Chapter 55 Spying (Bonus Chapter for 1300 Nutrient Solution) That kind of being spied on...
September 18th, the beginning of winter.
It's only the beginning of winter, but it's already snowing heavily outside. As soon as you open the door, all you see is white.
However, as the saying goes, a timely snowfall promises a bumper harvest. With this heavy snowfall, the crops in various places will surely have a good harvest next year. But such cold temperatures will also cause many people to catch a cold, especially the elderly and young children.
In the past, when Li Chen walked on the street, almost no one could recognize her. As long as she didn't say her name, many people would just treat her as a passerby.
But recently, someone leaked her whereabouts, saying that she carries a small building that can grow bigger or smaller at will, and can be placed wherever she goes. Moreover, because the building was designed and built by Han Shannan himself, it looks extremely luxurious from the outside and is always out of place with the surrounding environment, making it very easy to identify.
Therefore, as soon as her small building appeared and was seen by a passerby, that person would immediately spread the news, and in less than a day, before she even had a chance to set off, the building would be packed with people.
These people weren't there to cause trouble, but rather to see her for medical advice, or simply to ask her to check their health and see if there was anything that needed treatment.
However, most of these people did not come for her. They had heard of the reputation of the Venerable Mingcun to some extent, but it was too difficult to meet the Venerable Mingcun. So they could only come for her, the Venerable Mingcun’s nominal disciple.
People outside spread incredible rumors about the old monk Mingcun, saying he had superb medical skills, could bring the dead back to life, and could heal the wounded. But in her opinion, the old monk was just good at treating illnesses and could cure some difficult and complicated diseases. He was far less amazing than the rumors made him out to be.
But these people wouldn't listen to her explanations or believe her explanations. If she said she couldn't cure it, it meant she wasn't skilled enough. If she dared to shirk responsibility, it meant she wasn't compassionate. No matter what she said, she was wrong. So, every day as soon as she opened her eyes, she went downstairs to see patients.
Sigh, coming out here is even more tiring than staying in the meditation community.
As usual, when she opened the door, she saw that the snow outside was full of people, which startled Jiu Niang Yuanzi, who wanted to go out and play in the snow, so she turned her head and shrank back into the house.
Seeing that the area around the small building was completely blocked by the people who had come, she could only sigh and quickly invite everyone outside in.
Fortunately, there weren't many medicinal herbs in her area, so she only needed to take people's pulses and write prescriptions, which was relatively easy. It was only when she encountered a few seriously ill patients who needed acupuncture that she would get a little tired.
She finished writing the last word, picked up the paper on the table, blew on it to dry the ink, and then handed it to the woman holding a child of about three years old, saying, "When you get home, go to the pharmacy and get the medicine according to this prescription. Give the child two doses and he will be fine."
After receiving the prescription, the woman immediately thanked him profusely, but the child in her arms seemed to take the prescription as a sign that he was about to be given acupuncture.
This is normal, after all, the patient before him had been given a prescription by her and then had several needles inserted into his body. Unfortunately, that person was afraid of needles, and even a glance at a place that didn't hurt much would make him scream and howl, scaring many people, especially children.
Just like now, the child was crying loudly in the woman's arms, shouting, "No needles! No needles! The doctor is a bad person, Xiao Jiu doesn't want needles, waaaah..."
The woman glanced at Li Chenjin apologetically, then lowered her head to comfort the child in her arms, saying, "No needles, no needles. Mother only brought you here to get a prescription, no needles, little Jiu, be good."
Li Chenjin picked up the tea beside her and took a sip. She noticed that when the child was being comforted by his mother, his eyes were always looking in her direction, as if he was afraid of her and disliked her. He even muttered a few curses at her, calling her a "bad person," which piqued her interest.
Her gaze fell on the silver needles that hadn't been put away yet. She slowly put down the cup in her hand, picked up a few silver needles with a very natural movement, smiled slightly at the child who hadn't stopped crying, and sure enough, she heard the child scream in terror and cry even louder.
As Li Chen listened to the voice, the smile on his lips slowly widened, and then he said coldly, "If you cry again, I'll stab your mouth."
Upon hearing her words, the child's eyes widened instantly, but he dared not cry anymore. He covered his mouth tightly with both hands, only making some gasping sounds.
Li Chenjin added, "If you cry again, I'll prick your eyebrows."
The child immediately lowered his head, covering his eyes with his small hands, tears welling up between his fingers, but he seemed to think that as long as Li Chen couldn't see him cry, his eyebrows would be spared.
Seeing that the child she had been soothing for so long had finally stopped crying, the woman glanced gratefully at Li Chenjin, then hurriedly left with the child in her arms. On the other hand, the dozen or so children who remained in the house all changed their expressions drastically, looking at her with the same fear as if they had seen a raging flood.
Li Chen withdrew his gaze with satisfaction, then waved to signal the next person to come over.
Just as she was about to ask Han Shannan to bring her some more paper, she unexpectedly turned her head and met Han Shannan's gaze.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and Li Chen said, "What are you standing there for? Go get some paper, and then come back and continue grinding the ink."
Han Shannan crouched down, leaned close to Li Chenjin's ear, and whispered, "Are you really that scary to a child?"
Li Chen said, "How can you call this scaring? I call this a tactical way of coaxing children. Look, that child has stopped crying, and those other children over there who were crying have stopped crying too."
Han Shannan looked in the direction Li Chenjin was looking and saw several children who were still crying, but as soon as they met Li Chenjin's gaze, they immediately covered their mouths and eyes, extremely busy, and they really didn't have time to cry.
Han Shannan: "..."
To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen someone soothe a child like this.
Li Chenjin's words were clearly sophistry. Look at her satisfied expression after scaring the children to tears. She clearly thought it was fun to tease the children, so she deliberately frightened them!
This person is absolutely wicked!!
That's terrible!!!
Li Chenjin originally did not want to come to this place. Her original plan was to return to the Zen cultivation world to settle accounts with the old monk. Unexpectedly, she encountered the disciple that the old monk had sent down the mountain to find her halfway there.
Upon seeing her, the disciple gave her a letter, instructing her to go to the place mentioned in the letter, help the old monk with his business, and then return to the meditation community.
Although she was unwilling, she owed all those years of her life to that old monk, and she always remembered to repay kindness. Therefore, she had no choice but to go here first to do his bidding, and then return to the meditation community to settle accounts after she had finished.
Now, in order to avoid dying of exhaustion on the way because she was helping people with their medical care every day and hadn't finished her business with the old monk Mingcun, she specially asked Han Shannan to make a wooden sign that stated that she would only see patients for a few hours each day and would not treat anyone the rest of the time.
After everyone had finished reading, Li Chen had Han Shannan clear the table, then stood up and leisurely walked upstairs.
Since Han Shannan was a guest before, it was only natural that she should prepare all three meals for him this day out of courtesy.
But now Han Shannan has been living with her for so long, and he is considered her half-disciple. What kind of master serves his disciple?
Therefore, this floor now belongs to Han Shannan, so that he can easily go to the kitchen to prepare three meals a day for the two of them and brew some medicine for her. In return, she will give Han Shannan a word or two of pointers when he encounters something he doesn't understand while practicing swordsmanship.
After all, as a "friend of the Sword God," she couldn't be completely ignorant of swordsmanship; otherwise, it would seem too fake.
Li Chen hummed a tune as he walked up the stairs step by step.
She had just reached the second floor and was about to go inside when she suddenly heard a noise behind her. At the same time, the feeling of being spied on by something came back to her, making her feel uncomfortable all over.
Ever since she left the world of cultivation, she has felt from time to time as if something is lurking in the shadows, silently watching her.
This feeling was constant, regardless of day or night, or even whether she was awake or not. Sometimes, when she was half asleep, she would be startled awake by a strong sense of being watched. For a period of time, she couldn't fall asleep unless she had a stick by her bed.
But every time she had that feeling, she would look in the direction from which she felt the gaze was coming, only to see emptiness. Everything around her was perfectly normal, with nothing that shouldn't be there, as if the previous strangeness was just her hallucination.
She tried to ignore it, but the feeling kept recurring, and the more she tried to ignore it, the stronger it became.
She remembered one time when she tried to ignore that feeling, but the sensation of being watched was like a wandering ghost seeking to possess someone, getting closer and closer to her...
It was as if the thing that had been hiding in the shadows had emerged completely from the darkness and was slowly approaching her step by step.
It was so close that it stood beside her or behind her, bringing a slight, cool breeze, as if it were whispering in her ear.
It cannot be seen, cannot be solved, cannot be ignored, and cannot be escaped.
She was entangled in it day and night, forced to accept it, and had to learn to talk to those around her as if nothing was wrong while sensing that something was amiss.
Just now, when she was treating those people downstairs, she could feel a gaze, seemingly from somewhere, looking her up and down again and again, making her feel extremely uncomfortable and giving her goosebumps.
Fortunately, she was the only one on the second floor at the moment, so even if she suddenly looked around, it wouldn't arouse suspicion from others.
She sensed the source of the gaze and then quickly turned around to look behind her.
She was prepared not to see anything this time either, just like countless times before when she turned around but couldn't see anything outside, as if she were the only one going crazy.
Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she met the gaze of a figure standing at the bottom of the stairs, looking up at her with a quiet gaze.
It's unclear when it got dark outside, or rather, it's unclear when it got dark on the first floor.
She was clearly on the second floor, where sunlight could still seep through the doors and windows, but the first floor below the stairs was plunged into endless darkness.
Author's note: I'll try to get 1500 nutrient solution points, but it's okay if I don't. Just relax.
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