66 Pitiful Mother (1/2)

Chun Hua looked at Xiao Fang as he wiped his mouth with a little cloth, he was acting as if nothing happened.

”Xiao Fang, you didn't drink the medicine I made for you”, Chun Hua said.

”Thanks, Chun Hua, but as you can see I'm all better now”.

Chun Hua was not convinced. She thought he was just avoiding it because it didn't taste good.

”Okay, but I already made this so just drink it”.

Xiao Fang's stomach twisted at the thought of drinking that bitter medicine again, but because it was Chun Hua that made it, he couldn't say no. He downed the medicine in one go and Chun Hua's expression became noticeably brighter.

”How is it, is it good?”, she asked.

”Mn, it's good. Thank you, Chun Hua”, he answered kindly.

She wasn't convinced with his response, because it seemed like he was avoiding her question. Seeing the disappointed look on her face, Xiao Fang got up and moved towards her.

”Since when did you stop believing my words?”.

”It's just... You always say it's good”.

”Hm, I see”, Xiao Fang thought for a moment then took out his sword.

”Chun Hua, take a look at my sword, what do you think of it?”, Xiao Fang asked as he handed her his new sword.

”It looks like an ordinary sword. The blade is very sharp, but what sword isn't”, she said as she touched the sharp edge.

”Despite how ordinary it may look, it is one of the strongest sword in this sect, but you say it is just an ordinary sword?”.

Chun Hua's eyes widened in surprise as she looked back down at the seemingly ordinary sword in her hands.

”The best things in life aren't always pleasant, pleasant things aren't always the most effective. You'll find that there are times when you must sacrifice one to achieve the other”, Xiao Fang lectured her.

”Ah, it's like the time you told me that I shouldn't judge a fish by it's ability to climb”.

”Um, sort of. A sword is good when it can cut, just as medicine is good when it can heal. I'm stand here before you now, fully recovered, do you still think I was lying when I said it was good?”.

”I see. In that case, I'm glad that I could help you recover, but I still have one question: did my medicine taste bitter?”, she squinted at him as if she was pay close attention to his next words.

Xiao Fang was taken aback. He turned his head slightly and spoke in a bit of a mumbling tone,

”Y-Yeah, maybe it was just a bit”, he cleared his throat as if he was trying to pass it off as being unimportant.

She pouted disappointedly. Xiao Fang could only smile bitterly. Seeing the awkward position he was in, his mother interjected.

”Chun Hua, can you give us a moment. There's something I'd like to tell Xiao Fang”.

Chun Hua did as she asked and left the room first.

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”He was a wise man, I learned a lot from him”, Xiao Fang replied honestly, but his mother didn't seem happy by his words.

”Perhaps, but he is still our enemy. He may have spared our lives, but he continues to kill countless others like us. You mustn't forget what he made your grandmother do to your eyes. If you are kind to your enemies, then you are being cruel to yourself”, she tried to lecture him.

Xiao Fang lightly shook his head.

”We all have enemies in this life, but hate makes us ignorant and partisan. That is not the way an honourable man should live... that is not a way you should either”.

With nothing else to say, Xiao Fang sat on his bed crossed legged, and began to cultivate the Yin qi that she had given him.

Xiao Fang's words hit her like a ton of bricks. She knew he was referring to her relationship with his father, the Patriarch. It had always been in the back of her mind, so she had no words to reply to him.

Earlier in their conversation, Xiao Fang heard her refer to the Patriarch as his 'father' for the first time. While Xiao Fang was in the Black Paradise sect, his father had been keeping her company during those lonely times.

Her charm had little to no effect on him because of his overwhelming cultivation and because he could see blindfolded like Xiao Fang, so their time together was genuine.

They talked and laughed and had a good time together, almost to the point where she even tried sleeping with him again, but he stopped her. They used to be young lovers, but now they were adults. He didn't have those feelings for her anymore and he knew she didn't either, so he treated her like a cherished friend. She was the mother of his only son after all. Although sleeping with your friends was normal in the dual cultivation sect, it was not the same in the Divine Sword sect.

He had betrayed his own sect to keep her safe, fought against his father to save her life, and to top it all off, he had given Xiao Fang the elixir like she had asked him to. And he did all of that just to apologize for what his parents had done. She didn't hate him anymore, but she didn't love him either. Since that day she had come to see him for who he really was, a good man, and a great father.