With nothing to do, Yu Shiqi leaned on the bedside and thought for a while before falling asleep. When he woke up again, he didn't know how long it had been, but he felt a hand touching his face, as if to help relieve his pain.

Open the cloth covering your eyes.

He came back to his senses and subconsciously called out "Senior Yinxue."

"It's me." Teng Yining's soft voice came, and the cloth fell down in response.

Yu Shiqi felt happy and opened his eyes anxiously, but couldn't help but let out a "hiss" sound - it was the first time in his life that the candlelight was so dazzling.

Teng Yining raised his hand to block his eyes and scolded: "Why are you so reckless? Just take your time."

"Hey." Yu Shiqi lowered his head, feeling dazed for a while. He recalled the rare times when he made mistakes and got hurt when he was a child. His wife's reproachful tone was exactly the same as Teng Yining's.

After blinking for a long time to adjust, he was finally able to see clearly what was around him. There was a burning white candle standing on the small table in the guest room. Teng Yining was still wearing the white wooden mask, but he had changed into plain dark clothes.

"Feeling better?" Teng Yining asked.

"Yeah." Yu Shiqi smiled at her.

"That's good, I'll get you something to eat."

"Mother." Yu Shiqi called to stop her.

Teng Yining's thin shoulders trembled, and he slowly turned around, secretly muttering to himself: "As expected... I'm still not used to it."

Yu Shiqi jumped down from the edge of the bed and said to her: "Let me go down with you. I want to see this inn."

It was already past dusk. The guests were either in their rooms or dining in the lobby on the first floor. No one was walking around in the corridors. Yu Shiqi followed Teng Yining down the stairs and found Xilingyue in a white gown leaning lazily on her back.

Behind the counter, I yawned while flipping through the account books in front of me.

Her little face was pale, with deep dark circles under her eye sockets, and she looked very tired.

Yu Shiqi walked closer, carefully placed the pair of bells tied with a red string on the table, and pushed them in front of her.

Xilingyue raised her eyes to glance at him and chuckled: "You look good."

"The girl doesn't look too good." Yu Shiqi hesitated for a moment and then said what he was thinking.

"It's just the sequelae of killing Yan Guming..." She waved her hand nonchalantly, "If you had been more diligent and prevented him from getting the Lotus of Immortality, it wouldn't have been so troublesome."

Yu Shiqi lowered his head in shame and said apologetically: "Miss Xiling, I..."

"Everyone here calls me Young Shopkeeper, and you are no exception." She reminded, "When there are no other people around, you can call me whatever you like."

"I know, young shopkeeper." Yu Shiqi followed the good example.

"Go have dinner with your senior. Don't wander around in front of me. Let me be quiet."

"Can you arrange something for me to do?"

"Want to work? After dinner, go wash the dishes. There are hundreds of dishes accumulated in the kitchen. After washing, you can heat the water and send them to the guest rooms. You can also feed the horses. The stables are at the back and the fodder needs to be chopped.

Xilingyue said without raising her head, "If you have any questions to ask Yinxue, she is in the service room."

Yu Shiqi bowed to her respectfully and returned to Teng Yining, who was waiting for him by the stairs: "Let's go."

Teng Yining didn't know the details of these people yet, she only knew that they were from the Spirit Clan. She had just seen Yu Shiqi talking to the little shopkeeper for a long time. At this time, she couldn't help but curiously asked: "Zhi'er, are you early?"

Just know her?"

Yu Shiqi didn't dare to hide it and nodded, feeling worried about how to explain the whole story to Teng Yining.

He suddenly remembered what Yin Xue said before - "Not letting the guests know that they are receiving help from the Snow Sect can actually make them feel at ease. What do you think, Master?"

"The Western Wasteland seems to be a wild and barren land, but I didn't expect it to be so beautiful." Teng Yining chuckled and whispered: "That girl is really cute and adorable, not inferior to your little sister."

Don't let Xiao Ci know this, otherwise the little girl will explode. Yu Shiqi secretly stuck out his tongue.

Yu Shiqi followed Teng Yining to the hut next to the back kitchen of the inn that was specially designed for the inn staff to eat and rest. Yinxue had already prepared the food and everyone else had already taken their seats.

"You're new, it's so slow." Someone complained in a low voice.

Teng Yining bowed and apologized to everyone, pushing Yu Shiqi to sit down first.

"Sir, here." Yinxue personally brought a bowl of broth to Yu Shiqi.

Yu Shiqi glanced at Teng Yining with a bit of embarrassment and found that she was still standing aside.

"You can eat slowly with everyone." Teng Yining patted his head, took a bowl, put two steamed buns in it, and turned around and walked out.

Yu Shiqi watched her back passing outside the door, and suddenly felt sad.

"Sir..." Yinxue called him.

Yu Shiqi came back to his senses and hurriedly took the bowl of broth from her hand, accidentally spilling some and falling on the table.

Several other people stopped and all kinds of eyes focused on him.

Yinxue coughed lightly and stood up: "Eat quickly, there are still many things to do in the evening." After saying that, she also left the hut.

After Yinxue left, the room immediately burst into discussion. A man with leopard eyes and a long beard, encouraged by his companions, raised his chin to Yu Shiqi: "Hey, that..."

Yu Shiqi looked at him with a questioning look in his eyes.

"Brother, I want to ask you something. If you offend me, don't blame me."

Yu Shiqi saw that he looked rough and strong, but spoke politely. He couldn't help being surprised. He nodded and said, "Please speak."

"What are you from?"

The first question stunned Yu Shiqi.

"The young shopkeeper cares about you so much." A girl sitting next to the man looked at Yu Shiqi with her hands on her hands, "Sister Yinxue is also very polite to you."

"Yes, yes." The fat man with small eyes squeezed the layers of flesh on his chin, which was a gesture of nodding in agreement.

Yu Shiqi thought for a while and replied: "I am just a painter who is traveling in the Western Wilderness."

"Painter?"

"So you can draw?"

"I know a little bit." He smiled modestly.

"Hey, Xiaomei, did the young shopkeeper bring back a painting a while ago?"

"Having said that, I remembered that the painting was of a holy spring. Could it be..." The girl looked at Yu Shiqi in surprise, "Did you paint that? That white bird is so beautiful."

Yu Shiqi blushed and thought to himself that if these people saw the scene that day like him, they wouldn't think there was anything special about the white bird in the painting.

However, he did not dare to talk too much, saying that the idea of ​​the white bird was actually inspired by the amazing scene where the young shopkeeper emerged from the spring water.

"Then what's your relationship with the woman wearing the mask?"

"That woman seems to have a sword."

"Ah, I've seen it. It's very sharp. The edge of the sword is so cold."

"Isn't there a word on the scabbard? That sword is called Weiyin Hanfeng!"

Everyone talked in a flurry of words, but Yu Shiqi sat there and couldn't answer anything.

When those people suddenly calmed down and looked in his direction, he slowly said: "That... is my mother."

No one answered, and there was silence in the air. After a while, everyone lowered their heads and quickly ate the food in their bowls.

Yu Shiqi stared at them blankly, not knowing what was happening.

Until he heard Xilingyue's voice coming from behind him: "I see, that's it. Senior Teng is your mother, no wonder... So your background is really not simple."

Yu Shiqi's hair stood up involuntarily, and a snow-white porcelain-like hand stretched out from his side and placed a stack of soy sauce beef in front of him: "Shang Hu who lives in Room Bing4 on the second floor gave it to me. Try it."

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"Does it count as their room fee?"

Yu Shiqi asked a question that Xilingyue didn't expect.

"No." She frowned, "Why do you ask?"

"If so, I can't accept it."

Xilingyue was speechless for a while and crossed her arms: "Then it's okay now, right?"

She watched Yu Shiqi pick up a piece, took a small bite, and asked, "How is it?"

“Not bad, delicious.”

Xilingyue smiled, clapped her hands and said, "Everyone, let's have a try."

Everyone quietly exchanged glances, each took a few more random bites, and then put down their bowls and chopsticks together: "I'm full."

"Let's go, let's get to work." They ran out like a swarm.
Chapter completed!