Chapter 97: The Fierce Ye Zixi
Chapter 97: The Fierce Ye Zixi
Lin Mu drove back to school. It was already past two in the afternoon.
He had just sat down in the classroom when Ye Zixi bounced over. She happily grabbed Lin Mu’s hand and said, “Come on, A-Mu. I will take you to a great place.”
“Where? We still have class soon!”
“Do you even care about those lessons? I know you already finished self-studying this course.”
Ye Zixi pouted her small mouth and rolled her eyes at Lin Mu.
“But I just got back. Now we are going out again? I am so tired. Let me rest, okay?”
Lin Mu pretended to look pitiful.
“Hmph, I know you bought a car. It is fine. I will drive. And the place we are going will definitely help you relax properly!”
“Huh? Are you sure it will help me relax? Are you thinking of… that?”
Lin Mu glanced at Ye Zixi suspiciously, deliberately letting his eyes linger on important parts of her body.
At first, Ye Zixi did not understand what Lin Mu meant. When she realized where he was looking, she pinched his arm hard.
“You are going to die! You are so not serious. I am talking to you seriously here!”
“I am serious too! Do I look frivolous right now?”
“I am not talking to you anymore. Come on, you will know when we get there.”
She did not continue bantering with Lin Mu. Ye Zixi knew that Lin Mu’s mouth was getting sharper. There was no hope of winning an argument with him. It was all because he hung out with Fatty too much. He had turned bad.
Thinking of that, Ye Zixi immediately glared at Xing Weilong not far away. He looked completely confused, just sitting there properly and still getting into trouble.
It was truly a case of sitting at home and disaster falling from the sky. His luck was so bad that even drinking cold water would get stuck in his teeth.
Ignoring the Fatty who was lamenting the decline of public morals and the loss of traditional values, Ye Zixi dragged Lin Mu out of the classroom.
A few minutes later, a black car roared its engine and shot out from the underground parking lot exit. After a cool drift, it left the gate of Donghai University.
“Hey! You two be careful! This is a school! Not a racetrack!”
The guard from the gatehouse rushed out. He angrily cursed at the car that was already disappearing in a cloud of dust.
“Slow down, Zixi! This is a sedan, not a supercar. Don’t stomp the accelerator like that! I just bought it less than a day ago. I don’t want to take it to the 4S shop for repairs so soon.”
Lin Mu tightened his seatbelt. He shouted and yelled from the passenger seat.
“Don’t be nervous, A-Mu. This car’s performance is better than many sports cars. This is my first time driving such an expensive car. The power is really something else!”
Ye Zixi looked very excited.
Lin Mu even felt like she was glowing all over. She had become completely exhilarated. She actually reached a speed of one hundred and seventy kilometers per hour on city roads!
Watching car after car get whooshed past, Lin Mu broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead. This girl Zixi was way too crazy. He absolutely must not let her drive again in the future.
However, Lin Mu had to admit that Ye Zixi’s driving skills were truly first-class. The Maybach, with its powerful features and configurations, performed to its maximum potential in her hands.
They ran through several red lights at high speed. The traffic police saw the car with license plate A88888 acting so arrogantly, daring to speed openly on city roads. Although they knew someone with that license plate was not to be messed with, they still gritted their teeth and gave chase.
But they only chased for a few intersections before the black car vanished without a trace. Not only could they not match its speed, but the driver’s skill also left them helplessly watching the car disappear into the distance.
Ye Zixi’s superb driving skills combined with the Maybach’s perfect power performance. A journey that should have taken over half an hour was forcefully shortened to just ten minutes.
With a screech, the Maybach executed a dazzling drift and slid smoothly into a parking space at the foot of the mountain.
“Haha! Driving a good car is just so satisfying!”
Ye Zixi patted the steering wheel very contentedly, her face full of joy.
“No way. I can’t let you drive again, you crazy girl. This is like playing with our lives! And this is in the city! What if we hit someone?”
Lin Mu let out a long sigh, shook his head, and got out of the car.
“Stinky A-Mu! I brought you here with good intentions to enjoy ourselves, and you treat me like this!”
Ye Zixi gave Lin Mu an unhappy glare.
“Enjoy? What kind of enjoyment can there be here?”
Lin Mu looked around. He did not know what fun could be had on this mountain.
“This is Qinglian Mountain. There is a place called Shuixiang Teahouse up there. Their fragrant tea is the best in the whole of Donghai. Countless people come here because of its reputation. Ordinary people want to drink it but can’t even get it!”
Ye Zixi pointed at the buildings halfway up the mountain. “Shuixiang Teahouse is right there.”
“Then how do you know about this place?”
“The owner here is my good friend. I used to come here often to drink tea with her when I had free time. Recently, she cultivated a new type of flower tea. I want to come and try it, and I brought you along to broaden your horizons.”
Ye Zixi giggled and pulled Lin Mu as they walked up the mountain.
Lin Mu shook his head with a helpless smile. So, in Zixi’s heart, he was just a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.
Both of them knew martial arts, and their skills were not low. They went up the mountain very quickly. In a short while, they arrived in front of Shuixiang Teahouse.
“Miss Ye, you are here again?”
The greeter girl at the door saw Ye Zixi from afar and immediately greeted her with a smile.
“Yes, is Sister You in?”
“She is. You can go straight to the second floor.”
It seemed Ye Zixi really came here often. Even the girl at the door knew her.
Lin Mu followed Ye Zixi straight up to the second floor. The entire Shuixiang Teahouse was filled with the overflowing fragrance of tea. Lin Mu sniffed lightly and felt it was very nice.
The two of them sat on the second floor for a while.
Not long after, a middle-aged beautiful woman came upstairs. It was Sister You, who had received Yan Langshi and the others in the morning.
Lin Mu, who was originally looking out the window, suddenly retracted his gaze and turned to look at the approaching middle-aged woman. Just from the sound of her footsteps, he knew she was an expert. Her Zhenqi cultivation was very profound.
However, her face looked somewhat pale, as if she had expended too much Zhenqi. It made her footsteps seem somewhat unsteady now.
Although Ye Zixi did not have Lin Mu’s keen eye, when the middle-aged woman reached them, she also noticed it.
“Sister You, what is wrong with you? Why is your Zhenqi depleted so severely?”
“Ah, don’t mention it. It is all because of your brother-in-law’s issue. For so many years, every time his condition acts up, I have to use my Zhenqi to forcefully suppress it. It is just that the episodes have become more frequent recently. My Zhenqi consumption has gradually increased.”
Sister You let out a soft sigh and said helplessly.
“Can brother-in-law’s illness not be cured? Forcing suppression with Zhenqi like this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. One day, it will become impossible to suppress.”
Ye Zixi frowned tightly.
“Ah, I want to cure him too. But I have searched for countless famous doctors, and none could solve his problem. Now it seems I cannot hold on much longer. I do not know what to do.”
Sister You sighed deeply. Then she looked at Lin Mu beside her, a slight smile appearing on her face. “Who is this handsome young man? Is he your boyfriend?”
“Hello, Sister You. My name is Lin Mu.”
Before Ye Zixi could speak, Lin Mu stood up and introduced himself.
“Very handsome, and your temperament is good too. It seems you are not from an ordinary family either. For Zixi to have a boyfriend like you is quite a blessing for her. But this girl is a bit rash. You need to take good care of her.”
Sister You smiled slightly and glanced at Ye Zixi.
“Sister You, what are you talking about? We are just friends, we are just relatively close. Today I brought him here to broaden his horizons and incidentally drink your newly cultivated flower tea.”
“You girl, you just came for my flower tea.”
Sister You gently tapped Ye Zixi’s forehead and said in a mock scolding tone.
“You two sit here and play for a while. I will go make tea for you.”
After Sister You left, Lin Mu said meaningfully, “That woman is quite extraordinary. Her Cultivation Power is so deep. Why is she running a teahouse here?”
“I am not sure about that either. When I met Sister You, she was already the owner here. As for things before that, I have never heard her mention them.”
Ye Zixi shook her head. She did not know what background Sister You had either.
“Seeing her Zhenqi so severely depleted, it seems her husband’s problem is very serious!”
Turning to look at the tea garden outside, Lin Mu sighed.
“Over these years, Sister You has been using her power to suppress the strange illness inside brother-in-law. Now it seems it is about to reach the point where she cannot suppress it anymore. Actually, Sister You knew this day would come long ago. But she never gave up. All these years, she kept searching for a cure, but there hasn’t been much progress.”
“Divine Physician Mu Renqing has been missing for many years. No one knows where he is all this time. If it were him, he could surely save brother-in-law’s life. It is a pity we just cannot find his whereabouts.”
Ye Zixi also sighed regretfully. Although she sympathized with Sister You’s situation, she herself did not know medicine. Her heart was willing, but her strength was insufficient.
Mu Renqing. Hearing this name, Lin Mu’s heart stirred slightly.
The Inchlight Sun-Seizing Secret Art he studied was precisely the peerless skill passed down by Mu Renqing. This Sister You had been inquiring about Mu Renqing’s whereabouts. Could it be that the Golden Needle Technique could cure her husband’s illness?
Just as Lin Mu was pondering secretly, an extremely faint sound suddenly caught his attention. His ear twitched slightly, and the source of the sound immediately amplified. The target location was right behind the teahouse.
“Not good! Your Sister You is in danger. Someone is attacking her from behind.”
Hearing this, Ye Zixi immediately turned her head and looked towards the back of the teahouse. Her ears also twitched slightly, obviously listening for the commotion from the back.
The next moment, without worrying about how Lin Mu noticed it earlier than her, Ye Zixi directly flashed and jumped out of the window. She quickly ran towards the back of the teahouse.
Lin Mu also jumped down after her. Behind the teahouse was a large tea garden, planted with all kinds of tea leaves. Not far away, Sister You was lying on the ground. Two middle-aged men stood facing her.
“Xu You, after all these years, we finally got our chance. Qi Liancheng’s injury must have cost you a lot of effort, right? Seeing your Zhenqi so severely depleted, suppressing his injury must not have been easy, right?”