Chapter 999: Chapter 1004: Misunderstanding

After Xue Qingyi finished the last needle on Lin Feng, she vaguely felt someone at the door. She subconsciously turned her head for a glance, but didn’t see anyone, only heard a series of slightly flustered footsteps thump-thump-thumping away, then tap-tap-tap going up the stairs. Xue Qingyi immediately knew the person outside must have been either Ning Aoxue or Li Liping...

That little girl definitely got the wrong idea! Xue Qingyi gave an awkward chuckle and didn’t bother with it.

If it were any other time, knowing that Li Liping or Ning Aoxue had misunderstood and thought she was doing that oral thing to Lin Feng, Xue Qingyi would probably feel pretty pleased, might even toss out a few jabs now and then to rile them up. But right now, Xue Qingyi simply had no interest in that.

"Walking that fast, looks more like that girl Li Ping’s style..." Xue Qingyi thought with a smile, her gaze soft as she looked at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng had already reached the final critical point. A misty vapor was constantly seeping from his entire body, and his breathing had gone from rapid to slowly long and drawn out, until it finally seemed as if he wasn’t breathing at all...

This was a sign of profound Inner Strength. Rumor had it that the most powerful experts could enter a turtle-breath fake-death state and go several days without breathing. Lin Feng not breathing for a few minutes only barely counted as having a small initial success.

After lying on Lin Feng’s bed for a while, Xue Qingyi borrowed Lin Feng’s bathroom to take a shower, rinsed the grime off her body, then came out wearing only a nightgown.

Seeing the man sitting on the bed with a tired face, Xue Qingyi felt her heart go weak and sore.

He’d saved her life again; it looked like she simply wouldn’t be able to leave him for the rest of this life! Xue Qingyi’s face looked a bit fatigued, but there was a trace of joy in her eyes. After all, she had just personally used the Acupuncture method to save Lin Feng.

At least I got to help you once too! So you don’t have to spend all day thinking about how to save me. A hint of smugness flashed across Xue Qingyi’s face, then she very contentedly fell asleep right beside Lin Feng.

By the time Lin Feng woke up, it was already past three in the morning. Looking at Xue Qingyi sleeping in front of him with a smile on her face, he couldn’t help but smile as well.

"Good thing this turned into a blessing in disguise. I finally managed to barely touch the edge of the Innate Realm!" Lin Feng murmured to himself with a grin, then directly pulled out all the Silver Needles on his body, disinfected them with alcohol, and put them back into Xue Qingyi’s needle pouch.

At this moment Lin Feng was incredibly weak, so of course he had no thoughts of doing anything naughty with Xue Qingyi. He simply hugged Xue Qingyi, pulled the blanket over them, and went to sleep!

When Lin Feng woke again, it was already after nine the next morning. As soon as he stepped out of the room, he smelled a faint medicinal aroma drifting from the kitchen, very fragrant, with a kind of refreshing, mind-clearing effect.

"That’s the smell of Shenquan Soup, isn’t it?! Who’s simmering tonic soup? Could it be Qingyi..." Lin Feng looked toward the kitchen in surprise, and sure enough he saw Xue Qingyi’s alluring figure.

"You’re up?" When Xue Qingyi saw Lin Feng, a trace of happiness appeared on her face. "I bought two soft-shelled turtles and stewed them into tonic soup for you. Drink more later!"

"You went and bought the turtles this early?" Lin Feng’s face showed a smile. Qingyi still understood him best—she knew that although he needed nutrition right now, he wasn’t used to straight medicinal decoctions, and had to use turtle meat as a medium. What he hadn’t expected was that the usually lazy-looking Xue Qingyi would actually get up so unprecedentedly early to buy turtles today. That really was surprising!

You had to know, back when they were in White Wolf Squad, getting Xue Qingyi to cook even once was as hard as getting her to kill ten people... Well, killing ten people, for Xue Qingyi, wasn’t actually that hard. But in the five or six years she’d been with Lin Feng, she’d never properly cooked a meal. Even when decocting medicine, she’d always ordered someone else to do it...

"Yeah, pretty shocking, huh! When I went to buy the turtles, it wasn’t even light out yet!" Xue Qingyi gave a charming smile. "I’m gonna give your body a good tonic..."

Just then, a dainty figure suddenly came clicking down the stairs. Hearing Xue Qingyi’s voice, she froze on the spot for a second.

The figure on the stairs was Ning Aoxue. When she heard that line from Xue Qingyi—"give your body a good tonic"—she didn’t know what she thought of, and her face couldn’t help flushing red.

"Hey, Aoxue, you’re up!" Lin Feng saw Ning Aoxue at the stairway and couldn’t help greeting her, smiling as he asked, "Did you sleep well last night? No nightmares?"

Hearing Lin Feng say good morning to her, Ning Aoxue’s face stiffened for a moment. She shook her head a bit awkwardly. "No..."

In fact, Ning Aoxue hadn’t had nightmares; she’d just had some very strange, rather unspeakable girlish dreams. She dreamed of Lin Feng’s body, and also of... some shy, indescribable things. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"That’s good then!" Although Lin Feng felt that Ning Aoxue was acting a bit odd, he didn’t think too much about why. Seeing that she was already dressed in formal clothes, he pointed at Xue Qingyi, who was busy in the kitchen, and said with a smile, "Qingyi’s already made Turtle Soup. Come have some and nourish your body too!"

"Nourish your body" was Lin Feng’s more tactful way of putting it. In fact, Shenquan Soup had a calming effect to steady the nerves. Lin Feng was worried Ning Aoxue might not recover from the fright, so he wanted her to drink some soup directly to soothe her nerves.

However, Lin Feng didn’t want to give Ning Aoxue a psychological burden, to make her think she was sick or anything, so he used the phrase "nourish your body."

But for Ning Aoxue, who had already misunderstood what had gone on between Lin Feng and Xue Qingyi, those words "nourish your body" inevitably made her feel a bit nauseated...

"Uh... I don’t need it!" Ning Aoxue looked at Lin Feng a bit flustered and waved her hands repeatedly. "My body isn’t weak. I don’t need any tonic. You were the one who was too exhausted last night, Lin Feng. You should drink more soup to replenish yourself!"

Exhausted last night? Lin Feng’s expression turned a bit strange. He hadn’t done anything last night, had he? Or did Ning Aoxue misspeak and mean he’d worn himself out rescuing people yesterday?

Thinking of it that way, Lin Feng felt his contribution really was kind of huge.

"Aoxue, you’re right. I really did almost wear myself out yesterday. I was practically about to keel over... And Qingyi’s soup tastes better than what a five-star hotel’s head chef could make. I’m definitely going to drink more of it! It’s just..." Lin Feng grinned at Ning Aoxue. "I’m not a stingy guy. Come join me for a little, okay?"

This bastard—after making Sister Qingyi do that kind of thing for him last night, not only does he feel no shame at all, he even looks proud of himself. He’s way too despicable!

The guy’s already worn himself out like that, so Sister Qingyi must’ve been worked half to death last night too! Ning Aoxue looked at Xue Qingyi with some sympathy, a bit of grievance toward Lin Feng rising in her heart. Was this bastard born just to torment women?!

He tormented Sister Qingyi the whole night, and in the morning he still has her stewing soup to nourish him! That’s just too much!

Thinking of this, Ning Aoxue finally felt somewhat displeased with Lin Feng. Her little mouth pouted slightly, and she gave a light snort through her nose. "Forget it, you just drink it yourself! Lin Feng, I won’t say much else. I just hope you’ll treat Sister Qingyi really well from now on. She’s given so much for you, so don’t you dare do anything that would make her unhappy!"

"Huh?" Lin Feng froze for a second. Ning Aoxue’s tone didn’t sound like she was thanking him for saving her life. Did she misunderstand something?

Xue Qingyi gave Ning Aoxue a thoughtful look. Her pretty face suddenly showed a faint, mysterious smile. She understood exactly what had happened.