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It was Hu Keqing who had come.

He approached her hurriedly, the fervor in his eyes even more intense than before.

“Yueyue, would you please not leave? Listen to me, it was I who pleaded with father to buy this place for me, and now it’s yours.”

“Yueyue… do you not like it here? How about I have father buy the other properties as well… you can choose whichever one you like, alright?”

Qi Yue said nothing, only staring coldly at Hu Keqing until he gradually lost his footing under her gaze.

But with his head hung low, he still stubbornly spoke, as if to release everything in his heart.

“I just wanted to do something for you… I went to Uncle Chu’s house several times, but never saw you… I know you’re avoiding me…”

“Yueyue… I already told father that I will marry no one but you… he has no choice but to accept it, he will treat you well in the future, it won’t be like last time…”

“Enough.”

Finally, Qi Yue could no longer bear it and interrupted him.

“Master Hu, last time was a hasty farewell, and I didn’t have the chance to say everything. Today I’ll make it all clear.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“I don’t like you, and I don’t like anything you do for me. The same goes for now, and it will be the same forever, so you might as well stop wasting your efforts.”

Hu Keqing’s face turned pale in an instant.

This young man had grown up doted on and protected by his parents for over twenty years, always getting whatever he wanted with ease.

Even his participation in battle was merely to rack up experience for the sake of inheriting his father’s position in the future.

Yet, for the first time, this man had fallen for a woman and faced repeated setbacks, with his heart already in tatters.

Qi Yue, however, did not care about that at all; she left him with those words and walked away.

In her view, sticking around Hu Keqing and becoming entangled with him was the real harm!

Right now, she was eager to find out who had leaked her plans, and with such detail.

Aside from herself, there were only a handful of people who knew about her plans to open a medical clinic.

After Qi Yue had ruled out the suspects one by one and asked the servants outside the main hall about who Hu Keqing had seen when he came, it all became clear.

To learn that Chu Xiaohua was behind this did not surprise Qi Yue in the least.

This woman had been married for several years, mastering the art of stirring trouble in the high society dwellings she resided in, and now she had employed those skills against her.

Truly admirable!

After some consideration, Qi Yue still decided to hold off on addressing the matter.

Chu Yunfei’s health had not yet fully recovered, and she did not wish to disturb the elder with such trivial matters. Besides, they were family, after all; even if he knew about it, it would be a dilemma.

Qi Yue would not push such a conundrum onto someone who had treated her as his own daughter. She planned to move out and live on her own.

This idea formed when she had decided to stay in Longnan County Government.

The Prefectural Office was certainly nice, but it was never a place to stay long-term, where staying too long might invite trouble, and she did not wish to encounter someone like Chu Xiaohua a second time.

No sooner had she brought up the idea than she met with opposition from Chu Yuntian, but Qi Yue was resolute.

“Foster father, I have grown accustomed to this over the years; I feel more at ease on my own.”

“As one grows up, one will inevitably have to leave their parents. I’m not a child anymore!”

After much persuasion, Chu Yuntian finally could not win out against her, and that very afternoon, he took her to see the residence.

Six years ago, not long after Qi Yunzhang had purchased this residence, he died in battle, so the house had never been taken care of.

The Longnan County Government was blessed with abundant rainfall and lush vegetation, and the courtyard looked like a wild grassland, with even the rooftops overgrown with wild grass—it looked very dilapidated, but Qi Yue fell in love with it at first sight.

A residence with three courtyards both entering and exiting, it was neither small nor large, but key was the extensive backyard that came with an estate, offering plenty of room for growing various medicinal herbs.

After more than ten days of effort, once everything was taken care of, it really was a fine residence.

The front hall was spacious, and the backyard was vast, with a large piece of wasteland on the right that was probably intended by Qi Yunzhang for a martial training field.

After Hu Keqing interfered with the purchase of the clinic, she stopped searching, worried that every one she found would be snatched away by Hu Keqing.

Seeing this place, she was struck with the idea to build a clinic herself, using the piece of wasteland beside the house, which was also spacious.

Having made her decision, Qi Yue shared her plans with Chu Yuntian, and he agreed, immediately hiring a team of craftsmen to start building the clinic.

The clinic was simple; what was important was the interior contents.

With the medicine cabinets, consultation desks, and others, Qi Yue personally drew diagrams and had the workers make them according to her designs, truly putting a lot of heart into it.

As she was building the clinic and sorting out her dwelling, the eastern villages of Longnan County Government were suddenly raided by Donggao Army.

Those Donggao soldiers were all mounted on horseback, wielding long spears, and with a mere charge, they had skewered over a hundred villagers.

By the time the stationed Longnan Army arrived, the raiders had already looted and fled.

After several such incidents, the scale kept increasing, with the number of marauders growing from a few dozen mounted troops to over a thousand.

In the end, they simply occupied a small town in the east.

The military situation was critical; Chu Yuntian went to the Prefectural Office to discuss countermeasures and did not return for days.

With war seeming imminent, Qi Yue’s heart was in complete disarray.

She knew the greater the turmoil here, the faster Zhao Xiyan would leave.

In the past, she knew Zhao Xiyan was not far from her, seemingly within reach, but once he left, it would be a true departure.

Her heart felt as if someone was tugging at it, making her anxious to carve out a piece of it; Qi Yue was restless, but with no one to confide in, she could only pour all her energy into the clinic and the residence.

Once she got busy, she indeed felt much better.

Afterward, many villagers learned that she was opening a clinic and came to help out on their own initiative.

Qi Yue knew they remembered Qi Yunzhang’s kindness in protecting Longnan County, and, moved by their gestures, she didn’t let them be at a loss, paying them a fair wage.

As a result, her clinic had not even opened yet, and many villagers were already lining up for medical consultations.

She simply took the opportunity while the clinic was under construction to start recruiting apprentices and general helpers.

The hiring requirements were simple: anyone aged 10 to 15, regardless of gender, with food and accommodation provided, and a string of copper coins every month.

Many impoverished families in the city, hearing of this, immediately sent their children over.

Qi Yue didn’t just accept anyone, after all, her place was a pharmacy, and besides saving lives, making money was also essential.

With too many applicants, she had no choice but to establish a simple assessment system.

She started by teaching the children to recognize a few herbs, and then had them do a quick-answer round—anyone who got it right could be an apprentice.

During this process, she also discovered a few who could write, and immediately offered them positions.

In addition, she kept two strong lads for odd jobs, totaling three girls and six boys.

After a busy month, the clinic was completed, and the residence was also renovated.

After calculating the costs, the total did not exceed ten thousand taels of silver.