Chapter 244: She Still Owes Me A Favour!

Bamboo Creek Garden.

Ji Yunshu had been there for a whole day; taking into consideration the night she spent at Lin Mountain, she had not slept for two whole days. By nightfall, she had already sketched out each bone of a skull from its parietal bone to its mandible in their entirety on paper, placing them separately for ease of assembly. She had someone bring in the remaining skeleton into the study and examined it further.

That skeleton had a pelvis that was smoother and thinner, with an oval-shaped inlet. It was wide but shallow, with a short low-lying pubis and was flexible1. The skeleton had a smaller frame with more sloping shoulders – all these pointed towards the fact that that skeleton was a female!

After determining the gender of the remains, Ji Yunshu started moulding the skull according to her sketches of the bones. As her eyes were dry, they began to hurt and teared up as a breeze blew in. Before she could lift her sleeve to wipe the tears away, a handkerchief appeared in front of her eyes. She raised her head and saw Wei Yi’s smiling face. In the few days away from her, that fellow appeared to have become less tanned and much more cheerful; the soft rays of sunlight playing off his shoulders and profile gave him a lazy but peaceful air!

She had to admit, Wei Yi was just like a sprout beginning to grow in early spring – clean and full of life; any other description would not do justice.

Ji Yunshu smiled. “How did you get here?”

Wei Yi broke out into a grin. He squatted down and answered as he wiped her tear away with his handkerchief, “Brother Mo Ruo said that if I behaved myself these few days,