Gu Liyan's face immediately turned ugly. He had forgotten that the woman was still threatening Liu Mengxian's life, and he couldn't tell Mo Han yet!
Seeing Gu Liyan's pained expression, Mo Han realized something was wrong. "Liyan, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Gu Liyan's bound hands hung limply at his sides. He shook his head and weakly said, "Senior brother, you hit me so hard..."
Mo Han was taken aback, and looking at the scabbed wounds on Gu Liyan's body, she said apologetically in a low voice, "I'm sorry..."
Gu Liyan looked at Mo Han and sighed helplessly, "Senior brother, I'm tired, let me rest for a bit..."
After saying that, Gu Liyan closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep. Seeing Gu Liyan's tired appearance, which was pitiful, Mo Han felt that he was hiding something.
The dungeon reeked of blood, which Mo Han found unpleasant. She wanted to go out for some fresh air, but as soon as she stepped out, she found Liu Mengxian squatting to the side, seemingly having waited for a long time, as she hadn't been able to go in because the guards were still there.
"Why are you still here?" Mo Han asked as she stepped forward.
Liu Mengxian pleaded, "Could you please let me see him? Please!"
Mo Han glanced at Liu Mengxian and said, "He just woke up and is now resting because he is too tired."
"Then, let me check his body, is that alright?" Liu Mengxian asked anxiously.
Mo Han thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, come in with me."
As soon as Liu Mengxian entered the dungeon, she couldn't stop shivering. It was as cold as an ice cellar. Thinking that Gu Liyan had been dressed very little and had caught a cold, she couldn't help but worry.
When she saw Gu Liyan tied to the cross stake, covered in blood and unconscious, her eyes immediately welled up with tears, but more than that, she was filled with anger. Pointing at Gu Liyan, she questioned Mo Han, "Aren't you Xiao Li's senior brother? Aren't you the commander of the allied forces? Why was he beaten like this!"
Hearing Liu Mengxian's words, Mo Han frowned. Remembering Gu Liyan's words of "pain" just now, she felt guilty and hesitated to speak.
Liu Mengxian approached Gu Liyan, her eyes wide with tears as she looked at his body, contorted by the tight bindings. "He's your junior brother. Even if he made a mistake, you don't have to torture him like this, do you? He's not going to run away..."
That's right, Gu Liyan wouldn't run away. If he wanted to escape, he wouldn't have given away most of his blood for medicine making. Although he did escape later, he didn't make a mistake then.
Liu Mengxian tried to help Gu Liyan untie the ropes, but found that she couldn't even untie them herself, and Gu Liyan felt pain instead.
Gu Liyan groaned, jolted awake by the pain, and slowly opened his eyes to find Liu Mengxian struggling to pull on the rope. He weakly said, "It hurts...so much..."
Upon hearing this, Liu Mengxian immediately stopped what she was doing, and tears streamed down her face as she looked at Gu Liyan's pale face. "Xiao Li, are you alright?"
Gu Liyan smiled and gently comforted him, "I'm alright. If it weren't for my senior brother, I'm afraid I would have been beaten to death on the spot by those people."
Liu Mengxian wiped away her tears and choked out, "How could you be so foolish, going to a place like that in the middle of the night and doing that kind of thing..."
Gu Liyan looked at Liu Mengxian with a wronged expression and asked, "You...do you think I did it?"
Liu Mengxian gently hugged Gu Liyan and shook her head, saying, "I don't believe it! Your blood is the best antidote. I would never believe you would poison me!"
Gu Liyan smiled, then his eyes lit up. What Liu Mengxian had just said was exactly the solution to the poisonous fog!
“Senior brother, I have something I want to say to Xian’er, could you please…” Gu Liyan turned his head and spoke.
Mo Han nodded, turned around, and left.
"Xiao Li?" Liu Mengxian looked at Gu Liyan with a puzzled expression.
"Xian'er, listen to me. I'm certain that the poisonous fog in this city is related to the deterioration of the royal city's water source. Go find a water sample, and then try to make an antidote using my blood to see if we can complete the antidote for this poisonous fog!" Gu Liyan said with a serious expression.
"What? You want to extract your blood again? No way! You're already badly injured, and your blood and energy haven't recovered since last time. This will cause a lot of damage to your body!" Liu Mengxian refused outright.
“I’m being falsely accused of poisoning and have no way to clear my name, but if you can make an antidote from my blood, I will have a legitimate reason to drop this charge!” Gu Liyan said urgently.
Liu Mengxian immediately understood Gu Liyan's meaning, but... she couldn't bear to see Gu Liyan covered in blood.
Gu Liyan knew what she was worried about, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I bled so much last time and I was fine, so I'll be fine this time too..."
Gu Liyan had also analyzed the poison; the poison in his body was likely a Gu worm, which was why his blood couldn't neutralize it. However, having been in the royal city for so long, neither he nor Mo Han had been affected by the poisonous fog, suggesting that their blood could be used as experimental subjects.
However, Gu Liyan didn't want Mo Han to sacrifice herself here; he had a greater responsibility.
Liu Mengxian's first-aid kit contained many reagent bottles, all filled with the blood drawn from Gu Liyan's body. Seeing Gu Liyan's pale and exhausted appearance, Liu Mengxian hurriedly said, "This should be enough, Xiao Li, you..."
Gu Liyan shook his head. "These are less than half of what we had last time. They're far from enough for your experiments. Keep drawing."
Liu Mengxian knew this wasn't enough, but she was worried about Gu Liyan and had no choice but to lie, only to be seen through by Gu Liyan immediately...
Liu Mengxian filled all the reagent bottles with Gu Liyan's blood and was about to tell Gu Liyan that it was ready when she discovered that he had already fainted at some point.
"Xiao Li, Xiao Li!" Liu Mengxian called out a few times, and Gu Liyan's body moved slightly, but he was too weak to open his eyes again.
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