"She went there last week. She personally invited Master and Senior Brother to attend the wedding."
Shi Yining sighed, "The worst case scenario is that when Master shows up at the wedding, the scent of sandalwood alone might trigger her drug memory."
Si Wenjie said, "Can you stop Master from coming?"
"No, Youbao will be the first to notice anything unusual. We can't let her know about this." Shi Heng immediately denied it.
…
On the other side, Gu Youran sat on the sofa in the living room. Although her eyes were fixed on the TV screen, her thoughts had already drifted away.
Tao Nianwan came over with two cups of coffee and sat down next to her.
"You Ran, try this. My friend just brought back a new variety from abroad. He said it has a very special aroma."
As he said that, he handed her one of the cups.
Gu Youran took the coffee cup and smelled it out of habit.
The strange thing is that the aroma of coffee that should have been filling my nose is now completely invisible.
She frowned slightly and moved closer, but still there was no smell.
"How is it?" Tao Nianwan looked at her expectantly, "Is it special?"
"Well... very special." Gu Youran forced a smile, and his heartbeat suddenly quickened.
She lowered her head and took a sip, the bitterness and richness of the coffee spreading on the tip of her tongue.
The smell was still there, but the rich aroma was completely gone.
At this moment, Gu Youran suddenly remembered that in the Lesos Castle, in order to save the old patriarch, she had to use the ninth level of the Nine Star Needle Technique.
At the time, she thought it would only deplete her vitality, but she didn't expect...
Everything in the book is true.
Every time you use it, you lose a sense.
Now, her sense of smell has completely disappeared.
"You Ran?" Tao Nianwan's worried voice brought her back to reality. "Is the coffee too bitter?"
"Ah, no..." Gu Youran hurriedly put down the cup.
Only then did I realize that my hands were shaking, "Maybe I'm a little tired."
Old Madam Shi looked at Shi Heng as he walked into the living room and said hurriedly, "Heng, you guys stay here tonight. Youran, you've worked so hard preparing for the wedding."
"Okay." Shi Heng nodded, took Gu Youran's hand and walked upstairs to the bedroom.
In the bathroom, Gu Youran stood at the sink, mechanically pressing the shower gel. The rose-scented foam accumulated in her palms, but it couldn't reach her nose.
She squeezed three times, five times, ten times...still couldn't smell anything.
"Youbao?" Shi Heng's voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Her hand shook, and the shower gel bottle hit the marble countertop with a "bang" and rolled to the ground.
Before she could bend down to pick it up, Shi Heng had already strode forward, his warm palm wrapped around her wrist, "Why are you so uneasy?"
Gu Youran looked up and met his worried gaze in the mirror.
She wanted to tell the truth about the Nine Star Acupuncture Technique and about her lost sense of smell, but the words were swallowed back at her lips.
Shi Heng would even sacrifice his life for her. If he knew the price of acupuncture...
"I'm fine." She turned to get a towel, deliberately avoiding his sight. "Maybe I'm a little nervous about the wedding."
Shi Heng's eyes swept across the shower gel splashed on the countertop, and his eyes darkened.
But he didn't ask anything, just put his arms around her waist from behind and rested his chin lightly on the top of her head.
There was a moment of silence.
He suddenly said, "If... I mean, if my master and I were in danger at the same time, who would you save first?"
"Of course it's Master." Gu Youran blurted out, then realized that something was wrong and quickly added, "But I will come back to save you immediately! Master is old, and you are so powerful..."
Before she could finish her words, she was slammed against the wall.
Shi Heng's kiss came down with a sense of punishment, his teeth knocked against her lips, and she tasted blood.
Gu Youran pushed him in pain, but he grabbed her wrist and lifted it above his head.
"Shi Heng! You..." Her protest was blocked by a deeper kiss.
While struggling, her elbow knocked the shower switch over, and hot water immediately poured down, soaking both of their clothes.
Through the wet clothes, she could clearly feel Shi Heng's violent heartbeat.
As the warm water slid across his collarbone, Gu Youran suddenly realized a terrible fact.
Even surrounded by the foam of rose shower gel, she couldn't smell any fragrance.
This realization made her feel cold all over, and her struggle unconsciously relaxed.
Shi Heng immediately noticed her abnormality.
He turned off the faucet and wrapped the shivering person in a towel. "I'm sorry, I..."
"It's my fault." Gu Youran buried her face in his wet chest. "I shouldn't have said that."
Water drops dripped from the ends of her hair, "Actually, I..."
"Shh." Shi Heng interrupted her and gently wiped her hair with a bath towel.
He gently helped her dry her body, changed her into a nightgown, and carried her to bed as if he were taking care of a child.
Gu Youran curled up in his arms, listening to his strong heartbeat, but couldn't fall asleep.
In the darkness, Shi Heng's eyes remained open.
He stared at the ceiling and thought of the case data he saw in the study of the old house that afternoon.
With drug control for more than ten years, patients will experience permanent neural remodeling.
Even if the medication is stopped, the patient will return to the controlled state as long as certain conditions are triggered.
Gu Youran's unhesitating choice just now was like a knife stabbing into his heart.
…
The next morning.
After Shi Heng sent Gu Youran to Kangrui Hospital, he drove to the gate of Beijing Medical Research Institute.
He went straight to the third floor, where Professor Lin, a neuropharmacologist, was already waiting in the laboratory.
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