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He Lingchuan lifted his shirt and saw that the wounds he had received from the werewolf the previous night were already knitting back together. They hardly hurt anymore. Even the gash along his ribs, which had been deep enough to show bone, was covered by a thick scab now.
That was unbelievably fast. He turned and handed Ling Guang a fistful of pear candies. “With you around, I’ve been spared a lot of suffering.”
The medicine ape had half a mind to refuse. Ape monsters did not typically eat sweets, but the aroma was just too tempting. Its hand, which had initially meant to push the candy away, instead curled around it. Quietly, it accepted the treat.
He Chunhua had gone into the palace at dawn and had not yet returned.
After washing up and changing clothes, He Lingchuan stuffed down a dozen oversized pork buns and two large bowls of peanut soup beaten with eggs. Half-full at last, he headed out the door.
Fixer Liu was waiting outside, dressed in fresh clothes but with heavy black circles under his eyes. It was clear that he had not slept a wink.
The moment he saw He Lingchuan, he bent low in a deep bow that he held for an uncomfortably long time.
He Lingchuan raised a brow. “What’s with...
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