Help, I’m Being Forced to Marry a Frail and Sickly Immortal Doctor! 114p2

Chapter 114: Towards the Mortal World p2

As the saying goes, sickness comes like a landslide, and goes like reeling silk.

Yin Buran’s illness came on fiercely, and she was in a coma for a full three days. The medicinal soup was fed to her by Ning Ruoque half a spoonful at a time.

During this time, Si Mingyue had come once.

When Ning Ruoque was cultivating, she had poked her head out from the crack in the door, and without speaking, she had just stared.

After half a quarter of an hour, Ning Ruoque really couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “What are you doing standing at the door?”

She tried to pull the door open to let Si Mingyue in to talk, but the latter held on to the door tightly and wouldn’t let go.

Even though the difference in strength was great, and she had no choice but to use both her hands and feet, she still refused to let go.

Ning Ruoque withdrew her hand with a blank expression, and the door sprang back. Si Mingyue was caught off guard, and with an “ouch,” she was successfully brought down by the door.

She pouted and looked at Ning Ruoque pitifully.

Ning Ruoque returned with silence.

Si Mingyue pretended to be nonchalant and said, “I’m going back to the Star Observation Platform.”

Ning Ruoque understood. Si Mingyue had suffered a backlash from her spell before, and she should recuperate for a while. If she continued to run around with them, she was afraid that she would leave some hidden injuries or hidden dangers.

They had been too close to that explosion before, and it was inevitable that they would be infected with the plague. Even if they were not infected, there was a certain possibility of infecting others.

They had to first ensure that they were “harmless,” so they were forced to stay here.

Now that Si Mingyue could leave, it was naturally with Mo Jue’s permission.

Ning Ruoque nodded. “Alright. Be careful on the road.”

But Si Mingyue did not move.

Ning Ruoque: “Is there anything else?”

Si Mingyue lowered her head sheepishly. “No… no. Take care…”

“Mm.”

Ning Ruoque was not like Chu Xuan, who could say all sorts of pleasantries and witty remarks with a pull of her lips.

So the two of them did not say much, and after bidding each other farewell, Si Mingyue put on her hood and left in a hurry.

Just as she was about to leave the courtyard, she heard an unexpected sentence from behind her. “Mingyue, thank you for this time.”

Si Mingyue pressed her lips together and shrank into her cloak. “I didn’t change the ending.”

Ning Ruoque said seriously, “But the Taiyi Sect did not have a major plague.”

Because it was controlled properly, the plague did not spread, and the infected cultivators also received timely treatment from Yin Buran.

Ning Ruoque was not clear what Si Mingyue had seen, but she thought that this result was not the worst case.

No matter what, she still thought that Si Mingyue deserved a word of thanks.

The Heavenly Dao was already unpredictable. To be able to shake it a little was already a great success.

Si Mingyue hesitated to speak.

Only when a few muffled coughs came from the room did she wake up as if from a big dream and waved at Ning Ruoque. “You should go back. I’ll go first. I’ll do a divination for you when I have time.”

She disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye, leaving only a few light jingles of silver bells.

Ning Ruoque closed the door and turned to check on Yin Buran’s condition.

“Thirsty,” Yin Buran said with misty eyes.

Ning Ruoque quickly brought a cup of warm water and brought it to Yin Buran’s lips.

Without waiting for the other to take it, she held the cup herself and carefully fed it to her.

Finally, she gently wiped away the water stains with a handkerchief, her movements already very skilled.

This water was also something she had warmed in advance and placed by the table, so that Yin Buran could drink it directly after she woke up.

After half a cup of water, Yin Buran’s eyes regained their clarity, and her throat was not so sore anymore.

“Has Mingyue left?”

Ning Ruoque: “Mm.”

It was unknown where she got the strength from. Yin Buran decisively got up and was about to get off the bed. “Then let’s go too. Let’s go and find Chu Xuan.”

Ning Ruoque: ?

Ning Ruoque forcefully held Yin Buran down, and with a roll of the quilt, she rolled her into a tube.

She refused without thinking, “No. You’re not fully recovered yet. You can contact her with a transmission talisman if you have something to do.”

This was not a matter of being fully recovered or not, and it was even less of a matter of recovering from a serious illness.

The medicine that Qingtong had sent was still simmering on the clay stove. If she really let Yin Buran go, Ning Ruoque would despise herself.

Yin Buran said coldly, “The transmission talisman is not safe. I don’t trust the Taiyi Sect.”

Ning Ruoque still refused. “Then we’ll go back to Suwen Peak and send a transmission. If that doesn’t work, we’ll go to Mount Xuansu.”

Yin Buran: “I’m not at ease.”

Ning Ruoque refused to give in, and Yin Buran was also unwilling to back down. The two sides were in a stalemate.

It was just that the stalemate did not last for long, and Yin Buran had to cover her chest and cough until she was dizzy.

She arched her back, and her white hair fell from it. Under the loose inner clothes, a few protruding vertebrae could actually be seen.

She had lost so much weight in just a few days. The flesh that Ning Ruoque had finally managed to put back on her with one bite of chestnut cake and one bite of roasted chicken leg was all gone.

While she was patting her back, she discreetly touched her, and the more she touched, the worse her complexion became.

An inexplicable anger rose in her, and it burned so much that she was annoyed. Even the Nameless sword in its scabbard was faintly trembling.

She asked in a deep voice, “What is so important?”

The movement of the Nameless sword was too great for anyone to ignore.

But Yin Buran looked up and calmly spat out a word, “You.”

Ning Ruoque: “…”

Her fur was instantly smoothed, and she had no temper.

Yin Buran said with certainty, “You know what I’m thinking.”

“From the time the demon core art came into the world, dozens of sects have fallen apart, and hundreds of thousands of cultivators have been implicated. The building is rotten and the rafters are broken, and demonic calamities are rampant. Now even the Taiyi Sect—”

She closed her eyes and took a breath. “This is by no means an accident.”

Since the hard way was not working, she would try the soft way.

Yin Buran lowered her eyes, and her eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings. “If anything happens to you, I won’t forgive myself.”

After speaking, she coughed a few more times weakly, her face pale, her expression lonely. As her eyes flickered, she inadvertently glanced at Ning Ruoque.

Ning Ruoque’s heart softened, and she almost blurted out her agreement.

It was a good thing that a thick medicinal fragrance came, and she timely came to her senses.

She’s acting!

Yin Buran’s personality was proud, and she was not willing to show weakness easily. If she suddenly started to act pitiful, then she must have a plan.

She refused warily, “That’s not good either. At least, you have to recuperate for three more days.”

Not only did she refuse, but she also rolled the quilt again and again, and then picked up the medicinal soup on the side, intending to feed it.

After several struggles were fruitless, Yin Buran tried to bargain again. “It’s fine to recuperate on the flying boat.”

Ning Ruoque blew on the medicinal soup. “No good. You’ll definitely be thinking about it on the road.”

Yin Buran retorted, “I’m thinking about it now too.”

Ning Ruoque pretended not to hear. “Drink the medicine first.”

“Ning Ruoque!”

A certain person was angry from embarrassment, and her left hand went for Ning Ruoque’s medicine bowl.

Ning Ruoque dodged lightly and took the opportunity to hold Yin Buran’s wrist.

Yin Buran’s right hand also came to snatch, but for some reason, it was also held down and pressed above her head.

But the medicine in Ning Ruoque’s bowl was still steady, and not a single drop had spilled.

The person before her was exceptionally calm, as if this were the easiest thing in the world.

Yin Buran gritted her teeth in anger. Because of these few movements, her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were sparkling, indescribably lively.

Ning Ruoque unconsciously curled up the corners of her mouth.

So cute even when she’s angry.

She quickly lowered her eyes. “Drink the medicine first. We’ll talk after you’ve finished.”

The matter of today was just like three days ago, but the one who had the upper hand had become Ning Ruoque.

Seeing that Yin Buran had resigned herself to her fate and was not moving, Ning Ruoque cautiously let go of her hold, lowered her head to scoop up a spoonful of medicine, and was about to blow on it.

In an instant, she was grabbed by the collar and pulled forward, and a wet and soft thing immediately entered her lips, entangling her.

Her pupils shrank, and she let out a muffled groan.

She was afraid that the bowl would fall, but her attention was inevitably drawn to the person in her arms.

She wanted to push her away, but a certain person was clinging to her and wouldn’t let go, and she bit her lower lip fiercely, as if she wished she could eat Ning Ruoque.

Ning Ruoque’s body reacted faster than her brain.

So as she was being fierce, Yin Buran’s waist became softer and softer, and her hand also couldn’t hold on. In the end, Ning Ruoque had to hold her.

Until Yin Buran was a little out of breath, she awkwardly turned her head away, pressed her rosy lips together again and again, her face full of “don’t touch me.”

She was not allowed to touch, and she was not willing to leave, and she was still openly nestled in Ning Ruoque’s arms.

Ning Ruoque’s mood was complicated, and any big temper she had at this time had been worn away.

She looked at the medicine bowl, then at Yin Buran, who was sweating a little and breathing in small mouthfuls, and chose to continue her unfinished business.

With a red face, her tone was firm. “Come, drink the medicine.”