Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 43: Shi Brothers and Sisters

"Is he still in the library?" Shi Ping asked.

"Mmmm." Shi Miao nodded, her brows creased in a frown.

"What’s with this man? Why does he live in the library?" Shi Qiao stomped her foot in anger.

After the fuss during registration, the Shi family learned Shen Xu had joined the academy. Most importantly, they discovered that he had a rare heaven-grade fire root.

As a result, the family held a meeting, and the elders decided to bring the person back to the family.

They even arranged a good marriage for the double.

However, Shen Xu was nowhere to be found!

Initially, the Shi children bribed an elder and found Shen Xu’s dormitory room.

Unfortunately, Shen Xu went into seclusion the day after he entered the academy.

It was three months since then.

During that time, the Shi family investigated Shen Xu’s situation.

From what they learned, the double suddenly appeared in a small place called Blue Spring Town.

It was unknown how he got there or how he met Zhen Yuan, but it was a fact that the two were married.

Knowing this, the Shi family didn’t panic or give up.

Instead, they decided to deal with Zhen Yuan before Shen Xu came out of seclusion.

However, Zhen Yuan was also in seclusion.

When he came out one month after school started, he went to the library and rarely left.

"I heard he has read all the books on the first and second floors. He is currently on the third floor." Shi Miao informed.

"Does this make sense?" Shi Meng narrowed her eyes, and Shi Miao nodded in understanding.

"Zhen Yuan is at the eleventh level of the qi refining realm. Even if he has a little talent in drawing talismans, how does he have so many spirit stones?" Shi Dong asked.

"He has been in the library for two months and has rented a study room since the first day. That totals sixty thousand spirit stones." Shi Miao began a breakdown of what she knew.

"He stayed on the first floor for two weeks, five weeks on the second floor, and has been on the third floor for one week. If you calculate, he used eighty-four thousand spirit stones on the second floor and has already spent one hundred and sixty-eight thousand on the third floor. Overall, he has spent more than three hundred thousand spirit stones over the past two months."

"Why is a bumpkin so extravagant?" Shi Qiao asked, and everyone fell silent.

"Our fourth brother is an alchemist, after all. Could the fourth brother..." Shi Meng started but frowned without finishing her words.

"The idiot." Shi Qiao angrily cursed.

"If the fourth brother can give Zhen Yuan so many spirit stones, it means he likes his husband. We may not be able to convince them to break up." Shi Miao said with a worried expression.

When they heard this, several Shi children looked at each other.

In fact, none of them wanted Shen Xu to return to the family.

However, they couldn’t go against the family’s wishes.

Knowing this, they could only work hard to let Shen Xu return to the Shi family.

"Fourth brother is in seclusion to advance to the foundation establishment realm." Shi Ping stated with a solemn expression.

"It will take another month or two before he can come out. Let’s think of a way before then."

After that, the Shi children left the library entrance without noticing that a masked man had overheard their conversation.

This masked man was Zhen Yuan.

At the end of each month, he would take a mission and leave the academy.

This time, he exited the library, ready to go to the mission hall.

However, before he could, he encountered the Shi children at the library gate.

At first, Zhen Yuan didn’t mean to eavesdrop.

However, he couldn’t help himself when he heard his and Shen Xu’s names.

’It seems we must be more careful of this Shi family.’ He thought, and his eyes narrowed into slits.

However, he soon regained his composure and decisively walked away from the library.

Half an hour later, Zhen Yuan arrived at the mission hall.

’I hope there is a good task.’ He thought as he walked to the mission board.

With practised ease, he began to carefully study the available tasks.

’The first mission is still the same.’ He observed.

On the mission board, the first task was worth ten million spirit stones.

Unfortunately, Zhen Yuan was not an alchemist and could not refine the Green Sun pill.

’The second, third, fourth, and fifth missions are also alchemy tasks.’ Zhen Yuan frowned and looked at the sixth.

"Ninety years day sunflower." He read and subconsciously glanced at the first task.

From reading, Zhen Yuan knew the green sun pill was the antidote for moon sunflower poisoning.

Fortunately, the green sun pill was relatively easy to refine and only needed a day sunflower and a few common auxiliary herbs.

However, day sunflower and moon sunflower were companion spirit grasses.

The two grew together and affected each other.

As a result, collecting day sunflower without being poisoned was extremely difficult.

Most importantly, the two spirit grasses were rare.

’Fortunately, I happen to know where I can find a moon sunflower. If there is a moon sunflower, there will also be a day sunflower.’ Zhen Yuan thought and directly walked to a counter.

"Do you want to take a task?" A female asked without looking up from her work.

"The sixth task." Zhen Yuan said.

At the same time, he handed over his student badge for registration.

"The sixth task..." The female frowned and finally looked at Zhen Yuan.

"Junior brother, the day sunflower is a level two spirit grass. With your cultivation, it will be difficult to get it." She reminded.

However, Zhen Yuan was determined.

An incense stick later, he exited the mission hall and quietly left the academy.

At the academy gate, Zhen Yuan released his demon horse and prepared to head to Dragon City.

However, just after he sat on the demon horse, he froze in place and his eyes widened in horror.

"Why is this happening again?" He muttered in a choked voice.