Physician Lin was startled and quickly put aside his distracting thoughts, holding his breath to examine Rong Qingqing.
After a moment, Physician Lin said with a solemn expression, "Miss Rong's condition suggests that she has been poisoned by some kind of love poison..." He paused, then said somewhat awkwardly, "Unless she is with a man..." He stopped there, confident that Xie Jingrun would understand.
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingrun frowned, his face darkening considerably, and he said angrily, "Is there any other way besides this?"
"Yes, there are, but it seems there are no hot springs in Jiulong Mountain," Physician Lin said with difficulty.
"What's the use of hot springs?" Xie Jingrun asked, frowning.
“Hot springs can counteract this love poison,” Physician Lin explained. “But the patient must soak in it for a whole night, otherwise all the previous efforts will be in vain, and the body will be damaged because the love poison has not been eliminated.” As he spoke, he glanced at Xie Jingrun’s face and suggested in a low voice, “Actually, the first method is the safest. I will keep these matters to myself, so please rest assured, Commander.”
Although Xie Jingrun and Rong Qingqing's identities are insurmountable, there is no other way but to act expediently in this urgent situation.
Despite having mentally prepared himself, Physician Lin still broke out in a cold sweat after saying these words.
How could he be so unlucky as to have stumbled upon such a terrible secret? Would Xie Jingrun silence him? Even if he didn't, he would probably have to live under Xie Jingrun's surveillance from now on.
Physician Lin was very depressed.
Xie Jingrun understood the meaning behind his words, and stared at him with a cold gaze, which startled Imperial Physician Lin so much that he almost knelt down.
"I promise I won't say a word," he quickly pledged his loyalty. "I've always been the Commander's man, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xie Jingrun was seen carrying Rong Qingqing away.
Upon seeing this, Physician Lin breathed a huge sigh of relief, feeling utterly exhausted.
When Xie Jingrun carried Rong Qingqing out of Physician Lin's room, he did not disturb anyone. After leaving the villa, he headed towards a secret mountain valley.
Beneath the rocks deep in the dense forest, wisps of steam rise, and no one knows that there is a natural hot spring pool there.
A few years ago, Xie Jingrun came to Jiulong Mountain to hunt with Emperor Zhaojing and accidentally discovered this hot spring. Because of its steep and remote location, no one had found it before.
Every time he comes to Jiulong Mountain, he takes the opportunity to soak in the hot springs.
Unexpectedly, this hot spring will come in handy today.
Xie Jingrun stopped by the pool with Rong Qingqing in his arms.
The disoriented girl squirmed restlessly in his arms.
Xie Jingrun's self-control was on the verge of collapse. His lips were tightly pursed, and his eyes revealed a hint of forbearance.
Looking at the girl's messy hair, wet with sweat, he reached out his slender fingers and tidied it for her. Finally, he carried her into the pool.
He placed her in the water and had her sit against the stone wall. Just as he was about to step back, the girl's soft, boneless arms suddenly wrapped around his waist.
Xie Jingrun stiffened, looking at the woman whose face was flushed and whose mind was unclear, a flame flashed in his eyes.
After a long silence, he finally pushed her away firmly.
"Don't go..."
Rong Qingqing was indeed delirious and her vision was blurry. When she saw the tall back of the man turning away, she suddenly braced herself and rushed over without regard for anything else.
Xie Jingrun actually heard the noise behind him, but he didn't instinctively move away.
As soon as the girl's soft body leaned closer, he clenched his fists, the veins on the back of his hands standing out. After hesitating for a moment, he finally reached out and wrapped his arms around her slender waist.
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