[COMPLETE] Not Good! The Villainess Is Muddled

24. Hunt

He couldn't help but look back at Yin Hua Lei.

She was trembling all over but she was also sweating like crazy. There were tears in her eyes, her cheeks and neck flushed. She was weakly reaching out to him while whispering ninth brother repeatedly.

This woman was delirious.

He couldn't help but be suspicious now. Why did she look like she was dying?

He stepped closer towards her. Only now did he realize that her veins were popping up from her skin. The purple veins looked ghastly in comparison to her pale skin.

She was poisoned! This was an emergency so without care for his reputation, he was about to speed off to alert her people.

Unexpectedly, the girl clutched his wrist in a death grip. Her burning hand was scalding his skin.

"Yin Hua Lei, listen to ben wang or you'll die. I'll get your-"

"Ninth brother, Hua Lei...needs you. Drugged... aphrodisiac..." she whispered while gasping for air.

The only rational thought she had now was that she'd been drugged. Or else, why would she feel this way?

Xia Lian Bei wanted to curse. "Even if it's aphrodisiac, the toxicity is also high. We need someone to treat you."

His voice was earnest, almost pleading. But he couldn't get away from her claws.

There was no way he'd be eaten while being mistaken by someone else. This woman was courting death, wanting to bed him. He'd rather die than lose his chastity in this way.

"No other way..." Was her reply.

Xia Lian Bei could also deduce from the symptoms he was seeing. This poison was disguised as an aphrodisiac. But a normal aphrodisiac could be worn out by submerging oneself on cold water for a long time. It wouldn't make you severely hallucinate or make your veins bulge out like this.

There was a mythical poison in the jianghu with the same effects. Dire Ring.

He read that one who consumed this poison would die in an hour after the symptoms rose. There was only one solution for this poison.

"I am not Xia Yu Heng." Xia Lian Bei said through gritted teeth in hopes of waking this damn girl up.

But her only answer was, "Save me..." before tugging on his wrist.

Xia Lian Bei was in a dilemma. Any other woman who dared touch even his clothes had long been dead. But this was Yin Hua Lei ah...

Just then, something from the corner of his eyes caught his attention.

A blood red ring on Yin Hua Lei's forefinger.

He sighed. Xia Lian Bei knew she'd regret this in the morning.

Troublesome woman.

But Yin Hua Lei was even more merciless as the one her lips called in that blissful moment had only been 'Ninth Brother.'

Xia Lian Bei's cheeks and tongue had all been bitten raw by him because of his frustration.

The first time he was embracing a woman and she was thinking of another man.

His heart couldn't help but feel murderous but none of his thoughts were seen in his gentle actions. He held her like the most fragile treasure. Held his own desire to conquer just to please her and make this night unforgettable even though he knew that she'd probably hate the man who stole her innocence.

Even if it was really her who was repeatedly stomping on his very soul every time he heard how she called him.

"Is it really too much to ask?" He whispered after gingerly dressing her. She was unconscious now and her skin was back to normal although her cheeks still adorned a faint blush.

Xia Lian Bei rested for a while. When he gained strength to his legs again, he tenderly kissed the woman's forehead.

He secretly watched her grow up only to see her fall in love with another. Now that this happened, he knew that the engagement couldn't be concealed anymore.

Even if you hate me forever.

He walked away to resume the hunt that he began earlier. Now, he had all the more reason to make these people pay while also having the place to vent his anger. They could only blame their dogshit luck for trying to harm him, his newfound pets and his... was she even considered his?

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[1]Gu- poison

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