381 NO! (2/2)

After a long time passed since they had managed to escape and Senja was very sure that no one around them, only then she spoke. ”I think we have left them behind.”

Now they were riding down a river on their right side and dense oak trees on their left. There was no sound except the sound from their horse footstep colliding with the soggy ground beneath it.

”Tianyao?” Senja called him.

Due to lack of response from him, she raised her head to look up at him.

And Xiao Tianyao's expression made Senja's heart beating frantically, ”What happen?”

Xiao Tianyao was sweating furiously and his face exceptionally pale. ”Tianyao, what happen!?” Senja half screamed. ”Stop it!”

She snatched the rein from Xiao Tianyao easily and stopped the horse near the oak trees before she got down.

Xiao Tianyao dismounted the horse as well and staggered toward the tree. He slumped down while his breathing was uneven.

Senja helped him to lean on the tree as she checked his injuries. However, she couldn't find any…

”What happened? Talk to me… where are you hurt?” Her hand was shaking when she tried to examine his body, but there was no wound!

Her mind froze when she saw Xiao Tianyao's eyes slowly closed. ”No… No… talk to me…” Senja whimpered while shaking his body.

She couldn't find any wound, but how could Xiao Tianyao's condition be like this?

Xiao Tianyao opened his mouth to talk, but his voice was very weak that made Senja couldn't hear him clearly.

”What did you say?” Senja moved closer until her ears on his lips.

”Hand…” Xiao Tianyao repeated faintly.

She had checked his hand, but couldn't find any major injuries.

**Hand …?**

Senja grabbed his hand and tore his robe, this time she paid close attention.

And there, there was a small cut on his right wrist. But, how could this small cut was able to put him in this condition? However, except from it, there wasn't any wound there.

Suddenly, as the understanding dawn to her, she could feel every cell on her body denied it.

The merely cut on his wrist would never put him in harm way, except if it was…

”Poison…?” Senja could feel Xiao Tianyao's hand turned cold in her grasp.