As Qin Jue talked about the past, Xie Lin Lang slowly began to let her guard down.
“…So that’s what it was…But, it’s not as if you didn’t know. I don’t like to bathe with someone next to me! Didn’t you see, even Xiao Xi isn’t entering!”
Qin Jue wrinkled his eyebrows, speaking quietly, “I just saw the injuries on your hands and thought that it looked like the bite of a QiXing spider. If it’s true, then it can’t come in contact with water!”
It was just a momentary glance so he couldn’t be sure either. Even though he usually wouldn’t barge in on someone over something he wasn’t sure of, if it was the bite of a QiXing spider, then her hand would doubtlessly be destroyed!
Xie Lin Lang shrank her head into the water, mumbling quietly, “I…I wasn’t stunned by any spiders.”
Hearing her, Qin Jue walked over to the side of the bathtub, towering over her, and reached his hand towards her.
“Let me see.”
“I already said it’s not!”
“You know what QiXing spiders look like?”
Xie Lin Lang was left speechless…
Seriously…did Xiao Xi go to cook the medicine the moment that he got them or something? Didn’t he know that if he doesn’t stand guard at all times, his lovely and adorable master would easily be gobbled up by bad guys when she’s bathing?!
But considering that her body hadn’t gone through much of puberty yet, after hesitating for a little, Xie Lin Lang reached her hand out to him. Because she knew that he wouldn’t relent if she didn’t let him see it clearly. So it was better to just get it over with.
Qin Jue began to look at her faded, yet still very purple and blue hand. After closely examining it, his expression became gravely serious!
Her injuries didn’t look like the bite of QiXing Spider, instead, it was more like she was stunned by the poisonous DiHen Scorpion!
He suddenly ran out of the room and quickly returned, bringing many things with him.
Xie Lin Lang had a face full of confusion until she saw him kneeling in front of her, taking out a knife as if he was going to release her poisonous blood!
“Young lad, please put down that knife!”
Xie Lin Lang immediately pulled her hand away, startled. Seeing Qin Jue’s puzzled look, she murmured, “Since it has already gotten to this point, I guess I won’t hide it from you any further…In truth…I was blessed by the heavens growing up. I have been immune to all types of poison from the moment I was born. That’s why no matter what kind of poisonous creatures bite me, I will be alright! Look here, if you don’t believe me, the back of my hand was still very swollen just earlier, but now the swelling is almost gone!”
Qin Jue didn’t believe a single word she said. It would have been believable if she said she carried poison since birth, but immune to all poison since birth? Impossible.
Seeing his disbelief, Xie Lin Lang suddenly took one foot out of the bath, showing off her lower leg. From one glance, he could see there were all kinds of bites belonging to poisonous snakes across her leg. Although the purple and blue had already faded by a lot, since her skin was naturally pale, those bite marks just seemed even more horrifying. Just one look at her leg made Qin Jue’s pupils shrink violently!
He reached his hand out and grabbed Xie Lin Lang’s ankle. Xie Lin Lang finally realized her delayed embarrassment and tried to pull her foot back.
But Qin Jue held on very tight and looked at her with a cold and stern expression that she could only continue to explain unwillingly, “I was gathering herbs, you know…and I accidentally entered a snake nest. But it’s not a big deal, I’m not afraid of poison. Look at how many times I’ve been bitten already. Now you’ll believe that I’m naturally immune to poison, right?”
She said it in a light-hearted way, but Qin Jue’s frown did not loosen up one bit.
He traced over those teeth marks with his pale finger, and in his mind emerged the ferocious image of every poisonous creature…
LanLinFu Snake…ZiJinGuan Snake, HuaBanZu Bug…Any regular person who had been bitten by any one of those bugs would not survive past a minute. But Xie Lin Lang’s legs were densely packed with all of their teeth marks!
Even if what she said was true, that she’s immune to poison, would a place that gathers these many poisonous creatures be considered an ordinary poisonous nest? An ordinary location?
Even if the highly toxic poison doesn’t harm her, being stuck in a nest with all those snakes, all those bugs, doesn’t she ever get scared?!
“…All this happened to you…because you were gathering herbs for me?”
Qin Jue had a hard time saying it out loud. His voice was very very soft, without much change in tone, yet if listened closely, you could hear his voice quivering.
Xie Lin Lang made an “ah” in response, and after a moment of thinking she said, “That’s not how it is! I was just looking for medicine and accidentally went somewhere I shouldn’t have. I didn’t know there were going to be so many poisonous things either…”
Qin Jue curled his lips palely, “Is your other foot like this too?”
Xie Lin Lang immediately shrank back from guilt, “T-The other foot…is a little better…”
“Show me.”
“Uh…” Xie Lin Lang didn’t want to show it to him at first. But after seeing his expression, she thought she might as well and stuck the other foot out.
Originally, Qin Jue had really thought that her other foot would be slightly better, but who knew that the bite marks on her other foot were even more concentrated! All of these bites weren’t deep, but the interlaced swelling layered on top of each other only made the sight even more startling!
What’s more, not only did this foot have traces of bites from poisonous snakes, there were also traces of skin being drilled by bone-devouring bugs! His hand that held her feet instantly clasped tighter, and his expression turned extremely frightening!
“What medicine? Just what kind of medicine were you looking for, that you had to go to this type of place!”
Xie Lin Lang thought, since he already discovered it, there wasn’t much left to hide. Hence she smiled apologetically but spoke with twinkling eyes.
“Your body has been weak since childhood, right? Because of the innate poison in your blood, even the injuries and wounds you receive become difficult to heal because of it. But when I told this to Xiao Xi, sure enough, he had a solution! In fact, he also said that your current deeply wounded condition was extremely suitable for destroying the roots of the poison! It’s just the medicine wasn’t easy to find…So I went to try to find it.
Yep…those herbs all grow deep into the forest, so it’s really not that strange there were poisonous insects!
Originally, I wasn’t planning on telling you right now and wanted to wait until he fully heals you before telling, to give you a surprise!
But who would’ve known I would be discovered so fast, now there’s less element of surprise…”
She originally thought that she could wait until Qin Jue was completely healed and then tell him abruptly. That way, he will be so surprised and happy he might even decide to kneel down and BaiShi right there!
But there was no harm in letting him know right now either. It’ll give him something to look forward to in life, and his days will become a little more bearable.
Thinking thus, she took back her foot, with her body leaning on the edges of the bathtub, she spoke with enthusiasm.
“When your body is healed, you won’t have to eat those bitter, body nourishing medicines anymore. You can even learn martial arts along with Xiao Xi in the future! How’s that? Are you happy? Touched? Don’t you want to…” BaiShi right here right now?
Before she could finish the last few words, her voice unexpectedly stopped, because Qin Jue suddenly leaned forward and embraced her, so her whole body froze!
Fortunately, due to the difference in angles, him leaning down to hug her could only reach her shoulder level. As he tucked her head into his chest, his chin lightly pressed at the top of her head, and spoke softly.
“I’m very happy.”
Xie Lin Lang couldn’t see his expression, but she could smell the cold medicine scent emitting from him. Her formerly tense body also slowly relaxed.
And then she heard him continue.
“But don’t do this anymore.”
“Hm?”
“In the future, don’t risk your safety for me anymore.”
Xie Lin Lang was just about to say she wasn’t afraid of poison, but Qin Jue only reinforced his grip, holding her even tighter.
“Getting bitten is very painful. I’d rather suffer, so don’t hurt yourself anymore.”