Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers

Chapter 244: Chapter 244: Looking at an Idiot

Beiyuan, Dengzhou, Rishengchang Bank branch.

Zhao Xiyan was frowning, looking at the four-nation map before him.

But soon he could no longer sit still, got up, and began pacing anxiously, having lost his usual relaxed and calm demeanor.

At that moment, Zhao Chong came in carrying a teapot, his face marked with concern.

“Master, the news from Donggao won’t arrive that quickly, why don’t you take a nap first?”

Zhao Xiyan hung his eyes, seemingly lost in thought, unresponsive, as if he hadn’t heard at all.

Zhao Chong sighed and called out again.

“Master, you haven’t rested for several days now, you can’t keep this up, your body won’t take it!”

This time Zhao Xiyan finally responded, but he moved to the table to look at that map again.

Zhao Chong sighed, picked up the teapot, and left.

At the door, Zhao Tai saw this and furrowed his brow.

“Is the master still like that?”

Zhao Chong shook his head, resignedly said, “Yeah, I’m out of options, why don’t you try to persuade him?”

Zhao Tai seemed to recall something suddenly and said with pride, “I have an idea on how to persuade the master. Dare you bet with me? When I go in, the master will definitely obediently go to sleep.”

Zhao Chong glanced at him, scoffed, “You? I don’t believe it, I’ll take that bet, if you can get the master to rest, I’ll give you ten taels of silver. But if you fail, you must give me ten taels!”

Zhao Tai narrowed his eyes.

“Fine, it’s a deal! Just wait and see, get those ten taels of silver ready.”

Having said that, Zhao Tai tidied up his clothes as if it was a serious matter, and entered the room full of confidence.

The conversation outside had been overheard by Zhao Xiyan long ago.

Thus, the moment Zhao Tai entered, Zhao Xiyan spoke.

“Apart from the news from Donggao, do not mention anything else. If there’s nothing else, you may leave.”

Zhao Tai was immediately dumbfounded.

Still, he struggled a bit, risking punishment, he spoke.

“Master, I have something to say about Miss Qi, may I?”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xiyan immediately looked up.

“What is it, speak.”

Indeed, Miss Qi was the magic cure to restrain his master!

Zhao Tai instantly revitalized, immediately said, “Master, it’s like this. I suddenly remembered last time, if it weren’t for you not resting and eventually fainting, you would have surely met Miss Qi, and who knows what might have happened afterwards. Now you’re straining yourself like this again, and if suddenly there’s news from Donggao, and Miss Qi needs your help, who knows, you might faint again, wouldn’t that delay important matters?”

Seeing that Zhao Xiyan was listening and seriously contemplating, Zhao Tai quickly added a few more words.

“Master, why not rest for a bit, maybe by the time you awaken, there’ll be good news!”

Finally, Zhao Xiyan nodded, stood up and lay down on a nearby couch.

Zhao Tai busily fetched a blanket, considerately covering him, then softly left the room.

As soon as the door closed, a somber voice came from inside.

“If there is any news, wake me up immediately.”

“Yes, Master.”

Zhao Tai responded and hurriedly pulled Zhao Chong far away.

“Let’s go, let’s go, the master is sleeping.”

Zhao Chong was greatly surprised, after hearing what Zhao Tai had said, couldn’t help but compliment him as well.

“How did you get so smart this time?”

“Hey, I was always smart…”

“Enough of that, you are clearly very foolish,” Zhao Chong said begrudgingly, pulling out ten taels of silver from his bosom and tossing them over, “But seeing that you managed to make the master rest, I willingly lose to you.”

Zhao Tai gleefully pocketed the silver, also sporting a triumphant expression.

“If another piece of good news comes later, maybe if the master is pleased, he might even reward me with more silver!”

Zhao Chong snorted.

“You think your mouth is blessed? We’ve waited so many days and it’s all been false news, nothing substantive.”

Talking like this, Zhao Tai’s expression also grew serious.

“If there’s no news soon, the master might lose patience, he might really charge into Donggao. What then? He alone can’t withstand the hundreds of thousands of Donggao soldiers.”@@novelbin@@

Zhao Chong also sighed.

“Indeed, we just hope Miss Qi comes back soon!”

The two were speaking softly when suddenly “squeak”, the door to Zhao Xiyan’s room opened.

“My lord? You have slept already?” Zhao Chong hurriedly approached and asked.

Zhao Xiyan responded, “I suddenly remembered something. If she returns, she will definitely head southeast. Prepare the carriage quickly, we leave for Longnan County Government immediately!”

Zhao Chong and Zhao Tai looked at each other, stunned, then responded in unison.

“Yes!”

Immediately, someone prepared a comfortable large carriage, and in less than half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the carriage had departed Dengzhou and headed towards the Longnan County Government.

Dengzhou was not far from Longnan County Government; the journey by carriage would take only two days.

Just halfway there, they received news with urgent dispatch that Qi Yue had already rescued Qu Wei and was on her way back with over two hundred civilians, expecting to arrive at Longnan County Government in two days.

Hearing this news, Zhao Xiyan immediately ordered the carriage to speed up. He wanted to arrive early in Longnan, at the border, to welcome Qi Yue’s return.

The group arrived at Longnan County Government, rushing to the border just in time to meet Qu Wei leading the group of over two hundred people back.

Zhao Chong and others were overjoyed and hurriedly searched the crowd for Qi Yue to inform Zhao Xiyan.

But Zhao Xiyan’s face, initially joyful, turned colder by the second.

“My lord, what is it?”

“She didn’t come. Out of two hundred and forty-three people, she is not among them.”

Zhao Chong, shocked, quickly rubbed his eyes and looked towards the front of the line.

Indeed, she was not there!

He could see Qu Wei, but Qi Yue was nowhere to be seen.

Could the master’s capability be so formidable?

From so far away, how could he have counted so quickly?

In an instant, Zhao Chong didn’t know whether to praise Zhao Xiyan for his prowess or to console him to not worry so hastily.

Looking up, he saw Zhao Xiyan had already approached Qu Wei; Zhao Chong hurriedly signaled Zhao Tai to follow.

Seeing the Beiyuan Army, the civilians could not contain their joy and sprinted into the pass.

Qu Wei, witnessing this scene, felt uncertain whether to feel joy or worry.

He had fulfilled his promise to Qi Yue by bringing these people back safely.

But Qi Yue had not returned.

As he turned to gaze back the way they had come, he heard Zhao Xiyan calling out to him.

“Qu Wei!”

He hurriedly turned around, indeed seeing Zhao Xiyan walking over with a grim expression, and immediately asked.

“Why didn’t Yueyue come back?”

This question made Qu Wei feel like crying on the spot.

“This… I…”

He hurriedly narrated the entire story, his guilt growing stronger.

“It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t followed her to Dongjiang this time, maybe none of this would have happened.”

The more Zhao Xiyan listened, the more anxious he became, but Qu Wei kept beating around the bush and never got to the point until Zhao Xiyan finally interrupted him.

“Be silent, what use is saying this now? When you parted with Yueyue, did she say how she would escape?”

“She did.”

“What did she say? How did she leave Yanjing, and where should we meet her?”

A few words snapped Qu Wei back to reality, “She only said that as long as we arrived safely, she would find a way to escape, and told me not to worry…”

“Absurd!” Zhao Xiyan exclaimed sharply, “And to think you claim to be Yueyue’s elder brother, believing such words and leaving her alone in Yanjing! Do you realize that eight days ago, Donggao had already prepared its army along the entire line, allowing merchants only to enter, not to leave…”

As if to confirm his words, a chorus of shouts came from the Donggao pass on the opposite side of the border!

“Martial might! Valiant! Donggao Army is valiant!”

“Martial might! Valiant! Donggao Army is valiant!”

“…”

Just moments ago, they had passed through the gate and returned to Beiyuan territory, and in the blink of an eye, the enemy was already filled with soldiers, clearly making a show of force!

Qu Wei felt a foreboding sense of dread.

If Donggao mobilized its army of four hundred thousand at the border, Qi Yue, no matter how capable, would not be able to return!

And their return had been too smooth!

Too smoothly eerie to believe that Donggao had no other intentions—who would believe that?

A wave of infinite regret surged in his heart; Qu Wei wished he could slap himself.

“What now? Zhao Xiyan, you must save Yueyue! Although the two of you are already divorced, you cannot just stand by and watch her die!”

Zhao Xiyan gave him a look as if he were an idiot, then quickly turned and walked away!