Chapter 318

Light flickered and gleamed.

After treating him for half a day, Zhao Chi showed no reaction at all.

She hurriedly took out other medicinal pills.

She crushed them into fine small pieces and fed them to Zhao Chi.

But there was still no effect.

Tang Ruan anxiously said, "Quick, get him to the Carefree Spring."

Gu Qing immediately sprang up, holding Zhao Chi as she flew into the spring water.

There wasn't even time to take off his clothes.

But it still didn't work.

At least it could guarantee he kept receiving the Carefree Spring's buff.

Several of his body stats were also fully topped off thanks to the medicine.

Gu Qing checked his breathing — he was still alive.

Tang Ruan jumped down crying, "Sister Tang, what's wrong with him?"

Gu Qing's expression was solemn: "I'm not sure, but it should be from over-exertion. Right now he's in a coma."

"Then what do we do? What should we do?"

Gu Qing picked Zhao Chi up: "Let him rest properly for a while. I think he'll definitely be fine — he should recover soon."

Tang Ruan pressed her lips together and nodded, her eye-rims red.

Gu Qing comforted her, "There's no need to worry too much. I can confirm his body stats are fine, and his breathing and heartbeat are both normal. Let's wait a bit first. Leave the village matters to you — I'll go look after him."

Tang Ruan nodded heavily: "Alright, leave the village to me."

Gu Qing held him gently and rushed back into the house.

Then she took off Zhao Chi's wet clothes and gently laid him on the bed.

She tucked the blanket over him properly.

Her hand reached in, feeling over every inch of his muscles.

Although Gu Qing didn't know massage techniques, if the muscles were still stiff while he was unconscious, that had to be the over-exerted area.

So she gently helped him knead them loose.

Gu Qing carefully felt him over once.

She found three stiff spots.

Two of them were the muscles of both forearms — extremely taut, and trembling slightly.

Definitely from over-exertion.

There was also one between his legs, equally taut.

Gu Qing felt it for a moment, understood what it was, couldn't help but smile, and lifted her hand away.

At a time like this, he could still be like that — that alone proved his body was fine.

Gu Qing felt a little more at ease in her heart.

She focused on massaging both forearms.

Zhao Chi didn't know how long he'd slept.

He felt his two arms being gently pressed by someone.

When those two hands lightly stroked, they were very soft.

But when they began to massage, they were very strong.

He felt his arms being massaged as quite sore, but as the massage went on, it gradually turned into a comfortable sensation.

He felt the taut muscles loosening, and his hands didn't hurt as much anymore.

He opened his eyes and saw Gu Qing's delighted smiling face.

"Oh, my lord, you've finally woken up? How do you feel? What on earth happened to you?"

Gu Qing fired off a string of questions.

Zhao Chi didn't know which to answer first.

"My lord, please sleep a little more, get some more rest. Is there anywhere else that still feels uncomfortable? I'll massage it for you again. Of course, *that* spot won't do — it would drain your energy."

Zhao Chi didn't understand at first.

He thought about it for a moment before he caught on.

He couldn't explain it either.

But for a young single man, that was a common occurrence.

Zhao Chi took stock of his body's condition — it seemed to have fully recovered.

No dizziness or urge to vomit.

"What time is it now?"

"11 a. m."

"What time did I come back?"

"A little past 6."

"Did I sleep for 5 hours?"

Gu Qing shook her head: "It wasn't sleep — you were in a coma for 5 hours. Please wait a moment, I need to tell Tang Ruan and the others that you've woken up. They've all been very worried."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Alright, don't worry about me. I was just a bit tired — I'm fully recovered now."

The moment Gu Qing's message went out, everyone came running over.

Like they were going to visit a patient.

But Gu Qing only let them take a quick look before sending them away.

"He's fine, my lord. You should all get back to work and let him rest in peace."

In the end, only Tang Ruan stayed behind.

Zhao Chi briefly explained the reason.

Gu Qing said in surprise, "So that prop's side effects are really that severe?"

Zhao Chi shook his head. "Not really. It's mainly that I overdid it. Maybe not many people use it the way I do."

Tang Ruan's face was full of worry. "My lord, it won't be like this from now on, will it? What if you collapse outside?"

Zhao Chi shook his head. "It's fine for now. I've already figured out the pattern. Next time I'll be able to keep it to the point where I don't pass out."

The two women stared at him in astonishment.

Gu Qing shook her head. "Just not passing out? My lord, you really don't have to push yourself like this."

Zhao Chi laughed. "It's fine, I'm already used to it now. If I keep the number down to five, I can hold on. Then I sleep for two hours and I'm good to keep going."

Tang Ruan tried to persuade him. "You can take us out with you anyway. Wouldn't it be better to have one of us by your side to look after you at all times?"

Zhao Chi nodded. "Right now I'm renting someone else's sewing table, so it's not convenient to bring you along. I need to buy a sewing table first, and they're not cheap."

Gu Qing said, "Don't we have one in our territory? Can you take it out?"

Zhao Chi shook his head. "No, the structure isn't quite the same. Ours is a tailor's shop, and the sewing table inside is integrated with the building. Unless I move the whole building out, but that requires finding an empty plot, which is even more expensive."

Both women fell silent.

Zhao Chi laughed. "I know you're worried about me, but as long as my body's fine, I definitely won't die. I'll grant you two more permissions, so from now on you'll be able to see everyone's physical data, including mine. That way you won't have to worry so much."

Although the two of them were deputy village heads, all the permissions were still held by the lord, Zhao Chi.

As his trust in them grew, Zhao Chi would gradually loosen the permissions.

Besides, the number of people in the territory would definitely keep increasing in the future.

Zhao Chi couldn't manage everything on his own either.

Handing out the permissions to them sooner would let them build up management experience earlier, and Zhao Chi could have an easier time of it too.

Gu Qing and Tang Ruan thanked him at the same time.

Zhao Chi laughed. "No need to thank me. It's almost noon, let's eat."

He threw off the blanket and found himself naked.

He was briefly taken aback.

"Gu Qing."

"Coming, my lord."

The two of them had coexisted within the same body for several days, sharing their innermost thoughts to the greatest extent possible, and had now developed a certain tacit understanding.

Gu Qing knew what he meant by coming in.