The pinnacle of the martial arts world - Chapter 26
Tang Qiefang brought in the porridge and asked, "What happened yesterday?"
Tang Congrong smiled faintly, "It's nothing."
"I've been waiting for you in the town, and I've seen all the sect leaders come down the mountain, but you're the only one I haven't seen." Tang Qiefang sat down beside the bed. "What questions did you ask?"
Tang Congrong didn't answer, but asked, "How did you find me?"
“I have a new medicine called ‘Seeking Fragrance’. If two people take one pill at the same time, I will be able to smell your scent and find you wherever I go.”
Tang Congrong smiled calmly and said, "I don't even know when I ate it."
"If Xunfang had been there when you were attacked, I could have found you much sooner." Tang Qiefang looked at him quietly. "Are you done asking?"
Tang Congrong turned over, facing inward.
"If you don't want to talk, you don't have to. Just have some porridge. If you need anything, just call me. I'll be outside the door."
With a creak, the door closed, and Tang Qiefang went out.
Tang Congrong turned around, and Tang Qiefang's change surprised him even more than the scholar's answer.
His tone was so indifferent, and he seemed to take things so lightly... In the past, Tang Qiefang would have grabbed his collar and pressed him close to her face to demand an explanation.
However, Tang Qiefang only said a few words and then walked away.
Is this Tang Qiefang?
Tang Congrong couldn't help but wonder if this Tang Qiefang was someone else disguised and infiltrated her side.
Tang Qiefang didn't press him for details, which relieved him. After finishing his porridge, he left the town and returned to the Tang Clan.
Tang Qiefang became increasingly quiet on the way, hardly saying a word.
Chapter 51
Although Tang Congrong felt that he was acting strangely, she was afraid that he would ask about the Yuewei Pavilion, so she simply kept quiet.
Returning to the Tang Clan in silence, Tang Congrong immediately wrote a letter to Yang Luoxue, asking him to devise a way to dispel the coldness in her hands as soon as possible. At the same time, she ordered the pharmacy to suspend construction.
The Taoist master's decree was rather strange. Tang Congrong only told the elders in the family that the pharmacy had recently been plagued by misfortune, and to avoid further calamity, it was suspended.
He had just returned from Yuewei Pavilion, and the elders, assuming it was an instruction from a learned man, did not object.
That night, Tang Congrong sent someone to invite Tang Qiefang to Tingshui Pavilion.
The old woman obeyed and left. Only then did Tang Congrong realize something was wrong: all these years, he had never sent anyone to "invite" Tang Qiefang.
Except for sleeping at night, Tang Qiefang spent almost every day at the Waterside Pavilion. They went in together and went out together, always by his side, without ever needing to be "invited".
Tang Qiefang arrived, and Tang Congrong took out a chess piece. "How about playing a game with me?"
Tang Qiefang said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to stay for even an incense stick's time before I lose."
Tang Congrong smiled slightly, placing her pieces casually without using her full strength, deliberately letting Tang Qiefang win in a few places. Even so, Tang Qiefang was defeated in less than half an hour. Tang Congrong was in high spirits, "Let's play another game."
Tang Qiefang suddenly said, "Your narcolepsy has improved a lot."
"Yes, not even once today."
"Time heals all the better, indeed."
"With proper care, your vital energy will naturally recover."
In the fourth game, Tang Qiefang resigned, saying, "Playing with me is really boring, and playing with you is also boring. Why don't we call Qianye over to play with you?"
Tang Congrong glanced at the sky. "Let's stop here for today. It's getting late. Stay for dinner."
In the past, Tang Qiefang would have stayed without even having to say it, but today Tang Qiefang looked troubled. "No, I said I would teach Yue Shenhong the art of disguise tonight."
Tang Congrong said reluctantly, "Let's teach again tomorrow. After dinner, you can sleep here."
Tang Qiefang was stunned.
I remember before, he would pester her to sleep in Tingshui Pavilion, and Tang Congrong would kick him out without any politeness. This time, however, she actually took the initiative to let him stay.
“You’re right. My power has greatly diminished. If something happens, I won’t be able to handle it on my own. So I hope you can stay by my side.” Tang Congrong held a chess piece, his face gentle and graceful, his hands slender and beautiful like ice crystals, his tattoos bright red. He smiled slightly at Tang Qiefang, “I’ve already had a bed made in the room. Qiefang, stay.”
In that smile, Tang Qiefang suddenly understood.
The cloud barrier was definitely not what Tang Congrong imagined.
Therefore, Tang Congrong kept him to play chess, eat, and sleep, wanting to keep him by her side at all times and prevent him from refining the Heavenly Incense.
So the pharmacy was temporarily closed upon their return.
I see.
A strange feeling welled up inside me, a mix of sadness and joy.
The person in front of him cares about him.
Tang Qiefang smiled.
Her smile was exquisitely beautiful, bathed in the soft glow of the setting sun, her radiance shimmering like a dream. "How could I go back on my word to such a beauty? I'm leaving."
With that, he boarded the magnolia boat and left.
The servants of Fuxiaoxuan assumed that Tang Qiefang would be eating at Tingshuixie as usual and had not prepared dinner for their master. They hurriedly went to prepare it. Tang Qiefang waited quietly and suddenly said, "Call Yue Shenhong here."