Chapter 158
This person really can't afford to be at a disadvantage at any time. Fan Xiaoxiao sighed and explained why she was like this.
"Actually, I didn't tell you earlier because I was afraid you would laugh at me. The reason I'm like this is because before I was sold, I fell into the water once, and that time I almost lost my life."
You probably can't imagine what it feels like to be submerged in water. It's a very uncomfortable process, cold and icy, as if you're being buried in water. The bottom is dark and gloomy..."
Fan Xiaoxiao described her entire experience after falling into the pond, her mind uncontrollably replaying the events of that time.
My body started trembling again, my heart began to pound, and my hands and feet, which had just regained some warmth, became icy cold again, as if I had returned to that time.
Gu Zhongtai sensed that something was wrong with her and quickly jerked her around. The sudden jerking interrupted Fan Xiaoxiao's memories, and she gasped for breath, immediately unable to bear thinking about those scenes anymore.
"Why are you afraid I'll laugh at you?" Gu Zhongtai knew from her breathing that she had recovered, so he changed the subject.
When this was mentioned, Fan Xiaoxiao stiffened, stammered for a long time, and then said in a very low voice, "At that time... I was catching shrimp on a rainy day, so..."
I can't even continue, this is fucking embarrassing! Who would choose to catch lobsters on a rainy day! And then fall into the lake!
Gu Zhongtai had already sent people to investigate Fan Xiaoxiao's situation, so he naturally knew that she had been sold by her stepmother once before.
But he never imagined that Fan Xiaoxiao lived such a life before she was sold. With her skinny, bamboo-like figure, how could she possibly go to the river to catch shrimp on a rainy day?
Fan Xiaoxiao was unaware that Gu Zhongtai had misunderstood her words, and even thought that his silence was because he found her behavior somewhat ridiculous.
So he coughed and tried to change the subject: "Ahem, it's your turn. What's going on with the poison in your body?"
Gu Zhongtai remained silent, and Fan Xiaoxiao felt a little embarrassed: Could this guy be planning to trap her? But if this big shot really did trap her, there was nothing she could do, since she couldn't beat him.
Damn it, you scumbag!
Fan Xiaoxiao cursed Gu Zhongtai in her heart for breaking his promise, and the villain in her mind almost cursed him over and over again. Just as she was cursing the dog of a man for the third time in her heart, Gu Zhongtai took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, and said coldly, "The poison... was given by the Ghost Doctor."
"!?!" Holy crap? What's going on? The old man poisoned Boss Gu?!
"Grandpa, weren't we supposed to give you an antidote? How could it be him who poisoned you! If he did, why hasn't he given you the antidote yet?"
Fan Xiaoxiao bombarded him with a barrage of questions, her tone somewhat urgent. Gu Zhongtai glanced back at her and said in a low voice, "He poisoned me to save me."
"Save you?"
Fan Xiaoxiao was confused. How could poisoning him still be considered saving him?
"Yes, when the poison seed was planted, I was also poisoned by other poisons, and those poisons were planted by Gu Lang."
"Gu Lang?"
Fan Xiaoxiao had never heard of this name before. She racked her brains and confirmed that she had never seen this name in the book either. Where did this person come from?
“Yes, Gu Lang, my godfather, is also my enemy.”
When Gu Zhongtai said these words, every word was vicious, and his voice was devoid of any warmth, extremely cold.
"Back then, he locked me in the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons. I was left to be devoured by poisonous insects and afflicted by various poisons. I almost died in Miao territory when I was eight years old. In order to save me, the Ghost Doctor had no choice but to plant the King Poison in my body, using poison to fight poison and suppress the other toxins in my body. So many years have passed, and the poison planted before can no longer suppress those toxins."
Using poison to fight poison, Fan Xiaoxiao never imagined that Gu Chongtai's childhood experiences were so tragic. The eight-year-old child was thrown into a pile of poisonous insects, and after being poisoned, he had to ingest other poisons to prolong his life. She had seen him suffering from the poison in the deserted village, soaking in a medicinal bath, convulsing in pain.
"Grandpa, why didn't you get the King Poison implanted again this time?"
"The King Poison can only be planted once in a lifetime. If it is planted a second time, it will probably only live for less than ten years."
Last time, however, he was poisoned by the King's Poison for the second time. After the Ghost Doctor died, the poison completely broke out. At that time, the righteous path was chasing after him every day, and he had no chance to go to Tianshan to find medicinal herbs and Xuanbing.
So he had no choice at that time and could only plant the king poison a second time.
The world only knows that Xiahou and Bai Chaoyan unified the righteous path and the court suppressed the demonic sect leader, but none of them know that he was already on his deathbed at that time, so how could he have been forcibly suppressed?
Fan Xiaoxiao fell completely silent behind her. When she first arrived in this Zhou Dynasty, she had always felt somewhat out of place. She had always considered herself a spectator, an observer.
This is a world from a book, and everyone here is an NPC. But as she spends time with them day after day, she slowly comes to realize that this world is real, and everyone here is a living, breathing individual.
That's why she felt a pang of sadness after hearing Gu Zhongtai's words.
"What about Gu Lang? Didn't you seek repayment from him later?"
Gu Zhongtai let out a cold laugh from his chest, his voice as frosty as ice: "I found him. He's dead. I killed him with my own hands last year."
Although he said that, Fan Xiaoxiao felt that Gu Chongtai's hatred had not been alleviated in the slightest. Because when that name was mentioned, Gu Chongtai unconsciously tensed up, as if he was about to cut down the other party like a drawn blade.
Fan Xiaoxiao unconsciously clutched the clothes on Gu Zhongtai's shoulder, recalling how he looked when she saw him in Guqu Town.
"Was it because you were poisoned when you were sitting on the wooden chair in Guqu Town and couldn't see anything?"
Fan Xiaoxiao was referring to the time in Guqu Town when Gu Zhongtai was dressed as a woman.
"Yes, at that time I was being chased by Sun Jingde. The poison took effect suddenly, so I had to disguise myself as a woman and wait for Xiao Hei to find the Ghost Doctor."
"Was it Xiao Hei who told your grandfather that he was in Jingchuan?"
"Hmm, I didn't expect to run into you guys first, Ghost Doctor. His biggest problem is that he loves to eat, and we always have to go to great lengths to find him whenever he gets poisoned. Fortunately, he's been obediently staying with you now, which saves me a lot of trouble."
"The old man actually cares about you quite a bit; it's not just because of the food that he followed you all the way."
Fan Xiaoxiao was inclined to defend the old man, but Gu Zhongtai let out a laugh that sounded like a sneer: "I suppose so, if he doesn't often use me as a test subject for poison."
"..." Old man, I never expected you to be this kind of old man. Using others as test subjects for poison!? That's too cruel.
"Alright, we're almost there."
(End of this chapter)
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