Chapter 21

After everyone finished their breakfast, the maids served them fruit.

"My son has already explained the situation to me in detail yesterday. Please stay at our residence for the next few days; this is a token of our gratitude."

"Thank you, Master Dongfang," Su Mu and Ren Dong bowed politely.

Dongfang Yang looked at Jing Tao, who remained silent.

Honeysuckle also noticed the situation. "Master Dongfang, please don't take it to heart. Her name is Jing Tao, and she's our friend, but she can't speak."

"Oh? Have you seen a doctor?"

"I actually examined her, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with her health. It's probably due to some other reason."

"Then how do you communicate?" Dongfang Jin asked.

“She’s very obedient when we communicate with gestures,” Ren Dong said, peeling an orange and handing it to Jing Tao.

"I still have things to take care of. If you need anything, please contact my son. Xiao Jin, please take good care of them."

Although Dongfang Jin was unhappy with her father's arrangement, she could only obediently agree.

After Master Dongfang left, Su Mu preemptively asked, "How are you planning to thank your savior, Young Master Dongfang?"

Dongfang Jin gritted her teeth. "What do you want?"

Honeysuckle thought for a moment, "Do you have any precious medicinal herbs here? Could you give me some?"

What do you need these for?

"We'll be going to other places later, and we're bound to encounter some troublesome monsters. What if we get injured?"

"Chunyu, take this young lady to the storeroom. She can take whatever she wants."

After hearing this, Ren Dong's eyes lit up. "As expected of Young Master Dongfang, he is indeed very wealthy and powerful." After saying that, she immediately left with Chun Yu.

"Young Master Dongfang, I want weapons and armor, the more powerful the better."

Summer insects

Before Dongfang Jin could finish speaking, Su Mu thanked her and left with the maid.

At this moment, only Jing Tao and Dongfang Jin remained at the dining table.

"And what about you?"

Jing Tao winked at Dongfang Jin.

"Never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway."

Dongfang Jin picked up the fruit on the table, peeled a walnut and ate it.

Dongfang Jin's hands were sore from peeling fruit. "Okay, you can't eat so much fruit," she said, and then left her seat.

But Jing Tao followed Dongfang Jin wherever she went.

Dongfang Jin drank tea, and Jing Tao also took a sip and put it down.

"It seems you don't like hardship."

Jing Tao watched as Dongfang Jin painted, and he painted for half an hour.

Dongfang Jin looked down at Jing Tao, who was lying next to her, and noticed the tag around her neck. She picked it up and looked at it.

"Jing Tao, can you write your own name?"

There was no response. Dongfang Jin took a new sheet of Xuan paper and handed the brush to Jing Tao. Jing Tao took the brush, looked at it, and started scribbling on the paper.

Dongfang Jin sighed deeply, picked up a new pen and paper, wrote the name Jing Tao on the paper, stood beside Jing Tao, held Jing Tao's hand, and taught Jing Tao to write her name stroke by stroke.

After finishing writing, Dongfang Jin pointed to the pen in Jing Tao's hand and then to the words she had just written.

Jing Tao seemed to understand his meaning and slowly sketched out words on the paper.

After the first reading, Dongfang Jin really didn't know what Jing Tao had written, so she had to take her hand and teach her again.

The second attempt was slightly better than the first.

The third time was alright too.

All morning, Dongfang Jin spent repeatedly teaching Jing Tao how to write.

After countless attempts, Jing Tao finally managed to write a name that was recognizable.

Dongfang Jin glanced at the scattered Xuan paper on the ground. "It seems you're quite clever." Dongfang Jin unconsciously patted Jing Tao's head. "You're also my first student."

Jing Tao looked at Dongfang Jin, who was in a great mood, and smiled gently at him.

Dongfang Jin looked at Jing Tao, who was showing unusual emotions for the first time, and her face flushed red. She turned away awkwardly and used a cough to cover up her feelings.

"It's already noon, time to eat," Dongfang Jin said and immediately left the study.

Jing Tao followed along eagerly.

Once the maid had served all the dishes, Jing Tao immediately reached for the roast chicken.

Seeing this, Dongfang Jin immediately stopped her, picked up a chicken leg with her chopsticks and put it into Jing Tao's bowl, then pointed to the dish and then to the chopsticks. Only then did Jing Tao start eating with the chopsticks.

Just as the two were eating, Honeysuckle arrived.

"Is everything moved out?"

"Look at what you're saying! How can you call it moving? I just took some medicinal herbs for treating external injuries."

"I hope it won't be empty when I go to the storeroom later."

Ren Dong was exposed: "Young Master Dongfang, your family is so wealthy and powerful, why would you bother with such trivial matters?"

"With someone as capable as Jing Tao protecting you, do you really need so many medicinal herbs? What you really need is some money, isn't it?"

“Although Jing Tao is very powerful, I discovered yesterday that she has many old, adult-related injuries on her body, so I want to try to see if I can remove these scars for her,” Ren Dong said worriedly.

Dongfang Jin was somewhat incredulous. She had almost killed that monster with a single blow yesterday. Could there be anything that could hurt her?

"Although our meeting was somewhat unpleasant, thank you anyway. We'll be leaving in a couple of days, so we won't trouble you any further."

Where to?

"Su Mu is going to find Lan Jueming to become his disciple, so we can't linger here any longer."

Jing Tao suddenly looked up at Ren Dong, then continued eating with her head down.

"That world's greatest demon slayer?"

Honeysuckle nodded.

"Him?"

Although Honeysuckle wanted to refute, she had nothing to say.

"It's difficult, but who knows what the outcome will be if you don't try?"