"This story is in Seclusion atm" Continue Dreaming ~ ELOD

Chapter 10 - Missing

The next morning ZheYan walks into Fengjiu's chamber to check on how she's doing but to see another unconscious person. "Donghua... Donghua!" he calls him in shock. "Are you crazy as well? Do you also not want to live either?" he asks him. "A world without her I rather die too." he said in a weak whispering voice and started to cough out blood. "Look at you! What if she wakes up now and you are dead? Do you think she will live on, in a world without you either? And have you thought of Gungun, do you think she can take in all the pain of losing both of her parents?" he questions Donghua but he just loses consciousness again. "Donghua! Donghua!" he calls.

ZheYan conjures another bed in Fengjiu's chamber. Knowing Donghua so well his whole life, when he regains consciousness, he will just try to sneak back here again causing more damage to himself. He lay him on the bed next to the window so he can get some rest. ZheYan talking to himself out loud "What did I ever do in my past life to keep getting tangled with the Bai foxes and you!?" he sighs out with a smirk. Now that he's done with his matter he turns to go check on Fengjiu's health.

For some reason he found it strange and checked again, he realized that her primordial spirit was missing from her body. He quickly uses a spell to track her spirit down but it's nowhere to be found. Fengjiu is still alive but her spirit is not in her own body. Qianqian and Zhenzhen walk into the room, the look on ZheYan's face looks very worrying to them. "Xiaojiu's primordial spirit is missing and I can't trace where it is at all." he says to them. Qianqian also uses the spell to trace Fenjiu's spirits whereabouts but there isn't any luck either.

"ZheYan where could she be? She is too weak right now!" Qianqian asks. "Maybe she's in the mortal realm." Zhenzhen assumes. "She could be. Donghua said it's her heavenly trial." ZheYan replies. "Fourth brother you watch Gungun, Yehua and I will go to Nine Heaven and find Siming and ask him to help." she says, as she walks out the den.

Zhenzhen sighs... "Why does this brat, even before birth always have all these problems? Why can't heaven just let her be happy without any pain at all?" he depressingly says then started coughing. "Zhenzhen, don't think too much. It will affect your injury from yesterday. We don't know if it's a blessing or a problem either way we can't prevent it." ZheYan sighs. He pats Zhenzehn on the shoulder, "Right now there is nothing we can do for any of them but you on the other hand need to rest. Let's go back to your chamber so I can check your wound." he says with a concerning tone. Zhenzhen nods and walks out of the room with ZheYan holding his arm.

When they enter Zhenzhen's chamber ZheYan sits him down on the bed. "Zhenzhen, take off your clothes, let me check you and change your band-aids." he asks and he opens his hand with bandages and ointments materialized. Zhenzhen slowly removed his top part of his robes, just showing his upper part of his body. He turns his back towards ZheYan and when he takes off the old bloody band-aids, his eyes start to water a bit. The wound was the shape of two deep holes like what a vampire would leave behind. But instead, it was much bigger since the demon was as big as a bear.

"Zhenzhen does it still hurt?" he asks softly. "No it doesn't hurt that much anymore because of you." he replies back with a small smile. "Luckily, it wasn't that deep or it wasn't poisonous either. If it went any deeper it would have pierced through your heart!" ZheYan says with relief while he went to get a wet cloth and came back to wipe the wound. Zhenzhen let out a loud whine. "Can you be more gentle and caring?" ZheYan smirks. "Thought you said it doesn't hurt anymore?" he replies. He starts applying the ointments slowly and gently on him and wraps the band-aids carefully around his chest and shoulder so he doesn't feel any more pain. "You can get dressed now, just sit here and wait for me. I'm going to get your medicine." ZheYan said and walked out of the chamber. Zhenzhen just does what he was told.

On the outside he never really shows much of his affection towards him and they like to make each other jealous. They always get into small arguments and he would run away from Ten Miles Peach Blossom, back to his home in the north of Qingqiu. He would always say that bird, BiFang, went missing and he would go look for him. This is obviously a cover-up and the only one that knows the reason behind it is Qianqian. On the other hand, ZheYan still hasn't had a clue, after that many years they have been together. He likes it when ZheYan comes to find him in his home in the north of Qingqiu and asks for forgiveness. Each time he arrives with something new, like new treats or wine to cheer him up.

On the inside, he's just acting just like Qianqian and Fengjiu. He will go miles and miles just to protect him if anything were to happen to him. Each time anyone tries to play the role of matchmaking he gets mad cause he only has him in his heart. When there are any, female immortals try to get near him; he just sends them away to his mom or her sister. He just can't stand any girly act except his sister and niece.

ZheYan comes back into the chamber with a tray that has a bowl of the blackest ever medicine and a small sealed jar. He sets it on the table in the middle of the room and he goes over to the bed to help him walk over to the table. They both sit down and Zhenzhen gives a disgusted look at him. "Here hurry and drink this, the temperature is drinkable now." he tells Zhenzhen with a smile. "Why is it every time that you always make the medicine that dark and bitter? You know I don't like it and you still make it! I don't want to drink it!" he complains while crossing his arms and turning his head away with his eyes closed like a little child, worse then Fengjiu.

"Zhenzhen you always say the same thing. If I didn't care about you, why would I go through all the trouble to make it for you? You know how much I care for you so stop acting like a little child. The sooner you get better then you don't have to drink this anymore." ZheYan teased him. Zhenzhen still not looking at him and refusing to drink it. "Zhenzhen look, I know that you don't like the bitterness. I specially made this for you, I know you would like this with the medicine. And I promise it you won't taste the bitterness at all!" he says with his heart pouring out emotionally.

Zhenzhen peeks with one of his eyes closed." What is it?" he asks him. "It is peach blossom and fresh peach jam" ZheYan replies. "What, are you now bribing me like a child with sweets?" he says while reaching for the jar and a spoon. He takes off the seal then tastes a spoonful of it. "MmmumHumm" he lets out and nodding his head. While ZhiYa stares at him, he lets out giggles and shakes his head.

Meanwhile in the Nine Heaven...

"Siming... Siming..." Qianqian calls out. He comes out from the back of the Book of Fate library and walks towards her and Yehua. "Siming greets crown princes and crown princess. What can I help you with?" "Xiaojiu got hurt yesterday and her primordial spirit is missing. Donghua did mention something related to the heavenly trial. Maybe she is in the mortal realm and we are hoping for you to help us." she explains.

"WHAT HAPPENED? HOW IS FENGJIU DOING?" ChengYu yelled out while coming out from nowhere.

"Yesterday they were returning to Qingqui and on the way back they got ambushed by Leung Chen, the lord of the shapeshifter clan. Xiaojiu ends up using all her cultivation and her blood to purify all the demons. Then her high goddess heavenly trial was right after but for unknown reasons there were 999 bolts of thunder. Yehua explains.

"OMG! How is Fengjiu? and Gungun? Are they hurt?" ChengYu worried.

"Xiaojiu got struck once and Dijun took all the remaining bolts himself while protecting her. But she still hasn't woken up yet and her primordial spirit is missing. Dijun is in really bad shape himself and still doing reckless acts. Gungun is okay she didn't get hurt at all but she is very sad tho." Qianqian replies.

"Siming I will help you look through all the scrolls. We need to find her soon to make sure she is okay." ChengYu states. "That sounds like a plan! "I will come to inform both of your highness personally when we find anything on her Fengjiu highness. Siming replies.

"Thank you, Siming and ChengYu." Qianqian replies as she bows. Both Yehua and Qianqian left the library. "Why does Fengjiu have to suffer like this all the time?' ChengYu asks. "ChengYu, it's fate, there's nothing we can do about it, but we can try to make it easy for her to get through tho. The faster we can locate her the less pain she'll suffer." Siming says sadly.

LianSong appears in the library and ChengYu runs towards him and hits him on the chest. "Why didn't you tell me what happened to Fengjiu? Why?" she cried to him and nested her face on his chest. He hugs her and pats her on the head. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about it because I know you will be sad like this. And you being sad won't help her in any way." he said calmingly.