Chapter 158 - 116, United in Mind and Purpose
A great fire, with billowing smoke rising into the sky, attracted the people of Luocheng City to Mudan Bridge.
The commoners stopped going to work and hustled to join the crowd, even the peddlers were striding along with their carrying poles.
Chen Ji walked quietly towards Anxi Street, where streams of people were rushing in the opposite direction behind him, only his lean figure moved against the flow.
He wanted to hurry back to the Medical Hall because he had too many questions to ask.
When he returned to the front of Taiping Medical Hall.
The aroma of white porridge and stir-fried oil wafted from the door, and Chen Ji could even hear the noisy arguments between Liu Quxing and She Dengke from the backyard.
He stood outside the gate for a long time before he took a deep breath, stepped over the threshold, and at the moment he crossed, a wave of exhaustion surged into his mind, yet it felt as if a hanging stone in his heart had finally fallen to the ground.
Chen Ji let out a long sigh, expelling all the dissatisfaction from outside the door, "I’m back!"
Old Yao was standing alone behind the counter, fiddling with an abacus while muttering, "You’re back, so what’s with all the shouting?!"
Wu Yun lay beside the abacus with his hands tucked in, only opening his eyes when he saw Chen Ji enter.
Chen Ji stood opposite the counter, gazing at his master in front of him, pondering how to begin.