Murong Xue chose a pool over Ouyang Shaochen!
Knitting his eyebrows, Ouyang suddenly lifted Murong and threw her slender body into a pool with a splash.
“Ouyang Shaochen!” Murong surfaced and shot a piercing gaze at Ouyang. Water dripped from her hair and her sodden clothes clung to her body, which brought out the shape of her slim body.
Ouyang gave her the go-by and said casually, “It’s a pool. Isn’t it what you want?”
Being startled, Murong lowered her head and saw herself in the middle of the pool of clear water. The coldness from the water penetrated into her body from the skin and drove away the internal heat rapidly.
Murong sneakily heaved a sigh. The heat was gone but the incense’s effect didn’t wear off completely, so she had to stay in the pool for the time being.
She looked around casually. Inside the room, the floor was paved with white marble, which was glossy enough for the light to reflect off shadows, and the wall was inlaid with a hollowed golden troffer, on which a legendary luminous pearl lit up the room.
“Where am I?” Murong looked at Ouyang with confusion.
“The bathroom in our courtyard,” Ouyang answered casually, seated on a round desk near her with a glass of wine in his hand.
Murong nodded. When she stared at the big pool covering over half of the room, she was amazed that a courtyard could accommodate such a big pool. It seemed Nanjiang people liked to enjoy their life.
“The pool was refilled with fresh warm water for bath. But you’ve been absent for such a long time that the water has cooled down. It’s now chilly enough for you to get rid of the incense,” Ouyang said blandly while he was enjoying the wine.
In an instant, Murong turned sullen. If no one had plotted against and poisoned her, she wouldn’t have stayed outside.
She shot a piercing gaze at Ouyang before she was about to retort. Suddenly, a gust of heat from the belly to four limbs and bones made her numb and set her nerves on edge, as if her body was set on intense fire.
“The water isn’t working. What’s wrong?” With a start, Murong looked up at Ouyang when her limbs went numb, her face flushed unnaturally, and her eyes turned bleary.
“Maybe the incense was too much,” Ouyang said blandly with the corner of his lips curled upward invisibly. To clear the incense completely, she needed more than just a cold bath.
“Really? What should I do then?” Murong asked with a frown. Tortured by the heat from the powerful incense, she couldn’t feel the coldness anymore.
“Try another way?” Ouyang asked gently in a teasing voice while he was looking at her peacefully.
“Nope,” Murong blurted her rejection out with a glower at Ouyang. It was so evil of him to persuade her to try that way.
“If you don’t give it a shot, the result can be horrible since the incense is now too powerful for the cold water to suppress,” Ouyang said in a low voice, with a meaningful look in his obsidian-like eyes.
“There must be another way,” Murong said word by word with a determined look. She took a deep breath and suddenly dived into the water.
“Xue!” Looking frightened, Ouyang instantly dived into the water right next to Murong. He pulled her out of the water before asking, “What were you doing? You could die!”
“I was trying to figure out another way.” Murong smiled awkwardly with an abnormal flush. The cold water sent chills through her sodden body despite the fact that it didn’t cool her down at all.
With a sigh, Ouyang looked at her peacefully. “Let me help you.”
“I don’t need that kind of help!” Murong rebuked while she was glowering at Ouyang with vigilance in her eyes, which made him sigh heavily. “Don’t worry. I don’t mean sex!”
Upon finishing his words, Ouyang pressed his jade-like palms against Murong’s back and transferred his internal power to her, which soon reached four of her limbs and successfully suppressed her internal havoc.
The cold water and the internal power worked together and soon exorcised the annoying incense completely.
After that, the chills were gone and a warm current brought by the internal power ran through her body, which made Murong feel comfortable and pleased.
In an instant, Murong felt relieved but she was also stricken with fatigue. Feeling both peaceful and gradually unconscious, she leaned against Ouyang with her eyes closed when the light aroma of bamboo was blown to her nose.
As her steady breathing rang, Ouyang looked down and saw Murong peacefully asleep with a pretty smile. He put down his hands gently and carried her in his arms before walking to the side of the pool slowly with a meaningful look.
Murong didn’t inhale much incense, which could be exorcised with internal power and cold water. But it was really evil of the plotter behind the scene to have poisoned her.
As for clues, they could rely on Duan Wuluo who should be capable to do that by interrogating the servant kept in custody.
As clouds and mist dispersed at dawn, the golden sunlight shone into the dark room through windows. Behind the curtain on the carved bed, Murong woke up from her dream and opened her eyes gradually.
“Hey, did you sleep well?” As a clear voice suddenly rang above Murong, she looked up, only to see Ouyang’s flawless face zooming in. Lying next to her, Ouyang looked at her blandly while her figure reflected in his pupils clearly.
What happened last night appeared in her eyes scene by scene. Murong shifted her gaze from him unnaturally and answered, “I guess.” Last night, Ouyang exorcised the incense for her with the internal power before putting her in bed. But how come her clothes got dried up overnight?
With a startled look, Murong looked up slowly at the other person in the room, who was no other than Ouyang Shaochen. “Did you change the clothes for me?”