Chapter 276 Domineering Female Doctor Skilled in Gu Poisoning VS Down-on-their-luck Laborer Prodigal Son 3
Jiang Zhiyi felt very depressed.
She had searched the pharmacy for a long time and tried all the antidotes, but none of them worked.
This poison is quite special; all they can do now is wait patiently.
From then on, they will need to take some detoxifying herbal medicine every day to allow their bodies to slowly expel all the toxins. Only then can they return to normal.
Jiang Zhiyi felt that Xiao Che did it on purpose.
Mingming fenced off a small plot of land on the east side of the yard, near the back mountain, and raised some chickens and ducks there, just to prevent him from getting greedy.
Xiao Che is a very picky eater. When he first arrived, he probably didn't eat well, because he always had a gloomy face and no energy when he worked.
She specially brought back some chickens and ducks for him to feed, so that he could have some meat from time to time. If all else fails, there are plenty of fish and shrimp in the nearby stream.
Instead of eating what's readily available, he went to the mountains to catch the poisonous creatures she raised. Isn't he deliberately trying to go against her?
Jiang Zhiyi: "Why do you insist on catching rabbits? Is rabbit meat tastier? Will eating it make you immortal? Are you really that greedy?"
Xiao Che stammered, "No...no..."
He dared not tell the truth.
He had already fed all the chicks and ducklings to death, so he had to go up the mountain to find some wild game.
Xiao Che knew he had really messed up this time and felt very guilty.
He tried to distract Jiang Zhiyi so that she wouldn't get angrier and angrier and try to torment him in a fit of rage.
Xiao Che: "It should be dark by now, otherwise we should all rest earlier..."
"Why are you spouting nonsense? What difference does it make to us whether it's dark or not?"
He should have kept quiet, because his words only made Jiang Zhiyi angrier. He couldn't do anything right, all he did was cause her trouble; he was all show and no substance.
After being scolded, Xiao Che dared not speak carelessly anymore.
He's feeling terrible right now; he feels like he's been scolded more here than he's eaten.
No one had ever dared to speak to him like that before.
When he was in the Xiao family, even the elders never said a harsh word to him.
Outsiders fawned over him, flattered him, and tried to please him; no one dared to offend the Xiao family.
Although there were some fools, he taught them all a lesson and never suffered any loss.
Xiao Che suddenly remembered something.
Once, he was playing a cricket fighting game with someone, and that guy lost all his money and held a grudge against him. He secretly hired a sorcerer to cast a spell on him.
Those people buried a small doll with needles stuck in it under the big tree. The doll's clothes even had his birth date and time written on them. They wanted to curse him to lose all his money, to be weak and sickly, to have a tragic fate, to be unable to get the love he wanted, and to live a life of poverty...
Although Xiao Che did not believe in these witchcraft techniques, this practice truly angered him.
He tied the man up and gave him a severe beating, breaking his arms and legs, and forced him to kowtow and beg for forgiveness. He wouldn't have let it go so easily if the man's elderly father hadn't pleaded with him.
Later, his mother heard about this and wanted to hire a master to ward off evil spirits and bad luck for him. However, he found it troublesome and ignored it.
Now that I think about it carefully, the mage's curse is probably quite mysterious, otherwise how could he have ended up in this state?
...
A few days later.
Because they were blind, the two had many difficulties moving around. Apart from washing clothes, cooking, and preparing medicine, everything else was temporarily put aside.
Under these circumstances, Jiang Zhiyi was also worried about letting Xiao Che work alone. She was afraid that he would burn down the house, fall off a cliff, or drown in the river...
Most of the time, she would stay by his side.
As a result, the two spent a lot more time together and got along quite well.
One night.
The two were eating when Xiao Che went to the room to get some wine.
He could tell that Jiang Zhiyi hadn't been picking on him like she used to, and her attitude towards him was quite good lately.
Xiao Che then tried to take the opportunity to get some information out of him.
He had previously surveyed the surrounding terrain and knew he had no way to escape; it was deep, uninhabited forest. There were also many poisonous insects nearby; if he took the wrong path, he would be trapped and die in their nests.
In all this time, Jiang Zhiyi only went out three times, and each time she locked him in the house.
"Is this wine?" Jiang Zhiyi smelled the wine.
Xiao Che: "Yes, I've been counting the days, and tonight should be the fifteenth, when the moon is at its fullest. I'd like to have a little drink."
"Pour me a glass too," Jiang Zhiyi said.
Xiao Che handed her the wine glass and said in a seemingly considerate manner, "Don't overindulge, drink less."
The two chatted idly, exchanging a few words.
Under Xiao Che's deliberate guidance, Jiang Zhiyi unknowingly drank a lot of wine.
"Stop drinking, you're drunk," he said tentatively.
Jiang Zhiyi mumbled incoherently, "I'm not drunk, pour me some wine."
Xiao Che smiled and poured her another large glass.
Apart from the first few drinks, he only drank water.
The two continued chatting about interesting things they knew.
Xiao Che recounted how he had been cursed and asked, "Does witchcraft truly exist? With so many poisonous barriers nearby, anyone who ventures in will surely die. Could it be that there is a curse in these mountains as well?"
Jiang Zhiyi closed her eyes. She wasn't drunk at all; it was all a scheme. She knew Xiao Che had something up his sleeve today.
So he was trying to trick her into revealing information.
She replied, "I don't know about curses, but Gu magic definitely exists. I stayed here because I saw the poisonous barrier nearby. Firstly, this terrain can prevent outsiders from disturbing me, and secondly, I can use materials available locally..."
Xiao Che: "So how do you usually avoid those poisonous obstacles? Is there a shortcut to avoid them, or do you have medicine to repel the poisonous insects?"
Jiang Zhiyi made up a story: "Of course, it's medicine. There are no shortcuts around here to get out."
"What kind of medicine is so powerful?" Xiao Che asked, cradling her in his arms.
Jiang Zhiyi: "It's no use knowing, you can't use these medicines."
Xiao Che frowned and asked, "Why?"
Jiang Zhiyi: "I've put a curse in your body. If you take the medicine, you'll be the first to die."
Xiao Che: "Gu? I don't listen to everything you say, so why are you putting Gu on me? Are you trying to kill me with Gu?"
Jiang Zhiyi: "I won't kill you, I just want the most obedient puppet."
Xiao Che: "What does this mean? Will I become a living dead that you can control at will?"
Jiang Zhiyi shook her head and continued to make up a story: "Yes and no. What you just said was the lowest level of Gu technique, which I would disdain to use."
"Don't you realize anything's wrong? These days, have you been thinking about me day and night? Even if they're all bad thoughts, they're all related to me."
"I am very satisfied with you, so I have placed the most precious Gu worms on you. My Gu worms are slowly eroding your heart and lungs, and the poisonous threads they spew will become one with your flesh and blood..."
"Afterwards, this Gu will make you fall hopelessly in love with me, willing to gouge out your heart and lungs for me, to give everything... even your life. That's true Gu magic. Do you understand now? You ignorant fool."
Jiang Zhiyi couldn't resist giving him a final scolding.
Xiao Che stood there, stunned.
Every word she said hit him like a boulder rolling down a mountain, leaving him bewildered.
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