Vol 3 Book 3 Chapter 3 (1/2)

Book 3 Chapter 3 – Liu Meng

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When Li Yiming pushed open the door of the ward, he saw Liu Meng throw a deep gaze at him from her bed. “You’re awake!” Li Yiming rushed toward her, evidently happy when at constating her recovery.

“Barely.” Liu Meng brushed aside the hair on her forehead. She did not look sick at all anymore. Not a single trace of the unhealthy countenance that was usually found on the faces of bedridden patients.

“How are you feeling?” Li Yiming was still worried. Her sudden coma had to have something to do with the domain.

“I think you owe me an explanation.” Liu Meng pressed her palms and her fingers against each together and asked with a playful smile.

Liu Meng’s calm voice, however, was nothing short of a tsunami of emotions within Li Yiming’s head. ‘Explanation? She remembers? But…’

“Okay, look at you, why do you look so surprised?” Liu Meng smiled and looked at the window. “I really didn’t think that it was possible. It still feels like it was all just a dream.”

“You…” Li Yiming could not regain his composure. ‘With the way she’s acting…’

“It’s alright, I know everything now. Weren’t you in my situation when you first started?” Liu Meng raised her eyes and gazed at Li Yiming, not very sure how to broach the subject.

Li Yiming stayed quiet with a serious countenance. He had wild guesses and uncertain conjectures, but would not dare to open his mouth to ask for a confirmation.

“Heaven’s Laws, guardians, secret domains, talents…” Liu Meng lowered her head and whispered as she stared at her own hands.

Li Yiming’s expression changed upon hearing these words: he had guessed it right. “Stage of Ascension?”

Liu Meng quirked her lips and nodded lightly. She seemed a little confused. Li Yiming let out a big sigh of relief. ‘Well, at least she’s not like me.’

“Ha, I didn’t think that I had taken in a superhero! When did this all start?” Liu Meng asked.

“Not that long, really…” Li Yiming was short of an answer at this unexpected turn of events.

“What about Little Bai Ze? Your talent?” Liu Meng looked around for her.

“She’s hurt. Hibernating.” Li Yiming pointed at his own chest.

“Is she going to be okay?”

“I think so,” said Li Yiming, who himself was not quite sure about Bai Ze’s status.

“What about that Fang Shui’er?”

“She’s a guardian too, and the director, Xiao Hei, and her a.s.sistant.”

“Wow, that’s unexpected. But, I’m a superhero too now!” Instead of being joyful, Liu Meng was absent-minded and sunk deeply into her own thoughts. “So why was I chosen?”

“Maybe it’s… because of me…?” Li Yiming’s heart was ridden with guilt. ‘If it wasn’t for me, maybe Liu Meng wouldn’t have been dragged into all of this. Being a guardian isn’t just about having superhuman powers at all. One mistake under the immense pressure could cost your own life.’

“Pffft, you? Do you really think that Heaven’s Laws would do things differently because of you?” A smile suddenly resurfaced on Liu Meng’s lips. “Maybe it’s just that the Heavens has noticed me, a beautiful and talented individual, and has decided that it would be my duty to protect our world and the people living in it.”

‘That’s the Liu Meng I know.’ Li Yiming felt warmed up by her familiar, playful remark. He looked at Liu Meng sorrily, and, before he knew it, reached out for her hand.

“But, I am glad that you’re here with me.” Liu Meng said as she lowered her head and wrapped her fingers around Li Yiming’s.

“Yes, whatever difficulties that lie ahead, we’ll brave through them together.” Li Yiming knew well from experience that solitude, fear, and confusion are a lot more likely than excitement or eagerness when such a drastic change occurs.

The door to the ward was suddenly pushed open and a nurse who conducted the regular check-ups walked in. At first, she seemed surprised by the fact that Liu Meng had already woken up, but upon seeing those two so closely together, she tactfully stepped back out and closed the door behind her. Liu Meng blushed when she noticed just how intimate she had become with Li Yiming and pushed away his hand. Li Yiming pulled on the corner of his s.h.i.+rt, a little embarra.s.sed, and it seemed, all of a sudden, that he had just begun to notice just how charming Liu Meng’s shyness was.   1

“So that phoenix you were talking about, it’s real?” Liu Meng changed the subject of the conversation.

“We shouldn’t talk about things that occurred in the domain,” Li Yiming reminded her in a low voice and pointed at the ceiling of the room.

Liu Meng made a cute silly grimace and tried something else. “Then, what’s going on with my body…”

“We can talk about that.”

“What about here?” Liu Meng immediately sat up and pointed at her chest. Her finger sank deeply into the folds of her s.h.i.+rt, and this alone was enough to set free Li Yiming wild fancies as his eyes followed her hand. When Liu Meng realized what she had just done, she threw a menacing glance at Li Yiming and moved her hand a little further away from herself. “What about this number?”

“It’s a life mark, it’s the most important thing for a guardian…” Li Yiming began explaining to Liu Meng the basics about being a guardian as much as he could.

The polite young nurse quickly returned with the doctor responsible for Liu Meng. After a simple examination that still failed to reveal the cause of Liu Meng’s sudden recovery, the two insisted on leaving the hospital against the medical advice of staying for further observation. Liu Meng signed a doc.u.ment and left for Yunda Hotel with Li Yiming behind her. When they arrived, they found everyone from the filming crew busy putting away their equipment. The floor management had an ashen face as he announced to everyone that filming would be canceled upon further notice since both the director and the main actress had gone missing. He was even kind enough to not ask to be reimbursed for the hospital fees.

“So, are we going back to my place or are we going to yours?” Liu Meng gave Li Yiming his three thousand yuans of training compensation and asked a question to Li Yiming that caught the attention of many in the hotel lobby around her.

“How about mine?” said Li Yiming as he took his hard-earned money, without minding the stares of those around him who were sinking deeper and deeper into a big misunderstanding. “How about my place? Lishui is closer to Jing Prefecture, and we’d need to cover more distance if we went back with the crew.”