"But today... today I really don't think I can..."
Ning Rongrong looked at Chi Xiu with a tearful little face.
"Huh? What's wrong with today? Why can't you do it today? How can the young miss say she can't?"
Chi Xiu asked curiously.
Ning Rongrong was nearly driven to despair by his questions. She wanted to cry, but she had already cried herself dry last night.
"I... I'm a little sore. I need to rest for a day."
Seeing how pale she looked, Chi Xiu decided to let it go.
The arrogant young miss had received her punishment, after all.
He held the prepared immortal herb before Ning Rongrong and waved it around. "Still talking big at a time like this? Do you really have to rot before you realize your own limits?"
Ning Rongrong said, "...What is this?"
"Eat it. It'll heal the swelling and pain on your body."
Ning Rongrong was desperate for relief. She hurriedly took it and stuffed the glowing immortal herb into her mouth.
"Does it taste good?"
"So bitter."
"Yeah. Just like you were last night. Very bitter."
Ning Rongrong looked at Chi Xiu, a string of question marks hanging over her head.
Last night?
She had clearly spent the second half of the night crying. How could she remember what happened?
After eating the immortal herb, Ning Rongrong only felt a warm current flow through her body. In an instant, all her pain and fatigue vanished.
She looked at Chi Xiu in surprise, then bounced in place several times, feeling light all over.
"I'm healed!"
"Then get lost and go back."
Chi Xiu gave her a push from behind.
Ning Rongrong turned around with a shout. Before leaving the room, she faced Chi Xiu again, frowned, and said, "Fine. I'll come find you