The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 485 - 487 Sealing Martial Arts

Chapter 485: Chapter 487 Sealing Martial Arts

Chu Ge shook his head, musing, "I’m just curious."

He always felt that despite being backed by Snow Mountain, the weather here was always balmy, and describing it as ’springlike all year round’ was not an exaggeration at all.

Yet Su City had already gradually entered autumn, and while it was not extremely cold, the warm, springlike days were gone.

But here, birds chirped and flowers fragranced the air; it didn’t feel like autumn had arrived at all.

Huo Tianqian had also noticed this, but since he was not very familiar with such things, he dared not to voice any opinions.

Chu Ge propped his hands against the rock wall, feeling his body temperature soaring, and an inexplicable sense of irritability arose from his heart.

He crossed his legs, his feet began to swing uncontrollably, splashing layers of water ripples that tickled his legs.

Huo Tianqian was feeling itchy too; the discomfort he felt in his body was becoming unbearable.

He squirmed a bit, scratching here and poking there; his body was engulfed by a burning heat that made him want to stand up out of the water.

As Huo Tianqian was thinking this, and was about to act on it, suddenly a child appeared out of nowhere, reprimanding him loudly, "Sit down!"

Huo Tianqian was startled, his hands slipped, and he didn’t manage to support himself, falling into the hot spring and creating a big splash. Huo Tianqian also got a mouthful of Sulfur Water.

Panicking, he struggled for a moment before barely managing to stand up in the hot spring. He looked around, searching for the child’s figure, and saw the child on a nearby hill with a slightly angry expression.

He wanted to scold, but he didn’t know what to scold about.

After thinking about it, he decided to let it go; he wouldn’t be petty with a child.

Huo Tianqian didn’t hold a grudge against the child, but the child did against Huo Tianqian. Hands on his hips, the child glared at Huo Tianqian, "You! Lie down quickly! Don’t come up!"

Huo Tianqian’s mouth moved; how did this child resemble his own son? They both had the ability to irritate him.

"If you keep standing there, we have to start the timer all over again! Do you still want to restore your martial arts or not!"

The child said this with an air of an adult, very seriously looking at Huo Tianqian.

Huo Tianqian was startled, pressed his lips together slightly, and then obediently lay down in the water.

Because he had stood up just now, the hot and irritated feeling on his body had just calmed down, and before it could cool off for long, he was now soaked in the water again, and the heat returned once more.

Huo Tianqian had no choice but to prop his hands on the rocks and endure as much as he could.

He must restore his martial arts; he didn’t want to live those mediocre and joyless days any longer.

Compared to Huo Tianqian’s irritable restlessness, Chu Ge became much more tranquil.

He lay there with his eyes closed, even though the heat on his body seared him like a hot iron bar, he remained calm as though nothing had happened.

The child stood there, arms folded across his chest, his little face stern. He had noticed Chu Ge and was mildly surprised to see his calm demeanor.

He ran over with small steps, going to Chu Ge to get a closer look.

Chu Ge might have sensed someone approaching, so he slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the child, "What’s up? Is there something on my face?"

The child shook his head slightly, "Why are you not reacting at all?"

Chu Ge smiled, "What kind of reaction do you want me to have?"

"You see, he couldn’t even keep it up, and he’s older than you but couldn’t endure this much, how can you?"

The child spoke illogically, which made Chu Ge want to laugh, but he also knew that this was exactly something a ten-year-old child would say.

"Will the feeling disappear if I react?" Chu Ge countered, slightly tilting his gaze towards the sky. The sky here was an unbelievably deep shade of blue and felt incredibly vast.

The child tilted his little head, thought for a moment, then shook his head, "It won’t disappear... I often soaked too, so I know, it doesn’t go away."

Chu Ge was a bit surprised, "You’ve also soaked in it?"

The child nodded, "I do it regularly every year. At the beginning, it really was a bit much to handle, but gradually you get used to it. Once you slowly get accustomed to it, you’ll discover it’s not so intolerable after all."

The child’s tone was light, yet it stirred a sense of inexplicable sympathy.

Huo Tianqian asked, bewildered, "You have to soak in this too? Why?"

The child gave him a cold glance, apparently still upset because Huo Tianqian couldn’t keep standing in the Sulfur Water just now, his face quite displeased. He snorted lightly, "Just soak! No matter how uncomfortable it gets, you must endure because the next two days will only be more unbearable, so you have to persevere."

The child sounded like a little adult, speaking in all seriousness.

The corners of Huo Tianqian’s mouth twitched. At that moment, he actually felt inferior to a ten-year-old child, lying there speechless and no longer talking.

Chu Ge continued to stare at the sky, his thoughts drifting. He didn’t know what was on his mind, but felt that by zoning out, he’d diminish the heat agitating his body, even if just a bit.

However, such a sensation didn’t last long before the scorching heat began to rise steadily.

Both Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian grew restless in the water, but neither could move, so they had to endure.

After struggling through three hours, Chu Ge finally understood what Master Guangde meant by exhaustion and debilitation.

Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian both crawled out of the hot spring, lying flat on the grass, savouring the cleansing of the fresh air around them.

Huo Tianqian was gasping for air, and he said to Chu Ge, "Mr. Chu, it feels like millions of ants are devouring my bones and flesh, it’s terribly uncomfortable!"

It was said that the next two days would be even worse, and Huo Tianqian was genuinely worried he might not be able to hold on.

Although Chu Ge wasn’t gasping for air as blatantly as Huo Tianqian, the rapid rise and fall of his chest indicated his breathing was fast. He too felt as if millions of ants were gnawing at his bones and flesh, lightly nibbling away. The itch wasn’t frightening, but the dread came from the fact that there was not a single spot on his body that didn’t itch, accompanied by a tingling pain.

He nearly gave in to the urge to give up several times.

But thinking of his sealed martial arts and the many ambitions he had yet to fulfil, a strong will forced him to hang in there.

After sufficient rest on the grass, the two got up, dried off, dressed, and headed towards the house.

The child clicked his tongue, "You guys really are not even as good as a ten-year-old-child."