Chance Encounters-An Eternal Love of Dreams Fan Fiction

Chapter Fourteen - Love No Other But You

"The poisonous essence is essentially the same as before with a little alteration that made it a bit stronger. Based on my assessment, the alterations done by Miao Luo is what allowed her to go beyond Fanyin Valley to weaken the bindings of the other Beasts. However, Mo Yuan has been able to check the double binding you have placed on her and so far its holding. We don't have to worry about it for a while."  High God Zhe Yan said as he discussed his findings regarding the dark essence that was being emitted from Fanyin Valley.  Donghua nodded his head thoughtfully. He had purified the evil essence in Fanyin Valley giving up a substantial amount of his cultivation as soon as he had determined that Xiao Bai had sufficiently recovered from her injuries.  He knew that his binding would not be easily breached again.  The problem of why Miao Luo was doing this in the first place remained unanswered.   The Demoness was unresponsive when he confronted her when he secured the bindings.  He would have to think of this more.

"Sorry to interrupt Dijun, Uncle Zhe Yan. I just brought some food for you." Xiao Bai cheerfully said as she entered the study in the Fox Cavern carrying a tray with several dishes on it. She was accompanied by Migu who was himself holding a tray with a soup bowl on it. After Xiao Bai had put down the food she was holding, she took the soup from Migu and placed it in front of Donghua. Opening the lid of the soup, she took the spoon and handed it to Donghua gesturing for him to eat while placing his favorite pastry on a plate. Donghua obediently took the spoon and started eating the soup, the upper tip of his lips curling upward in satisfaction.

"I see the favoritism now. How come I don't get soup?" Zhe Yan teased as took in the almost domesticated scene in front of him. He had noted the softening in the countenance of Donghua as soon as Xiao Jiu had entered the study and the way his eyes followed her every move.   "I want soup also Jiu'er." He said as he continued to observe Donghua wanting to see his reaction.  In the past few weeks that Donghua had been staying in the Fox Realm to look after Jiu'er,  Zhe Yan had noticed how inordinately possessive Donghua was to anything related to his niece. 

"I'm sorry Uncle Zhe Yan. I'll prepare a bowl for you. It's just that this one has all the herbs needed for Dijun's quick recovery so you can't have any of this one. I'll cook a separate one for you." Xiao Bai said. She was surprised at her Uncle's request since she knew that Zhe Yan did not particularly like soup, that was why she didn't prepare a bowl for him also. She did not notice the underlying nuance between the two old Gods. "Are you sure you want soup though? I can prepare some of your favorite food instead if you want."

"Don't bother Xiao Bai He doesn't need soup or anything else. He's not the one recuperating.  If he's hungry, he can ask the kitchen to prepare him food, no need to do it yourself." Donghua threw Zhe Yan a withering glare. How dare he ask Xiao Bai to make him soup. All of Xiao Bai's special cooking should be for him only.  Beside, she should be recuperating also.  Not running around preparing food.  Zhe Yan was lucky that Donghua was even allowing him to eat the pastries that Xiao Bai had made. Zhe Yan merely smiled as he reached for the aforesaid pastry. It was such a pleasure to be able to tease Donghua like this.  It amused him to see this side of Donghua that he didn't even know existed.   "Xiao Bai, did you cook all these? You should be resting and not running around doing things." Donghua gently chided looking slightly displeased noting the number of food she had brought in. Knowing her, he knew she was the one who cooked everything. Since Xiao Bai had recovered, she had gone back to her regular energetic self! Donghua made a mental note to monitor her more to prevent herself from overdoing it.

"I'm fine Dijun. Don't worry about me. You're the one who needs to rest more. You've been holding meetings continuously. You should take it easy, you haven't fully recovered yet." Just like Donghua worried for Xiao Bai, it was the same with her. She knew that so many of Realms business had to go through Dijun and while she was not happy about it, she knew it cannot be helped.   And while she would never say it out loud to him, she felt that some of the leaders of the Immortal Realms were a little too dependent on Donghua. She only complained to fourth uncle who merely laughed at her overprotectiveness.  Why wouldn't she be annoyed though? They even bother him on the minor things. She frowned just thinking about it. She made a mental note to make sure he gets enough rest.  Maybe she could ask Uncle Zhe Yan to prescribe more tonic for Donghua just to make sure he remains healthy.