Quite a few readers said they wanted to see Chen Yu fight.
The Wood Snake Year-the Year of the Snake was already here.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I hope everyone enjoys reading.
Chenlin Village was a peaceful, timeworn settlement. Most of its buildings were constructed from bluestone and timber, exuding a faint rustic charm.
In one corner of the village stood a residence called the Azure Jade Hall. More refined than the surrounding houses, its blue roof tiles and white walls shone softly in the sunlight.
Entering the Azure Jade Hall and passing through its winding corridors brought one to Chen Yu's bedroom.
The bedroom was simply furnished yet cozy. Several ink paintings hung on the walls, their distant mountains and waters filling the viewer with a sense of ease and openness.
Beside the bed stood a wooden desk, with books and the four treasures of the scholar's studio arranged on it, revealing its owner's usual scholarly tastes.
Thin gauze fluttered gently in the breeze at the window. Sunlight filtered through it and spilled onto the bed.
Chen Yu lay quietly on the bed, his face pale. He had been asleep for seven or eight days, his body seemingly bound by an invisible force that kept him from waking.
Sunlight shone on his face but could not dispel the faint shadow hanging over it. His breathing was steady yet weak, like a candle flame flickering in the wind that might go out at any moment.
Ye Xiuxin had just risen from Chen Yu's bedside. She held an empty medicine bowl, her eyes full of worry.
She sighed softly, then turned and left the bedroom.
Outside the door, several people had been waiting anxiously. They hurried over to meet her.
Ye Xiuxin shook her head