Chapter 92

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"Like this,"

Ning Chen grabbed Xie Tingyun's shoulders and turned him around, so that Xie Tingyun could focus his eyes on him.

Xie Tingyun looked up at Ning Chen blankly, with silent doubt in his eyes.

Ning Chen pinched Xie Tingyun's chin and said, "Look carefully at my face. Does it look familiar? Is it exactly the same as his?"

It would be strange if they were different.

“…”

Xie Tingyun's expression changed.

He really listened to Ning Chen's words, stared at Ning Chen carefully for a long time, then turned his head to look at the puppet on the bed, was silent for a long time, and said hoarsely: "Hmm."

Ning Chen was satisfied, and pulled Xie Tingyun's shoulders to make him turn around, with his back to the vest and looking at her.

After Xie Tingyun's sight left the vest puppet, Ning Chen raised his hand and hugged Xie Tingyun into his arms, holding the back of his head with one hand to prevent Xie Tingyun from turning his head, and with the other hand he calmly put the puppet and the rocking wood into Xie Tingyun's storage ring.

Afterwards, Ning Chen released him and fell onto the bed behind Xie Tingyun in one go, saying, "It's fixed. Can you take a look?"

Xie Tingyun was startled and asked, "...really?"

"Of course it's true. How could I lie to you?" Ning Chen said.

Xie Tingyun lowered his eyes and said softly, "But you are used to lying."

Ning Chen: “…”

No way, Xie Tingyun, he's so confused, how come you only remember that he lied!

Ning Chen sighed, grabbed Xie Tingyun's hand, and pressed it against his chest, saying, "It has indeed been repaired. You can find out if you check it yourself whether I have deceived you or not."

Ning Chen had no psychological burden of deceiving anyone, he just lay on the bed with his back facing up, and spread out his hands to let Xie Tingyun examine him.

Xie Tingyun's icy hand was pressed against Ning Chen's chest, which felt warm and hard, without any holes or holes.

“…”

Xie Tingyun's frown relaxed, he raised his hand, and groped for it and pressed it on his heart.

The powerful heartbeat vibrated the palm of his hand, indicating the strong and active vitality of the body in his hand.

He confirmed it bit by bit, as if he had to confirm every inch of his skin before he could feel at ease.

Heart, chest, shoulders, abdomen, and hands with pierced palms.

No issues, absolutely perfect.

Xie Tingyun didn't think there was anything wrong with him being so unconventional in reaching out to confirm what was wrong, after all, it was Ning Chen who started it by grabbing his hand.

Ning Chen certainly didn't think there was anything wrong, but when Xie Tingyun was reaching out and groping, she felt a little unsatisfactory for some reason.

When Xie Tingyun was still recovering from his illness, his body temperature was significantly lower than usual.

The cold hand moved from the chest to the abdomen as light as a feather. Even through a dark undergarment, the vague touch was still vivid.

Ning Chen suddenly felt that this action might not be so appropriate.

I had the urge to take Xie Tingyun's hand away.

“…”

Forget it, after all, he had promised to have it confirmed.

The feeling under Xie Tingyun's hand was originally soft when relaxed, but after Xie Tingyun touched it, the muscles there inexplicably tensed up. Xie Tingyun lowered his head and looked at it quietly for a long time, and even pressed it out of curiosity.

Ning Chen: “…”

Ning Chen changed his mind instantly.

When Xie Tingyun wanted to check it a second time, he grabbed Xie Tingyun's hand and said, "That's enough. Why do you want to check it a second time? You think there's too much time at night, don't you?"

Xie Tingyun pursed his lips and said nothing.

Ning Chen patted the bed next to him and said, "Come up."

Xie Tingyun didn't move.

OK, I get it. I can't reason or discuss anything with Xie Tingyun now.

Anyway, there was no need to explain this reason, so Ning Chen simply sat up and turned over to get off the bed, then directly picked up the person by the waist and stuffed Xie Tingyun into the deep of the bed.

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Xie Tingyun seemed to want to stand up and protest, with a look of disapproval, but Ning Chen was too lazy to care whether he agreed or not, and pulled up the soft blanket to cover Xie Tingyun, completely sealing him in the quilt.

Ning Chen lay down beside him as a matter of course. When Xie Tingyun was struggling to stick his head out, he held him down with his hand and warned him in a low voice: "What else are you going to do? Don't run around. It's getting late. Go to bed quickly."

Xie Tingyun calmed down when he saw Ning Chen's face. Xie Tingyun's pupils were dark, and his eyes looked quiet and silent when he stared at a person. His thin face due to illness was half buried in the quilt, and his slightly pale complexion made him look less intimidating than usual. His quiet look with his eyes downcast gave him a rare sense of fragility.

Ning Chen inexplicably thought of the ice and snow balls in the Nuwa Secret Realm.

Very similar, Xie Tingyun really looks very similar, as if returning to nature and going backwards.

Ning Chen wasn't sure what Xie Tingyun's current mental state was, but it seemed like he was easy to fool.

I still want to pinch it.

Ning Shen was struggling for a while over whether to make a big snow ball with his own hands or to enter the Huan Yaoyao Pill to make a small snow ball with his own hands, and decided to do both.

Only children make choices, adults want them all!

The main reason is that Xie Tingyun, who is so unusually docile and well-behaved, is very rare nowadays. He has no edges or corners at all and can be easily deceived.

Once Xie Tingyun wakes up, there will definitely not be such a good opportunity anymore.

However, it was at this moment that Ning Chen suddenly had an idea and thought: Since it is rare to see Xie Tingyun who is so stupid now, can he also use the Huanyaoyao Pill to record it?

Ning Chen did what he said. He took out the Huanyaoyao Pill and injected magic energy into it to activate it.

Xie Tingyun stared at Ning Chen silently the whole time. Ning Chen paused subtly and tried to reach out and pinch him.

Soft and cool.

Xie Tingyun simply lowered his eyes and looked quietly at Ning Chen's hand, without any intention of resisting.

"..." This shows that Ning Chen, who did bad things, is really evil.

Ning Chen hissed and whispered, "Xie Tingyun, what on earth is going on with you?"

I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing that a high fever can unlock the system.

Xie Tingyun didn't answer. After a while, Xie Tingyun straightened up, and before Ning Chen could reach out to push him back, he leaned down and gently pressed his head against Ning Chen's chest.

Ning Chen was so stunned that he forgot to retract his outstretched hand.

Xie Tingyun listened to the calm, steady and strong heartbeat, then closed his eyes quietly.

“…”

Xie Tingyun curled up and fell asleep with his head resting on Ning Shen's chest.

Ning Shen was left standing there in shock, not knowing what was going on.

Ning Chen lowered his head to look at Xie Tingyun's peaceful sleeping face. After a moment's silence, he reached out and pulled up the blanket that Xie Tingyun had curled up around his waist, covering his shoulders.

This time Huaning couldn't fall asleep.

I woke up in the middle of the night. After so much trouble, my peaceful sleepiness was gone.

Ning Chen squinted his eyes in the darkness, playing with the Huanyaoyao Pill with his free hand.

The Huanyaoyao Pill is a translucent crystal core of dark blue color. After being thoroughly cleansed, it becomes even more translucent and emits a faint light in the darkness.

Ning Chen suddenly asked without any context in his sea of ​​consciousness: "Little Fourteen, I have a question for you."

System 014 uttered a "hmm" and said, "Host, you go ahead."

Ning Chen said, "Is it true that this demon pill can only record images when it is activated?"

Little Fourteen said, "No. The Illusory Demon Pill is actually equivalent to a higher-level photo stone. As long as it is a scene you have seen with your own eyes in the past seven days, it can be copied into the Illusory Demon Pill."

Otherwise, when Ning Chen got it, it would not have contained the complete memory of the illusion.

Ning Chen felt relieved after getting this answer. He probed his consciousness in and after searching for a while, he successfully recorded Xie Tingyun's situation in the past few days.

After doing all this, Ning Chen went to make the ice and snow balls in the illusion again, and only then did he feel completely satisfied.

If Xie Tingyun wakes up tomorrow and sees Ning Chen, the culprit who killed his junior fellow apprentice, sleeping next to him as if nothing had happened, and gets furious, Ning Chen will film this memory and show it to him.

It was Xie Tingyun who held Ning Chen's head and prevented him from leaving. It was Xie Tingyun who stayed up in the middle of the night to repair the puppet. Ning Chen had fulfilled his responsibility to take care of the injured. Even if he had no credit, he had worked hard. Xie Tingyun couldn't really beat him down.

…

But Ning Shen still couldn't sleep.

Such a peaceful moment may never come again.

Because all of this is based on the fact that Ning Chen is regarded as Xie Tingyun's junior fellow apprentice.

Otherwise, how could Xie Tingyun have reacted like this?

Ning Chen thought with a little regret: But he has never been Xie Tingyun's junior apprentice.

The days that Xie Tingyun hid and cherished in Yunfeng Pavilion were as false as the illusions fabricated by others.

Because Ning Chen has always felt unworthy of it.

Ning Chen cursed inwardly that the man was being pretentious, and impatiently wanted to turn over and sleep, but he suddenly remembered that Xie Tingyun was lying next to him, so he stiffened involuntarily for a moment, and then stopped moving.

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It took Xie Tingyun nearly a month to recover from his serious injuries.

During this period, he had a high fever several times and was unconscious, but fortunately he finally survived and no sequelae have been found so far.

When Xie Tingyun regained consciousness, he subconsciously reached for his side.

However, the bed beside him was empty, and there was no sign of the person he wanted to see.

The bedding on his body was covered neatly, and there was no sign that he had once slept with someone curled up on him in the middle of the night.

“…”

...Is it a dream?

Xie Tingyun hesitated for a while, but finally got out of bed.

Xie Tingyun's memory of the past few days was intermittent. He only remembered that Ning Chen seemed to be always by his side. He could find her whenever he wanted, and he could push Ning Chen away to please others when he wanted to refuse to see the doctor.

But the part about deceiving him that the puppet had been repaired was really... hard to describe.

Thinking of this, Xie Tingyun suddenly realized something and scanned the storage ring with his consciousness.

The puppet was still lying quietly in the storage ring with Ning Shen's pale but sharp and handsome face, and the rocking wood was put into a small box and placed beside it.

However, the difference is that the multiple holes on the puppet's body have been completely repaired. I don't know what material was used in the repair. The traces of repair on the body are very slight and cannot be seen without a close look. It is obvious that a lot of effort was put into it.

However, the core of the puppet had long been completely destroyed by the vines, and this clone puppet had long lost its function. After being repaired, it could only serve as a beautiful decoration at best, and had no other use.

But Xie Tingyun's heart strangely softened.

Not a dream.

Ning Chen really didn't lie to him this time.