kingnovel Chapter 1253 Shen Xingjian's mental state is 20 years ahead.
Chapter 1253 Shen Xingjian's mental state is 20 years ahead.
When an ancient person, whose core and shell are both ancient, stands in front of a time traveler holding a rice cooker and asks the time traveler to "cook rice in the rice cooker," the scene is actually quite bizarre.
Shen Zheng jolted herself awake with a start. The carved beams of the room came into view, and she was still in a daze.
"Gu-Gu Gu——"
Perhaps because she dreamed of a rice cooker, a feeling of emptiness welled up in her heart from her abdomen.
She dressed and opened the door, the sunlight was blinding, and people rushed into the room one after another.
When I woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.
After eating several large bowls of rice, she took Hua Duo directly to the government office.
In the backyard pavilion, Yu Shizhang and Shen Xingjian were playing chess.
Yu Shizhang took two steps and then regretted it. Shen Xingjian sat opposite him, seemingly silent, but his cheeks were actually puffing out.
"I love playing chess with you." Yu Shizhang, without batting an eye, picked up a chess piece and, taking advantage of Shen Zheng's absence, began to comment: "Shen Zheng's chess etiquette is terrible; she always takes back her moves. Playing with her is incredibly annoying. Young people, you should be like her..."
Before he could finish speaking, a figure suddenly appeared behind him and whispered, "Someone like him, you always get to bully him during chess games?"
"pat-"
A black piece lands on the chessboard.
Yu Shizhang turned his head stiffly, then chuckled, "You're awake?"
Shen Zheng chuckled, glanced at the chessboard, and then retorted to Shen Xingjian, "When you play mahjong, aren't you the type to give way to everyone? How come you become a pushover as soon as the game starts?"
In the short time she was in the backyard, Yu Shizhang ruined three moves of his game, and Shen Xingjian didn't know how he could tolerate it.
Shen Xingjian slowly stood up and said bluntly, "There are no winners or losers in chess."
Smelling the stench of money emanating from him, Shen Zheng understood.
"Only transactions involving money count as 'winning or losing,' while matters of the spirit don't?"
"No, that doesn't count." Shen Xingjian nodded.
Yu Shizhang's old face turned bright red, and he shouted, "Disrespectful to elders! You two are even less respectful of your elders than the other one!"
Shen Zheng gave Shen Xingjian a thumbs up.
At such a young age, she doesn't care about winning or losing. Shen Xingjian's mentality is at least twenty years ahead of hers.
The three of them went to Xu Yunyan's house, chatting amongst themselves.
To make it easier to look after Xu Yunyan, Li Shiyuan added a small couch to the room. When the three of them entered, Li Shiyuan was reading a medical book, while Xu Yunyan was still asleep.
Shen Zheng sat quietly at the table, looking at the sunlight slanting across Xu Yunyan's hand, and said, "Once he has recovered a bit more, let's transfer him back to the Shen residence to recuperate. The backyard is always bustling with people coming and going, and it's getting a bit noisy."
Li Shiyuan moistened his finger with saliva, turned a page in the medical book, and said with his head down, "He will be able to get out of bed and walk around tomorrow. He can walk back by himself."
"So you can get out of bed and walk around now?" Shen Zheng asked with some concern.
Li Shiyuan chuckled: "It's not like you've suffered any serious injuries. After the poison is cleared, walking around more, eating and drinking more will be more conducive to recovery."
Oh right, and frequent urination—Li Shiyuan didn't mention this.
Shen Zheng accepted this statement in an instant.
The group chatted in hushed tones for a few more minutes, when Shen Zheng suddenly remembered that there was someone else in the backyard.
Now that Xu Yunyan is out of danger, there are only two things she needs to do next.
First, investigate the "spiritual powder" and prevent it from further infiltrating the elite class;
Second, improve the livelihood of the people in Liuyang and enable the people under its jurisdiction to live a good life.
Faced with two issues at once, it was difficult to determine their relative importance. She decided to tackle both simultaneously: "Spirit Disperse" (a type of drug) must be pursued; people's livelihoods must also be addressed through development!
"I'm going to see Huai Shaoyong." Shen Zheng stood up and walked quietly outside.
They had only taken a few steps when Yu Shizhang and Shen Xingjian caught up: "Let's go together."
Li Shiyuan's voice came from behind them: "I went to see that kid this morning. He survived, but his physical condition... is severely depleted, and he can hardly go back to what he used to be."
Upon hearing the words, Shen Zheng paused slightly.
This is the fundamental reason why she so deeply despises "spiritual powder".
Like gambling, "spiritual poison" can really ruin a normal person, and even turn a happy family upside down overnight.
"Please take a look at the 'Complete Record of Detoxification' and see if there are any solutions," Shen Zheng said to Li Shiyuan in a low voice as she turned around.
That being said, she actually knew that the difficult thing to cure was not the "poison of metals and stones," but the "addiction."
Withdrawal symptoms caused by neurological disorders are something most people cannot resist, and successful withdrawal does not mean "complete recovery," but rather "getting rid of addiction and living with the damage."
Li Shiyuan sighed inwardly and turned the page to the next page: "I'm reading it now. You guys go ahead and be careful."
Before arriving at the house where Huai Shaoyong was staying, Yu Shizhang still didn't understand what Li Shiyuan meant by "be careful".
As soon as the door to the hut opened, a "whooshing" sound came from the tatami mat...
"What is he doing..." Looking at Huai Shaoyong, whose eyes were bloodshot and who was struggling incessantly on the bed, Yu Shizhang stood at the threshold, both surprised and enlightened: "From earlier, I vaguely heard some noises, and I thought it was the puppy that the yamen runners had picked up barking..."
It turned out that this was not a "puppy" at all, but a creature that was neither human nor ghost.
The yamen runner on duty inside, his eyes dark and swollen, hurriedly greeted them: "This humble servant greets the three sirs!"
Shen Zheng took only one step into the room before covering her mouth and nose with her sleeve: "Open the window."
The constable paused upon hearing this, but did not act immediately.
Shen Zheng frowned slightly: "What's wrong?"
The constable glanced at Huai Shaoyong, who was struggling on the bed, and said with a helpless tone, "My lord, you don't know, every time I open the window, he struggles even more like a wronged ghost who has seen the sun. He even goes so far as to wear his wrists out to avoid the sunlight."
Fear of light? Afraid of light?
Shen Zheng thought for a moment and immediately understood the connection.
The poisons of metals and minerals not only cause the user to feel hot all over, but also damage their eyesight.
The user's short-term photophobia may be due to "detoxification," which is what she is familiar with. However, long-term photophobia... is very likely because her vision has already suffered irreversible damage, which is why she feels uncomfortable when exposed to sunlight.
To put it bluntly, Shen Zheng thought this was no different from a rat in a sewer.
"Open the window," she said again.
This time, the constables dared not hesitate any longer and pushed open the wooden windows on both sides of the house.
The sunlight shone in generously, and in an instant, the unpleasant stench dissipated considerably.
"Waaaaah—!"
As expected, just as the constable had said, Huai Shaoyong struggled even more violently on the bed, and his already scarlet eyes bulged out even more suddenly, looking rather frightening at first glance.
Shen Zheng stepped to the bedside, with Yu Shizhang and Shen Xingjian following closely behind her.
At first, Huai Shaoyong did not notice her presence until she raised her hand to block the light in front of his eyes, at which point his struggling movements suddenly stopped.