After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 136

Chapter 136: ‘Master’ Dies (Grand Finale)

“Hanyan, the dead can’t be brought back to life. Please accept my condolences,” a kind-looking middle-aged man said.

Li Hanyan did not respond.

After about five minutes, a golden light lit up from Liu Chuxia’s chest, then slowly enveloped her, separating her from Li Hanyan’s hands.

Liu Chuxia was slowly enveloped by the golden light in mid-air, until it was so bright that people couldn’t open their eyes.

As for the ‘Master,’ she felt an ominous premonition.

Seeing a golden light flash in the crowd, the more she looked, the more panicked she became.

She quickly kicked the two annoying things away.

Then she ran over.

And Liu Chuxia had already woken up. She stood on the open ground, looking at the surprised eyes around her.

Just then, the ‘Master’ broke in.

“How is that possible? Why are you alive?”

The ‘Master’ couldn’t believe what was in front of her.

Even though she was from the ancient family of a thousand years ago, she had never heard of such a thing as coming back from the dead.

If there was, Qi Zhi wouldn’t have died.

Liu Chuxia looked at the ‘Master.’ She flashed in front of her at an extremely fast speed, and her sword had also pierced her chest.

The ‘Master’s’ eyes widened in disbelief. She hadn’t even seen Liu Chuxia move just now.

She had already been seriously injured after fighting with Liu Chu just now. She had originally wanted to use yin energy to recover, but because of the harassment of the two annoying things, her recovery was too slow.

Now, this one sword strike from Liu Chuxia had completely dispersed all the remaining yin energy in her body.

Then her figure slowly dissipated in the air. A person who had lived for thousands of years should have disappeared long ago.

—

“Alright, I’m fine. Don’t cry.”

Liu Chuxia lay on the bed, holding the person who was crying like a child in her arms.

“Do you know how scared I was just now? Holding your body, I could even feel the temperature dropping rapidly.”

“Alright, alright. I know. Don’t cry. Your eyes are all swollen. You’ve been crying for a whole day yesterday.”

Li Hanyan held her waist, her tears unstoppable.

She secretly lifted the clothes on Liu Chuxia’s abdomen, afraid of seeing that bloody and mangled scene again.

But fortunately, what she saw was just smooth skin.

“Hanyan, it’s cold.”

Liu Chuxia grabbed her hand and looked at her with a smile.

Just then, the door rang.

Jiang Jiajia’s head poked in.

“Is Hanyan still crying? I’ll just drop off some fruit and go.”

Jiang Jiajia walked in with a grin and put down two bags of fruit.

Li Hanyan got up from Liu Chuxia’s embrace with some embarrassment.

“Jiajia, can you get me an ice pack and a dry towel?” Liu Chuxia said.

“Okay.”

Just as Jiang Jiajia was about to reach the door, Liu Chuxia suddenly spoke up, “How is Mom?”

“She’s still in the hospital.”

“She’s not awake yet?”

“The doctor said she doesn’t want to wake up. After your leg is better, you should go over quickly.”

Jiang Jiajia said, turning her head.

Liu Chuxia nodded. “My leg is almost healed. I didn’t expect the Blood Jade to have such a side effect.”

Liu Chuxia recalled the previous events and still felt a little panicked. After she had killed the ‘Master,’ she had suddenly felt her leg go weak, and even lost all feeling.

If not for Li Hanyan catching her, she would have probably fallen straight to the ground.

Fortunately, her leg had some feeling after a few days. Otherwise, Liu Chuxia would have really thought she was crippled.

Later, she learned from Elder Liang that this was a side effect of the Blood Jade.

“That’s right. I was so scared at that time. If you couldn’t still talk, I would have thought you were having a final burst of energy. Alright, I’ll go and watch over Xiao Xu and the others,” Jiang Jiajia said, waving her hand and leaving.

“Hanyan, what’s wrong with Xiao Xu and the others?”

Li Hanyan shook her head. “We can’t find anything for now. It seems they’ve been having nightmares.”

In a short while, Xiao Nian came to deliver something.

“Thank you. How are you feeling now?”

Liu Chuxia took the things and asked her.

“I don’t feel anything special, but the nightmares have lessened a lot. I feel a little better mentally,” Xiao Nian said with a smile.

“It’s good that you’re getting better.”

“Mhm. Then I’ll be going.”

“Mhm.”

The moment Xiao Nian left, Liu Chuxia grabbed Li Hanyan. “Don’t even think about running. Your eyes are so swollen. Come here.”

Li Hanyan pouted and slowly moved over.

“The ice pack is so uncomfortable.”

“Who told you to cry all the time?”

“Then who was I crying for?”

As she spoke, she was about to cry again.

Liu Chuxia sighed. “Come here. It’s not like I’m dead. You’re crying at me every day.”

“Don’t say that word!” Li Hanyan said, taking off her shoes and climbing next to her, holding her and shouting.

“Alright, alright. I won’t say it. Don’t cry, okay?” Liu Chuxia was a little helpless with this situation. If she kept crying, she was really afraid that Li Hanyan would cry herself blind.

Liu Chuxia pushed the person away a little and wiped her tears with her finger. “Don’t cry. I’m here. I’m still alive. Don’t cry.”

She gently kissed away Li Hanyan’s tears and gently soothed her back.

After Li Hanyan had calmed down, Liu Chuxia used a towel wrapped in an ice pack and slowly applied it to her eyes.

Then she rubbed the area around Li Hanyan’s eyes and told her to close her eyes and sleep for a while.

A few days later, Liu Chuxia’s leg had completely recovered, and she even felt stronger than before.

Liu Chuxia didn’t know if it was her imagination, but her strength seemed to have increased by a large margin. Killing the ‘Master’ before was entirely her obsession before she died.

By the time Liu Chuxia had reacted, her sword was already in the ‘Master’s’ chest.

Then her leg had completely lost all feeling, and she felt particularly weak. But she didn’t want to worry Li Hanyan, so she forced herself to go to the hospital.

—

“Hanyan, are you ready?”

“I’m ready.”

Li Hanyan came out of the bathroom in a tracksuit.

Her short hair had also grown a lot. Her light makeup made her face look much kinder, no longer giving off that cold and detached feeling as before.

“We’re just going to see Mom. It’s fine to go without makeup,” Liu Chuxia said with a smile, taking her hand and going out.

“I’m not like you, naturally beautiful,” Li Hanyan said, scraping her nose, her eyes filled with doting.

“Then I’ll take that as a compliment. Hehe.”

After the two arrived at the hospital, they went straight upstairs. When they entered the hospital room, Jiang Jiajia was peeling an apple.

“You’re here? Have a seat.”

After putting down the fruit she had bought, Liu Chuxia turned to look at the still-unconscious Liu Chu and asked, “How long has Mom been like this?”

“If we count from the day the ‘Master’ died, it’s been almost two weeks. The doctor said her vital signs are all normal, even better than an ordinary person’s. But she just won’t wake up. He said it might be better if her relatives came to be with her.”

Jiang Jiajia cut the peeled apple into pieces, placed them on a white plate, and said as she ate a piece.

“Where are Auntie Qing and grandmother?”

“The two of them stayed up for several nights. They couldn’t hold on this morning, so they went back to sleep.”

Liu Chuxia sat on a stool, held Liu Chu’s hand, and said with a frown, “Aren’t grandmother and Auntie Qing just messing around? If Mom wakes up and the two of them collapse, what will Mom do? Help me persuade them in the future. If it really doesn’t work, just drag them back by force.”

Jiang Jiajia nodded. “With your order, it’ll be easier for me to use some means. I couldn’t persuade them no matter what before, and we didn’t dare to use force.”

“We can’t let them mess around like this in the future,” Li Hanyan said, sitting next to Liu Chuxia.

“Mhm. Xiao Nian and I will keep an eye on them.”

“Thank you, Jiajia. You and Xiao Nian have really helped us a lot. You’ve been busy with everything. It makes me feel a little embarrassed.”

“Don’t say that. If not for you equipping each of our Jiang family disciples with a righteous qi sword, our Jiang family would definitely have been as badly damaged as the Zhang and Xiao families. Who knows how long it would have taken to recover. If I can’t even help with this little thing, then I’m a good-for-nothing.”

Jiang Jiajia stood up excitedly, her voice a little louder.

“Alright, alright. I know. Don’t get excited. Sit down and rest for a while,” Liu Chuxia said with a smile, looking at her.

“Hmph. You can’t say such things in the future. Just tell me directly if anything happens,” Jiang Jiajia said with a serious face on the stool.

“Okay.”

Liu Chuxia’s eyes were filled with a smile as she looked at her.

—

For the next month, Liu Chuxia was either at the hospital with Liu Chu or at Xiao Xu’s place. In between, she was also grabbed by Liu Junyue to learn how to manage the Liu family.

Anyway, she was very busy, so busy that she had no time for intimacy with Li Hanyan.

Li Hanyan was also busy, helping Liu Chuxia with this and that. After a day of running around, she didn’t even know what she had done, but she was very tired.

Just before the New Year, Liu Chu woke up. Seeing Liu Chuxia standing in front of her, she let out a long sigh of relief.

“My dear, you can’t scare Mom like this in the future,” Liu Chu said with red eyes.

“I won’t. It’s so good that you’re awake, Mom.”

After that, she completed the discharge procedures for Liu Chu, and then she moved into Liu Junyue’s courtyard.

Seeing that her daughter was finally awake, Zhang Qingchu cried with joy and held her for a long time. Liu Junyue’s eyes also turned red.

After Liu Chu had comforted them for a while, the two of them had calmed down a little.

Liu Chuxia told Liu Chu about Xiao Xu and the others’ situation.

“Give this to them to eat,” Liu Chu said, taking out a white bottle from her suitcase. There was nothing on it, just a pure white bottle.

“What’s this?”

“I don’t know. Your mommy gave it to me. She said that if Xiao Xu ever falls into a situation where she can’t wake up, I should give her this.”

“Has Mommy seen Xiao Xu before?”

Liu Chu smiled. “She has. And it was she who saved Xiao Xu from the ‘Master’s’ hands. You don’t need to ask about Xiao Xu’s background. You just need to know that she is your partner.”

Liu Chuxia and Li Hanyan nodded.

“Then can this medicine also be given to Ke Yan and the others?”

“Let’s try.”

Liu Chuxia nodded with a frown, then went to Xiao Xu and the others’ room.

After feeding them one by one, she waited on the side.

And Jiang Jiajia and Xiao Nian had also finished their family’s affairs and rushed over.

“Patriarch Liu, it’s so good that you’re awake.”

Liu Chu smiled and stroked her head. “You’ve also helped my dear a lot, haven’t you? Thank you.”

“No need to thank us, no need to thank us. It’s what we should do. You’ve also helped us a lot.”

After a few pleasantries, Liu Chuxia ran over. “Xiao Xu is awake. Huh? Jiajia, you’re here too. Come on, Xiao Xu and the others are awake.”

Xiao Xu was still a little dazed when she woke up. “Sister, why are we here? Weren’t we looking for the ‘Master’?”

The moment Jiang Jiajia came in, she heard this sentence and couldn’t help but start talking, vividly recounting the previous events to Xiao Xu and the other ghosts.

After Xiao Xu and the others had rested for a night, Liu Junyue finally dared to let the two little ones out.

They had been fattened up by Zhang Qingchu during this time.

Xuanbao and Xiaobao had grown a little taller, but in the eyes of the adults, they were still little dumplings.

The two little dumplings knew that their mothers had woken up and quickly ran in.

“Mommy, Mama,” Xuanbao called out loudly, tears falling as she ran.

Xiao Xu quickly picked her up and comforted her.

“Xuanbao, don’t cry. Mommy and Mama are both here.”

Ke Yan got out of bed and walked to Xiao Xu’s side, also coaxing her, “Mhm, we’re both here. Don’t cry.”

As for Xiaobao, she was a little more reserved. She walked up to Xu Fanzhen and called out softly, “Mama.”

“Good Xiaobao. Mama is fine.”

Bai Fei’s head was still a little dizzy. She lay on the bed, shook her head, and planned to take another nap.

“Why isn’t Mommy up yet?” Xiaobao asked with some anxiety.

Xu Fanzhen looked at Bai Fei and asked softly, “A Fei, are you okay?”

“I’m fine. Let me rest for a while. My head is still a little dizzy.”

“Mhm. Then you can sleep a little longer.”

“Then Mommy should get some good rest,” Xiaobao said, holding her hand.

“Mhm. Our Xiaobao is the best.”

Liu Chuxia breathed a sigh of relief at this scene.

In a few days, it would be the New Year. The sound of firecrackers and fireworks could also be heard around.

Liu Chuxia decided to spend the New Year in Liu Junyue’s courtyard this year and also invited Jiang Jiajia and the others over.

The happy smiles of everyone gathered together made Liu Chuxia feel very warm and happy, especially with the fireworks in the sky.

At this moment, she felt it was extremely beautiful.

Snow began to fall from the sky. The wind outside was cold and biting, but it was warm and sweet inside, with the sound of everyone’s laughter.

And a person suddenly appeared in the courtyard. She looked eight or nine parts similar to Liu Chuxia. It was the middle of winter, yet she was only wearing a summer outfit, but she didn’t seem to feel cold at all.

She curled her lips and smiled at the people in the window, then walked straight to the door.

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