174: Chapter 174 Let's first turn awkwardness into ambiguity.

Chen Shanzhi looked at Jiang Feiyu, who was standing by the bed, her hands tightly twisting the hem of her clothes, wishing she could bury her head in the ground, and coughed twice.

"Ahem, well..."

Chen Shanzhi took the initiative to break the deadly silence, spread his hands, and said, "I really don't know the specifics of how to dispel this thing.

How about we wait for Lord Fu to finish his business and come back, then I'll ask him for more details?"

Jiang Feiyu's body trembled slightly, her head buried even lower, her voice as thin as a mosquito's buzz, impossible to hear without listening closely:

"Lord Fu... before Lord Fu left, he already told me in detail."

Chen Shanzhi raised an eyebrow knowingly and patted the bed beside him, gesturing, "Then come over here."

Like a little daughter-in-law who had done something wrong, Jiang Feiyu shuffled her feet and slowly walked to the side of the hospital bed.

Chen Shanzhi leaned against the headboard and looked up slightly, his gaze falling on her without any obstruction.

Back in the academy, this girl was always carefree and boisterous.

She was always either holding a greaseproof paper bag or a roasted chicken leg, looking every bit like a tomboy foodie.

Chen Shanzhi had always treated her as a good brother he could put his arm around.

But looking closely now, Chen Shanzhi suddenly realized.

This was one of the main heroines in an adult game; how could her looks not be top-tier?

Her full, oval face, which usually didn't stand out, was now flushed with a breathtaking crimson due to extreme shyness, looking so delicate and juicy that it seemed like water would drip out with a gentle pinch.

Her somewhat loose clothing could hide her proud figure.

But under her current nervous and rapid breathing, the staggering majestic contours of her chest couldn't be hidden at all, rising and falling with her breath on an incredibly shocking scale.

Further down, her slender waist that one could wrap their hands around and those straight, long legs formed a perfectly balanced proportion.

Her usual boisterous Jianghu air was gone, replaced by an extreme contrast of shyness and charm.

Chen Shanzhi secretly took a sharp breath in his heart.

Good brother, not only are you not playing fair, but you're actually quite a catch!

"Sit down first."

Chen Shanzhi patted the bed, his tone softening. "If you stand here with your body all stiff, how are you going to dispel the black qi in your body with a calm mind later?"

"Oh..." Jiang Feiyu responded obediently, her body sitting stiffly on the edge of the bed, only daring to touch the very edge.

Seeing this, Chen Shanzhi gave her no chance to retreat. He shifted his body and sat right next to her.

As he got close, an incredibly pleasant fragrance drifted into Chen Shanzhi's nose.

It was a pure scent mixed with a faint milky fragrance and a young girl's body scent, without any of the vulgarity of rouge or powder, extremely pleasant to smell.

As an experienced man of the world and a 'good big brother' who was an expert at removing clothes, Chen Shanzhi knew.

When dispelling Evil Qi, True Essence required extremely fine micro-manipulation and could not be separated by thick clothing.

But if he directly asked her to undress now, this girl was a virgin after all, thin-skinned, and would surely be mortified.

If she became overly nervous and something went wrong during the healing, it would be fatal.

Therefore, to heal her smoothly, he had to first turn this awkward atmosphere into an ambiguous one step by step.

The first step was naturally to close the physical distance.

The two sat side by side, their thighs almost touching.

Chen Shanzhi turned slightly, his head moving directly to Jiang Feiyu's ear.

The distance between them instantly narrowed to less than an inch.

"Feiyu."

Chen Shanzhi lowered his voice, which carried a catchy magnetic quality, as he whispered softly in her ear:

"What exactly did Lord Fu tell you? How should this black qi be dispelled?"

As he spoke, his nose tip seemed to inadvertently brush against Jiang Feiyu's translucent, already deep-red earlobe.

Along with the whisper, a breath of warm air blew accurately onto the defenseless sensitive skin behind Jiang Feiyu's ear.

"Mmm—"

Jiang Feiyu felt a slight electric current surge through the place where Chen Shanzhi's warm air swept over, and goosebumps instantly broke out all over her skin.

She had no idea whether Chen Shanzhi did this unintentionally or was teasing her on purpose.

The moment Chen Shanzhi approached, her brain, which usually only thought about what to eat later, completely shut down and went blank.

Her hands subconsciously gripped the sheets beneath her tightly, veins slightly showing on the backs of her hands, and even her breathing became rapid.

"It... it's quite simple..."

Jiang Feiyu's face was beet red, not even daring to lift her head, as she stammered:

"Lord Fu said... said it just needs your True Essence to... to travel through the Meridians in my body...

Over time, that Extreme Yang True Essence will... will slowly dispel all that black qi..."

So that was it.

Chen Shanzhi muttered to himself, no wonder Commander Fu Qingyun hadn't even mentioned it to him before leaving.

This was just the most basic and crude True Essence flushing; it really didn't sound like it required much technical skill.

"Then what's the situation in your body now? In which major Acupoints is the black qi mainly concentrated?"

While asking serious questions in a serious tone, Chen Shanzhi naturally reached out his right hand and slowly wrapped it around Jiang Feiyu's slender waist.

The moment that broad, warm palm touched her waist through the thin single layer of clothing.

Jiang Feiyu's body jolted as if she had been electrocuted. In a subconscious reaction, she immediately reached out her small hand and pressed down on the back of Chen Shanzhi's hand.

"Wait... wait..."

Jiang Feiyu's voice carried a hint of instinctive resistance and panic, her eyes welling up with a layer of mist: "I... I..."

Chen Shanzhi didn't use force. Instead, he naturally raised his left hand and gently patted Jiang Feiyu's somewhat stiff shoulder.

"Don't be nervous." Chen Shanzhi's tone was as soft as a pool of spring water, radiating an incredibly reassuring power:

"I'm just getting familiar in advance with the Meridian routes the True Essence needs to travel.

This is a matter of life and death; there's no room for any mistakes."

Hearing this, Jiang Feiyu bit her lower lip.

"Oh... okay." She slowly let go of her hand.

But her hands, now hanging down, didn't know where to go for a moment, so she could only clasp them together awkwardly.

Chen Shanzhi's left hand slid down naturally, taking her slightly cool and lost small hands into his palm.

His thumb gently stroked and rubbed the back of her hand.

"Feiyu, you haven't answered my question yet," Chen Shanzhi urged softly.

"Before, with Lord Fu's help to dispel it, my body actually already... mmm..."

Before Jiang Feiyu could finish her sentence, she suddenly let out a short, restless, soft groan.