Chapter 365

Chapter 365

Qu Kun entered the Ling Medical Hall, seeking out an elderly man with white-streaked beard.

"Doctor Wang, I heard you're the best physician in the Bai family," Qu Kun remarked with furrowed brows.

The white-bearded elder perked up upon seeing Qu Kun, humbly replying, "People are too kind. My medical skills are just mediocre. Master Mu Chen, who also practices medicine, might be far more skilled than I."

Qu Kun shook his head, "Mu Chen is not reliable. Despite consulting him multiple times, he found no issues. People praise him as if he's godlike. In truth, he's rather useless." How could he feel so different and yet have no problems?

Mu Chen, the big glutton, produced two little gluttons.

Using food as bait, Da Bao and Xiao Bao, those two little rascals, have already mastered hundreds of basic spells. Sadly, they can't even remember their names yet.

The elder smirked, thinking, "Only he would dare call Mu Chen a glutton."

"Everyone has their expertise. Perhaps Young Master Mu is more adept at alchemy," the elder remarked with a forced chuckle.

Qu Kun nodded in agreement, "Exactly! A jack of all trades is a master of none. He's spread himself too thin. Now, please check on me. My appetite has grown, and I'm gaining weight. If there's no issue, prescribe something to reduce my appetite."

"Please extend your arm," the elder requested with a serious tone.

Rolling up his sleeve, Qu Kun presented his arm.

After feeling Qu Kun's pulse, the elder broke into a warm smile, "Elder Qu, you have nothing to worry about. You're just pregnant. The symptoms you mentioned are quite normal during pregnancy."

"Your child seems very healthy, which might explain your increased appetite..."

"It's truly surprising. You and Elder Ling conceived so quickly. Some practitioners, even with a myriad of consorts, might go decades, or even centuries, without a child. You're indeed blessed!"

"Elder Qu, you can eat more now. There's no need for appetite suppressants. You mustn't take any random medicine in your current state."

The elder grew more enthusiastic, utterly oblivious to Qu Kun's darkening expression.

"Lucky? Nonsense, you quack," Qu Kun glared at the elder, storming out in a huff.

Realizing what he had unintentionally divulged, the elder understood why Qu Kun was livid. How could such significant news be unknown to Ling Chuan and Mu Chen? They likely knew but deliberately withheld it from Qu Kun.

"Elder Ling, I... I didn't know. It wasn't... intentional," the white-bearded elder stammered as he saw who entered next.

Ling Chuan smiled, remarking, "It's okay. Ah Kun was bound to find out sooner or later. I've always wondered how to break the news to him. Now I don't have to fret over it."

Qu Kun's belly kept growing. It's remarkable he's managed to hide it for this long. If it had remained undiscovered, that would have been truly strange.

...

The Bai residence.

Qu Xinyang looked at the copper coin in his hand, his brows furrowing slightly.

Bai Chenxing walked in, inquiring, "What are you up to?"

Qu Xinyang grinned, replying, "Just divining a bit."

"I've heard many from the Bai family come to you for divination?" Bai Chenxing remarked with a hint of jealousy.

Qu Xinyang nodded, saying, "Indeed! But I'm not always spot on. People just come for fun."

"Stop doing it for them," Bai Chenxing frowned in disdain.

A puzzled Qu Xinyang queried, "Why?"

"Those guys pretend to seek divination, but they're really trying to poach from us," Bai Chenxing said indignantly.

Qu Xinyang sighed with a hint of playful reproach, "You're overthinking things. Who would dare to poach from the great Bai senior? They'd be risking their lives!"

Bai Chenxing asserted, "Indeed, not just anyone can challenge me. But it bothers me when they pester you. We barely have enough time for each other. Remember when we first met, and you disguised yourself as an old man with a fake beard, telling fortunes?"

Qu Xinyang nodded, "Of course. I told you then that your destiny was intertwined with romance. You got so mad, calling me a fraud."

Bai Chenxing chuckled, "Turns out, you were right all along."

Qu Xinyang shot Bai Chenxing a side glance, humorously saying, "You never told me why you wanted to punch me back then. Now I finally get it. You'd just been dumped by a beautiful woman!"

Bai Chenxing's face darkened, "Is that so amusing?" He then looked at Qu Xinyang and added, "I thought you were scamming people. Little did I know how eerily accurate you were. I was indeed experiencing romantic turmoil."

Bai Chenxing affectionately wrapped his arm around Qu Xinyang's waist, and they both settled onto a nearby couch.

"I was merely making educated guesses," Qu Xinyang admitted with a smile, hinting that his divination had been hit or miss.

"Who were you divining for?" Bai Chenxing asked.

"For Chen'er and Yanxing. But I couldn't perceive anything," Qu Xinyang sighed, shaking his head.

Bai Chenxing forced a smile, saying, "Chen'er has already defied fate. It's no wonder you can't divine anything about him."

Qu Xinyang, spinning the coin in his hand, queried, "Do you really believe in changing fate?"

Bai Chenxing looked at him in surprise, "Don't you?"

Qu Xinyang shook his head, "I don't. I don't think I have such power. And besides, if Chen'er really had his fate altered, he wouldn't be so devoted to Mu Yuanfeng."

Bai Chenxing went silent, reflecting on Qu Xinyang's words. He eventually responded, acknowledging that Mu Chen was indeed very close to Mu Yuanfeng. But things had indeed changed.

"What did you foresee that made you decide to defy destiny?" Bai Chenxing couldn't help but ask.

Seeing Qu Xinyang's troubled expression, Bai Chenxing immediately added, "If you don't want to talk about it, that's okay."

"It's not a secret. I saw Yanxing falling for a young boy."

"That boy was enamored with a beautiful girl named Shuang'er and had no interest in Yanxing. He was surrounded by other remarkable young men who also didn't care for Yanxing. Despite that, Yanxing stayed by his side."

"The boy Yanxing liked was an alchemist. Yanxing realized that his blood could assist the boy's alchemy. So, he often secretly offered his blood to the boy, who knew about it but never accepted Yanxing's affections."

"Eventually, another young man close to the beautiful Shuang'er killed Yanxing. The boy whom Yanxing adored said nothing, just drained Yanxing's blood and buried him."

"Later, a young man from the Bai family appeared in Yanxing's life. By chance, he retrieved the Bai family's ancestral formation manual. He couldn't open it, but Yanxing's blood could."

"This group then accidentally learned of Yanxing's identity. The Bai family's young man thought our son's death would greatly upset you, so he decided to give you a 'surprise'."

"He swapped the blood of that Shuang'er. You believed that she was our son and taught her everything you knew..."

...

Qu Xinyang turned to look at Bai Chenxing, whose face had turned pale, and said with a smile, "These are just my speculations. I don't believe you'd be so naive as to mistake someone else for your kin."

Bai Chenxing remained silent.

Gathering himself, Bai Chenxing asked, "How did you attempt to change destiny back then?"

Shrugging, Qu Xinyang simply said, "It's of no consequence now."

Struggling to maintain a calm facade, Bai Chenxing insisted, "Tell me."

Qu Xinyang nodded and said: "It was a very mysterious feeling. His eyes were full of birth dates of various people. Then, I found that a person's birth date perfectly matched Yan Xing's. Yan Xing and that personPeople's birthdays were put together, dragons and phoenixes danced, shining golden light, I pulled that person over, and then I fell asleep, and I have been sleeping until now."

Bai Chenxing hugged Qu Xinyang and said, "It's just a dream, don't think too much about it."

Qu Xinyang closed his eyes and said, "You're right, it's just a dream, nothing happened."

Looking at Qu Xinyang's sleeping face, Bai Chenxing gritted his teeth, why is he so stupid, if Xinyang has no ability to change his fate against the sky, then his whole life will become a joke.

Originally, when Bai Yi died, Bai Chenxing still felt a little guilty. After all, Bai Yi was a member of the Bai family, and he was a junior who always respected him. At this moment, Bai Chenxing only hated himself for being too light..

Bai Chenxing hugged Qu Xinyang cautiously, knowing what kind of peerless treasure he was holding.

Qu Xinyang's face is much thinner than before, and he is close at hand.

Bai Chenxing kissed Qu Xinyang's lips heavily. What Qu Xinyang said made Bai Chenxing feel an unprecedented uneasiness. He urgently needed to feel Qu Xinyang's temperature to prove that everything was just an illusion..

Qu Xinyang opened his eyes, looking at Bai Chenxing's painful expression, he couldn't help but feel distressed, and the two of them entangled together forgetfully.

Bai Chenxing hugged Qu Xinyang tightly, even after a long time, he was still reluctant to let go.

...

The door was slammed open.

Qu Xinyang pushed Bai Chenxing away, Bai Chenxing was caught off guard, and was almost pushed to the ground by "weak" Qu Xinyang.

Bai Chenxing looked at the person who entered the door, and said helplessly, "Yanxing, why did you come here?"

Bai Yanxing's face was red, it seemed that he came in at a wrong time, but he did come in.

"Grandpa Qu, knowing that he is pregnant, he lost his temper, so I came in to hide." Ye Shi said a little depressed.

Bai Chenxing rolled his eyes, Qu Kun lost his temper, why are you hiding from him?Qu Kun is his elder, Qu Kun lost his temper, he can't protect himself!

Qu Xinyang rolled his eyes, and said with a sigh: "Mother and father finally know." If his mother and father didn't know, he wanted to tell.Such an obvious thing, the mother and father actually delayed until now to find out.

Bai Chenxing shrugged, and said: "Father-in-law Qu always deceives himself and others by pretending that his father-in-law is infertile."

Qu Xinyang: "..."