Chapter 185: Beauty

Chapter 185: The Beauty

Hearing Li Huowang tell him to just speak while standing in the courtyard, Gao Zhijian hesitated, glancing left and right at the emptiness. "I... I... poss... ib... ly... am... Huang............"

Gao Zhijian's voice drifted from high to low, becoming nearly like the buzz of a mosquito.

"What? You are Huang what? Louder."

Hearing Li Huowang say this, Gao Zhijian's large face flushed red with embarrassment, hanging his head as he walked into the room.

"Why stop talking again? What trick is this fellow playing, Huang what? Huang Jin, Huang Tian? Huang Tu?"

Puzzled, Li Huowang was about to go downstairs to ask, but after pondering for a while, he closed the window and walked toward the already made bed.

He had a heap of matters of his own to deal with; where would he find the energy to mind others' private affairs.

Moreover, being a Heart Essence himself, he was not quite reliable in this aspect, not suitable for guiding others, lest he lead them into a ditch.

Regarding Gao Zhijian seemingly having some unspeakable secret, Li Huowang had not a shred of interest in digging deeper.

Besides, he was just slow in thinking, not a complete fool; he surely had his own considerations, and when the day came that he wanted to speak, he would naturally tell him.

After waiting a while, seeing Gao Zhijian truly did not come up, the candle was blown out, and Li Huowang, lying in bed, looked at the dim beams above his head.

"By the way, do you remember where the fool said he was going?"

Bai Lingmiao, eyes closed, leaned closer into Li Huowang's embrace.

"I asked him a few days ago, he couldn't say clearly himself, last time it seemed like Liang Kingdom, this time he says Qingqiu Kingdom. I reckon he doesn't know himself."

"Qingqiu Kingdom....."

Li Huowang conjured that map in his mind; beyond Later Shu was Qingqiu, and beyond Qingqiu was their destination, Liang Kingdom.

Once they reached Bai Lingmiao's hometown Niuxin Mountain, this long journey would finally end, and he could put down roots.

"Once we arrive, what shall I do? Hold a wedding banquet like today's to marry Miaomiao? No, I am going to her home, it should count as marrying into the family."

Li Huowang lifted his head, rubbing his chin against the top of her soft hair.

Their relationship had nothing deeply engraved in bone and heart, nor was there love at first sight.

He did not know how to coax girls, and Bai Lingmiao did not know how to act coquettish.

The two were like a steady stream flowing endlessly, flowing until they formed this vast lake.

Li Huowang had no other feeling, he just felt very comfortable staying by her side, wanting to stay forever.

Yet Li Huowang always felt somewhat unwilling to accept it, still worrying about the sole trouble upon his person.

"Could there truly be no way to resolve the Heart Essence?"

This was not solely a matter of responsibility, but more importantly, a hidden danger for the future.

Li Huowang now had no confidence in his heart; he truly feared that one day he would treat that side as real again, completely abandoning Bai Lingmiao.

For a period before, Li Huowang had very decisively convinced himself that since he recognized that side was fake, he would absolutely not fall into confusion again.

But reality taught him a lesson, anything was possible, and he no longer had such certainty as before.

Thinking and thinking, Li Huowang inadvertently recalled the words spoken by that Zuowang Dao member before death.

"What the hell does that old nun Chen Hongxiu know! I'll tell you the truth! One of the Four Joys of Zuowang Dao, North Wind, is a Heart Essence! He has lived one hundred and ninety years, isn't he still fine now! No confusion entangles him anymore!"

He pondered this passage for a long time, the more he pondered, the more annoyed he became.

Li Huowang suddenly realized he had fallen into their trap again, cursing silently, "Damn! These madmen, even dead they still want to deceive me!"

"Senior Brother Li.... what's wrong...?"

Looking at the sleepy-eyed Bai Lingmiao, Li Huowang was about to speak, but suddenly felt something and his face changed immediately. "Quick! Quick, bring the chains!!"

Bai Lingmiao asked no questions, hastily climbing over Li Huowang's body to get off the bed, picking up the iron chain wrapped in scrap cloth, and began binding Li Huowang.

"Harder! Use some strength! Tie it tight! Don't let me break free!!"

Seeing Bai Lingmiao busily working on him, she gave him a comforting look, and Li Huowang, breathing a sigh of relief, leaned back heavily.

The next moment, the rustling husk pillow behind his head became a soft cotton pillow.

Li Huowang slowly lifted his head, looking at the white surroundings, this ward was somewhat unfamiliar, not the one he stayed in before.

Having stayed enough, Li Huowang also understood the hospital layout; this was clearly the layout of a restraint ward in a psychiatric hospital, ordinary hospitals did not have this.

Pondering for a good while, Li Huowang finally connected everything in the hallucination. "I have.... been transferred?"

Saying this, Li Huowang smiled bitterly and shook his head, why care so much, since it was all hallucination nothing was unexpected.

Looking at the white ceiling, Li Huowang did not know what to do for a moment.

Looking left and right at the wide cloth straps binding his hands, Li Huowang looked up and spoke into the microphone at the head of the bed: "Is there a nurse sister on duty? This is room thirteen, could you trouble yourself to bring my phone over? I want to make a call."

After a brief noise, a man's voice came from inside. "Li Huowang, right? Hello, I have understood your situation."

"My surname is Wang, you can call me Nurse Wang, who do you want to call? I can help you connect directly to the bedside speaker."

"Male nurse?" Li Huowang pursed his lips, "Okay, Nurse Wang, help me dial Yang Na—"

The moment these two words were spoken, Bai Lingmiao's familiar face immediately popped up in Li Huowang's mind. "What am I doing? Why am I actively interacting with a hallucination? Bai Lingmiao is the living person, Yang Na is fake."

"Aah!! So annoying! Calling so early in the morning!" A familiar voice sounded from the bedside speaker.

Hearing the familiar morning grumpiness, all entanglements in Li Huowang's heart vanished. "Nana."

"Huowang!!" Yang Na immediately cried out in surprise.

"What time is it? Still haven't gotten up? Where did you go playing so wildly yesterday?"

Hearing this, Yang Na immediately began complaining to Li Huowang.

"Where is there time to play, this freshman year is just like senior year of high school, busy to death every day."

"No need for evening self-study, and even without a full schedule of classes it's tiring?"

"Who said that? You haven't been to university, wait until you go and you'll know, the teachers saying you can play freely in university are lying!"

Just as she said this, Yang Na fell silent for a moment, after a while, her voice carrying caution as she said: "Huowang, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to provoke you."

Li Huowang looked at that pitch-black bedside speaker and smiled knowingly, "Just this much wants to provoke me? You haven't even broken my defense, by the way, that day, I celebrated your birthday, did you hear it?"

"Mm, I heard it, thank you for celebrating my birthday, I am still waiting for your birthday gift."

(End of Chapter)