Ruan Qiuping was still a little confused when he opened his eyes.
He almost thought that gods could be like humans and be reincarnated into another world after death.
It was not until he saw Xia Fushui lying on the bed that he came to his senses.
“…Mom.” He opened his mouth and called out to Xia Fushui, his voice very hoarse.
Xia Fushui sat up and looked at Ruan Qiuping who had woken up. She was stunned for a moment and said with some surprise: "Awake?"
Xia Fushui stood up and said, "Are you hungry? I'll go make some porridge for you."
Ruan Qiuping glanced at the mark she left when she lay down beside the bed, raised his head to look at her back, and said to her in a hoarse voice: "Mom... Thank you."
Xia Fushui turned around, her eyes suddenly reddened. She reached out her hand, touched Ruan Qiuping's head, and praised him, "He has withstood all nineteen thunderbolts. My son is truly amazing."
Ruan Qiuping blinked.
Then he narrowed his eyes and smiled with a look of some embarrassment and some happiness.
After Xia Fushui left, Ruan Qiuping lay flat on the bed, with a smile still on his face.
This was the first time Xia Fushui praised him.
But nineteen heavenly thunders... Ruan Qiuping's smile fell and he frowned.
He touched his heart and probed his inner elixir. He could even feel the abundant spiritual power emanating from his inner elixir, almost exploring all his bones and meridians bit by bit.
His skills have improved again.
Moreover, the speed and magnitude of the improvement this time are unprecedentedly fast. If it continues like this, he will be enshrined as a god in one or two months, let alone one day.
… It’s a good thing, at least I lived another month.
Ruan Qiuping thought to himself.
The door creaked open, and this time it was Ruan Shengfeng who came in.
"Qiuping, you're finally awake! I was so worried!"
Ruan Qiuping then remembered another more important thing. He looked up at Ruan Shengfeng and asked anxiously, "Dad, how long have I been unconscious?"
"Not too long. I was in a coma for only three days."
"That wedding... Yu Huan..."
"Don't mention that stupid thing to me!" Ruan Shengfeng interrupted Ruan Qiuping and said angrily, "What the hell is that! It's a lucky god, but I broke off the engagement and it got struck by lightning. Why?"
"I did something wrong." Ruan Qiuping explained hurriedly, "I did something wrong first, so Yu Huan wanted to cancel the engagement! Don't scold him!"
"You..." Ruan Shengfeng felt that his chest was aching from anger, "You still dare to speak for him. You don't know how much suffering you have suffered. If it weren't for your life, you would have died countless times."
"I really did something wrong." Ruan Qiuping lowered his head. "Yes, I made a very serious mistake. Yu Huan did nothing wrong."
Ruan Shengfeng: "So what did I do wrong?"
"I lied to Yu Huan and hurt him." Ruan Qiuping looked up at Ruan Shengfeng again and asked, "... Then... who found me out?"
The place where he buried it was quite hidden.
The parents knew nothing about the apple tree.
Could it be... Yu Huan
Ruan Shengfeng felt that his son had not completely given up, so he wanted to lie to him and say that it was he and Xia Fushui who found him.
But he couldn't open his mouth to lie. In the end, he waved his sleeves and said angrily: "My mother and I didn't find me. It was that bastard who found me!"
"… oh."
Ruan Qiuping lowered his head.
He thought Yu Huan completely hated him and didn't want to talk to him anymore... It turned out that it was Yu Huan who found him and dug him out of the ground.
… So should he go to the house to express his gratitude
But does Yu Huan still want to love him now
What if Yu Huan had to find him out because of pressure from his parents, but in his heart he was still angry with him, didn't want to see him, and was annoyed with him
Ruan Qiuping started to have wild thoughts in his mind.
Ruan Shengfeng suddenly spoke again, interrupting Ruan Qiuping's thoughts: "Where did you hide after being struck by lightning? Qiuping, I'm your father, why didn't you discuss anything with us?! Next time you encounter something, you must tell us! Got it?"
Ruan Qiuping lowered his head and pulled the corner of the quilt, saying, "... I understand."
Ruan Qiuping recovered from his injuries very quickly, and near evening, he felt that there was nothing wrong with him. Not only could he walk, but he could also cast some small spells.
Xia Fushui came over and touched Ruan Qiuping's forehead: "Are you still having a fever?"
"It's not burning anymore." Ruan Qiuping shook his head.
Xia Fushui gently combed Ruan Qiuping's hair and said, "Why is your hair so messy? Even if you have short hair, you need to take care of it regularly."
"Yeah." Ruan Qiuping smiled.
Xia Fushui's fingers were white and slender, gentle and watery. She fiddled with Ruan Qiuping's black hair twice, making him look much more energetic.
Xia Fushui touched Ruan Qiuping's face and suddenly said with a smile: "Our Qiuping looks just like me."
Ruan Qiuping laughed again, but before he could say anything, Xia Fushui's face suddenly changed, and she fell to the ground, twitching violently.
The smile on Ruan Qiuping's face froze.
"Mom—" Ruan Dongdong suddenly screamed miserably and rushed over crying.
Hearing the noise, Ruan Shengfeng quickly ran out of the kitchen.
He called Xia Fushui's name several times, but Xia Fushui didn't respond. Ruan Shengfeng hurriedly picked up Xia Fushui and teleported to the pharmacy.
Ruan Qiuping was about to follow, but suddenly thought of something. He lowered his head and took out the supreme luck talisman that he never left from his arms.
The lucky charm that was once dazzling and emitting endless golden light has now become as black as ashes.
I don't know if it was because the magic power had expired or because he was struck by lightning.
… He had kept this supreme luck talisman on him for too long, and he almost forgot that it also had an expiration date.
He almost forgot that he was a god of misfortune who could bring bad luck and harm to others with just a touch.
Ruan Dongdong looked up at Ruan Qiuping with tears in her eyes, and cried in her voice: "Brother, what happened to mom?"
As she spoke, she raised her arm to grab Ruan Qiuping's hand.
Ruan Qiuping hurriedly took a step back, avoiding her touch, and then said: "... Dongdong, be obedient and go play in the room by yourself. Mom is sick and has gone to the hospital. Come back soon, and your brother will go to see mom too."
"I want to go too!" Ruan Dongdong stretched out his hand and asked Ruan Qiuping to hold him.
Ruan Qiuping hesitated for a moment, found a rope at home, and he and Ruan Dongdong each held one end of the rope, and then they teleported her to the pharmacy.
Xia Fushui seemed to have taken some medicinal pills, and looked to have recovered a little, but she was still lying on the bed, unable to even sit up.
She looked at Ruan Qiuping and Ruan Dongdong at the other end of the rope and frowned.
"…The luck charm has lost its effect." Ruan Qiuping said with a pale face.
Xia Fushui was stunned.
At this time, the Medicine Fairy came over with a little fairy and asked Xia Fushui, "Do you feel better now? You can't remember why you fainted."
Ruan Qiuping looked at Yao Xian and said, "Yes, I..."
"I remember now, it was Ruan Qiuping who gave me poisonous mushrooms. I wanted to force the poison out, and I fainted due to anger." Xia Fushui interrupted Ruan Qiuping.
After the Medicine Fairy left, Ruan Qiuping said hurriedly, "Mom, it was obviously you who touched me, and my bad luck was passed on to you, so you fainted. How could you say it was a mushroom... This will affect the Medicine Fairy's treatment of you."
"I know my condition well. No matter what the cause is, it will not affect the treatment."
"But this..."
"No buts." Xia Fushui said in a deep voice, "Do you really have to let everyone know that your bad luck has returned? You have been an ordinary person for so long, can you still bear the feeling of being excluded now?"
Ruan Qiuping was stunned for a moment.
Xia Fushui closed her eyes and said, "It's better to keep it a secret for as long as possible. Everyone, go out. I need to rest."
Fortunately, Xia Fushui was not seriously injured this time and had almost recovered by the next morning.
After Xia Fushui recovered, Ruan Qiuping went to the academy again.
It seemed that everyone had heard about Ruan Qiuping's farcical wedding, and people who passed by him looked at him sideways and talked about him.
"Brother!" Chen Hai rushed over, "You're still alive and kicking, so cool!"
Ruan Qiuping hurriedly took two steps to avoid his touch.
"What's wrong?" Chen Hai looked confused.
"...Don't touch me." Ruan Qiuping whispered.
"What?"
Ruan Qiuping hesitated for a moment, but in the end he did not listen to Xia Fushui's advice, and told the truth: "... My supreme luck charm has lost its effect. If you touch me, you will be unlucky, or even faint."
Chen Hai jumped away two steps out of fear, but quickly moved back, keeping a half-meter distance from Ruan Qiuping: "If it fails, ask Yu Huan to make a new one for you..."
Suddenly, he slapped his head again, "Oh, right, we're done, right?"
Chen Hai shook his head: "I don't know... These past two days, everything has been about them. The day before the wedding, he tore up the marriage book and went to the Heavenly Marriage Stone to get struck by lightning. The whole Heavenly Court knows about it. On the wedding day, everyone saw Yu Huan holding the half-dead Xi. Everyone is discussing what happened..."
“… Yu Huan hugged me?” Ruan Qiuping heard the key point and looked a little surprised.
Chen Hai nodded: "Yes, at that time he wanted to carry me into Jishen Mansion, but then my parents took me away."
Oh, then he must have been found on behalf of his parents.
Ruan Qiuping lowered his head and kicked the stone, then asked, "…Has Yu Huan come to school these two days?"
"No, I haven't seen him since the wedding."
Chen Hai couldn't walk straight, and as he walked, he involuntarily moved closer to Ruan Qiuping.
Ruan Qiuping frowned and moved to the other side, saying, "Move over there a little. We need to keep our distance now."
"What are you afraid of?" Chen Hai said with a smile, "The bad luck charm has lost its effect, but I still have a bad luck-removing charm!"
After saying that, he took out the talisman: "Look! My talisman!"
His talisman had also turned black and gray.
Ruan Qiuping looked at his talisman, frowned and said, "Your talisman is also ineffective."
"Eh? It's true." Chen Hai scratched his head and put the talisman back, "But it's time, I've used this talisman for a long time."
Knowing that both talismans were ineffective, Chen Hai obediently moved away from Ruan Qiuping: "Then be careful next time, don't touch me casually and give me bad luck."
Ruan Qiuping nodded.
To be honest, Ruan Qiuping was already surprised that Chen Hai was not so frightened that he stayed ten meters away from him.
Ruan Qiuping came to the college today, actually he wanted to see if Yu Huan was there. If Yu Huan was not there, he would plan to take another long vacation and would not come to school in the future.
After all, he didn't have more than a few months to live.
As Xia Fushui said, since he had once enjoyed the benefits of the Supreme Fortune Talisman and lived a normal life for a while, it was difficult for him to continue living a life of being ostracized by others.
Besides, he had already hurt Xia Fushui, so he should not hurt anyone else.
Ruan Qiuping even considered moving out of his home.
When asked where to move, his first thought was the cave where Yu Huan once lived.
Perhaps because everyone in the Heavenly Court knew that he had just been struck by nineteen heavenly thunders, Ruan Qiuping's leave was very long and was approved as soon as he finished speaking.
On the way home from Siming College, Ruan Qiuping deliberately took a detour and passed by the gate of Jishen Mansion.
The barrier of the auspicious talisman has disappeared, but the door is closed, and it looks like there is no life at all.
There were few people on this street originally, and ever since Yu Huan sealed off his good fortune, no one came to disturb his peace, and it was even quieter here at this moment.
Ruan Qiuping "passed by" the gate of Jishen Mansion three times at an extremely slow speed, but did not see anyone on the road.
When Ruan Qiuping was about to pass by for the first time, he heard a heavy wooden door opening and the door of Jishenfu opened.
Ruan Qiuping was almost startled and raised his head in panic to look at the person who opened the door.
It’s Yu Huan.
He was wearing a plain white robe, which was a bit thin and made him look a bit thinner and a little sick.
Ruan Qiuping took two steps back, lowered his head, not daring to look at him again, and whispered in defense: "I... I'm not... looking for you, I'm just passing by here."
… Yu Huan said that from now on, the two of them owed each other nothing, so there was no need to confront each other.
But he still came over and disturbed Yu Huan's peace.
Ruan Qiuping turned around and prepared to leave in a panic.
But after taking two steps, he gritted his teeth and turned around.
He said the last sentence to Yu Huan… the last sentence.
He walked up to Yu Huan and said, "... I heard that you dug me out of my grave. Thank you."
"Also..." He hurriedly pulled out a few bottles of medicine from his arms and held them up with both hands, "Also, thank you for lending me the medicine for my injuries. I've used it."
Yu Huan did not use any magic, but instead reached out and took the bottle from his hand.
When taking the medicine bottle, their fingertips happened to touch.
Ruan Qiuping's fingertips were slightly cool, but Yu Huan's fingertips were very hot.
The heat was so severe that Ruan Qiuping couldn't help but curl his knuckles.
"Have you recovered from your injuries?" Yu Huan suddenly asked him, his voice a little hoarse.
Ruan Qiuping nodded flattered: "Yes! All of them are gone. Thank you for the medicine."
"Then... I'm leaving." Ruan Qiuping lowered his eyes, slowly turned around, and walked down the stairs step by step.
When he went down the last step, he couldn't help but turn his head to take another look.
Yu Huan was still standing in front of the door and did not leave. He was just looking at him quietly, with no indifference or resentment in his eyes.
Yu Huan's expression suddenly gave Ruan Qiuping unexpected courage.
He turned around again and asked, "I... I found that I seemed to have left a notebook here yesterday. It's an important notebook."
Yu Huan opened the door and said, "Come in and get it."
"… May I?"
"Can."
Ruan Qiuping's heart skipped a beat and he followed Yu Huan into the room.
The last time he came here, he treated this place as his own home, feeling relaxed and at ease without any restraint.
But this time when he came, he was very restrained and only walked five meters behind Yu Huan, not daring to overstep the line at all.
He looked at Yu Huan's back and felt that Yu Huan had really lost a lot of weight.
…It’s only been a few days.
Thinking that Yu Huan might have become thin because of him, Ruan Qiuping lowered his head even more, feeling overwhelmed by guilt.
Yu Huan's bed was a little messy, probably because he had just rested on it.
The notebook that Ruan Qiuping wanted was placed on the desk. It was obvious that he had not hidden it at the time and it was found by Yu Huan.
When Ruan Qiuping picked up the notebook, he actually wanted to ask Yu Huan if he had peeked at it. However, he felt that he and Yu Huan were no longer in a relationship where they could talk casually, so he quietly put the notebook away and said to Yu Huan, "Sorry to bother you. If you..."
… It didn’t seem too bad, so he paused and changed the tone to “bye-bye”.
But when he was about to open the door and walk out, Yu Huan behind him spoke to him in a low and hoarse voice: "Ruan Ruan."
Ruan Qiuping was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned around.
He thought Yu Huan would never call him like that again.
Yu Huan sat on a chair next to the desk. The black sandalwood made his face look even paler and his lips seemed completely bloodless.
“…Come here.” Yu Huan said again.
Ruan Qiuping moved over step by step, looked down at Yu Huan in front of him, and asked cautiously: "... What's wrong?"
Yu Huan put his arms around his waist and slowly buried his head in his arms.
Ruan Qiuping opened his eyes wide in confusion.
The person in his arms had every inch of skin incredibly hot, as if it was going to burn him to ashes. He must have a severe fever.
But the part of her waist and abdomen where his face was pressed tightly against was soaked, and a little bit of coolness seeped out.
“… Don’t go.”
The man begged him in a low voice.