Chapter 32 part 1
Just as Luo Shizhen raised his hand, hesitating over which spot would knock the person out faster, Chen Heyan arrived just in time.
He instantly sighed in relief.
For Luo Shizhen, teachers were omnipotent. They knew everything and could do anything. As long as the teachers were there, there was no problem that couldn’t be handled.
And this belief was verified once again today.
Because Chen Heyan had come with a comb.
Luo Shizhen looked at Chen Heyan with immense admiration, feeling that the teacher was incredibly towering at this moment.
Chen Heyan, being stared at, didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
When notified by Sui An to come over, he hadn’t quite understood why he needed to bring a comb to pick up a student with self-destructive tendencies.
Once he saw Lu Qiujin, he understood.
“Comb your hair.”
He naturally took out the comb and handed it to Lu Qiujin. “Look at your training; your hair is all messy.”
Lu Qiujin truly didn’t think much of it. Between the high-intensity training and lying on the ground for so long, it was normal for his hair to be messy.
He simply gave Chen Heyan a strange look as he took it.
After all, people who carried combs with them were a minority.
Lu Qiujin combed it casually, and the hair that had been a chicken coop in Luo Shizhen’s hands suddenly became stylish and good-looking again.
Luo Shizhen looked at him with admiration. “You are so amazing.”
Lu Qiujin’s hand paused, unsure why Luo Shizhen was suddenly praising him.
Luo Shizhen, however, began to teach him seriously:
“We need to get familiar quickly and become friends. When I praise you for being amazing, you should say thank you.”
Listening to this coaxing tone, Lu Qiujin suspected this must have been taught to Luo Shizhen by the adults in his family when he was little, and now he was copying it exactly to teach him.
But seeing Luo Shizhenâs expectant gaze, full of encouragement (did he really think he was a child?), Lu Qiujin still felt a bit awkward.
Strange. In the past, he would do anything to achieve his goals. He hated his parents enough to want to slice them into pieces, yet he could still feign a smile in front of them.
But right now, facing Luo Shizhen, knowing he should pretend to coax him, he found the words hard to say.
He stiffly spat out two words: “Thank you.”
Luo Shizhen was satisfied. “You’re welcome.”
Chen Heyan was standing there, trying to slowly replay the previous scene and plan for the future, his mind filled with unexplained complex thoughts.
Luo Shizhen’s thoughts were much simpler.
He spoke directly to Chen Heyan, “Teacher, I want to purify Lu Qiujin, but I’m not familiar with him yet. Can we be fixed teammates for future training?”
Lu Qiujin was stunned again by Luo Shizhenâs direct request.
Chen Heyan glanced at Lu Qiujin and smiled at Luo Shizhen. “Of course.”
“Thank you, Teacher!”
Luo Shizhen turned to look at Lu Qiujin. “Don’t worry. If we stay together every day, we’ll become familiar very quickly! I’ll purify you then!”
Because he turned his head, he didn’t watch his step and tripped over the weight bag on the ground.
Chen Heyan reached out to help, but Lu Qiujin, standing behind Luo Shizhen, moved faster, supporting Luo Shizhenâs waist with one hand.
Luo Shizhen didn’t think much of it. Even if he fell, he was sturdy and wouldn’t get hurt.
But he still smiled at Lu Qiujin. “Thank you.”
Lu Qiujin was dazed. “…You’re welcome.”
His palm seemed to retain the warm touch of Luo Shizhenâs waist.
Luo Shizhenâs waist wasn’t particularly soft, but it wasn’t hard either; it had a resilience maintained by long-term exercise.
Lu Qiujin was stunned that it felt so good, and also stunned that he had reached out to support him instinctively without even thinking.
âIt must be because I still want Luo Shizhen to help with the purification.
So, subconsciously, I want to have a good relationship with Luo Shizhen.
While he was still thinking, Luo Shizhen patted his shoulder.
This time Luo Shizhen was very cautious and didn’t go near Lu Qiujin’s hair.
“Lu Qiujin, share a bit of Qi with me.”
Lu Qiujin almost suspected he was hallucinating. “What?”
Luo Shizhen was very patient. “Qi. Your Qi.”
He smiled cheerfully. “I can sense other people’s Qi now.”
Lu Qiujin knew Luo Shizhen wanted to be friends and help him.
But wasn’t this progress too fast?
He wanted his Qi this soon?
To Lu Qiujin, Qi was very private. After all, it was one’s other half. Even though his level wasn’t high enough for full communion yet, placing his Qi on someone else…
He hesitated, not knowing where to put it on Luo Shizhen.
Luo Shizhen had already consciously opened his right palm. “Put it here!”
Lu Qiujin: “…Okay.”
Luo Shizhen felt a heavy little thing gently land in his palm.
He closed his eyes to feel it and was somewhat amazed.
“I thought it would be a leaf, but it’s a tree root.”
Lu Qiujin: “I’m only Level 2 right now, so there are only roots. If you want to see leaves, there should be leaves in about two months.”
“Okay, but the root is cute too.”
Luo Shizhen observed the small root closely. It was a bit wilted, a thin section, not lively like the Ying brothers’ Qi. Instead, it slowly rolled around in his palm.
The range of its rolling was small too, as if afraid of being disliked, cautiously rolling only within a small circle.
“It’s so thin.”
He smiled and said, “Really cute.”
Lu Qiujin endured it, but couldn’t help explaining:
“Because only a part was separated, it looks thin. Actually, the branches and trunk are very thick.”
Luo Shizhen said “Oh,” then asked, “Can I touch it?”
Lu Qiujin: “…You can.”
It had been less than twenty minutes since Luo Shizhen said they needed to get familiar.
Lu Qiujin never imagined that the “familiar” Luo Shizhen meant was familiar enough to touch Qi with his hands.
Luo Shizhen got to work.
It was the same techniqueâinside out, top to bottom. Even a tiny bump on the small root was studied thoroughly.
Finally, Doctor Luo concluded: “It seems a bit inactive.”
The small twig lay limp in his palm, soft and motionless.
It indeed looked like a sign of illness.
Luo Shizhen regretted not bringing a notebook, so he could only repeat it in his head, trying to remember.
When he looked up, he was startled by Lu Qiujin’s face.
“Why is your face so red? Do you have a fever?”
Lu Qiujin wiped his face. “The weather is hot.”
“Is it?”
Luo Shizhen looked up suspiciously at the sky. It was almost dark, the time when it usually got colder.
“You really are afraid of heat.”
He stepped forward enthusiastically. “If you’re hot, don’t wear a jacket. Let me help you take it off.”
After all, Lu Qiujin still had bandages on his arm.
Luo Shizhen enthusiastically helped Lu Qiujin take off his jacket. Looking up again, he was startled once more.
“Why is your face even redder after taking off the jacket?”
Shouldn’t taking off a jacket cool him down?
Lu Qiujin pursed his lips. “Constitution problem.”
“Oh…”
Luo Shizhen thought to himself that he hadn’t noticed Lu Qiujin being so afraid of heat in the dorm before.
But back then he was only focused on studying and didn’t pay much attention to Lu Qiujin. Maybe Lu Qiujin was silently heating up where he couldn’t see.
Seeing that Lu Qiujin didn’t actually look sick, Luo Shizhen confidently continued to study the small root.
Actually, he couldn’t figure anything out; he just wanted to get close to Lu Qiujin’s Qi.
This way, maybe it would help improve their friendship.
However, as he patted and pinched the small root, it remained listless, barely moving, staying limp in Luo Shizhen’s palm and letting him do whatever he wanted.
Lu Qiujin, on the other hand, turned redder and redder, so red that Luo Shizhen suspected he might die of heat.
“Are you really okay?”
Lu Qiujin acted as if nothing was wrong. “I’m fine. Perfectly fine.”
Luo Shizhen was half-believing, but seeing Lu Qiujin so hot affected him too.
He touched his throat. “I’m a little thirsty. Teacher…”
Luo Shizhen turned to ask Chen Heyan behind them if he had water, but Lu Qiujin had already quickly placed a bottle of water in front of him.
Seeing Luo Shizhen look over, he said, “Teacher Chen just gave it to me. It’s unopened.”
“Thank you.”
Luo Shizhen took it, then asked worriedly, “You gave it to me, what will you drink? Your face is so red, aren’t you thirsty?”
Lu Qiujin’s voice was slightly hoarse. “Not thirsty.”
He paused, then said, “You drink.”
Seeing Luo Shizhen nod and gulp down the water, Lu Qiujin’s fingers twitched.
Just now, his hand had moved faster than his brain again.
Before he could think, the water was handed out.
But since Luo Shizhen was thirsty, handing him water was normal. After all, he was using Luo Shizhen to clear his pollution.
Treating Luo Shizhen a little better would also gain favorability.
Thinking this way, Lu Qiujin felt nothing was wrong. Seeing Luo Shizhen finish drinking, he actively took the remaining water to hold for him.
Luo Shizhen: “No need, you’re injured.”
Lu Qiujin: “It’s fine, just a small injury.”
He paused and added, “Aren’t you studying my Qi? If your hands are free, you can study it better.”
Luo Shizhen thought it made sense and yielded the water bottle to him.
Actually, there wasn’t much water left. Luo Shizhen was physically robust, ate well, and drank wellâlike a water buffalo. He had finished most of the bottle in one go.
With his throat moistened, he praised himself for being stronger than an ox.
Satisfied, he continued to pat and tap Lu Qiujin’s Qi.
Lu Qiujin looked very hot, even pulling at his collar as if wishing he could take off the training uniform inside too.
Stepping out of the field training ground, there was a threshold. It wasn’t high, and Luo Shizhen stepped over it easily.
Lu Qiujin instinctively reached out to support him, but by the time he extended his hand, Luo Shizhen had already crossed.
He looked down at his hand, thinking his survival instinct was truly strong.
However, since a Purifier was willing to try for him, flattering him a bit more was nothing.
Luo Shizhen was even willing to contact his Qi.
And… stroke it.
For a Purifier, this shouldn’t be easy, right?
Lu Qiujin remembered that he had never seen Luo Shizhen touch or stroke Xiao Shan or Chu Xiao’s Qi.
But Luo Shizhen touched his Qi.
Just as Lu Qiujin was thinking this, two figures suddenly appeared in front of them.
The twins had identical looks but completely different temperaments. Standing together, they gave a sensory enjoyment of beauty multiplied by two.
“Shizhen! You’re out!”
The red-haired boy smiled and approached, followed quietly by the black-haired boy, who also wore a faint smile.
As they stepped forward, a white feather and a red feather drifted lightly onto Luo Shizhen’s left and right shoulders.
Luo Shizhen hadn’t expected them to still be waiting. He instinctively stroked the two feathers in turn.
“Ying He, Ying Liu, you’re still here.”
Lu Qiujin: “…”
Ying Liu really had a sweet mouth, speaking affectionately, “Of course. We agreed to wait for you.”
He wanted to add, “My brother might have wanted to leave first, but I’m different,” but his attention was quickly drawn to Luo Shizhen’s actions.
“Shizhen, why did you touch my brother’s Qi first and not mine?”
Luo Shizhen didn’t know what there was to fuss about. He smiled good-naturedly.
“Then next time I’ll touch your Qi first.”
Ying Liu had the sweet words, but Ying He was the one who handed Luo Shizhen a bottle of water. “Thirsty? Drink some water.”
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