"But this Ice Snake that you’re keeping..." Jin Zijin was somewhat agitated, but seeing her pale face, his voice suddenly stopped. In the end, he sighed and said, "Fine, keep it if you must, but tell me how did Ajing get bitten by the snake?"
As far as he knew, although the snake’s venom was potent, it generally wouldn’t bite humans actively and had a rather mild temperament. And it was unlikely that Ajing would go out of his way to provoke this poisonous snake, so how did he get bitten?
"About that..." Gu Youyou felt very guilty for Yue Rujing being bitten by the snake.
But the bite had happened, and the person had been saved; she owed an explanation.
"I asked him to help me extract snake venom, and then, accidentally... That’s what happened." Gu Youyou, feeling guilty, spoke softer and softer, until her voice was almost inaudible. Jin Zijin was speechless upon hearing this explanation.
Everyone in the north knew about the great toxicity of the Ice Snake.
Since the snake was mild-mannered and didn’t bite people willingly, there weren’t many deaths caused by this snake’s venom.
But who would be foolish enough to deliberately provoke such a highly venomous Ice Snake? And even to extract its venom?
"Is it absolutely necessary to extract it?" Jin Zijin asked, holding back his anger.
"Yes," Gu Youyou nodded and said, "The medicine I take contains this snake’s venom. To develop an antidote, I must have it."
"Alright!" Jin Zijin took a deep breath and said, "Ajing is afraid of snakes; don’t ask him to help you in the future, ask me."
"Hm?" Gu Youyou looked up.
"From now on, I’ll take care of the Ice Snake. I’ll raise it for you, I’ll extract the venom for you."
"No," Gu Youyou shook her head and said, "It’s too dangerous, I’ll do it myself."
"It’s not dangerous when you do it?"
"That’s not it. I know first aid, so if I get poisoned, I can administer the antidote myself. But if you get bitten by accident and I’m not around... The poison from this kind of snake acts quickly, there won’t be enough time to save you!"
"You have a way?" Jin Zijin thought of Yue Rujing, who was alive and well after being bitten, "Then why did you only save Ajing and almost died from the poison yourself?"
Gu Youyou said, "Unfortunately, I had only made one dose of the antidote, and I used it on Yue Rujing."
"You... You used the one dose on him and neglected your own safety?" Jin Zijin was very agitated, even gripping her shoulders with considerable force.
She really knew how to sacrifice herself for others, even if that person was Ajing.
Of course, if he were faced with the same choice, he would also find it agonizing.
Gu Youyou’s shoulder ached from his grip as she helplessly explained, "It was an accident, don’t get worked up. It wasn’t supposed to be this dangerous, just cleaning the wound and applying my medicine would have been fine. But the unlucky Yue Rujing, he was bitten right over his heart, and he didn’t cooperate while I was cleaning it, kept fussing with his clothes and pushing me, causing the venom to spread too fast. The bite was too close to his heart, and... hey, hey, what are you doing?"
Gu Youyou never expected her professional explanation not only failed to calm Jin Zijin down but actually angered him more.
The infuriated Jin Zijin pushed her back onto the bed, biting her annoying red lips until he gradually calmed down.
He was well aware that she was a doctor and that what she did was to treat and save people.
But why didn’t other doctors act like her, performing such surgery? Sucking poison for Ajing?
It was unacceptable for her to do this for anyone, Ajing included.
Which part of her behavior bore even the slightest trace of a woman’s modesty?
How could he have fallen for a woman who spent her days engaged in such troublesome acts, which were enough to break one’s heart.