91 Chapter
Su Qing watched with great interest. Ji Shuisheng’s skills were not bad.
After Ji Shuisheng climbed to the ground, he pulled down the vines to make a rope and used it to connect Su Qing with the stone crack.
Su Qing first tied the basket filled with bamboo to a rope and let Ji Shuisheng pull it up. Ji Shuisheng pulled the basket up and let go of it before letting the rope down to bring Su Qing up.
Su Qing had no intention of coming up. She shouted at him from below,
“You can go back first; I still have something to do.”
What could have happened down there? Ji Shuisheng was about to ask when he suddenly thought of something.
Su Qing couldn’t be thinking of taking a shower, right? As soon as this thought came to his mind, Ji Shuisheng’s face turned red. He quickly carried the basket and left the crack on the ground. Then, he shouted,
“I’ll be waiting for you up here. Be careful.”
“No, you can send the water back first!”
Su Qing shouted from below and ignored Ji Shuisheng. She knew he was a gentleman and would not peek at her bathing.
As he still had to drink the water, Su Qing went downstream to bathe. The water in the underground river was bone-chillingly cold, and Su Qing could not stay in it for long. She came out after a simple bath.
She couldn’t wash her clothes, and she didn’t bring her newly made shorts with her. She could only wear her original clothes, which felt very uncomfortable.
“Xiao Qi, I’m washing my clothes. Can you find a way to dry them?”
Su Qing then turned her attention to Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi blinked her big black eyes. Did the master use the medicine drying machine to dry clothes?
“I can!”
The system was to serve its master, and the machines must also serve their master. Xiao Qi was momentarily confused before she figured it out and answered her master adorably.
Su Qing asked Xiao Qi for soap made from the corners of the soap. Xiao Qi took her master’s clothes and ran to dry them. After washing the clothes, she threw them into the system.
Afraid that the clothes would pollute the dryer, Xiao Qi hugged and dried them. The white and chubby child was stunned by the dryer. Xiao Qi didn’t care about her appearance and only thought of her master.
The river water was so cold; the master must be very cold. Xiao Qi sent the clothes out of the system as quickly as possible.
“Master, the clothes are done.”
Su Qing noticed something was wrong with Xiao Qi’s voice. She sounded tired, so she asked,
“What’s wrong with you?”
“I’m feeling sleepy after being dried by the dryer.”
Xiao Qi’s voice was listless, and her eyelids were so heavy. She couldn’t take it anymore; she had to sleep.
Su Qing’s heart ached a little, so she didn’t disturb Xiao Qi. Usually, the system would go into hibernation mode when tired, but it would be full of energy once it had enough sleep.
While Su Qing was bathing in the underground river, Zhong Yong had already carried the wild boar back to the resting area. The villagers of Peach Blossom Cove were shocked when they saw Zhong Yong carrying a wild boar.
They were still worried that the mother and son would eat their food yesterday. Today, he caught a wild boar. How much food could a wild boar be worth?
Shuisheng took in capable people!
“Mother, mother, I found meat; it’s so big.”
Zhong Yong happily ran to the front of the carriage. Madam Li’s heart was only at ease when she heard her son’s voice. She gently praised her son,
“Yong’er, you have great skills.”
Zhong Yong beamed joyfully at his mother’s praise and threw the wild boar onto the ground. Madam Li knew that the prey was not small when she heard the sound and asked Zhong Yong worriedly,
“Yong’er, are you injured?”
“It’s just a scratch; it’s no problem. Mother, I must return to find my big brother and little brother. I also have to carry a wild boar back.
The moment Zhong Yong’s words fell, the villagers of Peach Blossom were all in an uproar. Was there still a wild boar? Oh my God!
How ferocious was her offspring to catch two wild boars simultaneously?
“Grandpa, I’ll go with him.”
Qiu Yongkang was worried about Zhong Yong going alone, so he went to talk to his grandfather.
“Go on; we can’t always eat ready-made food. Let Li Daniu go with you. Don’t let Zhong Yong carry it and tire the young man out. You two carry it back.”
“Alright,” he said.
Qiu Yongkang was thinking the same thing. They couldn’t let Zhong Yong suffer anymore.
“Grandpa, it’s okay. I have plenty of strength. Let them protect you at home. It’ll be a waste of time if we walk slowly.”
Zhong Yong shook his head. He didn’t want to bring along two burdens.
Qiu Yongkang and Li Daniu looked at each other and said, “Fine one, we are even despised.”
Zhong Yong’s pace was big and fast; he walked on the mountain roads like flat ground. He had left Qiu Yongkang and Li Daniu behind in a short while. They couldn’t keep up even if they wanted to.
“Should we still follow?”
Li Daniu’s self-esteem was hurt. He felt he was powerful in the past, but he couldn’t compare to Zhong Yong.
“Forget it; let’s go back!”
Qiu Yongkang saw that Zhong Yong had no intention of waiting for them. He wouldn’t be at ease if there were no one to protect the house. If the two of them couldn’t catch up, then there was no way for them to find Zhong Yong. It was better for them to go back and deal with the wild boar.
Su Qing took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and climbed up the rope to the ground. He saw Ji Shuisheng sitting under a tree a few meters away, a straw stick in his mouth. His head was leaning against the tree trunk and looking up at the sky. She didn’t know what he was thinking.
Su Qing recalled what Ji Shuisheng had said when he was unconscious. This man had a blood feud on his back. Ji Shuisheng seemed to have sensed Su Qing’s gaze and looked in her direction. Seeing that Su Qing had come out, he quickly stood up.
“Let’s go. I’ll help you find Lingzhi.”
Ji Shuisheng was still thinking about finding the Lingzhi for Su Qing, and she had saved his life. If he didn’t help her find the thousand-year-old Lingzhi to cure her illness, Ji Shuisheng would always have felt guilty about Su Qing.
“There’s no Lingzhi. The spiritual energy I saw before was from this underground river.”
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Su Qing was a little touched that Ji Shuisheng still remembered to find Lingzhi for her. She had only made up an excuse to find a water source, but he took it seriously.
“Ah? So it was like this! I knew it. This mountain looks bare, so where’s the spiritual energy coming from?”
A trace of disappointment flashed in Ji Shuisheng’s eyes. He was afraid that Su Qing would be upset and hurriedly said to her,
“Su Qing, I’ll help you find the thousand-year Lingzhi,”
“Okay.”
Su Qing grunted in agreement. Seeing the sincerity in Ji Shuisheng’s eyes, her voice became less cold and gentler.
“Let’s go back!”
“Alright,” he said.
Ji Shuisheng nodded and carried the basket on his back. When they came, the empty bamboo tube was already heavy. When they returned, the bamboo tube filled with water was even heavier.
“Give me a little.”
Su Qing’s basket was still empty, so she took the initiative to ask to share the burden. Ji Shuisheng shook his head,
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“No need. Be careful.”
He strode away after he finished speaking. Whenever he saw Su Qing, he would recall the time she fed him the medicine. He could still taste the sweetness in her mouth and the numbing sensation when he touched her.
Ji Shuisheng used his tongue to clean his teeth. If such a situation happened again, he could not let Su Qing be affected by his breath. In the future, he will brush his teeth twice a day.
Su Qing’s gaze fell on Ji Shuisheng’s wrist, which a poisonous snake had bitten. The blood had clotted, making the knife scar even more shocking. At that time, she had been so anxious that she had cut a big wound with the knife and had forgotten to bandage it with medicine.
“Wait a moment.”
Su Qing called out to Ji Shuisheng. Ji Shuisheng’s entire body froze as he stopped in his tracks. He steadied his wildly beating heart before turning back to look at Su Qing and calmly asked,
“What is it?”
