Chapter 108: A Heart Wounded by Love

  The fear in Hwa-rang's eyes still lingered. If that woman had used a bit more force just now, he would probably be dead.

  The woman in red looked at Hua Lang with some surprise and asked: "You don't know martial arts?"

  At this time, Hua Lang finally understood why the red-clothed woman suddenly let him go. It turned out that he didn't know martial arts, which made the red-clothed woman relax her guard.

  Hualang touched his own neck and said: "I'm just a scholar, I've never been good at martial arts anyway!"

  The woman in red laughed loudly for a few moments, then continued to say "good" several times before asking: "You don't know martial arts but dare to barge into my place, you're quite bold!"

  Hualang shrugged and said helplessly: "What can I do? Who made your poison make my friends and loved ones powerless?"

  "Would you sacrifice everything, even your own life, for the sake of your friends and loved ones?" The red-clad woman's tone was somewhat strange, as if she had never believed that there were lovers in this world who would sacrifice everything for each other.

  The flower gentleman nodded: "That's right, for the one I love, I'm not afraid of any sacrifice."

  The woman in red listened to Hualang's words and burst out laughing, saying: "Good, if you want the antidote, eat this!" As she spoke, the woman in red pulled out a small box from her body. The box was very delicate, and Hualang thought that it might contain poison, so he felt a little apprehensive in his heart. However, for Weng Meng, he still took the box and opened it. When Hualang opened the box, he was suddenly frightened to the point of almost falling to the ground.

  The woman in red saw Hua Lang and sneered with a contemptuous smile: "How about it, are you still willing to sacrifice for the one you love? If you dare to eat this thing, I'll give you the antidote!"

  In the box crawled a long-whiskered wingless insect. The appearance of that insect was very disgusting, making people feel nauseous at the sight of it. Who would still dare to eat?

  The flower youth hesitated, and the red-clothed woman sneered coldly: "How come, aren't you dare to eat? Just now didn't you say that for your beloved woman you would sacrifice anything? Now let you eat a worm and you're hesitant like this. You men, always speaking with forked tongues, not one word is sincere and can be cashed in."

  The red-clothed woman said that men are like this, and Hualang's heart skipped a beat. He pinched the small insect and put it in his mouth, not daring to bite it with his teeth, and swallowed it directly into his stomach. After eating it, Hualang felt extremely nauseous, but he still calmly asked the red-clothed woman: "Now that I've eaten this worm, can you give me the antidote?"

  The woman in red seemed also somewhat shocked, she stared at Hua Lang for a long time before speaking: "Really didn't think that you would actually eat it!"

  "That's right, I've eaten, hurry up and fulfill your women's promise!"

  After hearing Hua Lang's words, the woman in red laughed loudly for a few moments and said: "Your friends didn't get poisoned at all, I just made them unable to get out of bed for two days, after tomorrow everything will be back to normal!"

  Hualang stared at the woman in red, almost not daring to believe that this woman could poison Ye Fengluo, the Medicine King, and use Qi Guai and Yuan Jin's mother as guinea pigs for poisoning. Could her words be trusted? Had Wen Meng and the others really not been poisoned?

  Just as Hua Lang was wondering whether he should believe the red-clothed woman or not, he suddenly felt his whole body burning with heat, his head spinning, and the entire world seemed to be collapsing. Before he fainted, he thought with his last remaining consciousness: "This woman is indeed untrustworthy!"

  Hualang thought that the small insect he had just eaten was poisonous. Otherwise, how could he be so hot all over and dizzy in the head?

  It wasn't until an hour later that the flower boy woke up, and he didn't feel any discomfort in his body. At this time, a voice came from one corner of the room: "You're awake!"

  The voice was beautiful, and the person was also beautiful. The flower gentleman looked at the red-clothed woman and asked: "What's going on here?"

  The woman in red was slightly lazy at this time and said, "You ate the clothes fish that I raised with various poisons for three years. It's normal for your body to have a hard time accepting it all at once."

  After hearing the red-clothed woman's words, Hua Lang suddenly became panicked. The clothes fish was just an insect, non-toxic, but this red-clothed woman had raised it with various poisons for three years, so the clothes fish must be very toxic. Just as Hua Lang was about to ask the red-clothed woman for an antidote, he suddenly felt that something was off. If the clothes fish were highly toxic, wouldn't he have died long ago? But now he was fine, and his body even felt more comfortable than before. What was going on?

  The woman in red saw that Hua Lang was still calm and asked strangely: "Aren't you afraid that the poisonous fish will poison you to death?"

  The young man smiled slightly: "Since I've already eaten it, even if I die from poisoning, it's just my fate."

  The woman in red smiled and said, "Good, you have a strong personality. This young man is better than all the men I've seen before. He will definitely achieve something in the future. You don't need to worry, the clothes fish not only are non-toxic, but also can detoxify after being fed by me. After eating my clothes fish, you won't be afraid of any poison."

  After hearing what the red-clothed woman said, Hua Lang felt a little delighted. He hadn't expected that he would gain a body that was immune to all poisons due to his misfortune, which was truly something he hadn't anticipated.

  The young man stood up from the ground, bowed to the woman in red and said: "Thank you for what you did for me, but..." Some words reached his lips, but he didn't know whether he should continue or not.

  At this time, the woman in red smiled slightly and said: "It's just that you think I killed Ye Fengluo, should be punished, isn't it?"

  Hualang was a bit hesitant, but in the end he said: "Reasonably speaking, since senior gave me food and clothing, I shouldn't bother senior again. But when it comes to life and death, we must give the deceased's relatives an explanation."

  The woman in red let out a long sigh and said, "Alright, I'll give you an explanation. Ye Feng Lou wasn't poisoned to death by me, but rather he took the poison I gave him himself."

  "How is this possible?" Huā Lang was somewhat incredulous, could it be that all medical practitioners enjoyed self-torture?

  The woman in red stroked Ye Fengluo's face, nodding: "This is true. Ye Fengluo and I were originally master siblings. He studied pharmacology, while I studied toxicology. We were both obsessed with medicine. Whenever we encountered a herb or toxin, we would think about understanding its medicinal properties or toxicity. However, over time, Ye Fengluo and I gradually developed differences in opinion. I believed that using toxins to counteract toxins could cure illnesses, including those that other medicines couldn't treat. But he opposed my view, saying that toxins are poisonous and can only harm people - how could they possibly cure diseases? He disagreed with me and ruthlessly parted ways with me."

  After hearing what the woman in red said, Hua Lang suddenly felt a pang of sadness. Why did two people who loved each other have to part ways because of differences in opinion?

  Can't we just tolerate each other, or give each other some time to prove our own point of view?