Chapter 33.4 - I hope you won't act hostile

After Sun Xiao left, only Li Jinghua and Li Xinwen were left in the second-floor living room. "Hua-jie, I have something to tell you," Li Xinwen said after a while, his tone was grave and his expression was serious.

Seeing the serious expression on her brother's face, Li Jinghua also felt uneasy. "Ah'Wen, did something else happen today?" she asked.

Li Xinwen only nods his head before letting out a long, heavy sigh. "Because of me, Rui-ge got into an accident today and received a heavy injury. Tomorrow, I plan to go and visit him," Li Xinwen informed Li Jinghua without beating around the bush.

"Heavy injury...?" Li Jinghua asked.

Li Xinwen once again nods his head and started to tell Li Jinghua the severity of Xue Rui's injury. The more Li Jinghua heard it, the paler her face became. Though she had already ended things with Xue Rui, the man was still someone she had once given her heart to. No matter how cold she wanted to be, there was still part of her that was still soft when it comes to Xue Rui, no matter how much she hated it. After all, Xue Rui was her first love and no one can truly forget their first love no matter how they want to deny it.

"Ah'Wen... that is not 'heavy' injury. That is a life-threatening injury," Li Jinghua said in a shaky tone. She took several deep breaths to calm her pained heart. She couldn't understand her heart at all. She should be feeling happy that Xue Rui had suffered but all she could feel right now was nothing but distress. "Is he... still alive?" Li Jinghua asked after a while.

"Alive. His brother, Xue Jun brought him to the hospital immediately. As long as he received timely treatment, his life won't be in danger," Li Xinwen replied. He deliberately left out the fact that Xue Rui was actually close to death and if he didn't give Xue Rui medicine early, he might've lost his life back then.

"I see... That's great," Li Jinghua murmured softly.

"En. And that brings us to another point I want to tell you. I... hope that in the future, you won't act hostile to him anymore," Li Xinwen said to Li Jinghua.

"Why?"

"Because I promised him that in this lifetime, I will protect him," Li Xinwen answered. Seeing the look of disbelief on Li Jinghua's face, Li Xinwen continued. "I'm sorry, Hua-jie. I know that you don't like him but, I think he deserves a chance."

"Chance? What do you mean?" the unease in Li Jinghua's heart was rising once more. "Ah'Wen... you're not actually giving Xue Rui a chance to pursue you, do you?"

"Hua-jie, everyone has the right to pursue who they like. I have already said this before. Only this time, as long as he does not go overboard, I will not reject his advance."

"Li Xinwen! You promised me that you won't fall for him!"

"Hua-jie, you're mistaken," Li Xinwen replied with a chuckle. "I haven't fallen for him. But if I say my heart did not soften after what happened today, then my heart must've been made out of stone."

Li Jinghua could no longer say anything so she only let out a heavy sigh. She herself knows that there is nothing she could do. Not when her brother looks determined not to change his mind. "If you truly feel that way, then so be it. But if he hurts you, then that's it! No amount of forgiveness will be given anymore. Is that understood?"

Li Xinwen just smiled at Li Jinghua before nodding his head. Li Jinghua huffed her chest before standing up. "Ah'Wen... I hope you will not regret your choice. But even if things fall through between you and him, just remember, I'm here to support you all the way," Li Jinghua told her brother.

"Hua-jie, ah! You made it sound as if I'm already together with him when we're not. But thank you, Hua-jie. Your support really means a lot. I know of anything happens, I can trust you with my life," Li Xinwen said with a big smile on his face. "You should go and rest. Tomorrow, you have work. As for me, even if I sleep late, it's still fine. Your brother is on holiday after all," Li Xinwen said playfully as he teased Li Jinghua.

"Hush, boy! You should also sleep early. Go, go!" Li Jinghua retorted as she waved her hand as if to shoo Li Xinwen.

In return, Li Xinwen just stuck his tongue out childishly before he rushed back into the room. As soon as he did, he let out a sigh of relief that he didn't even realize he had been holding back. "Luckily, Hua-jie didn't explode. I thought I would need to spend a lot of time convincing her. But she seemed to be accepting it well. Not to mention, she seemed distressed when I told her of Xue Rui's condition..."

'Lanyu,' Li Xinwen called out in his mind.

[Lanyu: Yes, Master?]

'Tomorrow, I will try to send some water into the dimension for the fishes. It'll be two types of water, some fresh water from the river and seawater. Be sure not to mix them up,' Li Xinwen told the small fairy who lives in the dimension.

[Lanyu: Yes, sir! Oh, and Master... Lanyu was still feeling bad about the book so Lanyu has already made a copy of the three missing books. Master doesn't need to worry about it anymore.]

Li Xinwen frowned but since the small spirit had already made a copy, he decided not to depreciate Lanyu's effort so he didn't say anything that would make Lanyu feels he did something useless. 'Alright. Thank you, Lanyu. I will leave you to your work now.'

After informing Lanyu of his plan for the dimension tomorrow, he finally settled down on the bed. After all that happened today, Li Xinwen didn't feel like looking through Li Jinghua's memories. So he simply closed his eyes and did a few breathing exercises before he circulates his spiritual energy through his meridians. After a while, he realized that he couldn't focus on cultivating. 'If I force myself, it won't do... before, I could just go and do some pill refining but now...' Li Xinwen sighed as he found that he has nothing to do.

His eyes then landed on his phone and decided to play around with it. A few hours later, Li Xinwen found himself still staring at his phone which was connected to a charging cable. His phone was playing a Korean drama that he found by chance and coincidentally, it was related to the undead. Li Xinwen decided to use this drama to sharpen his knowledge on 'how a mortal should act during the zombie apocalypse' just so he won't appear too suspicious when the apocalypse started. 'Acting weak is truly tiring sometimes...' Li Xinwen thought as he started to formulate a plan in his mind to show Li Jinghua his 'gradual increase in strength'. But after a while, Li Xinwen found that he was unable to extricate himself from the drama and ends up watching the whole series in one night, only to find that it was only season 1 of the drama, much to his disappointment.