Mo Weiran had sustained internal injuries, which, although not severe, definitely couldn’t be healed just by acupuncture.
After Gu Zhiqi had inserted a few needles into Mo Weiran and used her spiritual power to help him regulate his breath to ensure he wouldn’t die, she packed away her needles.
The moment she stowed away the needles, a hand appeared before her, a hand holding a handkerchief.
Gu Zhiqi lifted her gaze and glanced at Su Yunling.
When Su Yunling saw her look up and just stare straight back at him without taking the handkerchief, he spoke up, "Sweat, wipe it off."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhiqi lightly arched her brow with a languid smile, "Thank you, big brother."
As she said this, she reached out and took the handkerchief from Su Yunling’s hand, the cool feeling of it grazing her fingertips caused Su Yunling to involuntarily curl his fingers.
For the first time, he realized how cold her fingers were.
Holding the handkerchief, Gu Zhiqi wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with casual and languid movements.
Watching her actions, Su Yunling fell silent for a few seconds before asking seemingly inadvertently, "Are you close with him?"
She turned her head to look at Su Yunling, her eyes questioning, "Where did you get the idea that he and I are close?"
Su Yunling unconsciously touched his fingers as he replied, "I saw you seemed worried about him."
Gu Zhiqi listened, then fell silent for a brief moment.
Was she worried about him?
Perhaps a bit, but not because they were close. It was because...
"He owes me money, so of course I’m worried."
If he died, who would repay her money?
Elsewhere, after Tang Yichen and the officials from the Ancient Martial Arts Administration took Liu Yiyi away, her confidence quickly turned to panic and anxiety.
Earlier, she had been too preoccupied with her resentment towards Gu Zhiqi to take much notice of Tang Yichen, but now she recognized him and realized that he was a diplomat from the Ever Winning Army. She also recognized among the three squads that had arrived, other than the security team from Heavenly Domain Pavilion, there were people in uniforms of the Ancient Martial Arts Administration and the Ever Winning Army.
She never imagined that just harming an ordinary youth would bring the Ancient Martial Arts Administration to her doorstep, let alone provoke the Ever Winning Army and even Tang Yichen himself to come.
Initially, Liu Yiyi felt untouchable under the protection of the Medical Alliance, but the moment she saw the Ever Winning Army, she panicked.
After all, in the entire Xia Country, there was no crime the Ever Winning Army wouldn’t dare to address.
Even though she was part of the Medical Alliance, this time, she feared she wouldn’t be able to escape the calamity.
The only strategy left was to try and play her cards in regard to her grudge with that blonde young man.
"Wu, wuwuwu..." Liu Yiyi’s mouth was sealed with tape, and she looked at Tang Yichen with muffled sobs.
When Tang Yichen heard her whimpering, he lightly arched his eyebrow and looked back at Liu Yiyi, "What? Want to talk?"
Liu Yiyi nodded frantically like she was pounding garlic.
Seeing this, Tang Yichen did not peel off the tape, but smiled maliciously and addressed Liu Yiyi, "Don’t panic. When we get to the place, you’ll have a chance to speak."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yiyi’s expression stiffened, and then she continued whimpering, with two rows of pearls streaming down her face, resembling a pitiful pear blossom branch in the spring rain as she looked at Tang Yichen.
Tang Yichen, upon seeing this, cursed under his breath and involuntarily took a couple of steps back.
Cry at the drop of a hat?
Good that Master Tang never understood the concept of pitying the frailty of women.
With two rows of pearls on her face and misty eyes, Liu Yiyi looked at Tang Yichen, thinking that he would take off the tape from her mouth because of her tears. But contrary to her assumptions, Tang Yichen was not only unmoved; he even backed away from her with a look of disgust.
Seeing this, a flash of astonishment swirled in Liu Yiyi’s eyes and, on her face, the crying intensified even more.