She licked her fingers; although she wasn't hungry, she still craved the taste of the roast chicken. Yan Muxue looked pitifully at the two chicken legs placed to the side, her mouth watering.

She glanced up at Gu Liyan and Gu Changyuan, who were chatting, and seeing Gu Liyan's pale face, she was too embarrassed to speak...

Gu Changyuan rubbed his hands together, looking at Gu Liyan somewhat embarrassedly, and said, "Um, Xiao Li, I need to go down the mountain in the next few days, could you please talk to Master for me..."

Seeing Gu Changyuan's sly look, Gu Liyan chuckled and said, "Senior brother, you've been making excuses to run down the mountain lately. Have you gotten involved with some beautiful girl and are reluctant to come back? You know, Thousand Absolute Mountain has a rule against having contact with mortals. You... you want me to lie under the pretense of being sick? If Master finds out, it'll be a serious crime!" Gu Liyan smiled like a fox.

Oh no, he's a little fox all along!

"I know what you mean. Just tell me what you want, and I'll buy it for you!" Gu Changyuan understood immediately when he saw Gu Liyan's smile and spoke without hesitation.

"I want to eat Wang Po's steamed buns for breakfast tomorrow, dragon beard noodles for lunch, and meatballs too. Oh, and I'll buy a roast chicken for dinner tonight!" Gu Liyan said with a smile. "Thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother."

Gu Changyuan glared at Gu Liyan, annoyed. "You really are a glutton..."

At this point, he glanced at Yan Muxue beside him and saw that her eyes were shining when she heard what Gu Liyan said!

Gu Changyuan immediately guessed it, raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Oh~ I see, being a foodie is just an excuse, being obsequious is the real reason!"

Gu Liyan was taken aback, her face flushing slightly. She hurriedly retorted, "It's not what you think, Senior Brother! I... cough cough cough..."

Seeing Gu Liyan cough, Gu Changyuan quickly patted his back, "Alright, alright, I'm not joking with you anymore. You should rest well. I'll buy you what you want to eat tomorrow!"

Gu Liyan chuckled to himself; it was a fake cough.

Gu Changyuan gave a few instructions and left. Yan Muxue came up to Gu Liyan and said, "Um, Xiao Li, I..."

Yan Muxue hesitated to speak, but her eyes were fixed on the chicken leg on the table.

Gu Liyan couldn't help but laugh. "Silly girl, I don't need to eat anything at all. That chicken leg was saved for you as a midnight snack!"

Yan Muxue beamed with joy upon hearing this, and ran up to hug Gu Liyan excitedly, saying, "Little Li, you're amazing! I love you so much!"

Gu Liyan was held in Yan Muxue's arms, his face flushed, and his heart beat faster for no reason.

"It's nothing, um, I, I'll take a nap first, you can go out for a walk by yourself." Gu Liyan blushed and hurriedly broke free from Yan Muxue, giving her the order to leave.

Seeing Gu Liyan's shy expression, Yan Muxue covered her mouth and chuckled: This kid really is still a child!

"Then I'm going to find the deer in the woods. You go to sleep," Yan Muxue said as she walked out of the room.

Gu Liyan watched her leave and sighed, "Women, what troublesome creatures."

However, realizing that he was now a body with severed meridians instead of the Xuanbing Body, Gu Liyan's expression turned solemn. "Severed meridians... so that's why I've been unable to condense a demon core. But how come we didn't know that before? Also, is this world real? What exactly am I...?"

Thinking of this, Gu Liyan frowned, her feelings complicated.

creak—

The door was pushed open, and Gu Liyan looked up to find that it was Gu Yan.

"Father... Master." Gu Liyan was about to call him "Father," but remembering Gu Yan's expression earlier, he quickly changed his words.

Gu Yan glanced at Gu Liyan and noticed that his face was a little pale. After taking his pulse and examining him, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Fortunately, it's just a deficiency of qi and blood and there's nothing serious. You should rest well for the next few days. I will refine some medicine for you to recuperate, and you will recover soon."

Gu Liyan felt a warmth in his heart and said with a serious expression, "Thank you, Master."

Hearing Gu Liyan's words, Gu Yan felt a strange unease in her heart. When did their relationship become so distant...?

"Master?" Gu Liyan called out softly when he saw Gu Yan staring blankly.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Gu Yan came back to his senses.

Gu Liyan panicked and hurriedly said, "No, it's nothing. Master, actually I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me and make medicine. I can take care of myself and recover slowly."

Gu Yan looked at Gu Liyan with some surprise, not expecting him to be so "understanding." However, his tone remained as cold as ever as he said, "How are you taking care of yourself? The sooner you recover, the sooner we'll have less to worry about!"

Gu Liyan nodded somewhat disappointedly. "Oh, I understand."

Gu Yan realized he had misspoke and was about to say something when Gu Liyan spoke up wearily, "Master, I'm a little tired and want to rest..."

Gu Yan paused for a moment, then nodded and stood up. "In that case, you should rest first."

Watching Gu Yan leave, Gu Liyan lay helplessly on the bed, looking at his thin hands, thinking, "When will I finally grow up? Even if he sees me as the White Emperor, filled with anger or hatred, then I'll have a chance to tell my father that I am his son..."

Gu Yan closed the door, sighed helplessly, and with a flick of his wrist, a jade flute appeared in his hand. "It seems I'll have to give him the gift next time."

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered that Yan Muxue wasn't in the room, and he immediately got angry. "That girl is slacking off again! I'll drag her back and give her a good scolding!"

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