"Achoo—"
In the courtyard, Feng Yinwan, who had just stepped across the threshold, sneezed unexpectedly. She rubbed her nose and paused.
Someone must be talking about her.
She frowned suspiciously, but before she could ponder, a buzzing sound reached her ears. Looking up, she saw a dark shadow hovering above the neighboring courtyard.
Feng Yinwan's heart skipped a beat, and she snapped back to attention.
Were those... Gu worms?
When she arrived, Yu Che was in the courtyard directing the swarm of insects. He saw her but didn't stop his movements.
The Gu worms gathered densely in the air, shrinking into a ball or scattering at his slightest gesture, obeying his commands perfectly.
Seeing someone control Gu worms for the first time, Feng Yinwan couldn't help but feel curious. Just as she was about to move closer to observe his technique, she was stopped before she could take another step.
"Don't come any closer."
Yu Che glanced at her, his voice a little awkward, "You'll scare them."
Scare them?
Feng Yinwan hadn't expected to have such an effect. Her eyebrows rose slightly, but she still halted her steps.
The swarm of insects was then directed to circle in the air a few times before lining up obediently and flying into the fish basket at his waist.
Yu Che pricked a fingertip and let a few drops of blood fall in, then closed the lid. He looked at her again.
His gaze was questioning.
Feng Yinwan's eyes flickered, and when she spoke, her voice held a hint of seriousness.
"On you?"
She had seen clearly when he dropped the blood; something was moving beneath the skin of his wrist.
Yu Che didn't try to hide it now that she had seen.
"Ordinary Gu masters always raise Gu worms on their bodies. It's nothing. Not just Gu masters, many people have Gu worms inside them."
He then looked at her again and said in a low voice, "You have them too."
His tone was so casual, as if he were remarking on a fly landing on her, that Feng Yinwan froze. Her entire being felt suddenly uneasy.
"Are you joking?"
Aside from what she had discovered on Feng Yuli, she hadn't come into contact with such things. How could she have been infected with Gu worms without even knowing it!
Yu Che heard this and nodded thoughtfully, then turned and walked towards the room.
"It seems you were unaware."
Feng Yinwan had indeed been unaware before, but now that she knew, she felt terrible.
What was worse, he remained tight-lipped, refusing to reveal any more no matter how much she pressed. It felt like having her heart clawed out while a million ants crawled all over her!
When Feng Wuxi arrived, he saw her emerging from Yu Che's courtyard with an unpleasant expression.
Recalling her earlier words to him, he was afraid she had gotten into a fight and quickly stepped forward.
"Why were you in the next courtyard?"
To his surprise, Feng Yinwan frowned and looked at him, then grabbed his forearm.
"Feng Wuxi, do you feel anything abnormal about me?"
She had examined herself thoroughly, but found no abnormalities. Could the Gu worm still be dormant?
Feng Wuxi felt she was abnormal in every way.
He looked at her seriously, then said with half concern, "Perhaps we shouldn't have this barbecue for now?"
Feng Yinwan snapped back to reality in an instant, "How can we not!"
For their return today, Chef Xu had specially found someone to slaughter a cow.
A cow! A whole cow!
It was marinated with his improved secret sauce. She would feel like she was missing out if she didn't eat at least two jin tonight!
It seemed she wasn't that abnormal after all.
Feng Wuxi glanced at her, his chin slightly raised. "Then hurry along. Yu Feng and the others have already gone ahead when I came."
Yu Feng is the biggest eater!
An alarm bell rang in Feng Yinwan's mind. "I'm going now!"
She said this and hurried towards the back kitchen. Behind her, Feng Wuxi's eyes darkened as he watched her retreating figure, but then he stepped into Yu Che's courtyard.