Chapter 54

The steaming hot pot, with its fragrant aroma, somewhat mitigates the bleakness of autumn.

Eating hot pot is not just about the taste, but also about the atmosphere. You put your favorite food into the steaming boiling water and wait patiently. However, whether you can eat it when it is cooked depends entirely on your own ability.

The arrival of Louqi gave Shen Yuqing the upper hand in the food "competition".

The cooked fish balls floated on the water. A pair of chopsticks held the white fish balls firmly. Louqi placed the fish balls on the plate in front of Shen Yuqing, and then naturally moved the chopsticks away.

The fish balls are made from fresh river fish meat, with a delicate texture and a light bite, which is fresh and springy.

After eating the last fish ball in the pot, perhaps because he was a little too proud of himself, Shen Yuqing did not notice the chili hidden in the picked bean sprouts.

Shen Yuqing suddenly coughed a few times because of the sting of the chili pepper. Before he could do anything, a hand holding a water cup appeared in front of him.

After drinking a cup of tea, the spiciness was reduced a lot. Shen Yuqing put down the cup, turned his head and blinked at Louqi.

Yan Lin, who was picking up some food, had a slight tremor in his hand, and the lotus root slices he was holding steadily almost fell. He didn't think much of Lou Qi's act of helping him pick up the food, but the water cup of Boss Shen was clearly in front of him, so why did you pass your cup over?

Yan Qin glanced at Lou Qi obscurely, then lowered his eyes again. After taking in the two people's familiar little movements, he took a vicious bite of the lotus root slices.

Sure enough, he was still not used to such an enthusiastic Louqi. Thinking of how he had been chattering all the way and only uttered a few words after a long while, and looking at Louqi now facing Boss Shen, Yan Lin truly realized what double standards meant.

Shen Yuqing had no idea what the people present were thinking. She enjoyed the hotpot very much. However, the hotpot had a strong smell and her clothes inevitably got stained with the smell.

After finishing the meal, Wuming took Yan Qin to the guest room to settle down. After Shen Yuqing smelled the smell of hot pot on their clothes, she decided to take Louqi to the room to take a shower and change clothes.

Although they are the same person, Shen Yuqing and Louqi cannot be truly indistinguishable from each other. After all, the bathtub is still a little crowded for two adult men.

So Shen Yuqing asked Louqi to wash first, and he went to get him a change of clothes.

It was just to wash off the smell of the hot pot that stuck to his body, so it didn't take long for Louqi to come out from behind the screen.

"To relieve boredom." Shen Yuqing handed the books in his hand to the upstairs and then walked behind the screen.

When Shen Yuqing came out, she saw Louqi sitting obediently on the bed, flipping through a book attentively.

He walked to the abandoned building in two or three steps. The ends of his hair that were wet by water had already been dried by his internal force. Looking at the abandoned building in front of him, he hesitated for a second and then decided to indulge his thoughts.

Shen Yuqing stretched out her hands and started to play weird things on Louqi's face like kneading cotton.

Soft, with a warmth unique to humans.

It itches, as if a feather is blowing.

Shen Yuqing's breathing paused. He looked at himself through Louqi's eyes and saw Louqi in his own eyes.

At this moment, the building seems to be truly complete.

Yan Qin was not a man who could sit idle, so after putting his luggage away and tidying up the room for a while, he decided to take a look around this interesting inn. However, just as he turned the corner, he saw Shen Yuqing and his companion coming down the stairs.

Originally, Yan Lin thought that Lou Qi's pale face was caused by injury, but after further contact, he found that Lou Qi's original skin color was whiter than that of ordinary people, which made the reddish color on Lou Qi's face particularly obvious.

However, Yan Qin did not think too much about it and just thought it was caused by the hot water during the bath. However, what interested him was that the two people were wearing very similar blue clothes.

Lou Qi was a few centimeters taller than Shen Yuqing, but when Yan Li saw his fitted clothes, a dark light flashed across his eyes.

Shen Yuqing felt a little guilty and turned his eyes away from someone's red cheeks that he had rubbed. He hadn't expected that Lou Qi's skin would turn red so easily. As for his own strength, Shen Yuqing recalled hesitantly, probably... probably I didn't use much strength?

"Shopkeeper Shen?" Seeing the two people walking up to him, Yan Li's face showed a bit of appropriate confusion.

Shen Yuqing smiled slightly, "Master Yan, Louqi told me about you. I know a little bit about medicine. I wonder if Master Yan has time now?"

The exploration journey ended just as it began. As the person involved, Yan Feng’s mood was unknown. Looking at Shen Yuqing who was taking his pulse, Yan Feng tilted his head slightly, like a little fox who had just entered the world.

Lou Qi had no knowledge of medicine, so he could only make simple judgements about Yan Fen's condition when he was with him. He carried a lot of pills with him, so if Yan Fen really had any problems, he could rely on these pills to get through until he could meet Shen Yuqing.

Originally Shen Yuqing thought it was just poisoning, but after diagnosis he found that it was not that simple. Being able to suppress it until now, this Mr. Yan was no simple character either.

"Mr. Yan, have you ever come into contact with poison?" Thinking of the other party's slightly familiar yet strange pulse, Shen Yuqing asked.