Chapter 149 Spider 36
Xu Zhao's body was covered in both new and old wounds. The most serious was from yesterday's fall into the cave, and there were also bloody wounds from rubbing against the gravel floor. Lin Yue peeled back the torn pieces of cloth, revealing Xu Zhao's bruised skin. His face immediately darkened, his eyes narrowed, and he asked with some resentment, "...Was this caused by Wang Zhiming?"
At that time, Xu Zhao fell into the tunnel and was in great pain all over. He couldn't even stand up and was dragged by Wang Zhiming. That's how he got the red abrasions on his chest and abdomen.
The venom paralyzed Xu Zhao's nervous system, temporarily losing her sense of pain. She nervously stared at the bite mark on her wrist. Lin Yue had clearly struck her with great force; even her paralyzed nerves could still feel the pain. At this moment, she suddenly heard Lin Yue's angry tone, and for some reason, she froze.
She nodded.
He was wearing a royal blue hooded sweatshirt, his spider limbs were hidden by the edge of the bed, and he leaned his human body half towards her. He had a gentle and harmless appearance, with crystal clear tears in his eyes, but the momentum he exuded was like the dull thunder outside the house, which was whimpering and powerless at first, but suddenly shook the world.
The damp rain penetrated into her skin inch by inch, and a chill ran up Xu Zhao's spine. She blinked her eyes and suddenly found that she didn't know when, and her surroundings were covered with glistening white spider silk. There were only a few scattered strands, but they crisscrossed each other, as if they were about to form a dense web to cover her.
"He deserves to die."
Lin Yue stood up, his shiny black spider limbs slowly stretched out from the height covered by the bed board, and leaned his upper body in front of her, at her waist, where the redness was most serious, his lips pressed against the dried blood. The bloody wound caused by the gravel was only millimeters away from his lips. He opened his mouth, bit it, and spit it out. Even though he knew that she was paralyzed at the moment, he still licked the wound gently.
"...I hurt you, and you died so easily. It makes me so angry just thinking about it...If I could find you sooner, I would definitely take vengeance on you...Xu Zhao, I promise you, I will never let you get hurt again."
Lin Yue raised his head and looked straight at Xu Zhao.
Xu Zhao's body was stiff as she stared blankly at the furious Lin Yue. His dark pupils burned with a cluster of intense flames. At that moment, the dancing flames seemed to devour the impression of Lin Yue that was deeply rooted in her mind - gentle and harmless, like a snow-white rabbit at the mercy of others, or a baby bird with wet feathers that fell from the nest.
At this moment, he had a strong desire for revenge, even a desire for destruction, just like the loud noise outside the house that seemed to split the sky.
Heavy rain gouged the mud.
The air was filled with a strong smell of dampness and a faint smell of blood.
Lin Yue in front of her was very unfamiliar, so unfamiliar that Xu Zhao didn't know what to say in response to him, but then, Lin Yue's lips fell on her waist again. She obviously didn't feel anything, but the moment his lips touched her skin, it was as if an electric current rushed straight to the back of her head.
Seeing her friend injured, and not being able to help, she was of course angry. What was the point of worrying about Lin Yue's changes? Her mind was full of random thoughts. Wasn't the most important thing right now to treat the wound?
Lin Yue might not understand. It's because he grew up in a secluded town, and because his mindset changed after interacting with spiders. He doesn't understand that men and women should keep their distance, which is understandable... But Xu Zhao does! Using saliva to treat wounds, arms are fine, but what about the stomach? Next...
Xu Zhao subconsciously wanted to stretch out her hands to block it, but her arms fell uncontrollably at her sides. In a short while, her wet and soft lips climbed up along her crotch. Due to the obstruction of her underwear, Lin Yue looked up blankly for a while, and finally lowered her head, passed there and went straight to her collarbone.
It was really too much. If it weren't for Lin Yue's behavior, Xu Zhao really wanted to curse him out as a scoundrel.
Xu Zhao's brows twitched vigorously, and he exhaled deeply: "Lin Yue, bring the backpack over here. There is ointment in it. Use the ointment."
Lin Yue propped himself up, his eyes fixed on her collarbone. He didn't move immediately. "The ointment isn't as effective as me," he said, his eyes sparkling, with a deliberately flattering tone. "It really is very effective. Look at your arm. It's almost healed in just a short while...Xu Zhao, believe me, I really am very effective."
Even if it works, you can't use it like this! Xu Zhao glared: "Bring the backpack over here, I don't feel any pain, I don't need you, I can apply the medicine myself when I can move."
Lin Yue bit his lip, his eyelashes drooping thickly, making it difficult to tell his emotions. After a while, he finally moved, slowly left Xu Zhao, walked to the corner with his backpack, poured all the contents onto the bed, and then picked out a bottle of disinfectant.
Xu Zhao's anxious heart finally settled down. To be honest, she was a little afraid that Lin Yue would do something surprising.
She thought Lin Yue had chosen the potion for her to apply later, but she hadn't expected him to actually press a cotton swab directly onto her wound. Xu Zhao's eyes widened again. Lin Yue leaned closer to her, carefully wiping the wound with a cotton swab, as if handling fragile porcelain. He then used a clean towel to catch the potion that had slipped off and wiped away any spills.
Xu Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly.
Lin Yue lowered his head, deliberately avoiding looking at Xu Zhao's expression. However, he couldn't help himself. When the potion was poured on the wound, he secretly raised his eyes to look at her and asked a silly question: "...Does it hurt?"
It wasn't a question of whether it hurt or not. Xu Zhao felt that Lin Yue didn't seem to understand the importance of maintaining a safe distance between people of the opposite sex. He sometimes acted like a child, naive and ignorant, and his clear, spring-like eyes were the best example of this.
He was hunted by a monster, and by some strange coincidence he merged with the monster, but his consciousness was not devoured by the monster. Xu Zhao understood his fear and anxiety, and after making sure that he was not in danger, he was willing to open his heart and be friends with him.
Xu Zhao suspected that when he was shedding his skin, this was his most vulnerable and sensitive period. Yet, he was willing to share the net bag and allow her to be by his side during this period, a sign of his utmost trust in Xu Zhao. Perhaps it was in the net bag that Xu Zhao tacitly allowed Lin Yue to hold her in his arms as he slept day after day, their safe distance blurring again and again. Even taking off her clothes had become a breeze for him now!
——What happens next?
Xu Zhao felt that he needed to make things clear with Lin Yue.
She cleared her throat. "Lin Yue, I know you're concerned about my safety. If it were you, I'd be worried too. But my wound isn't as serious as it looks, and I'm not incapable of applying the medicine myself. I can do these things myself, and... I'm not wearing any clothes."
This sentence has been made very clear - I'm not wearing any clothes, it's not appropriate for us to do this! Lin Yue, you should avoid it! Avoid it, do you understand?
Lin Yue's fingertips stiffened. Why couldn't he understand what Xu Zhao meant? Did he dislike him and not want him to get close to her? Obviously, she wasn't like this before. She would accept his request and sleep with him in the net bag when he shed his skin. Back then, even though she was a little reluctant and resisted, she didn't refuse him as harshly as she did now. But now she was -
It was the man named Zhao Wenqing! Now that Zhao Wenqing appeared, did she no longer want him?
Lin Yue suddenly clenched the cotton swab, and the potion condensed and dripped onto her skin. The bright red potion fell on the white snow like a falling petal. His eyes suddenly darkened.
"...Did I hurt you? I'm always like this, clumsy and can never do anything I want to do well."
Lin Yue sat up straight, his eyelashes drooping, and the two spider eyes on his forehead were covered with a layer of mist.
He said sadly, "After shedding my skin, my sense of smell has increased, and I can smell scents from far away. That day in the forest, I didn't smell any spiders around, so I thought I was safe. But my spider silk can clearly entangle your body and sense your situation, but I didn't secrete any spider silk that day... I could clearly protect you, but you still disappeared under my nose. I passed by the location of the cave many times, but didn't detect any trace of you. I had many opportunities to save you, but I, I just didn't sense it!"
"...I can't even do something as simple as applying medicine."
He asked, "Xu Zhao, am I useless?"
Lin Yue's eyes seemed to be filled with glistening water droplets, which slowly condensed into mist, enveloping his pupils. He knew Xu Zhao was the softest of hearts and couldn't stand him showing such an expression. Sure enough, her brows furrowed, and she looked bewildered.
Lin Yue secretly cursed himself for being despicable, but the tears in his eyes gathered more and more, finally condensing into tears and sliding down his eye sockets.
Watching the person in front of her burst into tears, still sobbing silently, Xu Zhao was too embarrassed to explain to him that she didn't mean what he thought. She just wanted to tell him that there were differences between men and women. It was okay to just apply some medicine. She... She had already taken off her clothes. Her vagina was such a sensitive place. How could he just touch it? With his mouth, and there...
Xu Zhao felt that Lin Yue had confused her brain. She now thought that since her nerves had been paralyzed by the venom and she could not feel the licking, what would it matter if she let him use saliva to treat the wound?
This thought only appeared for a moment and was quickly rejected by Xu Zhao.
No more compromise.
Just like the current situation, sometimes Lin Yue looked at her with eager eyes and asked her to rest in the net bag, and she felt it was difficult to refuse him sternly.
After all, I could sleep before, so why not now?
Xu Zhao still couldn't move. She felt that Lin Yue's venom had become stronger.
She said earnestly, "I didn't think that. It's just that we are like this...we are like this." Lin Yue gave her a confused look. She made up her mind and said bluntly, "There are differences between men and women. I'm fine when I'm wearing clothes, but when you apply medicine on me without clothes, it feels weird...Okay, I'm just shy."
Lin Yue paused and repeated, "Shy..."
Xu Zhao nodded: "Yes! Shy!"
"So that's what you think." The tears were fake. Lin Yue wiped them away with the back of his hand. His eyes were dark and shiny after being wet. A smile appeared on his face: "...I was not considerate enough."
Xu Zhao comforted him: "You're too worried. Okay, go and have a rest..." The words got stuck in his throat.
Lin Yue stretched out his hand and tore off the spider silk around him. His fingers flew, and in a few seconds, a spider silk scarf as fine as fine satin was placed on his palm. He raised his arm, covered his eyes and forehead, and tied a knot behind his head.
"That's good."
What else could Xu Zhao say? Any further refusal would be hypocritical. She stared blankly at the roof of the hut, the thatch spread out in disorder. Her mind was a mess, just like her current state of mind—what on earth was Lin Yue trying to do?
Lin Yue, shielding his eyes, stretched Xu Zhao flat on the bed as if he had received a special imperial sword. He not only treated her wounds but also boiled hot water in an iron pot, wet a towel with it, and wiped the dirt around Xu Zhao's wound clean.
Finally, I changed to a clean towel and wiped her face clean.
After doing all this, Xu Zhao fell asleep in self-hypnosis.
Lin Yue threw the towel into the water, used the remaining water to wash himself clean, and sat down beside her bed with his chin in his hand.
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