"You don't need to do anything later. Just close your eyes and relax,"
Du Fei and Liu Shishi arrived at a stone bench near the park entrance.
He first asked Liu Shishi to sit down, and then stood behind her.
Liu Shishi nodded, indicating she was ready.
Du Fei's hands slowly moved to Liu Shishi's head.
Touched by a stranger for the first time, Liu Shishi's body trembled involuntarily.
However, Liu Shishi quickly stabilized.
Du Fei's hands began to move rhythmically.
While massaging Liu Shishi, he had already gathered his true qi to his fingertips. As he continuously kneaded, the true qi was slowly injected into Liu Shishi's brain.
A few minutes later, Liu Shishi let out a comfortable hum.
For the past two days, Liu Shishi's head had been aching faintly, and her whole body felt sore and weak.
But now, after Du Fei's massage, Liu Shishi quickly felt that the pain in her forehead was gone, and the feeling of being overworked had completely disappeared.
"Du Fei, where did you learn this massage technique? It's simply incredible! After your massage, my head feels so much better, I'm clear-headed and alert. It's more effective than sleeping for a whole day and night."
Liu Shishi initially agreed to let Du Fei massage her simply because she couldn't bear to refuse his kindness, seeing how concerned he was.
Who knew that after Du Fei's massage, she would feel so comfortable? Liu Shishi was truly glad she hadn't refused.
"It's good that you feel it's useful. My massage technique is inherited from my ancestors."
Du Fei was happy for Liu Shishi as he saw her complexion improve.
However, the massage technique Du Fei used on Liu Shishi was no ordinary one. It required the special true qi cultivated through the Myriad Manifestations Art to achieve the best results.
Otherwise, even if someone learned all of Du Fei's techniques, they wouldn't be able to achieve the same effects.
"By the way, Du Fei, my shoulders and back are also very sore. Can you help me with those too?"
Feeling better about her head, Liu Shishi then wanted Du Fei to massage her body.
If her shoulders and body were too uncomfortable, Liu Shishi, as a girl, wouldn't have proactively made such a request.
"Beautiful lady, our brothers here are also very skilled at massage. How about we give you a massage?"
Before Du Fei could answer, a lewd voice was heard.
The two turned around and saw three men dressed bizarrely, with lewd eyes, staring at Liu Shishi.
These three were local thugs. They had been hiding in the park's flower beds, smoking something. After they came out, they saw a beauty like Liu Shishi and their eyes went wide.
"Du Fei, let's go."
Liu Shishi felt very uncomfortable being stared at so openly and stood up to leave.
Unexpectedly, the three thugs spread out in a fan shape and surrounded them.
"Beauty, don't rush off. Let us brothers take you out to have some fun, okay?"
"Yeah, look at the guy beside you, he's too scared to say a word to us. What a useless fellow."
"As long as you serve us three well, we'll make sure you eat and drink like royalty!"
After surrounding Liu Shishi, the three men continued to spew lewd words and also looked down on Du Fei.
Du Fei sneered and was about to teach these three a lesson.
"Du Fei, don't bother with them," Liu Shishi, fearing Du Fei would act impulsively, said comfortingly. Then, she turned to the three men and said, "Don't do anything rash, or I'll call the police!"
"Alright, but I'm afraid you won't have time to..."
The most impatient of the three, with his arms outstretched, was about to embrace Liu Shishi.
Unexpectedly, in the next second, he found himself flying.
*Thump.*
The man landed in a distant flower bed and was knocked unconscious.
"Damn it! You dare to sneak attack? I'll let you bleed!"
The guy next to him, seeing his companion kicked away by Du Fei, became enraged. He reached for a dagger from his back waist.
The blade reflected a cold glint and shot towards Du Fei.
"Be careful!"
Seeing the dagger about to stab Du Fei, Liu Shishi couldn't help but cry out.
"Huh? Where's my knife?"
The guy who was about to stab Du Fei suddenly felt his hand empty and realized the knife he was holding had disappeared.
When he came to his senses, he found Du Fei holding his knife at his neck.
"Brother, sir, please spare me."
The man who had been so aggressive and fierce moments ago, now with a knife to his throat, immediately began to beg for mercy.
Du Fei quickly made a few feints with the dagger around his body.
The man begging for mercy wondered what Du Fei's gestures meant.
Then, he suddenly felt a chill on his body. His clothes, except for his underwear, were all turned into rags and scattered on the ground.
"Scram!"
Du Fei said softly and casually tossed the dagger accurately into a roadside trash can.
The two men standing in front of Du Fei, ignoring their companion who had fallen unconscious in the flower bed, immediately turned and ran.
Soon, the two were nowhere to be seen.
"Du Fei, is that person alright?"
Liu Shishi looked at the man in the flower bed, who still showed no reaction. She was worried if he was alright.
Du Fei waved his hand, "He's fine. I was careful when I acted. He'll wake up on his own soon."
After hearing Du Fei's words, Liu Shishi finally nodded.
After this small incident, Liu Shishi no longer had the mood for Du Fei to massage her. The two left the small park and returned to the car.
Soon, the car started again and they drove away.
Perhaps due to the previous massage, the relationship between Du Fei and Liu Shishi had clearly become more harmonious.
They chatted and laughed all the way.
The two were like friends who had known each other for a long time.
Liu Shishi told Du Fei many things, such as the troubles and confusion she encountered at work, and some things about her family, which were not as good as outsiders thought.
As for Du Fei, he shared his experiences with Du Yunyun and some amusing incidents that happened while treating patients at his traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
They continued to talk and talk until Du Fei drove to Liu Shishi's doorstep, and only then did they realize.
"Du Fei, thank you for driving me home today, and also for the massage earlier."
Liu Shishi didn't get out of the car immediately. Instead, she thanked Du Fei very sincerely.
Du Fei smiled in response, "We're friends, aren't these things friends should do? So, I don't think we need to be so polite."
"Alright then, my friend."
Liu Shishi smiled beautifully.
Du Fei was momentarily stunned.
Then he reacted and said, "By the way, if you have time, come to my traditional Chinese medicine clinic. I'll personally prescribe you a dose of medicine. I guarantee you'll be full of energy and have a radiant complexion after drinking it."
"Okay, I'll definitely come when I have time another day."
Liu Shishi nodded.
The two waved goodbye. Liu Shishi watched Du Fei hail a taxi by the roadside. Only after Du Fei had left did she turn and head home.