Married to Ke Qing

Chapter 7

When Ke Qing said at night that she would send someone to get Bai Zhu in the morning, she was not joking at all and even more. The girl, who was extremely unaccustomed to any form of idleness, did not bother the servants who were watching the territory of her now new home, and she herself personally went to get the healer.

Still, although the girl did not really want to admit it, she understood that she had clearly overdone it during training. And even when Yun Che disturbed her sleep at night with his actions with the god's eye, she also could not help but admit that yesterday made her look at him from a new angle.

The one who seemed to be just a rich slacker, as it turned out, had a view of the world, albeit slightly, similar to hers, even when he mentioned archons and adepts, it was noticeable that he respected them, but in his words there was no blind worship inherent in many. And his trust, which came from nowhere, and his genuine sympathy for her, although a little alarming, which resulted in the subsequent overly harsh training, were nevertheless pleasant.

Although what surprised the girl most was how the guy, who clearly had never held a weapon in his hands, who was poor at perceiving pain, nevertheless rose again and again to continue, making the excuse that he wanted to be her support.

- Lady Ke Qing, of course, I understand everything. Anything can happen in life. But I can't help but admit that I am confused by the fact that after marrying you, this young man has needed medical attention for the second day in a row. - Bai Zhu said as soon as they arrived at the newlyweds' house.

- Yun Che simply expressed a desire to learn sword fighting, and we overdid it.

- Usually, newlyweds apply diligence in another type of duel, in the first days after the wedding s-s-s-s. – Chang Sheng commented, laughing in her own way, causing Ke Qing, who had caught the meaning of the words, to become embarrassed.

- Ahem, Miss Ke Qing, please take me to the patient. – Bai Zhu intervened, having long been accustomed to his partner's somewhat impudent behavior.

When they arrived at Yun Che's room, he was still asleep, although it would probably be more correct to say that he was unconscious.

Bai Zhu was not at all embarrassed, and he approached to conduct an examination, already roughly expecting what he would see, given the patient's obviously exhausted appearance, but his expectations were not just not met, but on the contrary, what he felt literally shocked the best doctor Li Yue.

- How is this possible? – the man said in amazement. – Just yesterday he was an ordinary person!

- Is something wrong? – Ke Qing asked with a slight worry in her voice.

- Amazing, simply amazing. - Bai Zhu was so captivated by what he saw that he even ignored the question asked of him. - This core is feeding it! And perhaps this is exactly what I have been looking for for so long.

The room became so noisy that even though my body had not yet fully recovered, I woke up.

- You know, doctor, when I wake up, I would rather see the face of my beautiful wife than a man who seems ready to dissect me on the spot. - I yawned, expressing my displeasure.

- You are ridiculous, little disciple. - Chang Sheng hissed.

- Doctor Bai Zhu, please explain to me what is going on. - Ke Qing was already beginning to get quite rightfully annoyed at being ignored. - And why was Yun Che called a disciple.

- Because, like the disciples, he is no longer bound by the eye of the god and has his own power. - the snake answered her. - True, he is so weak that I am not even sure that his lifespan will be longer than an ordinary mortal, so you were inspired by Bai Zhu too early.

- I do not think so, Chang Sheng. After all, everyone knows that adepts are not made, they are born and this case is the only one that confirms the opposite. - the doctor did not agree, and then bowed to me and begged. - I ask you, Mister Yun, tell me how you achieved this.

To be honest, everything that was happening confused me greatly. And the only thing I could do was try to buy myself some time.

- First, before continuing the conversation about anything, I want to get myself in proper form, and then we will talk in the living room, and only after I discuss all the points with my wife.

- I understand. - the man straightened up and, returning to his calm manner of communication, said with a smile. - In that case, I will wait.

Having waited for Bai Zhu to leave the room. Ke Qing focused all her attention on me, clearly not wanting to wait long for answers.

- Is this related to what you did last night?

- Yes. - I confirmed and threw off the blanket and got out of bed, mentally chuckling when the girl immediately turned away with a slight blush on her face and seemed to be seriously thinking about leaving the room. - I know a method by which you can form an elemental core that will generate elemental energy inside the body. However, for now I only know how to do this with dendro, so I can't help you do the same for now.

At my words, the girl, forgetting about her embarrassment, looked at me with incomprehension.

- I don't understand. If what you say is true, then there are many people who are ready to literally kill for such information, especially Fatui, so why do you want to share this secret with me. Why do you trust me so much? - Ke Qing grew up in a rich clan and there and just in life while climbing to the top of Li Yue she saw countless swindlers, immensely greedy merchants and the like, that's probably why she values ​​​​directness and honesty so much, which she herself tries to follow. That's why now, she wanted to understand how she earned such trust and it is desirable to find out directly.

Having buttoned the last button on my shirt, I approached the girl who was waiting for an answer from me.

- It's very simple. - I smiled. - I want to be your husband. For me, spouses are not just lovers. These are, first of all, those who are always ready to support their other half, to overcome all the trials thrown at them by this ruthless world side by side.

Coming up close to the girl, I knelt down in front of her. - Ke Qing, I know that you don't have feelings for me yet, and our marriage is more of a marriage of convenience, but we are already husband and wife in name, and I ask you to give me a chance to try to become your husband for real.

Did I already say that Ke Qing loves straightforwardness and honesty? So know that in addition to all this, she, like any other young girl, even though she pushed such desires as deep as possible, dreamed of love. And now she, embarrassedly turning away, gave her answer.

- Okay.

Having received a positive answer, I felt that just a little bit more and I would literally explode with happiness, I wanted to hug her right now and kiss those beautiful lips, but I was able to restrain myself, because this would rather scare her away, making her think that I just want her body, however, I was not joking when I spoke about spouses. After all, a wife can be as beautiful as you like, but if your characters do not completely converge, then such a marriage is doomed to failure.

- In that case, I think we can start our first family meeting. - I said, smiling happily.

- A family meeting? - the girl blinked, and then, remembering what we had talked about before, she nodded.

- I will tell you honestly, I wanted to keep the technique I know as a secret of our family, and I am more than sure that over time I will be able to help you also create an elemental core for yourself, and in the future it will be possible to achieve that both of us could use all the elements. And Bai Zhu was not mistaken when he assumed that this is how one can achieve longevity.

- How do you even know such a thing?

- Well, in fact, on our wedding day, I still died a little, and when I returned from the other world, I received knowledge that I did not have before, so I actually learned about the guise under which our archon walks among people.

- Died a little? This is ... - the girl's dilated pupils showed that she was horrified at the thought of what would have happened if I had not been miraculously reborn. Not to mention the reputation of becoming a widow right on the wedding day. She would have caused the death of the son of the man who once saved her life and for her it was much more terrible. - I'm sorry.

- Well, all this is no longer important, I wanted to discuss Bai Zhu. After all, the reason for his desire for immortality is quite noble. He does this only in order to heal people. And I am inclined to agree to help him on the condition that he signs a non-disclosure contract with the Archon himself as a witness.

"I see that you really don't care that you've been beyond the pale," Ke Qing sighed. "As for your technique, I agree to let Bai Zhu know about it if you can persuade the Archon to be a witness. Otherwise, it's not worth it. No matter how attractive the thought of how much stronger our nation could become if we spread this technique among the Millelites, the consequences could be much worse. The Fatui are able to get through almost anywhere, which means we'll likely strengthen Snow even more, which has already been acting extremely suspiciously lately.

"How wonderfully our opinions coincide," I smiled. "Well, shall we go?"

"Let's go." Ke Qing shook her head, but a slight smile still touched her face.