Chapter 23: Don’t Worry, Fei’er. I’m here.
Li Xun nodded. She stepped over after a crowd of Li family members opened the way for her to step over. Ruo Fei was cared for in a special pavilion belonging to the Li family, rich with spiritual energy that helped keep her fresh and well-looked after.
The two walked quite a distance leaving the main yard of the Li family residence. They walked through several corridors and bridges, looking at the Li family's small man-made river until Li Xun stopped her steps.
She and Li Shen stopped walking when they saw Ruo Fei, a woman with whitened black hair, sitting casually with a warm blanket covering her back.
She was sitting on a garden table chair enjoying a refreshing cup of herbal tea, in the company of a female maid who had served Ruo Fei for years.
"Fei'er?" greeted Li Shen, softly.
Hearing a soft voice that seemed familiar in her ears made Ruo Fei turn her head. She looked towards the wooden bridge where Li Xun was standing next to Li Shen. Ruo Fei remembered very well who the man next to Li Xun was.
"Li Shen," Ruo Fei greeted back, smiling broadly with fondness.
When she was about to stand up to Li Shen, her body went limp and almost fell over. The maid tried to catch Ruo Fei's body before she reached the ground, but Li Shen's figure sped in the blink of an eye from the bridge to Ruo Fei's front, letting the woman he loved the most rest her head on his body.
Li Xun gasped, it was a frightening speed to watch his father move quickly leaving the area beside her to arrive in front of Ruo Fei.
The girl was sensitive to the situation, she turned her head and nodded towards the maid, asking her to leave using a head gesture. The maid understood Li Xun's gesture, she and Li Xun walked away.
'Her meridians are so vulnerable, there are even some destroyed parts,' Li Shen explained.