After Tang Chen and Wang Yanzhou separated on the street, they had originally agreed to meet by the bridge where the river lanterns were released. However, a long time had passed since the appointed time, and Wang Yanzhou still hadn't seen Tang Chen. Just as he was about to send someone to look for him, Tang Chen suddenly appeared behind him.
Tang Chen panted and wiped the sweat off his face while complaining, "Boss, where have you been? I was just chased for several blocks, did you know that?"
Wang Yanzhou hadn't blamed her for being late yet, but she was the first to blame someone else. However, this matter was not important at the moment. Her clothes seemed to have some unpleasant smell: "...What's wrong with your clothes?"
Tang Chen explained, "I met a little cutie on the road who helped me, so I escaped. She gave me this dress, saying it would make it harder for the people chasing me to see me. You know what, they didn't even notice me when I was jogging all the way here."
Wang Yanzhou took a step forward and stopped half a step away from Tang Chen. After looking her up and down, he lifted Tang Chen's sleeve without saying a word in public.
Tang Chen was shocked and just wanted to stop his hooligan behavior, but when he looked down, he found that under the sleeve that Wang Yanzhou had lifted up, his arm was covered with many dense purple and black spots for some reason. It didn't hurt or itch, and it didn't seem like an allergy. "Oh my god, what's going on? Why is my clothes fading in patches?"
Wang Yanzhou let go of her hand with a look of disappointment, saying, "I told you not to trust others easily and take other people's things. Now let's go back to the inn."
However, Tang Chen said that it was unrealistic that the waiter in the inn was some kind of martial arts master who could cure illnesses. "Shouldn't I go to the clinic in my condition?"
"If ordinary clinics are useful, I don't want to waste my resources on you, let's go." After saying that, Wang Yanzhou just turned around and prepared to take Tang Chen away, she fell to the ground without warning, unconscious.
Wang Yanzhou was shocked and hurriedly carried Tang Chen, who was lying on the ground, on his shoulders and rushed to Liuxiang Tavern.
...As soon as the second brother saw Tang Chen's symptoms, he quickly asked someone to help her change all her clothes. After she finished washing, he dared to start taking her pulse and examining her.
Wang Yanzhou felt Tang Chen's symptoms were familiar, but he wasn't sure. It wasn't until the waiter gave her Hundred Poison Pills and Heart Protecting Gallbladder and had someone prepare a medicinal bath that he remembered this was the result of Lin Chongrong's secret medicine, the one that was about to enter the palace and enjoy her favor.
After washing his hands with strong liquor, the second brother bowed and said, "Master, I have already taken the Hundred Poison Pills and the Heart Protecting Pills. After tonight, I think I'll be fine."
"Well, you go down first."
"I'll take my leave."
"Wait. Have someone prepare some clean clothes, and help her wash up and give her a medicinal bath. Also, burn all her clothes."
"yes."
Tang Chen was half asleep when he felt something cold twisting and turning on his face. After being tormented by this strange feeling for a long time, Tang Chen slowly woke up from his sleep.
As soon as she opened her eyes, all she saw was the initial loneliness and boundless darkness. After Tang Chen's eyes became familiar with the dim environment, she realized that she was in a completely unfamiliar environment. "Where is this?"
In the darkness, a faint laugh came from somewhere. She could hear it clearly; it was a woman's laugh: "This is the Liuxiang Tavern under the name of Qingliang Valley. Sister, you are so lucky."
When the little cutie appeared in front of Tang Chen while talking, Tang Chen was a little confused and patted his cheek with his hand: "...Little cutie? Why is it you? Am I still asleep?"
"I was worried about you, so I followed you." As the little cutie slowly sat down beside Tang Chen's bed, Tang Chen suddenly realized that the petite and lovely woman was playing with a long, slender snake in her hands. He couldn't see the snake clearly, but in the dim light, Tang Chen seemed to hear the sound of it spitting out its tongue.
It was at this moment that she suddenly realized that she seemed to have been poisoned by wearing the clothes she gave her. Although she still had doubts in her heart, because of the precedent of Liang Shuyi, Tang Chen had to be alert: "...No. Is it you who harmed me?"
Upon hearing this, the little cutie covered her face and chuckled, "Harm you? Didn't you say I was a little cutie? How could a little cutie harm you?"
Tang Chen was startled. It was indeed this person! Oh my god, are these women crazy? "I'm warning you, if you come near me again, I'll call for help!"
"I've knocked everyone in the tavern unconscious with my smoke, including Yanzhou. Do you think anyone will come to save you?" The little cutie bent down and gently placed the slender little snake on the ground. The little snake broke free and instantly transformed into a denizen of the night, disappearing from the ground in an instant.
It's easy to avoid an open attack, but hard to guard against a hidden one. What you can't see is often the most frightening. Tang Chen huddled at the foot of the bed, hugging his quilt, and watched the little cutie warily.
Seeing her pitiful appearance, the little cutie felt a surge of anger for some reason. She suddenly regretted letting her precious snake kill her. A person like that would be a serious problem if she stayed.
The little cutie who was pressing her step by step made Tang Chen scared. She didn't want to die yet. If she died, she had to let that damn Wang Yanzhou be buried with her: "You, what do you want to do!"
The cutie took off the hairpin from her head and held it in her hand before sighing, "Well, I'm not in a bad mood today. So I've decided to give you a quickie!"
Before she could finish her words, the hairpin in the woman's hand transformed into a soul-catching sickle that was about to take the life of the person in front of her.
"...I've said before, no one is allowed to touch my people without my permission." The sudden attack of the folding fan left a long blood mark on the little cutie's white and smooth arm.
The moment Wang Yanzhou appeared, the originally dim backyard of the tavern suddenly lit up. Without waiting for the little cutie to say anything, Wang Yanzhou dodged and stood in front of Tang Chen, saying coldly, "Send Lin Chongrong back to the Lin Mansion and let Mr. Lin take good care of her."
"yes!"
The sudden murderous intent came to an abrupt end. Just then, as the hairpin in the little cutie's hand slid across her eyes, a flood of thoughts flashed through Tang Chen's mind. So many, so many, so many that she had forgotten she'd even had such memories. As those memories, both beautiful and sad, surged through her mind, something clicked in her mind.
Wang Yanzhou turned around and gently shook Tang Chen, whose eyes were dazed. "How are you?"
Tang Chen was shaken like this, and it was as if all his soul and spirit were shaken back. He suddenly woke up: "No, it's okay."
Wang Yanzhou felt that Tang Chen must have something to ask him, so he didn't say anything and just waited quietly for her to ask.
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