“Meanwhile, in the courtyard to the east.
Underneath the clear and bright full moon hanging in the sky, a not-so-large square table was placed amidst the shade of the trees. Several simple dishes were laid out on the table, already cold and untouched.
Having just finished bathing, the man, dressed in loose pajamas, sat down at the table and gazed into the distance, his expression somewhat distant, as if he had been immersed in some distant memories across time and space…
On the wall covered in moss, a girl in fiery red attire boldly and recklessly intruded into his world…
“What? You say nobody likes you? Well, that’s quite a coincidence, I’m Nobody!”
“Inappropriate? Impossible! I’m versatile!”
“Hey? Can I borrow something from you? How about I borrow a kiss, I promise to return it!”
…
“Jiu Ge… Jiu Ge… Jiu Ge?”
It wasn’t until Lin Que’s voice reached his ears that the man’s absent-mindedness instantly turned into an unchanging coldness. “What is it?”
“Jiu Ge, what are you thinking? I’ve been calling you for so long without a response!” Lin Que muttered under his breath, then continued, “I’ve arranged for people to investigate the whereabouts of those who went missing!”
Si Ye Han: “Mm.”
Lin Que sighed as if relieved, knowing that Jiu Ge wouldn’t simply ignore the matter that Ye Wanwan had taken up.
“Oh, by the way, there’s something else to report…” Lin Que was about to continue reporting when he happened to glance at Si Ye Han and was suddenly startled. “Damn it, Jiu Ge! What’s wrong with you?”
“What?” Si Ye Han looked at Lin Que with a perplexed expression.
With a horrified look, Lin Que stared at the exposed collar of Si Ye Han’s clothes. His skin below the neck was covered in a dense network of red bloodlines, resembling a spider web.
Following Lin Que’s gaze, Si Ye Han also noticed the bloodlines on his skin. He used his long fingers to pull open his pajamas, revealing an even more shocking sight.
His entire body was covered in these bloodlines, extending from his neck to his collarbone, chest, and even down to parts that couldn’t be seen…
“What the hell is this? Jiu Ge, are you poisoned?” Lin Que was quite scared.
Si Ye Han stared at the bloodlines on his body and after a moment, he calmly said, “It’s the Love Gu.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Que’s face showed astonishment. “Love Gu? It’s acting up? Wasn’t it supposed to take at least another week to activate? What do these bloodlines mean?”
Si Ye Han: “…”
The meaning of the bloodlines…
The deeper, more faithful, and more yearning the person cursed with the gu feels toward their loved one, the more intense the reaction of the bloodlines…
After calming down a bit, Lin Que realized something was off. “Hey, wait a minute. Didn’t Ye Wanwan have the antidote? I thought the poison had been neutralized. Why would it suddenly act up?”
Si Ye Han’s eyes showed a hint of hard-to-detect helplessness at his words.
Clearly, she hadn’t taken the antidote.
…
In the western courtyard, Ye Wanwan was feeling extremely unwell at the moment. She had no mood to deal with Nie Wuming. Lifting her teacup, she drank a full cup of cold tea, but even after drinking it, the burning sensation in her heart didn’t lessen at all.
Ye Wanwan slammed the teacup onto the table with a “bang.” “Damn it, what’s going on? It feels like my soul wants to leave my body…”
Her condition had deteriorated to the point where her soul seemed to be breaking free of her control. She felt like she could fly away at any moment, but she didn’t know where she wanted to go.
Ye Wanwan’s expression turned serious. “I think… I might need to have a drink to calm down.”
“Swoosh,” “Swoosh,” “Swoosh.” The bottle of alcohol on the table had already been flicked away from a distance by the Great Elder’s internal energy.”