pertwk Chapter 226 The Cold and Lonely Ye Lingling
Chapter 226 The Cold and Lonely Ye Lingling
Chapter 226 The Cold and Lonely Ye Lingling
"Erlong, what's wrong?"
Ye Huiyin walked quickly out of the hall with light, quick steps. She immediately saw Liu Erlong's pale face. Her intuition as a healing-type soul master made her quickly notice Liu Erlong's abnormality, and she immediately asked her with concern.
"I got a minor injury and came to ask you for help with treatment."
Upon finally seeing Ye Huiyin, Liu Erlong breathed a sigh of relief. Despite his pain, he managed a slight smile.
Ye Huiyin walked over quickly, and without saying a word, she pinched Liu Erlong's fair wrist and carefully examined it.
After a moment, she said with a hint of reproach:
"How did it get like this? This isn't just a minor injury; it's a serious one. It's much more severe than any injury you've ever sustained before."
"Luckily, I can cure it. Don't worry, I'll treat you right away."
After saying that, Ye Huiyin immediately summoned the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and used her Soul Skill to treat Liu Erlong.
"Wait a minute."
At that moment, a gentle, warm male voice suddenly rang out, stopping her.
"Hmm? Who are you?"
Ye Huiyin frowned slightly, turned her head to look at the source of the sound, and was stunned for a moment.
She then noticed that there was another person next to her, a handsome young man who was about the same height as her, very good-looking, but completely unfamiliar to her.
"Huiyin, this is Xiaofeng, my younger brother."
Liu Erlong answered Ye Huiyin's question on behalf of Ye Qifeng.
"Younger brother? Erlong, when did you get a younger brother? Huh? You, you guys...?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Huiyin subconsciously pressed for an answer, but suddenly noticed something unusual. At this moment, Liu Erlong was being held in someone's arms.
Ye Huiyin's blue eyes widened immediately, and her rosy lips parted slightly, as if she had discovered some earth-shattering secret, and she was extremely surprised for a moment.
"No, Huiyin, don't overthink it. Xiaofeng really is my younger brother, um, a younger brother I just met not long ago."
Seeing the strange expression on Ye Huiyin's beautiful face, as if she had thought of something bad, Liu Erlong immediately spoke up to explain.
"Oh, so he's your adopted younger brother."
Ye Huiyin suddenly exclaimed "Oh," and quickly concealed the strange expression on her face. She had indeed been thinking a little too much.
Because she had never seen her good friend Liu Erlong so intimate with a man before.
After all, Ye Huiyin said she understood Liu Erlong's personality quite well.
Although Liu Erlong appears to be short-tempered, fiery, and straightforward, she is actually very thin-skinned, reserved, and traditional, and rarely gets close to any member of the opposite sex.
Moreover, Liu Erlong still has someone in her heart.
Although he was an out-of-place figure, and there was no outcome for him, nor should there have been.
Ye Huiyin had heard of that person, but she didn't like him and even looked down on him.
Because of her extreme cowardice and incompetence, she caused great harm to her good friend Liu Erlong, leaving Liu Erlong with unresolved inner conflicts and pain. As a result, Liu Erlong often became lost in killing and could not extricate himself, and was often injured because of it.
That person even claimed to be the number one theorist of martial spirit theory, and published something called "Ten Core Competencies of Martial Spirit," but it was completely worthless.
When Ye Huiyin first heard about that person's name from Liu Erlong, she had a thought: to ask him to help research and solve the defects of the Ye family's Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
However, after reading the so-called works of that person, Ye Huiyin immediately dismissed the idea.
As the matriarch of the Ye family of the Nine Heart Begonia, Ye Huiyin naturally possessed considerable expertise in martial soul theory in order to resolve the defects in her own martial soul.
She quickly realized that the man was nothing more than a figurehead, a fraud who sought fame and fortune but had no real talent whatsoever.
Unfortunately, her good friend Liu Erlong's obsession was too deep, and the image that character left in her mind was too perfect. Ye Huiyin didn't say much about it, so as not to arouse her good friend's concern and resentment.
but
In her heart, Ye Huiyin really hoped that Liu Erlong could get out of the knot and pain left by that character, and that she would no longer be immersed in the web of love woven by that character's lies.
So when Ye Huiyin saw Liu Erlong and Ye Qifeng being so close, her eyes immediately lit up, and she couldn't help but think of something else entirely.
Just as Ye Huiyin was lost in thought, Ye Qifeng's gentle voice rang in her ear:
"Hello, Sister Ye. My name is Ye Qifeng. I am Sister Erlong's younger brother. Just like Sister Erlong, you can call me Xiaofeng."
"Sister Ye?"
Ye Huiyin was taken aback by these words. A moment later, she snapped out of her reverie, a gentle smile spreading across her oval face as she said:
"Xiao Feng, right? Since you're Erlong's younger brother, you're also my younger brother."
"but."
Changing the subject, Ye Huiyin asked in surprise, "Why did you stop me from treating Erlong's injuries? Erlong's injuries are extremely serious and cannot be delayed."
That's right.
Ye Qifeng immediately explained, "Sister Erlong's wounds have stitches on them. I wanted to ask Sister Ye to remove the stitches and use her healing soul skill at the same time."
"By treating her while removing the stitches, Erlong will not feel any pain, and there will be no scars left on the wound afterwards."
"There's needle and thread on the wound? Erlong, is that right?"
Ye Huiyin didn't understand for a moment, so she turned her gaze to Liu Erlong.
"Um."
Faced with Ye Huiyin's surprised and doubtful gaze, Liu Erlong nodded with a slight blush.
"I see. Then let's carry Erlong into the inner bedroom first, and then I'll treat Erlong as you described."
Seeing this, Ye Huiyin turned her gaze to Ye Qifeng and immediately spoke, while gently waving her hand to the old man waiting beside her, saying softly:
"You can go down now."
"Yes, Master."
The elderly man who had led the way, upon receiving Ye Huiyin's instructions, consciously withdrew and returned to his post.
"Come with me."
After the old man left, Ye Huiyin turned around, walked ahead in her high heels, and stepped into the hall first.
Ye Qifeng, carrying Liu Erlong, quickly followed.
Just as the three of them stepped over the threshold and went inside, a girl dressed in a black dress walked towards them from the inside.
The girl was slender and slightly shorter than Ye Huiyin, not yet reaching 1.7 meters tall, but her entire body was curvaceous and flawless.
Her face was covered by a black veil, obscuring her features, but from the vague outline behind the veil, one could tell that she was an extremely beautiful girl.
It's worth mentioning that the girl's eyes and her long, flowing hair were the same blue as Ye Huiyin's.
"This is... Ye Lingling?!"
Ye Qifeng immediately guessed the girl's identity.
Ye Lingling looked a little sleepy, as if she had just woken up.
There were no classes scheduled at the academy today, so she took advantage of her free time to go home and visit her mother. It just so happened that her mother was coming to the Haitang Medical Clinic to oversee things, so she came along as well.
In the tranquil and peaceful environment of the backyard of the Begonia Medical Clinic, she fell asleep while reading in her bedroom. She was awakened by the sound of conversation coming from outside the hall.
Just as Ye Lingling was about to go out to check the situation, she bumped into her mother, Ye Huiyin, who was walking in with two other people.
"Mother."
Still half-asleep, Ye Lingling greeted Ye Huiyin.
"Did you sleep well?"
Ye Huiyin glanced at Ye Lingling, her eyes full of doting affection.
"good."
Ye Lingling responded calmly, her tone somewhat aloof.
Hearing her daughter's aloof words, Ye Huiyin sighed inwardly, but said nothing more, because she knew very well the reason for her daughter's aloof nature.
So she changed the subject and said:
"Lingling, come here, say hello to your Aunt Erlong?"
"Hello, Aunt Erlong."
Upon hearing this, Ye Lingling's eyes brightened, and she looked at Liu Erlong, greeting him with a "hello."
The next instant, her delicate brows furrowed. As a healing-type Great Soul Master, she noticed Liu Erlong's injuries and asked with concern in a cool voice:
"Aunt Erlong, are you hurt?"
"It's Lingling! Long time no see. I can't believe how much you've grown. I'm fine, just a minor injury."
Liu Erlong first gave Ye Lingling a smile, then waved his hand lightly and said nonchalantly.
"Alright, Lingling, go heat up a pot of fragrant tea first, and then entertain the guests. Mother needs to treat your Aunt Erlong's injuries."
At this moment, Ye Huiyin gently patted Ye Lingling's hand and softly gave her instructions.
"Yes, Mother."
Ye Lingling's expression remained calm, but she obediently nodded, her gaze sweeping across Ye Qifeng's face as if she were ignoring him.
For some reason, she didn't want to get involved with any men.
"Sigh~~"
Seeing this, Ye Huiyin sighed helplessly, then softly apologized to Ye Qifeng:
"I'm sorry, Xiaofeng, that's just how Lingling is, please don't mind her."
Ye Qifeng stared in astonishment at Ye Lingling's departing figure. From Ye Lingling, he could only sense a kind of coldness and loneliness, as if she were isolated from the world.
"It's alright, Sister Ye, I don't mind."
Upon hearing Ye Huiyin's apology, Ye Qifeng withdrew his gaze, smiled at her, and responded with a reply.
Then he asked:
"Sister Ye, which side is the bedroom?"
"It's inside the hall, come with me quickly."
Ye Huiyin quickly replied.
A moment later, Ye Qifeng carried Liu Erlong and followed Ye Huiyin into a bedroom, where he gently placed Liu Erlong on a large, soft bed.
"I'll have to trouble you with this from now on, Sister Ye."
"Don't worry, leave it to me."
Ye Huiyin waved her hand and said, "Xiao Feng, go wait outside first. I just had Lingling brew a pot of fragrant tea. Try it first."
After thinking for a moment, she added a few more sentences:
"Lingling has a rather aloof personality and is somewhat cold towards people. She might ignore you for a while, so I hope you won't take it to heart."
"If Lingling ignores you, then you can do whatever you want. Just treat this place like your own home and be as casual as you like."
"Okay, I understand."
Ye Qifeng responded, then left the bedroom and closed the door behind him.
They returned to the hall.
Ye Qifeng spotted Ye Lingling's aloof and lonely figure at a glance.
At this moment, she was sitting upright by the tea table, intently brewing a pot of fragrant tea, but her eyes revealed no emotion.
Ye Qifeng came to the coffee table and sat down opposite Ye Lingling. He didn't make a sound to disturb her, but instead rested his chin on his hand and quietly watched her brew fragrant tea.
Ye Lingling glanced at Ye Qifeng, her brows furrowing slightly, but she quickly composed herself. She ignored him and said nothing, simply continuing to quietly brew the fragrant tea.
The scene fell into complete silence.
Only the spout hissed as it spouted hot air, making a continuous sound.
Two minutes later.
After the fragrant tea was brewed, Ye Lingling picked up a teacup from the tea table and saucers, then filled it with tea and pushed it in front of Ye Qifeng without saying a word.
"Thanks."
Ye Qifeng looked up at her, thanked her, then picked up the teacup with both hands, blew away the steam, and took a small sip.
The next second, Ye Qifeng's eyes lit up, thinking to himself that as expected of a family of doctors, even the fragrance of the tea was different.
The cup of fragrant tea in my hand is not only filled with the aroma of tea, but also with the fragrance of herbs and a hint of crabapple blossoms. The taste is exceptionally unique, yet it leaves a lingering aftertaste.
The fragrance is quite delightful and refreshing.
When Ye Qifeng was in Blazing City, he also tasted the local specialty tea, which had a very unique flavor.
However, perhaps because Blazing City is filled with a strong fire element, the fragrant tea that Blazing City specializes in seems to also have an explosive fire element, making people feel unusually energetic when they drink it.
It's completely different from the calming and concentration-enhancing effect of the fragrant tea here.
It can be said that each has its own merits and unique characteristics.
Not long after.
Ye Qifeng finished tasting the fragrant tea in no time.
Ye Lingling looked up at Ye Qifeng's face, which was still savoring the memory, and a faint glint flashed in her eyes, whether she was surprised or amused.
When Ye Lingling picked up the teapot and was about to pour herself another full cup, Ye Qifeng reached out and stopped her.
Seeing that he refused to refill his cup, Ye Lingling didn't say anything, but simply put down the teapot.
"I heard from Sister Ye that your name is Ye Lingling, and that you are her daughter?"
At this moment, Ye Qifeng spoke.
"Sister Ye?"
Ye Lingling was stunned by what she heard, somewhat confused, but she remained silent and looked at Ye Qifeng with suspicion.
"Oh, let me introduce myself. My name is Ye Qifeng, and I'm Erlong's younger brother. Well, Erlong and your mother are good friends, so Erlong told me to call your mother Sister Ye, and your mother agreed."
Seeing the suspicion in Ye Lingling's eyes, Ye Qifeng smiled politely and explained to her.
"Um."
Upon hearing this, Ye Lingling immediately understood and responded with a single word, her voice clear and cold, as if devoid of any emotion.
She didn't really want to interact with the other person or have anything to do with them, but since they spoke to her politely, she couldn't very well not respond.
And
For some reason, she had a very good feeling about the other person.
Overall, it was very comfortable.
Especially when the fragrant tea was being brewed, and everyone quieted down, she felt exceptionally comfortable and at ease.
She also sensed a strange sense of mystery about the other person, which aroused her curiosity and made her want to explore the secrets behind it.
"Miss Lingling, could I do you a favor?"
At that moment, Ye Qifeng's gentle voice rang in her ears again.
"Um?"
Ye Lingling suppressed the incredible thoughts in her mind. Her first reaction was to refuse, but for some reason, the word that came out of her mouth suddenly turned into an "um" full of inquiry.
"Miss Lingling, you must be very familiar with the shops around here, right? Could you please take me to a few stores that sell women's clothing?"
Ye Qifeng immediately made his request.
Seeing Ye Lingling's beautiful eyebrows furrow instantly upon hearing his request, Ye Qifeng quickly explained:
"Erlong's clothes were damaged for some reason. What she is wearing now is actually my clothes, but they don't fit her. So I want to buy her some suitable clothes."
"That way, once Sister Erlong's injuries are healed, she'll have suitable clothes to change into."
"May I?"
After speaking, Ye Qifeng looked at Ye Lingling seriously.
Upon hearing this, Ye Lingling's furrowed brows immediately relaxed. She looked at Ye Qifeng, who was dressed in black just like her, and recalled the clothes Liu Erlong had been wearing. Comparing the two, she realized that Ye Qifeng was not lying.
"The clothes that Aunt Erlong was wearing did indeed not fit her well."
Ye Lingling's eyes flickered, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally agreed to Ye Qifeng's request.
A clear, ethereal voice emanated from beneath her black veil:
"Alright."
(End of this chapter)