Chapter Eighty-Seven: Younger Brother
"What happened to your hand? What are you looking at?" The phoenix eyes asked with concern, which almost made Qin Mo faint. Now that's it, the evidence is conclusive, and she's caught in the act. What excuses can she possibly offer?
Qin Mo didn't need to look to know his face was quite a sight. He stammered, "Phoenix eyes...you know..."
"Call me Danfeng, Danfengyan sounds awful." Danfengyan interrupted him, saying something that moved Qin Mo deeply. This was a term of address between friends, no longer a hypocritical formality, but a genuine recognition.
"I just healed your wounds... and now something's not right..." Qin Mo stammered, already prepared to accept the worst possible outcome.
"What's wrong?... Help me up..." Danhuang eyes gestured to Qin Mo, asking him to help her up.
"You...can't get up? What happened? Your injuries have clearly stopped." Qin Mo was anxious. She had seen many paralyzed people on Earth. Could it be that she had injured her spine and was now disabled?
"I'm just completely weak, but my body is fine. My injuries should be healing. The Yuan Crystal in my Dantian is even stranger; it seems to have been reborn. I've never heard of any healing method that has such an effect... Do you have the Fountain of Life?" Danfengyan mumbled a lot before suddenly asking Qin Mo if she had the Fountain of Life.
"There is no such thing as a fountain of life. It's all a lie. I had some elven medicine left to me by my mother, and you've used it all up. Come on, turn around. Let me see if you have a spinal cord injury. If your spine is like a mountain, you'll never be able to get up again."
Qin Mo quickly turned Danfengyan over, and in the process, straightened her disheveled clothes to make her less revealing. In her heart, she kept complaining, "The Fountain of Life, I've been looking for it for so many years and still haven't found it. You're dreaming."
As Qin Mo pressed on her spine and asked her repeatedly if it hurt, her phoenix-eyed face suddenly turned red, and her voice became soft and lower as she answered the questions.
Qin Mo straightened her inner garment, then covered her with her own outer garment, and began to chop the last bit of dried meat into minced meat to make soup. When Qin Mo fed the minced meat mixed with soup spoonful by spoonful to Danfengyan, her face was no longer red, but her eyes became as bright as spring water.
"From now on, I'll call you little brother!" Before falling asleep, Danfengyan said this to Qin Mo out of the blue, making Qin Mo laugh.
"Sure! Call me whatever you want, I just won't call you sister." Qin Mo replied without any apparent reason.
Night finally fell, and the howls of wolves echoed across the fields. The pitch-black night concealed countless dangers and murderous intents.
Qin Mo first took off his outer robe, then carried Danfengyan, who was only wearing a thin fur coat, on his back. Then he used his outer robe as a bundle to wrap the two of them together. Qin Mo sighed, "It's only because the clothes of the Great Xia Dynasty are so unique. If it were the suits and jackets of my previous life, they wouldn't be able to fit two people in one."
After extinguishing the campfire, Qin Mo swept up a large patch of snow with one leg, covering up the traces of their hiding place. She then put on her finely trimmed white skis, the sturdy wooden ski poles propelling the skis forward at breakneck speed, carrying the two of them towards the trading city.
On the desolate plains at night, many ferocious wild beasts came out to hunt. Qin Mo even encountered a Siberian brown bear that hadn't hibernated. Brown bears hibernate when food is scarce, but they don't hibernate when food is plentiful, and they hunt throughout the winter. This brown bear, having eaten its fill, encountered Qin Mo and was killed by its prey.
Qin Mo did a simple preparation, taking a few pieces of bear meat for food and draping the bear skin over Dan Fengyan's body after some simple processing. The fluffy, bloody bear skin made Dan Fengyan feel warm and cozy, and he finally fell asleep on Qin Mo's shoulder.
Qin Mo felt the irregular breathing behind him, his heart burning with anxiety. Danhuang Eyes appeared to be in good condition, but she couldn't even move a finger. Qin Mo didn't know what this symptom was. He had to get back to the trading city as soon as possible to find Zhao Qirui to treat her.
Qin Mo went skiing south that night and found a place to hide and rest. Her breathing became more and more steady and her heartbeat became stronger and stronger, but she still couldn't move an inch.
"Danfeng, let me infuse you with some more vital energy and see if it can help you recover?" Qin Mo finally couldn't help but suggest to Danfeng again.
"Brother...Mo, I've told you so many times, I'm perfectly healthy now...I've never felt this good before..." The phoenix-eyed man still refused Qin Mo's offer, a hint of blush flashing subtly behind his ear.
Qin Mo had no choice but to feed her until she was full, then let her fall asleep again. Her sleep sessions were getting longer and longer. Qin Mo was terrified that Danfengyan might fall asleep and never wake up again. "Vegetative state" wasn't necessarily a problem only in Qin Mo's previous life on Earth.
Qin Mo started trying different ways to talk to Danfengyan. Every time they went skiing, she would tell her stories in a low voice. Danfengyan would occasionally exchange a few words with her and ask some questions.
"Why didn't Bai Qian return to the palace and take Su Jin's life?..."
"How could Bai Qian not see through such a simple scheme?..."
Will Bai Qian and Ye Hua end up together?................
Every time Qin Mo faced the gentle question from those phoenix eyes, she found it amusing. No matter how strong or ruthless you are, you can't change the fact that you're still a girl in your early twenties. See, your true colors are showing!
Every time, after waking up, Danfengyan would silently wait for Qin Mo to tell her a story, and then fall asleep while listening to Qin Mo's story. She no longer asked questions, only occasionally letting out soft "hmm...oh!" sounds.
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