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Chapters 631-640

Chapter 631: Good news and bad news

Gu Qishao had amazing good news to tell Han Yunxi, but his appearance startled her. She quickly put away Mu Linger's letter and lost track of everything he was saying in the meantime. Gu Qishao looked curiously behind her, but Han Yunxi only hastened to distract him. "You've finally returned. I have something important to tell you as well!"

Gu Qishao ignored that and asked in a doubtful tone, "Poison lass, what are you hiding behind you?"

"Gu Qishao, the Medicine Requesting Cave has a pill refining cave, did you know?" Han Yunxi asked quickly.

Gu Qishao's eyes flashed with a complicated expression as he stopped interrogating her. He chuckled and said, "It's not like I've ever been there. How would I know?"

Han Yunxi felt that something about him felt off, but she couldn't place what. Next she asked, "There's a really strange pill refining furance in there that keeps warm even without any first. Did you know that?"

Gu Qishao narrowly nodded, but reacted quickly enough to say, "Didn't I just say that I've never been there before? How would I know? Are you an idiot?"

"Oh...." Han Yunxi then continued, "There's an eccentric old man there too with a really strange temper. He's a little like you."

"Poison lass, are you comparing your Qi gege to an old man?" Gu Qishao grew incensed.

"He looks a lot like your Pill Fiend disguise. Big black robes and skinny hands—he even laughs weird," Han Yunxi said seriously. When she saw Gu Qishao's odd expression, she added, "But there is one thing that's completely different."

"What?" Now Gu Qishao was curious.

"That old man is very pitiful, while you're not pitiful at all. Haha, you're more detestable in comparison," Han Yunxi grinned.

Being cursed like that only made Gu Qishao asked, "How is that old man pitiful?"

Is...does he actually care about him?

Han Yunxi could only guess before, but now she was more or less certain that Gu Qishao was the child in the drawing. Because from what she knew, he never cared about anyone unless they were important to him or someone he knew. After being banished from Medical City, he must have sought refuge with the pill furnace cave. Why did that old man beat him? Did he really leave because of that?

Han Yunxi knew that the story had to be a sad one, so it was unlikely Gu Qishao would tell anyone else. That agreement she had was precious, but his privacy was more important. She decided to stop asking after all.

"Because he's detestable! The three trials at the Medicine Requesting Cave were all really hard. We almost died in there," Han Yunxi said seriously.

"What does that have to do with being pitiful?" Gu Qishao knit his brows.

"Guess!" Han Yunxi grinned.

Gu Qishao's brows knitted even further. "What's the connection?"

"Because detestable people have their pitiful sides to," Han Yunxi laughed out loud. "Idiot!"

So in the end, she was joking?

"Boring..." Gu Qishao rolled his eyes at her. Han Yunxi exhaled, knowing that he wouldn't ask any more questions now.

Gu Qishao dropped the subject. It'd startled him so badly that he forgot all about the good news he was going to tell Han Yunxi. After taking a few more sips of tea, he simply turned to walk out the door. Han Yunxi chased after him a few steps, but he was already gone by the time she went out.