"Stop being silly! I'm fine!"
I reached up and wrapped my arms around Si Jiangchen's neck, planting a big kiss on his cheek.
"Humph, still saying you're fine?!"
Si Jiangchen grabbed my wrist and felt my pulse again and again. Only then did he slowly let go of me, allowing me to hang on him. "From now on, you're not allowed to take back the incantations you've cast!"
He usually wore a calm smile, but now with a straight face, I suddenly felt nervous, just like when I was a teenager and was caught red - handed by my parents after sneaking out to play through a dog - hole with A Wen.
"But... but Xue Shuo would have died!"
I didn't think I was wrong. Officer Xue was a good man, and I wanted to protect his son's safety.
"What if... you died?"
Si Jiangchen's voice grew deeper. In his dark eyes, I saw a panicked me.
"I... I'm an immortal bone. Didn't you say I couldn't die?"
Even though I said so, I felt extremely guilty... I never thought I was an immortal. Which immortal would have such a strong sense of hunger and pain like me? Especially when the Five Thunderbolts were surging in my body just now, I really felt like I was about to be annihilated!
What could re - condense my soul was the demon pill that Mu Yuan gave me!
Right, where was the demon pill?
I quickly retracted my arm. The warmth in my palm was still continuously seeping into my meridians, making my whole body feel like it was soaking in a warm hot spring.
I stretched out my palm, and the dazzling crystal - like bead was slowly rotating in my palm, making Si Jiangchen squint his eyes slightly.
"Xiao He, who did you meet there?"
He didn't touch the bead in my hand but stared at it sternly and asked.
"It's Mu Yuan's demon pill..."
I remembered that I didn't seem to have seen Si Jiangchen meet Mu Yuan in the Book of Reincarnation. He probably didn't recognize that big and handsome white wolf.
"Many years ago, he was a big white wolf." I nestled in Si Jiangchen's arms and gestured. "This time I saw that he had turned into a human. He was so tall and handsome... And he had long silver hair. It was so beautiful... Ouch!!"
Before I could finish my words, my mouth was blocked by Si Jiangchen. He tightly wrapped his arms around my waist as if he wanted to embed me into his body.
"...... Ouch!! What are you doing?!"
No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't push away his restraint. I really didn't understand this guy's mood swings. He was just worried about me dying, but now he seemed to want to strangle me himself!
"...... Xiao He!"
I don't know how long it took. I was already out of breath from his kiss. Only then did he let me go, pressing his forehead against mine. His voice was almost gritted, "If you dare to do something like that again, I won't let you off so easily!"
"You... you!!"
I was always too insensitive to other people's emotions. I didn't even know how I had offended Si Jiangchen! I thought and thought, but I still didn't understand what I had done wrong just now...
"What do you mean? What did I do just now?!"
I felt really depressed.
Si Jiangchen had been in a high - position for a long time. He never needed to be straightforward when speaking. Usually, he only needed a look, and someone would naturally guess his meaning and handle all his affairs.
However, I wasn't one of his long - time assistants, nor was I a worm in his stomach. Most importantly... I didn't want to guess other people's minds! Si Jiangchen was no exception. I wasn't one of those delicate women who wanted to gain his attention. I had a lot of work to do myself. Where did I have the time to play those mind - guessing games?
I struggled to push him away a bit, glaring at him with a flushed face. "I almost died, and you don't even know how to feel sorry for me! You're really too much!"
"I don't know how to feel sorry for you?!"
Si Jiangchen raised his long eyebrows. The gritted - teeth look on his face faded, and finally, he regained his usual faint smile.
"Xiao He, you can't say that!"
Suddenly, an old and extremely familiar voice came from behind me. "If Mr. Si hadn't asked me to guard your yard early on, you might really have been in great danger this time!"
I turned around in surprise and saw that the half - curtain of the door was lifted. A face with white hair and a long scar on the neck that distorted the face slightly appeared in front of me.
"Granny Bai!!!"
I was so excited that I almost jumped up. I quickly broke free from Si Jiangchen's grasp and ran to her side. "I thought... I thought you would accompany Lu Xiyu back to Green City..."
Granny Bai was highly skilled in medicine, and she had a close relationship with Lu Xiyu. Lu Xiyu had just given birth to a baby. Logically, she should have gone back to Green City with Lu Xiyu's family to take care of her!
"Silly girl, you're the most in danger now. How could I leave you and go back by myself?"
Granny Bai held a fine porcelain bowl and handed it to me. "Besides, there's Bai Yu from our Bai family as Xi Xi's godson. He's more than enough to handle her confinement!"
"The Bai family... Bai Yu?"
I knew that Granny Bai was the White Immortal among the Northeast Spirit Mediums. She was a hedgehog that had achieved enlightenment and transformed into a human form. They were best at treating diseases, whether they were spiritual or physical. Almost all diseases could be cured with their medicine. But I didn't expect that Lu Xiyu actually had a White Immortal spirit as her child. What great fortune she had!
"Yes! At the hospital, Mr. Si had already found me and asked me to stay by your side at all times..."
Granny Bai motioned for me to drink the cheese - like stuff in the bowl. Then she continued, "It's a pity that there was an accident in our Bai family some time ago, and I couldn't maintain my human form during the day. So, I rented that house in your courtyard to keep an eye on you at all times!"
The cheese in the bowl looked sweet, but it tasted bitter when I drank it.
I frowned and reluctantly swallowed most of the bowl of cheese. Only then did Granny Bai take back the bowl. "This is the best ginseng from the White Mountains. It has already matured. If I hadn't greeted the old ginseng spirit in the mountains before coming to the capital and he had given me a few of its whiskers... Xiao He! I'm afraid even ten or a hundred of you would have been struck to pieces by the Thunder Punishment!"
"Thank you, Granny Bai."
It was only when Granny Bai described it so seriously that I started to feel a little scared.
Ginseng has always been a life - saving thing.
In the past, when the old people in the family were about to pass away but had something important to say, experienced doctors would make a decoction of single ginseng to arouse the last bit of yang energy in the old people, allowing them to tell their unfinished wishes to their descendants.
The older the ginseng, the stronger its refreshing and life - saving effects.
In her own territory in the Northeast, Granny Bai could not only borrow a few whiskers from the old ginseng spirit but also take its sons and grandchildren out for emergencies, and it wouldn't refuse.
I didn't expect that the seemingly calm space had such a terrifying effect. It was probably these few bowls of soup made by Granny Bai that really saved my life!