roccoschili Chapter 169 A Tempting Invitation Extended in Late Summer
Chapter 169 A Tempting Invitation Extended in Late Summer
In the house I bought in Anning Prefecture—
As soon as Xia Mo returned to the house, she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep, as if she had fainted.
Huangfu Qian supported Xia Mo, feeling the person in his arms looking like "dead," and his heart tightened in fright. He first checked Xia Mo's pulse.
The pulse indicates that the person was overly fatigued at the end of summer.
Huangfu Qian settled Xia Mo into bed and looked at her sleeping on the bed, but he didn't know whether he should breathe a sigh of relief.
"master?"
Upon hearing Huangfu Qian's summons, Jiang Chi entered Xia Mo's room and stood two feet behind Huangfu Qian, puzzled.
"Have jade mines been discovered in the south?"
Huangfu Qian himself didn't realize that his voice was slightly hoarse.
Jiang Chi said, "It was contracted out to merchants from the south."
"Let's find a way to buy that jade mine?" Huangfu Qian looked at Jiang Chi uncertainly.
Huangfu Qian was wealthy, but he spent the majority of his money on the army.
"Only one-tenth of that vein has been mined," Jiang Chi answered truthfully, then said, "I will send someone to negotiate right away."
Huangfu Qian turned his head and looked at Xia Mo on the bed.
Xia Mo needs a large amount of top-grade jade to improve his cultivation, and all he can do is help collect top-grade jade.
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Early the next morning—
Summer's end woke up, rolled over in bed, sat up, and went outside, calling out to the air, "So hungry, so hungry..."
Huangfu Qian had prepared a sumptuous meal well in advance, and was just waiting for the end of summer.
When Xia Mo saw the food on the table, he pounced like a hungry wolf, lying down beside the table and reaching out to grab it.
Chicken legs, stewed meat... and so on.
In late summer, she stuffed large mouthfuls into her mouth, chewed them haphazardly a few times, and swallowed them.
After finishing the entire meal, she sat down on a stool, let out a long sigh of relief, and handed her greasy hands to Huangfu Qian.
Huangfu Qian picked up a soft handkerchief and carefully wiped the oil off Xia Mo's fingers, not even missing the spaces between them.
Xia Mo simply rested her chin on the table and stared intently at Huangfu Qian.
Huangfu Qian remained unfazed, tossed aside the discarded handkerchief, took out a new one, and continued to apply the oil to Xia Mo's hands.
“I haven’t fully recovered yet, so I need to take medicine and soak in herbal baths,” Xia Mo sighed and said, “Look, there’s no suitable large pot in the kitchen, how can this be?”
Huangfu Qian nodded and said, "I'll have someone arrange it immediately."
"Buy a bigger one, a deeper one, then we can go to the bar together?" Xia Mo extended a tempting invitation.
Huangfu Qian refused without any expression.
“We soak together, which saves me a lot of trouble,” Xia Mo added.
During this time together, Xia Mo became increasingly satisfied with Huangfu Qian.
On the road of life, one does not need a husband, but having a male companion is still acceptable.
Huangfu Qian remained expressionless: "I will have someone buy two large pots."
Huangfu Qian left without looking back after saying that.
Xia Mo deliberately scoffed behind Huangfu Qian and said, "You're such a boring person."
Huangfu Qian clenched his fist in front of him, but his figure and movements remained unaffected by Xia Mo's words.
That very evening, the two large stoves were set up.
Instead of being located in the kitchen, a separate room was set up to house the two large pots.
Xia Mo flipped her hand, tossed out a packet of medicine, and ordered Huangfu Qian, "Go, start boiling the medicine."
Huangfu Qian got up and burned the fire.
"……"master.
Jiang Chi, who was standing to the side, saw this and wanted to call out and stop it. How could Huangfu Qian be allowed to do such a thing?
The medicinal soup is ready.
Huangfu Qian stood up and gestured for Jiang Chi to go out with him.
"Go and prepare more medicine," Huangfu Qian handed the prescription to Jiang Chi, while he continued to stand guard outside the room.
Soak it in the medicinal soup at the end of summer.
The enhanced tonic soup is a form of physical torture, but it is also the fastest way to help her recover from fatigue.
One hour later—
Xia Mo came out wearing her undergarments, feeling relaxed.
Huangfu Qianying's eyes flickered almost imperceptibly. Wasn't Xia Mo's soaking in the medicinal bath always very painful? Why was it different this time...? He had a question, but he chose to suppress it and not ask.
Xia Mo said, "This time it's not to improve physical strength, so of course it won't hurt. If it hurts every time, who would want to soak in it?"
Huangfu Qian looked at Xia Mo expressionlessly.
“Yes, you didn’t show any doubt on your face, but I saw it in your eyes,” Xia Mo chuckled and snuggled up to Huangfu Qian.
Huangfu Qian remained silent.
“You can also soak in the medicinal soup. The first time, I will need to use my divine sense to help you. After that, you can soak once a month until the medicinal soup no longer causes you pain, which means that soaking again will be ineffective,” Xia Mo said, pulling Huangfu Qian’s hair.
Silky smooth, soft, and most importantly, Huangfu Qian let her hair down. Her hair was so long that it reached her hips, and there wasn't a single split end.
Even if she weren't a cultivator, it's impossible for her to have no branches at all.
When Jiang Chi returned carrying a bunch of medicine bags, he saw Xia Mo nestled in Huangfu Qian's arms!
Jiang Chi suddenly felt that Jiang Feng deserved to be sent to the military camp.
Didn't you realize that Master has feelings for Xia Mo? And yet, he still dares to steal Xia Mo's credit. He's really asking for trouble. Sending him to the military camp is already a sign of Master's leniency.
“Master, Miss Xia, a girl named Bai Xin is outside the door requesting an audience with you. She says she is Doctor Lin Feng’s fiancée,” Jiang Chi said.
Jiang Chi, after investigating Lin Fengzhi's situation, added: "To be precise, she was his former fiancée, and is now Lin Chengzhi's wife."
Xia Mo raised an eyebrow, still lingering in Huangfu Qian's arms.
Huangfu Qian lowered his hands, not hugging Xia Mo back, nor did he stop Xia Mo's behavior, adopting an attitude of letting things take their course.
"Is that all you're going to do?" Jiang Chi couldn't help but offer a blunt reminder when he saw that his master and Miss Xia were still together.
“Let’s meet like this,” said Huangfu Qian, the last emperor of Xia.
Jiang Chi looked at Huangfu Qian, and seeing that Huangfu Qian remained silent, he let Bai Xin in.
Bai Xin entered with a personal maid.
Bai Xin looked at the tall Huangfu Qian, but didn't see Xia Mo. She frowned and asked, "Where is Miss Xia?"
Xia Mo said, "It's here."
Bai Xin frowned. She heard the sound, but she still couldn't see anyone.
Bai Xin circled Huangfu Qian for a while before finally spotting Xia Mo, who was shamelessly clinging to him.
After her initial shock, Bai Xin remained puzzled and said, "How could you be like this..." The words "fickle and promiscuous" were swallowed back down her throat.
Xia Mo added for her, saying, "Fickle and promiscuous."
Bai Xin's breath hitched, and she stood up and said, "You...don't you think something's wrong?"
Xia Mo quickly scanned Bai Xin's body with her divine sense and made a discovery.
Between Bai Xin and Lin Fengzhi, there is a faint, almost disappearing line of fate connecting them. At the same time, the line of fate connecting Bai Xin and Lin Chengzhi is newly emerging and is also faint.
Xia Mo turned her head thoughtfully, and after a moment of surprise, she suddenly understood.
Xia Mo's expression was written all over her face, which made Jiang Chi, who was standing to the side, very curious. What exactly did Xia Mo mean by these changes in expression?!