After seeing Zhou Xuan run out the door, Fu Ying let out a long sigh of relief, seemingly relieved, but also with a hint of disappointment. The warmth Zhou Xuan had just left on her lips still seemed to linger.
Fu Ying gently touched her lips with her finger, but her face turned even redder, burning hot like fire. She couldn't help but pull the blanket to cover her face. Although no one was watching her, she couldn't suppress her shyness!
Zhou Xuan took the mysterious crystal and returned to Fu Ying's room. After closing the door, which couldn't be locked, he lay down on the bed.
A faint fragrance wafted from the bedsheets, causing Zhou Xuan's heart to tremble. He then struggled to pull his attention away from Fu Ying, and it took him a while to calm down.
Holding the crystal in his hand, he lay down and covered himself with the blanket. He first carefully recalled the situations when he faced the crystal the previous two times. He knew that the crystal contained a huge amount of ice energy, but this energy was also very dangerous. If he was not careful, the ice energy would disappear again like the first time, which would be a disaster!
Therefore, Zhou Xuan hesitated about whether to use the crystal. Using it was dangerous, but he also understood that if used properly and the right method was found, the crystal could provide him with endless energy. Currently, with each increase in his ice energy, the strange abilities he could unleash were becoming more numerous and stronger. It was like Pandora's box, and he couldn't help but want to open it again and again. He was addicted, like someone who had taken opium, and simply couldn't resist the crystal's allure.
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Xuan decided to test the crystal. However, based on his previous experience, he first mobilized the ice energy, but it was consumed too much at the scene of the car accident, leaving almost no excess. But this was fine, because last time he was able to absorb the ice energy from the crystal when it was at its weakest.
Zhou Xuan circulated the energy several times, and only a very faint trace of ice energy remained in his body. After circulating along the meridians several times, this faint trace of ice energy finally seeped into the crystal.
As soon as the icy energy entered the crystal, Zhou Xuan immediately felt the vast and surging icy energy, like the ocean. However, this time Zhou Xuan was not as panicked as before. The faint wisp of icy energy grew larger and larger in the ocean of energy, like a small boat, slowly transforming into a super-large cruise ship, and then returning from his left hand. However, it did not stay in his left wrist, but instead automatically circulated along the meridians.
The icy energy was now running on its own, beyond Zhou Xuan's control. He couldn't stop it even if he wanted to. The returning icy energy was even larger than before. Fortunately, his meridians had been reopened, but the returning icy energy was still too much. Zhou Xuan felt a bursting, throbbing pain in his body, but he couldn't scream or move!
Volume 1, Chapter 242: Mischief
Although Erran was unable to move, Zhou Shangwen was not as panicked as Wei Ci, and instead used the breathing exercise method to circulate the ice energy.
After the icy energy from the enlarged pill circulated through his meridians dozens of times, Zhou Xuan gradually felt better, and his body felt less uncomfortable. Having learned from experience, it was much better than before. The last time the icy energy expanded his meridians, it was a truly excruciating experience!
Unbeknownst to him, Zhou Xuan felt completely relaxed, his pores opening up, and the icy energy from the pill slowly returned to his left wrist. Its color became a golden yellow, like a golden pill, though its size didn't increase significantly. However, Zhou Xuan could feel that the energy of the icy energy had become much purer!
Although he didn't manage to expel the ice energy, Zhou Xuan felt an immediate sensation upon touching it, and the hair on his entire body seemed to possess a highly tactile quality.
This comfortable feeling... Zhou Xuan felt it was like the martial arts training he had read about in books, where after advancing to a higher level, the body was not yet used to the new style of kung fu.
Zhou Xuan lay down to rest for a while. He had been exhausted and sleepy ever since returning from the car accident scene, but now he was wide awake and full of energy, staring at a small photo frame on the table. Inside was a picture of him and Fu Ying, Fu Ying smiling radiantly, breathtakingly beautiful!
Zhou Xuan looked at it with a sweet and loving expression, and without thinking, he used his icy energy to transform the edges of the photo frame into gold, making it exceptionally beautiful and glittering!
Zhou Xuan didn't know when he fell asleep. He slept soundly until dawn. He loved to stay in bed on winter mornings. In Fu Ying's fragrant blankets, Zhou Xuan lingered for a while before finally sitting up.
Everything outside the window was white, and the glass windows were covered with a thin layer of ice, making it impossible to see through.
Although the weather was freezing, Zhou Xuan didn't feel cold. Firstly, the temperature inside the house was vastly different from the outdoor temperature. Secondly, Zhou Xuan's icy aura naturally possessed the ability to resist the cold, and he was currently at an unprecedented new height in icy aura energy, so this slight chill naturally had no effect on him.
After Zhou Xuan sat up, the first thing he noticed was the photo frame on the table. He then gazed sweetly at Fu Ying's beautiful face. After a while, he remembered that he had used ice energy to transform the photo frame into gold last night. But now the photo frame was still an ordinary photo frame, which meant that the time had probably passed.
Zhou Xuan sat there blankly for a while, then wondered what Fu Ying was doing now. Was she sleeping or had she gotten up and was in the living room downstairs?
The thought brought back memories of his intimate moments with Fu Ying last night, and Fu Ying's alluring shyness. The more shy she was, the more Zhou Xuan felt a strong urge to tease her.
Without thinking, Zhou Xuan channeled his icy energy and easily transported himself to his room. Fu Ying wasn't in bed, but in the bathroom, washing her face and rinsing her mouth. Zhou Xuan gently felt her for a while. Suddenly, a mischievous thought struck him!
Fu Ying was rinsing her mouth. She held the cup to the tap, filled it with water, and then brought it to her lips. However, when she tilted the cup slightly, no water poured into her mouth, which surprised her. Looking at it closely, she saw there wasn't a single drop of water in the cup. How strange! She had clearly filled it with water. How could it be an empty cup?
Not quite understanding, Fu Ying assumed that no water had been added earlier and didn't think much of it. She then turned on the tap again and filled the cup to overflowing.
Fu Ying then brought the cup to her lips and tilted it slightly, but still couldn't get the water into her mouth. She tilted it a little more, but still couldn't get the water into her mouth.
Fu Ying was extremely surprised. Had she seen a ghost? She put the cup down and looked at it again; it felt noticeably lighter, and there was no water in it anymore. Looking at the foam in her mouth in the mirror, she was furious. She put down the cup and toothbrush, grabbed a tissue to wipe her mouth, and stormed out of the room to her own.
Zhou Xuan was sitting on the bed when Fu Ying walked over angrily, staring at him without saying a word. She was just sulking!
Zhou Xuan quickly raised his hands and said with a smile, "Yingying, I was wrong, I was wrong, I admit my mistake."
Fu Ying snorted. Then she went into the bathroom to rinse her mouth.
Zhou Xuan dared not tease her anymore, so he quickly got up, put on his clothes and shoes.
Fu Ying rinsed her mouth and said angrily, "Hurry up and come downstairs, I'll settle accounts with you later!" After saying that, she hurriedly went downstairs. Zhou Xuan finished washing up, but he wasn't worried at all about Fu Ying saying she would settle accounts with him. Fu Ying's words were clearly all bark and no bite. Even if she really did settle accounts with him, they would be sweet accounts.
But when Zhou Xuan came downstairs, Fu Ying was chatting and laughing with her mother, Jin Xiumei, and didn't seem angry at all. It was as if she had forgotten all the anger from last night.
Zhou Xuan thought Fu Ying was good in this way: carefree, innocent, and generous, even when angry. She would forget about it after a night. Of course, if someone had really done something to wrong her, she would never forgive them. But with things like Zhou Xuan, she was just a little jealous; Zhou Xuan would never do anything to wrong her.
It was very cold, and the snow was still falling. Zhou Xuan didn't plan to go out; she intended to stay home and chat with her family while watching TV.
But his sister, brother, and father are still unavailable. It's not that Zhou Xuan lacks filial piety; he had already advised Zhou Cangsong to stay home and not come to the shop to help out, and to enjoy his retirement.
But Zhou Cangsong was a countryman, used to being hardworking and never idle. His work at the antique shop served several purposes: first, to help his sons manage the family business; second, to make himself useful and not a useless person; and third, these tasks were nothing to him, more like play than anything else. He didn't find them tiring, but rather quite interesting. When Zhou Xuan asked him to come back, he refused, even getting angry with Zhou Xuan if he was told otherwise. So Zhou Xuan let him be.
Jin Xiumei didn't object to the old man looking after the family business for his son; it wasn't tiring anyway, so let him be. The antique shop employees all called him Chairman Zhou, and to be honest, Zhou Cangsong felt a sense of satisfaction. Everyone has vanity, and besides, wasn't this shop his son's? Calling him the Emperor Emeritus or the Chairman of the Board didn't matter. If he wanted something, he believed he would give it to his son; he knew his son perfectly well!
After breakfast, Zhou Xuan unexpectedly received a call from Xu Juncheng, who said that Zhou Kailun from Zhou Daxing was looking for him and wanted to see Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan replied directly, "Old Xu, I'm not seeing this person. You can handle it yourself!"
Zhou Xuan had seen Zhou Kailun's arrogance clearly beforehand. He'd apologize the moment he suffered a loss or got into trouble. While it's true there are no permanent enemies or friends in business, Zhou Xuan disliked him. Especially when Zhou Kailun stared at Fu Ying with that self-righteous expression, as if all the world's treasures and women belonged to him, and he could choose and play with them however he pleased. Just that expression alone made Zhou Xuan want to throw him into a gutter and give him a good thrashing!
With the old man's intervention and Wei Haihong's involvement, Zhou Daxing's business in China is likely to be severely hampered. Besides, Zhou Kailun is indeed despicable.
Xu Juncheng then introduced the recent situation: the people and units that had caused trouble for their Zhou's company seemed to have disappeared automatically as if they had fallen into the sea. On the contrary, Zhou Daxing had received treatment that was ten times more severe than what they had suffered before.
Zhou Xuan finally told Xu Juncheng, "Old Xu, the saying goes that you should leave yourself a way out and not go to extremes, but what I want to tell you now is, don't worry about Zhou Kailun. His affairs are none of your business. Even if you treat him well, he will still turn around and bite you when the opportunity arises, understand?"
Xu Juncheng knew and understood that Zhou Kailun had driven him to the brink of despair. If Zhou Xuan hadn't rescued him, he might have been driven to his death. In the end, although the company's downfall was caused by his own gambling on stones, Zhou Kailun's ruthlessness towards him eventually became public knowledge.
Upon hearing Zhou Xuan's explanation, Xu Juncheng was both delighted and excited. Zhou Xuan's attitude towards Zhou Kailun was exactly what he had hoped for. However, if Zhou Xuan didn't want to antagonize Zhou Daxing, he would still have to follow Zhou Xuan's lead. He trusted Zhou Xuan unconditionally, and he couldn't act based on his own preferences. Working with Zhou Xuan, he understood that mutual trust was paramount. Zhou Xuan trusted him so much, so he couldn't do anything to betray that trust.
After chatting with her mother for a while at home, Liu Sao came out after finishing her housework, and Jin Xiumei dragged her to watch a soap opera together.
Recently, Jin Xiumei has become obsessed with Korean dramas. She's currently watching one that specifically tells the story of a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the tearful love scenes and heartwarming family moments have brought tears to her eyes. Fu Ying, who often finds a deck of cards to play with Zhou Xuan, smiled and asked, "Which game do you want to play?"
Fu Ying was about to suggest one game. But after thinking for a moment, she grunted and said, "No matter which game we play, you're not allowed to cheat. If you cheat, I'll punish you... punish you..."