Long Yubei seemed contemplative, "Am I that important to you? Giving me such a good thing to eat."
"You are my husband, of course you’re very important to me." She asked again, "If it was you, would you give it to me?"
"Do you want to hear the truth?"
"Of course, don’t lie to me."
"I wouldn’t, I’d eat it myself first."
Gu Lili actually didn’t think there was anything wrong with that; after all, when she only had one, she would eat it herself first, which was quite normal.
"What if you had two?"
He shook his head, "I wouldn’t either."
She felt a sudden twinge of displeasure, "Then who would you give it to?"
Gu Lili felt as if her heart had been stabbed, a sharp pain, "To you, am I not family?"
"I’m referring to other family members." Long Yubei pondered for a moment, "You have not yet become the most important person in my heart."
"I thought you would give the second one to me." Gu Lili forced a smile, "Unexpectedly, the title of wife is just for show after all. Indeed, you don’t love me, so why would you prioritize me? I understand."
Indeed, she could understand, but her heart still felt oppressively heavy.
"Since it’s such a good thing, you should eat it yourself, don’t give it to me."
Apparently, it wasn’t that tempting to him. Gu Lili attributed this underlying meaning to his disbelief in the effects of being poison-proof.
"If you don’t want it, I’ll give it to Gu Xichen."
She didn’t say anything more and focused on eating her meal.
Long Yubei occasionally looked up at her, but she never raised her head from beginning to end.
After finishing the meal, she was the first to stand up. Just as she was about to leave, he uttered five words, "Leave the pill behind."
She took it out and placed it on the table, "If you’re going to eat it, it will definitely hurt, you’ll have to endure it."
Watching him carefully look at and smell the pill before ultimately having a servant bring him a glass of water to swallow it.
Gu Lili sat back down in her chair, "Su Changzhi said it’ll hurt for about two hours."
Long Yubei put down his cup, ready to endure the discomfort.
In reality, his preparations were far from sufficient.
The potency of the pill was much greater than he had imagined.
At first, it was only mild discomfort, but as time went on, the pain started to spread, violently throbbing through his limbs and bones.
It felt as if countless needles were piercing into his bone marrow and extracting his soul, it was truly unbearable.
"What on earth... did you give me to eat?" Long Yubei, propped on the table, asked through clenched teeth. Follow current novels on noᴠelfire.net
"Medicine that turns you into a poison-proof physique."
"Why does it feel like you gave me outright poison?"
"How could that be? If you died, wouldn’t I end up being arrested and executed?"
Long Yubei, however, felt it was not as she described. He called Tang Qingli, "Take me to the hospital..."
"Husband, you can’t go to the hospital. I’ve tested it on myself already; at first, it will be very painful, but after this phase, it will gradually get better."
"Young Madam, what did you let our young master eat?"
"A pill that is good for your young master’s body. Qing Li, your young master will definitely be fine." She soothed Tang Qingli’s emotions, "Can you trust me?"
Hearing her say that she had tested it on herself, Long Yubei continued to endure.
Every minute and every second felt like an agonizing torment in hell.
After enduring for half an hour, he began to vomit uncontrollably.
Tang Qingli, standing on the side, was extremely anxious, "Should we still go to the hospital?"
"No need." Gu Lili insisted, "Just wait another hour and a half, and he’ll be completely better."