"Take good care of your injury, and when you're better, I'll take you to apologize to County Master Lin." Governor Zhou saw his son's silence and thought he had been persuaded, so he patted him on the backside and stood up to leave.

  Zhou Tong's eyes widened in shock, "Dad, I'm the one who got hurt, why should I apologize?"

  "It was you who played the trick first, and you didn't apologize. Who should?" Zhou Xie shot him a sideways glance and said, "Could it be that you're still expecting Lin County Master to come and offer apologies to you?"

  "She doesn't know it's me either, can't we just let this matter pass?"

  Seeing his father's face, Zhou Tong said, "Are you an idiot?" and couldn't say anything more.

  Zhou Shi's eyes were filled with a mixture of disappointment and frustration as he looked at his son, "Son, not everyone is as foolish as you. You three got injured and didn't go to school, do you think Lin County Master wouldn't find out about yesterday's incident? Not just Lin County Master, those three young ladies from the Shang family probably know too. Later on, you'll have to apologize to them as well."

  Zhou Tong lay down on the bed, his limbs numb and silent, thinking to himself that he hoped his injuries would be more severe so he wouldn't have to go to school this year.

  Lin Qingwan told Jiang Nan to go and investigate why Zhou Tong and others were targeting Lin Yuhong, although she didn't plan to intervene in the children's conflicts, but also wanted to be clear about it.

  If the other party is too much, she will not stand by and do nothing.

  But kids' things are easy to investigate, yet also hard to investigate, because sometimes you can't guess what they're thinking.

  "They chatted with the servants during their free time, and they said that Master Zhou was very dissatisfied with the Lu family's decision to allocate half of the courtyard to teach female students. After the incident with the hired workers, he had even more complaints, feeling that the Lin family was too overbearing. As soon as he returned to Suzhou, everyone in the household was uneasy." Jiang Nan furrowed his brow and said, "He seems to be very dissatisfied with our manor, could it be that Governor Zhou is behind this?"

  Lin Qingwan thought for a moment about Zhou Zhi's attitude when he came to visit last time, and shook her head: "It doesn't seem like him."

  "That is, he himself can't see past our Lin family?" Jiang Nan said discontentedly, pursing his lips: "Looking at his attitude, it seems that it's not because of Eldest Miss herself that he went to provoke Eldest Miss."

  Lin Qingwan's eyes slightly sank, and she nodded at the table: "Didn't Zhou Cishi send someone to ask about it in the school? I think he will soon know the inside story. Let's see how he handles it."

  "So we..."

  "When you don't know what to do, just go to school and study, or play if you want to, and ignore trivial matters."

  Jiang Nan understood and retreated with a bow.

  In the garden, there was a burst of laughter and chatter. Lin Qingyan couldn't help but stop in her tracks as she passed by. Bai Mei smiled and said, "It's Bi Hai teaching the young miss how to play with a bow."

  "Has she finished all her homework for today?"

  "Yes," said Bai Mei with a smile: "Now the young lady is very proactive, every day she finishes her homework in school and comes back to find Bi Hai to learn archery, and only practices piano when it gets dark."

  Lin Qingwan smiled, "She's still a kid, turn back and tell her what I said. If she learns well, next holiday I'll take her to the mountain. There are birds, rabbits and wild chickens in the mountains, let her learn how to shoot."

  Bai Mei quietly reminded her: "Auntie, you forgot, you've already promised Old Lady Shang that next time the young lady has a holiday, she'll take her to visit."

  Lin Qingwan gently patted her forehead and said, "Look at me, I forgot again. Let's put it off until next time."

  Bai Mei smiled and agreed.

  Returning to the main courtyard, Bai Feng came out to greet her, saying: "Young mistress, Dr. Xu has arrived and says he wants to take your pulse."

  Lin Qingyan smiled and walked in, asking, "Why is it early this month?"

  Xu Daifu hastily stood up and saluted, saying: "I have another matter to request of you, milady, so I came ahead of time."

  "You said."

  "My old friend invited me to go mountain climbing and picking herbs together, so I'd like to ask grandma for a few days off."

  Lin Qingwan just smiled: "What's so difficult about that? You go ahead, I'll give you a five-day leave, is that enough?"

  Xu Daifu let out a deep breath and smiled: "Enough, enough, actually three days would have been enough."

  "Those extra two days, you should take a good rest," Lin Qingyan sighed: "All these years, you've been running around for the Lin family, and it's indeed time to take a break. But I and Yubin will still have to rely on you in the future, so there aren't many extra days. At most, we can give you four or five days off per month."

  Xu Dafu was overjoyed, "This is so good, I'm already feeling very apologetic for taking this leave."

  Dr. Xü is also pitiful, since being hired by Lin Jiang as a family doctor, he has been on call 24/7, available at all times.

  The Lin family now has all the medicines, even if they are not available in the pharmacy, they can mostly be bought. Where does Mr. Xu need to go up the mountain to pick them? He is mostly thinking of taking this opportunity to gather with old friends and relax.

  Lin Qingwan smiled and said, "In the past, my brother and I were not in good health and couldn't leave Dr. Xu's side for a moment, so we didn't have time to give you a holiday. But now that Yubin and I are gradually recovering, we don't need you to be on duty all the time. Yubin has days off from school, and I also take a few days off each month, why can't you take a rest?"

  Xu Daifu was delighted in his heart, but also felt a bit embarrassed. "When Lin Gong invited me at the beginning, he mentioned this matter, and it's just basic to pass it on as soon as possible."

  "Now Yu Bing and I are fine, no need to worry about us all the time."

  "Actually, the young lady's body is indeed developing in a good direction, but as for you, Madam," This matter had been weighing on Dr. Xu's mind for a long time, he had been hesitant to speak, now that the opportunity was rare, he hesitated for a moment before saying: "Madam's body seems to be somewhat unusual."

  Lin Qing's heart skipped a beat as she calmly tilted her head and asked, "What's wrong?"

  Xu Daifu furrowed his brow, "It's hard to put into words, but it's just strange. Last year, your body was much weaker than the eldest miss, although you've had a great awakening and lived through it, you shouldn't have recovered so quickly. If you say it's because of your young age and good health, that might be plausible, but over this past year..."

  "Doctor Xu endured for a moment and said: 'You have not been ill for exactly one year and three months.'"

  "Isn't it a good thing if you don't get sick?" Lin Qingwen lowered her hand and gently pinched the hem of her clothes.

  "It's good for others, but not for you," Dr. Xu sighed: "Over the past year or so, I've been helping you and your sister recover your health, and both of you have started to gradually get better."

  "Especially after the spring began this year, the young lady has been moving around more and her body is better than in previous years. And in recent days she learned to play the zither, I took her pulse yesterday and found that her pulse was even more lively, it's clear that these exercises are beneficial for her, but Miss..."

  "Your pulse is still weaker than that of ordinary people, but it has strengthened a lot compared to more than a year ago. However, I found that in the past few months, your pulse seems to have stopped changing, neither weakening nor strengthening."

  "Isn't this bad?" Lin Qingwen asked softly, "Perhaps it's because my body has already recovered..."

  Xu Daifu shook his head, "How is this possible? The body's potential is limitless. How can your pulse be that of a well-nourished body? Not to mention, good health also means robustness. You eat nourishing food and often inspect the farm, walking a lot every day, so why hasn't there been any change?"

  "What's most important is that you're not ill." Dr. Xu paused, then hastily added: "Please forgive me, young lady, I'm not wishing illness upon you, but in fact, being ill isn't entirely a bad thing; having minor illnesses can also be a kind of adjustment for the body."

  Lin Qingyan nodded, "I understand, minor illnesses occur frequently, but serious ones rarely happen."

  Dr. Xu let out a sigh of relief and nodded, "That's the principle of this illness, it can't be too much or too little. Take Big Sister for example, every year when the seasons change, she would cough, and once she starts coughing, she wouldn't be able to sleep all night, and the illness would last for a month or two, so half of the year is spent taking medicine, which isn't good. But now Big Sister's body has gradually gotten better, this year except for when spring began and she was ill for a relatively long time, it was just last month that she caught an external cold, and only took two doses of medicine to dispel the cold."

  "If it were in the past, this minor illness could have developed into a major one, but surprisingly, the young lady recovered after just two doses of medicine. This means that her body is slowly recovering and her foundation is strengthening."

  Lin Qingwan nodded, Lin Yuhbin's immunity was increasing.

  "Your body is just like Eldest Miss's, I should say that the foundation of all the Lin family members are about the same. Even Old Master is similar to you and Eldest Miss, once he falls ill, it's a lingering illness that doesn't go away easily. This needs to be taken care of slowly, building up the foundation bit by bit. But in over a year, you haven't fallen ill even once, not even when you thought you were exhausted from illness, it was just mental fatigue that you couldn't shake off for a while."

  "Miss Lin, you're not getting sick because your body is holding on tight, but once it reaches its limit, a serious illness will break out, and I'm afraid..."

  Lin Qingwan let out a "heh" and laughed, saying with an air of ease: "Doctor Xue, you're worrying too much. I wasn't forcing myself to hold on, it's just that my body has recovered, so I didn't get sick."

  Xu Daifu sighed with worry and shook his head, saying: "I know you're feeling unwell, others must have also advised you many times. This old man says more but it's useless, just hope you can take care of your body, not only for the living, but also for the peace of mind of those who have passed away."

  Lin Qingwan pursed her lips and remained silent.

  Xu Daifu bid farewell and left. In his view, Lin Qingyuan was only holding on for the sake of the Lin family and Lin Yuhong, equivalent to living by overdrafting her life.

  Otherwise, with her physical condition last year when she was almost out of breath, how could she recover in a short period of time? Not only can she handle her brother's funeral, but also manage the Lin family in an orderly manner.

  If it weren't for the fact that he had sorted out the pulse cases a few days ago, he wouldn't have discovered Lin Qingwan's abnormal pulse condition. It was actually stable and waveless for several months in a row. How is this possible? Even people with strong physical health have their ups and downs, what kind of person would have such a stable pulse?

  Xu Daifu rushed out at this time to meet friends, apart from wanting to relax himself, also wanted to ask if his friends had any way to comfort Lin Qingyuan.

  He almost watched Lin Yuhong grow up and couldn't bear her being so desperate.

  Lin Qingyuan said her mind was fine, but there was a problem with this body.

  She vaguely understood that she was a borrowed corpse returning to the soul, although her heart would beat and her body temperature was normal, but there must be something abnormal, and now the abnormality has shown up.

  Her body, Wan Jie's body may remain in this state.