Chapter 446 - 425: One More Update
Ju Nanyi took a long time to organize his thoughts, like piecing together a shattered porcelain vase, bit by bit. As long as one is meticulous and patient, it appears flawless.
When Ju Nanyi came back, he discovered that Zheng Nianru had already lain down on the rocks and fallen asleep. Her breathing was not steady and even stopped all movements suddenly at the sound of his footsteps.
Even if Ju Nanyi wanted to ignore the feigned sleeping breaths, even the trembling of her eyelashes, the poor acting couldn’t fool a ghost.
The man carelessly tossed aside the few wild fruits he had carefully picked from a tree on the cliff’s edge, as carelessly as he cherished them before.
Ju Nanyi went back out, uprooted a dead tree he had found earlier at the entrance of the cave, and dragged it back. This should suffice for the night.
The temperature slowly rose, until steady breathing sounds came from the rock behind him. Only then did Ju Nanyi stand up and move to the stone’s edge. The woman sleeping before him still had her eyebrows knit together in discontent, her leg exposed. Ju Nanyi’s gaze grew colder by a lot. As long as the focus was not on the woman in front of him, he had enough willpower to control his mind; he was not so foolish as to be ruled by desire.
Ju Nanyi picked up the bamboo tube the woman had tossed aside. The tube was light, clearly the water inside had been drunk up, and the steady breathing of the woman also indicated that the residual effects of the medicine were fading away slowly.
Ju Nanyi boiled water again, then took the time to tend to himself. His dislocated arm had started to numb from pain and had begun to swell. Therefore, they needed to find an exit quickly.
As night fell, a layer of black mist seemed to envelop Weixing Mountain, and one couldn’t see their hand before their face. However, the members of the Fire Order Squad moving through Weixing Mountain were not affected in the slightest.