Chapter 36: Delicate and Alluring
Xiao Jihan thought of the things Su Muyao had done in the Beast Imperial City, and his expression tightened, concealing the emotions in his eyes.
Mei Qingchen, thinking of Su Muyao’s vicious and foolish behavior, found it impossible to forgive or let go.
“Back then, she squandered so much of our dowries. If we hadn’t reacted in time, there probably wouldn’t be a single crystal coin left.”
“And even then, in her eyes, we were worthless.”
That was why the current him wouldn’t give Su Muyao a single thing.
He didn’t even want to recall anything related to Su Muyao; doing so only made his chest ache with anger and kept him awake at night.
Xiao Jihan’s lips parted, wanting to say something, but he felt that any words would lack conviction and seem pale and powerless.
The reality was, those were indeed things the Wife Master had done before.
Finally, Xiao Jihan said one sentence: “Wife Master said she would change.”
“In three months, she will give us letters of release and set us free.”
Mei Qingchen’s cold, charming phoenix eyes revealed a trace of weary coldness. His rose-like lips pulled into a sneer. “She has used this kind of trick more than once. I can’t believe you actually believe her.”
“No wonder your attitude toward her has changed. So it’s for the sake of those three months.”
“I’ll be watching to see if she actually frees us in three months as she claims.”
Mei Qingchen wouldn’t believe a word Su Muyao said, no matter what.
Xiao Jihan couldn’t find the words to defend Su Muyao further.
Because even he wasn’t entirely certain she would truly let them leave.
Although she had changed, they were afraid she was just playing the same old tricks.
…
Hua Linye, listening to Su Muyao talk about earning crystal coins to buy daily necessities, seemed to think of something. As his foxy eyes shimmered, the depths of his gaze seemed veiled by something.
“I’ll help Wife Master make the medicine-pounding tools first.”
Saying that, Hua Linye found some stones and began using his ability to craft them.
Everyone had their own tasks to do, so things remained peaceful.
After Su Muyao finished brewing the medicine for herself, she let it sit for a while. Once the temperature was right, she drank it straight down.
She didn’t know why, but after drinking the medicine, her body felt terrible.
Su Muyao felt extremely uncomfortable, but she didn’t tell anyone.
She knew that even if she said something, they wouldn’t believe her. Instead, they would think she was playing tricks again.
She certainly wouldn’t receive any pity.
So, she stubbornly washed up by herself and told everyone, “You all should rest early, too. I’m going to sleep now.”
With that, she went to the bed and lay down.
She still felt terrible after lying down.
She checked her own pulse and found that these were adverse symptoms from taking the antidote.
“System, you don’t think I prescribed the wrong medicine, do you?”
“Or are the herbs here different from the ones I know?”
They looked exactly the same, and there had been no issues with gathering or mixing them.
The Space System scanned Su Muyao’s body. “Host, there is no problem with the antidote you prescribed.”
“It’s just that the chronic poison has been in your body for a long time, so drinking the antidote has triggered some issues in your body.”
“Also, Host, you were dosed with a love potion before. There is still some residue of that drug.”
“Your detoxification this time might have disrupted the body’s previous balance, triggering the residual love potion. That is why you feel so uncomfortable.”
Su Muyao was stunned. “Love potion?”
She vaguely remembered that her predecessor had been tricked into drugging Jiang Mochuan with a love potion to consummate the relationship.
But the cups were switched, and she ended up drinking the potion herself.
The dose was quite potent. Her predecessor had wanted to find a beastman husband to help relieve it.
But not a single beastman husband was willing to touch her.
In the end, her predecessor had fainted and was treated by being soaked in ice water to suppress it.
The main issue was that this love potion was made from the Beast World’s Passion Flower, which truly had no antidote.
It could only be resolved through that method.
However, since no one was willing to help her resolve it, she had soaked in ice water all night.
Although it seemed to have been suppressed, some medicinal toxicity remained in her body.
The Space System said, “Correct, that is the case. You must have recalled some memories, Host.”
“As long as the Host sleeps with a beastman husband, over time, the residual toxicity will naturally dissolve.”
Su Muyao: “…”
“System, you really spare no effort in trying to get me to have relations with the beastman husbands.”
“Saving your life is more important.”
So, when the waves of scorching heat surged, Su Muyao tried hard to suppress them.
But the combination of the antidote and the surging residual love potion really made Su Muyao miserable.
In her daze, Su Muyao heard the sound of the door opening.
Su Muyao vaguely remembered that she had forgotten to lock the door.
Of course, she also knew that even if the gate was wide open, the beastman husbands wouldn’t do anything to her.
Furthermore, she was worried about mutated beasts appearing; leaving it unlocked made it easier for the beastman husbands to save her.
Normally, mutated beasts wouldn’t break into the tribe to attack beastmen unless it was the night of the full moon.
But there were occasional unexpected situations where mutated beasts would appear.
So it was better to be on guard.
“Wife Master, what’s wrong?”
When Wen Nanxi entered with the items, he saw that Su Muyao on the bed looked very off.
At this moment, Su Muyao was lying on the bed, her jet-black hair scattered across the pillow, her skin as cold and white as snow.
Her brows were like willows dyed with rouge, and the corners of her eyes seemed drunk with shyness.
Her cheeks carried a trace of a flush, glistening and vibrant.
Her eyes were misty, giving off a fragile, pitifully enchanting feeling.
Her teeth were biting tightly on her lip, as if she were enduring something.
It made her lips look even redder, like a flower waiting to be plucked, delicate and dripping with beauty.
If one ignored the blackened, disfigured half of her face, she was indeed movingly beautiful at this moment.
But the redness on her face was abnormal, and she looked weak.
Hearing Wen Nanxi’s voice, Su Muyao looked at him in a daze. She tried hard to make her voice sound normal, “I… I’m fine!”
But as soon as she opened her mouth, her voice carried a trace of a gasping whimper.
It was impossible for Su Muyao to be fine in this state.
“Do you have a fever?”
Wen Nanxi frowned, reaching out to touch her forehead to check her temperature.
Unexpectedly, Su Muyao, who had been managing to resist, felt the coolness of Wen Nanxi’s touch and uncontrollably wanted to get closer to him.
Her body began to tremble lightly.
Wen Nanxi checked her; she didn’t seem to have a fever.
But seeing Su Muyao like this in the moonlight, Wen Nanxi seemed to think of something. A layer of surging dark tides seemed to appear in the depths of his gentle, picturesque eyes.
He continued to ask gently, “Wife Master, where do you feel uncomfortable?”
Su Muyao’s body trembled slightly. Even though she still had her reason, the surging heat in her body made her unable to resist wanting to get closer to Wen Nanxi.
There was a refreshing coolness on his body that felt soothing.
Su Muyao gritted her teeth and endured, whispering, “I’m fine, just a little hot.”
“Do you need something?”
Coming to find her in the middle of the night, he must have something to discuss.
Wen Nanxi looked at her wet eyes, looking pitiful and restrained; it aroused a sense of pity.
His heart softened, and he sighed lightly. He pulled her into his arms, then transformed his legs into a snake tail, gently coiling around Su Muyao.
The snake tail carried a natural, refreshing coolness, making Su Muyao feel physically more comfortable.
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