After saying that, he stepped straight into the void and left.
It was not until Qing Meiniang left that Chen Yin slowly sighed.
When I turned my head, I suddenly heard a timid voice:
"Brother... I'm sorry..."
Xiang Er looked guilty and looked up at him pitifully: "I didn't know you were trying to save Master while locked in the room... I, I even beat you -"
"It's okay. I don't blame you."
Chen Yin rubbed her little head and said, "Maybe, Senior Brother, I am the one who deserves to be beaten like this?"
Xiang'er: "......?"
"Well, the battle is over. You are all exhausted from dealing with the aftermath."
Chen Yin whispered, "Rest first. I'll go to Qinglian City to look for Senior Mei Niang tomorrow."
Seeing that he looked tired, Xiang'er didn't dare to say anything more, so the girls left one after another, leaving him some time alone.
-
But in fact, Chen Yin couldn't sleep at all.
When night fell, he sat alone at the table, with his hands full of various scrolls and records related to the Immortal Lord.
No matter how subtle it is, Chen Yin doesn't want to miss any clues.
Just then, the candle on the table flickered slightly and there was a soft knock on the door.
"come in."
The person who walked in through the door was a woman in a plain white dress.
"Sure enough. I guessed that Master Chen didn't rest."
Nan Xiaoxiang walked to the table and said in a teasing tone, "Since you can't sleep, why do you have to use the excuse of being tired to rest?"
Chen Yin did not reply to her, but simply asked back calmly:
"Miss Nan, why are you so elegant as to stay up late at night and come to see me?"
This one sentence made Nan Xiaoxiang, who was originally speaking in a teasing tone, suddenly shut up.
Chen Yin turned his head, but saw that she was lowering her head, as if she was choosing her words.
"That... when you met Master Chen during the day, you looked sick, with gloomy brows and dark corners of your lips, and there were faint signs of stagnation of internal heat."
"As a doctor, I want to come and see Mr. Chen's condition." She said in a somewhat unnatural tone.
Chen Yin stared at her for a while and suddenly smiled.
"Why don't you just tell me you're worried about me?"
"Who—" Her tone suddenly rose, and the next moment she realized she had said something wrong. Her pretty face was slightly embarrassed, but she still pretended to be calm:
"Heart fire stagnation is the cause of many serious diseases. If it is not diagnosed and treated in time, there may be consequences."
"I am just being kind and concerned about Master Chen. If Master Chen is so frivolous, then I will just treat my kindness as a waste."
After saying that, he immediately stood up and pretended to leave.
After taking only two steps, she turned around and stared at Chen Yin.
...Chen Yin did not stop her.
In the past, this man would never let go of any opportunity to bully her like this.
Now he just looked at himself absentmindedly without saying anything.
"Mr. Chen...are you really okay?" she asked cautiously.
Chen Yin was silent for a long time before he shook his head.
"……I have no idea."
"Maybe something. But I don't have time to think about it."
As he spoke, he flipped through the scroll on the table again: "The scriptures related to the Immortal Lord are huge and disorganized. I'm afraid I won't be able to finish reading them if I don't hurry up."
"Mr. Chen, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to handle it?"
"I'm not that fragile." Chen Yin whispered.
"But I don't see you being very strong." Nan Xiaoxiang's voice suddenly became a little angry.
Chen Yin was stunned for a moment, and saw her suddenly stand up, make a pot of tea by herself, add something unknown into the teapot, and then sit in front of Chen Yin.
"Since I have nothing to do in my spare time, I will stay here and help Master Chen to look for it."
"I've added some herbs that can calm your mind and relieve internal heat into the tea. Maybe drinking it will make you feel better." She placed the teapot in front of him calmly, then lowered her head and picked up a scroll to read.
Under the candlelight, Nan Xiaoxiang's profile was soft and elegant, her eyebrows were like paintings, and there was a hint of resentment between her brows, like a jealous girl.
Chen Yin stared at her for a while and suddenly laughed.
"If Miss Nan really wants to help me get rid of my inner anger, you might as well try another method."
"what?"
Before Nan Xiaoxiang could react, Chen Yin waved his hand gently, and her whole body fell directly into Chen Yin's arms.
At that moment, Nan Xiaoxiang didn’t know whether Chen Yin’s anger had subsided or not.
But Nan Xiaoxiang's own stunningly handsome face was already burning with anger.
311. Then don't go back to sleep.
"Master Chen!"
Nan Xiaoxiang bit her teeth almost immediately and whispered, "What are you doing?"
"I have so much internal heat, wouldn't it be better if I could just vent it?"
"Miss Nan is a doctor, she should understand this principle." Chen Yin's face was calm, and he didn't feel at all that he was doing anything to disrespect a woman.
But when Nan Xiaoxiang heard the word "relieve heat", his body trembled for no reason and his eyes became a little alert.
"W-what do you want to do?"
She instinctively wanted to get up, but Chen Yin's arms had already wrapped around her slender waist, holding her in his arms.
When Nan Xiaoxiang gradually became flustered, she heard Chen Yin say calmly:
"I don't have any requests."
"Just holding someone in my arms will make me feel more at ease. Maybe the depression in my heart will dissipate a little."
"Mr. Chen, how could you not have a female confidante by your side?" Nan Xiaoxiang stared at him with an unhappy tone, "Miss Shen, Miss Xiang'er, Miss Luoluo, and Miss Qingying, you can just call them any one, right?"
"Then you can't do it?" Chen Yin asked back.
Nan Xiaoxiang was suddenly speechless.
Her long eyelashes fluttered gently, and after a moment they drooped as if defeated.
"…I am just an ordinary woman."
"How can I be worthy of an immortal like Master Chen?" She muttered to herself, with a somewhat resentful tone.
Chen Yin smiled and patted her head gently.
"I didn't ask you to commit yourself to me."
"I just need you to stay with me for a while. I'll feel more at ease if you stay with me."
His tone was gentle, and Nan Xiaoxiang's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
After looking up at him, Nan Xiaoxiang slowly turned her face away, silently picked up the book and began to read.
"...Just this once."
"It won't happen again." She tried her best to sound calm.
Chen Yin nodded, and tightened his arms around her waist slightly, feeling Nan Xiaoxiang's soft and smooth waist and flat, fat-free belly with his palms.
He also rested his head on Nan Xiaoxiang's shoulder and sniffed the fragrance of her hair.
Nan Xiaoxiang's ears only turned slightly red, but she did not resist and just sat quietly in his arms.
Time gradually slowed down again.
The candlelight was dim, and the two people in the room were quietly flipping through the books, looking for information related to the Immortal Lord. Except for occasional exchanges, no one took the initiative to speak.
At the beginning, Nan Xiaoxiang's body was very straight, as if she was deliberately keeping a distance from Chen Yin.
Later, she gradually became tired of sitting and leaned back unconsciously, leaning on Chen Yin's chest.
...Speaking frankly, Nan Xiaoxiang suddenly discovered.
It was quite comfortable to lean against Chen Yin's chest.
Generosity is inexplicably reassuring.
The night gradually rose, and Nan Xiaoxiang's eyelids drooped at some point.
But soon, she raised her eyes again and forced herself to continue reading.
Then not long after, I felt sleepy again.
"If Miss Nan is sleepy, go back to sleep first." Chen Yin whispered, "I will take care of the rest myself."
"fine."
Nan Xiaoxiang immediately shook her head: "I'm not sleepy."
"Really?"
"real!"
She seemed angry, turned her head and gave Chen Yin a blank look, then reached out to take the teapot to drink some tea to refresh herself.
"After drinking tea, you may not be able to sleep at night."
"Don't worry about it, Mr. Chen. I'm a doctor, so I know the answer."
Nan Xiaoxiang snorted softly, poured the tea and drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing this, Chen Yin sighed: "How long do you plan to stay with me?"
"I see that Master Chen is tired of watching and is planning to go to bed and rest."
"You want to sleep with me?"
"…How did you come to this conclusion?"
"In that case, there's no need to force yourself." Chen Yin lowered his head and smiled, "Go to sleep if you want. There's no need to finish reading all this in one day."
Nan Xiaoxiang shook her head: "I'm really not sleepy."
"Don't you really want to go back to sleep?" Chen Yin was a little helpless.
She nodded.
"Then don't go back to sleep."
Having said that, Chen Yin picked her up.
Nan Xiaoxiang: “?”
The moment Chen Yin picked her up, Nan Xiaoxiang instantly became like a cat with its fur standing on end, hugging his neck and struggling desperately.
"You! What are you doing! Master Chen, please respect yourself!"
Chen Yin ignored her and carried her to the bed.
“No! Please, please…”
Her voice was trembling with fear, and she no longer looked like the gentle and calm lady she usually was. Her eyes were as nervous as those of a little animal.
"I didn't say what I was going to do."
Chen Yin lowered his head and said, "Since Miss Nan doesn't want to go back to sleep, then just sleep here."
"The bed is big anyway, so it can accommodate more people."
"No, no need!"
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