Chapter Eighty-One

  It was around midnight when the white porridge had been cooked, and a faint white smoke and fragrance wafted from that simple iron pot, filling the whole room.

  Stirring the white porridge in the pot with a spoon, Han Hui realized it was already cooked and scooped two bowls out.

  Holding one of the bowls of white porridge, she slowly approached the bedside and looked down at the man sleeping on the bed. Looking at his pale face, Han Xi's eyes narrowed for a moment before she reached out to gently push his shoulder.

  "Hey, wake up first and finish your porridge before going back to sleep."

  With a gentle push from Han Xi's eyes, Gui Mei quickly opened her eyes slightly.

  All that can be seen in those deep eagle eyes is that the initial coldness has long since disappeared. What remains is only the slight swelling of having just woken up, and a hint of drowsiness. This makes his originally icy face look softer by several degrees.

  Seeing such a ghostly appearance, Han Xi's heart skipped a beat uncontrollably. Because in the past, when Cheng Wei had just woken up from sleep, his face would also reveal such an expression.

  Shedding the usual cool demeanor, a hint of childishness between his eyebrows, so pure, naive, and lovely...

  Her heart was racing with every beat, and the taste in her mind was different, so naturally, Han Xi didn't realize that her gaze towards the man contained a complex mix of emotions: longing, love, entanglement, resentment...

  Although she herself did not realize it, it does not mean that the man did not realize it either.

  Although he didn't know why this woman in front of him was looking at him with such a gaze. Hadn't they clearly never met before?

  However, why did he feel that in the other person's gaze, it was as if this woman had known him for a very, very long time...

  Although he didn't understand, when he noticed that the woman's gaze was filled with suppressed love for him, his ghostly heart skipped a beat.

  This feeling is very strange, just like the originally calm and peaceful thousand-year-old autumn pool, suddenly had a small stone thrown into it, causing a slight ripple...

  He didn't know what kind of feeling this was, but before he could explore it further, he suddenly seemed to realize something and froze in place like he had been struck by lightning. At that moment, all he had on besides the outer garment covering his body was nothing...

  Although he was already covered in clothes, having a woman stand beside him and face him made him feel uneasy all over.

  His eyes met the man's, who was still holding a bowl of white porridge in his hand. After seeing the man wake up, his gaze never left his face, so he naturally noticed the man's awkward and embarrassed expression.

  In her heart, she faintly sensed the man's thoughts, and Han Xi's gaze involuntarily followed his face, which had long been tinged with a faint flush, to his body.

  She simply swept a glance around and then moved back to the man's face. Unexpectedly, she met the man's deep and piercing eagle eyes!

  In an instant, their eyes met, and just now, her unintentional glance at his body was definitely noticed by him, because at this moment, in those dark and profound eyes, there was a strong sense of embarrassment and shyness.

  Although he still had an icy face, his red lips were tightly pursed and silent, but those deep eyes were clearly different from the expression on his face.

  The shyness and embarrassment in his eyes made him a completely different person from the cold-blooded one he saw yesterday.

  Although she was caught red-handed staring at his body, Han Xi's face only showed a slight hint of embarrassment for a moment. However, that was just for a moment, because Han Xi realized that the other person was actually more embarrassed than her.

  Realizing this, Han Xi Tong's mood wasn't bad.

  Moreover, at this moment, she wasn't being overly dramatic either, after all, she wasn't some naive little girl who had never experienced anything. So, after blinking her eyes a few times, Han Xi lightly coughed and then spoke to the man.

  "Have some porridge first, you must be hungry too!"

  "Uh..."

  When Guǐ Mèi heard Han Xi Tong's words, he didn't say anything. He just lowered his eagle-like eyes and gazed at the clothes that Han Xi Tong had put aside to dry, using his eyes to silently convey something.

  At this, Han Xi's eyes involuntarily rolled back, and she was speechless.

  This man, just say what you want to do, why make a face and not speak, does he think he's the worm in his stomach or something!? Although she had already known his meaning from his expression, seeing his entire sulky appearance, Han Xi decided to pretend to be clueless.

  "Get up and have some porridge, aren't you hungry at all?"

  Han Xi Tong deliberately put on a puzzled expression, blinked her sparkling and cunning big eyes, just right, the man also quickly understood something from her gaze.

  She knew she was pretending to be ignorant, her heart involuntarily clenched with anger, but he was now completely powerless, soft and weak, without even the strength to move his arm, let alone put on clothes.

  But the woman pretended not to understand his meaning, making Guimai both annoyed and embarrassed. Finally, a surge of suffocating air rose in her chest, and with a stern face, she coldly spat out two words.

  "Not hungry."

  Hearing Gui Mei's words with a hint of annoyance and discontent, Han Xi only raised an eyebrow. Ask again.

  "Aren't you hungry?"

  "No..."

  A "gulp" sound, completely cutting off the last word of the ghost's sentence.

  All he could hear was the constant 'gurgling' sound coming from his stomach, clearly showing that he was starving to the point of his chest sticking to his back. In contrast to Gui Mie's embarrassed appearance of wanting to find a hole to crawl into, Han Xi Tong burst out laughing without any politeness.

  "Haha, your belly is more honest than you are, haha..."

  Han Xi Tong smiled so brightly in front of the ghost, her smile as beautiful as a blooming flower. Her silvery laughter was crisp and melodious, pleasing to the ear.

  However, hearing it in a ghostly ear force made him extremely embarrassed, and his face was so red that it could be compared to a monkey's buttocks!

  "Don't laugh!"

  The demon's eyes narrowed as he gritted his silver teeth, his voice cold and regretful in a low growl.

  At this moment, looking at the woman who is laughing so hard that tears are almost bursting out, what he most wants to do is reach out and strangle her to death. However, on the premise that he still has the strength to do so.

  "Haha, I'm just laughing. I've never seen a man like you who is so insincere and sulky. You think I'll help you put on your clothes just by asking? A mouth is not only for eating, but also for speaking. I'm not a worm in your stomach, how would I know what you're thinking if you don't speak up?"

  "Uh..." You know now...

  The ghost was speechless, because he was originally a man of few words. In the past, as long as he gave a sharp glance with his knife-like eyes, others would be frightened and immediately become silent, not daring to make a sound.

  However, it was clear that this move had completely failed on the young woman in front of him.

  Not only that, he felt that the more he stared at this little woman, the more she smiled, depressed, what kind of woman is this, why is it so... special...

  Compared to Gui Mie's gloomy and unresigned expression, he didn't know that at this moment, his bright red face paired with those sharp yet bashful eyes looked so awkward and comical. To Han Xi's eyes, it only seemed amusing, without a hint of intimidation.

  After Han Xi's smile had faded away, she saw Gui Mie's stern face and involuntarily stopped laughing.

  Because she knew that the man must be furious in his heart, afraid that if she continued to laugh, he would finally save his life with great difficulty, but didn't want him to die from anger.

  "Cough cough, alright, I was just joking earlier. Look at you, always with a coffin face, as if someone owed you 500 taels and didn't pay back. Can't you smile?"

  Han Xi Tong smiled slyly as she spoke, putting down the bowl of white porridge in her hand. She then leaned forward, stretched out both hands and carefully helped up the paralyzed Ghost who was lying motionless on the bed.

  "Be careful, if I get you, you'll be the one who speaks out, got it?"

  "Uh-huh."

  Hearing Han Xi Tong's words, Gui Mei finally hummed softly, indicating that she understood.

  Han Xi Tong also knew that he was a man of few words, so she didn't say much either. She simply helped him to the edge of the bed and leaned against it, planning to help him put on his already dry clothes.

  The man was seriously injured. Although she had bandaged and treated him, she also knew that the man's body was still very weak and had no strength at all.

  After Han Xi Tong helped him up, the black outer garment covering Gui Mie's body slid down slowly with his movements, revealing his robust upper body.

  Although his abdomen was wrapped in layer upon layer of gauze, making it impossible to discern his figure, the upper half of his body, which had a warm, bronze-like color, was still quite impressive.

  Muscles are well-defined, lines are beautiful, broad shoulders, looking as if they contain infinite power. At a glance, it is known that it is a sturdy figure that can be obtained by practicing martial arts for many years.

  But on that ancient bronze chest, there were large and small wounds left by different weapons.

  Some were knife wounds, some were sword wounds, and finally, Han Xi's gaze fell on the left shoulder of Gui Mei.

  Because on that shoulder, there was a bite mark, and the bite mark was very big, similar to one left by a wild beast.

  When he saw Han Xi's gaze fall on his left shoulder, Gui Mei's eyes flickered for a moment, and a hint of mystery flashed across the bottom of his eyes. Then, he lowered his eyelids, not knowing what he was thinking about.

  Just when Han Xi Tong thought he wouldn't speak, he suddenly spoke up.

  "This wound was from when I was 14 years old, locked in a big cage with five large wolves. To survive, I had to kill those five wolves first; otherwise, you would become their food."

  The ghostly figure spoke in a low, calm tone, as if narrating someone else's story.

  Actually, the pain in his heart was something no one could understand.

  He also didn't know why he would say these things to this little woman in front of him, because these words had never been said to anyone else before.

  Because he has no friends and cannot have friends.

  As a killer, on the day he was taken in by Ba Zhen Tian, Ba Zhen Tian had said this to him.

  To become the strongest person, one must abandon emotions and absolute love, for only then will you not be discovered by your enemies as having a weakness.

  Moreover, when being cruel to others, one must first be cruel to oneself!

  So many years have passed and he has been working hard all along, becoming ruthless and loveless, all because of that hatred in his heart!

  To make himself the strongest, to be recognized by the heavens, he didn't hesitate to do what others wouldn't dare to do. He voluntarily asked to be locked in a large iron cage and fight with wild beasts.

  Because he knew that Ba Zhen Tian liked this kind of ruthless and merciless killer the most.

  Finally, he did it, with bare hands and empty fists, killing the five big wild wolves in the large iron cage. Although in the end, he was also seriously injured, and the most serious wound was still on his shoulder.

  I still remember that he almost lost the use of his entire arm, but in the end, Ba Zhen Tian spent a large sum of money to help him recover from his injury.

  However, although his hand was saved, it also left sequelae. That is, every time the wind blows and rains, his left shoulder hurts extremely, the pain is like someone using a large hammer to heavily pound his shoulder, as if to crush the bones of his shoulder.

  But all these years, he has been enduring silently, because there is no gain without loss.

  With one arm he sat in this position now, but he thought it was worth it!

  His thoughts returned, and the ghostly figure unknowingly spoke to this unfamiliar woman, saying such words. Only after he finished speaking did he suddenly realize what he had just said.

  My mind is also puzzled, what's wrong with myself today, it seems like I've become somewhat unlike myself.

  He used to be taciturn and rarely spoke, how would he tell others about his past? Not even to You Yue, the companion who grew up with him...

  However, compared to the puzzlement in his heart, Gui Mei was more concerned about how this young woman would react after hearing what he had just said.

  Or will you think he's a cruel and dark person...

  Still afraid of him...

  Although he knew that the name of Luocha Pavilion, whether in the imperial court or in the jianghu, was enough to make people fearful. In the Luocha Pavilion, others' attitudes towards him were always respectful and fearful, as if he were a devil...

  Although he had long been accustomed to people's fearful attitude towards him, he didn't expect this little woman in front of him to be the same as others. This was really a strange thought. But he just didn't want...

  For the strange idea in his mind, he was shocked and amazed, but he slowly raised his eagle eyes that had been lowered, and quietly looked at Han Xi's pupils.

  I thought I would see a face with eyes wide open in shock or filled with fear. But instead, the little woman in front of me was just concentrating on dressing him up, her expression unchanged, as if what he said was just a story.

  Her expression was serene, leaving the demon perplexed.

  "Don't you have anything to say?"

  I thought she would be scared...

  Unexpectedly, Han Xi's eyes sparkled brightly as she heard his words, and she raised an eyebrow, gave him a glance, pursed her red lips lightly, and then spoke in a very sympathetic tone.

  "The wolves you fought were really pitiful."

  "Uh..."

  Hearing Han Xi Tong's words, Gui Mei almost choked on her own saliva.

  Just now she looked at him with such a sympathetic and pitiful gaze, I thought she was sympathizing with him, but unexpectedly, it turned out that she was sympathizing with those few wolves...

  This woman is quite something!

  What is said cannot be thought of with ordinary people's thoughts.

  However, if the ghost was just embarrassed by Han Xi Tong's previous sentence, then his next sentence made him even more embarrassed, with his whole face turning bright red.

  "Hey, I've helped you put on your clothes, do you want me to help you put on your pants too?"

  Han Xi Tong waved the pants in his hand and said to Gui Mie.

  Ghostly appearance, face aghast, mouth corner involuntarily twitching.

  ……

  After putting on all her clothes, Han Xi Tong finally picked up a bowl of white porridge beside her to feed Gui Mie.

  The ghost's originally icy and stern face remained rosy after putting on pants.

  Looking at Han Xi's actions of feeding him porridge, he actually wanted to say that he would do it himself.

  Unfortunately, he is still very weak now, so after pursing his thin lips tightly, he opened his mouth to eat with the spoon handed over to him.

  Although this feeling of having no control over everything is very debilitating and depressing for him, it's just a momentary feeling.

  Because as he looked at the gentle figure of the young woman feeding him congee, a very sweet and happy feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

  It was just a bowl of plain white porridge with nothing in it, but to him, it tasted better than any delicacy. And it was very sweet...

  Time quietly slipped away, the ghost eating the white porridge fed by the young woman, a pair of deep and profound eagle eyes also quietly gazed at the young woman in front of him.

  Dressed in men's clothing, but couldn't conceal the fact that she was a woman.

  After all, he had never seen a man's skin so white and delicate, whiter than snow, so from the first glance, he knew she was a woman!

  Her eyebrows are like distant mountains and her cheeks are like lotus flowers in the water, her lips are like vermilion sand, but what is most captivating is that pair of bright and beautiful eyes.

  The light gathered in her eyes, like a clear and serene fairy, yet with a seductive charm, as she blinked, the charm was born, only lacking to lure away a person's three souls and seven spirits.

  Her facial expressions are also very rich, sometimes giving people a feeling of extreme coldness and detachment, like that of thousand-year-old black ice.

  But when she smiles, it's as if a thousand cherry blossoms bloom at the same time, breathtakingly beautiful.

  And her every move and gesture was so special and vivid that it attracted his attention at all times.

  Although he and she are actually strangers, but the feeling she gives him is as if they had met before.

  Especially at the beginning, she looked at her own eyes with a distant coldness and resentment, as if he had owed her something.

  This feeling made him extremely puzzled and bewildered. After deliberating for a long time, the ghost finally lightly opened his red lips and asked.

  "Didn't we used to know each other?"

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