Chapter 142: Chapter 142: Master, Please Accept your Apprentice’s Salutation Chapter 142: Chapter 142: Master, Please Accept your Apprentice’s Salutation Taking a deep breath, he struggled to sit up.
Slowly moving his legs off the bed, he fell to his knees in front of Lin Caisang with a ‘thud’.
What’s this all about? Why did he kneel all of a sudden? She didn’t say anything. She was just speaking her mind.
“Master, please accept my respectful bow.”
The words of Zhong You echoed in her ears, giving her quite a start, leaving her wide-eyed.
She had suggested that he should find a good teacher, she never mentioned that she wanted to take disciples. Brother, if we’re speaking about age, she was genuinely younger than him!
“What are you doing? I am not your master.”
She quickly stepped back, refusing any intention of accepting such a senior disciple.
“Master, didn’t you tell me to find a good teacher? I believe that you are the best teacher for me,” Zhong You insisted seriously.
Not only were her medical skills excellent, but she also taught him how to be a better person. She was his savior, stopping him from becoming a heartless, relentless killer.
She was the master he’d decided to follow.
“I… am not your master!”
Lin Caisang opened her mouth, yet she couldn’t seem to finish.
“Master, were all the things you told me lies and that I don’t have the talent for medicine?”
Lin Caisang felt at a loss for words.
Could she tell him that she barely knew anything herself? Earlier, she was wondering how to learn more about poison. She totally ignored the saying ‘more haste, less speed’.
Now she was being asked to accept a disciple?
“Young Master You, you can find a better teacher. There are many in Qianlin County…”
“Master, you are the best teacher in my heart. Only by studying under you can I truly succeed and learn the principles of life. You wouldn’t want me to lead a life of confusion, would you, Master?”
Zhong You interrupted her, not giving her a chance to reject him, exerting his utmost effort to convince Lin Caisang to become his master.
“Master, you have no one by your side right now. It would be helpful to have a medical apprentice around, which could be me. Though my time studying medicine has been brief and self-taught, I am determined to be the best, and follow your teaching wholeheartedly.”
Although Zhong You said a lot, it’s undeniable that one point did strike a chord with Lin Caisang.
She did indeed need an apprentice by her side. Be it taking care of her household or venturing out with her, she needed someone.
Otherwise, she would have to tend to everything personally, which was quite overwhelming.
But— For Grandpa and Grandma, she was just a young girl who knew a bit about medicine and could gather herbs from the mountains. How could she possibly have a male disciple? It would ruin her image completely.
She was sure it wouldn’t work.
“Master, do you think I’m dull?”
Seeing Lin Caisang standing silently for some time, Zhong You’s previously warm heart gradually cooled.
On hearing his words, Lin Caisang quickly shook her head.
Though Zhong You had initially left a bad impression when he tried to injure his own grandfather, she firmly believed that Zhong You could become an exceptional physician, provided he was guided properly.
“Young Master You, it’s not that I don’t want to guide you, rather, I have some difficulties at home.”