Yu Longting's handsome face cracked a smile, "Thinking about it this way, the residual blood isn't so bad."
I turned and ran out, dashing into Xiao Li's room.
On the bed, Xiao Li was still wearing her blood-stained clothes.
Her complexion was still extremely pale, but the black corpse poison on her fingernails had faded away.
Her sweat-soaked bangs clung to her semi-translucent forehead while she was still in a deep slumber.
Sitting by the bed, Beichen's expression was grim.
I took a deep breath and approached to ask, "Has Xiao Li taken the antidote?" Googlᴇ search novel⚑fire.net
"She has. That elixir can neutralize all poisons and replenish the body; she's essentially out of danger now." The news was good, but Beichen's voice was hoarse.
My heart inexplicably felt heavy, "Then... why hasn't she woken up yet?"
"Absorbing the elixir takes time. Having taken this elixir, she is likely to possess spiritual power." Beichen did not rejoice at Xiao Li's newfound strength; instead, his face was tinged with gloom, "How is Yu Rongling doing?"
A person's appearance is determined by cause and effect from past lives, which is to say a person's fate is predestined at birth.
However, some substantial changes can lead to a transformation of fate.
This elixir was too powerful and was likely to twist the fate of Xiao Li, who was otherwise ordinary.
Given Beichen's desire to protect Xiao Li, what he probably wished for her most was a simple and happy life.
My gaze grew somber, my emotions indescribably complex, "Not so good, Yu Longting is keeping him alive. How many people saw you kill?"
"I used hidden strength, so it wouldn't cause an immediate death." Beichen coughed softly a few times, blood seeping through the palm covering his lips.
Although he was neither sick nor injured, he could not withstand the guilt in his heart.
Fortunately, after Xiao Li was secretly harmed, Beichen still had some rationality left.
He did not kill openly in front of so many people but used his hidden strength to destroy the person's internal organs and heart vessels.
On the surface, the man appeared unchanged within the restaurant; stepping out, he was bound to suddenly drop dead.
I had some guesses about the reason Xiao Li was poisoned and asked, "The hidden strength takes effect quickly, usually within fifteen to twenty minutes."
By that estimate, that person should be dead by now.
Thinking this, I used a disinfected silver needle to draw a drop of blood from Xiao Li.
I dropped the blood onto the cloth puppet, which instantly came to life and hopped to the ground, "What's the matter? What's the matter?"
"Go find the person who just tried to poison you with corpse poison," I instructed the cloth puppet.
The puppet skipped twice and ran out of the room cheerfully.
I hurriedly followed behind.
Instinctively, Beichen followed, "You're going after that person? Why?"
"I want to confirm my conjecture. Maybe that person is sent by the Forbidden Woman to Spring Wind Town," I said, my belly growing bigger with Little Dumpling inside, yet my physical condition was good and I felt as light as a feather while running.
Following the puppet through the streets and alleys, it took more and more secluded paths.
Eventually, it headed into a narrow lane in the town's famed hairdresser street – a dirty and dilapidated alleyway.
It was basically deserted during the day, eerily quiet.
But the moment I entered the alley, I smelled a hint of blood. I ran, following the scent, "Beichen, this is the person who hurt Xiao Li. His head is gone..."
On the ground was the corpse of a plump man lying in a pool of blood. The uneven cut on the neck appeared jagged, as if it had been savagely torn, with the soft tissue showing signs of having been stretched.
The head was nowhere to be found.