That night.
The three of them stopped by a stream in the mountains and set up firewood. Jing Ke volunteered to catch wild chickens and rabbits, leaving only Ning Chen and Gongsun Liji by the fire.
"Young Master Ning, are you the successor of Phantom Valley?”
The veiled Gongsun Liji asked Ning Chen curiously.
"No."
Ning Chen said as he threw a piece of firewood into the fire. The light from the fire shone on his handsome face.
"Then how old are you this year?"
Gongsun Liji couldn't help but ask again.
"Fourteen."
" Fourteen…" Gongsun Liji was a little dazed.
"You asked me two questions and I answered them. In exchange, shouldn't you show me your true face?”
Ning Chen looked up at her and smiled lightly. His voice was still tender.
"My appearance…"
Gongsun Liji's fair fingers lightly touched the veil on her face. Her almond-shaped eyes looked at Ning Chen's clear and smiling eyes and nodded gently.
"Since Young Master Ning wants to see it…"
She gently pulled the veil by her earlobe and removed it.
Under the flames, a beautiful face that could topple a country appeared in front of Ning Chen.
Beautiful...
This word flashed across Ning Chen's mind.
Her appearance was like a blooming peach blossom, but also like a fallen cherry petal, giving people a strong feeling that beauty was synonymous with beauty.
"I didn't expect Miss Gongsun to be so…beautiful.”
Ning Chen came back to his senses and scratched his head.
Hearing this, Gongsun Liji's face turned slightly hot. She lowered her head and put on the veil again.
"Young Master must be joking."
There was a moment of silence. The only sounds around them were the gurgling of the stream and the crackling of the flames devouring the firewood.
Gongsun Liji broke the silence first.
"Young Master Ning, how do you plan to treat my illness?”
"Yes, it's mainly acupuncture. I'm afraid I might offend you at that time.”
Ning Chen scratched his face.
Offended…
If he had to use silver needles to perform acupuncture…
She took a light breath and temporarily cast away those shy thoughts in her heart. Her autumn almond-shaped eyes looked at Ning Chen.
"The miraculous scene between young master and the Golden Blue Sky Heart Flower today was truly eye-opening and fascinating.”
Then, she paused for a moment and looked at Ning Chen."Actually, I've been able to feel some of it since I was young…Yes, about flowers, trees, birds, fishes, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, but sometimes it's true and sometimes it's not…But I've always believed that all things have a spirit, it's just that humans can't communicate with it. Today, seeing Young Master Ning and that Golden Blue Sky Heart Flower's heart and soul, I'm really touched.”
Ever since she was young, Gongsun Liji had never told her childhood sweetheart, Jing Ke, or her parents or master about this matter. But now, she only told this white-robed youth who she had only known for less than a day.
This was fate.
When Ning Chen heard this, he was a little surprised, but he did not show it. Under her gaze, he nodded gently.
"It's indeed as you said. Flowers, plants, birds, and animals all have spirituality, but the amount of spirituality varies. The ones with weak spirituality are like stones that can't give birth to a human's spirituality even after thousands of years. However, the Golden-Blue Skyheart Flower today has full spirituality and has been polished for thousands of years. The spirituality it gives birth to is no different from that of an ordinary twelve or thirteen-year-old human.”
Gongsun Liji hugged her legs under her skirt and looked at him seriously as she listened to him.
"Being able to hear the voices of these sentient creatures is a kind of talent. I can't explain it clearly.”
Ning Chen said. His clear eyes stared at Gongsun Liji's almond-shaped eyes and he said seriously,
"You should also have this kind of talent, but it's relatively weak.”
Gongsun Liji nodded lightly, her beautiful eyes still looking at him curiously.
"Young Master Ning, can you hear the voices of those living beings? What kind of feeling is that?"
" Feelings…" Ning Chen scratched his cheek with his fingers." It's the feeling of talking normally."”
"That must be very interesting."
Gongsun Liji said with a smile. Under the light of the fire, Ning Chen could see her eyes curved into crescent moons. Her eyelashes were long and perky, like the wings of a cicada, extremely beautiful and moving.
Jing Ke's excited shout came from the forest not far away,""I'm back. I caught three pheasants. I can have a big meal now.”
Jing Ke, who had brought back three pheasants, immediately ran to the stream and plucked their feathers and internal organs. Then, he skewered them with a wooden stick and brought them to the fire to roast them. The method was simple and crude. Other than that, there were no other seasonings. Gongsun Liji could tell that she was used to it.
The corner of Ning Chen's eyes twitched. He stood up and walked to the donkey. He took out three bamboo tubes from a cloth bag, then returned to the bonfire and snatched the wooden stick from Jing Ke's hand.
"Brother Ning Chen, what are you doing?"
Jing Ke was puzzled.
"I don't eat things that are roasted like you.”
Ning Chen said as he looked at the bonfire in front of him.
He held three sticks with three pheasants on them in one hand, and three bamboo tubes with many small holes in them between the fingers of his other hand. Under Gongsun Liji's curious gaze, his expression was calm as he roasted the pheasants while sprinkling the three bamboo tubes on the pheasants that were gradually turning golden.
Slowly, an extremely rich and alluring fragrance spread out from the roast chicken.
Gongsun Liji closed her eyes and raised her head to smell the fragrance that she had never smelled before. She was extremely intoxicated.
"It smells so good…"
On the other side, Jing Ke was squatting there with his eyes wide open. He looked at the roast chicken on the fire with incomparable passion. His throat kept moving, but there was still saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth.
"My God, this is too fragrant! I can't take it anymore."
He spoke eloquently as he stared at the golden roasted chicken that was roasting over the fire.
"It's almost done."
Ning Chen nodded his head lightly. As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Ke quickly took away a roast chicken from his hand. Like a hungry ghost reincarnated, he didn't care about the heat at all and started to bite into it.
As he ate, his tears kept flowing down.
"Oh my God, this is too delicious. I've never eaten such delicious food in my life…"
Ning Chen ignored him and handed the other roast chicken to Gongsun Liji. She took it and looked at the fragrant roast chicken in front of her. She couldn't hold it in anymore.
She reached out and removed the veil from her face. Her cherry lips opened slightly and she began to eat. With just one bite, her eyes could not help but light up. Then, she quickened her pace.
Ning Chen looked at the two of them and shook his head with a smile. He also lowered his head and began to eat the roast chicken in his hand.
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