Two hours later.
The raging waves, wild winds, and torrential rain finally began to fade.
Within Moon-Water Pavilion, the old tranquility returned.
On the waterside platform, the setting sun glowed crimson. Wang Shouzhe, draped in a sleeping robe, lounged comfortably in a chair, his eyes half narrowed and half closed as if resting, while he toyed with an ancient-looking jade pendant in his hand.
A moment later.
Liu Ruolan brought over a pot of "Snow Crystal Rice Porridge" and said with tender grace, "I personally simmered this blood-replenishing porridge for my husband. These past few months, you have been busy outside and suffered much hardship."
The rice was top-grade Snow Crystal Spirit Rice, which could only grow within rare ice-element spirit veins. From sowing to harvest required a full three years. That long growth cycle made it extraordinarily nourishing, with the effects of nurturing the body and replenishing the spirit.
The eel was top-grade An River Red Blood Spirit Eel. Its flesh was firm, fresh, tender, smooth, and refreshing, with the effect of replenishing qi and enriching the blood. With the addition of certain special spirit herbs, this porridge became a greatly restorative item.
At this moment, Liu Ruolan's cheeks were faintly flushed, her complexion radiant, her charm graceful and lingering. She had already borne Wang Shouzhe two sons and two daughters, and her actual age was nearing forty. Yet compared with when she had first married, her skin seemed even more delicate and smooth, dewy and flawless.
The greater change lay in how she had lost some of the green immaturity of her maiden years and had instead become even more mature and alluring.
Wang Shouzhe's heart gave a faint jolt. He took the porridge and set it aside, grasping Liu Ruolan's slender jade hand as he said, "My