The bite was so sudden that they all didn’t have time to react.
Yue Rujing screamed in agony, letting go of the poison snake and clutching his chest.
Gu Youyou was startled, glanced at Yue Rujing, and hurried to capture the fleeing snake.
"Wait for me, don’t be afraid, I’m here, you won’t die."
It was too dangerous if the creature got away; it had just been milked for venom and was likely agitated. If it bit someone else, that would be terrible.
Fortunately, the snake was still dazed and didn’t get out of the courtyard before Gu Youyou caught it and tossed it back into the cage.
Yue Rujing, lying on the ground, was covered in a layer of frost, curled up in agony.
"You... you said this snake was docile. I... those who are bitten by it, no one... no one survives. Am I going to die... you killed me... you woman... are... our nemesis..."
That was before it felt threatened, alright.
Gu Youyou couldn’t explain to him; let him curse as much as he wanted. As a qualified doctor, she could tolerate all kinds of emotions from patients, and simply soothed him, "Don’t talk, don’t be afraid, I will save you."
"Who... are you fooling?" Yue Rujing grabbed Gu Youyou’s hand and said, "In... in my life..."
His hand was colder than hers. Fortunately, the venom just taken from the Ice Snake wasn’t much, so Yue Rujing could still speak so clearly to her.
Gu Youyou pulled her hand free and whispered softly, "Be good, don’t talk, conserve your strength, I’ll be back soon."
Gu Youyou got up to fetch her tools.
Yue Rujing shouted, "I told you not to leave, listen... listen to my... last words..."
Gu Youyou soon entered with a box and water, saying, "I told you that you’re not going to die. Who wants to listen to your last words?"
Yue Rujing was undoubtedly an extremely disobedient patient, and even with Gu Youyou’s professional ethics, she did not enjoy dealing with such patients.
He talks too much for someone about to die.
She quickly tore open Yue Rujing’s clothes and began to clean the wound on his chest with Qingshui.
A small bite, but it was both purple and white.
"What... what are you doing, woman?" Yue Rujing was even weaker than before but still struggled with the last of his energy against her pushing and pulling.
His demeanor, like that of a chaste woman resolute against dishonor, frustrated Gu Youyou to no end. His resistance would only cause the snake venom to spread faster.
"I told you not to move. If you don’t listen, I will call for help, and it will be you who ends up embarrassed."
Seeing the frost forming thicker on Yue Rujing’s body, Gu Youyou suddenly realized... the wound was so close to the heart.
Gu Youyou’s expression became solemn, not daring to take the situation lightly any longer.
And there was that virtuous woman still fighting desperately against her, preventing her from cleaning the wound.
"Do you not want to live? Is that it?"
Yue Rujing absolutely could not die .
Gu Youyou glared fiercely at him and, without regard for much else, pressed her head against his chest and began to suck out the poison with her mouth.
"You..." Yue Rujing, flailing his hands, was obviously shocked. That warm pair of lips pressed against his chest, drawing out the venom with each suction.
"What... what are you doing? You’ll... you’ll die! We’ll... both die."
Taking a breath in between, Gu Youyou said indifferently, "I won’t die. Don’t you know that my medicine for the past ten years has contained some Ice Snake venom? At worst, my condition will worsen a bit."
The medicine she took only contained a little bit of the venom, much less than she was sucking out now, but she didn’t say that.