Su Ling'er stared at his impassive gaze for a long time, and a tremor ran through her heart. She tried her best to control herself and not show fear, looking at Leng Heng with a pitiful expression. Her face clearly showed that she was genuinely concerned about Leng Feng's well-being!
"That's not water, it's medicine from the military doctor. Medicine is medicine, drink as much as you're given..." Leng Heng said indifferently and turned to leave without a second glance at her.
"She's just a dog! What's she so proud of!" Su Ling'er glared at Leng Heng's retreating back, her eyes filled with malice.
These people, to put it nicely, were副将 (vice-generals), but to put it bluntly, weren't they just a bunch of servants? They worked for the princes of the Hua Xia Dynasty, and she worked for a close official of the Emperor of the Da Yu Dynasty! Everyone was a servant, so who could be nobler than whom based on their status?
After cursing Leng Heng, Su Ling'er still felt a lump in her heart. She turned and glared fiercely at Leng Feng lying on the bed! Among these men, this one was the most useless.
They were all servants, but when others were injured, they were taken back for treatment, while this Leng Feng was just left here neglected. Su Ling'er now regretted immensely why she had encountered such a useless person back then!
As if out of spite, she walked to the table and opened all the bowls of food Leng Heng had brought. Although she liked all these dishes, Su Ling'er dared not eat all the food they sent as she had before.
Otherwise, if Leng Feng became skin and bones in a few days while she gained two pounds, anyone with eyes would know what was going on. Moreover, if Leng Feng couldn't stand the hunger and asked them for food, wouldn't everything be exposed?
Leng Feng thought Su Ling'er would call him to eat. Although he suspected Su Ling'er's purpose in entering the Qingya Pavilion, he still believed that Su Ling'er genuinely cared about him.
But the result disappointed Leng Feng, as Su Ling'er did not call him to eat, nor did she even bother to inquire.
From Leng Feng's side-lying position, he could see half of Su Ling'er's profile. He watched her sit on the chair, shoveling food into her mouth rapidly with chopsticks, eating with great haste.
Seeing her unkempt appearance, Leng Feng thought she must have been starved yesterday. Fortunately, his fifth brother had prepared more food today, and it was all delicious, otherwise, they would certainly not have enough.
Su Ling'er was eating as if venting her anger. She selectively picked out her favorite dishes from the bowls and ate them all, completely oblivious to Leng Feng's half-open eyes on the bed not far away.
After she had eaten quite a bit, she sneakily glanced in Leng Feng's direction. Seeing that he was still closing his eyes, she assumed he hadn't woken up yet, and then she did something that made Leng Feng hard to imagine.
All members of the Leng Squad had excellent eyesight, including Leng Feng, whose internal energy was temporarily absent. With his eyes half-open, he saw Su Ling'er take all the food that should have been for him to a corner.
She poured all the eaten food onto the ground and used her chopsticks to separate the clean food that hadn't been dirtied. She ensured that every grain of rice and every piece of vegetable was soiled, and then she picked them up with her hands and put them back into her mouth.
While performing these actions, Su Ling'er muttered something under her breath. Leng Feng couldn't hear it all clearly, only catching fragmented phrases like "useless... wasted... punishment...?"
What was Ling'er trying to do?
Su Ling'er, holding a bowl of soiled food, turned and sneered at the person on the bed. "Useless thing, daring to ruin my plans! How can you be worthy of eating human food!"
After washing her hands, she sat back down and carefully examined the cup of medicinal water again. She remembered that after Leng Feng drank a cup of plain water last night, his spirits had improved significantly.
The person who delivered the food just now said it was medicinal water, but Leng Feng himself had told him it was a very magical divine water brought out by Su Mu Qing. Based on the incident with the 引情香 (attracting emotion incense), Su Ling'er trusted Leng Feng more.
She brought the cup to her nose and sniffed it; there was no strange smell. Her eyes darted around, and she took out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve.
Su Ling'er carefully poured more than half of the medicinal water from the cup into the porcelain bottle, then capped it and put it back into her sleeve. Looking at the remaining half cup, she summoned her courage and took a sip.
The entrance was cool, the passage through the throat was warm and smooth, and after entering her body, each organ seemed to feel different. It seemed this water was indeed extraordinary...
Su Ling'er took another sip from the cup. Although she really wanted to finish the water, she thought about having to give some to Leng Feng later, so she forced herself to leave a little and then diluted it with half of the water from the kettle.
After doing this, Su Ling'er went to the low couch and lay down to rest. She didn't intend to wake Leng Feng for a meal. She didn't know if it was due to drinking the so-called divine water, but she felt very comfortable inside and wanted to lie down for a good sleep.
After a while, uniform breathing sounds came from the low couch. Leng Feng suddenly opened his eyes. He endured the discomfort in his body and tried not to make too much noise.
By the time he reached the low couch, Su Ling'er still appeared to be sleeping soundly. Leng Feng looked at the well-behaved little girl on the couch, his heart filled with complexity.
Something was wrong! Su Ling'er seemed genuinely off.
Before the incident yesterday, whenever he thought ill of Su Ling'er, his body and nerves would immediately experience great pain. But after his internal energy was sealed, this situation seemed to have rarely occurred?
Staring at the person on the low couch for a long time, Leng Feng finally reached out and pressed her sleep acupoint. Fortunately, acupoint pressing did not require profound internal energy. Su Ling'er, who was lying neatly, tilted her head as if in a coma after her sleep acupoint was pressed.
Leng Feng turned to look at the food on the table. Recalling Su Ling'er's various behaviors when they ate yesterday, his eyes darkened. He had thought at the time that his brothers were angry with him, hence they sent such leftovers.
It now seemed that Leng Heng and the others had also sent him food yesterday, but Su Ling'er had eaten it. And the meal last night was what she had left over, or perhaps, just like just now, she had thrown it on the ground and soiled it.
He remembered that the only meatball in the bowl then was flat in shape, which suggested it had been stepped on by Su Ling'er. That's why her expression was so complicated when he fed it to her!
But based on his understanding of his brothers, even though he had made a mistake this time, they wouldn't go so far as to withhold his food or send such meals to humiliate him.
Leng Feng reached out and poured the plain water Su Ling'er had put into the cup into the dust-covered food. Then, step by step, dragging his weakened body, he walked out the door.