The guards were a beat slow to realize that there was a guard lying on the ground, his life hanging in the balance, and they all rushed over to help him up.
To their surprise, Xia Yixin returned and called them back.
"Let him lie down for a while. He was punched in the chest and needs time to recover. If you move him now, he might vomit blood."
"Yes, Madam!" The guards were extremely respectful. My god, just how terrifying is this woman to be able to defeat the third-ranked assassin in the martial arts world?
They didn't believe there were any other experts in the West Garden.
Xia Yixin was actually a little flustered. Not long ago, Leng Zhan suddenly appeared, and she mistook him for a thug. She used all her strength, and he underestimated her, which is why she knocked him to the ground with one punch. Fortunately, he was in good physical condition and would be fine after a few days of rest. However, she was still going to prescribe a medicine for him.
Xia Yixin didn't forget that there was still a patient in the room.
After giving instructions to return to the room, he sat down opposite Chu Mubai and immediately began taking Chu Mubai's pulse.
Chu Mubai's gaze was fixed on the slender, white finger that was pressing against his pulse. The woman's faint fragrance wafted over, and his heart was instantly stirred.
Her affectionate gestures gave him a pleasure he had never experienced before, but he wanted to indulge in it, or rather, he liked it.
Her pulse was much steadyer, and thankfully there were no signs of catching a cold, but it was still worse than she had imagined. It seemed the poison was indeed potent. However, she wondered if it was just her imagination, but she faintly smelled a cool fragrance. She sniffed a few times and confirmed that it was Chu Mubai's. Besides being surprised, she felt a sense of familiarity with it, but she couldn't remember where she had smelled it before.
"How are you?" Chu Mubai asked gently when he saw her frown. "Have you encountered a problem?"
The man's voice, like him, was warm, magnetic, and extremely pleasant to listen to.
"There's nothing wrong. On the contrary, your vomiting blood is a good thing; it clears out seven or eight tenths of the blood stasis." She paused, withdrew her hand from taking her pulse, and couldn't help but ask, "Is the cool fragrance on you something you naturally possess?"
"It only appeared after being poisoned by the Seven Deadly Poisons, how so?"
"It's nothing." Xia Yixin remembered that the Seven Deadly Poisons shouldn't have this characteristic, but she couldn't tell anything from his pulse. "How are you feeling now?"
"I coughed up blood twice at first, but I felt much stronger, though I still felt a bit tight in my chest," Chu Mubai answered truthfully.
"Chest?" Xia Yixin touched his chest and could indeed feel that it was cold, unlike the rest of his body.
She appeared normal, but failed to notice that Chu Mubai's ears were flushed red.
Chu Mubai was somewhat annoyed. He had been bedridden for many years, and he had endured needle pricks even when naked, let alone through clothes. But today, he was constantly flustered by her actions, which was a completely new experience for him.
He tried his best to ignore the commotion caused by the little hand moving around on his chest, and thankfully this "torture" ended soon afterward.
Xia Yixin didn't notice his change. She withdrew her probing hand and comforted him, "Chu Mubai, the Seven Deadly Powder poison in your body is more potent than I imagined. Although it has been cleared of eighty or ninety percent, we can't use any more strong medicine for now. Your body has been severely damaged over the years. You must persist in exercising and nourishing your body. We'll continue to clear the poison depending on the situation. However, you have a chance to be completely detoxified and fully recovered. It's impossible, but you can at least live to be eighty."
After speaking for a while without receiving a reply from the man, Xia Yixin looked up and saw that he was staring at her in a daze.
She couldn't help but chuckle, waving her finger in front of him. "Are you too excited?"
Chu Mubai seemed to wake from a dream. When he met her smiling eyes, the complex emotions in his heart changed from shock, excitement, and disbelief to relief and hope.
His eyes were piercing as he spoke from the bottom of his heart, "It is the greatest fortune of my life to have married you."
The man, though seemingly a gentleman, spoke extremely seductive words.
Even with her thick skin, Xia Yixin blushed. Avoiding his burning gaze, she chuckled and said, "It was my fault for hurting you before, so healing you now is just doing my duty. You also know that my marriage was not my own choice, and your marriage to me was arranged by your parents. It's better to be clear about some things. How about we be friends until our bet is over?"
Her words were like a bucket of cold water, causing his eyes to darken slightly.
Although she had written these things in her first letter, when she said them aloud, Chu Mubai felt more upset than he had imagined, but then he understood.
“I understand what Miss Xia means, that’s fine. But to avoid outsiders knowing, you can call me Mu Bai in public, and I’ll call you Yi Xin, okay?” He wanted to start as friends, to get to know her gradually. He wanted to truly become her rightful husband and lover.
"No, please call me Madam..." She felt that calling him that alone would be more ambiguous, but why did she always feel that the way he looked at her was strange?
It was indeed inappropriate for Chu Mubai to be here in his undergarments so late at night. He got up to take his leave, and as he left, he held out his hands and bowed properly in a scholar's salute, saying, "It was my subordinate who disturbed you, Madam."
She returned the greeting stiffly, "It's nothing, it's just that I didn't know my own strength."
Just then, Xiaoman rushed over with a cloak. Xia Yixin was afraid he would catch a cold, so she took the cloak and stood on tiptoe to drape it over his body.
This was the first time the two had been so close together. The man's incomparably handsome face was inches away from hers, and her breath carried that strangely familiar, cool fragrance. Her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly fastened her clothes and stepped back, saying, "You should go back now. If you catch a cold, all our efforts will be wasted."
"Alright." Chu Mubai lingered on her sweet fragrance, giving Xia Yixin a deep look before leaving with his guards.
After he left, Xiaoman looked regretful and muttered, "Madam, why didn't you try to keep the young master?"
Xia Yixin was too lazy to answer her, but although the incident tonight was quite a farce, the result was actually quite good.
The system in her mind cheerfully reminded her, "Ding, congratulations host, the male supporting character's happiness level has increased by 30! His health has increased to 60~ Keep up the good work~ It's hard to imagine that even though you coldly distanced yourself from him, his happiness level still increased~ It seems he really likes you!"
"How can you know it's because you like me? Maybe you're happy because there's hope for your health to recover," Xia Yixin said calmly.
In the original novel, Chu Mubai is a typical example of someone who pretends to be weak while actually being strong, and later he even became a regent prince of a different surname.
Her current plan is to first get him healthy, then let him and the female lead develop a smooth relationship. With his abilities, the female lead will definitely be devoted to him. Then she can gracefully withdraw, perfect!
However, Xia Yixin soon realized that she might have been too naive...
The next morning, Xiaoman called out confidently and cheerfully to Xia Yixin, who had just gotten up, "Madam, Madam, the young master is here, he's outside the door!"
Xia Yixin was a little confused. As soon as she stepped out of the house, she saw the man's tall and slender figure.
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