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Yuyan thought she was hallucinating.
In the last second before losing consciousness, she actually saw something inhuman in Yino’s face.
But when she woke up the next day, she saw the white-robed boy standing by her bed, holding a basin of water.
The boy looked cheerful in the morning light, with no trace of the monstrous features she had dreamt of, his clear and gentle eyes filled only with concern for her on the bed.
“Senior Sister, you’re finally awake” Yino gave a small smile.
Yuyan blinked, realizing she was lying flat on her bedroom bed, and someone had covered her with the blanket.
She tried to prop herself up but felt a sharp pain in her head, as if she had been sleeping like the dead all night.
Leaning against the headboard, Yuyan was still a bit dazed.
She was about to think about what happened last night when a towel on her forehead unexpectedly fell off.
A bit embarrassingly…
Yuyan’s chest was not only large but also very shapely, and the towel had just fallen between her two snowy peaks.
“Senior Sister…”
“You suddenly fainted last night, and your body was particularly cold, so I got a basin of hot water to warm you up with a towel.”
Yino explained it as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
Yuyan nodded, picking up the towel from her chest.
At the same time, Yino lifted the basin, indicating for Yuyan to toss the towel in.
“Thank you for worrying about me. My body is naturally cold, nothing to be alarmed about.”
Yuyan sighed, feeling a bit helpless. Continue your journey at freewebnovel
Here she was, the grand senior sister, fainting while transferring energy to her junior brother. How embarrassing.
With this thought, Yuyan tried to get out of bed—
“My body, it feels lighter than it did last night?”
As a woman blessed with exceptional sword talent, Yuyan was always strict about managing her body.
Even a slight change of a pound in weight was very noticeable to her.
And today, after waking up, she could clearly feel that her previously depleted spiritual energy had been replenished.
“Senior Sister, you haven’t taken your medicine yet.”
Without her noticing, the white-robed boy sitting by the bed spoke softly.
Yuyan turned her head, puzzled, but met the innocent and kind eyes of the boy in the morning light.
For a moment, she saw strange, red scales on his face again.
Yuyan was momentarily dazed, her heart racing, her breathing quickening.
“Senior Sister, your body hasn’t fully recovered, so don’t make any sudden movements. Drink the medicine while it’s hot.”
Yino saw the unease in her eyes but pretended like nothing was wrong, gently urging her.
Yuyan covered her forehead with her hand, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion:
“Medicine?”
“Yes, to nourish your Yin and replenish your Qi. Senior Sister, you’ve been overworking lately, and your body got too weak, which is why you suddenly fainted last night.”
Yino didn’t miss a beat, picking up the bowl of medicinal soup and stirring it gently with a spoon.
His natural responses made Yuyan, who had just woken up, feel a bit disoriented.
It seemed like…
During the time she was unconscious, something monumental had changed with Yino.
“When did you learn to brew medicine?”
Yuyan was a bit skeptical, but considering his kind intentions, she sat back down on the bed.
She took the bowl of medicinal soup from Yino, observing it closely in the morning sunlight. Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew, and Yuyan could sense a pure, rich spiritual energy coming from the soup.
“It was my aunt who taught me back at the Grand Tutor’s Mansion.”
Yino smiled slightly, continuing the fib.
Yuyan raised an eyebrow, then asked, “What did you use to brew it? And, there’s no cauldron for brewing medicine at Ranmo Peak…”
“You don’t need a special cauldron for this. I just found a pot in the back kitchen and used my spiritual energy to heat it up.”
Yino answered casually, holding up his left hand with two fingers pressed together, summoning a flame of black and red.
In an instant, Yuyan felt the temperature in the air rise, and a rich aroma of spiritual energy filled the room.
“And the ingredients, I used the refined powder from the nine-colored deer horn, which is a traditional specialty from North Luo Snow village, perfect for replenishing a body like yours that’s both in a weakened status and cold.”
“Nine-colored deer horn?”
Remembering a certain silly little snow deer, Yuyan felt a chill.
But before she could say anything, Yino quickly explained, “Don’t worry, this horn was found during the investigation in North Luo Snow Village, not sawed off from Wangxue’s head.”
“Oh…”
Yuyan finally relaxed.
She had to admit, she was a bit too paranoid about Yino, suspecting he might have put something strange in her medicine, even though she had praised him just last night.
Yuyan sighed, not thinking any further, held her breath, and drank the medicinal soup in one gulp.
Ever since she was young, she had associated medicinal soups with bitter, unpleasant tastes.
But to her surprise, the soup Yino brewed was actually quite pleasant.
“Sweet?”
She raised an eyebrow, feeling like her entire understanding of medicine had been challenged.
Heavens, there was actually non-bitter medicine in this world!
“Because I added brown sugar…”
Yino answered as if it was a matter of course.
Yuyan handed the bowl back to Yino and closed her beautiful eyes, quietly feeling the changes as the medicine entered her stomach.
She felt a warm sensation in her belly, very comfortable. As the nourishment and spiritual energy were absorbed, the warm heat spread throughout her body.
“It’s pretty good.”
Yuyan rubbed her warm tummy, her red lips curling up slightly.
Turning her gaze back to him, she smiled with a touch of curiosity:
“Who would’ve thought that our little playboy, would actually know how to take care of someone?”
“I have no choice, my aunt has those painful days every month. She used to brew the medicine herself until one day when I went to visit her, I found her lying in bed, clutching her stomach in pain. Then she showed me the recipe, and every time she had pains, I’d go brew her a bowl of this special brown sugar water, and she’d feel better after drinking it…”
Yuyan’s lips parted in realization, even the smile on her face freezing.
No wonder she felt warm in her stomach after drinking it, with heat flowing like a gentle fire in her lower abdomen.
“Is there something wrong with the medicine?” Yino blinked, curious.
For a moment, Yuyan didn’t know how to respond. She wanted to tell Yino he was prescribing the wrong medication, but the words stuck in her throat. She had to admit that after drinking the brown sugar soup, her body did feel much more comfortable.
Forget about what it’s supposed to nourish, just tell me if it feels good!
“Nothing, t’s quite comforting…”
Yuyan sighed. In just a few minutes of absorbing the medicine’s effects, she felt warmth spreading throughout her body. Even her usually cold and pale fairy-like complexion took on a slight reddish tint.
The medicine was certainly powerful. Yuyan could only imagine how much pain her aunt must have endured back then.
Just as the warm atmosphere between the two filled the room, a girl’s voice called out from the courtyard again—
“Senior Sister! Junior Brother!”
“The investigation results from the back mountain of Wuji Sect are out!”
“The Sect Leader said there’s a meeting today to publicly commend Junior Brother He Yuyan for his great contributions!”
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Achoo
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Grand Tutor’s Mansion, back garden.
A girl sitting in the small courtyard sneezed unexpectedly.
With the sneeze, her delicate body trembled, and a cramping pain surged in her lower abdomen.
“Ouch, it hurts…”
“Why hasn’t my period come yet? How much longer do I have to suffer… When will it end…”
Xinyao bent over, clutching her stomach, her face flushed red, biting her lips to stifle the groans of pain.
Instinctively, she wanted to call out for Yino, asking her nephew to hurry to the kitchen and bring her a bowl of hot brown sugar water.
But as the words reached her lips, Xinyao remembered that Yino was no longer at the Grand Tutor’s Mansion.
“Tsk…”
“By the time I brew the medicine, it doesn’t hurt anymore, but once it cools down, the pain comes back. How long do these eggs have to stay stuck before they come out!”
“Yino, that little ingrate, is so infuriating!”
“The last time in Western Province City, I reminded him to write me latters, but that brat just freeloaded off my pills and ran off without even thinking about sending a letter!”
The more Xinyao thought about Yino, the angrier she got, and the more she got angry, the more her abdomen cramped in pain.
But just as she was in agony, sweating profusely, from the garden, not far away, came the hurried chatter of servants—
“Yikes! Stop standing there like a fool!”
“The carriage outside is from the Grand Tutor Liu’s residence, and it’s Ruoning, their daughter, who’s come to visit!”
“I heard that Miss Ruoning has recently made significant progress in her cultivation, just breaking through to the Core Formation stage. She’s here to discuss the marriage contract with our seventh young master!”
“Let me tell you, let me tell you! I heard Miss Ruoning won the Liuli Banquet in Jiangnan not long ago! Even the Grand Mystical Master from the court mentioned taking her on as a personal disciple!”
“That doesn’t add up. With Miss Ruoning riding high on success, why would she visit our mansion…”
“Do you think she’s here to call off the engagement?”
The servants whispered among themselves.
When it came to the marriage, they just exchanged glances, pursing their lips, unable to comment.
But as they were halfway through sharing the news, a little maid’s curiosity led them to a shocking realization—
“Wait, didn’t the seventh young master leave a month ago with that Lady Mo Yuyan for cultivation at Wuji Sect?”
“She wants to break off the engagement when Young Master isn’t even here!?”