Bi Bi Dong stood before the door, her ears pricked.
A few breaths passed, but she still hadn't heard a peep from Ye Tian.
"That brat!"
Bi Bi Dong frowned.
A brief scan with her senses and she knew Ye Tian's location.
Bi Bi Dong relaxed her body.
She closed her eyes to focus, then snapped her phoenix-like eyes open in an instant.
In that moment!
Soul Power surged from within Bi Bi Dong.
Her loose nightgown seemed to be caught in a gale, fluttering up to reveal a pair of long, straight legs, as fair and white as jade pillars. A faint glimpse of the curve of her bottom could even be seen.
As her nightgown billowed into the room, a gust of wind also swept out from her, blowing the gunpowder smoke before her out through the open window.
It was swallowed by the drizzling rain and absorbed into the earth.
The choking, eye-stinging smell dissipated.
Only then did Bi Bi Dong step into the room on her bare, slender feet.
The sensation of fine grit under her soles made Bi Bi Dong's brow twitch slightly.
She had no time to bother with such things, looking straight toward the partitioned-off bedroom area to the right of the Pill Furnace.
The screen painted with cranes had already fallen over.
There were no severed limbs from Ye Tian on the bed or the desk, so obviously... the screen, not lying completely flat on the ground, held the answer!
Bi Bi Dong had already sensed it.
There was a faint rise and fall from the screen, proving that Ye Tian was not dead.
Bi Bi Dong waved her jade-like hand.
The fallen screen was righted, revealing a small, thin figure lying prone on the floor.
Bi Bi Dong breathed a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, he wasn't missing any arms or legs—at least, that's how it looked from the back.
"Ye Tian?"
Bi Bi Dong called out softly.
There was no response.
She only saw the middle finger of Ye Tian's left hand twitch.
Helpless, Bi Bi Dong had no choice but to squat down, reach out, and flip Ye Tian over.
After a bit of maneuvering, she wrapped an arm around Ye Tian's shoulders, letting him rest his head on her arm as she helped him sit up.
She gently patted and stroked his chest, helping to regulate his breathing.
"Cough, cough..."
In just a moment, Ye Tian suddenly began to cough dryly, spitting out a puff of black smoke. He opened his dark eyes.
All he could hear was a piercing ringing sound.
He raised a hand to clutch his rapidly beating little heart, taking large, hurried breaths. His words were filled with the relief of having survived a disaster.
"Damn, that was way too exciting for me."
After taking a deep breath, Ye Tian finally saw the beautiful face before him clearly.
"Teacher?"
Ye Tian was stunned.
Could it be that he had died? And blown Bi Bi Dong up with him?
No!
Ye Tian's small hand, clutching his heart, moved slightly. Beneath his palm was a delicate, soft hand. This hand was clearly still warm!
"...?"
Noticing Ye Tian's scratching on the back of her hand, Bi Bi Dong couldn't help but frown.
However, she didn't press the issue at this moment.
She nonchalantly withdrew her hand.
She couldn't help but ask, "You brat, what on earth were you up to?"
"Huh? Teacher, what did you say?"
Ye Tian came back to his senses and looked at Bi Bi Dong, confused.
Bi Bi Dong repeated herself.
"I said... what on earth were you up to?!"
"What?"
Ye Tian sat up straight and leaned closer to Bi Bi Dong.
At this moment, the ringing in his ears was so severe that he couldn't hear Bi Bi Dong's voice at all. Unaware of his own deafness, he shouted, "Louder, Teacher! Are you even talking?"
"..."
Bi Bi Dong couldn't help but close her eyes, Ye Tian's shouting making her scalp tingle.
A vein popped on her forehead.
Bi Bi Dong opened her eyes, grit her silver teeth, bent down to Ye Tian's ear, and roared, "I said! Why don't you just go and die—!"
"Teacher, don't joke around."
Ye Tian seemed to have heard her clearly this time.
He reached out a somewhat grimy little hand and pushed against Bi Bi Dong's face.
With a speechless expression, he said, "Do I look like I'm taking a crap? I almost lost my life."
Her face pushed away by Ye Tian, Bi Bi Dong was momentarily stunned, her anger flaring even higher.
But hearing Ye Tian's nonsensical reply, she felt a strange sense of bewilderment.
When she turned back to look at Ye Tian's blackened face, Bi Bi Dong could no longer hold it in. The corners of her mouth curled up, and she couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
"Pfft... haha..."
"You little brat, you look as pathetic as a little beggar right now."
Ye Tian stared at her dazzling smile, somewhat dazed.
This was the first time he had ever seen Bi Bi Dong laugh so freely and brilliantly.
"Teacher, what are you laughing at..."
Just as Ye Tian asked, his body froze.
Looking at the black handprint on Bi Bi Dong's face, his throat bobbed as he swallowed hard.
"It's nothing, you smug little deaf boy."
Bi Bi Dong shook her head with a smile.
She casually lifted Ye Tian up and walked him behind the screen to the left of the Pill Furnace.
She tossed him into the washroom.
"Go wash yourself properly before you talk to me again!"
"..."
In the washroom.
Looking at the charcoal-black face in the mirror, Ye Tian finally understood what Bi Bi Dong was laughing about.
"I really am a pathetic sight..."
Looking at his reflection, Ye Tian couldn't help but chuckle.
He shook his head, grabbed a towel from the side, and began to clean himself up.
Outside the washroom, Bi Bi Dong sat sideways at Ye Tian's desk out of boredom. Her elbow rested on the desk, and she crossed her legs, revealing the snowy-white scenery beneath her skirt. She waited for Ye Tian to come out so she could continue questioning him about the cause of that thunderous noise.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Bi Bi Dong's peripheral vision caught sight of three purplish-black jars.
She couldn't help but turn her head to focus on them.
They were supposed to be three transparent jars, but they were now almost completely filled with Marrow Cleansing Pills.
She estimated that each jar contained at least fifty or sixty pills.
What caught Bi Bi Dong's attention, of course, wasn't the hundred-plus Marrow Cleansing Pills, but the names pasted on the three jars.
"Nana, Huo Huo, Xiao Yuè Yuè?"
Bi Bi Dong read the names out one by one with great interest, her expression a little odd.
She knew Ye Tian's social circle well. Besides visiting Yue Guan, he only interacted frequently with those two children.
And the orphanage?!
"Could it be that this kid, at such a young age, has already found himself three child brides?"
Bi Bi Dong speculated wildly.
Then she shook her head.
They had only been together for a little over a month, but Bi Bi Dong understood.
Ye Tian couldn't possibly have such thoughts.
At least, not at his current stage.
After all, Bi Bi Dong had seen more than once that whenever those two girls got too close, Ye Tian would gently push them away, maintaining a reassuring distance.
Bi Bi Dong smiled, only then noticing that the rain outside the window had stopped.
The wind had also died down considerably.
Just then, Bi Bi Dong smelled a familiar, pungent odor.
She couldn't help but frown.
Her gaze shifted from the three jars. She leaned over the desk, sniffed lightly, and quickly locked onto the source.
"Is this... a Pestle?"
Bi Bi Dong looked at the six-inch-long, nearly two-inch-wide, bright silver Pestle on the desk.
Curiously, she picked it up to examine it in her hand.
The source of the smell was the head of the Pestle.
On its dark base were some fine black powder pa
rticles.
She brought it to the tip of her nose and sniffed.
The smell emanating from the black substance was almost identical to the thick smoke she had smelled when she first opened the door.
Even now, the lingering smell of gunpowder smoke remained in the room.
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