He Was Not Reborn

Bai Ruoli's face flushed slightly.

Embarrassed, she glanced ahead at Jun Jingyi, who was discussing something with the young man in black.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness... he didn't see.

That was so embarrassing.

She composed herself.

Bai Ruoli took a deep breath and slowly spoke with an air of dignified grace. "Young Master Jun, you are our guest. Please forgive us for neglecting you."

Then she glared at Lian'er and scolded her. "Lian'er, have you no sense at all? Hurry up and serve tea."

Lian'er turned away, secretly stuck out her tongue, made a face, and put on an indignant expression before obediently going to brew tea...

The pharmacy closed for the day.

But word of the incident spread throughout Tianfu City.

Everyone was betting on whether Divine Physician Bai could save the man.

Another group of young women, meanwhile, cared about something else.

What exactly was the relationship between Jun Jingyi and Bai Ruoli?

Meanwhile, in the pharmacy's rear courtyard.

Jun Jingyi looked at the tea before him with a polite smile, but he didn't touch it.

The tea had been boiled with scallions and ginger...

He didn't want to get diarrhea!

"Young Master, don't you like tea?"

Bai Ruoli asked in confusion.

"Uh..."

After a moment's silence, Jun Jingyi rose and looked at Lian'er. "May I ask if you have any more tea leaves?"

"Yes, Young Master. Please follow me."

Lian'er looked at Bai Ruoli and led Jun Jingyi off to the side.

Before long, Jun Jingyi returned carrying a pot of clear tea.

He poured himself a cup without further ado.

He took a small sip.

"Mm..."

He couldn't say he liked drinking tea, but compared with that boiled tea, he really did love this clear tea!

"This..."

Looking at the tea before Jun Jingyi, Bai Ruoli was stunned once more.

He brewed it directly in water?

Such a rudimentary way to drink tea?

How strange!

This was completely different from the powerful and influential people in the Capital!

"Miss Bai, would you like to try some?"

Even as he asked, Jun Jingyi's hands didn't stop. He turned over a fresh teacup and filled it for her.

Bai Ruoli thought for a moment, then picked it up and gave it a gentle sniff.

A delicate fragrance wafted into her nose.

"This tea..."

Bai Ruoli looked at Jun Jingyi in surprise and took a small sip.

Fresh and slightly bitter, but compared with tea boiled with scallions and ginger...

Well, she also thought this was a good way to drink tea.

Perhaps she would change her own habits in the future.

"How is it?"

Jun Jingyi chuckled. He had just pan-fired it himself.

He wasn't skilled at much else after transmigrating, but he knew this stuff well. After all, he didn't want diarrhea every day.

"It's good. Delicate and fragrant, with a sweet aftertaste. I feel this way of drinking tea is more suited to a gifted scholar like you, Young Master."

Bai Ruoli nodded politely and offered her assessment with a smile.

Jun Jingyi smiled smugly.

No matter what, the fruits of his labor had been praised, and by the heroine at that. He couldn't help feeling happy.

Bai Ruoli: ...

Why was it that the legitimate son and only child of the Jun Family, its sole, esteemed young master...

This dashing young master, capable of writing such poetry and known as Tianfu's foremost literary talent, would be so happy over a casual compliment from her...

One that was mostly polite small talk?

Did that make sense?

Bai Ruoli frowned, her feelings complicated.

She recalled that poem!

She thought of that proposal.

And then there was how he had suddenly come to help this time.

And how happy he had been over a casual remark from her...

She didn't know what to say.

Her feelings were tangled beyond measure.

For a moment, she said nothing, and Jun Jingyi, sitting across from her, didn't know how to begin either.

The small rear courtyard of the pharmacy fell silent all at once.

A cold wind blew.

The two sat by the stone table, drinking tea together, both dressed in ancient robes. The sight and its atmosphere instantly drew Jun Jingyi in.

He couldn't help thinking of a verse by Li Bai, the Poetry Immortal.

"I raise my cup to invite the bright moon; with my shadow, we become three!"

"Uh..."

Bai Ruoli's lips, which had just touched her teacup, trembled again.

This verse...

This guy really was a gifted writer!

She had previously harbored some doubts about whether he had written that poem.

Now...

She could only feel that he had hidden himself so deeply!

In her previous life, right up until he killed her with his own hands, she had never known what kind of person he truly was, what he was capable of, or what he had done.

He had such world-shaking poetic talent that a verse he composed offhand could become a famous line!

His medical skills were so terrifying that he could even save someone who was certain to die!

He was one of a kind, drinking tea in a way all his own, with an elegance that came naturally!

On top of that, he was well-versed in the art of business. In a short time, he had turned a failing restaurant that had been sold off into one of Tianfu City's hottest establishments.

A person like this...

So mysterious, so formidable, and so terrifying!

She had lived a second life, yet she still felt fear now.

She couldn't see through him. She couldn't see through his thoughts at all, nor could she guess his purpose.

Bai Ruoli's heart grew heavy. For a moment, she felt the tea's slight bitterness seep into her heart.

"Miss Bai, thank you for your hospitality, but I have something to do, so I must be going."

Jun Jingyi's calm voice brought her back to her senses.

"Mm..."

She nodded listlessly.

Watching Jun Jingyi's retreating figure, Bai Ruoli secretly tightened her grip on the teacup in her hand.

Revenge?

The road stretches on and on... and there isn't a glimmer of hope in sight!

But there was one thing she was reasonably sure of.

He!

Had not been reborn.

She had been observing him ever since he stepped in here.

If he had been reborn, he would certainly know what he had done to her in their previous lives. He was bound to show some sign of awkwardness, however slight.

But there had been none... he had been so open and aboveboard!

At that thought, Bai Ruoli smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Heh, open and aboveboard. What an open and aboveboard Young Master Jun!"

She was speechless. Since he was so open and aboveboard, why had he stopped at nothing to ruin her and kill her in their previous lives?

Why... why exactly?!