The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 538 - 548 Completely Trust Her

Chapter 538: Chapter 548 Completely Trust Her

"Yes, but testing poisons on oneself is just too dangerous."

"Having just seen Doctor Gu unconscious, could something go wrong? Doctor Gu isn’t in danger, is he?"

Shopkeeper Hu wiped away his sweat—this he could not answer. He also did not know what condition Gu Youyou was in now.

Doctor Ji from Jisheng Hall stroked his beard and sighed, "Healers who test poisons on themselves have existed since ancient times. There was the legendary Emperor Shennong, who tasted all kinds of herbs. In the end, he died from the poison of a rupturing grass, leaving behind the legend of Shennong tasting all the herbs. If Doctor Gu really... alas! What a pity, what a pity. Doctor Gu is so young, in the prime of life..."

Everyone fell silent.

"This... really, if something were to happen to Doctor Gu, it would be such a regret."

All present shared in the sighs of regret and concern.

On the other side, the carriage carrying three people swiftly left the city gates, rushing towards Sanqing Temple on the outskirts of Beijing.

Yue Rujing’s strength gradually returned, and seeing Gu Youyou growing more deeply poisoned, he became increasingly worried.

Lin Qianqing wrapped Gu Youyou in a thick blanket, continuously whispering complaints, "How could you get bitten by a snake, Princely Heir Yue? With your outstanding skills, how could you be so careless? I heard that although the Ice Snake is highly toxic, it’s usually gentle and doesn’t bite people without cause. How on earth did this happen? If anything happens to my cousin, how am I going to explain it to my grandmother..."

Lin Qianqing, a person brought up in a feudal society, dared to voice these concerns in the presence of Yue Rujing, whose status was much higher than hers, indicating she had greatly overstepped her bounds. So she didn’t dare to speak too loudly, only murmuring her complaints in a soft voice.

Yue Rujing was so worried about Gu Youyou’s possible death, he was out of touch with reality and didn’t hear her speaking at all.

The atmosphere in the carriage was somewhat strange.

As for Yue Rujing’s initial view of Gu Youyou, he, like Jin Zijin, simply saw her as a remedy for his ailment, never really considering her as a person.

As for her difficult temperament and disobedient nature, at most he saw her as a high-grade antidote. Isn’t a rare medicinal herb usually hard to handle? So he didn’t pay too much attention.

What was her identity? A spy or a lunatic, it didn’t matter. As long as he kept a close watch on her when using her, and once he finished using her, he could discard her as he wished.

Through gradual contact, he felt that unbeknownst to him, the ’remedy’ had taken on a different significance in their hearts.

What her true identity was also didn’t seem important anymore. As his senior brother said, if she was a spy placed by others at their side, the goal should be to win her over and make her one of their own.

Human hearts can change.

While guarding against her, they also took advantage of her abilities until they really realized that she was just like them, a grasshopper on the same string. They gradually let down their guard and grew somewhat more favorable towards her.

After all, a good man does not quarrel with women, and where he could, he made concessions for her.

But this did not mean that he completely trusted her.

He didn’t care what his senior brother thought, but Yue Rujing, no matter what, was not planning to trust this woman completely because, in his view, she could not possibly be the original Gu Youyou.

But now? He had been poisoned by the snake, and she had saved him without regard for her own life and death.

What was this woman thinking? Was it truly only because if he died, she would have to join him in death?

But he was alive now, and she might not be.

Yue Rujing’s mind was in turmoil. The firm beliefs he had held seemed to have cracked like an eggshell, as though they could collapse at any moment.

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