Chapter 855 - Princess Garo (2/2)

It was an extremely beautiful place. Next to it was a medium-sized artificial lake. The lake was frozen and was covered with a layer of white snow.

There were plum forests next to the lake. But now it was just winter, so there were only a few plum blossoms. The delicate petals looked particularly gorgeous in the white snow.

A simple tea table and two chairs were placed in the plum forest by the lake.

Hua Mingrui was wearing a fiery red woolen coat with her hair tied up high. She looked delicate and beautiful, just like a fairy from heaven. Men could easily fall in love with her.

When Qin Haodong came over, she had already made a cup of tea. Its strong fragrance filled the whole Plum Garden.

“Haodong, you’re here!”

At the sight of Qin Haodong, Hua Mingrui had mixed feelings. She pulled him to sit beside her.

Qin Haodong’s expression changed slightly after he held her hand. Then he said, “What a good place this is. There is snow, plum blossoms, and fragrant tea here. It’s almost a fairyland to me.”

“They’re all prepared for you.” Hua Mingrui poured a cup of tea for him and said, “You’ve been back for so long, but you didn’t come to see me. I have to invite you to come over here.”

Qin Haodong said, “I’m so busy recently.”

Hua Mingrui said, “I’ve been to the Donghui Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine, but I didn’t see you. What are you doing these days?”

Qin Haodong said, “Just business matters. I’ve been quite busy these days, but nothing big happened.”

“Enjoy my tea. But of course, it’s not as good as the tea you made.”

Hua Mingrui changed the subject and handed a cup of tea to Qin Haodong.

Qin Haodong took the teacup, sniffed it, and said, “Yes, you have made great progress in the tea ceremony, and this tea leaf is also of great quality.”

“These are leaves taken from the mother bushes of Da Hong Pao. I took them from my grandfather. But he only had a few taels.”

Hua Mingrui looked straight at Qin Haodong and said, “Don’t just smell it. Try it.”

Qin Haodong picked up the teacup and took a sip. He said with relish, “Good tea. It will taste better without the anesthetic powder.”

When she heard what he said, Hua Mingrui became so flustered that her teacup almost fell from her hands.

“How did you know that?”

Qin Haodong smiled, “As a doctor, of course, I am familiar with all kinds of drugs.

“The anesthetic powder had no effect on ordinary people, but it is highly poisonous for masters above the Saint level. It could directly kill one’s soul. After taking it, the masters would be paralyzed and will be turned into ordinary people.”

“But this poison is very rare because it is made from hemp grass, which grows near a volcano and is hard to find. Where did you get it?”

Hua Mingrui said with a complicated expression, “You know who I am, don’t you?”

Qin Haodong nodded with a smile.

Hua Mingrui said, “When?”

“Just now.”

A flicker of panic crossed her face but she soon calmed down and asked again, “I thought my disguise was perfect. How did you find out?”

Qin Haodong said, “You underestimated the wisdom of the human race.”

“On this trip to the west, I found the relics left by Emperor Xuan Yuan, the powerful master of Huaxia. Senior Xuanyuan said that the higher-ups of the Alien Demons were good at changing their appearances, but no matter how they changed, they couldn’t conceal their auras.”

“To find the hidden Alien Demons, he gave me the finger of a devil general. I was very surprised because I seem to have smelt such an aura somewhere before, but I couldn’t remember it then.”

“It wasn’t until I held hands with you that I suddenly realized that this kind of aura came from you.”

“I thought I was a human now, but it seems that I’m still different from you.” A trace of loneliness flashed across her delicate face, and then she asked, “Since you have seen through my identity, why are you still so calm?”

“I have to be.”

Qin Haodong said, “Your Alien Demons are very powerful. I’ve met the four great alien demon generals this time in the West, and each of them is as strong as the human masters at the late stage of the Saint Realm. I believe that you must be stronger than them.”

Hua Mingrui asked, “Since you know that my tea is poisonous, why did you still drink it?”

Qin Haodong said, “I didn’t notice it at first. After drinking it, I found out that the tea was poisonous. I didn’t expect you to be so powerful and use this underhand method.”

“Isn’t that good?”

A look of loneliness flashed across her face once again. “Whether you believe it or not, I’ve always regarded you as my friend, so I don’t want to fight with you. It would be best if you drink the poisonous tea.”

Qin Haodong asked, “May I know who you are?”

Hua Mingrui said, “My father is the Alien Demon Emperor, and I am his daughter, Princess Garo.”