Chapter 33 Honesty
Having finished preparing the items for Gu Qingqing to defecate, Ji Zhuang went back to work.
Eating low-grade spirit grains these days is really hard on the throat. He has just advanced in rank and is full of energy and pride: "I am now a minor cultivator in the Dissolution Realm. How can I let my smart little sister keep eating this kind of stuff with me?"
With this set of pottery jars, Ji Rong would happily pick up Gu Qingqing and place her on her seat whenever Gu Qingqing needed to relieve herself.
But after lying there for so many years, suddenly sitting on such a strange object made her feel very uncomfortable.
In the end, not only did Gu Qingqing fail to defecate, she also suffered a cramp. In a flurry of wild movements, she broke the ear that was securing her waist, got stuck in the jar, and ended up with her bottom covered in dirt.
Gu Qingqing felt like she wanted to die, and she started cursing Ji Rong in a rough voice: "What kind of garbage have you done? You're going to kill me! Come and help me out!"
Hearing this cursing, Ji Rong was furious. She rudely picked up Gu Qingqing and placed her on the unused clod of earth, then ignored Gu Qingqing's cries of "father" and "mother."
They didn't come out until Gu Qingqing could no longer curse and started sobbing.
Then, she picked up Gu Qingqing and looked at her. Wow, no wonder she stopped scolding. It turned out she had fallen on the ground and was crying.
Ji Rong put Gu Qingqing back on the pottery jar, changed the water, stirred it a few times, and then used a small manipulation spell to control the leaves to wipe Gu Qingqing's bottom before putting Gu Qingqing back on the mat and going to clean the cave; otherwise, when her brother Ji Zhuang came back and saw it, he would probably be angry again.
Gu Qingqing silently shed tears for a long time, feeling her legs and feet go numb before belatedly realizing that she could feel them again. She quickly called out to Ji Rong, "Ji Rong, I can feel my legs again."
Ji Rong had long lost the excitement she felt at the beginning when she saw Gu Qing regain her senses.
Originally, their decision to leave Gu Qingqing behind wasn't entirely out of kindness, but rather out of necessity.
Firstly, Gu Qingqing and Huang Pinjie have a deep connection. When Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang saw that Gu Qingqing was still alive, it was as if they saw Huang Pinjie.
Secondly, Gu Qingqing's status is relatively noble and legitimate compared to theirs, and if she were to wake up, it would bring them convenience in traveling to other places.
Furthermore, before Huang Pinjie and his group freed themselves, they saw Huang Pinjie give Gu Qingqing a storage bag, which should contain a considerable amount of spirit crystals.
At the beginning of the most difficult days, Wu Buyu, Ji Rong, and Ji Zhuang were able to persevere because of this belief.
When it was time for dinner, Ji Zhuang returned. He handed his sister what he had gotten that day and said, "I changed the meat. Let's cook it tonight."
Hearing that there was meat, Gu Qingqing's eyes lit up, and she stretched her neck and shouted, "I want some too! I want some too!"
Ji Rong picked up the meat and whispered to Ji Zhuang, "Brother, she had a seizure today and broke the handle on the jar." Then she added, "She should be feeling better now."
After butchering the rabbit, placing it in three bowls, Gu Qingqing looked at the lump of rabbit meat from the Spirit Transformation stage, pouted, and exclaimed, "Why is it rabbit meat again? This stuff is too smelly, I don't want to eat it, I want to eat sparrow meat! The colorful chicken from Jiming Mountain will do too!"
Her argument made Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang realize that something was off about the man's tone.
But once Gu Qingqing was awake and could speak fluently, Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang were immediately reminded that she still had money. Ji Zhuang immediately asked, "Now that you're awake, why don't you take out your pouch? Otherwise, you won't even have rabbit meat to eat tomorrow!"
After thinking for a moment, he took out what his sister often said and said, "We've taken care of you for ten years, and you've spent all our money on food and drink."
Gu Qingqing wasn't always unconscious; sometimes she was conscious, but she just couldn't open her eyes or move.
Recalling the taste of that Vermilion Fruit once, Gu Qingqing guiltily shut her mouth. She obediently took out a storage bag, then exerted her energy and painstakingly spat out a storage ring.
Ji Zhuang opened the pouch, which was filled with a pile of jade calves that Huang Pinjie had previously exchanged for, along with a thousand spirit crystals, and nothing else.
The supplies from those five years must be in the storage ring.
Ji Rong then asked Gu Qingqing to open the storage ring. Gu Qingqing raised her hand to form a hand seal, but found that she couldn't. Her meridians were still blocked, and she felt numb as soon as she moved.
Then, Gu Qingqing pouted and cried again.
Ji Rong found it strange that Gu Qingqing was prone to crying, but when Ji Rong talked to her, Gu Qingqing knew that she was the third young lady of the Fire Fox Clan and could recount in detail the things she had experienced since childhood. These were things that Huang Pinjie had told Ji Rong when she was alive, so they matched up.
If there's anything wrong with Gu Qingqing, it's that she seems to have developed some kind of problem. She loves to cry and curse, and she always looks at me wanting me to hold her, saying her legs are cold. She even has preferences about where I should hold her. Every time Ji Rong hears this, he finds it troublesome and strange.
She had seen her mother, Ji Er, holding Huang Pinjie.
Perhaps Gu Qingqing's eyes and limbs are now Huang Pinjie's; without realizing it, Ji Rong always felt that the person lying in front of her was not Gu Qingqing, but Huang Pinjie.
If Ji Rong were to follow Gu Qingqing's request, she would feel like her long-lost mother and father, and her mood would be terrible!
Ji Rong refused to cooperate, so Gu Qingqing threw a tantrum, crying and screaming, which gave Ji Rong a huge headache. Now, all she wanted to do was press Gu Qingqing back onto the mat.
How wonderful it was when Gu Qingqing was still in a coma, lying there every day without crying or making a fuss. Now it's so annoying.
Besides, Gu Qingqing's temper tantrums were also strange. When she threw a tantrum, rolled on the ground, bared her teeth, and huffed, she didn't look like a fox at all, but more like a dog.
As time went by, Gu Qingqing gradually became able to speak and walk without getting tired, but more and more of her problems also became apparent.
With an extra thousand spirit crystals, Gu Qingqing gained the right to order food; as long as it wasn't excessive, Ji Zhuang would buy it for her.
As a result, Gu Qingqing not only wanted the colorful chicken but also the spirit fish. She ate in a disgusting manner and even picked her teeth. Ji Rong found it hard to believe that the once proud and favored young lady of the Fire Fox Clan would be like this.
The Fire Fox lineage is a great clan with a history of ten thousand years, so they should pay attention to etiquette, but Gu Qingqing's eating manners are far worse than Ji Zhuang's.
Strange as it may be, Gu Qingqing is still Gu Qingqing, because the Gu worms on Feng Qing's body recognize her and only her.
In her spare time, Gu Qingqing would also teach Ji Rong to recognize the Celestial Race script on the jade tablet. She said that Huang Pinjie had instructed her to teach Ji Rong all the Celestial Race script she knew.
Gu Qingqing, as expected of someone from a prominent family, knew far more than Huang Pinjie. Ji Rong followed Gu Qingqing and learned a few words every day, making her days fulfilling.
Before her meridians were destroyed, Gu Qingqing associated with geniuses from various races and had a wide range of knowledge. Therefore, in addition to teaching Ji Rong, she also taught Ji Rong and Ji Zhuang to recognize cultivators and objects, which greatly broadened their horizons.
When Gu Qingqing recounted the various shady stories that could arise from arranged marriages, Ji Rong became even more excited and asked curiously, "Sister Qingqing, are there any same-sex relationships among cultivators?"
"Your clan leader married so many concubines, do they poison each other and engage in magical battles?"
"Can different species produce offspring? Would the resulting offspring be considered a monster?"
"...Sister Qingqing..."
Ji Rong seriously posed all sorts of inappropriate questions, causing Gu Qingqing to look at Ji Rong differently for quite some time.
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