accounts with him. She handled the abacus with ease and grace like butterflies flitting among flowers. Shi Fengju, who had seen her skill before, was now even more mesmerized and couldn’t resist kissing her delicate fingers, prompting Sang Wan to giggle incessantly.

Over half a month passed, and Shi Fengju followed the doctor’s orders meticulously. With his beloved wife by his side, his wound healed rapidly. Once the initial treatment took effect and the wound stabilized, his recovery progressed rapidly day by day.

On this day, after Doctor Li’s visit, he said that Shi Fengju could slowly start going up and down stairs and take walks in the courtyard. The gauze wrapped around his leg was now only a thin, breathable layer, and the splints that had been stabilizing his bones were already removed.

The next morning was clear and refreshing, and unable to contain himself, Sang Wan helped him down from the upper floor.

Exiting the room and standing on the bluestone tiles of the courtyard, looking around at the lush swaying branches of flowers, Shi Fengju took a deep breath and felt a strange freshness, smiling self-deprecatingly as he moved his feet a bit and remarked, "It’s been so long since I’ve touched the ground, even just stepping on it like this feels extremely delightful! They say the most ordinary things are the most precious, and today I truly understand a bit of that sentiment!"

Sang Wan laughed and said, "You’ve only just recovered. Let’s walk a bit and then go back inside! Once you’re fully healed, then you can stay out as long as you like."

Shi Fengju laughed and said, "I’ve had my own moment of Zen. It wasn’t easy to come to this realization, and yet my dear Miss Wan doesn’t give me any credit, not even a word of agreement—just sweeping away my moment of enlightenment!"

Sang Wan glanced at him with a smile and responded, "Indeed, what the young master says makes perfect sense! The feeling of regaining what was lost is excellent, isn’t it? Then you, young master, may slowly savor it!"

Shi Fengju burst into laughter, "Insincere words!" He then took her hand and led her to a clump of peonies with pink and white petals and yellow centers, smiling, "Miss Wan, look, these peonies are blooming so beautifully. Do you like them?"

Sang Wan glanced casually, only then noticing that the courtyard was filled with numerous large flowerpots, each standing about half a person tall with various colored peonies, now in full bloom, creating a lively scene. Purple-red, pink, deep red, rose, pink-white, goose-yellow, and other colors, whether mixed or solid, bloomed like bowl-sized flowers vibrant in color and full in shape among the green leaves, attracting butterflies to flutter around and bees to circle, making the garden a bustling place.

Unable to help her surprise, Sang Wan exclaimed, "Why are there so many peonies! I remember when I arrived, the courtyard didn’t look like this... Could I have remembered it wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Fengju turned his head to look at her, silent for a long moment.