The Female Supporting Role Shows Out

Chapter 136

Translator: thornling | Editor: thornling

Wu Xuancao reached out, as if bewitched, to lift the lid of the chest, but failed to move it a few times, only to discover that there was a copper lock hanging on it. She was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stood up, rummaging the room for the key, not letting off the drawers, vases, and even floor tiles.

While she was rummaging through the bookshelf, Xue Jiming came back, frowned and said, "What are you doing?"

She immediately pulled out a medical book from the shelf, pretending to be overjoyed: "Jiming, look, the Myriad Medical Canon that I have been seeking for a while is here! Miss Lin's book collection is really extensive. I caught a few glances from outside the window, the tip of my heart caught fire, and I walked in. You also know that Physician Zheng and I are now studying your eldest brother's pulse day and night, and we have a faint idea of what to do. After reading this book just now, I had some inspiration, and I know what method to use now."

"What method?" Xue Jiming's eyes lit up.

"Moxibustion, accompanied by acupuncture, should be able to cure your eldest brother's legs. Jiming, look, Miss Lin's place is filled with books about moxibustion and acupuncture, more than Physician Zheng's and my collection combined. If we could have the opportunity to study a few books, there might even be a breakthrough." Wu Xuancao said heavily, as if making an promise.

"Really? Then just go ahead and read them!" Xue Jiming waved his hand generously.

Wu Xuancao pointed to that chest and said, "Are there also medical books in here?"

"Yes, the medical books in here are the late Physician Lin's treasures. When I was young, I remember seeing him take them out to dry in the sun." Xue Jiming drew out his dagger and directly pried the copper lock open.

Wu Xuancao immediately crowded around it, feigning curiosity and flipping through the medical books, but her fingertips felt all around the bottom and top of the chest. She had clearly never seen this chest before, but she knew where the hidden compartment was installed, as if a supernatural force was guiding her to find what was originally hers. Very quickly, she found a double layer at the bottom of the chest, but pretended not to know, guiding Xue Jiming to discover it, then borrowing his hand to retrieve the Lin family's ancestral medical books.

Looking at this set of medical books with covers sewn from blue silk, Wu Xuancao swallowed her saliva and felt her heart beating violently. Yes, this was it! The things that should have belonged to her since long ago had now returned to her hands! She couldn't wait to flip open the title page and was about to take a closer look, but, unexpectedly, Lin Dan came back early, throwing a pebble that hit her on the wrist and caused the book to fall.

"Who allowed you to touch my things?" She strode in, wrapping the whole set of medical books in fabric and holding them tightly in her hands.

"Miss Lin, you're back. Can you lend me this set of medical books to look through? I can just flip through them here and not take them away, is that okay? I promise to give it back to you after only taking a glance, a quarter of an hour is enough, really." Wu Xuancao tried to humble herself as much as possible.

"No." Lin Dan looked around at the overturned study with a frigid expression.

When Xue Jiming saw that Wu Xuancao's wrist was red and swollen due to being hit by the stone, he immediately became angry, stretching out his hand to seize the books and cursing: "Lin Dan, these books are worthless in your hands, so why can't you let Xiao Cao'er take a look? Don't you remember that when we were small and didn't have the strength to chop firewood, you were going to burn these books and roast sparrows for me? If my father hadn't scolded you, how could they still be here safe and sound? You never cared about them, so why are they so precious to you now? Are you deliberately making things difficult for Xiao Cao'er?"