Chapter 718: 718 Alchemying

Jiang Qi listened to Gu Chengan’s response and fell silent.

A weakling?

He was a second-order ancient martial artist himself when he was fifteen.

So… does that mean he was a weakling too?

Suddenly, he didn’t feel like dealing with this younger brother anymore.

Gu Xiyue looked at Gu Chengan’s conspicuous attempt to cover up, but chose not to say anything.

Last time, she had guessed that his leg injury was due to a fight, but since he didn’t want to talk about it, she couldn’t be bothered to ask more.

After leaving the Middle School, the three of them went for breakfast first.

Then, without waiting for Gu Xiyue’s instructions, Jiang Qi directly drove them to a holiday resort in Yun Town.

A helicopter was parked in the square of the holiday resort.

When Gu Chengan found out the helicopter belonged to Gu Xiyue, he was stunned.

He knew his sister was amazing, but he had no idea she owned a helicopter.

Admiration and envy literally dripped from the corners of Gu Chengan’s mouth.

**

In the Imperial Capital, at the Su Family residence.

After breakfast, Gu Zhiqi was refining medicine in the courtyard, with three onlookers nearby.

Tang Yichen, who was initially skeptical that a pressure cooker could serve as a pill furnace, was staring intently, trying to discern its secrets.

Two hours passed with no activity, and Tang Yichen grew impatient. His eyes were starting to hurt, so he tried to persuade Yun Sen to spar with him.

However, Yun Sen refused him righteously, “I won’t go. I want to watch Miss Gu refine medicine.”

“Even if you watch, you won’t be able to learn,” Tang Yichen said, exasperated.

Yun Sen didn’t budge, “I still want to watch and quietly cheer for Miss Gu in my heart.”

Tang Yichen: “…”

“You can spar with me while cheering for Gu Xiaoxi in your heart.”

Yun Sen, very earnestly, “That would lack sincerity. I want to support Gu Xiaoxi wholeheartedly.”

Tang Yichen: “…”

He must be possessed, this guy.

In the end, Tang Yichen gave up on the idea of dragging Yun Sen to spar.

He moved a stool to a spot neither too close nor too far from the fire.

The fire was burning in the most open part of the courtyard, which was lucky since there was no sun today. Otherwise, sitting here for two hours in the sun, who could stand it?

By the fire, Gu Zhiqi was busy with her phone, while Su Yunling took a plate of lychees from somewhere and placed it on an empty stool beside Gu Zhiqi.

Tang Yichen, who was sitting next to Su Yunling, saw the lychees, “Third Brother, where did you get these lychees?”

As he spoke, he reached out to grab some.

Su Yunling glanced sideways at Tang Yichen, “They’re not for you. If you want some, get them yourself from the kitchen.”

Tang Yichen: “…”

After a few seconds of silence, he got up.

At that moment, he finally understood what it meant to have “a lover and forget one’s friends.”

“Lychees.” Seeing Gu Zhiqi engrossed in her phone, Su Yunling reminded her.

Upon hearing him, Gu Zhiqi turned her head and glanced at them.

Lychees?

It seemed she had never tried them before.

She put away her phone, took a lychee, and peeled it leisurely before popping it into her mouth.

After repeating the action a few times and eating a few lychees, she stopped bothering with the plate and added a piece of wood to the fire before burying her head in her phone again.

Seeing this, Su Yunling asked, “Don’t they taste good?”

Gu Zhiqi shook her head, then nodded, realized both gestures were ambiguous, and murmured, “Tasty.”

Then she continued to concentrate on her phone.

Just then, Jin Cengran had sent over the Jin Family’s mental method, and she was scrutinizing it for issues.

After hearing Gu Zhiqi say the lychees were tasty, yet noticing she didn’t eat any more, Su Yunling fell silent for a few seconds before picking up a lychee from the plate and earnestly began to peel it.

Gu Zhiqi was intently examining the Jin Family’s mental method when suddenly, a fragrance of lychees wafted to her nose, followed immediately by a cool sensation pressing against her lips.