“Does it have to be one of your senior brothers?” Yan Aohan asked.
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. “I have only met Senior Brother One and Senior Brother Five, but I have heard much about the others. Senior Brother Two, Qu Zhong, is steady. She likes using poison to fight poison, a skill none of the others match. She is currently in Miaojiang, dealing with poisonous insects there. Senior Brother Three, Yu Qingyun, is good at emergency treatment, so she is helping on the front lines. Senior Brother Four, Zhu Ziming, is in Guangdong Province. She excels at medicinal diets, especially for women’s health. Any of them would do.”
Yan Aohan smiled faintly. “If they are not available, would anyone else do?”
Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. “We share the same lineage. Though our specialties differ, our methods are based on Grandpa Yao’s techniques. We use specific terms that others do not. If someone else came, they might not understand our way of speaking right away.” Zhu Yanyi added, “It is fine. I am not worried. Although there is some danger, it is not too difficult. You do not need to worry about me.” It just meant she would be a bit tired, which was nothing.
Zhu Yanyi truly was not worried. Yan Aohan nodded. Since they had spoken, it seemed they no longer kept the matter in mind.
In the middle of the next night, the last material Zhu Yanyi needed arrived in Yan Aohan’s hands through a special channel.
Yan Aohan brought the materials back to the Zhu family home. Early the next morning, she gave them to Zhu Yanyi. She immediately announced she would stay in seclusion for two days and two nights. She took some dry food into the medicine room, closed the door, and did not see anyone else.
Seeing this, Yan Aohan went back and made a phone call. So, when Zhu Yanyi emerged from seclusion, she was slightly surprised to see a new guest in the house.
Yan Aohan looked at Zhu Yanyi with a smile. “Ani, this is your Senior Brother Three, Yu Qingyun. You have not met her, have you?”
“Senior Brother Three?” Zhu Yanyi was slightly stunned. She looked at Yu Qingyun, her eyes full of confusion. “Why is Senior Brother Three at my house?”
Yu Qingyun was also seeing his junior sister for the first time. In the past, when he had time off from missions and visited Old Master Yao, he had heard Old Master Yao mention this junior sister. Moreover, the medicine he currently used was unknown to others, but his senior brothers and junior sisters all knew it was developed by the junior sister. Old Master Yao only took the credit. Yu Qingyun had long been curious about this junior sister. Now, seeing her, his eyes showed a flash of surprise.
The Zhu Yanyi in her eyes did not have a stunningly beautiful face, but she possessed an elegance that no one could match. Especially her natural affinity made people want to get close to her. With the cinnabar mole on her forehead, she gave people a special sense of peace, as if she were the embodiment of compassion. Being near her felt safe, as if she carried the trust of countless people, like a Bodhisattva in a temple, naturally inviting closeness.
“Junior Sister, hello. I am Yu Qingyun.” Yu Qingyun introduced himself. “I originally planned to go to the capital to visit Master. Master sent orders to us brothers to return to the capital in August, so we could gather properly when you arrived. I did not expect to be intercepted by Young Master Yan as soon as I reached Jinling.”