54 - Dungeon Growth Log

It was late at night. The young man lay uneasily on his bed, injured back exposed. Gu Peijiu sat beside him, holding his hand with a calm demeanor. The moonlight was like water, and the candlelight flickered faintly. Bixi whispered, "Miss, you should go to sleep. I'll watch over him here." Gu Peijiu looked at the boy's furrowed brows and closed her eyes for a moment, her voice light, "It's fine, you go rest." Bixi widened her eyes, somewhat incredulous, "...Miss? You..." Gu Peijiu glanced at her, the candlelight reflecting in her pitch-black eyes, quiet but unyielding. Bixi hesitated for a moment before lowering her head and responding softly, "Yes." The night deepened. The boy's hand was cold. Gu Peijiu lowered her eyes and placed his hand under the blanket. She couldn't quite understand why she cared so much about this child. Was it because there were too many mysteries surrounding him? It didn't seem to be. It just felt as if...he should be, hers. Her heart skipped a beat, and she tightened her grip on his hand. She closed her eyes and pushed the strange thought aside. ...Maybe it was because she hadn't slept well the past few nights that she was having such odd thoughts. Gu Peijiu laughed at herself. Then she opened her eyes, looking at the boy on the bed. After a moment, she took out a pill from her sleeve and gently placed it in his mouth. The boy's brow furrowed, looking uncomfortable, but he obediently swallowed the medicine. As long as she held his hand like this, no matter what she did to him, he would be very obedient. So obedient that it softened her heart, unlike the playful young man who often thrived in mischief. He seemed to instinctively trust the person called "Dou Dou," no matter what that person might do to him. After the boy swallowed the medicine, his brow slowly relaxed, seeming to escape from a nightmare, his grip on her hand loosening slightly. She hesitated, trying to gently withdraw her hand, but as soon as she moved, his slightly relaxed hand immediately tightened, unwilling to let go. "...Don't go." He murmured hoarsely, softly, as if afraid to scare someone, "Don't." Gu Peijiu stopped moving. Feeling the hand not intending to leave, the boy finally felt at ease. Watching the boy's relaxed face as he slept peacefully, Gu Peijiu said softly, "You sleep so soundly." Recently, managing the Danfeng competition had been exhausting, with numerous affairs to handle, and when she closed her eyes, she was plagued by nightmares. It had been a long time since she had rested well. Xia Wuyin naturally could not respond to her. The nocturnal cicadas chirped, the moon hung high, and with the boy holding her hand, Gu Peijiu hid her fatigue and slowly closed her eyes. She would also...rest a little. A dreamless night. Peaceful until morning. = = In the middle of the night. The medicine had its effect, the pain from the wounds lessened, and the system, which had been in semi-failure due to the spiritual energy impact, began to wake up as Xia Ge's body recovered. 【Beep——Body Scan In Progress...】 【Beep——Consciousness Scan In Progress...】 【Beep, Scan Complete, System Reboot Complete】 【Ding! No. 003 Primary Puppet System Invincible Puppet at your service!】 【Name: Xia Ge Physical Condition: Medium Hazard Mental Condition: High Hazard (Near Collapse) Primary Profession: Puppet Master (Primary) Skills: 【+】 (Click to Expand) Puppet Panel (Updated): 【+】 Secondary Profession: Alchemist (Apprentice) Skills: 【+】 (Click to Expand) Others:...... ...... Emergency Status, Enable Critical Mental Self-Repair System: Yes/No (10 Points)】 【Beep——Transferring Host's Points Authority——】 【Beep! System will enable critical mental self-repair service, initiating will forcibly blur host's negative memories and emotions, confirm to proceed?】 【Beep! Initiating——】 【Points Deducted: 10】 【Progressing 1/100】 = = The next day. Gu Peijiu opened her eyes. The candle on the table had melted down. Gazing at the faint morning light outside the window, she felt a bit lost. She had actually... not been awakened. Nor had she had nightmares. It was as if she had merely closed her eyes, and upon opening them again, it was already morning. The early dawn light filtered through the green curtain, very gentle. The boy, after being given a pain-relieving and sedation pill, seemed to be sleeping very peacefully. The crowing of the rooster sounded, and Bixi's voice called out, "Miss? Are you awake? May I come in?" Gu Peijiu paused and then said softly, "Come in." Bixi lifted the curtain and entered. The warm yellow morning light, accompanied by mountain mists, drifted in. She was surprised to see her mistress still fully dressed, sitting by the boy's bed. "Miss, you... this..." Feeling both pity and anger, she said, "I could have taken care of him. You still have to handle the affairs of Danfeng today. If you continue like this, your body will break down!" Gu Peijiu shook her head and said calmly, "I'm not tired." It was the truth. This had been her best rest in days. She glanced at her hand, which was still tightly held by the boy, and after a moment, found an explanation. When someone is relied upon, they unconsciously strive to become stronger. To become someone worthy of that reliance. And now. She was holding this child's hand, being trusted by him. Whether or not she was truly the person in his heart, she was trusted. And Gu Peijiu never failed anyone who placed their trust in her. Maybe that was how she overcame the nightmares. While Gu Peijiu was deep in thought, Xia Wuyin still clung to her hand tightly, not letting go, which made Bixi a bit annoyed. "Is this kid pretending to sleep to take advantage of you?" Bixi wrinkled her nose. "Did you rest like this last night? How could you?" Gu Peijiu simply said, "He's still young." "Not that young, I heard he's thirteen," Bixi said. "Miss, you're only three years older." "It's fine." Gu Peijiu then asked, "How is the competition going? Have the documents been sent over?" "Yes." Gu Peijiu instructed, "Get things organized and bring the documents over. I need to review them today." "Yes, Miss." Bixi removed the melted candle from the table and quickly tidied up the room. "Miss, would you like Bixi to help you wash up this morning?" Gu Peijiu glanced at her hand, paused for a moment, "No need, just bring some hot water, and go get the documents." "Yes." After Bixi left hot water and a towel, Gu Peijiu moistened the towel, wetted the boy's dry lips, carefully wiped his face, and thought for a moment. Then she fed him a fasting pill. While he held her hand, his long lashes quivered as he obediently swallowed the pill, regardless of what she did to him, so docile like a big cat. "If you were always this obedient..." Gu Peijiu gave him a bit of water, paused, muttering to herself, "You wouldn't get hurt." Of course, the boy didn't reply. "Never mind." When Bixi returned with a pile of documents, Gu Peijiu had already begun reviewing them. She placed the documents on the table, wiped her sweat, and said to the girl in red sitting by the bed, "Miss, these are today's documents to be processed." Though the three-peak disciple recruit competition had ended, the detailed selection process afterward was entirely handled by the chief disciples of each peak. Gu Peijiu finished reviewing the last document with one hand and said lightly, "Alright, put them there." 【Beep——】 【Completion 100/100】 【Host's Mental Adjustment Completed】 After finishing speaking, Gu Peijiu suddenly felt the grip on her hand slightly loosen. She was stunned for a moment, looking at the boy sleeping peacefully on the bed. The tightly interlocked fingers slowly relaxed. His delicate features, although still pale, now looked peaceful. Yesterday, she had given him a top-tier calming pill she had refined before, which had pain-relieving effects. Logically, after taking the pill, he should have relaxed his hand. Yet when she tried to withdraw her hand then, he had tightened his grip again. He had mistaken her for the "Dou Dou" person, holding her hand, trusting her, fearing her departure. It was both faith and nightmare. Now...perhaps the nightmare had dissipated. That was good. She gently withdrew her hand from the slightly cool intertwining fingers. Exposed to the air, her slender white fingers felt a bit chilly. ...as if something was missing. Gu Peijiu's eyelids fluttered lightly. Unbeknownst to herself, almost as if possessed, she slowly lowered her hand and quietly held the slightly icy hand under the blanket while Bixi wasn't paying attention. The touch was like cool jade, smooth, yet without warmth. ——Too cold. She thought. Spiritual energy subtly flowed, warming her palm. It was hardly a big deal, to help keep warm. Bixi came over, her heart heavy with dissatisfaction as she saw her mistress's hand held tightly by the boy under the blanket. "Miss, why do you pamper him so?" Gu Peijiu continued to review the documents with one hand, her face calm, "It's fine." Bixi wanted to say more, but Gu Peijiu's instruction came, "Bring me the documents from yesterday's competition results." Bixi didn't say another word, bringing the documents over and placing them on Gu Peijiu's makeshift desk. The green curtain was pulled aside, and the room was bathed in warm sunlight. As Bixi looked at the slight curve at the corner of Gu Peijiu's lips, she suddenly had an inexplicable feeling that her lady seemed to be in a good mood. Gu Peijiu opened the documents with one hand, seeing the first page. Her movement paused slightly. After a moment, she lowered her gaze and pressed her lips together, continuing to flip through the pages, one after another, for a long time, before finally closing it and placing it aside. Bixi hesitated, "Miss, this one... you haven't reviewed it yet..." Gu Peijiu looked up at her, her dark eyes calm, "I know." She then asked, "How are things at Jian Peak and Beast Peak?" "All going well... There's a genius boy from the Chang family at Jian Peak, very gifted, came first in all the preliminary rounds." Bixi thought for a moment, "And Ye Ze, whom you assigned to Jian Peak, has settled in. He will join the other disciples in sword training when classes start." "As for Beast Peak… Bai Li Senior Brother…" Bixi hesitated, glancing at the peacefully sleeping boy on the bed, and said tactfully, "He seems very interested in this young junior brother Xia, asked about his condition, and hoped to visit when he wakes up." Gu Peijiu refused lightly, "As a chief disciple of one peak, how can he visit a freshly inducted disciple? It's improper; decline the request." A freshly inducted disciple? Bixi instinctively glanced at the documents, nodded, and tentatively asked, "Then, when Junior Brother Xia recovers, should he be sent to..." "No." Warm sunlight softly shone on the exquisitely pale face of the girl in red and white robes, highlighting her lofty and pristine dark eyes. "My Dan Peak disciples do not visit outsiders." 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