Chapter 119 – Little Liu Huo's Heart (2)
Gong Zhengyu was still rather agreeable and nodded his head. Only those two black-clothed men behind him had expressions of mild displeasure. Pretending as if he hadn't seen anything, Ling He called for Yang Jian to come along with them as they headed to the storage room to check the ores.
Ji Fengyan carried the Dual-Stemmed Timeless Affection over to the medicinal room. At this moment, the Dual-Stemmed Timeless Affection inside the ornate box only had one stem left, the place where it had been severed still looking the same as when it had just been plucked. Silently, Ji Fengyan blew a breath at the timeless affection flower. As her breath caressed the flower, its delicate and charming petals glistened with renewed vigour, the spiritual energy spiralling out from it abruptly intensifying to the point where it looked no different to the spiritual energy it had before its separation.
Ji Fengyan's lips curled in wily smile. Opening her cauldron, she prepared to refine the timeless affection flower!
Since she didn't really understand the timeless affection flower's medicinal properties in detail, she didn't plan on blindly adding in any other medicinal herbs, which greatly helped reduce the amount of time required. Moments later when Ji Fengyan finished refining it, she retrieved the still somewhat burning hot scarlet-red medicinal pill and carefully placed it into a small bottle. Smiling, she headed towards Liu Huo's small courtyard while Bai Ze trotted with tiny steps alongside her.
Inside the peacefully quiet courtyard, Liu Huo sat by himself below a large tree, his pretty eyebrows lightly furrowed, those calm eyes of his fixed on the fallen leaves besides him.
He was obviously still a rather young boy, but for some unknown reason, his drooping gaze was filled with layers upon layers of worries.
"Little Liu Huo," a familiar sounding voice abruptly called out, breaking Liu Huo's reverie. Feeling a bit dazed, he unconsciously wanted to look up, but instead his body stiffened and didn't move at all.
Seeing the young beauty sitting below the tree with his head lowered, Ji Fengyan smiled as she scampered over and sat down besides him.
Liu Huo's body slightly shook as he unconsciously shifted away.
"What happened? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Ji Fengyan asked, unable to detect the difference in Liu Huo. She only thought that his wounds had been acting up again, so she naturally placed a hand on his forehead to take his temperature.
Upon contact, her palm felt slightly cool.
"It doesn't seem you have a problem," Ji Fengyan said, feeling a bit confused.
"I'm fine," Liu Huo stated gruffly, uncomfortably pushing her hand away.
"Of course. You're injuries seems to have pretty much recovered, so there shouldn't be any other major issues," Ji Fengyan chuckled.
Liu Huo's eyebrows furrowed again, his mood sinking a bit for an unknown reason.
Ji Fengyan didn't say anything else while Liu Huo also didn't bother to look at her. His chest felt stuffy, as if it had been blocked.
His injuries were about to fully recover, so… she was planning on making him leave?
He didn't know why, but when this thought flashed through his mind, his heart felt as if it was in chaos and he felt even more anxious. Ji Fengyan's silence only made that feeling of suffocation deepen.
After a moment, Liu Huo lifted up his head, wanting to speak to her about something.
However, just as he raised his head and opened his mouth, a still-warm medicinal pill was abruptly stuffed into it before smoothly flowing down his throat.
Liu Huo widened his eyes and glared at a grinning Ji Fengyan, his hands going to cover his burning throat.
"I just finished refining it, so it's still a bit hot." When Ji Fengyan saw Liu Huo's dazed expression, she couldn't resist from reaching out to pinch his soft and delicate little face.
It still felt as good as it used to.
"You…" Liu Huo felt a bit disoriented.
"Gong Zhengyu said that this timeless affection flower was pretty useful for treating injuries, so although your wounds have pretty much recovered, it would still be good idea to get some supplements in," she explained.
Chapter 120 – Little Liu Huo's Heart (3)
Liu Huo looked at the pure and honest Ji Fengyan in front of him with astonishment. That suffocating feeling in his chest had mostly dispersed.
"Gong Zhengyu?"
"Right. He's that sickly guy who followed me over. Mmm, you've got to take care of yourself so that you won't look like him in the future, otherwise you'll have a lot of problems," Ji Fengyan said seriously. Whether it was Gong Zhengyu's temperament or manners, they were both rather impeccable. The only thing that ruined his aura was that grim air pulsing from his forehead. Even though Gong Zhengyu, hadn't said anything about it, Ji Fengyan could still tell that he had been suffering from a chronic illness for a long time now.
Once Ji Fengyan thought about Liu Huo's original injuries, she felt a bit frightened. She was scared that she would raised the pretty little guy wrong and cause him to follow in the footsteps of Gong Zhengyu's frail body.
"Sickly guy…" Liu Huo's eyes widened. Ji Fengyan's judgement of Gong Zhengyu really was… direct. Simple and rough.
"You can't be as fragile as he is in the future, okay? You've got to be really strong when you grow up," she said, not noticing Liu Huo's abnormality. Seizing on his dazed state, she started petting his head and pinching his little face, feeling very satisfied.
Liu Huo slightly blushed and the last bit of unusualness in his chest disappeared. That relieved feeling of realization felt kind of strange and delicate.
But…
He didn't dislike it.
Liu Huo savoured that feeling for a moment before he suddenly thought of something. Grabbing Ji Fengyan's small mischievous hands, he stared at her. "What did you say you refined that medicine from?"
She blinked, "Timeless affection flower."
"Wh" Liu Huo shook, the gaze he used to look her becoming even more complicated.
Timeless affection flower. Although it was called the timeless affection flower, it was the most heartless amongst flowers. Growing up amidst the fiercest of flames with no one able to approach it, the effects of this flower were quite remarkable. It could be said to be a priceless treasure that had no market. Even for those without an injury, if they could consume a timeless affection flower, then they would also be able to prolong their lives by extending their lifespan.
However…
She gave it to him that easily?
It was obvious that his injuries had almost recovered and yet still…
Liu Huo felt as if a fire had started burning in his chest. It burned to the point where his entire body felt hot.
The flower's effects was different for him than it would've been for a normal person, but she gave it to him without knowing the circumstances.
Ji Fengyan felt curious as she saw that Liu Huo wanted to say something but was hesitating. His eyes were so bright that it was as if they held flames within them that had completely burned through his calm and composure from before.
"What is it?" She asked, unable to resist.
Just as Liu Huo was about to speak, that heat burning in his chest instantly started to spread!
In the blink of an eye, his face reddened as thick droplets of sweat dripped from his forehead. The hands that he used to capture Ji Fengyan's unconsciously tightened until they paled from the pressure while his delicate face was covered in an expression of pain.
The abrupt change in circumstances caused Ji Fengyan to be unable to react in time. She could only stare wide-eyed as Liu Huo's small body was racked by pain, her heart beating like crazy.
"Liu Huo! What happened?!" She asked in panic, immediately starting to check his circumstances. However, everywhere that she came in contact with felt as if it was scalding hot!
Liu Huo wanted to speak, but that fire had already burned to his throat. He couldn't say anything at all.
Realizing that things weren't right, Ji Fengyan didn't say anything else and immediately stood up. She lifted up Liu Huo's burning body onto her back and disappeared in place with a flash of light.