Chapter Twenty: Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow

  Xiao Fan and Fu Bo discussed for a while, then Xiao Fan left Fu Bo's room with satisfaction.

  "It seems that it won't be long before I can accumulate enough merit power to recover from the injuries of my spiritual sea."

  Xiao Fan thought confidently, and as soon as he thought that he could get rid of the painful headache, his heart was filled with joy.

  The spiritual sea of consciousness belongs to nothingness, it can't be seen or touched. Xiaofan's spiritual sea was injured and generally cannot be treated, only relying on automatic recovery. According to Xiaofan's estimation, before his spiritual sea injury recovers, he will almost have a headache every day. This process will last for at least half a year or more.

  For half a year, enduring headaches every day would drive an ordinary person mad. Xiao Fan naturally did not want to endure such suffering.

  As Xiao Fan walked along the road, he passed through a garden and saw that inside the garden, hundreds of flowers were in full bloom, countless bees and butterflies fluttered about in the flower clusters, beautiful beyond compare, like an earthly paradise. Xiao Fan couldn't help but stop to admire the view.

  "In a sea of flowers, I've passed through without a single petal sticking to me. Is there anything more wonderful than this?" Xiao Fan opened his folding fan with great flair and strolled through the garden admiring the flowers.

  "Ah..."

  Just then, extreme joy turned into sorrow, a severe pain came, and Xiao Fang's headache recurred.

  "Damn it, I've got a headache." Xiao Fan's face changed drastically, the intense pain made him dizzy and he sat paralyzed on the ground.

  "How can it hurt so much, more painful than last time..."

  Xiao Fan's consciousness was blurry, he muttered to himself, his whole body was drenched in cold sweat, and his face was a deep crimson color. This headache came suddenly and was even more painful than the last time, Xiao Fan's entire head felt like it was going to explode, his hands tightly covering his head, his whole body curled up like a shrimp, lying in the grass.

  "Miss, this garden is so beautiful! This is a rose, this is a lily... and this one, look quickly, it's a peony..."

  Not far away, Shen Xiangru and her little maid Green came walking slowly, Green's small head was only ten or so years old, with a temperament like that of a little girl, jumping up and down, whenever she saw the various blooming flowers, the little maid would let out a cry of surprise.

  "Slow down, don't trample the flowers." Shen Xiangru's stunning face was now unveiled, revealing her breathtaking beauty.

  Xiang Xiang wore a snow-white dress, her shoulders as slender as a knife cut, three thousand blue silk naturally scattered around, her delicate waist was full and plump, like a white jade heavenly fairy with a faint smile on her face, walking gently among the flowers, as if she were a hundred flower fairy.

  It had been two days since Shen Xiangru arrived at the city master's mansion, and these two days could be said to be the most peaceful days she had spent since her family was destroyed. She usually stayed in the courtyard arranged by Fu Bo to read books and play the piano. Today, the weather was fine, and she couldn't resist the pleading of Green Girl and Xiaotou, so she left the small courtyard and came to the garden for a walk. Now, seeing the beautiful scenery of blooming flowers, her stunning face also had a reserved smile.

  "Huh, miss, there's someone lying on the ground up ahead. He looks like he's in a lot of pain, I wonder if he's injured." Just then, Greenie, who was running ahead, suddenly spotted the figure of Xiao Fan lying on the ground in front of her.

  "It should be a servant of the Xiao family, let's go take a look." Shen Xiangru looked at the back figure and felt somewhat familiar, but for a moment she couldn't think of who the other person was.

  Two men walked quickly forward and saw a man in a green shirt bowing his head, lying sideways on the ground, holding his head tightly with both hands, and his whole body was shaking constantly, and he was already soaked in sweat all over.

  "What's wrong with you? Are you sick?" asked Lü'er in a soft voice.

  Two people stood on the ground not far from the man in green clothes and asked questions but he didn't answer.

  "Miss, could he have fainted? Otherwise, why isn't he responding?" Green Girl said softly.

  "It's impossible for him to have fainted, his body is still moving." Shen Xiang Ruo said softly.

  "Why doesn't he answer me? Is he a bad person? He looks so scary, let's leave first and find someone else to see him." Green Girl was young and saw that the other party didn't respond, and his whole body was drenched in sweat, trembling all over, as if enduring terrible suffering. This scene made Little Girl a little scared.

  "It's okay, don't be afraid, let's go take a look and see if there's anything we can do." Shen Xiangru gently comforted the slightly frightened little maid Greenie, then walked forward.

  Xiang Ruo was naturally kind-hearted. Although she was also afraid in her heart, because Xiao Fan had great kindness to her, she couldn't bear to see the people of the Xiao family die without helping.

  "Ah..." When Shen Xiangru walked in front of the man on the ground and saw his face clearly, she was startled, let out a cry of surprise, covered her mouth, and looked at the person on the ground in disbelief. "Young master, how is it you? Are you okay?" Shen Xiangru squatted down to look at Xiao Fan, suddenly at a loss; she had never expected that this helpless person lying on the ground in pain would be the second young master of the city lord's manor, her lifesaver Xiao Fan.

  "Ah, how could it be Xiao Gongzi? What happened to him?" Little maid Green also jumped in fright, asking with her hands and feet in disarray.

  "Master, Master..." Shen Xiang softly called out to Xiao Fan, but saw that although Xiao Fan's face was twisted in agony, his body continuously breaking out in cold sweat, and his lips were already bitten until they bled, however, all of these were unconscious actions, Xiao Fan had already fallen into a coma.

  "What's wrong with you? What can I do to help you..." Shen Xiangru had never encountered such a situation before, and when she saw her lifesaver suffering so much, she couldn't help but burst into tears, feeling helpless.

  "Miss, what should we do? Xiao Gongzi seems to be in a lot of pain." The little maid, Green, was also frightened by the scene and her small face turned pale.

  Xiao Fan's current appearance is frightening, with both hands tightly wrapped around his head, his face a deep red with a ferocious expression, biting his lips tightly, blood flowing profusely, his entire body trembling non-stop, his clothes already soaked through, as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

  "Miss, let's go and inform Housekeeper Fu Bo to come over." Little maid Green although being frightened, still remembered that she should go call Housekeeper Fu Bo.

  "Right, you go and call Master Fu over quickly." Shen Xiangru had been in a state of panic since she saw Xiao Fan like this, unable to think of anything. Hearing Lu'er's words, she hastily instructed her to go find Master Fu.

  "Mm-hmm." Little Green nodded in response and was about to run off.

  "Don't..." Just as Xiaoyao Lü'er's footsteps had just started, Xiao Fang opened his dry and cracked lips, and a faint, intermittent voice came over: "Don't... let others... know... my... situation..."

  "Green, come back." Shen Xiangru didn't care about the difference between men and women, and hugged Xiao Fan in her arms, letting Xiao Fan's head lean on her body. After hearing Xiao Fan's words, she immediately called out to Green who was just about to leave.

  "What's wrong, miss?" Little Green turned around and looked at Shen Xiangru with confusion.

  Xiang Rong didn't care about the difference between men and women, tightly hugging Xiao Fan in her arms. With one hand holding a handkerchief, she gently wiped away the fresh blood flowing from Xiao Fan's mouth. Her beautiful big eyes were filled with tears as she took a deep breath and said: "Don't let others know about Young Master's situation, we'll take him back."

  "Uh... Ah, okay." Lü'er nodded her little head, although she was confused and didn't understand why, she listened to Shen Xiangrou's words very carefully.

  At this time, two weak girls used all their strength to hold Xiao Fan and left the garden with a firm but stumbling gait.

  Xiao Fan's physical body had been refined by the Tempering Elixir, expelling all impurities and becoming lean and fit. Although he appeared slender, he was actually heavier than an average adult male. Shen Xiangru and Lu'er were just ordinary weak women who had never practiced martial arts, they didn't even have the strength to tie up a chicken. However, for Xiao Fan's sake, the two women gritted their teeth and managed to carry him back to their small courtyard.

  Fortunately, the small courtyard where the two lived was not far from the garden, and they did not see any other members of the Xiao family along the way.

  When the two women brought Xiao Fan back, they were both covered in sweat and panting, feeling extremely sore all over their bodies.

  "Hurry up and get Chunxiang and Qiuyue to prepare hot water." After putting Xiao Fan on the bed, Shen Xiangru gasped for breath and instructed Lü'er.

  "Uh-huh." Although Lü'er was not very old, she also knew how to distinguish between the importance and urgency of things. Disregarding her own weakness, she dragged her tired body outside to find the two maids assigned by Fu Bo to prepare hot water for them.

  "Master, what can I do to help you?" Shen Xiangru sat on the edge of the bed, her small white hands tightly grasping Xiao Fan's constantly trembling large hand, a worried expression on her face.

  "Water..." Xiao Fan's lips lightly opened, and after spitting out two words, he tightly clenched his teeth again, his whole body trembling, still in a half-unconscious state.

  "Water, water is coming." Shen Xiangru heard Xiao Fan's words and quickly ran to the table to pour a glass of water. Then she helped Xiao Fan sit up, letting him lean on her body, and fed him water to drink.

  However, Shen Xiang Rou discovered that Xiao Fan's teeth were clenched tightly shut and it was impossible to feed him water. Unable to open Xiao Fan's lips, she couldn't feed him water, and after trying twice, the water she tried to feed him spilled out.

  Xiang Ruo's face was anxious, her expression complex as she stared at Xiao Fan. Suddenly, she took a deep breath, then drank some water herself, and leaned in to kiss Xiao Fan on the lips, giving him mouth-to-mouth water.

  Xiang Ruo's small cherry lips were tightly pressed against Xiao Fan's mouth, slowly feeding him water.

  After feeding all the water to Xiao Fan, Shen Xiang Rou continued to feed Xiao Fan water.

  Like this, Shen Xiang Rou disregarded the distinction between male and female, mouthful by mouthful, pouring water into Xiao Fan's mouth. Her cherry lips were also stained with Xiao Fan's fresh blood.

  After replenishing water, Xiao Fan, who was originally in a semi-comatose state, slightly opened his eyes...