Chapter 673 — It's Raining Again

Wei Zhao kept channeling energy with his left hand while his right hand shifted the acupuncture points without pause. Gu Mengyao's face grew paler and paler, the beads of sweat on her forehead more and more numerous -- clearly she was in unbearable pain.

"Hang in there, Sister Yaoyao! You're the best -- you've always been Xiaoshu's idol!" Shen Yushu gripped Gu Mengyao's hand tightly and cheered her on.

"Mm..." Gu Mengyao smiled bitterly, her voice pitched with strain: "Xiaoshu, it hurts so much!"

"I know. If I could, Xiaoshu would take the pain for you!" Shen Yushu meant it from the bottom of her heart.

"Ha, why would I let you suffer? Thank heavens it was me who got poisoned this time, and not you..." Gu Mengyao gave a small smile. "Don't worry, I'm not that fragile. It's hard, but I can bear it!"

This was another reason Wei Zhao had kept Shen Yushu here: she could chatter to Gu Mengyao without pause and buoy her spirits, helping her hold on to the end. Otherwise, Wei Zhao truly would not have known how to persuade her to keep going.

Gu Mengyao's need to urinate grew more intense by the moment, yet she kept Wei Zhao's words in mind and did not dare let it out rashly. She could only endure it with great effort -- otherwise, how would the poison ever come out? Not only would Wei Zhao's long labor be wasted, but she herself would have suffered all this pain for nothing, wouldn't she?

So Gu Mengyao endured and endured, but after all, the limits of such endurance are finite, and at last she truly could bear it no longer. She cried out in alarm: "I can't! I can't hold it! Xiaoshu! Hurry!"

"Oh, coming, coming!" Shen Yushu had set the disposable cup aside earlier so she could hold Gu Mengyao's hand, and now in her fluster she could not find it again: "Where's the cup, where's the cup? Where did I put the cup?"

"Hurry, Xiaoshu! I'm about to lose it!" Gu Mengyao had assumed that once she spoke, Xiaoshu would promptly bring the cup over -- how was she to know the girl had gone and lost it? Wasn't that just sabotaging her?

"Found it, found it! I'm coming!" Shen Yushu finally spotted it -- the disposable cup had been set on the floor behind her. She snatched it up and came running.

Wei Zhao, meanwhile, released Gu Mengyao's hand, inserted the last silver needle, and withdrew a step.

"I can't--" Gu Mengyao was on the verge of tears; she was about to burst, how could she possibly hold on any longer? Never mind whether Xiaoshu had arrived or not -- she simply let it go.

Wei Zhao had barely stepped back two paces when he felt a stream of water descend from the heavens and douse his head, splashing all over his face...

And Gu Mengyao saw it too. Seeing that she had sprayed Wei Zhao's face and clothes, she was so mortified she nearly wished to crawl into a crack in the floor! In her heart she cursed Xiaoshu to death -- dropping the ball at the critical moment, was that any way to act?

Gu Mengyao wanted to hold it back, but how could she? Once released, it was like a flood breaching a dam -- she had already endured so painfully until now!

Wei Zhao was struck dumb by this sudden turn of events. He stood rooted to the spot, staring slack-jawed at the young lady!

"Get out of the way!" Gu Mengyao was frantic. Seeing Wei Zhao still standing there motionless, eyes fixed unblinking on her, she nearly dropped dead on the spot.

"Uh..." Only then did Wei Zhao come to his senses. He hurriedly dodged to one side and could not help a bitter smile! Truly, what goes around comes around -- he had once doused Zhong Yongliang and Gao Xiaofu, and Feng Xiaoxiao too, and now it was the young lady's turn to douse him!

And yet, in that instant, it had felt rather thrilling, hadn't it? Wei Zhao's heart gave a sudden leap as he recalled a scene he had seen in one of those dirty movies... this seemed just like the legendary...

Shen Yushu was a little dumbfounded too -- she had not expected Wei Zhao to get drenched! Coming back to herself, she rushed to stand in front of Gu Mengyao and catch the urine for her.

Catching it, she chattered: "Oh, it's raining in the operating room too! Sister Yaoyao, you're amazing!"

Gu Mengyao had not expected Shen Yushu to still be in the mood for jokes. She glared at her and snapped: "Why couldn't it have drowned you instead?"

"Oh, I don't mind it from you, it's fine." Shen Yushu said carelessly: "Look, Sister Yaoyao, it got all over me too!"

"Xiaoshu, no need to catch it anymore." Wei Zhao shook those unhealthy thoughts from his head and spoke to Shen Yushu.

"Oh? No need?" Shen Yushu blinked, taken aback.

"Mm..." Wei Zhao gave a wry smile. "I'd meant to collect some urine and analyze the poison in it, but now that's been saved me the trouble -- I put it straight into my mouth. And I already know what the poison is..."

Wei Zhao did not think he had any tendencies or tastes of a madman, and yet as he said this, not a trace of revulsion stirred in him. Was it because the other party was the young lady? Or was it because he still harbored ulterior designs on her?

Hearing that Wei Zhao had taken the urine into his mouth, Gu Mengyao wished she could find a crack in the floor and crawl into it. It was over -- this time it truly was over. Why could she not hold herself together? Could she not have endured just a little longer and waited for Xiaoshu to come? Now, how was she ever to face Wei Zhao? How was she to get along with him?

"Wow, Arrow Bro is amazing -- he only had to taste it and he knew what the poison was!" Hearing that there was no more need to collect anything, Shen Yushu casually tossed the disposable cup in her hand to the floor. With a plop, the urine inside spilled out all over the ground.

Gu Mengyao was rather speechless. Could Xiaoshu not be a little cleaner? How could she just throw something like that on the floor? But when she thought of how the entire operating room -- the bed, the floor, the walls -- had all been soaked by her own doing, Gu Mengyao understood Xiaoshu's behavior. Since it made no difference wherever it was put, she might as well have thrown it on the floor.

"I'll step out first. Yaoyao should be fine now." Wei Zhao had also sensed Gu Mengyao's embarrassment, and so he meant to leave the operating room ahead of them. "Xiaoshu, once Yaoyao has rested up, help her get dressed."

"Oh, okay!" Shen Yushu nodded.

Gu Mengyao wanted to say thank you, but somehow the words would not come out. She truly did not know how to face Wei Zhao -- truly did not know!

Wei Zhao casually wiped his wet hair. Fortunately it carried no strange odor; otherwise, once he went out, he would likely have been deeply mortified. Opening the door of the operating room, he slipped out quickly, shutting it behind him before Gu Pengzhan, Guan Xuewen, and the others could make out the scene inside.

In truth, even had they looked clearly, they could not have seen Gu Mengyao -- there was a screen standing beside the bed inside the operating room.

"Xiaoyi!" Gu Pengzhan and Guan Xuewen rushed up to him at the same time, gazing at Wei Zhao with expectant eyes.

"Uncle Chu, Yaoyao is out of danger. Xiaoshu will stay with her while she rests a little, and then she can come out." Wei Zhao knew what he was thinking, and spoke before Gu Pengzhan could ask.