When Xihe woke from her coma, the scent of Yan Shaoqing had faded, replaced by a blend of plum blossoms and chrysanthemums. This scent slowly relaxed her previously tense nerves.
Tang Chen and Hei Ya saw her eyelids moving constantly, and were not sure whether she was awake or dreaming, so they asked softly, "Xihe, are you awake?"
Xihe tilted her head towards the direction of the voice and forced a smile: "...I'm back, really, I'm back!"
Seeing that she looked extremely upset and a little agitated, Tang Chen quickly advised: "Don't be so excited, have a good rest. When you have enough energy, tell us slowly."
Xihe lay on the bed, trying to move her body, but no matter how hard she tried, her limbs refused to obey her and she just lay there unable to move. "Xinzhai, Xinzhai is here too, right?"
When Hei Ya saw Xihe looking for him, he hurriedly squatted down, gently held her scarred hand, and said softly, "I'm here."
Xihe coughed a few times and said, "The thing on my neck is a gift for you."
Hearing this, Tang Chen carefully touched Xihe's chest and actually found a little thing. When she took the thing off Xihe's neck and placed it in her palm, Black Crow jumped up as if it had been electrocuted, looking at the small jade cicada with a look of shock and trembling all over: "This is it!"
Hei Ya carefully took the jade cicada from Tang Chen's hand. This thing was a family heirloom belonging to the Li family that was forcibly taken away by the murderer when his family was destroyed. How could it appear in Xihe's hands?
After handing the things to Black Crow, Xihe's mind became groggy again: "I'm sorry for making you worry..."
After Tang Chen fed her some water, he asked softly, "I'm glad you're back. Are you hungry? I made some porridge."
Xihe dazedly heard Tang Chen say that she cooked something, and subconsciously refused: "You cooked it?"
Tang Chen sighed helplessly. She thought that she really would never be able to develop her hobby of cooking in this life. "...Okay, I'll make it in the kitchen."
Xihe closed his eyes and said, "I, I want to eat stinky tofu..."
After Black Crow carefully put the jade cicada away, he replied, "When you're better, I'll take you to buy some."
The two people beside the bed were waiting for Xihe's reply. It was not until a moment later, when they heard the rhythmic breathing sound from the nose of the person on the bed, that they realized that Xihe might have fallen asleep again after saying what he had just said.
These past few days, as Yan Shaoqing and Shen Xin had remarked, Xihe's daily awake time was brief, yet her body's ability to heal itself was astonishing to these two scientifically educated individuals from the 21st century. They knew the human body held many unknown mysteries, and knew of its remarkable capacity for self-repair. But to be able to see such healing, as she did, was truly unprecedented. Fortunately, Xihe lived in the present. If she had been like them, she would have been isolated and subjected to various experiments, with little freedom.
After feeding Xihe some vegetable rice and pigeon soup to help with her wound healing, Tang Chen said to Hei Ya in a negotiating tone, "Xihe's wound is healing really fast. It feels almost healed in just a few days."
Black Crow seemed not to realize the meaning of Tang Chen's words for a moment, and only said: "Yes, I don't think it will take a year or two as Brother Shen said, I think it will be fully healed in a few months."
Tang Chen continued, "Shuyi is about to give birth. I thought that since Xihe is feeling much better now, we should take her back with us. Although I don't know who she is hiding from, I think she is willing to go back."
Black Crow also felt that what Tang Chen said made sense, so he nodded and said, "I'll talk to her when she wakes up."
Tang Chen stretched himself and handed the bowl and chopsticks in his hand to Hei Ya: "Okay, I'll go out for a walk. I need to prepare some small gifts for the little one who is about to be born."
Black Crow smiled and joked, "I see you seem to like children very much, why don't you have one yourself?"
Tang Chen immediately expressed his opinion: "Hey, I only like human cubs when they are lovable. Children and the like can sometimes be as annoying as demons. I have seen many naughty children."
Black Crow said with a smile: "Haha, who isn't?"
...Tang Chen had been running back and forth for more than a month and was exhausted. He had just returned to Qingliang Valley and hadn't had a good rest for a few days when Liang Shuyi was about to give birth.
For various reasons, the Duke of Liang and his wife weren't waiting at the delivery room door with the others, so they could only pace anxiously in the guest room. They'd experienced this before when their daughter-in-law gave birth, and while they'd been incredibly worried, this time seemed even more uneasy. Especially now, Liang Shuyi had entered the delivery room early in the morning, and it was already afternoon, and there was still no sign of anything.
After taking care of Xihe and helping her eat and sleep, Black Crow hurried back: "How is it now?"
Tang Chen said, "It's still early. Where's Xihe? Has she gone to bed?"
"Yeah, I'm asleep."
Seeing Chen Xin staring at the room with his fists clenched and his brows furrowed, he stepped forward and said soothingly, "Brother Chen, relax, relax. Come, take a deep breath with me, a deep breath."
"Hu..." The breath was still stuck in his chest and had not been completely released. Suddenly, Liang Shuyi's cry of pain was heard from inside the house, almost suffocating Chen Xin.
Listening to the shouts coming from the house one after another, and watching the basins of hot water stained with a strong smell of blood being brought out, if everyone hadn't stopped him, Shen Xin would have rushed in.
Black Crow soothed him, "Calm down, calm down. There are professionals inside. Don't worry!"
Zhong Qin also echoed, "Brother Li is right. Although you are proficient in the art of medicine, everyone has their own specializations. Going in now will only cause trouble."
Wang Nianqing, who had been standing quietly by the side, also advised: "Don't worry, these people were all selected by me personally. I will definitely keep them and their child safe."
Tang Chen was just about to ask Wang Yanzhou to come over and say something to soothe Chen Xin's restless little heart, but when he turned around, he saw that this man looked like an idiot, holding a teacup to his lips but not drinking it, with his eyes blank and no one knowing what he was thinking.
The voices continued incessantly, but they were clearly no longer as full of energy as before. The sky gradually darkened, and the first snow of this winter began to fall heavily.
Tang Chen reached out and caught a snowflake, then said, "It's snowing. Let's all go wait under the porch. Uncle Wang, have someone bring over some charcoal basins and check if the ginseng soup in the kitchen is ready."
"yes."
The child gave everyone face. Not long after the snowflakes fell, he stopped tormenting his mother and came to this glass world that was about to be dyed white by the snow, crying loudly.
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