Chapter 617: Qi gege eats vinegar (2/2)

Finally, Han Yunxi stopped.

“You…” Before she could finish, Gu Qishao butted in. He stopped smiling and turned very serious, a tragic air coming to his beautiful features.

In a low voice, he murmured, “Poison lass, aside from Long Feiye, Qi gege won’t tolerate you treating any other man well.”

Long Feiye was her husband and the first man to come in contact with her. He was also the only man in her heart, so Gu Qishao was helpless against that. But he’d be jealous of anyone else.

Poison lass, if it’s not Long Feiye, can you only worry about Qi gege instead?

Han Yunxi suddenly took out an acupuncture needle with a catgut thread attached. “Do you know what this is?”

“Needle and thread,” Gu Qishao answered.

“Do you know what I want to do?” she asked next.

Gu Qishao shook his head.

“I want to sew your mouth shut!” Han Yunxi declared, before tossing the objects at Gu Qishao. “Don’t you know that Gu Beiyue’s leg is crippled? Do you understand what that means? He can’t walk anymore! He can’t even stand on his own! Do you get it? For the rest of his life, he’ll be stuck sitting and lying down! Can’t you have more sympathy? Do you know I’ve been looking for you for over 10 days? Forget about sympathy then, can’t you stop joking at a time like this?” Huffing with anger, Han Yunxi went to sit down on the side. Her brows were creased like an old lady.

Nobody knew how much pressure she was facing. After giving Gu Beiyue hope for the second time around, she couldn’t afford to disappoint him!

But Gu Qishao didn’t care about Gu Beiyue at all. Whether Gu Beiyue was crippled or even dead made no difference to him, because it had nothing to do with him at all. Ever since the day he escaped from the medical academy, his entire life was dedicated to destroying the institution that ruined him. Nothing else mattered. Now he had one extra woman in his heart, but everything else was insignificant. Feeling resentful from the scolding, he went to lean against a pillar by her side, afraid to say any more.

But Han Yunxi ended up sitting there for so long, just thinking blankly to herself. Finally, Gu Qishao relented and went to sit by her side. “Poison lass…”

Han Yunxi ignored him, so Gu Qishao went to kneel in front of her next, almost as if he was begging for her attention. With one knee on the ground, he said, “Poison lass, don’t be angry, alright? I’ll help you think of a way.”

Han Yunxi’s eyes suddenly brightened at his words. “You have a solution?”

“If you smile, I’ll tell you,” Gu Qishao seemed to be coaxing his own wife, his voice inexplicably warm and gentle.

Han Yunxi didn’t notice, but she did smile from the heart, a beautiful sight. Satisfied, Gu Qishao said, “There’s a type of medicine called Muscle Growing Ointment. Supposedly, it can even restore fully torn tendons if applied daily for 100 days or more….”

“Do you have it?” Han Yunxi asked excitedly.

“No, but the Pill King might. There’s only one of its kind in the world. If I remember correctly, it should be in his hands,” Gu Qishao said honestly.

“Then we’ll go to the Pill King’s valley right away!” Han Yunxi immediately jumped to her feet, but Gu Qishao pressed her back down again.

“Send a flying messenger hawk to ask him first. It’ll save you a wasted trip.”

Han Yunxi nodded. “Thanks,” she tossed earnestly to Gu Qishao before walking off. He watched her retreating back and stroked his chin.

“Poison lass, Qi gege really wants to get injured too…” he muttered to himself.

—

While Han Yunxi was writing her letter to Pill King, Long Feiye was in Gu Beiyue’s room. Both Third Elder Shen and Divine Doctor Luo had left, allowing him to get straight to the point. “Would Chu Yunyi have told Ning Cheng about your secret identity?”

“No,” Gu Beiyue was certain.

“Why not?” Long Feiye asked.

“Based on what I know of him. By now Ning Cheng would have held the Chu heads under duress and pressured Chu Tianyin. With Chu Tianyin’s personality, he’d never accept becoming Ning Cheng’s subordinate. Your Highness Duke of Qin, Chu Tianyin will come find you sooner or later if he wants peaceful days.”

“And then?” Long Feiye asked with interest.

Gu Beiyue’s gentle eyes suddenly flashed with killing intent as he spoke…