TDFM Chapter 100

Cats and Dogs He had a pair of beautiful eyes.

Narrow double eyelids, eye corners slightly upturned, long eyelashes that stood straight without much curl, like two rows of dense pine needles. His pupils were clean and clear with distinct black and white, and when he smiled, there seemed to be soft spring breezes swaying in his eyes.

Yun Qing sheathed her sword and looked at these eyes with some confusion. “Your—”

Shi Qingshang raised an eyebrow and lifted his finger to his lips. “Shh—”

Yun Qing had to close her mouth. She shifted her gaze and looked around. Earlier, she had only noticed that her junior sister was being “bullied,” but now she realized there were quite a lot of people under the tree.

Except for Baiyu, the others were either lying down or sitting, scattered all over the ground.

The most ridiculous was Shi Changxiao, who was embracing a man, face pressed against face, rubbing against each other intimately, then gave the man a loud kiss on the cheek.

That man called out with teary eyes. “Ahhhh, Chief Sister, I’m no longer pure!”

Yun Qing: “?”

“Stop talking nonsense.” Shi Qingshang walked over to separate the two, then pointed at the pot and said to Yun Qing, “They must have eaten poisonous mushrooms and were hallucinating from the toxins.”

Yun Qing looked toward Jiang Baiyu, who briefly explained what had happened. After hearing this, Yun Qing said with mixed laughter and tears, “That’s something Fu Xue would do.”

She grabbed Fu Xue, who was still practicing swimming on the ground not far away, holding her with one hand, then looked at the man who had just been molested by Shi Changxiao.

The man was wiping his face with a handkerchief with exaggerated force, rubbing his originally fair face red.

Yun Qing asked, “Did he eat some too?”

Shi Qingshang replied, “He didn’t eat any. His brain wasn’t normal to begin with.”

“Hey, hey, hey, you really can’t spit out ivory from a dog’s mouth.” Ding Lisheng stood up from the ground, walked to Yun Qing, and smiled. “I’m Ding Lisheng.”

Yun Qing nodded. “I’m called Yun Qing.”

“I know your name. Qingshang told me about you. He said you were a very special woman.”

Shi Qingshang’s face reddened a bit from his big mouth, and he coughed dryly. “Shut up and hurry up with the detoxification.”

Jiang Baiyu stood to the side, looking at Yun Qing then at Shi Qingshang, the corner of his mouth pulling into a mocking arc.

Ding Lisheng untied the large pouch from his waist, which turned out to be a medicine bag.

He took silver needles from the pouch and pricked each person’s Neiguan acupoint to induce vomiting, then took out detoxification pills to distribute to Yun Qing and the others.

Yun Qing knew Ding Lisheng was from Hundred Herbs Valley, so she naturally trusted his medical skills. However, she was somewhat worried, not knowing how long her junior sister had been eating the poisonous mushrooms and whether the treatment was timely enough.

After feeding Fu Xue the detoxification pill and cleaning the dirt from Fu Xue’s mouth, she said worriedly, “How long have they been poisoned? Could their brains already be damaged?”

Jiang Baiyu, who had just finished giving medicine to Shi Ruibin, heard her words and shook his head decisively. “No.”

Yun Qing looked at him.

Jiang Baiyu: “They had no brains to begin with.”

Yun Qing: “……”

That made perfect sense.

After taking the detoxification pills, those people stopped thrashing around and sat in a circle around the large maple tree, backs against the trunk. The wind blew, and fiery red maple leaves scattered and fell. Jiang Baiyu stood beside Yun Qing, skillfully removing fallen leaves from her shoulder.

He pinched the red leaf between two fingers, hesitated for a moment, and finally didn’t throw it away, instead tucking it into his sleeve.

Yun Qing had been staring at Fu Xue and didn’t notice his action.

After a while, Fu Xue’s eyelids moved, then slowly opened her eyes.

She blinked, and her vacant eyes began to focus.

She looked up at Yun Qing and saw her senior sister frowning at her with an unpleasant expression. So she asked somewhat confused, “Senior Sister, what’s wrong?”

Yun Qing’s face darkened. “You’re really bold. Did the poisonous mushrooms taste good?”

“Ah?” Fu Xue remembered what happened before she lost consciousness. She seriously recalled the taste and nodded. “Not bad, very fresh and delicious.”

“You!” Yun Qing pretended to hit her with the sword sheath, and Fu Xue shrank her neck in fright.

The sword sheath was raised high but fell gently, only tapping her hair bun.

Shi Qingshang couldn’t help but smile seeing Yun Qing like this.

Ding Lisheng stood beside him, bumped him with his arm, and whispered, “You still have the face to criticize me? Look, your drool is almost two feet long.”

“Shut up.”

“Hey, brother, call me Uncle-in-law, and I’ll teach you how to win pretty girls’ hearts. How about it?”

Shi Qingshang scoffed and glanced at him sideways. “If you have such methods, why don’t you use them yourself?”

Ding Lisheng spread his hands: “My methods are for winning pretty girls’ hearts, but the Chief is a pretty older sister.”

Shi Qingshang was too lazy to deal with him.

On this side, Yun Qing looked at Fu Xue’s shameless appearance and said helplessly, “Junior Sister, be more careful!”

“Hehe.” Fu Xue scratched her head.

Yun Qing helped Fu Xue up and walked to Ding Lisheng, “Thank you very much.”

Fu Xue cupped her hands and gave Ding Lisheng a long bow, saying “Thank you” repeatedly.

Ding Lisheng waved his hand. “It’s a small matter, don’t worry about it. In the future, don’t eat things randomly. Although cultivators have much better constitution than ordinary people, they’re not immune to all poisons.”

Fu Xue nodded in agreement.

Yun Qing shifted her gaze slightly to look at Shi Qingshang’s eyes, and the latter happened to be looking at her too. When their eyes met, Yun Qing looked away and asked Ding Lisheng. “Did you… also cure him?”

Ding Lisheng naturally knew she was referring to Shi Qingshang’s eyes. He lifted his chin and smiled. “Of course.”

Then he suddenly raised his hand mysteriously to cover his mouth and whispered, “The first time I saw him, I thought it was such a pity for someone like him to be blind. Yun Qing, tell me—”

He glanced in Shi Qingshang’s direction. “Are his eyes good-looking?”

At this moment, Shi Qingshang was standing to Ding Lisheng’s left, but Ding Lisheng’s hand was covering the right side of his mouth, so although he lowered his voice, Shi Qingshang still heard what he said.

Then Shi Qingshang heard Yun Qing faintly say “Mm.”

Jiang Baiyu suddenly let out a light laugh. The others couldn’t help but look at him and saw his expression was quite sarcastic.

“Let’s go, back home.” He said, then without looking at them, strode away.

Fu Xue was startled. “Ah? Why are we in such a hurry to go back?” She hadn’t even asked the name of her benefactor yet.

“To check if your brain has been poisoned.”

This was the first time Fu Xue had been snapped at by Baiyu. She stuck out her tongue and looked at Yun Qing, mouthing: Is he sick?

When the three returned to their small courtyard, Jiang Baiyu looked back and saw that Shi Muyu had also awakened and was talking. But Shi Qingshang wasn’t looking at her; instead, he was looking toward their courtyard.

Jiang Baiyu slammed the gate shut heavily.

The loud noise of closing the door disturbed Cheng Suiyan and Ci Li inside the house. Both came out curiously, and Cheng Suiyan asked, “What happened?”

Yun Qing explained Fu Xue’s challenge with poisonous mushrooms with an exasperated expression. Ci Li and Cheng Suiyan frowned repeatedly as they listened. Ci Li scolded. “Idiot, why didn’t the poison kill you!”

Fu Xue was probably used to being scolded by him, and since she was indeed in the wrong this time, she didn’t get angry. She just put her hands on her hips and smiled. “If I died, Little Cat, would you shed tears?”

“Nonsense! Would I shed tears if any cats and dogs died?”

“Wow, you yourself are the cat and dog!”

Cheng Suiyan gave Fu Xue a thumbs up. “You’re the most gutsy person I’ve ever met, actually eating poisonous mushrooms just to satisfy your cravings? Do you know that stuff can be fatal?”

“Isn’t Baiyu here?”

“That’s true, but didn’t you feel uncomfortable? Your stomach must have hurt a lot?”

Fu Xue seriously recalled and shook her head. “It didn’t hurt, and after eating the mushrooms, I had a very interesting dream.”

“What dream?”

“Um,” Fu Xue lightly scratched her chin with her index finger, “I dreamed I was swimming in water, and Master was standing on the shore throwing chicken legs into my mouth. Ah, I wanted to eat chicken legs but was also a bit anxious, like I was waiting for someone.”

Yun Qing raised an eyebrow and asked, “Waiting for whom?”

Fu Xue answered with a grin. “Definitely waiting for you, Senior Sister.”

Yun Qing was also amused by her. “Looks like your brain wasn’t poisoned after all.”