Chapter 144 If I ever displease you, will you kill me...?
After regaining her footing, she glanced down at his slightly trembling hands, a faint smile playing on her lips. She casually stuck the shovel into the ground and waited for Shen Zhengyuan to approach.
When Shen Zhengyuan slowly walked up to her, the moment he stopped, his hand suddenly loosened its grip.
The next second, the shovel he had dragged along, leaving a long, winding mark on the ground, was thrown to the ground with a clang.
Li Chen glanced at the shovel he had thrown on the ground, then frowned slightly. The person who had been keeping his head down suddenly looked up at her.
His face was expressionless, but his eyes clearly showed the word "wronged".
If the people of the cultivation world saw their ancestor looking at her with such eyes, they would probably tear her to pieces.
Li Chen sighed softly, grasped his still trembling hand, and asked, "How about... you go cut down the tree?"
Shen Zhengyuan didn't respond to her, but said in a low voice, "I'm tired."
"ah?"
Shen Zhengyuan lowered his head, leaned against her, and buried his face in the crook of her neck, inhaling the faint scent of medicine and soap on her body, repeating again, "I'm tired..."
Li Chenjin: "..."
It was clear that Shen Zhengyuan was truly exhausted; under normal circumstances, he would never have done something so humiliating.
Li Chen coughed lightly, released his hand, and let him raise his arms to hug him tightly.
Then, she gently patted Shen Zhengyuan's back and said thoughtfully, "Then... why don't you rest for a while?"
Shen Zhengyuan paused, looked up, glanced at the mess around him, then turned back to look at her, pursed his lips, and said, "I'll continue digging..."
Seeing Shen Zhengyuan about to bend down to pick up the shovel from the ground, Li Chenjin stopped him, then held his hand and walked out, saying, "Rest if you're tired. If your disciples see this, who knows what they'll say about me."
"Don't worry, I certainly won't let you sleep with these corpses. Let's find a cleaner place to rest."
Li Chen held his hand and walked all the way to the mountainside. After confirming that she could no longer see the corpses but could only vaguely smell a bloody stench, she took the small building out of her storage bag and threw it on the ground.
After the small building was placed on the ground, it grew rapidly in the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it became the size of a normal house.
She led him into the small building, all the way to her bedroom, and pressed him directly onto her bed.
After settling Shen Zhengyuan in, seeing that he was still observing the furnishings of the room, she smiled and said, "Go to sleep. You'll have to continue working when you wake up."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan: "Can we just leave them to rot in the wilderness like this?"
"No way." Li Chen smiled, his eyes crinkling. "Alright, don't overthink it. Get some rest. You'll have to go chop down trees later."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan hesitated for a moment, wanting to speak but then stopping, and finally despaired...
He closed his eyes.
At this moment, Li Chenjin, who was sitting by the bed, looked at Shen Zhengyuan, who had fallen into a deep sleep in an instant, shook his head helplessly, and sighed.
Unexpectedly, after so many years, Shen Zhengyuan's physical strength is still so poor. Although it is a little better than before, it is not much better.
Fortunately, over the years, people outside have been so afraid of offending him that no one dares to suggest a real fight with him.
Shen Zhengyuan was also aware of his own weaknesses, so he never attempted a real fight with anyone, otherwise...
They've probably died a thousand times over.
………………
Shen Zhengyuan didn't know how long he had slept, only that when he woke up, Li Chenjin was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding a storybook and reading it intently.
After he woke up, he didn't make a sound. He just glanced at the slightly open window and could vaguely see the sky outside through the crack in the window.
Judging from the sky outside, the sun must have just set, so he probably didn't sleep for very long.
After observing the current situation, he still did not make a sound.
Not only did she not make a sound, she closed her eyes again, pretending to turn over in a dream, and slowly turned over to face Li Chenjin.
Li Chen seemed to have noticed his movement. He must have put down the book in his hand, turned his body slightly to the side, and looked in his direction.
Then, he felt a few wisps of breeze on his face. It must be Li Chen waving his hand slowly in front of him, trying to determine whether he was still asleep or had already woken up.
He sniffed carefully and found a faint medicinal fragrance mixed in with the breeze.
Although Li Chen always carried the scent of medicine because he drank medicine and was surrounded by medicinal herbs, the scent of medicine on his body was stronger than usual.
It seems that Li Chen took some time after he fell asleep to organize the medicinal herbs stored in the small building.
Immediately afterwards, he heard Li Chenjin's voice, "Still not awake... He's been sleeping until the second day... Why isn't he awake yet?"
Shen Zhengyuan remained unresponsive, as if he were still asleep.
When he was trying to survive, he was very good at playing dead, so pretending to be asleep was a piece of cake for him, something he handled with ease.
But the next moment, he suddenly felt Li Chenjin's warm fingertips touch his forehead, gently combing his slightly messy hair.
After tidying his hair, the hand did not leave, but instead slowly moved down.
Before long, his cheek was pressed against Li Chenjin's warm palm, and the fragrance he could smell became even stronger and clearer, almost making him lose his breath.
He didn't understand what Li Chenjin was trying to do, or rather, he didn't know what Li Chenjin would do to him while he was "sleeping".
All he could hear was Li Chenjin let out a soft laugh, and then, a gentle kiss landed suddenly and abruptly on his forehead.
After that fleeting kiss, Li Chenjin must have pulled away slightly, because he could no longer feel the scent of Li Chenjin on his skin.
But before he could figure out whether he should wake up or not, he heard Li Chen say, "Sect Leader Shen, your eyelashes tremble like butterflies among flowers. It seems your feigning sleep skills aren't very good. Even Jiu Niang Yuanzi can fake sleep better than you."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
The moment he opened his eyes, he met the person beside the bed, eyes brimming with smiles.
That one glance made him instinctively turn his face away, but he quickly turned back, looking in Li Chenjin's direction, and whispered, "I...I didn't mean to slack off..."
"I know." Li Chen looked at him and smiled. "I know. I don't blame you, but now that Sect Leader Shen is awake, shouldn't you go back to digging holes and cutting down trees?"
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
After a moment of silence, Shen Zhengyuan softly hummed in agreement.
But just as he sat up and was about to get out of bed, Li Chenjin stopped him, saying, "No need, I've already finished all that work."
Shen Zhengyuan looked back at Li Chenjin blankly, "...Is it all buried?"
“Yes, they’re all buried.” Li Chenjin nodded. “Coincidentally, their clothes all had their names embroidered on them. I carved their tombstones while cutting down trees, and I finished just an hour before you woke up.”
"During this time, I found the bloodstains a bit unsightly and was afraid they would frighten people, so I cleaned them up. In addition, the sun was shining brightly today, so I took some time to come back and dry the medicinal herbs. Then I took some time to come back and move all the herbs back into the building and tidy them up a bit."
"Oh, by the way, I saw that you were really tired, so I took some time to go down the mountain and bought an old hen in town. I made you a pot of ginseng and astragalus chicken soup to replenish your qi and strengthen your body. It's perfect for you. While I was making the soup, I also took your pulse and saw that you had some internal heat, so I added some Ophiopogon japonicus to the soup."
As she spoke, she glanced at Shen Zhengyuan and said half-jokingly, "To be honest, Sect Leader Shen, I think your fever is mostly because you think too much."
"You don't need to rush to refute me. Think about it, once you start overthinking, you're either arguing with me or arguing with yourself. Isn't it hard not to get angry?"
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan listened quietly to her long string of words, accepting even her teasing without showing any annoyance. Instead, he asked somewhat abruptly, "Did you do all of this by yourself?"
Li Chen looked at him, seemingly finding his question a bit strange, but still said, "Otherwise what? Sect Leader Shen, you've collapsed from exhaustion. Would I be so heartless as to drag you up to work?"
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan: "If I ever displease you, will you kill me?"
Li Chenjin: "..."
Li Chenjin: "...?"
She reached out and silently touched Shen Zhengyuan's forehead, then looked at him and said strangely, "You don't have a fever... Could it be that you were too tired before and got confused?"
But after saying that, she felt even more puzzled. She took his pulse again, muttering to herself as she did so, "Hiss... Is he really that tired?"
But just as she was trying to figure out what was wrong with Shen Zhengyuan by taking his pulse, Shen Zhengyuan withdrew his hand. When she looked at him with probing eyes, he said, "I was just thinking... you didn't seem to be this... lively before?"
Li Chen quickly understood his meaning, smiled slightly, and said, "Of course. You know what my body was like before, Sect Leader Shen. I was barely able to live, let alone have any extra energy to do anything."
"But now that I'm healthier, I naturally have more energy. But thinking about it, I'm getting old after all, and my energy isn't as good as it used to be. Before, when I was working, I even had to take a nap for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn..."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
So many things were done in just one day, and I even had time to take a short nap for a stick of incense...
He now had no doubt that if he angered Li Chenjin right now, she would kill him with a single punch...
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