◎But it is more heartbreaking than any other time.◎
"Really... just pull it out like that?"
When asking this question, An Jiu's voice was trembling.
"Pull it out." A man's flat and unmoving voice came from the front, as if he was asking, "Have you eaten?"
An Jiu licked his dry lips, carefully reached out his hand to the arrow feather, and slowly and gently held it.
"So... I pulled it out?"
"Um."
An Jiu gritted her teeth. Seeing a layer of cold sweat on the man's forehead, she simply closed her eyes, exerted force with her hand, and pulled out the arrow that was deeply embedded in the flesh.
With a soft "puff" sound, blood gushed out instantly.
The man sitting with his back to her trembled slightly and let out a short groan.
An Jiu was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but the next second his eyes suddenly widened.
"This sword is poisonous!" she blurted out.
She held the short arrow in her hand, the sharp arrowhead flashing with cold light, but the most eye-catching thing was the slight blue tint on the cold light.
It was obvious that it was poison. This dark blue color was definitely not an ordinary poison!
An Jiu was so frightened that she was at a loss. Would the villain die here? What about her strategy mission? Could she still go home?
The next second, Pei Ji slightly turned his body. Because his face was too pale, his eyebrows and eyes looked even darker, as if they were outlined in a thick ink painting.
There was still no expression on his face, no pain nor panic, and there was even a hint of comfort in his eyes as he looked at An Jiu.
"What are you afraid of? I won't die." He said calmly.
The girl in front of him seemed to be frightened. Her beautiful peach blossom eyes were covered with a layer of crystal water and her pupils seemed to be trembling.
After hearing his words, the girl took a while to react and sniffed.
"Really? Really?"
"No, this poison will kill me." The man's black eyes curved. No matter how poisonous the poison was, it would be ineffective on him because he had the most poisonous poison in the world in his body.
After a pause, he said, "Okay, you can go out now."
An Jiu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "Why should I go out?"
Probably due to blood loss
?
Pei Ji said slowly, his voice weak: "I need to apply medicine to the wound. It's not convenient for you to be here."
They had to take off their clothes to apply the medicine, and since they were alone, it was really against etiquette.
The girl raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and said disapprovingly: "No, I won't go out! You were injured because of me, how can I leave you here alone? And this injury is on your back, how are you going to apply medicine?"
Pei Ji was slightly stunned. Before he could answer, An Jiu had already walked to him and extended his hand: "Don't be embarrassed. You are injured now, so don't worry about the rules. I will help you apply the medicine."
Pei Ji: “Wait, wait…”
"Hey, why are you shy, you grown man?" The girl said as she grabbed his belt forcefully.
But Pei Ji was weak at the moment and had to pretend to be a cripple in front of her, so he had no strength to resist.
The girl put one foot on the edge of the bed and the other on the ground.
She pressed the chest of the young man in white with one hand, pinning him firmly on the bed, and with the other hand she grabbed the button on his waist. Her white and tender fingertips turned it flexibly, and the palm-wide, snow-white belt suddenly fell off.
As the belt fell, the originally neat collar suddenly opened, revealing the man's thin collarbone and a small piece of flawless chest.
Pei Ji's face was originally extremely pale, but now his ears turned red because of her.
"You, stop it, don't pull it, I can do it myself!"
His eyelashes trembled violently like leaves in the wind, and he was obviously very angry about the girl's behavior.
How did Minister An teach her to be so frivolous and shameless?
An Jiu saw that the dignified and gentle young man in white began to blush, with anger evident in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, and then he stopped with a feeling of unsatisfied desire.
"Okay, okay, then you take it off yourself, and I'll apply medicine on you after you're done."
After saying that, she took two steps back and let him do it himself.
Pei Ji: “…”
His jawline tensed, and his pair of black eyes stared straight at the girl who was looking at him without blinking. His Adam's apple rolled, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Turn around."
An Jiu blinked and turned around obediently.
There was a slight rustling sound behind me, which was the sound of clothes rubbing against each other.
An Jiu had a smile on his face, but he muttered, "Pei Ji, I told you not to be so old-fashioned. I don't like you anyway. So what if I saw your body? We are innocent. If we don't tell others, nothing will happen."
There was a sudden silence at the back, without any sound at all.
An Jiu seemed to be unaware of it and continued, "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will hold you responsible? I would never do such a thing, and I don't like you..."
She chattered on and on, and then after a while of silence, she returned to normal, as if everything was normal.
Pei Ji never responded to her, and An Jiu didn't care either. It was not until she heard "OK" that she turned around and looked.
Pei Ji was seen half-sitting on the head of the bed, facing inward, with his injured shoulder exposed.
He was covered with a thin blanket, which completely covered his chest and downwards, leaving only a part of his shoulders exposed.
An Jiu: "..."
Good man, he acts like he is the virgin.
An Jiu was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to his senses and walked forward to the bed.
There was a coin-sized wound on the man's jade-white skin, and the area around the wound was a mess of blood and flesh, which was the mark left by the barb when the arrow was pulled out just now.
After the arrow was pulled out, the bleeding slowly stopped, and at this moment only a few tiny drops of blood were oozing out.
Despite this, the wound still looked hideous, and Anjiu couldn't help but get goose bumps.
She took a deep breath, subconsciously lowered her voice, and asked in a low voice: "Pei Ji, um, what should I do now?"
From An Jiu's angle, he could only see his face tilted to the side, his eyes slightly closed, and his black hair swept aside, winding across his chest, covering half of his collarbone.
The man had a beautiful jawline, but his lips were slightly pursed, revealing a cold and indifferent tone that kept strangers away.
Hearing her question, he didn't even open his eyes, and said calmly: "Go get some gauze from the medicine box, wet it with water and wipe off the blood."
"Okay." An Jiu nodded and quickly did as he was told.
She first found gauze in the medicine box, and then looked for water everywhere in the house. This house should have been uninhabited for a long time. An Jiu ran to the yard outside, found a well, and then fetched a bucket of water herself.
By this time a long time had passed. She returned to the room with a wet cloth. The man was leaning against the head of the bed, his handsome face so white that it was almost transparent.
An Jiu felt a little guilty and hurried to wipe the blood from his wound.
Before he wiped it twice, Pei Ji opened his thin lips and said, "Use a little more force."
"But..." She wanted to say that if she used more force, the wound that had just healed might start bleeding again.
Before he finished speaking, the young man in white frowned slightly and said in a cold voice: "Can't you do this?"
As soon as Pei Ji finished speaking, he felt the wiping action on his shoulder pause slightly.
He knew that his tone was a bit harsh. This young lady could not tolerate any grievance. He had always indulged her in the past and had never said a harsh word to her.
But now, he was unable to control his temper.
Maybe it's because her attitude towards him has changed?
This woman has no other merits except her gratitude.
Today he saved her, and she immediately changed her attitude. In the past he had always taken care of her and indulged him, but today she was the one taking care of him, as if the tide had turned.
Pei Ji knew that her opinion of him had not changed, just as she had just said.
She looked down on him and it was impossible for her to like him.
She just regarded him as her savior, nothing more.
Thinking of this, Pei Ji no longer had any worries and continued to sit there peacefully, enjoying the service of the eldest lady.
So what if his tone was a little harsher? She didn't like him anyway, so what's the harm in being a little harsher?
The wiping on the back became a little heavier, and waves of severe pain came. It must be that the wound had split again, and warm liquid slid down from the source of the pain, along the spine and fell onto the clothes underneath.
Accustomed to the pain when the poison took effect, this little pain was not unbearable for Pei Ji. In fact, the slight pain distracted his attention, so much so that the slight feeling of suffocation in his heart was ignored.
Pei Ji closed his eyes slightly, and the coldness between his brows eased a little.
Suddenly, he felt one or two drops of touch on his shoulder, as if something fell and landed on his shoulder, warm, like water.
At the same time, the girl's breathing became slightly rapid.
At first, Pei Ji didn't realize what it was.
But he always had a good brain, and he guessed where the liquid that fell on him came from in almost the blink of an eye.
For a moment, his mind went blank.
The originally warm liquid suddenly became as hot as a bone-piercing heat, dripping onto his shoulders and leaving marks on his heart that were difficult to ignore.
The young man in white who had his eyes closed suddenly opened them and turned to look.
The girl was standing by the bed with her head slightly lowered, holding gauze in one hand and wiping her face with the other.
Her petite and thin shoulders shrugged, and there were crystal clear drops of water hanging on her pointed chin, about to fall.
Because Pei Ji turned around suddenly, her wiping hand was empty and she subconsciously looked up.
Those beautiful peach blossom eyes were now filled with tears, reflecting bright light.
The girl's eyes were red, as was the tip of her small nose. She bit her red lips tightly with her pearly teeth, without making any sound.
Pei Ji had seen An Jiu cry more than once.
She cried when he gave her an injection and it hurt, and she also cried when she accidentally bumped into something. Once, her purse was stolen by a thief on the street, and she burst into tears on the spot.
Every time she cried, she did it at the top of her lungs, making a huge fuss, like a spoiled child, determined to let everyone know how wronged she was.
This time, she didn't say a word, she cried silently, her tears fell quietly.
But it is more heartbreaking than any other time.
Pei Ji's eyes suddenly darkened, and he stretched out his hand uncontrollably. His slender fingertips gently rubbed the girl's blushing eyes and wiped away a crystal tear.
Although there was no temperature, he couldn't help but curl his fingers as if they were burned.
The girl seemed to be startled by his sudden action. She stood there in a daze and forgot to hide for a moment.
"Why are you crying?"
He stared at her deeply, pursed his lips, and said in a low voice, as if he was at a loss: "I shouldn't have spoken to you like that just now. I was wrong. I apologize to you... Don't cry, okay?"
The last sound came out of the nasal cavity, low and magnetic, as if someone took a feather and gently scratched the earlobe.
The girl's two small and delicate ears quietly turned red.
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