An hour later, Zhi Chen carried a tray with two dishes and a soup on it.
To marry is to choose wisdom, and in ancient Dayuan, it was always the n who took charge of serving food and drink, symbolizing the ’husband’s place’.
The children of the poor must manage households early. The brothers had lived through bumps and scrapes over the years, facing no small amount of hardship. But thanks to this, their survival skills were without a doubt sharp.
When Zhi Chen entered the room, he saw the young girl with her back to him, quietly muttering the nas of various herbs while busily mixing poison to feed her venomous insects.
"It’s ti to eat."
But she was probably too focused and ignored his voice, continuing her work nonstop.
Zhi Chen set the tray down by the table and quietly watched her for a long while, eventually his expression a mix of a smile and a sigh.
"Stop working for now, it’s ti to eat."
He grabbed her by the elbow and pulled her towards him, and she turned around with a dazed, adorably stupefied face.
"Ah, ti to eat? No, no," her small head shaking like a rattle drum, "I’m not hungry yet, I’ll eat later, later on."
Afterwards, she waved her hand as if shooing Zhi Chen away and turned her head back to dive into the great task of Gu Refinent.
He frowned slightly, then just stood quietly by. But she always seed to have an endless list of tasks. The al had completely cooled, and as the sun hung low in the sky, his frustration beca a tight knot in his forehead.
By evening, "Enough!"
He couldn’t stand to watch her mistreat herself like this any longer. "This Gu Refinent will still take a long ti, but you have to eat."
Her eyes red, she stared at him: "Ugh, you’re so annoying, stop bothering !"
Then she waved her hand again and ignored him once more.
.........
Shen Qiuyang had mainly co down the mountain to go shopping. The young girl was too small, and her own clothes were much too big on her. Moreover, Liang Zhi Chen was temporarily staying at her place, and as Zhi Chen had not brought many clothes with him, she wanted to buy so garnts for both of them.
When she returned, the cabin was eerily quiet, with only a dim oil lamp’s light leaking from one side.
She pushed open the door and then smiled. "What’s happened here?"
She looked toward Liang Zhi Chen and asked, "She hasn’t eaten?"
Zhi Chen pressed his brow, his expression quite helpless.
Shen Qiuyang couldn’t help but chuckle: "I figured as much. I should have reminded you before I left. She’s always been like this. My approach has been to feed her with chopsticks and a spoon: I give her a bite, and she takes a bite, though she chews quite slowly. Sotis I think about hanging a large pancake around her neck, but then again, I reckon that wouldn’t work either. When she’s refining Gu, even if she’s truly hungry, she wouldn’t think to eat."
Zhi Chen looked toward Dong Huiying with a complex expression, then gestured with his eyes for Shen Qiuyang to step outside with him.
Outside the house, Zhi Chen furrowed his brows and asked, "Has she ever told you anything? For instance, how she got that Poisonous Gu inside her body?"
This Poisonous Gu could muddle one’s mind, causing drastic changes in personality. He rembered how cruel and violent she used to be. Thinking about it... indeed, whenever she unleashed violence upon them, she really did seem very abnormal.
Shen Qiuyang shook his head, "We have an understanding between us: We don’t ask about each other’s pasts. However, a few days ago she had a nightmare and talked nonsense in her sleep. She even cried when she woke up." ntioning this made Shen Qiuyang sigh heavily.
Zhi Chen asked, "What did she say?"
User Comments
0 comments from readers