Wen Xu could not figure out what was wrong with Yuan Xiuzhu. He asked the system, but received no answer, so he simply stopped bothering and obediently waited for food.
Not long after, Yuan Xiuzhu came back carrying a food box. His hair was slightly messy, looking as if he had hurried along the road.
Wen Xu immediately stood up. “Senior Brother, why did you come back so fast?”
“Afraid you’ll go hungry.” Yuan Xiuzhu took the food out of the box one by one. They were all relatively simple snacks, but their presentation was superb and the taste was also good.
A wave of warmth welled up in Wen Xu’s heart, and he couldn’t help giving Yuan Xiuzhu a big hug. “Thank you, Senior Brother! Senior Brother, you are truly so good! Thank you for the trouble of making this trip~”
Yuan Xiuzhu was stunned by this hug. After a moment, he reacted, but by then Wen Xu had already let go of his hands, sitting happily in front of the table with chopsticks, eating heartily.
He looked at that delicate face, flushed and reflected by the candle fire, showing an expression of enjoyment. With cherry-sized red lips opening and closing to eat the milky-white rice cake, and occasionally sticking out a bright red tongue to lick the corners of his mouth, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Yuan Xiuzhu’s Adam’s apple rolled slightly, and his voice sounded hoarse as he said, “A-Xu, eat and go to sleep early. Senior Brother will leave first.”
Wen Xu nodded. “Mm-mm! Senior Brother, you should also rest early when you go back!”
Yuan Xiuzhu nodded and turned to leave, but when he reached the doorway, as if remembering something, he suddenly turned back around.
“A-Xu, I’ll remind you of one thing: be a bit careful of the Master.”
“Ah?” Wen Xu said blankly, “Why should I be careful of the Master? The Master is such a good person!”
“I didn’t say the Master is a bad person. Anyway, just be more mindful and don’t forget that your constitution is special; your secret must not be discovered by the Master.” Yuan Xiuzhu didn’t dare to speak too clearly, and could only offer a tactful reminder. After saying this, he left without looking back.
Wen Xu looked completely blank. How could his secret be discovered by the Master? He wasn’t taking off his clothes.
[“System, what do you think Yuan Xiuzhu means by this?”]
The system’s voice was cold: [“Unknown.”]
Wen Xu felt that the system he had bound to was a bit indifferent, and couldn’t help babbling: [“When I read novels before, the systems others bound to were either soft and cute or enthusiastic like fire. Why are you so indifferent?”]
System: [“There are thousands of systems, and their personalities vary.”]
Wen Xu twitched the corner of his mouth. [“Then why does a survival system like you have such an unlucky name like 444?”]
System: [“Bad luck to the extreme is a kind of good luck.”]
Wen Xu: [“…That makes sense.”]
His family’s system truly had character.
After eating and drinking his fill, Wen Xu lay down on the bed, but perhaps because he had slept too much during the day, he couldn’t fall asleep no matter what, and didn’t feel sleepy until late at night.
This sleep lasted until the sun was high in the sky.
Wen Xu panicked as he got up from the bed, hurriedly getting down to put on his clothes. However, as soon as he stood up, he felt a sharp pain in his knees. When he took off his trousers to look, his knees were beet red.
Wen Xu gasped a few breaths of cold air, feeling that he probably wouldn’t be able to go to Feiyu Hall today.
However, he had said yesterday that he would go to Feiyu Hall to serve again today. If he suddenly didn’t go, what would happen if Yu Qinghan got angry?
Yu Qinghan’s temper had always been erratic and moody. The favorability value that had finally risen must not be allowed to drop again.
Wen Xu thought for a moment and decided to endure the pain and walk to Feiyu Hall. Perhaps Yu Qinghan would see that he came to serve him despite enduring the pain, and feeling touched in his heart, could increase his favorability value a bit more.
After packing up, Wen Xu opened the door, only to see the familiar food box placed on the table in the courtyard. Walking closer, he saw a note pressed underneath the food box.
[“A-Xu, when Senior Brother came and saw you hadn’t woken up yet, I left this food box in the courtyard. Remember to eat it when you wake up.”]
Wen Xu opened it to take a look and saw that both meat and vegetarian dishes were inside, accompanied by dim sum and fruit, which could be described as extremely lavish.
Needless to say, this Senior Brother was definitely Yuan Xiuzhu.
Wen Xu felt warmth in his heart; this Senior Brother was truly too good to the original body!
Since he woke up late today and had no time to cook, he could just bring these meals along to Feiyu Hall.
Enduring the pain in his knees, Wen Xu carried the food box and walked step by step up the stairs toward the highest peak.
When he reached Feiyu Hall, he was already out of breath, his knees aching severely, and he could only sit on the threshold with a pale little face, waiting to ease up a bit before going inside.
However, before he could even warm his seat, a cold voice came from behind him: “Since you’ve reached the door, why aren’t you going in? What are you doing sitting here?”
Wen Xu was startled and immediately stood up, but the pain in his knees made his brow furrow, and a cry of pain escaped him.
Yu Qinghan’s expression changed, his tone carrying a tension that even he himself hadn’t noticed: “What’s wrong?”
“My knees hurt…” Wen Xu’s voice was trembling as he spoke, coupled with his little face with features almost scrunched together, making him look exceptionally pitiful.
“Why would your knees hurt?” As soon as Yu Qinghan finished speaking, he remembered that yesterday his little disciple seemed to have knelt the whole time to massage his legs. “Because of kneeling to massage my legs yesterday?”
Wen Xu nodded pitifully. “Yesterday it only hurt a little, and I thought it would be fine, but who knew that upon waking up today, it would hurt this severely?”
Yu Qinghan frowned. “Then why aren’t you lying properly on the bed, and why did you come here? Did you walk up?”
Tears welled up in Wen Xu’s eyes as he endured the pain and said, “Disciple doesn’t know how to fly, so of course I could only walk up step by step. Originally I wanted to lie down properly, but thinking that I still had to come and serve the Master, I forcibly endured the pain and came over.”
Yu Qinghan frowned, his expression somewhat displeased. “Since it hurts this much, what’s the use of serving?”
Wen Xu bit his lower lip, his eyelashes fluttering gently, and said in a soft, light voice, “Disciple didn’t know how to notify the Master, and didn’t want to break his promise, so I thought I should endure it first. Serving the Master is more important. Oh, Master.”
At this point, Wen Xu suddenly smiled slightly, his voice sweet, soft, and crisp: “The food in this box was bought for me by Senior Senior Brother. The flavor is exceptionally fragrant. I don’t know if the Master likes to eat it, but I wanted to let the Master taste this worldly delicacy, so I brought it over!”
Yu Qinghan’s gaze slowly moved down from Wen Xu’s pale little face, finally resting on the red food box in his hands. His gaze was as deep as an abyss, and his voice was deep like a bell:
“Was it for this reason that you endured the pain and came up?”
Wen Xu nodded with “mm-mm”s, speaking in a soft voice, “Mainly I was afraid the Master would be angry. Disciple said before leaving yesterday that I would continue to come and serve the Master today, so I definitely had to come!”
At this very moment, Yu Qinghan’s mood was somewhat complicated, unspeakable and unclear.
He hadn’t expected that his little disciple would rather endure the pain to come over and serve, and even specially brought over the food that Yuan Xiuzhu had bought for him, with a foolish, innocent smile still lingering on his face.
Truly foolish enough to make one’s heart ache.
“A-Xu, oh A-Xu, I truly never expected that you would be so… deeply affectionate and righteous toward your Master.”
“Ah?” Wen Xu was a bit confused, feeling that the four words ‘deeply affectionate and righteous’ were a bit strange used here. Just as he was about to open his mouth to question and inquire, Yu Qinghan suddenly bent down and picked him up horizontally in a bridal carry.
“M-Master?!” Wen Xu was even more frightened, asking in a panic, “Master, what do you mean by this?”
Yu Qinghan didn’t say a single word, directly carrying the person into the grand hall. That cold and handsome face revealed a tenderness that was not easily perceptible.
Right at this moment, the left and right protectors walked in through the crimson doors below, witnessed this scene, and looked at each other, catching the shock in each other’s eyes.