After the examination by Reid's mentor, it wasn't certain when Chengxiang would wake up, but they could achieve an 80% repair of the spinal injury. This meant that if Chengxiang woke up later, he could move as freely as before.

Chengxiang's surgery was completed at a military hospital in the capital city, and the affair was conducted highly secretly. People sent by Cheng City to gather information returned empty-handed. Chengxiang received post-operative recovery treatment at the hospital, and Reid's mentor needed to monitor Chengxiang's condition, often sitting in the hospital. Eventually, only Huli remained in the military district.

Hua Yan, who had been caring for Chengxiang at the hospital last night, only woke up this afternoon. Just as she opened her eyes, she noticed a dark figure approaching. Instinctively, she reached out to block, but then heard a familiar laughter. "Huli..."

"Yeah, it's me. I made some light congee and side dishes. Get up and eat." Hua Yan's mouth was nibbled by Huli for a moment, causing her to scream in annoyance.

"If you don't get up soon, I'll continue nibbling on you..."

Quickly getting up, Hua Yan glared at Huli, then hurried to the bathroom. This little commotion had completely dispelled her drowsiness. After washing up, Hua Yan initially intended to reclaim the situation from Huli, but her anger dissipated when she smelled the delicious aroma from the kitchen.

"So fragrant!" Looking at Dabang tidying up the dishes in the kitchen, she said, "Dabang, your culinary skills are still superb!"

Dabang smirked and said in a subdued tone, "It wasn't me." After speaking, he looked towards Huli, who had come down from the bedroom after changing clothes.

"I made today's meal," Huli said proudly. Hua Yan seemed unappreciative, eating the delicious food while commenting, "It smells good, but doesn't taste as good as it smells."

"Xiaoyan, call me when you're done eating. I'll clean up," Dabang said, seeing Huli's downcast face. He then happily went to play chess with Lao Hei.

"No need, you and Hei Ge enjoy your game. I'll handle it later." Knowing Dabang loved playing chess, Hua Yan didn't want him to keep running back and forth.

"Okay." Dabang happily ran off, while Huli sat beside Hua Yan with a sullen face, just staring at her.

Unable to withstand Huli's mournful gaze, Hua Yan finished eating and said with a smile, "Alright, stop looking at me like that. Your cooking is really delicious, alright?"

"Enough teasing. Hurry up and eat. We have to go to the hospital tonight."

"Okay. Chengxiang should be discharged in two days. Are you leaving then?"

"Why? Don't you want me to go?" Huli raised an eyebrow teasingly.

Rolling her eyes, Hua Yan ignored him and continued eating. However, after a few bites, she stopped moving her chopsticks.

"What's wrong?" Huli asked anxiously as Hua Yan's mood suddenly turned gloomy.

"It's nothing?" After several days together, she suddenly didn't want to leave Huli. It was a feeling she hadn't experienced before.

Huli hugged Hua Yan and said, "I don't want to be apart from you either. How about you go back to the seaside city for a while? Besides, I also want to see what gift you have for me."

"No, I'm still busy with something."

"Xiaoyan, didn't you want to visit De'en Temple in the seaside city? Chengxiang is fine now, so you can go without worries."

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Lao Yang came home to get something and happened to overhear their conversation. He intended to let them spend more time together.

"Lao Yang said so, what do you say?" Huli looked at Hua Yan eagerly, waiting for her response.

Occasionally, her supernatural abilities manifested, and military personnel couldn't find the reason. The Dragon and Phoenix Jade Pendant had greatly assisted Huayan's supernatural abilities in the past. Therefore, Huayan was thinking of returning to De'en Temple to ask Monk Bugua about the reason for the disappearance of her abilities, although she wasn't certain he would have an answer.

"Alright then," Hu Li immediately smiled brightly, nodding appreciatively at Lao Yang.

On the day they returned to Seaside City, when assigning seats in the car, Reed deliberately spoke to Huayan, hoping to sit with her. Hu Li, with a cold gaze towards Reed, was about to join her when Hu Er pulled him away with a smile.

"How about sitting with me on the way back to Seaside City?" Hu Li asked.

"Alright," Cloudy Peak hasn't had visitors for a long time, so Huayan really has nowhere to go. When Hu Er heard this, he was also pleased with his master, and living together would help them get to know each other better.

That day they came back, Ke Shaoming suddenly appeared at Hu Li's villa and saw Hu Li with a girl beside him, smiling mysteriously, and asked, "Cousin, who's this young lady by your side?"

Hu Li, hiding his displeasure in his eyes, took Huayan to sit on the sofa, only answering, "She's the girl you want to investigate. But now she's with me. His name is Ke Shaoming, my cousin." Hu Li poured a glass of water for Huayan, introduced. Actually, it was to remind Huayan.

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"I won't say much, but you should be careful. How could Uncle and Aunt not know about your situation? So, take care of yourself. Take that girl who looks pretty good."

"You'd better keep your thoughts to yourself." Hu Li's eyes gleamed with coldness, like a venomous snake targeting Ke Shaoming, ready to strike him down at any moment. Ke Shaoming felt a chill run down his spine and quickly said, "Cousin, don't match wits with Cousin. I spoke out of turn, my mistake."

"It's alright, just go back." Impatiently, Hu Li dismissed him.

As Ke Shaoming left, he glanced back at the villa with a complicated expression, muttering to himself, "What's the relationship between Huayan and Cousin? Wasn't Cousin always indifferent to women? But the way he looked at Huayan just now, so careful and protective, it seems he really likes this Huayan."

Unable to discern the full truth, Ke Shaoming had no choice but to leave. Hu Li was not someone he could afford to provoke.

Upstairs, Hu Li knocked on the door and asked, "Huayan, are you asleep?" She had been lost in her thoughts earlier, and he needed to explain quickly to dispel any misunderstandings. Otherwise, she might think he was also a big drug lord.

"Come in." Huayan put on her clothes and sat on the chair.

"What do you want with me?" Huayan said coldly, not welcoming Hu Li.

"Huayan, please don't speak like that, you misunderstood me." Hu Li explained, looking at Huayan. He continued, "Ke Shaoming is my mother's nephew from her mother's side, and their family is one of the major players in the German underworld. They are involved in this drug trafficking, but our Hu family has no part in this."

Suddenly, Huayan remembered the drug trafficker who tried to blow up many people. She had thought of Hu Er's message. Also, Hu Li did not seem to be lying at this moment. She realized she had misunderstood and said apologetically, "I'm sorry."

"You, always overthinking."

Though it was early winter and somewhat cold, there were still many people at the De'en Temple. Huayan and Hu Li finally climbed the mountain and learned that Monk Bugua had been away for a long time.

Disheartened, Huayan's mood sank, but Hu Li was about to console her when a young monk ran out after them.

"Sister, wait a moment, I have something for you."

Huayan stopped in surprise. "Do you have something for me?"

"Are you called Huayan?" the young monk asked.

"Yes." Huayan asked suspiciously.

"Good, Monk Bugua asked me to give this sachet to you."

Huayan took the sandalwood-scented sachet and thanked the young monk.

On the way down the mountain, Huayan couldn't help but open the sachet. Inside was a note with four characters written on it: "Point Cui into Stone."

Hu Li peered over and asked curiously, "What does this mean? I thought you came to see the monk to get your fortune read."

"Am I that bored? But I'll tell you about my visit to the monk another time."

Seeing that Huayan wasn't willing to explain further, Hu Li didn't push, just smiled and nodded. He had many secrets himself that he wasn't ready to share. Perhaps she couldn't tell him right now.

Back at the villa, Huayan locked herself in her bedroom and didn't come out. Holding the note, she pondered its meaning. After a while, she felt drowsy, but suddenly, she remembered the strange stone that appeared in her hand when she woke up early that day.

And the day she woke up feeling unusually refreshed, could it be that she could absorb jadeite, thereby replenishing the mental energy required for her clairvoyance ability? With renewed vigor, she left the villa, heading for the antique jadeite street in the outskirts to test her hypothesis.