“Is this the spring water you retrieved this time?”
The dignified Qin Zhen in a Chinese suit squinted, trying hard to observe the small amount of water covering the bottom of the jade bottle.
“En…”
Qin Menglu and Qin Yang spoke in a low voice, but didn’t dare to raise their heads.
At first, the Qin siblings didn’t want to take Li Mo’s ‘water essence’ back. But after their drive back for one day to the main city, they discovered something beyond their understanding. Amazingly they found that little bit of water didn’t decrease even after one day of travel.
In normal cases, that bit of water should’ve evaporated by now.
It was because of this reason that they dared present this ‘water essence’ to Qin Zhen.
Perhaps… this might really be ‘water essence’.
“Grandfather, I broke the bottle. If there’s someone to blame, blame me.” Qin Yang lowered his head admitting his mistake.
“Leave first.” Qin Zhen waved his hand.
Once the siblings were gone, Qin Zhen looked in a daze at the little bit of spring water inside the jade bottle before sighing, “My internal injury has reached its limit and is about to erupt. No matter how much spring water I have now, it won’t help me suppress it.”
Qin Zhen didn’t blame the siblings. What was more important was that this spring water had long lost its value to him. Or he wouldn’t have left such an important task in the sibling’s hands.
Several years ago, the spring water had a miraculous effect on Qin Zhen’s wound, but as he got on in years, the spring water slowly lost its effect on him. To the point that lately, it hardly helped.
“Sigh, this water…”
As Qin Zhen was about to go get some rest, a dazzling ray of sunlight, reflecting off the little bit of water inside the broken jade bottle, caught his eye. He shook it a bit and found the water was like gelatin, slowly moving around the bottle. But the strange thing was, the water left no traces behind as it moved.
This bit of water seemed to be one cohesive body, not losing any part of it no matter how it moved.
Qin Zhen pondered and then fetched a jade bowl in which he dropped the water. After hesitating for a bit, he drank it.
“This water!”
Qin Zhen felt a difference the moment he swallowed the water. His organs seemed to be burning as a ball of fire charged through his body, warm, cozy and strong. It was so strong it made him dizzy.
Qin Zhen shivered, and a groan escaped. Qin Shen, the housekeeper standing outside the door, was startled and ran to his side as he broke out in sweat from nervousness.
“Master, are you alright? Should I call a doctor?”
Qin Zhen shook his hand. His face was flushed red, but lacked the energy to even speak.
“Would you like the oxygen mask?”
Qin Zhen shook his hand again.
Qin Shen was panicking around him.
After a long time, Qin Zhen breathed out white air, and his face gradually recovered, while his body returned to normal.
“Hu…”
Qin Zhen stood up, face in amazement.
In his younger days, Qin Zhen fought with an internal art expert(TN: martial art practitioner focused on moves that damages internal organs.) and received an internal wound. Whenever it flared, his body lost all energy to move and even his breathing gradually grew weaker. It was so serious, he had to breathe through an oxygen mask. He visited countless famous doctors, but none found a cure. Until one expert pointed out the spring water on Cangnan Mountain, and his illness dulled thanks to it. But in recent years, his internal wound was getting worse, and common spring water no longer helped.
This bit of ‘water essence’ not only miraculously suppressed his illness, but it seemed to even heal it a bit. How could he not be overjoyed?
“Qin Shen, go and fetch Menglu and Xiao Yang at once!”
“Yes, master!”
Qin Shen ran in search of them.
It didn’t take long for him to bring back the siblings. Their heads were lowered and Qin Menglu’s face had tears running down her cheeks. Qin Yang was blaming himself too. Grandfather was the pillar of the Qin Clan, someone the Qin Clan couldn’t live without. If his grandfather met with some accident, the entire Qin Clan was finished.
“Grandfather, it’s all my fault!”
Qin Yang didn’t wait for Qin Menglu to speak and spoke first to draw all the blame.
“What fault? How are you wrong? No one’s at fault here. In fact, you did great.”
Qin Menglu and Qin Yang looked at Qin Zhen in astonishment.
One should know, in Qin Zhen’s time of dealing with the illness, his temper was unstable. Even at his best, it would never be this amiable, speaking so much.
‘What’s going on with today?’
“This water essence, is there more of it? Take it out quickly!” Qin Zhen was so moved, his tone was rushed.
Qin Menglu was stunned, “Water essence?”
“I just drank the little bit of water you returned with. It not only suppressed my illness that I could no longer control, but even healed it a fraction. I never felt so good in years. If you can keep bringing me that water essence, my wound will fully heal!”
“That water truly is water essence? That can’t be! How could that little bastard, that lousy kid…”
Qin Menglu stopped halfway and covered her mouth. Who was her grandfather? How could his senses be wrong about this?
“I can attest to the fact it was true water essence. But,” Qin Zhen spoke strangely, “What’s this about a little bastard, a lousy kid?”
Qin Yang was overjoyed as he shook his hand, “Nothing, nothing at all. If grandfather wants more water essence, we’ll go get it again!”
“Go at once!”
“We’ll go right now!”
Qin Yang pulled a dumbstruck Qin Menglu and ran outside.
Century Middle School.
Classes just ended for today and Li Mo was walking alone. Having been reborn, there were many things he wished for, many things he wanted to do. As such, recently, he hadn’t met with his friends he had in his past life.
Li Mo raised his head inadvertently, and saw Yang Chong and Huang Yao walking in front. Huang Yao was lively, skipping and jumping around, and even clapping now and then, just like a girl who was having fun. While Yang Chong, he was gloomy and depressed.
Of course it was hard to be happy. Ever since Li Mo’s blood qi harmed him, no matter how hard he tried, there was no reaction from below the belt. He went to several hospitals but still couldn’t find the cause. Under such circumstances, even if it wasn’t Huang Yao but a woman ten thousand times better than her next to him, he would still be unhappy.
“Um, tomorrow is the weekend. Are you free? I… I want to go to the Empress Park. I heard there is a high altitude cable car and I want to ride it.”
Huang Yao spoke irritated, “Hey, I’m talking to you. Why are you ignoring me?”
“Not interested.”
Yang Chong’s mood wasn’t good, and was unwilling to reason with Huang Yao.
“You… you…”
“Me what? If I don’t come look for you myself, you better don’t come bothering me.”
Yang Chong left with a gloomy face. Huang Yao was left behind in a daze, taking a long time before she recovered.
“There’s nothing good about Yang Chong. The farther you are from him, the better it is for you.”
Li Mo spoke in passing.
“He’s certainly better than you a hundred times over, Li Mo. I used to think our backgrounds do not match, but now I know. It’s not just the background but even your morals are lacking. Since you can’t have me, you are jealous of Yang Chong. I was wrong about you!”
Li Mo didn’t even turn his head, nor did he stop. His face also remained impassive.
His gesture of ‘good will’ was all because he cared about Huang Lixing, and not because he loved Huang Yao. He was completely indifferent to her fate.
Watching Li Mo walking away, Huang Yao stomped her foot in fury.
Shenjing Province, Qin Clan corporations’ headquarters.
Listening to the Qin sibling’s report, Qin Zhen stood up in shock.
“What, you’re saying this water essence wasn’t natural spring water, but something a little bastard, a lousy brat made?”
“You even suddenly called him little bastard, lousy brat? Nonsense! How can someone with the skill to make this water essence be a normal person? He’s an expert for sure. Only a true expert has such skills!”
Qin Menglu bit her lip, “Grandfather, from the start we didn’t know of the young expert’s… ability. But be at ease, I sent men to stand guard around the mountain spring. If he shows himself, we’ll know it immediately.”
