Chapter 18 Leng Xiangyu's Love

The next few months were the happiest time of his life.

Because now he doesn't have to be punished and he still has food to eat.

"Are you so easily satisfied?"

Han Zhi has become much fatter these days because of him. He looks soft like a glutinous rice ball and is eating rice dumplings with gusto at the moment.

He said, "Being contented is the key to happiness. Being able to eat well and sleep well is already a great blessing. Your Highness, you are truly a good person."

Three firecrackers blasted outside. Chi Changyuan poked him with a smile and revealed his true colors: "Is this a good person? I beat you up at the beginning too."

“You are also…” Just as he was about to say you are also hitting me now, Han Zhi felt his buttocks begin to hurt, and said instead: “That’s different.”

Three days ago, he was beaten up by Chi Changyuan for overeating. According to the Medical Immortal, he was always hungry before, so now he needs to take good care of himself. He should eat three meals a day on time, but not too much.

But he really couldn't control himself. Whenever he saw food, he was always afraid of going hungry for the next meal and wanted to eat as much as he could.

"Eat less. Today is the Lantern Festival, we have to eat glutinous rice balls." He touched Han Zhi's hair again. The hair that had no luster before was now as smooth as silk. Chi Changyuan was very satisfied with the results of his training.

"Tangyuan? What is that?" Han Zhi looked up and asked curiously, "I've never eaten it in Jin Country."

"...It's a round thing with sesame seeds inside. You'll like it."

"I like everything to eat." Han Zhi said obediently: "I'm not picky about food."

Chi Changyuan wrapped him in a thick cloak. Although he said it was unnecessary, Chi Changyuan now obeyed the words of the Medical Immortal. The Medical Immortal said that he had been frozen before and needed to be well treated. Chi Changyuan felt that he could not be allowed to catch a cold.

He actually felt really hot...

But Chi Changyuan was sincere to him, and the good things he had done for him had already exceeded the scope of his promise. Of course, he didn't want to let Chi Changyuan down.

"Yeah, I know." Chi Changyuan was a little absent-minded, his emerald eyes faintly tired. He gathered Han Zhi's cloak and said, "Father is out of seclusion today. There will be a palace banquet tonight. You should eat well. I won't be here tonight."

Han Zhi nodded.

What he didn't know was that Chi Changyuan had a very unpleasant meal.

In recent years, the Water God has been in seclusion frequently, and Chi Changyuan has not met his father very often. He wanted to take advantage of the Lantern Festival to spend time with his father to talk about their father-son relationship, but an uninvited guest followed the Water God.

"Father?" Chi Changyuan frowned and looked at the woman in green behind the Water God. He said slowly, "Aunt Mu."

He had doubts about the heart of the person in front of him, and he was still frightened by what happened in Zhulin before. However, the Goddess of Wood had taken good care of him since he was a child and treated him like a mother. He could not treat the God of Wood the same way he treated Nan Chao Wenyan.

"You kid, are you still angry with me?" The Wood God lovingly took Chi Changyuan's arm and said apologetically, "I heard about what happened in Zhulin. It's my fault. I was careless and almost put you in danger."

"...Aunt Mu, don't worry." Chi Changyuan said in a deep voice, "I'm fine."

"That's good, that's good." Mu Shen was a little scared: "If something happens to you, I really don't know what to do."

Her concern and worry for him didn't seem fake, and Chi Changyuan's heart softened a little, allowing her to talk to him about family matters.

"I heard Xiangyu sent you some tea a while ago?" The Wood God suddenly asked, "How is it? Are you used to it?"

Chi Changyuan paused, not expecting her to suddenly bring up this old story from almost a year ago. He nodded and said, "Auntie Mu's things are naturally good."

The God of Wood pursed his lips and smiled: "Good? The tea is good, but the person may not be good."

Chi Changyuan was puzzled, his emerald pupils met the other's equally green eyes. Chi Changyuan had always heard people say that his facial features were exactly the same as his father's, except for his eyes and long black hair, which should be from his mother.

His father said that his mother was a relative of the God of Wood, and was injured in the War of the Seven Kingdoms. Her old injury relapsed and she died shortly after giving birth to him.

He had always respected the Wood God, and this was also the reason. Seeing that she seemed to have something else in her words, he asked, "Auntie Mu, are you dissatisfied with your nephew?"

"No." The Wood God said quickly, "You've grown up, and it's good to have your own ideas. But there's one thing: Xiangyu is deeply in love with you. Don't you know that?"

"What?" Chi Changyuan blurted out. Xiangyu to him?

He hurriedly said, "Auntie Mu, my feelings towards Xiangyu are just brotherly. Did you misunderstand something?"

"What could I possibly misunderstand?" The Wood God frowned and said, "Xiangyu was adopted by Ah Bai and I together. I've seen him grow up so well and have long considered him my half-son. He told me this himself, so how could he possibly be lying?"

She continued, "He knows everything you've done recently. You've poured your heart out to someone like that... but have you ever thought about what Xiangyu feels? He's been seriously ill for months because of you, and you've never seen him."

"Xiangyu is actually sick..." Chi Changyuan felt guilty. He had been busy taking care of Han Zhi these days and had not visited Leng Xiangyu for a long time. He did not know that Leng Xiangyu was actually sick.

The Wood God snorted coldly: "It seems that your mind is not on him at all. After all, your friendship of over a hundred years is still not as good as that slave?"

Naturally, his feelings towards Xiangyu were different, but that was just his feeling towards his best friend. He didn't have any other improper thoughts at all.

"I will go see him." He will also make it clear to Xiangyu that he is such a good person and there will always be someone more suitable for him.

"Of course you have to go see him." The Wood God was not satisfied with this answer: "You are not young anymore. When your father was your age, he was already..." She paused, as if she felt that this was not a good idea, and then said: "You should also have a princess. Xiang Yu is the Snow God, so I think she is a good choice."

"So you're here to propose marriage to your son." The Water God, who had been eating in silence, finally had a chance to speak: "Qingyang, aren't you being too unkind? My son is of noble birth, and there's no one in the world who wouldn't be worthy of him. Is there any need to be so anxious?"

"What do you mean?" The Wood God glared at the Water God in dissatisfaction. "Are you saying that Xiangyu is not worthy?"

"I didn't say that, but he's definitely not worthy." The Water God snorted coldly, "An adopted son, a worthless piece of shit who can't even learn the Ice Binding Technique. How can he be worthy of my Crown Prince? Mu Qingyang, you can't be so partial."

Chi Changyuan frowned, not really wanting his father to slander Leng Xiangyu like that. He tugged at his sleeve, trying to stop him from saying that.

"Don't pull me!" Shui Shen was so angry that he didn't care. "I won't say anything if you like to play with him on weekdays, but if you dare to do anything unclear with him, I will beat you to death!"