Chapter 221 (1/2)

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“If he doesn’t accept it, then I’ll give him a better place to go to. However, once he feels aggrieved outside, suffers, and gets bullied, he would probably think about how well I treated him. When he grows up a little more next year…”

Lin Xuanzhi didn’t finish talking. He walked over to the mountain wall and used it for support, taking some time to settle down as if he couldn’t continue standing any longer before continuing, “There are a lot of misunderstandings between us, and they only grow deeper with the pa.s.sing of each day, so I can no longer continue just being brothers with him. I don’t want to deceive myself or let him be unaware of anything, much less misunderstand me. He wants to know what I think, so I let him understand it thoroughly.”

Naturally, he knew that his relations.h.i.+p with Yan Tianhen wasn’t stable right now, as if they were walking on a tightrope with the risk of falling off at any time. It would be most suitable to say it in a few years, but he couldn’t hold it back anymore.

Soul Bead was speechless. He only said after a while pa.s.sed, “You’re on your own.”

From Yan Tianhen’s reaction, Lin Xuanzhi’s future seemed worrying !

Yan Tianhen ran out desperately; his heart was about to jump right up to his throat. His lips seemed to be filled with the sensation of the gentle yet overbearing kiss Lin Xuanzhi planted on him, and there was even a little bit of a cold rosin fragrance that belonged to his Dage alone.

“Ah Hen!” When Duan Yuyang heard the noise, he stood up at once and rushed over impatiently to grab him. He looked him up and down to see how he was doing.

Yan Tianhen looked at Duan Yuyang, his mouth opening and closing yet without speaking a single word.

Duan Yuyang frowned. “Why is your face still so red? Have the effects of the medication not waned yet?”

Yan Tianhen rubbed his own face — it was so hot that it seemed like it was burning, and he was instantly reminded of Lin Xuanzhi’s action.

“N-nothing.” Yan Tianhen stammered.

Although Duan Yuyang was a little doubtful, he was relieved to see that there wasn’t much of an issue with his arm or neck.

“Fortunately, this small face has returned to normal.” Duan Yuyang said while feeling greatly comforted, “If you were to feel any discomfort next time, you have to say it in advance. Otherwise, if anything were to happen, I’d be so frightened that my heart and liver would explode.”

Duan Yuyang patted his chest with some lingering trepidation.

Yan Tianhen could vaguely recall what he seemed like before and scratched his head, embarra.s.sed. “It won’t happen again in the future, thank you Yuyang Gege and Yuan…uh.”

Under Duan Yuyang’s askance stare, Yan Tianhen swallowed his remaining words.

But Yuan Tianwen tossed Yan Tianhen a friendly smile.

“What happened to your face?” A crisp female voice traveled over.

Yan Tianhen looked opposite; a girl adorned in a light yellow robe walked over.

Beside her was Wan Linghua, who was frowning slightly. She yanked the girl’s arm. “Fangfei, don’t be rude.”

Jin Fangfei stuck her tongue out. “Isn’t s.h.i.+jie curious? All those things on his face look like he had been poisoned, can’t I be concerned?”

Wan Linghua was a little embarra.s.sed as she said to Yan Tianhen, “I apologise.”

It wasn’t Yan Tianhen’s first time being pointed at by others inquiring about the things on his face. Although Jin Fangfei was frank, she had no intention of humiliating him, so Yan Tianhen didn’t think much of it.

Wan Linghua’s glance swept across Yan Tianhen’s face and her heart couldn’t help but jerk — he was the one who responded most severely to the medicinal rain, but now, not even a trace of the medicinal rain could be found. His skin was both radiant and delicate, as if it had been reborn, though the cracks on it showed no improvement.

But other people’s faces still don’t seem to have changed much even after a day and a night had pa.s.sed. Lin Xuanzhi must have spent quite a bit on Yan Tianhen. But what wonderful method did that Lin Xuanzhi use?

“Does it hurt?”

“No.”

“Is it itchy?”

“They’re not itchy either.” Yan Tianhen smiled. “Aside from it looking a little ugly, there’s no sensation to it.”

Jin Fangfei objected, “Don’t say that. All external displays are the manifestations of the body’s internal conditions. There must be poison within your internal organs.”

“Poison?” Duan Yuyang’s expression changed slightly.

He has always thought that Yan Tianhen was born like this, or he could have suffered some kind of injury. He simply did not think that those uneven scar-like cracks on his face would actually be caused by poison!

Wan Linghua nodded. “When I felt his pulse, I could sense an overbearing poison Qi piling up in his meridians and heart, but pray forgive my ignorance, I couldn’t determine what was happening. If there’s a chance, my s.h.i.+fu could take a look at him.”

“Xuanzhi.” At this moment, Shen Rubing’s pleasantly surprised voice rang out.

Everyone looked into the depths of the cave, only to see Lin Xuanzhi walking over with his usual expression.

Yan Tianhen immediately turned his head away, feeling as if there was nowhere to place his limbs as he was extremely nervous.

Yet Lin Xuanzhi merely cast a glance at Yan Tianhen before turning to Lin Zezhi. “How do we plan to move next?”

Before taking Yan Tianhen in with him to treat his wounds, he instructed Lin Zezhi to decide where to go next for the time being.

Lin Zezhi felt valued. “This mountain is both tall and steep, and there are apparently a lot of fierce beasts in the mountain, so I’m afraid it won’t be easy to cross. But on the way back, it’ll be easy to encounter that strange rain again, so after our discussion, he decided to temporarily…be on standby where we are.”

Lin Xuanzhi laughed softly. “Standby where we are probably wasn’t something you thought of ?”

Lin Zezhi wasn’t someone who would wait in place. If it were up to him to decide, he would definitely rush into the mountains to take the risk.

“It was my decision.” Shen Rubing coughed twice and covered her mouth. “A lot of us are affected by the poisonous rain and have not recovered. With our low morale, it’s not suitable for us to go on a long journey by foot, so we might as well rest here for a moment first.”

Lin Xuanzhi nodded. “That’s good too.”

Wu s.h.i.+yin, who was next to Shen Rubing, scratched the itch on her face and was utterly discomfited. “Lin Dage, at the very least we’re all on the same boat now. If you have any methods of alleviating this thing, why don’t you say it out to share it with everyone?”

When Lin Xuanzhi heard this, he knew what she was trying to say. “I only have one bottle of medicine that can be used to alleviate the pill poison.”