Bölüm 1617 — Yılan Zehrini Tedavi Etmek
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Seeing Wei Zhao sucking the venom from her wound, Chen Xi felt an immediate flush of shyness, yet her heart was sweet with joy. Chen Xi had always lived at the very bottom of society, scraping by on barely enough to keep warm and fed, with no leisure of mind for thoughts of romance. And at school, though Chen Xi was pretty, with Ying Ziyu as her big sister, no one dared harbour any improper designs on her. So in the days before now, Chen Xi had always led a placid life, free of upheaval.
But what young girl does not yearn for love? In the stillness of late night, Chen Xi would occasionally dream that someday a prince on a white horse would appear before her… And now that prince on a white horse had truly appeared in Chen Xi's life!
From Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao's first act of kindness, to Wei Zhao's continued care for her household in the days that followed, Chen Xi had quietly developed a fondness for Wei Zhao in her heart. But Chen Xi knew Wei Zhao had a girlfriend — a beautiful one at that, who had helped her besides. How could she ever do anything to hurt Feng Xiaoxiao?
So, though Ying Ziyu had seen through this feeling, Chen Xi still buried it deep in her heart, not daring to speak of it, able only to steal a thought of it from time to time.
»Uh-huh…« The wound on Chen Xi tugged at a nerve, and a flash of pain made her let out a moan. But no sooner had the moan escaped her lips than Chen Xi's face blazed red. Would this moaning sound cause Wei Zhao to misunderstand it as something else? Or to think she was trying to seduce him?
A young girl's heart is ever fragile. She was afraid Wei Zhao would look down on her. In truth, it was nothing but a moan of pain — how far could Wei Zhao's thoughts wander? Chen Xi was quite simply tormenting herself needlessly!
Wei Zhao sucked the poisoned blood from Chen Xi's wound and spat it onto the ground. He had intended to take out some wound-sealing medicine and apply it, but in the very next instant, his expression darkened beyond all measure!
For Wei Zhao suddenly felt the true qi within his body vanishing rapidly, as though a balloon had sprung a leak. In the span of a single blink, he had dropped from the very peak of late Xuan Kademesi to mere Xuan Kademesi peak — and the draining did not seem to stop. The true qi continued to hemorrhage away…
Late Xuan Kademesi… peak of mid Xuan Kademesi… mid Xuan Kademesi… In just that fleeting moment, Wei Zhao had been reduced to a mere mid Xuan Kademesi master!
The snake venom is tainted! Wei Zhao's mind flashed instantly to the venom — after all, the only thing he had just come into contact with was the snake venom within Chen Xi! Then the hand that had rigged this could only be Lider Zhu. Was Lider Zhu trying to harm him?
Come to think of it, quite possible! Had Wei Zhao not so abruptly intervened in Chen Xi's family's life, her mother would likely be dead by now. Although Wei Zhao did not know Lider Zhu's true objective, he had clearly ruined his scheme — so turning against him was only natural!
»Brother Wei Zhao, what's wrong?« Seeing Wei Zhao's face suddenly take on a dreadful colour, Chen Xi was jolted with fright! Could it be that the moan she had just let out had truly made Wei Zhao think she was trying to seduce him?