Chapter 217
Li Zhiwei had been worried about whether Lady Yao would get seasick. After all, Lady Yao's health was not good, and such a long journey might be too much for her constitution.
However, thinking that they were finally going back to the capital to see her father, Li Zhiwei thought to herself that her mother would surely be fine.
Nevertheless, Li Zhiwei did not dare to let her guard down regarding Lady Yao's condition.
When they first boarded the boat, Xu Qingshi was extremely excited.
"Moyu, quickly bring me my fishing rod. I'm going to fish," Xu Qingshi shouted excitedly.
"Young Master, the fishing rod is right here," Moyu had come prepared. After all, his young master had been talking about fishing for a while and was definitely going to give it a try.
Before the boat even started moving, Xu Qingshi sat at the bow in a proper manner, ready to fish.
"Moyu, keep an eye on the young master. Don't let him fall into the river." Xu Heming did not stop his son from wanting to fish, nor did he believe Xu Qingshi would actually catch anything.
But he was just a child. As long as he was happy, and it wasn't a big deal. The main thing was not to fall into the lake.
Seeing that Xu Heming had given instructions and someone was watching Xu Qingshi, Li Zhiwei didn't pay it much mind either.
"Mother, would you like to go inside the cabin to rest first?" Li Zhiwei, concerned about Lady Yao, asked.
"I'm fine. Getting some fresh air actually makes me feel better," Lady Yao shook her head. Thinking that she would soon see Li Tianyou, her heart felt a bit lighter.
Although she had never been on a boat before, she didn't feel uncomfortable. Moreover, the boat they were on had no outsiders besides them.
Lady Yao actually didn't feel unwell at all.
Perhaps it was a psychological effect.
Xu Qingshi happily swung his little legs, utterly delighted. Even though his fishing rod hadn't caught any fish, he found the whole experience quite novel.
After a short while, the boat started moving.
"Wow... the boat is moving!" Xu Qingshi exclaimed excitedly.
"Young Master, be careful," Moyu watched with a pounding heart, afraid that Xu Qingshi might fall into the lake at any moment.
"I'm fine," Xu Qingshi, caught up in his excitement, didn't see any danger in this; on the contrary, he found it very thrilling.
Xu Heming, watching from not far away, did not intervene. If he really fell in, they could just fish him out.
The boat moved forward slowly. Suddenly, Xu Heming's expression changed. He quickly leaned against the side of the boat and began to vomit.
"Ugh!"
"My Lord!" Qingsong was horrified.
But Xu Heming was too busy retching to have the energy to respond to Qingsong.
"What's wrong?" Li Zhiwei heard Qingsong's exclamation and came over to check.
"Madam, this servant doesn't know what's wrong with my Lord. He suddenly just..." Qingsong pointed helplessly at Xu Heming, who was clutching the railing and vomiting violently.
He looked utterly wretched.
Seeing Xu Heming like this, Li Zhiwei was also stunned.
Was Xu Heming actually seasick?
Seeing the tall and sturdy Xu Heming vomiting so enthusiastically, Li Zhiwei couldn't help feeling a bit of schadenfreude.
"Young Master!"
Moyu, quick as lightning, grabbed the collar of Xu Qingshi's clothes, giving himself a fright.
If he hadn't been fast, Xu Qingshi would have fallen into the lake.
"Ugh!"
Xu Qingshi couldn't hold back either and started vomiting.
"Young Master!" Moyu was greatly alarmed. Why was he vomiting all of a sudden?
Hearing the noise, Li Zhiwei hurried over to check.
Seeing that Xu Qingshi had also started vomiting, she thought to herself, they really were father and son.
"Are you alright?"
Li Zhiwei still asked.
She was somewhat worried about Xu Qingshi's condition.
"You woman, did you poison me and my father?" Xu Qingshi, looking at the pale Xu Heming not far away, glared at Li Zhiwei and asked discontentedly.
Li Zhiwei was utterly confused. She didn't understand what she had done to make someone think she had poisoned the father and son.
"Qingshi, you shouldn't say such things carelessly," Li Zhiwei sighed, not understanding where he got the idea that she would poison them.
"If you didn't poison us, why are both my father and I vomiting?" Xu Qingshi said, and then turned to the side to vomit again.
Hearing this, Li Zhiwei fell into thought.
How should she explain to Xu Qingshi that what you two have is called seasickness?
"Young Master, you and the Lord, it's probably seasickness," Moyu suddenly thought of this and quickly said.
"Impossible! Why aren't any of you seasick, only my father and I? It must be you, this bad woman, who poisoned me and my father!" Xu Qingshi pointed at Li Zhiwei accusingly.
Li Zhiwei found it both amusing and irritating.
You're just prone to seasickness, and you blame me for poisoning you?
If you want to blame someone, shouldn't you blame Xu Heming's genes?
Otherwise, why is it only you two vomiting?
Thinking this, Li Zhiwei still went into the cabin to prepare seasickness medicine for the two of them.
"What's wrong?" Lady Yao saw her daughter come in and fiddle with the medicine she had brought back, and asked puzzledly.
"Mother, are you alright?" Li Zhiwei asked worriedly, looking at Lady Yao. Originally, she had been most worried about Lady Yao.
But as it turned out, Lady Yao was fine, while Xu Heming and Xu Qingshi, this father-son pair, were vomiting—one at the bow and one at the stern. They truly were father and son.
Really sharing the same plight.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me. I just heard Qingshi crying out. What happened to him?" Lady Yao had actually heard Xu Qingshi's accusations against Li Zhiwei.
During his time in Li'an County, Xu Qingshi had always been very well-behaved. She had thought the child had genuinely accepted her daughter and had been secretly relieved.
But ever since Xu Heming arrived, Xu Qingshi would occasionally throw tantrums at Li Zhiwei.
This left a bad taste in Lady Yao's mouth.
After all, he was a young master from a noble family. Perhaps deep down, he looked down on her daughter, who came from a merchant background.
This made Lady Yao feel somewhat uncomfortable. She would definitely have to speak to the master about this later.
"Mother, it's just a child experiencing seasickness for the first time. He even thought I poisoned him," Li Zhiwei said with a smile as she found the seasickness medicine and took it out.
"Is Heming also seasick?" Lady Yao thought that since Xu Qingshi mentioned him and his father, that meant Prince An was also seasick?
Had a prince of such stature never been on a boat before?
"Exactly. Father and son, one vomiting over there, the other vomiting over there," Li Zhiwei pointed first towards the bow, then towards the stern.
There was a hint of amusement in her tone.
"What a coincidence," Lady Yao was astonished. She hadn't expected the father and son to both get seasick. But then she thought that if they were seasick, her daughter might have to work much harder, which again left a sour feeling in her heart.
"Mother, it's fine. I was prepared. Once this medicine is brewed and they drink it, it will ease their symptoms," Li Zhiwei said as she began brewing the seasickness medicine on the stove.
"It's hard on you, Weier," Lady Yao sighed and said no more.
"Mother, it's not hard on me. With so many people here, I don't need to do much," Li Zhiwei didn't find it hard at all. After all, she wasn't the one vomiting.
Compared to her, those two who were vomiting were probably having a much harder time.
Lady Yao looked at her daughter and didn't say anything more. One's own feelings, after all, are known best to oneself.
