A Tale of Chase and Love s1

Reaching there, the pair opened the door of the secluded room and struggled to enter at the same time.

The sight they beheld on finally entering the secluded room, made them so startled that they went down on their knees, their eyes about to pop out of their sockets!

“M-Mother… do… you see…”Lu Wei stammered.

“Yes… I see. I really do see. This child of mine, is never ceasing to surprise me.” Ye Feng muttered.

“Mother, why is there such great fire around sister?” Lu Wei asked in confusion.

“Your sister is… the legendary heaven furnace queen.” replied Ye Feng.

Lu Wei still did not understand and wanted to ask for more clarification but Ye Feng told her to seal her lips. Lu Wei unwillingly shut her mouth and both continued to stare at Theresa who was now sitting on the bare floor that was slowly turning hot.

Still, Ye Feng and Lu Wei did not leave. They are fire cultivators who are resistant to fire but how much one can be resistant depends on his or her cultivation level.

Theresa can be said to be resistant to any destructive fire below saint level which is very shocking.

An all element furnace is also called heaven furnace as it is one of the rarest things that happen on this continent.

The room temperature soon became unbearable for Lu Wei so Ye Feng advised her to leave. Lu Wei reluctantly left and headed for Theresa’s room to make sure things were ready for Theresa’s return.

After 30 minutes, the flames all around Theresa vanished and the secluded room immediately returned to normal.

Ye Feng sighed and carried the fainted Theresa back to her room. With the condition that Theresa was in, she can’t do any hard work for at least a month thanks to our evil Long Ren. Before Theresa fainted, she had heard Long Ren’s words through telepathy.

“My dear mistress, I’ll be kind enough to give you a breather; so you get one week off training. How does that sound? Are you grateful?”

Theresa’s reply was fainting due to exhaustion.

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An hour later.

Theresa’s room.

Theresa was currently being forced to drink bitter medicine which Ye Feng had recommended saying it was good for her health and cultivation.

For the past 10 minutes, there had been a serious battle between Lu Wei and Theresa due to her refusal to drink the medicine.

In the end, Ye Feng, tired of watching them snatched the bowl and pinned Theresa to the bed with a spell.

She then made Theresa open her mouth involuntarily and fed her the medicine. When all the contents had been cleared out of the bowl, Ye Feng patted Theresa’s back in a not so gentle manner making her cough.

“Mother… how could you feed me death?” Theresa complained.

“My dear, there is no death in the medicine. It’s just bitter and you are unwilling to drink it. I had no choice but to force you,” Ye Feng explained but Theresa did not want to buy her explanation.

“I’m dying!” Theresa cried.

“Here sis, take this,” said Lu Wei as she handed over a piece of candy to Theresa.

Theresa stared at the candy like, it was her arch-enemy.

“What’s that?” she asked skeptically.

“It’s candy. Very delicious,” replied Lu Wei.

“I don’t care if it’s delicious. Who knows if its another trick to make me swallow medicine willingly,” thought Theresa.

“Sis, this candy is made by mother. It’s not easy to get the ingredients and make it. Come on, take it,” Lu Wei urged Theresa.

Theresa was very unwilling to eat the candy. One reason was that the thing Lu Wei called candy, does not in any way look similar to any candy that she had ever seen in her 17 years of luxury life back on Earth.

It also did not smell good nor look appetizing. How the heck was she gonna eat it when she’s not even sure of what was in Lu Wei’s hand?

“No… no… I don’t need it,” Theresa waved the candy away but Lu Wei kept insisting.

Theresa secretly peeked at her foster mom and saw that she was looking at the bare walls. She could sense that Ye Feng must be the one who really made it. Maybe the candies here in this world are not so advanced.

Fine, since its a gift from her mom, she’d accept it.

“Ok gimme,” Theresa snatched the candy from Lu Wei and threw it into her mouth. Her eyes widened the moment the candy melted in her mouth.

“How is it? It’s delicious right?” Lu Wei asked eagerly.

“I haven’t tested it yet since it’s my first time making a candy,” she added before bringing out another candy from her pocket.

“This is the one mother made with love. Mine was made with anxiousness so it may taste a little bad but here you can have this as compensation,” said Lu Wei as she handed a red sweet-smelling candy to Theresa.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Without waiting for Theresa’s response, Lu Wei escaped from the room.

Theresa spat out the already crushed ‘candy’ onto her palm and it disappeared startling Theresa.

“You want me to read you a story?” Ye Feng asked with her back still facing Theresa.

Theresa wanted to nod but then, Long Ren appeared on her right and sat beside her on the soft bed.

“She doesn’t need you to read her bedtime stories. Today, I will fulfill my duty as a contracted pet to mistress and please don’t get in my way, miss Ye Feng.” Ren said as he picked up a novel from Theresa’s cupboard.

He flipped through the pages and nodded.

“Not bad, not bad,” he remarked with a smile that seemed not so genuine.

“Long Ren, get out,” Theresa ordered pointing to the door.

Ren, however, wasn’t here so he could obey a simple order from his mistress.

“She said you should get out, ” Long Ren said to Ye Feng.

“I meant you.” Theresa barked.

“She said she wants you to get out miss,” Long Ren barked too, making Theresa angrier.

“Whatever! I’ll leave. Have fun!” said Ye Feng before taking her leave. She also did not forget to close the door behind her. Theresa clenched her fists under the blanket as she glared at Long Ren.

He did not mind her anger and pretended that he did not understand whom her anger was directed at.

“You… WHAT DO YOU WANT?” she asked telepathically.

“Simple, mistress! I wanna read you a bedtime story. I’m not doing anything evil, I’ve taken a breather starting from tonight for a week. So… rest assured mistress,” Ren explained but Theresa did not buy his explanation.