Chapter 352: She's gotten thin, because of him!

However, because she deliberately concealed it, it wasn't very noticeable.

"Wuhen, how did you come?" To be honest, if she could, she wouldn't want to see Wuhen these past few days.

"I miss you." Only when it's Wuhen can Fu Hanxiu voice what's on his mind.

Ye Qingran raised her brows, looking at Wuhen somewhat suspiciously. Was it her imagination? Why did she feel something was off about Wuhen?

Wuhen naturally didn't dare to act too obviously. He admitted that, because of yesterday's incident, he was eager to see her, yet he dared not come see her lightly. He feared that, as the National Master, she would refuse him, and if he came as Wuhen, he would be exposed.

"Also, I haven't seen you in a few days!" These days she's been busy preparing to transfer the Mysterious Gu to Fu Hanxiu, indeed she had overlooked Wuhen.

As soon as her words fell, Wuhen couldn't wait and strode forward, embracing her in his arms.

Feeling her soft touch, his heart felt a little better.

Heaven knows how he managed to get through last night.

The more he thought, the more fearful he became, and he couldn't help but increase the pressure in his hand, tightening it inch by inch, as if trying to fuse her into his very bones and blood.

"Wuhen, what's wrong with you?" Such hasty behavior is not like the graceful and courteous Wuhen.

Wuhen said nothing.

"You're about to choke me to death!" Ye Qingran cried out in dissatisfaction.

Only then did Wuhen realize and loosen his grip.

"Speaking of which, what's wrong with you?"

"Seeing you've grown thin, I feel terrible!" Wuhen said glumly.

She's gotten thin, because of him!

Ye Qingran glared. Is it really that obvious? Or is Wuhen's gaze just too sharp?

"Maybe it's because I've been busy lately..." Ye Qingran had long decided to keep the Mysterious Gu matter hidden at all costs, naturally she wouldn't tell Wuhen. Since she couldn't eradicate the Mysterious Gu completely, why let Wuhen worry for her?

Wuhen's gaze darkened; he knew she was lying, yet he didn't expose her.

Ye Qingran discovered, today's Wuhen was especially clingy.

He came over in the morning, had lunch at Ting Yu Xuan, and in the afternoon, while waiting for the two children to nap, he pulled her to bask in the sun in the courtyard.

He kept holding her, afraid that if he let go she would vanish.

That anxious, gain-and-lose emotion made Ye Qingran unable to hold back her laughter.

"What's wrong with you today?" Could it be that he knows about the Mysterious Gu? Impossible; she's concealed it so well, the National Master would surely not tell Wuhen for no reason.

Wuhen's hand stiffened.

He admitted his behavior today was somewhat abnormal, but after yesterday's incident, how could he remain calm?

At this moment, not having pressed her into his bones and blood already shows great restraint.

"Your body is too cold; I'll hold you to warm you up."

Ye Qingran's eyes flickered.

One of the aftereffects of the Mysterious Gu is that it lowers the host's body temperature. Of course, this only happens when the Mysterious Gu flares up. Normally, when the Mysterious Gu is dormant, everything is normal. She just experienced a Mysterious Gu flare-up last night, so her slightly low temperature is quite normal.

"That's true, I do feel a bit cold today; you're like a furnace, share some of your heat with me!" Ye Qingran rubbed against Wuhen's embrace.

From sunrise to sunset, after spending an entire day in close companionship with Ye Qingran, Wuhen's heart finally felt somewhat at ease.

At this point he finally had the spare thought to ask Ye Qingran another question: "Raner, do you and Lin Xueyan have some grudge between you?"

Upon hearing the name "Lin Xueyan," Ye Qingran's body tensed.

A grudge?

Ye Qingran gave a cold smile.

Between them, it's not just a simple grudge.

Ye Qingran's reaction caused Wuhen's eyes to flash.

It seems Fu San's investigation results are not accurate.

"Why suddenly bring up Lin Xueyan?"

Ye Qingran looked at Wuhen.

"I've seen her repeatedly cause trouble for you, and I can see the malice in your eyes..."

Ye Qingran scoffed, "She sees me as a thorn in her eye and a splinter in her flesh; every time she sees me she wishes she could kill me!"

Wuhen's face changed, "What exactly is going on?"

"Between us lies a Blood Sea Deep Grudge; we cannot coexist under the same sky!"

Fu Hanxiu's heart gave a jolt, suddenly arising with an ominous premonition.

"Put it this way, if it weren't for the reason of the Deer-Chasing Summit, I would have probably killed Lin Xueyan long ago."

Deer-Chasing Summit?

Wuhen's pupils trembled.

His heart sank suddenly, then began to race.

"Can you tell me specifically?" Wuhen tried to keep his tone as normal as possible.

Ye Qingran lifted her gaze to look at him.

Actually, she wasn't very willing to recall that bloody past.

But then Wuhen said, "We will ultimately become one; I ought to know your past, so we can face the future together."

Ye Qingran nodded.

Wuhen was right. Having chosen to be with him, we should share the burden through thick and thin, past and future alike.

Ye Qingran pondered a moment, organized her thoughts, and recounted what happened five years ago.

After hearing Ye Qingran's account, Wuhen's gaze had already frozen; he stood there stunned, his whole body stiff.

"Five years ago, that night, the one who dug out my Spiritual Root, ruined my appearance, and took my child—aside from Ye Huanhuan, there was also Lin Xueyan."

They dug out my children, threw me off the cliff, and by the time I went back to look for them, the children had already vanished!

To be frank, I only later learned from Ye Huanhuan that I was carrying not just one child, but two! One of them is Xiao Hu, and the other was sent by Lin Xueyan to the Peak of Contending for Supremacy!

The words that followed, Wuhen could no longer hear clearly; in his mind, that sentence kept echoing: 'I was carrying not just one child, but two! One of them is Xiao Hu, and the other was sent by Lin Xueyan to the Peak of Contending for Supremacy!'

In his mind, it was as if fireworks were exploding.

The brilliant light and shadow also caused his brain to go blank for a moment.

He stared at the woman before him with an abyss-like gaze.

Ye Qingran said, the two children she carried back then, one of them was Xiao Hu, and the other child was sent by Lin Xueyan to the Peak of Contending for Supremacy.

Five years ago, Lin Xueyan took a child to the Peak of Contending for Supremacy, telling him that she saw the Divine Flame Totem in the child's eyes, which was his bloodline. As for the child's mother, she was already dead. He used the Star Destiny Chart to calculate the fate of the child's birth mother, and the Star Destiny Chart showed that the child's birth mother had indeed died.

He had himself and Xiao Chen undergo a bloodline detection, which showed without a doubt that Xiao Chen was his child.

According to what Ye Qingran said, then Xiao Chen is not only his child, but also Ye Qingran's child!

She is Xiao Chen's birth mother!

And there's Xiao Hu.

Xiao Hu and Xiao Chen are both his and Ye Qingran's children?!