The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 533 - 543: Bitten

Chapter 533: Chapter 543: Bitten

"I’m not joking, you know." Gu Youyou was indeed tired, developing the antidote had worn her out, leaving her with no energy for a war of words with him.

Seeing that she wasn’t kidding, Yue Rujing grew even more scared. He exclaimed, "You really want to take it?"

Obviously, Gu Youyou nodded.

"This creature is the most poisonous snake in Zhuzhao Country, getting bitten by it is no joke—you’d be dead for sure, you know that?"

"I know," Gu Youyou nodded again, "that’s why I need your help. It’s too dangerous to do it alone. Last time I tried to extract its venom, I nearly got bitten."

Yue Rujing stood frozen on the spot, his mouth twitching once, then again, as if he was about to lose his mind.

She had actually extracted venom before, and she did it alone?

Yue Rujing set down the jade box, closed his eyes, and with the resolve of a warrior facing death, rolled up his sleeves to grab the snake.

"How do we do this?" His heart was racing. Damn woman, of all things to fuss with, it had to be a poisonous snake.

What was even more fatal was that his senior brother had ordered him to support Gu Youyou unconditionally.

No, later on he had to talk to his senior brother about this; it was too dangerous.

Not getting bitten by the snake this time didn’t mean they’d be lucky the next time.

Gu Youyou picked up a bottle for the venom and said, "You just need to hold it, I’ll handle prying open its mouth to get the poison."

The snake didn’t look big, a grown one was only as thick as a chopstick. But its body was icy cold to the touch, holding onto it with its bone-chilling coldness was something Gu Youyou couldn’t bear, and the snake was strong as well as slippery, so that’s why she asked Yue Rujing for help.

Yue Rujing took several deep breaths before mustering the courage to grab the snake.

His hand was shaking so much that Gu Youyou couldn’t bear to watch.

"Don’t shake, it’s highly toxic but not fierce."

"Who’s shaking? I’m just a little cold."

Gu Youyou didn’t bother to argue with his obstinacy; she could tell Yue Rujing was somewhat scared.

Right, it was a poisonous snake after all; even Yue Rujing must be a bit scared.

"It’s quite tame, it won’t bite you as long as you don’t hurt it," Gu Youyou assured him patiently.

"Hmph, since when is a snake ’tame’?" Yue Rujing said grumpily.

Seeing that Gu Youyou hadn’t taken the opportunity to mock him, he gathered his courage once more and reached for the Ice Snake.

The icy chill of the snake seeped into his hand, helping him understand why Gu Youyou didn’t extract the venom herself and asked for his help instead.

When Yue Rujing managed to grab hold of the poisonous snake, Gu Youyou quickly took out a pair of chopsticks, grabbed a piece of frozen meat, and held it up to its mouth. The Ice Snake immediately opened its jaws wide to bite at the item on her chopsticks.

Seizing the opportunity, Gu Youyou hurriedly stuffed the prepared bottle into its mouth and reached out to press down on its head.

The sudden scare forced the poisonous snake to instinctively release the venom stored in its fangs, squirting it all out at once. Seeing that she had collected enough, Gu Youyou was finally satisfied and put away the bottle.

"Okay, you can put it back now."

Seeing that Yue Rujing hadn’t moved, Gu Youyou lifted her head to look at him. She burst into laughter when she saw Yue Rujing with his eyes closed, a resigned expression on his face.

"You’re that scared, huh? It’s a good chance for you to build some courage."

"What? I help you and you still make fun of me?" Yue Rujing opened his eyes, his cheeks flushed as he glared at Gu Youyou.

Embarrassing, she had seen through him after all.

Gu Youyou let go of the snake’s head, signaling to Yue Rujing that he could put the poisonous snake back in its cage.

At that moment, the poison snake that they had disoriented earlier suddenly turned its head and bit towards Yue Rujing’s chest.