Chapter 85

Chapter 85: I Think Your Brow Looks Dark

Spiritual energy moved like a soft breeze.

Her hair had been soaked, but the droplets vanished at a speed you could see.

The strands became dry and fluffy.

After that, he gently pulled the blanket over Su Qian and tucked her in.

Then, as quietly as possible, he left the bedroom and closed the door.

Back in the courtyard, he looked at the mess that still hadn’t been cleaned up.

Lu Yao shook his head helplessly and started tidying up.

When he was done, he looked up at the night sky.

Stars were scattered everywhere.

Moonlight fell on him, bringing a faint chill.

“Actually, life on Earth doesn’t seem so boring after all.” The corners of Lu Yao’s mouth lifted slightly.

He turned and walked back inside.

“Meow… meow…”

In the morning, Su Qian woke up groggily to Ning Meng’s meowing.

She had expected a hangover headache, but this time, strangely, she didn’t have that awful feeling like her head was about to burst.

“Meow…”

Seeing Su Qian awake, Ning Meng excitedly sprang at her.

It landed right on Su Qian in one leap.

Su Qian jumped at the sudden pounce. “Hey… Ning Meng, are you trying to kill me? You little chubby cat.”

With the special environment in the backyard and the nourishment of spirit fruits, Ning Meng was more than twice its original size.

That leap nearly took Su Qian out.

“Meow.” Ning Meng rubbed against her in Su Qian’s arms, looking wronged.

Su Qian smiled helplessly and patted Ning Meng’s head. “Alright, alright. I won’t blame you. Are you hungry?”

As she spoke, she sat up.

She stretched, and only then realized her hair was dry and fluffy.

“Huh? I didn’t blow-dry my hair last night?” Su Qian scratched her head, confused.

She tried hard to recall what happened last night, but all she remembered was drinking a lot. Everything after that was blurry.

“Could it have been Lu Yao?” Su Qian murmured.

“No way.” Su Qian shook her head.

She slept lightly. A hair dryer was so loud that there was no way she wouldn’t have noticed.

Su Qian got up to wash up and looked at herself in the mirror.

Her face was still a little flushed from the hangover.

[How did I get back to my room last night?]

[I didn’t go crazy drunk, did I?]

[I didn’t say anything stupid, did I?]

As she washed up, Su Qian kept turning it over in her mind.

She only remembered asking Lu Yao last night if he missed home.

Thinking of that, Su Qian let out a quiet sigh.

[Should I tell him the truth, that I’m not his distant relative at all, and that I’ve always known he came from the cultivation realm?]

After she finished washing up, Su Qian walked out of her room.

Lu Yao was in the living room playing with Ning Meng. Sunlight fell over him, and it was hard to look away.

“Lu Yao…” Su Qian walked over, sat on the sofa, and watched Lu Yao interact with Ning Meng.

Just as she was about to speak, her phone rang at the worst possible moment.

Su Qian paused.

Then she pulled her phone from her pocket and glanced at the screen.

It was Zhou Ran.

“You’d better have something important to say!” Su Qian snapped as she answered.

Zhou Ran: “???”

“Tsk, such a big temper this early. Did you two lovebirds get into a fight?” Zhou Ran teased from the other end.

Su Qian’s face turned red the moment she heard that.

She instinctively glanced at Lu Yao.

Lu Yao was looking at her too, puzzled, as if trying to guess what the person on the phone was saying.

“What nonsense are you spouting?” Su Qian cut straight to the point. “If you have something to say, say it. If not, I’m hanging up!”

Zhou Ran laughed. “Oh? Shy now? Fine, fine, business.”

“Didn’t you ask me earlier to help find a farm?” Zhou Ran spoke unhurriedly. “There’s actually a pretty good place now, around three hundred mu. Are you free? Let’s go take a look together.”

So it really was business!

Hearing that, Su Qian remembered she had asked Zhou Ran to keep an eye out for a farm.

“Okay.” Su Qian agreed. “I’m free today.”

“Tsk, got it. I’ll be there in half an hour!” Zhou Ran said briskly.

Then he hung up.

Now that the pharmaceutical factory was on track, it would definitely need large amounts of spirit herbs and spirit plants. The small batch Xia Meng Meng had brought from the cultivation realm was far from enough.

The “pure and natural, pollution-free” environment had already proven itself.

Whether it was spirit beasts or spirit plants, they could grow and reproduce better here.

Half an hour later, Zhou Ran arrived at Yun Jin Villa right on time.

“I’m heading out to handle something. I’ll be back soon.” Su Qian spoke as she walked out of the villa.

“I’ll go with you.” Lu Yao followed.

Ever since the teleportation array failed, Lu Yao had taken a hard blow.

For now, he didn’t want to keep forcing it.

Su Qian didn’t refuse.

The moment Zhou Ran saw Lu Yao, he greeted him with the warm ease of an old friend. “Brother Lu Yao.”

Lu Yao gave a small nod in reply.

“Let’s go.”

They reached Su Qian’s car. Before she could even open the door, Zhou Ran leaned in.

“Tsk, why make it so complicated? Just ride in my car.”

Su Qian shot him a look. “I don’t trust your driving.”

She hadn’t forgotten.

The last time she rode in Zhou Ran’s car, he pulled a wild fishtail and nearly flung her and Lu Yao out.

Zhou Ran rubbed his nose awkwardly. “Tsk, that was totally an accident.”

“By the way, why does your face look kind of dark?” Su Qian noticed a faint wisp of black aura curling around the spot between Zhou Ran’s brows.

Zhou Ran panicked. “Tsk, I washed my face before I came out. Relax, I won’t dirty your car.”

That wasn’t what Su Qian meant.

She just wasn’t sure if it was her imagination.

It felt like there was something strange about Zhou Ran’s aura, and that black wisp between his brows looked downright eerie.

But Zhou Ran himself seemed completely unaware.

Su Qian frowned and studied Zhou Ran again.

Lu Yao seemed to notice Su Qian’s reaction.

He followed her gaze to Zhou Ran and narrowed his eyes slightly.

With one glance, he could tell Zhou Ran’s aura was off.

“Zhou Ran, have you run into anything weird lately?” Su Qian asked.

Zhou Ran looked completely confused.

He touched his face, then looked himself over. “No. What weird thing could I run into? I’ve just been busy finding this farm every day. What’s up? Why are you staring at me? Do I have flowers on my face?”

Su Qian hesitated, but she still said it. “I feel like the spot between your brows looks kind of dark, like… like something bad is clinging to you. You really haven’t felt anything strange?”

Zhou Ran froze for a moment.

Then he burst out laughing. “Tsk, Su Qian, when did you learn face reading? A dark brow? Don’t mess with me. What year do you think this is? You still believe that stuff?”

“I’m fine. I eat well, I sleep well, and I’m healthy as can be. What bad thing would be clinging to me?”

“Then maybe I saw it wrong.” Su Qian shook her head.

That made sense too.

It hadn’t even been that long. There was no way she’d already grasped the ?five-element ghost-taming art? so quickly.