Chapter 10: The Roof Collapsed

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After staying in the clinic for two days, she found out that Bai Yinhe was a very famous doctor in Tongcheng. Although he was blind, his medical skills were superb, and many foreigners came to see him because of his reputation.

Behind the clinic was his residence. The courtyard was not big, but it was filled with a delicate fragrance. There were many strange flowers and plants planted in it. Bai Yinhe said that those were all medicinal herbs, and some of them were poisonous, so it was best not to go near them.

Her room was next to Bai Yinhe’s. The servants lived in the other courtyard and rarely came to disturb them.

In the past two days, Bai Yinhe had left early and returned late. They had almost no chance to meet each other, and Qu Yao did not care. She went out to drink alone every day and wandered around. While she drank to drown her sorrows, she was also deliberately asking for information, she wanted to know what had happened in the past.

Unfortunately, the people here seemed to be hiding some terrible secret. As soon as they mentioned about Qu Yue from 10 years ago and Qu Yao from 15 years ago, they all fled in panic.

Qu Yao, who had not heard any news, held a bottle of wine and drank alone on the roof of Bai Yihe’s house to admire the moon. The stars scattered in the sky. She raised her head and took a big gulp of wine, muttering to herself, “What are those stars, they’re not that beautiful.” Why did she have to follow her sister to see them in the first place?

If she had not gone that day, would she not have to turn into a half-human, half-beast, be forced into the demon world, and live a life that was neither human nor ghost?

Unfortunately, there were not so many ifs.

“Clang, Clang.” Through the roof, Qu Yao heard the sound of broken porcelain coming from below. It was from Bai Yihe’s room.

She flew from the roof of her room to the roof of Bai Yinhe’s room and slowly lay down. She propped up her head with one hand and lifted a tile. The light from the room came out through the cracks and hit Qu Yao’s face. It was soft and bright.

Qu Yao raised her head and took another sip of wine. She looked like she was watching a show.

The person in the room was topless. There was a bathtub with all kinds of flowers and plants next to it. He bent down to pick up the broken porcelain bottle, and a golden light appeared on his lower back.

What a beautiful birthmark. This was the first time she had seen a golden birthmark. Usually, she heard that it was red or black.

In the time it took to finish half a cup of tea, the man had already cleaned up the fragments on the ground and threw them aside.

Qu Yao nodded in satisfaction. The little blind man was quite good at taking care of himself. Just as she finished thinking, she noticed a fragment. The broken part of the fragment was glowing under the candlelight. She did not think too much about it. She slapped a hole in the roof with her palm and jumped down from the roof.

“Hiss…”Bai Yinhe was so frightened by the violent noise that he staggered two steps and stepped on the broken piece of porcelain. The intense pain under his feet caused him to fall to the ground.

“Is anyone there?” He fumbled around in panic. “What happened?”

Suddenly, he felt his feet being grabbed by someone and wanted to withdraw in panic. “Who is it?”

Qu Yao grabbed his ankle even harder and pulled down his socks. “Don’t move! Don’t you know how to find someone to take care of a blind man?”

“Qu Yao?”

Bai Yinhe stopped struggling and let Qu Yao grab his foot. “Why are you in my room? I heard a loud noise from the roof just now. Can you help me see what happened?”

Qu Yao silently raised her head and looked at the big hole in the roof. “It’s nothing. Your roof has collapsed. I’ll get someone to fix it tomorrow.”

The moonlight was hidden in the light. Through the big hole, one could see one or two twinkling stars.

“The roof has collapsed?”

He was obviously blind, but he raised his head as if he could see it. He looked at Qu Yao with an unfocused gaze. “How can this be? Then I’ll have to trouble you tomorrow.”

He said in an extremely sincere tone, “Thank you.”

Qu Yao,”…You’re welcome.”