Chapter 53: Is the Bo Family's Threshold Too High

Nan Jiaojiao watched his retreating back, feeling as if a string in her heart was being pulled tighter and tighter.

Just dress up and you don’t recognize people anymore?

If it weren’t for the fact that she was still nestled in his arms last night, she might have thought that she had just met him for the first time.

Pei Dongshi observed her carefully and asked, “Do you know him?”

“I don’t.”

Nan Jiaojiao put her hands in her pockets, her eyebrows slightly raised, her brow gently furrowed, and a hint of impatience on her cool little face.

Pei Dongshi caught up with her in a few steps, speaking with deep meaning, “Very few people can affect your emotions, this Bo Yanching…”

Nan Jiaojiao stopped, standing right under the eaves, she looked up at the carved lion on the flying eaves, her dark eyes narrowing slightly, “Senior Brother, is the threshold of the Bo Family too high?”

Pei Dongshi couldn’t immediately discern what she meant.

She hadn’t even entered the door yet, and her temper had already been provoked; Bo Yanching’s words from just before had truly annoyed her.

“We’re just here to treat an illness, don’t think about anything else.”

Pei Dongshi ruffled her hair, but this time Nan Jiaojiao dodged and quickly stepped up the stairs.

“Is Qingshan awake?”

A man in his forties or fifties, dressed like a steward, was standing in front of Bo Yanching, pointing to the slightly open room with an anxious tone, “Last night the cold poison acted up, luckily Doctor Xu arrived in time to control it.

He ran a high fever towards morning, alternating between hot and cold, we’ve had to change the bedding twice already.

He seems normal now, but he’s still talking nonsense.”

Bo Yanching asked, “Did you hear what he was saying?”

“Something like ‘immortal’ or ‘fairy’.”

As he spoke, the steward saw two unfamiliar faces coming upstairs, a man gentle and refined, the girl with impatience on her face.

He instinctively went to greet them, but the girl immediately asked, “Where’s the patient?”

The steward subconsciously looked towards Bo Yanching.

Bo Yanching gave Nan Jiaojiao a glance, his expression still indifferent, and then signaled to the steward with a glance.

With his permission, the steward finally made way, “The young master is inside.”

As the door opened, Nan Jiaojiao stood at the entrance, with light pouring in from behind her, blurring the contours of her features, making her seem as if she had walked out of light and shadow.

Bo Qingshan was covered in blankets, with only half of his face showing.

His eyes, which were loosely closed, suddenly opened wide with excitement as he pulled the rest of his face out from under the blankets.

He yelled loudly, “Immortal Goddess!”

Nan Jiaojiao’s brows were tightly knotted.

With a bang, she stormed out, slamming the door behind her.

Such a fiery temper!

Pei Dongshi hurried to catch up, “What’s wrong?”

Nan Jiaojiao’s face was discontented, and she gritted her teeth with resentment, “He called me ‘auntie’.”

“That’s truly his mistake,” Pei Dongshi, knowing her taboo, coaxed her kindly, “I’ll go in and talk to him, get this unfortunate nickname straightened out.

Just wait here a little while, and please don’t leave, hear me?”

Nan Jiaojiao didn’t say a word.

He sighed, “My little ancestor?”

“Hmm.”

Upon hearing her response, Pei Dongshi let go of her and walked away, suddenly feeling a chill gaze upon him, but when he turned to look, he didn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

One minute later, Pei Dongshi came back out and coaxed Nan Jiaojiao to go inside.

Bo Qingshan was sitting cross-legged on the bed, dressed neatly in fleece-lined pants and a coat, his face flushed, dark circles under his eyes, his young, tender face unexpectedly weary.

But his eyes were bright as he looked at Nan Jiaojiao.

Cheekily, he called, “Pretty big sister.”

Nan Jiaojiao paused in her tracks, her gaze turning to Pei Dongshi, her brows gently unfurling.

She pulled out a chair in front of the bed and sat down, asking, “Where does it hurt?”