(Second update)
(I've been a little long-winded about Liu Xian'er and Zhang Hong lately, but it's only to lay the groundwork for the chapters ahead. Please be patient!)
Liu Xian'er and Li Xiaoya were naturally afraid Zhang Hong would reveal what had happened, and both turned to look at her in unison.
"Yes! Thank you for your concern, Auntie!" Zhang Hong glanced at Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er, seemingly casually, and hurried to reply. After a pause, she continued, "That night, perhaps because of the drug, I suddenly felt my state of mind become unstable after I woke up, and suffered qi deviation. Fortunately, I had Fairy Blue's ten-thousand-year spirit milk. Otherwise, there's no telling what would have happened to me."
"Phew!" Hearing her explanation, Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er breathed a sigh of relief and exchanged a glance. Li Xiaoya hurried forward and said, "Haha! Anyway, Senior Sister Zhang Hong, as long as everyone's all right, that's what matters! Let's get moving!" He paused, then said to Liu Xian'er, "Fairy Blue, please lead the way!"
"Wait!" Blue Ice suddenly called out, a note of urgency in her voice.
"Hmph! What are you up to now?" Hearing something amiss in her tone, Dong Santong's face hardened, and he demanded with a cold snort.
"Well... there's something I need to tell everyone!" Liu Xian'er said haltingly.
"If you have something to say, spit it out!" Mother Li said coldly, offering Liu Xian'er no warmth either.
"Actually...!" Liu Xian'er turned to glance at Zhang Hong and found her looking back with an unhappy expression. Li Xiaoya, meanwhile, looked thoughtful, then enlightened, as though he had realized what she intended to do.
"What are you trying to do?" Mother Li and Dong Santong started, thinking she was about to use that trick again,