When they finally entered the house, they were soaked. Pei Yuan staggered a little, leaning his tall body on Bao Ning's shoulder. Bao Ning's face was wet, and it was hard to tell whether it was sweat, tears or rain.

Aunt Liu thought they would come back in the evening, but she didn't expect them to come back so early. She was even more surprised to see the two people in such a wolfish state: "What happened?"

"He's drunk, I'll help him go back." Bao Ning smiled at Aunt Liu, "You go back and rest."

Aunt Liu was skeptical, but didn't dare to ask any more questions. She just said, "I'll bring two bowls of ginger soup later."

"No need." Bao Ning refused, "I'll make it myself." Pei Yuan must be someone no one wanted to see at this moment.

Aunt Liu responded, watched them enter the house, and left.

Ah Huang and Xiao Yang heard the noise outside and were looking eagerly. When they saw them coming in, they hurriedly surrounded them. Bao Ning had no time to pay attention to them. He laboriously helped Pei Yuan to the bed, stripped off his wet clothes, wiped him hastily with a dry cloth, and then covered him with a quilt.

Pei Yuan seemed to have fallen asleep. Bao Ning didn't care about shame or not. He stripped him down to just a pair of underwear, revealing his strong chest and abdomen.

Pei Yuan's body was covered with scars, some were very shallow and turned light pink, and some were protruding and winding like a huge centipede. The reticular toxin on his left arm was spreading at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Bao Ning was stunned, and a sour feeling surged in his heart. How could this man be so fragile now?

She was afraid that Pei Yuan would catch a cold, so she took out a thick winter goose down blanket from the cupboard and covered him with it, and quickly changed her clothes.

When she turned around, Pei Yuan had already woken up and stared at her. His eyes were bloodshot, which looked a little creepy, and he smiled softly.

"It's so beautiful." Pei Yuan hummed, "I want to kiss you."

"It's time now, can you be serious?" Bao Ning wanted to scold him, but seeing his look, she couldn't bear to do it. She turned around and took out the porcelain pot containing leeches from the cupboard, and went to get medicine.

Ah Huang and Xiao Yang seemed to know that it was not the time to play, so they didn't dare to be presumptuous and lay quietly on the side.

Bao Ning opened the leech jar and took a look. She suppressed her resistance and fear and ordered them, "Guard the door. No one is allowed to enter."

Ah Huang called out. Bao Ning took the acupuncture band and walked to Pei Yuan's bed. She sat down and rolled up his left leg.

Even though she was mentally prepared, she was still scared when she saw it. Every blood vessel seemed to have life, turning dark purple and bulging, with dense dots jumping on it. Bao Ning took a deep breath, stopped looking, scooped out a spoonful of ointment that had been prepared long ago, looked at Pei Yuan, and whispered: "Have I started?"

Bao Ning pursed her lips: "It may be a little painful."

Pei Yuan lay there, tilted his head to look at her, and suddenly said: "Ning Ning, I just thought, I'm really sorry for you."

"...Why are you saying this." Bao Ning paused, she flexed her fingers, "How have you ever let me down."

"Now think about it, you've done so much for me." Pei Yuan said in a low voice, "If it weren't for you, I might still be in that small courtyard, like a useless person. You know, I'm stubborn and I want to save face. I really feel that if my legs are crippled, my life will be over, and it would be good to die."

Bao Ning looked into his eyes, she felt her jaw tighten, and she wanted to shed a few tears. Bao Ning didn't know why Pei Yuan suddenly said this. He was obviously not an emotional person.

"Compared to living a glamorous life and being pointed at and called a paralyzed person, I would rather find a corner and die when no one knows. But I'm not willing to do that." Pei Yuan smiled, "I still have so many things to do and revenge to take. It's not my character to die casually. But I can't live anymore."

"I don't believe in ghosts and gods, but during that time, I was looking forward to it every day. If there really is a Bodhisattva in the world, how great it would be."

Pei Yuan pulled her little finger and rubbed it ambiguously: "Then I waited for you."

Bao Ning lowered her eyelids, her nose was blocked, and she wiped it hard with the back of her hand.

She always wanted to hear Pei Yuan say a few nice words to her, and now she finally waited for it, but she didn't feel happy at all. He spoke so seriously, as if it was his last will and testament. It was not as good as before, when even when they were arguing and angry, the atmosphere was relaxed. Unlike now, she felt like crying when she heard it. "Do you think I

'm nagging you?" Pei Yuan's eyes darkened and he sighed, "I'm telling you so much now because I'm afraid there won't be a chance in the future."

Bao Ning raised his head suddenly: "What do you mean?"

"What if I die." Pei Yuan paused, looked at Bao Ning's eyes that widened instantly, and chuckled, "Why are you in a hurry, I mean what if."

He said slowly: "What if I die like that, but you are still so young, so young, you still have a long way to go in the future, I'm afraid you will forget me. I'm afraid that when you think of me in the future, you will think of my bad things. After all, I'm really not that good to you."

"I have a bad nature and I'm not a qualified husband by nature, but I also have advantages. I don't fight back when I'm beaten and scolded. I'll have to make you work hard in the future and teach you slowly."

"If there is still a chance."

Bao Ning sniffed and said to him in a threatening tone, "If there is no chance, if you die, I will remarry immediately, I will have a new life, and I will not remember you for a day."

"Dream on." Pei Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "If anyone dares to marry you, even if I die and become a ghost, I will dig up his ancestral tomb. You just be obedient and stay a widow for me for the rest of your life."

Bao Ning laughed in anger, "You are so shameless and unreasonable, I won't talk to you anymore."

But after such a commotion, her panic just now dissipated a lot. She stirred the jade stick in the ointment, looked at Pei Yuan, and ruthlessly rubbed it on his calf.

This medicine is to attract leeches to drill into the skin. Leeches suck blood, but they are not stupid. There is poison in the blood, and they can feel it, so they will definitely not give in obediently. This ointment will have a special smell, deceiving the leech's senses, allowing it to successfully penetrate the skin and detoxify. But the price is that it hurts.

When Aunt Ming described it to her, she said that it hurt like hundreds of needles piercing into the flesh of the fingernails.

Baoning looked at Pei Yuan's expression. Sweat had already seeped out of his forehead, and his fingers were tightly grasping the quilt. Baoning's heart also shrank. She no longer asked meaningless questions such as whether it hurt or not. Pei Yuan would definitely feel pain. It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Baoning used chopsticks to pick out the fat leech and wiped off the mud on its body with cotton cloth.

Feeling the cool and smooth touch, Baoning looked at Pei Yuan again. He was also looking in this direction and nodded.

Baoning gently placed the leech on the ointment. It was originally listless and not very energetic, but when it smelled the scent, it immediately became active, shaking its head and tail, and quickly stuck to the skin.

Soon, the transparent body of the leech began to change. A thin line of blood began to flow from the head into the abdomen, and the abdomen gradually swelled. Bao Ning had seen it sucking snails, and the blood that flowed in was bright red, but now, the blood was purple-black, with a faint fluorescent glow, and it looked eerie and terrifying.

Bao Ning sat next to Pei Yuan, holding his wrist to watch the changes in Chi Dan.

At first, it had no effect, but as the leech sucked, the jumping soybean gradually calmed down, and the originally spreading toxins also stopped, and even shrank a little.

Bao Ning looked at Pei Yuan in surprise: "You see, it works!"

Pei Yuan put his arm around her shoulders, buried his face behind her neck, and said nothing.

His breathing went from being rapid and heavy at the beginning to slowly becoming smooth, and Bao Ning's heart, which had been beating wildly, also gradually calmed down. She pinched her palms, which were all sweaty, and suddenly she felt like she had survived a disaster.

Although this had just begun, they still had a long way to go. The leeches had to detoxify once every fifteen days and could not be stopped, which meant that Pei Yuan would have to endure this kind of pain every half a month. At least for three years.

Bao Ning stared at the fat leech on Pei Yuan's leg, watching it fall off after eating and drinking enough, and then twisted a few times on the bed and stiffened.

Pei Yuan fell asleep on Bao Ning's shoulder. Bao Ning pinched his fingers, but there was no response. She turned around gently and laid Pei Yuan down flat. He was very obedient now, allowing her to knead him into anything she wanted, like a big dog. Bao

Ning pursed her lips and smiled, thinking of what Pei Yuan had just said. He said that he would not fight back even if he was beaten or scolded, but she didn't know if it was true.

Bao Ning reached out and fiddled with his eyelashes. Pei Yuan's eyelashes were like him, hard and straight, without any feel at all. Bao Ning tried her own again. They were slender and comfortable to the touch.

Bao Ning made the bed, put all the jars away, and lay down next to Pei Yuan. She couldn't sleep, tossing and turning, thinking about what Pei Yuan said at that time.

He was very aware of his shortcomings. He always asked her to teach him, but never asked if she was willing. He has never even paid the tuition and he is so stupid, yet she still refuses to accept such a student.

Bao Ning was thinking wildly, and she thought of the last time Pei Yuan made her angry and said he would wash her feet, but he kept putting it off and still hasn't washed them yet, and now he wants her to serve him instead. Bao Ning stared at Pei Yuan, and after thinking about it, she was still angry, so she raised her foot and kicked him in the face. One kick was not enough, so she couldn't help but kick him again, and quickly retracted her foot, looking at Pei Yuan's expression in panic.

He was still sleeping soundly, with no intention of waking up.

Bao Ning felt relieved and made excuses for herself. Pei Yuan said it himself, he would not fight back if he was beaten or scolded, it was just two kicks, he shouldn't mind.

...

After being nervous for most of the day, now that everything has settled down and there are no worries, sleepiness swept over her.

Bao Ning pulled the quilt up to cover her mouth and nose, and fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up again, it was already completely dark. The quilt was too thick, and she was covered with a sticky layer of sweat. She twisted uncomfortably, opened her eyes, and met Pei Yuan's gaze.

He seemed to have been awake for a long time, grabbed her hair, and whispered teasingly: "Is it fun to take advantage of someone's misfortune?"