The person holding her trembled all over, releasing his grip suddenly, his whole body stiff as stone.
Mo Ran, in her madness, caught sight of the small knife in the fruit plate and, summoning strength from nowhere, pushed Gu Yixuan away and rushed to grab the knife, ready to stab herself with it.
All she wanted was to be freed; perhaps driving the knife in would actually alleviate her pain.
"Stop!" A loud roar erupted, the knife didn’t plunge into her flesh but was instead firmly seized by a strong hand.
In an instant, blood flowed freely, the vivid crimson blinding Mo Ran’s eyes.
The knife was snatched away and thrown far aside.
Arms of steel encircled her, Gu Yixuan’s angry voice resounded in her ear, "Take it out on me if you’re hurting, but don’t harm yourself again!"
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Mo Ran cried even harder, struggling forcefully in his embrace, ceaselessly trying to push him away.
She didn’t want to hurt him, no, not at all!
His blood brought a moment of clarity to her mind, and she finally understood the feelings that had made him keep his distance from her before.
Black Angel would make them lose their sanity, drive them to harm each other; he didn’t want to hurt her, and she didn’t want to hurt him.
"Ranran, bite me, and you’ll feel better." Gu Yixuan turned her around to face him, holding her from the front.
Mo Ran bit down on his shoulder, her hands gripping his arms, her body trembling uncontrollably.
Darkness crept into her vision, and ultimately, overwhelmed, she fainted.
"Ranran!" Gu Yixuan held her, looking at her exhausted and frail face, his heart wrenchingly aching.
It was all his fault, having made her suffer so much.
The debt of affection he owed her, the intent she had, he could never repay in this lifetime.
Ranran, let us be together in the next life, and the life after that, always treating you well, okay?
After kissing her forehead, Gu Yixuan spoke softly, "You didn’t say anything, so I’ll take it as a yes."
Black Angel could knock Mo Ran unconscious, but it could also jolt her painfully back to consciousness.
After another round of torture, she fainted once more.
When Gu Yixuan last endured the final onset of the toxin, he too had bouts of it, falling unconscious several times; and he was more resilient than her.
If the body is too weak, a person could easily fail to catch their breath and leave this world just like that.
Gu Yixuan kept a close watch on her breathing and body; the sickroom was prepared with an oxygen mask, and the moment Mo Ran fainted, he fitted it over her face, which truly alleviated her breathing difficulties.