After Waking Up, I Inherited a Bookstore 96

Chapter 96: Upgrading the Blood Jade

Liu Chuxia called Xiao Nian’s phone, but no one answered after it rang for a long time. Liu Chuxia then went directly to knock on Xiao Nian’s door.

After knocking for about five minutes, the door opened from the inside. Xiao Nian, in her pajamas, leaned against the door, rubbing her eyes and asking, “What’s wrong? Is there a mission?”

“No. Jiajia and I have already dealt with it, but Jiajia has fainted. You should go and see. I can’t tell if she’s okay,” Liu Chuxia said anxiously.

Xiao Nian’s mind instantly cleared. She quickly ran out. Liu Chuxia also followed behind and said, “In the conference room.”

Xiao Nian ran very fast. Liu Chuxia had also used up a lot of stamina in the battle and couldn’t catch up to her for a moment.

By the time she reached the conference room, Xiao Nian was already helping to clean up the remaining bloodstains on the person.

“Is Jiajia okay?”

“It’s nothing serious. She just used up too much of her Daoist arts and spiritual power and couldn’t hold on, so she fainted. What did you guys encounter? To make her use the Divine Qi Breaking Evil Art,” Xiao Nian had regained her usual calmness. She looked at Liu Chuxia and asked calmly.

Liu Chuxia patted her chest. “Thank goodness, she’s fine.” Then Liu Chuxia briefly explained what had happened.

“I don’t know what they’re trying to do, but when I left, the hanging corpses in those private rooms were still there. They’re all real,” Liu Chuxia said with a frown.

Then she took a sip of water and continued, “It’s probably the ‘Master’ again. I don’t know what this person is planning, or what their purpose is. I want to tell Mom about all of this. At least let her know what’s happening here.”

Xiao Nian nodded. “You decide. I’ll take Jiajia back to the room first.”

“Okay.”

Watching Xiao Nian pick up the person and leave through the door, Liu Chuxia also left the conference room.

She went back to her room to take a shower, then looked at the still-sleeping Li Hanyan and had the urge to tease her.

“Hanyan~ still not up yet?” Liu Chuxia said with a smile, pinching her nose.

Li Hanyan turned over, whimpered, and continued to sleep soundly.

Liu Chuxia looked at the time and found that it was already past four in the afternoon. Had she really been in that internet cafe for so long?

“I was actually there for a few hours. I thought it would be over in an hour at most.”

Li Hanyan had actually been woken up by her, but she just didn’t want to open her eyes. Now, hearing what Liu Chuxia said, she opened her drowsy eyes, rolled into Liu Chuxia’s embrace, and looked at her. “What’s over in an hour?”

“You’re awake?” Liu Chuxia said with a smile, tapping her nose.

“Mhm. What have you been up to?” Li Hanyan asked, grabbing her hand and rubbing it against her palm.

Liu Chuxia then told her about what had happened in the internet cafe.

“Why didn’t you call me?” Li Hanyan asked, looking at her bitten and mangled middle finger with heartache.

“Even if I had called you, you wouldn’t have been able to get up. Is your waist still sore?” Liu Chuxia asked, rubbing her lower back.

“A little. Hold me up.”

Liu Chuxia held the person up.

“I’m so hungry. I want to eat. But let me see your finger again.”

Liu Chuxia obediently held out both her hands. Actually, her finger didn’t hurt anymore, but she just wanted to see the heartbroken look on Li Hanyan’s face.

“Does it still hurt?” Li Hanyan asked, her eyes full of heartache.

“It doesn’t hurt anymore. It’s just a small wound. How long can it hurt? Aren’t you hungry? I’ll go and get you some food,” Liu Chuxia said with a smile, pulling back her hand and kissing the corner of her lips.

“It really doesn’t hurt anymore?”

“It really doesn’t. It’s just a small wound. How long can it hurt? You sit tight. I’ll go and get you some food,” Liu Chuxia said, then went downstairs to get food.

Li Hanyan took this opportunity to get dressed.

In a short while, Liu Chuxia brought the food up. The food had just arrived and was still hot.

Liu Chuxia opened the small folding table by the bed and placed it on the bed, then placed the lunchbox on it.

“Do you have any strength?” Liu Chuxia asked, looking at Li Hanyan.

“I do. Don’t underestimate me,” Li Hanyan retorted, her ears red.

Liu Chuxia just smiled and said nothing.

After the two of them had finished eating, they went downstairs together.

Li Hanyan felt that her legs were still a little weak, but she was too embarrassed to tell Liu Chuxia, so she could only walk slowly.

“Hanyan.”

“Hmm?”

“Didn’t I say to tell me everything?” Liu Chuxia said, holding her hand and looking at Li Hanyan with a hint of gentle anger in her eyes.

Li Hanyan’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly leaned against Liu Chuxia’s embrace and said, acting spoiled, “You saw? I just didn’t want you to worry~”

“Tell me, where are you uncomfortable?”

“My legs are a little weak,” Li Hanyan said, looking at Liu Chuxia cautiously.

Liu Chuxia lifted the person horizontally. “In the future, you must tell me if you’re uncomfortable anywhere, you know? Do you only feel comfortable after I find out and scold you?”

“I was wrong~ A Xia~” Li Hanyan said, acting spoiled and nuzzling her neck.

The two of them really didn’t care about the single customers in the bookstore at all.

“I’m really f*cking… I have to eat dog food just to read a book,” a boy said in a low voice to his companion.

“Exactly,” his companion agreed.

Liu Chuxia carried Li Hanyan straight to the talisman-drawing room.

They stayed there until past one in the morning.

But it wasn’t without gains.

“I think I can draw on yellow paper tomorrow,” Liu Chuxia said with a smile, looking at Li Hanyan, as happy as a child.

Li Hanyan smiled and wiped the sweat from her face, nodding affirmatively. “Mhm, I think it’s about time. Let’s try the Sky Thunder Talisman tomorrow. I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle the Purple Thunder Talisman.”

“Okay~”

“By the way, A Xia, your Blood Jade doesn’t seem to have been upgraded yet, right? Aren’t there enough Blood Pearls?”

“Ah? Oh, I forgot.”

Li Hanyan smiled and lightly flicked her forehead with her finger. “You little muddle-head. Let’s go. I’ll take you to the refining room and teach you how to upgrade it.”

“Can’t you flick a little lighter? It hurts,” Liu Chuxia said, covering her forehead with an accusatory look.

“Does it hurt a lot? I’ve already lightened my touch.” Li Hanyan turned around, anxious to check Liu Chuxia’s forehead.

“Hahahaha, I was just kidding!” Liu Chuxia said with a laugh, running away when Li Hanyan came over to take her hand. Then she left the talisman-drawing room and bounced out of the hidden door.

Li Hanyan smiled helplessly behind her. Looking at the person bouncing like a little rabbit in front of her, she chased after her, wrapped an arm around her lower back, and then, with a little effort, lifted her horizontally.

“You’re playing with me, are you? You’re not sleeping tonight.”

“Don’t. We just messed around not long ago. Let’s rest, okay?”

Li Hanyan chuckled softly and said, “Don’t even think about escaping.”

The two of them played around and went up to the fourth floor, passed through the interrogation room, and arrived at the refining room.

Li Hanyan had Liu Chuxia take off her Blood Jade.

Then she opened an exquisite large box, which was filled with all the Blood Pearls Liu Chuxia had refined before. Li Hanyan was extremely fond of these things, because they were just too beautiful, like rubies.

Li Hanyan took out ten of them and looked at Liu Chuxia. “Take a good look. The upgrades will be like this later on. You have to upgrade it three times in total, ten pearls each time. After each upgrade, you have to wait half a month before you can do the next one.”