That night, Cao Jinxing followed Huang Fangling on a tour of the entire Green Jade Tower. She held nothing back from him, explaining every mechanism installed throughout the tower. Cao Jinxing was a little surprised, and he could not help feeling somewhat stirred.
Judging by his encounters lately, this world still had some poetry and romance to it.
It was not quite the utter mess he had imagined before. There were people like Wan Heqing, but there were also people like Qin Xuanji and Huang Fangling.
His resistance eased a little.
I'll let things take their course.
Afterward, Cao Jinxing insisted on buying three [Heavenly King Pills] at market price. No matter what Huang Fangling said, he would not budge.
Huang Fangling might treat him as one of her own, but he could not take that for granted.
Whatever might change in the future, for now, even brothers had to keep their accounts straight.
After buying the pills, Cao Jinxing took his leave. He planned to enter seclusion at Xuandu Temple's [Flying Tiger Pool] the next day for half a month, and mentioned it to Huang Fangling before leaving.
Holding the pills she had failed to give him, Huang Fangling watched his retreating figure. She felt a little dejected, but more than anything, she was heartened.
Her medical skills were exceptional, and she was highly proficient in the four basic diagnostic methods: observation, listening and smelling, inquiry, and pulse-taking.
She could see his softening attitude in Cao Jinxing's subtle facial expressions. In the past, that blockhead would never have volunteered his upcoming plans.
No, he's not a blockhead...
Huang Fangling thought with interest, A blockhead is dull-hearted and slow-witted. He isn't. He's blue-and-white porcelain, exquisite and translucent. He just warms slowly, and cools slowly too...
She returned to the Pill