◎ "I'm afraid she won't forgive me."◎
Twenty days after the first attack of the poison, Pei Ji had another attack of the poison.
An Jiu was a little surprised.
What was surprising was not that the frequency of his poison attacks had increased, but that he had not yet used Wen Yueling to detoxify.
Although An Jiu never saw Wen Yueling again, every time he observed her through projection, he could see that Wen Yueling had already fallen deeply in love with him, and her body was gradually becoming healthier after repeated treatments.
If Pei Ji wanted to detoxify, he could do it now.
But he didn't.
An Jiu didn't know what he was thinking or what plans he had. After thinking about it for a while but couldn't figure it out, he gave up thinking about it.
She still led a carefree life, taking a walk and reading novels every day for fun, and occasionally going to Zhujian Villa to play with Lin Qingyan for a few days.
The reason why I asked Lin Qingyan to play was not a spur of the moment decision. There was a small episode behind it.
Once, Pei Ji was accompanying her when suddenly a maid came to report that Miss Wen was not feeling well and asked him to go and see her.
Usually in the evening, Pei Ji would close the door and refuse visitors, and spend the rest of the time accompanying An Jiu.
Even if the patients were uncomfortable or had an acute attack, they would not come to him, but to the medicine boy in Medicine King Valley. Unless the situation was urgent and even the medicine boy could not handle it, they would come to ask Pei Ji.
Of course, Pei Ji was not the only one who knew medicine in Yaowang Valley. There were many medicine boys in the valley. Some were disciples adopted by Pei Zhou, and some were children picked up by Pei Ji from outside.
Just like Ah Qi, he was taught martial arts because it was discovered that Ah Qi had no talent for medicine.
Yaowang Valley never represents Pei Ji alone, it is a local force in the martial arts world.
Wen Yueling used this method to invite Pei Ji twice, and he went both times.
An Jiu knew in his heart that he was worried about something going wrong with his antidote, but he acted unhappy on the surface.
The first time she just gave him the cold shoulder. The second time Wen Yueling came to call for help, Pei Ji did not respond on the spot. Instead, he waited until An Jiu fell asleep and then quietly went out in the middle of the night to see Wen Yueling.
No one would be able to tolerate this, let alone a proud and arrogant young lady.
That night, after she "accidentally" discovered that Pei Ji was not there, she rode her horse to the Sword Casting Villa overnight.
"How did you find out he was away in the middle of the night?"
After complaining about this to Lin Qingyan, Lin Qingyan asked this question.
An Jiu's voice paused. Facing the curious eyes of the girl, she pursed her lips and whispered, "We sleep in the same room, of course I can find out."
Lin Qingyan: “!!!”
"Are you progressing so quickly?" Lin Qingyan could not hide her shock. After all, for women in ancient times, living in a house together without being married was an extremely abnormal behavior.
An Jiu quickly raised his hand to cover her mouth and whispered, "Don't shout, we didn't sleep together, he was in the outer room and I was in the inner room, what are you thinking!"
Lin Qingyan nodded quickly, knowing that she had lost her composure. It would not sound good if this word got out. Even though An Jiu and Pei Ji had no elders above them and no family burdens, it would still be bad for An Jiu's reputation.
She lowered her voice and finally turned her attention to what An Jiu said.
"According to what you said, Pei Ji does have some problems, but from what I know about him, he is just too kind. He is always like this to his patients. He has absolutely nothing to do with that Miss Wen. I assure you..."
To this day, in Lin Qingyan's eyes, Pei Ji is still the kind and gentle childhood brother.
She could understand what An Jiu was concerned about, but she couldn't offer any suggestions, so she had to act as a lobbyist and say good things about Pei Ji in front of An Jiu.
An Jiu had just arrived at the Sword Casting Villa in the morning, and Pei Ji followed her at noon, which indirectly proved that he was still deeply in love with her.
In Lin Qingyan's opinion, Miss Wen should be just a small episode between the two of them.
But An Jiu knew that it was not.
Pei Ji seemed frightened by her running away from home. He felt guilty. Then Wen Yueling came to invite him again, but he was unmoved and stayed quiet for a while.
He reduced the time he went out every day, and mostly stayed by Anjiu's side, never leaving her side. Sometimes when Anjiu left his sight for a while, he would rush to find her, and he would not feel relieved until he saw her figure.
"Why are you always so nervous about me?" An Jiu asked this question once.
Pei Ji said: "I'm afraid you'll leave again."
When he returned from Wen Yueling's residence that night and saw the empty room, no one knew how frightened and panicked Pei Ji was at that time.
An Jiu said casually: "As long as you don't do anything to let me down, I won't leave. What are you afraid of?"
After a pause, she glanced at him with amusement: "Pei Ji, you wouldn't really do anything to let me down, right?"
The young man in white paused for a moment, then he gently curved his eyes and said, "No, I will never betray you."
An Jiu snorted, "That's good."
The second attack of the poison after coming to Yaowang Valley was in early September. It was just as sudden as the first time. An Jiu was sleeping soundly at night when she was suddenly pressed down on the bed and kissed. He had moved next to her a long time ago, and she was completely caught off guard.
He still didn't do it to the end, but he didn't show any mercy either. He nibbled and bit her until there was almost no good flesh left on her body and her whole body was sore.
After that night, An Jiu stayed in bed for two days before getting up.
She didn't think anything of it, but Pei Ji felt extremely distressed. During those two days, An Jiu had been living a life of having everything provided for her. She didn't even have to hold a cup to drink water. As soon as she gave him a look, he came up to her.
As for Wen Yueling, she seemed to have been forgotten by the two of them.
By September, Lin Qingyan's wedding had begun to be planned, and An Jiu also went to the Sword Casting Villa more frequently.
Perhaps because she went so often, Pei Ji gradually stopped going with her every time. Instead, he let her stay at the villa for two days and then came to pick her up on horseback.
Pei Ji's third attack of the poison was at the end of September.
The interval is less than twenty days.
This time, An Jiu's lip was bitten by him unconsciously, and there were some bruises on her body. It took four or five days for them to slowly heal.
Without An Jiu's explanation, Pei Ji also realized that his sanity and clarity were once again on the verge of collapse.
It came faster and more ferociously than the previous life.
Maybe it was because he didn't absorb the Bodhi seeds properly, or maybe it was due to several sudden stimulations. In short, his situation was worse this time.
In early October, Pei Ji moved out of An Jiu's house and lived in the yard next door.
An Jiu asked him why. The man was silent for a long time before he said, "I don't want to hurt you."
"I don't care. It's not harmful. Besides, wouldn't you feel more comfortable if I were with you?"
An Jiu also knew this and he had told her about it.
Pei Ji shook his head and said, "I care."
When he once mistakenly thought that she liked someone else, he couldn't bear to punish her harshly, so he could only punish her in other ways. Now that he knew her feelings, how could he bear to hurt her?
She didn't care, because she loved him, so she would rather endure the pain and make him feel more comfortable.
He cared about her, and because he loved her, he didn't want her to get hurt in the slightest.
An Jiu couldn't change what Pei Ji decided to insist on.
After all, this is Medicine King Valley, and he is the master here. If he wants to stay indoors, no one will open the door for him even if An Jiu stands outside the door all night.
The fourth attack of the poison occurred in mid-October.
There was no solar calendar at that time, only the lunar calendar. October of the lunar calendar was already late autumn. The Yaowang Valley, which was once full of blooming flowers, gradually became bleak. The forests were dyed golden or deep red, and the air was filled with the atmosphere of autumn.
An Jiu changed into autumn clothes and stood in the cold wind for a while. The little heat in his body dissipated.
The autumn wind was blowing, and the dead leaves were falling from the branches, curling up and landing at the feet. They made a creaking sound when they were stepped on lightly.
It was very quiet around her. She looked at the house in front of her and listened to the low, suppressed roar of a man coming from inside from time to time.
Occasionally, there would be a loud bang, like something being hit hard against the wall.
Ah Qi stood guard at the door with his head down, and whispered to her, "Miss An, you should go back. When you get up tomorrow, the young master will be well again."
An Jiu was silent for a long time before asking, "Was he like this before?"
Ah Qi was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "No, it wasn't this serious before."
An Jiu nodded and said, "Please let me in. He will feel more comfortable if I am with him."
Ah Qi hesitated for a long time, but still did not agree.
That day, An Jiu stood in the yard for most of the night before going back. The next day, when Pei Ji came to see her, he found that she had fallen ill due to a cold.
Seeing the girl's face burning red and hot, lying in bed in discomfort, the man's eyes were full of heartache. He stared at her with his dark eyes for a long time before he sighed: "What should I do with you like this?"
An Jiu opened his wet eyes and said hoarsely, "Then don't avoid seeing me next time."
The man raised his hand and touched her cheek. His heart had already softened. Not to mention not seeing her, even if she asked for the stars in the sky, he would agree.
"good."
Along with the man's low voice, an electronic sound rang in my ears.
[Pei Ji's favorability towards you +3, currently 98. ]
This time, An Jiu was sick for ten full days. The illness came and went like a mountain and was so severe that when she recovered from the cold, Pei Ji was poisoned again.
He did keep his promise and did not hide anything from her or avoid seeing her.
An Jiu walked into the room and saw the man tied to the bed in the dim candlelight.
He was wearing snow-white undergarments, his jet-black hair scattered on the pillow, and his handsome face was so pale that it almost blended into his clothes, without a trace of blood.
Those dark and deep eyes were now bloodshot, like those of a demon.
Even when he heard her coming, he didn't react at all.
An Jiu walked over step by step, his eyes fell on his wrists and ankles which were bound with thick ropes. Because of his struggle, the ropes had rubbed red marks on his fair skin.
Four ropes were tied up around the man's hands and feet. An Jiu was reminded of the mentally ill patients he had seen in modern hospitals, who were also tied to their beds in this way, unable to move, and at the mercy of others.
How could Pei Ji fall into a situation where he could be bullied by others?
Yet, that's what he did.
Just because I didn't want to hurt her.
Her fingertips carefully touched his hand. The big hand with well-proportioned flesh and bones was no longer as beautiful and flawless as before. The bulging blue veins on the back of the hand were full of hideous meaning.
The moment their hands touched, his struggling body trembled slightly and he turned to look at her.
The next second, An Jiu saw a hint of clarity in his eyes.
Like a sudden burst of light in the sky, it disappears in a flash.
"You, you go away, don't come near me." He panted and squeezed out these words with difficulty, his voice was terribly hoarse.
Soon, it fell into endless chaos again, like a imprisoned beast.
Tearing, wailing, and struggling endlessly.
At this moment, he was no longer the handsome and gentle young man, but a madman who had lost his mind due to illness.
Standing beside the bed, An Jiu vaguely recalled a scene he saw not long ago.
In the projection, Ah Qi anxiously asked him why he was delaying for so long? Wen Yueling's illness had been cured, and he only needed to plant a love poison in her, and he would be able to detoxify her and no longer have to endure the pain of the poison.
Pei Ji was already showing signs of the poison taking effect. He tied his hands and feet with ropes and panted as he said, "It's not time to untie them yet."
Ah Qi asked anxiously and puzzledly: "Sir, what are you hesitating about?"
This is also An Jiu's doubt.
She had been waiting for him to take action, but from midsummer to late autumn, he still didn't make a move.
What is he hesitating about?
Facing Ah Qi's question, Pei Ji was silent for a long time, then with red eyes, he said in a hoarse voice: "I'm afraid she... won't forgive me."
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