"Talk about what? About how you saved me?" Chu Yu asked coldly, his eyes fixed on Yun Jinnian with a piercing chill.
"No, not that. Let’s talk about the poison in your body!" Yun Jinnian whispered softly.
Yet despite her quiet voice, Chu Yu couldn’t ignore her words.
"What did you say?" Chu Yu exclaimed in shock.
His icy demeanor cracked instantaneously.
She actually knew he was poisoned?
So many imperial physicians, so many doctors had failed to detect it.
That’s why he had gone to great lengths to find the Divine Doctor Han Xuzi. But Han Xuzi refused to treat his poison, with neither threats nor bribes working, so he had turned his attention to Yun Jinnian for aid.
"You’re poisoned!" Yun Jinnian stated again.
Yun Jinnian shook her head, "I cannot, for now!"
First, get Chu Yu’s hopes up, then tell him there’s a cure.
After all, he had gone too far.
She had saved him, and yet he had the audacity to use the Soul-Leading Technique on her.
But Chu Yu was enraged, suddenly seizing Yun Jinnian’s throat and lifting her up, he demanded angrily, "If you cannot cure it, why bring it up to me?"
That fierce aura, those domineering words.
It was him, it was him.
The man from her dreams who had abducted her to seek a cure, the masked figure in black was none other than King Rui, Chu Yu.
He had taken her away for half a month, and upon her return to Chu Liange’s side, her nightmare had begun.
"No, no, let me go! You can’t treat me this way!" Yun Jinnian struggled violently, frantically clawing at the large hand gripping her neck.
She was but a ten-year-old child, while Chu Yu was seventeen, a man by all accounts.
How could she possibly be his match?
Chu Yu threw Yun Jinnian onto the inner side of the bed, covering her lips, "Don’t you scream. Scream and I will strangle you to death!"
Yun Jinnian, even if she were as passive as a clay Buddha, now erupted with fury and bit down on Chu Yu’s hand.
Chu Yu, in shock, opened his mouth wide.
She dared to bite him!
She had no idea what jeopardy she was in; he was about to strike her dead with a slap when he felt a burning heat on the back of his hand.
Looking closely, Chu Yu realized that Yun Jinnian was crying fiercely, tears splashing down incessantly.
Chu Yu instantly lost his anger, letting her bite him.
It was only after a long while that Yun Jinnian released Chu Yu’s hand, crying, "My life has been so difficult already, why do you insist on bullying me!"
She might handle the people in the manor slowly, but facing the overwhelmingly powerful King Rui, Chu Yu, she was utterly helpless.
Chu Yu had no words in response.
"I saved you, didn’t I? You used the Soul-Leading Technique on me, and there’s nothing I can do to you. Your poison is so troublesome, I, a minor girl from the inner courtyard, cannot leave the main door nor step beyond the second, how can I possibly access medical books related to this matter? How could I cure you anytime soon?" Yun Jinnian said, growing more and more aggrieved.
Sobbing, she continued, "Even if you want me to cure you, you need to give me time to study, right? I can’t just concoct some random medicine. What if it doesn’t cure your poison but ends up killing you?"
"Moreover, I have nothing at my disposal here. How do you expect me to cure you? At the very least, you need to find an excuse to get me out of this manor, right?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Yu realized his impatience.
As long as the poison did not flare up, it was manageable, but once it did, even he, a man, could barely endure the excruciating pain.
"Alright, I was wrong. Stop crying. I will find a way to get you out of the manor. Just wait for now!" Chu Yu said and whistled softly. Immediately, someone slipped quietly into the room.
The person stepped forward and helped Chu Yu to leave...