Chapter 37: Continuing with the Medicinal Diet
Because His Royal Highness the Second Prince unexpectedly revealed a shocking piece of information, the press conference lasted until the evening.
Hundreds of billions of netizens across the empire who watched the live broadcast were all shocked.
After the press conference, Huo Qi still had to deal with many trivial matters, including matters concerning the Feng Domain and the Xing Domain he was in charge of... He was extremely busy.
The car did not stop at the gate of the main courtyard in the garden until late at night.
Huo Qi rubbed his brows, and fatigue and weakness emerged in his body again.
At the gate of the villa, the butler had already been waiting at the door. When he saw the car stop, the butler respectfully stepped forward to open the door.
This garden is called Ye Ze. It contains dozens of courtyards, large and small. The main courtyard is called Bei Yuan, which is where Huo Qi and his group currently live.
The housekeeper was a middle-aged woman named Lan Ting, who had been a trusted maid to Huo Qi's biological mother. She was dignified and quite serious in her demeanor.
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The night sky of Chengtong Star is very beautiful, with stars scattered all over the sky. In the sky hangs a planet that is similar to the moon but twice as big as the moon, emitting a soft silver glow.
The robot Xiao A said that the planet is called "queen", which comes from an ancient English language.
Although it is similar to the moon, it does not have the moon's waxing and waning phases. It is always like a round disk and appears at night.
Chengtong Star has four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. However, Nozawa Garden is located between the subtropical and temperate zones, so the climate is between spring and summer, with very little temperature difference.
On the rooftop of the villa, Mu Jiao, fresh from her bath, was wearing a loose, long, short-sleeved T-shirt and lying on her back in a large hammock, gazing at the stars. The cute little kid beside her was also imitating Mu Jiao's example, revealing his plump little belly.
The top floor of the villa is a large open-air flat with an exceptionally good view. At this moment, a warm breeze is blowing, mixed with the fragrance of flowers and the moistness of the waves.
Mu Jiao felt extremely comfortable. Alas, after only a few days, she was almost corrupted by this luxurious aristocratic life...
Mu Jiao's mind was empty. When she met the butler today, she was really frightened by his respectful attitude.
We had two meals, each more luxurious than the last, and... there were so many rules!!
Although the butler behaved very respectfully, Mu Jiao had been an orphan twice in her past and present lives, so she naturally knew how to read people's expressions.
She could see the scrutiny the butler was giving her, even a little...contempt, but Mu Jiao didn't care much. After all, she wasn't eating for free.
After dinner, the head butler took her to see the villa, which made Mu Jiao feel dizzy.
Although Mu Jiao didn't think she was a "directionally challenged person," as a girl, her natural sense of direction wasn't very good. Furthermore, this villa was a bit too big, with so many rooms. She kind of missed the orphanage where she lived.
But the chief steward said that this was only the main courtyard, and there were dozens of other courtyards, towers, and pavilions of all sizes in the garden area.
Mu Jiao rubbed her short legs and declined the housekeeper's offer to take her around the park.
Just walking around this villa took almost two hours. She was exhausted, especially with a seemingly respectful but serious-looking housekeeper. She really had no mood to do so.
Seeing that Mu Jiao had no intention of exploring the gardens, the head steward gave her a map of the gardens for her to review. He also gave her a list of attendants and robot nannies for the main courtyard and the other courtyards and pavilions.
After getting Mu Jiao's permission, the butler left and did not appear again until dinner time.
Mu Jiao had another dinner with many rules...
It was already late at night, but there was still no news of Huo Qi's return. Mu Jiao yawned, clenched her little fists, and stretched lazily.
She sat up and touched her stomach. She was hungry. There were too many rules for eating today, so she didn't feel well while eating and naturally didn't eat much.
She knew the kitchen well, and it would be nice to make a late-night snack there. She just didn't know if anyone was still there, and she didn't want to disturb the servants.
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Mu Jiao was just about to get up to check, but when she turned around, she saw Huo Qi in a military uniform standing there quietly, which scared Mu Jiao.
"Brother Aqi, you walk like a cat, without any sound. How long have you been here? Why don't you come and sit down?" Mu Jiao complained. There was not even any sound, which scared her to death!
"I just got back. It's not that I walked without making any sound. It was clearly you, Jiaojiao, stroking your belly and daydreaming. You didn't even hear me walking over."
Huo Qi had just returned. He took off his military uniform and came to look for the child. As soon as he came, he saw the child stretching on the bed, then sitting up with his back facing him, touching his belly, wondering what he was thinking.
Huo Qi took a few steps closer, but before he could speak, the child, as if he had made up his mind, put on his slippers and got out of bed. He turned his head, and their eyes met.
The child's round almond-shaped eyes were wide open, with a look of fear. Then, she ran over with a smile, grabbed his arm, and complained that he scared her. She even said that he walked like a cat. What a spoiled child!
Huo Qi chuckled.
"Jiaojiao touched her belly. Are you hungry?"
"Uh...yeah."
"There's a light screen button on the top floor. What would Jiaojiao like to eat? I'll give the order and have someone bring it up."
Huo Qi said this and prepared to press the button.
Mu Jiao grabbed her.
"No, Brother Huo Qi, I want to make it myself. Let's make medicinal food! Brother Huo Qi should eat some too. You haven't eaten medicinal food for several days. Let's start again tonight. Let's go."
Mu Jiao ignored Huo Qi's opinion and dragged his arm downstairs.
From the first time she pulled Huo Qi's arm, Mu Jiao noticed the fatigue and weakness in his body.
Although Mu Jiao did not feel the changes and spread of the coldness in Huo Qi's body through his meridians, this coldness did not dissipate bit by bit like when he took the medicinal food every day before.
It's like I'm stuck there, waiting for the next attack. It's been a few days since I last ate herbal medicine, so for the sake of my health, I have to keep doing it.
Mu Jiao thought that after she was completely settled, she would carefully take Huo Qi's pulse to see if she could prescribe a Chinese medicine for the coldness in his body. She wondered what the effect would be.
Huo Qi had indeed been feeling unwell these past few days. After he stopped eating the food that the child cooked for him every day, his body seemed to have returned to the state it should be in for a patient with genetic collapse syndrome.
Even when the disease is not occurring, patients with genolysis will occasionally feel tiny, subtle pains deep within their bodies, depending on the patient's condition at the time of the disease.
Just like Huo Qi, his gene collapse syndrome manifested as a cold syndrome. Even when he was not sick, he would still feel a slight chill.
As the disease progresses, this usual pain will gradually increase.
Research experts have long explained the reason.
Simply put, the gene chain of patients with gene collapse syndrome is actually breaking every day, but the breaking speed is usually very slow, so the pain is very slight. However, when the disease occurs, the breaking speed accelerates and the pain is doubled.
Ever since he started eating the children's medicinal food every day, he no longer felt the constant cold and slight pain.
After stopping the medication for a few days, the previous feeling of cold and slight pain has decreased a lot and is almost negligible.
But he had gotten used to the comfort he had felt in the past few days...
People are like this. Once they see hope, they don’t want to go back to despair.
The child's mood has been unstable these days. Huo Qizi didn't want to force her and thought he needed to wait for a few more days. Unexpectedly, the child actually took the initiative to offer to continue making medicinal food for him.
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