Su Chen: ...What did she do this time? Why was she scolded?
"Whoosh...boom!"
Upon hearing the sound, Su Chen hurriedly ran to the window and was pleasantly surprised to see people setting off fireworks in the bustling city.
Clusters of fireworks shot into the sky, enveloped in smoke, before scattering in all directions—beautiful, yet fleeting…
I suddenly remembered a lyric, "The fireworks won't be perfect until it gets dark." Now that it's not completely dark yet, the fireworks, accompanied by a sliver of white on the horizon, do seem to have lost their luster.
At that moment, a dark shadow loomed over her, obscuring her view.
Su Chen looked up and saw that the person who had just arrived was Mo Yun. Instantly, the good mood she had just accumulated vanished.
The man didn't waste any words when he saw her; he went straight to the point: "Test the medicine."
Without waiting for her reaction, he went into the house on his own, and the servant thoughtfully closed the door from the outside.
As the door slammed shut, Su Chen's heart began to pound.
It wasn't because the person in front of me was particularly handsome, but because the medicine this guy was holding wasn't medicine at all!
Su Chen swallowed hard. "This...this is an insect, isn't it?"
Mo Yun shook his head.
Su Chen thought to herself: Could it be that I saw it wrong?
Mo Yun then said, "This is the Heart-Eating Gu."
“Devouring…heart?” Su Chen’s two words were difficult to utter, and even trembled uncontrollably.
It has to be said... she was genuinely afraid. The thought of swallowing a giant worm, a worm that would live inside her and even cling to her heart, waiting for a chance to devour her, was terrifying.
Su Chen could already imagine the miserable state she would be in after the Gu worms took effect.
"Was this Gu successfully prepared? Or... could you practice it for a couple more days?" She needed to get rid of him quickly and then run away!
Who cares if he ruins the relationship between the male and female leads later? Who cares if he acts recklessly later? All she knows is that if she stays here any longer, she's definitely going to die!
Mo Yun frowned, looking rather unhappy. "I've been refining it for months, it's definitely successful." He didn't like people questioning him, especially when it came to things like Gu and poison; even the Venerable Lord couldn't question him!
A thought flashed through Su Chen's mind, "My period has started this month, so the Gu testing might not be very accurate, hehe..."
"What is menstruation?" Mo Yun thought for a while but couldn't recall the term. "This Gu will definitely work for people or demons of any constitution. I'm just letting you test the power of the Gu worm."
Su Chen felt she couldn't beat around the bush with this older brother anymore and said directly, "Let's not test the Gu today."
"Today is the best day to plant the Gu." He had calculated the timing; planting the Gu a day earlier or later would not have the most perfect effect.
Su Chen: "I don't want to use Gu."
"Why wouldn't I want to? You're my medicine man, aren't you? Didn't you want to help me test poisons every day just the other day?" Mo Yun said with empty eyes.
Su Chen ground her back teeth and said, "I'm afraid of pain."
Mo Yun, holding the worm, said seriously, "It's alright. The Gu worm won't act up unless there's a significant emotional fluctuation. Normal joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are fine; only strong emotions like love and hate will trigger the Gu worm."
Su Chen silently asked the system in her mind, "Little Ningning, do you have a way to prevent me from eating this Gu worm?"
System: [Sorry, no. Someone as heartless as you certainly wouldn't react, right? Don't worry.]
Su Chen: ...I suspect the dog system is cursing me, and I have evidence.
As soon as Su Chen nodded, Mo Yun pulled out a silver needle from somewhere and quickly pierced her pulse. As soon as blood was drawn, the Gu worm burrowed into the needle hole. The Gu worm twisted its body and disappeared in no time, leaving only congealed blood at the pulse point.
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