Chapter 939: Taking a Bath

In the morning, the hour-long rehabilitation session ended quickly!
Using crutches, Happy struggled to walk around the hospital garden, then returned to the ward drenched in sweat. Suddenly, he faced an awkward situation—he couldn’t just lie down on the bed in such a sweaty state.
Taking a bath!
That was a problem.
A year and a half earlier, the two of them had clearly decided to break up…
For Xu Yao, those days of wiping Happy’s body while he lay there, unconscious, were difficult, but not as embarrassing as now.
Happy also found it hard to remain indifferent.
After all, he had lived separately for a year and a half and grown quite distant from Xu Yao. So, facing the issue of taking a bath suddenly, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy and uncomfortable.
In the silent ward, both of them avoided eye contact.
“Patient…”
“You two are still standing here, sweating profusely. Go clean up quickly. I’ll check your temperature in half an hour,” said a nurse passing by, tossing off those words before walking away.
“Such an intruder.”
Noticing Xu Yao trembling as she reached out to unbutton his clothes, Happy didn’t know whether to thank the nurse or hate her; his mind went blank.
He somehow followed Xu Yao into the bathroom…
However, when their skin touched, both felt a jolt, as if shocked.
There was no bathtub in the hospital.
Happy didn’t want to lie there like a cripple, letting Xu Yao wipe his body.
In the bathroom, Xu Yao kept her head down, biting her lower lip, too afraid to look into Happy’s eyes. Her movements were less quick and efficient than usual; it took her a long time to undo just one button.
After finally getting his clothes off, mistakes kept happening during the shower, splashing water all over him, which made Happy feel heartache…
“Girl, how many times have you caught a cold this past year?”
“…”
Xu Yao paused, as if touched by memories. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she forced herself not to look up.
Happy had always been attracted to Xu Yao’s resilient and cheerful personality. He knew she was very stubborn and unwilling to show weakness in front of others. Unable to resist, he reached out and held her face.
Xu Yao’s eyes immediately turned red…
At that moment, she could no longer hold back her tears.
Over the past year and a half, she had indeed endured a lot.
Alone through lonely nights, she took care of Happy, staying by his side whether he needed her or not. But when she fell ill, she could only endure hundreds of days and nights beside the unconscious Happy…

Hearing those loving words, Xu Yao’s fragile heartstrings were stirred.
“…I’m sorry.”
Holding Xu Yao’s tearful face, Kai Xin seemed to understand the endless vulnerability and sorrow behind her tears. His heart ached as he silently pulled her into his arms. “I’m sorry!”
The water from the shower soaked their bodies, and Xu Yao finally stopped holding back her tears, sobbing in Kai Xin’s arms.
In the bathroom, Kai Xin carefully supported Xu Yao against the wall while gently adjusting the water temperature. Under the warm spray, they clung tightly to each other.
Kai Xin’s eyes held pain and tenderness; Xu Yao finally removed her thin coat, using her tears and his warm embrace to pour out the loneliness, hardship, and sorrow she had endured over the past year and a half.
In the vast hospital, no one knew about this touching scene in the small room.
…
After coming out of the bathroom, although Xu Yao still preferred silence, she seemed to have emerged from her gloom, looking much more energetic.
Kai Xin returned to the bed, exhausted, but seeing Xu Yao’s brighter eyes, he felt a sense of satisfaction.
He stared blankly at her busy figure.
Seizing that someone was watching her, Xu Yao turned around and asked, “No need to practice anymore?”
“Huh?”
Only then did Kai Xin realize he had been out for quite a while—breakfast, rehabilitation, a walk in the garden, followed by a long shower and daydreaming—already past noon. For someone who valued every moment, this time was indeed a waste…
But for the first time, Kai Xin wasn’t in a hurry. “I’ve slept too deeply for over a year and a half. I never really got to see you properly. Now I really want to take more time to make up for it.”
“Kai Xin… we’ve broken up.”
“Then why didn’t you just leave me on the street back then? Why did you bring me back and let someone who broke up with you stay in your bed, eating, drinking, and living here for a year and a half?”
“…”
“I know I’m not your boyfriend.” Those words made Xu Yao’s eyelashes tremble. “All you need to know is that you’re my woman!”
Xu Yao raised her head!
Kai Xin said earnestly, “Yao, I’m sorry for all the hardship you’ve gone through over the past year and a half. I know you planned to leave once I recovered, but I want you to know that for the rest of your life, you must stay by my side. You’re not allowed to leave. When I’m better, you’ll have to help me pay respects to our mother… We should have done that a year and a half ago. I still owe my mother an explanation and a promise, right?”

“…You’ve changed.”
Xu Yao murmured, staring at Kai Xin.
The latter smiled:
“But some things never change.”
With that, he picked up a gaming headset from beside him…
…
The capital was now not only the domain of Yipin Tang but also the location of Xifeng Lou’s headquarters.
Of the two top forces, Xifeng Lou had the upper hand!
The two leading figures imposed strict discipline on their subordinates, keeping the capital in good order—completely different from the situation when Yipin Tang dominated the north.
The capital was bustling with people coming and going…
Yet Kai Xin had other priorities. He moved swiftly through the streets and soon reached the busiest market in his memory.
He had several sets of equipment to sell and also needed to gather some information. With its mixed crowd, it was easy to hide one’s identity and shake off those who were following him…
…
“Where is he?”
Four highly skilled individuals dressed normally met in an alley and immediately scanned the area.
In the blink of an eye, their target, Kai Xin, had vanished.
“This kid… is quite clever. Even with all four of us taking turns to chase him, we still can’t catch up?”
“What do we do now? Keep tracking him?”
One’s suggestion was immediately rejected by his companions:
“Tracking him is pointless. There are thousands of people in the market—eight hundred or a thousand wearing conical hats. What’s the use of guessing where he was ten minutes ago??”
“This bastard has been idle for over a year, yet he doesn’t seem slower—he’s even more shrewd.”
“Forget it. Let’s withdraw and guard the four exits of the market!”
The four scattered. Not far from them, a player facing away from them turned around, adjusted the brim of his conical hat, and a cold glint appeared in his eyes:
“It’s Meng Yun’s style—preferring to nip threats in the bud rather than taking risks. He won’t act unless he’s 100% sure. In this regard, he’s at least smarter than Xue Yi.”
Actually, Kai Xin had already noticed these spies hidden among the crowd while leaving Wanshou Villa. He had been waiting for them to make a move, but they had only followed him without acting. Such careful surveillance could only be the work of Meng Yun from Yipin Tang.
“Yipin Tang…”
Kai Xin naturally remembered that incident at the foot of Song Mountain.
The Wudu Sect in this world had grown rapidly and had become a well-known major gang or organization. However, right now, Kai Xin didn’t even have the strength to eliminate an ordinary gang.
“We’ll meet again soon.”
Kai Xin calmly turned his gaze away and asked the Zhou Yi master in front of him:
“Help me find out where ‘Madam Wang’ from Mantuo Villa is now…”
“Ten thousand taels of silver.”

Snap!
Kai Xin threw the money bag he had prepared in advance.
“Madam Wang is the owner of Mantuo Villa, so of course she’s at Mantuo Villa now,” Zhou Yi’s answer was exactly as Kai Xin had expected.
“We still need to find out where Madam Wang’s daughter, Wang Yu Yan, is, as well as where her husband, Duan Yu, is.” Two more money bags were thrown over, and Kai Xin didn’t even blink.
Zhou Yi quickly slipped the money bags into his sleeve and, with a smile, fiddled with his Bagua mirror…
“Southwest direction, Dali, Wuliang Sword Sect—both of them are there.”
“…”
Getting the answer, Kai Xin turned and left.
There was no need to go to Mantuo Villa at all. Although the portrait matched that woman, Madam Wang’s value and significance in the plot weren’t enough to warrant her being included in Wanshou Villa’s treasure room. Without hesitation, Kai Xin ruled her out and focused on Duan Yu and his wife at the Wuliang Sword Sect.
…
The few pieces of equipment obtained from the Blood Alliance disciples were quite good, selling for 18 million taels of silver. As for the silkworm silk and jade hairpin from the treasure room, Kai Xin had no intention of selling them. Firstly, he wasn’t very familiar with the market value of trap-makers’ tools; silkworm silk nets were quite rare, and Tang Xiaodie’s hairpin was an even rarer and deadly weapon—useful for self-defense as well.
Now with over 20 million taels of silver in hand, Kai Xin felt much more confident. He paid 8 million taels to Dr. Li to exchange for a “Life and Death Dream Pill,” then spent the remaining 10 million taels browsing the market.
After all, more than a year had passed, and there were many things in the market that interested Kai Xin…
In addition to Level 4 equipment, there were also Level 3 magic weapons and Level 4 magic weapons, Level 4 divine weapons, as well as various martial arts manuals for the Liberation Realm or Non-Action Realm; potions with innate attributes were still quite rare…
Due to their extremely rare ingredients, they were hard to find in the market. Even if someone did have them, the price was beyond Kai Xin’s current means.
After walking around the market, Kai Xin realized he wanted quite a few things.
In another world, with his overwhelming strength and the backing of the greatest blacksmith, his demands for equipment were minimal—almost none at all.
But in this world, the gap in cultivation levels highlighted the inadequacy of his equipment. For the first time, Kai Xin seriously recognized the lack of equipment and tried every means to stand out from the crowd.
Kai Xin locked in two items he really wanted—a heavy sword with an astonishing design…
Its name was the Dark Iron Heavy Sword!

Another one is the highly sought-after swordsmanship manual, “Magic Swan World-Destroying Art,” which sounds extremely majestic just from its name.