“Don’t you know? You didn’t take it… You really didn’t take it?!” Yu Zigui’s pupils suddenly constricted. He suddenly realized that he had never told Yu Wan what was in the iron bead. This way, she didn’t know that there was a Gu worm inside, so she wouldn’t be on guard when she took something. If she was bitten by that guy, would she still be alive to stand in front of him?
“I was confused… I was confused…” Yu Zigui fell to the ground, his aching back against the cold wall behind him. He threw away the blood-stained sword in his hand and laughed self-deprecatingly.
However, this time, Yu Wan did not say anything like “I told you long ago that I did not take it. You just don’t believe me.” Yu Wan looked at him steadily and asked with a deep gaze, “Is it the Hundred Gu worm?”
“You know about the Hundred Gu worm?” Yu Zigui became vigilant again.
This suspicious fellow… Yu Wan’s expression did not change at all. “I’m a doctor. Why can’t I know about the Hundred Gu worm?”
In fact, the medical book that Old Cui had sold her had records of the Southern Xinjiang’s Gu technique, but there was not much content. There were a few ordinary medicinal Gu worms mentioned. She had heard about the Hundred Gu worm from the Gu Master these few days. It was said that it was also called the Hundred Gu King.
In the past, when Yu Wan was telling the truth, Yu Zigui did not believe her. Now that she was starting to lie, he did not suspect her anymore.
Yu Zigui snorted and said, “Can that thing compare to the Gu King in the brocade pouch? He would be scared to death.”
Yu Wan’s eyes moved slightly, and she said without changing her expression, “Then does it like the blood of extreme yin?”
Yu Zigui looked at Yu Wan strangely. “You know about the blood of extreme yin?”
“I said I’m a doctor,” Yu Wan said frankly.
“Of course they like it. However, there aren’t many women with extreme yin blood. It’s rare.”
“This is…” Yu Wan’s gaze landed on Yu Zigui’s chest, where half a pair of silver gloves was revealed.
Yu Zigui took out the gloves. “To catch Gu worms.”
No wonder Yu Zigui put on the silver silk gloves that night and touched the iron bead in the brocade pouch. When Gu Masters controlled Gu worms, they also wore such a pair of silver silk gloves. The reason why Gu Lady did not wear it was because she had a powerful Gu worm in her body. Other Gu worms did not dare to touch her flesh and blood easily, otherwise, they would be poisoned to death.
“What a big bead.”
“Chi—”
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. I scraped it.”
The scene of her opening the brocade pouch with Bai Tang flashed across her mind.
Yu Wan raised her hand and looked at her fingertips. Perhaps… it was not a scratch.
“Ah Wan! Ah Wan!” Yu Feng’s anxious voice sounded outside the alley.
Yu Wan looked at Yu Zigui without batting an eyelid and said coldly, “Consider yourself lucky today. I won’t take your dog life first, but you better remember this. Don’t provoke me again. In the future, I’ll kill you every time I see you!”
“Ahem…” Yu Zigui wanted to say something, but when he moved, he coughed out a large mouthful of blood.” You don’t have to… do it… I might…”
Halfway through his sentence, Yu Zigui turned around and saw Yu Wan walking out of the alley without looking back.
Yu Wan let Yu Zigui go because she had indeed “taken” his things. However, she did not plan to return them to him, nor did she plan to tell him. However, if she left just like that, it would inevitably arouse Yu Zigui’s suspicion. Yu Feng had come at the right time. Yu Zigui would think that she had been called away by her brother.
Yu Zigui’s suppressed cough came from the depths of the alley, but this had nothing to do with Yu Wan anymore. This man had caused her to risk her life several times. She had tricked him once, so they were even.
From now on, they would have nothing to do with each other.
“Ah Wan, where are you going?” Yu Feng asked anxiously. He waited in the pharmacy for a long time, but his sister did not come over, so he went to the bookstore. The shopkeeper said that the girl had left for a long time. Yu Feng was worried that something had happened to her, so he hurriedly came over.
“I want to buy some osmanthus cake,” Yu Wan said.
Yu Feng said, “I’ll go buy it. Go back to the pharmacy and wait for me.”
Yu Wan pulled him back. “There’s no need, Big Brother. I suddenly remembered that I had something to discuss with Master Qin. I’ll leave first.”
“Eh? Where are you going? The Drunken Immortal Pavilion is far away. Take the carriage!” Yu Feng shouted, but Yu Wan’s figure disappeared into the crowd.
Yu Wan rented the fastest carriage and rushed back to Lotus Flower Village. After the carriage stopped, she lifted the curtain and took out a silver piece for the coachman. The coachman was shocked. “Miss, this is too much!”
“There’s no need for change!” Yu Wan jumped off the carriage and entered the village without looking back.
Aunt Zhang and Aunt Bai were squatting by the ancient well at the village entrance to wash vegetables. When they saw Yu Wan, Aunt Zhang called her a few times. “Ah Wan, Ah Wan…”
Yu Wan did not hear anything and walked over.
Aunt Zhang craned her neck to look. “What happened? She rushed back so urgently like…” She didn’t recognize her family!
Aunt Zhang looked at Aunt Bai, who spread her hands. “Don’t ask me. I don’t know either.”
“Ah Wan!” Shuanzi’s father also met Yu Wan, but he was also ignored by Yu Wan. Shuanzi’s father scratched his head with a blank expression.
Yu Wan rushed to the Ding Family’s new residence as quickly as possible. Perhaps to not disturb Yan Jiuchao and Gu Lady, the people in the residence had already been cleared by Shangguan Yan. Even Shangguan Yan herself did not know where she had gone.
The front and back doors were locked. Yu Wan unscrewed the lock and strode in.
When she left the village, Gu Lady was already bathing. Now that four hours had passed, it was unknown if she had already eaten Yan Jiuchao.
Yu Wan suddenly regretted going to the Capital. She should have stayed here and not let Gu Lady succeed. However, on second thought, if she did not go to the Capital and did not meet Yu Zigui, she would not know that she was also Yan Jiuchao’s antidote.
Yu Wan entered the central room. The fragrance of soap after a bath wafted over. Yu Wan clenched her fists and quickly went to Yan Jiuchao’s room.
The door to the room was closed. Yu Wan kicked open the door!
The curtains in the room were drawn tightly, and the light was dim. It was her sense of smell that reached her mind before her vision. She smelled an unfamiliar warm fragrance. She frowned and walked in. The fragrance gradually became stronger, and she could not help but feel hot.
Could it be… an aphrodisiac?
The Gu Master said that he had a way to make the unconscious Yan Jiuchao be able to “do” it. Could it be that he wanted to drug Yan Jiuchao again? If that was really the case, then she might really be too late.
Yu Wan took a deep breath and tried to suppress the surging anger in her heart, but she inexplicably smelled the blood that was covered by the warm fragrance.
Yu Wan’s eyes paused. She took out a match and lit an oil lamp. Under the dim yellow light, Yu Wan saw the scene in front of her clearly. On the messy floor, Gu Lady was lying there naked. There was a bloody hole in her head, and blood flowed all over the ground. She had already lost consciousness. Yan Jiuchao was lying on the bed at the side, half of his body leaning out of the bed. His left arm was hanging outside the bed, and he was holding a candlestick in his hand.
There was dried blood on the candlestick.
Yu Wan looked at the candlestick and then at the fully dressed Yan Jiuchao. She heaved a long sigh of relief.
Just as she heaved a sigh of relief, Yan Jiuchao’s mocking voice sounded beside her. “Why? Do you think I would dote on another woman?”
This voice!
Yu Wan staggered and almost fell!
“You-you’re awake?” Yu Wan turned around and looked at him in surprise or shock.
Yan Jiuchao released his hand that had been clenched for too long and the candlestick fell to the ground.
“How can I do such a thing without waking up?” Yan Jiuchao said indifferently.
Yu Wan finally heard the weakness in his voice. He was forcefully woken up with medicine, and the side effects were extremely great. After attacking Gu Lady, he was probably exhausted. She walked forward, grabbed a shirt to cover the Gu Lady’s body, and then came to the bed. She turned Yan Jiuchao’s body around and let him lie back on the soft bed.
When he was lying down on his front, his clothes looked complete, but when he really lay back down, Yu Wan realized that his buttons had been unbuttoned. His shirt was half open, revealing his exquisite collarbone and alluring skin.
Gulp ~
Yu Wan’s throat moved.
“Have you seen enough?” Yan Jiuchao said coldly.
Yu Wan pursed her lips and closed his shirt for him. She also buttoned it up and asked calmly, “Do you know what happened these few days?”
“Some I know, some I don’t. I can hear it occasionally, but I can’t wake up,” Yan Jiuchao said with a frown. “Hands!”
Yu Wan’s little hand silently left Yan Jiuchao’s belt.
Yu Wan pointed at the Gu Lady on the ground as if nothing had happened. “Then you should know that she was ordered to give you the antidote.”
Yan Jiuchao snorted. “So what? Should I let her taint me?”
T-taint…
The corners of Yu Wan’s mouth twitched. She’s a virgin and you’re already the father of three children. Is it really good to say that about yourself?
Although Yan Jiuchao was weak, his eyes were as sharp as usual. He looked at Yu Wan and said coldly, “You came in such a hurry because you’re worried that I’ll have sex with another woman to detoxify the poison?”
“No.” Yu Wan raised her hand and slowly took off the wooden hairpin. Her black hair fell. “I can detoxify you.”
