#66 - The last resort! Stuffed pastries
“Saintess, farewell!”
After leaving the secret chamber,
Bibi Dong's face turned ashen, her eyes filled with disgust.
She ignored Ju and Gui's greetings,
and headed straight towards the main hall of the Papal Palace.
Inside the secret chamber.
Qian Renjue stood blankly in front of the bed, looking towards the entrance.
Qian Renxue silently fed the soup,
seemingly lost in thought.
Although Bibi Dong's beautiful face showed no abnormalities,
something was amiss.
Qian Renxue knew.
This was just Bibi Dong's ploy.
Not for her and Qian Xunji, the father and son,
but for outsiders, for the two elders guarding the entrance.
The entire secret chamber had only that one entrance.
To make Ju and Gui lower their guard,
and allow free access,
was very important!
And Bibi Dong's status had already determined that
as long as she didn't cause trouble, no one would refuse her entry!
Perhaps,
this charade was also to clear her suspicion in front of Jue in advance.
Qian Renxue raised her eyes and looked at Qian Renjue's back.
She didn't want Qian Renjue to know
Bibi Dong's past, and the cruel reality that might happen soon.
Qian Renjue turned around.
He looked expectantly at the soup in Qian Renxue's hand, blinking his eyes.
“Sister... is it delicious?”
The previously gloomy Qian Renxue couldn't help but smile, rolling her eyes at Qian Renjue.
She nodded with a smile,
“It's very delicious, does Jue want some?”
The somewhat listless Qian Xunji couldn't help but laugh:
“Haha... If Little Jue wants to drink, then share half with him.”
“Just a sip, I won't compete with Papa.”
Qian Renjue shook his head, quickly ran to Qian Renxue, and stretched his neck.
“Heh.”
Qian Renxue chuckled, took the spoon in her hand, and gently fed it to Qian Renjue's mouth.
“Thank you, Sister.”
Qian Renjue contentedly pursed his lips.
He ran back to the other side, grabbed Qian Xunji's hand.
He said with a smile, “Papa, how about Jue gives you a thumb ring?”
“Thumb ring?”
Qian Xunji raised his eyebrows in confusion.
“Yes!”
Qian Renjue happily took out the ring from his system space.
He put it in front of Qian Xunji and asked:
“Look, it's this one, what do you think? Does Papa like it?”
“Like it, like it...”
Qian Xunji naturally wouldn't refuse something his child gave him.
He nodded repeatedly with a smile.
The ring had an overall blood-red glow.
It was the 【Blood Jade Ring】 produced by the system in his early years.
It came from the Mo Bei region, and when paired with a special bell, it could know and confirm the wearer's life or death, and sense life-threatening dangers.
“Then Jue will put it on Papa.”
Hearing Qian Xunji's words.
Qian Renjue happily put the ring on Qian Xunji's thumb.
He instructed with a smile:
“Since you like it, Papa can't take it off casually, okay.”
“Yes, Papa will definitely not take it off.”
Qian Xunji naturally agreed to this.
“That's good.”
The smile on Qian Renjue's face subsided slightly.
Qian Renxue raised her eyes slightly and took a deep look at Qian Renjue.
And the blood-colored jade ring.
Time passed slowly.
Soon, the chicken soup was all in Qian Xunji's stomach.
After spending most of the morning with him.
The siblings also planned to leave.
Qian Renxue carefully packed her things and held them in her hand.
She said softly, “Papa, we'll come to see you again at noon.”
“Yes, cultivate well...”
Qian Xunji lay on the cold bed with his big belly, feeling somewhat tired.
Qian Renxue nodded slightly.
She looked at Qian Renjue, who was sitting on the steps, tinkering with something.
She reminded softly:
“Jue, we should go.”
“Yes, I'll be ready soon!”
Saying that, Qian Renjue stood up happily.
Ding-a-ling~!
Along with Qian Renjue's movements, the sound of a bell rang in the secret chamber.
Under Qian Renxue's puzzled gaze.
Qian Renjue took two bells, one large and one small, in his hand.
He approached Qian Xunji.
He put the larger bell in front of Qian Xunji and shook it.
Ding-a-ling~
The crisp and melodious sound rang almost simultaneously with Qian Renjue's voice.
“Ha! I'll give this mother bell to Papa too.”
“Little Jue, what is this 'mother' bell used for?”
Qian Xunji raised his eyebrows, somewhat puzzled.
“It's just...”
Qian Renjue pondered for a moment, organizing his words.
He explained:
“If Papa misses me and Sister, just shake the mother bell, and the child bell in my hand will receive the signal, just like this!”
As soon as he finished speaking.
Qian Renjue shook the bell.
What was strange was that
the mother bell didn't ring.
The child bell in Qian Renjue's hand, which hadn't been shaken, rang instead.
“That way... as long as I receive the signal, I'll bring Sister to see Papa!”
“Haha! Good! This is a good gift!”
Qian Xunji was very satisfied with this, praising it non-stop.
He said with a smile, “Little Jue, this gift is very good, Papa accepts it.”
Qian Renjue smiled and put the mother bell in Qian Xunji's hand.
He earnestly instructed:
“Papa, this gift is the same, you have to carry it with you.”
“Little Jue, don't worry, Papa will take good care of it.”
“That's good.”
Qian Renjue nodded.
He solemnly pressed Qian Xunji's finger onto the mother bell.
This was the last guarantee Qian Renjue could make
for the worst-case scenario!
Just now,
Qian Renjue spent some effort.
To wrap the pure white and flawless dragon-eye-sized 【Soul-Seizing Bead】
around the tassel of the mother bell in the 【Mother-Child Bell】.
It could automatically attract the surrounding souls that had not yet dissipated.
Becoming a resting place for the souls of the deceased.
Even if only a remnant soul remained.
Looking at Qian Renjue's suddenly serious appearance,
Qian Renxue and Qian Xunji both noticed some strangeness in him.
Qian Renjue ignored their gazes.
He was just doing what he could do now, at the moment.
Immediately afterwards,
he took out a delicate pastry from his soul tool.
He asked with a smile:
“Papa, this is a pastry made by Mama, would you like to try it?”
“……”
Qian Xunji was stunned, even though his stomach was bulging and the wound was a little painful.
He still nodded with a smile.
He opened his mouth.
“Hehe... can't waste it.”
Qian Renjue smiled and stuffed the green pastry into Qian Xunji's mouth.
“Hmm.”
Qian Xunji nodded seriously.
“Then goodbye, Papa, Sister, let's go.”
After feeding the pastry, Qian Renjue didn't stay long and pulled Qian Renxue to leave.
“Hmm.”
Qian Renxue glanced at the crumbs on the ground and obediently followed Qian Renjue out.
Qian Xunji chewed the pastry, quietly watching their backs.
Thump~
“Hmm?”
An unusual taste came from the pastry in his mouth.
Qian Xunji was immediately stunned, not thinking too much about Qian Renjue's words.
He only thought the pastry was strange... it was filled with something.
No wonder he told himself not to waste it.
Chewing the strange-tasting broad beans in his mouth, he calmly swallowed them.
Suddenly!
A warm current seemed to flow from the dantian, circulating throughout his body.
Qian Xunji's face showed a look of shock.
Wishing everyone a happy life!
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