Looking at the child’s scar, Bi Xia frowned, "Didn’t you wrap this area with spiritual power before? How could it disappear?"

Ji Qiutang obviously didn’t expect this either. He re-covered the child’s wound with his spiritual power, but in the next moment, all of Ji Qiutang’s spiritual power was absorbed little by little along the gaps of the wound, as if it was... swallowed.

"How could this happen?" Ji Qiutang frowned and once again repeated his previous action, covering the scar with spiritual power, but it disappeared into the gaps just like before, and the wound showed no sign of fusion.

Bi Xia also witnessed this scene. She glanced sideways at Ji Qiutang, "What’s going on?"

"I’m not really sure," Ji Qiutang shook his head, "Everyone’s spiritual power can’t be directly applied to anyone else. When I previously used spiritual power to wrap this wound, it was to isolate the wound from the air and even temporarily protect it for this reason."

"But now, it’s automatically absorbing my spiritual power."

Bi Xia lightly stroked the child’s head, "Didn’t I protect his heart with spiritual power before? So my spiritual power was absorbed by him too?"

"It’s different," Ji Qiutang shook his head, "Your spiritual power merged with his, as if attracted to each other, but mine was devoured, swallowed completely without a trace."

Devoured...

Gently narrowing her eyes, is it the child’s spiritual power? Was it this little one who protected her and Ji Qiutang with spiritual power before? After a while, Bi Xia softly asked, "Let’s not worry about these for now. What do we do next? We can’t let this little one collapse here."

"You’re a little one too," Ji Qiutang chuckled lightly, patting Bi Xia’s shoulder, "Don’t worry, he might be experiencing rejection because of heart incompatibility, and combined with unknowingly using spiritual power to protect us earlier, he’s exhausted and his body can’t adapt to this heart anymore."

"So... is this heart not the child’s?" Hand on the heart, eyelashes trembled, casting a semi-arc shadow on the eyelid, softly murmuring, "If the heart isn’t yours, why did they perform a heart transplant on you? Is your heart given to someone else or did someone else’s heart come to you..."

Moved slightly, just about to get up but paused a bit. Lowering her head and eyebrows, her gaze fell on the small hand gripping her vest tightly, looking at her unexpectedly pulled somewhat awkwardly expansive vest, glanced sideways slightly, seeing a white chest wrap bandage appearing under the vest’s armpit.

Her starry eyes subtly scanned past Ji Qiutang who was examining the child’s heart, seemingly unaware on her side, slowly crouched back down, raised a hand to adjust her vest, damn it, should’ve known not to wear a vest out, not only almost exposed but freezing in this chilly dark chamber.

Yet... her starry eyes unconsciously softening, Bi Xia quietly gazed at the small hand gripping her, recalling the child’s eyes gazing at her before passing out, as if longing for something.

Sighed softly, whispered, "How is it?"

"Not good," Ji Qiutang shrugged, said flatly, "Every time my spiritual power comes out, it absorbs it fiercely, at this rate, my hard-earned bit of spiritual power will be absorbed dry."

Listening to Ji Qiutang’s words, Bi Xia frowned, her starry eyes slightly lowered, suddenly looked at her hand, she abruptly turned her gaze to Ji Qiutang, "Wait, you just said the child isn’t in a state of absorbing my spiritual power, right?"

"Hm?" Ji Qiutang looked at Bi Xia, seeing Bi Xia staring at her hand, instantly guessed Bi Xia’s thoughts, a word of caution stuck in his throat, eyes slightly narrowing, said, "You can try, but I can’t guarantee he won’t absorb your spiritual power. If he does, immediately withdraw your spiritual power."

Bi Xia nodded, slowly placed her hand on the child’s heart, softly said, "Don’t worry, I’m not that stupid."

As soon as those words fell, azure spiritual power spilled from her palm, seeped into the child’s scar, gently closing her starry eyes. Unlike Ji Qiutang’s mentioned devouring absorption, what Bi Xia felt was an unprecedented coolness and harmony, even with a touch of familiarity. Indeed, when Bi Xia’s spiritual power infiltrated, the spiritual power within the heart began gently making way, allowing Bi Xia’s spiritual power to approach the heart.

Just like that... trusting oneself?