Función clerical

Capítulo 70

Before he could finish speaking, Su Chenche's collar was grabbed by Shen Zhili, who stared intently at him with a sinister threat: "If you dare to tell your senior brother a single word about what happened yesterday, I will... I will..."

Su Chenche blinked: "How so..."

Shen Zhili: "I just..." Other threats seemed to be useless. After quickly thinking, she calmly said, "I just forgot that you went to marry someone else and have children."

Upon hearing this, Su Chenche's expression changed, and he was about to speak.

The footsteps outside grew closer and closer. Shen Zhili didn't care about anything else. She grabbed Su Chenche, opened the back window, and pushed him out with all her might. With a "thump," she slammed the window shut.

Before Hua Jiuye entered, Shen Zhili opened the door first and smiled at Hua Jiuye, saying, "Senior brother, good morning. Let's go have breakfast." As he spoke, he took Hua Jiuye's arm and walked out. Hua Jiuye glanced at the room, which seemed no different from usual, and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Turning his gaze, he noticed a faint red mark peeking out from Shen Zhili's collar... Hua Jiuye's eyes instantly darkened.

Despite her aching body, Shen Zhili continued seeing patients, but she couldn't take it anymore after only a few, so she had to go back for a short rest.

After noon, I heard Dieyi's panicked voice.

"Miss, Young Master Hua and Young Master Su are fighting again..."

Shen Zhili rubbed her lower back and said, "Don't they fight every day? What's the relationship between them..."

Dieyi: "No, this time it seems to be for real... It was so intense, so intense! Young Master Su even vomited blood just now..."

Vomiting blood?

When Shen Zhili arrived, the two were locked in a fierce fight, but it was clearly different from their usual playful banter; they were both really going at it.

Many Hengshan disciples stood around, pointing and commenting as they watched, while Lei Ying stood to one side, holding his sword.

Shen Zhili: "Commander Lei, did Su Chenche just vomit blood?"

Lei Ying didn't even turn his head: "It seems so... Oh right, I also have to thank Valley Master Shen, the Master has agreed to come back to Twelve Nights with me."

Even though it was something she had orchestrated and was expected, Shen Zhili was still momentarily stunned when she found out.

But she quickly calmed down and asked, "So what exactly is going on now...?"

Raikage: "I don't know. I just saw my master sitting by the pool, all wet, holding his face and looking like a lovesick fool. He came up to me and told me he was going to come back with me... and then your senior brother called."

Shen Zhili: "Aren't you going to break up the fight?"

Raikage turned his head, his eyes gleaming with excitement, and clenched his fist: "Alright, it's time to break up the fight."

With her high ponytail swung up, Lei Ying drew her sword and slashed at Su Chenche...

Someone intervened, and the two people on the field suddenly stopped.

Hua Jiuye coldly stared at Su Chenche, pointing the iron flute at him: "Today, it's either you or me who dies."

Su Chenche was still dripping water, and there was a red mark at the corner of his mouth. He wiped it with his finger and said, "You can't beat me, and if you want to kill me, I might not let you..." He paused for a moment, then looked at Shen Zhili and smiled, "Zhili..."

Hua Jiuye stepped forward and grabbed Su Chenche by the neck, her slow, deliberate tone filled with a harsh, forced edge: "Who gave you permission to call me that..."

Shen Zhili sighed and pressed down on Hua Jiuye's shoulder: "Senior brother... stop hitting him."

Hua Jiuye turned around, furious: "How can you be so spineless? Don't you know he's leaving..."

"I know."

Shen Zhili: "Senior brother, let me speak to him alone for a moment."

Hua Jiuye's eyes were filled with disappointment. Shen Zhili hugged Hua Jiuye and said softly, "I'm really fine, don't worry."

Only two people remained.

Shen Zhili felt Su Chenche's pulse and sighed, "I knew you were as strong as a pig, how could you possibly vomit blood?"

Su Chenche grasped Shen Zhili's hand in return and smiled, "I'm fine."

Shen Zhili smiled faintly: "Are you really leaving?"

Su Chenche nodded: "You're right... but how can Su Chenche possibly marry my Zhili..." He smiled and said casually, "After I destroy the Demonic Sect, I'll use the Demonic Sect as a betrothal gift to marry you, okay?"

Shen Zhili answered simply and decisively: "Okay."

Su Chenche paused for a moment before taking Shen Zhili's hand and placing it against his cheek, gently stroking it. His eyes were tender yet uncertain: "Zhili, are you telling the truth?"

Shen Zhili smiled: "Really."

"...Suddenly saying you like me, suddenly being willing to do 'that' with me, suddenly accepting my marriage proposal, I don't know why it feels so unreal." Su Chenche slowly put his arm around Shen Zhili's waist, rested his chin on her shoulder, and breathed heavily. "It feels like once I leave, I'll never see you again."

Shen Zhili was taken aback for a moment, but still smiled: "How could that be? I've been in Spring Return Valley the whole time..."

"wait for me."

Su Chenche hugged Shen Zhili tightly, his arms gradually tightening, completely enveloping her in his embrace: "When I come back, Zhili, I will marry you with the grandest and most extravagant wedding in the world."

Shen Zhili's eyes welled up with tears, but her gaze gradually darkened: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

They were so close that they could hear Su Chenche's heartbeat.

Each stroke, so steady and deliberate.

Just like his vow, so beautiful.

That evening, Su Chenche left Huichun Valley with Lei Ying.

Shen Zhili consulted a medical book and brewed herself a bowl of medicine.

Chapter 57

As a doctor who had spent years immersed in medical books, Shen Zhili naturally knew what would happen after a man and a woman engaged in sexual intercourse.

...But in any case, she didn't want any accidents to happen.

The sky was cold and still, and there was no sound.

The bitter medicine was poured into a bowl, and Shen Zhili slowly sat down. Su Chenche must have been gone for quite some time.

After a long while, Shen Zhili finally picked up the medicine bowl, watching the ripples in the breeze.

Before the lips could even touch the inside of the medicine bowl and put it in their mouths, the bowl was snatched away by a hand that reached out diagonally.

Shen Zhili was taken aback. The person had already taken the medicine bowl, sniffed it, and then suddenly smashed it on the ground.

The porcelain medicine bowl shattered into pieces in an instant, and the dark black medicine spilled all over the ground, filling the air with an unpleasant and pungent smell.

Pressing her forehead, Shen Zhili whispered, "Senior brother..."

Hana Kuya's face was so gloomy in the night that it seemed as if she was trying her best to suppress something.

Shen Zhili lowered her head, avoiding looking at Hua Jiuye, and turned around, saying, "I'm going back first."

Hua Jiuye grabbed the back of her neck, his heavy breath warm and slightly damp against her ear. His voice was low and sinister: "You think you can just leave without explaining? Junior sister... you really don't respect your senior brother at all. Do you really think I'm dead?"

Shen Zhili remained silent.

A gentle breeze wafted by, as if weeping and lamenting.

Hua Jiuye's hand touched the red marks on the back of Shen Zhili's neck, caressing them intimately.

His fingers were like snakes, cold and chilling.

"You're really bold... You've even learned to sleep with people and brew this kind of medicine for yourself..." He grabbed Shen Zhili's slender neck, "You should know he's leaving, right? He might even forget about you, and you actually went to sleep with him. You're incredibly stupid..." His fingers gradually tightened.

Shen Zhili remained silent with her back to him.

Hua Jiuye impatiently turned Shen Zhili's shoulder around. Shen Zhili's face was calm, without the expected fear, anxiety, sadness, or grief. She was as quiet as if none of this had ever happened.

She pulled Hua Jiuye's hand down and smiled faintly: "Senior brother, I'm not young anymore. I can make my own judgments about what I can and cannot do."

In short, he distanced himself from all ties.

"That's your judgment?"

Hua Jiuye's anger finally became uncontrollable: "Even if he slept with you for nothing, it doesn't matter? Even if he forgets about you, it doesn't matter? Even if..."

Shen Zhili stared at Hua Jiuye: "Senior brother, not everything in this world needs a reward... I did everything with him willingly, I have no regrets, and I don't feel like I've suffered a loss... Whether he forgets or not is his business, it has nothing to do with me."

"What do you mean 'it's none of your business'!" Hua Jiuye suddenly turned around. "I'll go and force him back to marry you right now... no, I might as well just kill him, so he won't be unwilling or forget you in the future. That way, it'll be a one-time solution..."

His hand was held by Shen Zhili.

Shen Zhili's voice was very soft: "Senior brother, don't go... I'm the one who told him to leave."

Hua Jiuye suddenly turned around, her face extremely cold in the moonlight: "Are you stupid? What kind of drug did he give you that makes you so devoted?"

Shen Zhili looked up and smiled: "I've already let him go. If you call him back, I'll be so embarrassed, Senior Brother... Besides, we don't have that deep a relationship. We've only known each other for a year. Time will pass and we'll forget about it..."

Hua Jiuye paused for a moment, as if suddenly remembering something, and smiled, "If you're willing to forget... I have a Gu that can make you forget all your memories related to Su Chenche. If I plant it, I guarantee that even if you see Su Chenche, you will never recognize him. How about it?"

Shen Zhili clenched her fists.

After a long pause, he released his grip: "No need."

Hua Jiuye: "Why not use it?" He gripped Shen Zhili's chin with two fingers, and suddenly a wriggling silver-white Gu worm appeared in Hua Jiuye's palm. His wicked smile became even more chilling: "Close your eyes and relax. This Gu is just a seal. As long as you are willing to plant it, it will not be much of a hindrance to the love Gu in your body. It will be fine in an instant."

Shen Zhili struggled: "No."

Hua Jiuye paused, her expression instantly turning cold: "Why don't you want it?"

Shen Zhili turned her head away in a flustered manner: "I can forget it myself, I don't need that."

Hua Jiuye narrowed his eyes: "Wouldn't it be better if your senior brother helped you forget?" Seeing that Shen Zhili was really unwilling, Hua Jiuye increased the force of his grip. "Idiot... How could I have such a stupid junior sister like you? Su Chenche is a man you can find anywhere. How many senior brothers can't you find for you? You want to go to bed or do whatever you want? Your senior brother can accompany you right now... Anyway, today you have to forget even if you don't want to..." He almost gritted his teeth as he finished speaking.

The Gu worm was only inches away from Shen Zhili.

Hua Jiuye was determined to make her forget. Shen Zhili struggled violently, but Hua Jiuye ignored her completely and acted arrogantly.

Unable to struggle any longer, Shen Zhili took a deep breath and growled at him, "Senior brother, I don't have long to live! I don't want to remember everything when I die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Jiuye's hand instantly loosened.

The room fell silent for a moment.

Shen Zhili broke free from Hua Jiuye's grasp, rubbing her jawbone which felt like it was about to be crushed, and breathing heavily.

"What's the meaning."

After a long silence, Hua Jiuye's voice rang out, and he suddenly looked at Shen Zhili: "What do you mean you don't have much time left to live?"

Shen Zhili gasped, "Twelve Nights of Splendor."

It was only four words, but they made Hua Jiuye realize it immediately.

Twelve Nights of Splendor.

The world-renowned Twelve Nights of Blossom, a divine flower capable of bringing the dead back to life and turning the tide of fate.