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Chapter 17 Master, She is Poisoned
Fu Huaian scrutinized her from head to toe with a strange look, then asked, “Why?”
Miss Zhou’s face flushed red as she secretly glanced at Fu Huaian.
“Because you’re handsome!”
Fu Huaian looked at her speechlessly; it turned out she was a beauty worshipper.
The Zhou Family Head sighed helplessly and looked awkwardly at Pei Qinghuan and her group.
Pei Qinghuan had no intention of staying forcefully. Without a word, she led the beauties out of the room.
The Zhou Family Head, along with his maidservants, also left helplessly, waiting quietly outside the door.
Seeing that only a lone man and woman remained, Fu Huaian calmly looked at Miss Zhou and directly asked, “Miss Zhou, how many times have you met that Flower Picking Thief?”
Miss Zhou frowned in displeasure and snorted softly.
“He’s not a Flower Picking Thief; he’s my ideal husband!”
Fu Huaian looked at her expressionlessly.
“Then how many times have you met your ideal husband?”
“Once…”
Fu Huaian almost wanted to curse. What kind of foolish woman was this?
“He met you once and took your body, and you’re still so devoted to him?”
Miss Zhou was stunned, then instinctively retorted, “You all don’t understand him. He’s a very good person, handsome, gentle, and considerate…”
Fu Huaian looked at her strangely.
“How so gentle and considerate?”
Miss Zhou’s pretty face flushed, and she was too shy to speak.
Fu Huaian surmised that this Flower Picking Thief had some special talents in a certain area.
This Miss Zhou was also brainless.
Fu Huaian looked at the pretty beauty with a flushed face in front of him, and his brows furrowed slightly again.
Logically speaking, even if Miss Zhou was smitten with the Flower Picking Thief, she shouldn't have lost her body and become so devoted to him after their first meeting.
Fu Huaian thought for a moment, took a few steps forward, and grasped Miss Zhou’s slender wrist.
Miss Zhou’s delicate body trembled, and she looked up with watery eyes. She looked at Fu Huaian, her cheeks flushed, and whispered, “Young Master, there are people outside…”
Fu Huaian’s expression stiffened. This Miss Zhou definitely had a problem!
Fu Huaian ignored her. Following the脉 of her wrist, Qi slowly flowed in, checking her physical condition.
A moment later, Fu Huaian’s brows furrowed.
She was poisoned.
Fu Huaian had no good way to detoxify her. He released her hand and frowned, looking at the strange Miss Zhou in front of him.
The Flower Picking Thief’s methods were indeed formidable. The toxin did not harm the body but had a great impact on the mind.
Based on Fu Huaian’s observations, he initially judged that the toxin had two effects.
It could make Miss Zhou devoted to the Flower Picking Thief.
She had no resistance to handsome men.
Fu Huaian felt that the latter was temporarily questionable. After all, if it were him, it would be normal for Miss Zhou to be unable to resist.
Fu Huaian did not continue to ask. He turned and left, opening the door.
Everyone outside stood quietly, Pei Qinghuan looking at him with a strange expression.
With her perception, she already knew what was happening inside.
Fu Huaian looked at Pei Qinghuan.
“Master, she’s poisoned.”
Everyone was stunned. Poisoned?
The Zhou Family Head looked panicked. How could she be poisoned?
“Hero, what kind of poison is my daughter afflicted with?”
Fu Huaian shook his head and said to Pei Qinghuan, “Master, please come in and see if you can detoxify her.”
Pei Qinghuan stepped forward and entered the room. Everyone followed closely behind, and in a blink, the room was filled with a large group of people again.
Miss Zhou’s expression changed, and she was about to shout angrily, but Pei Qinghuan had already walked in front of her and grasped her hand.
Miss Zhou struggled fiercely.
Pei Qinghuan flicked her forehead with a finger, and Miss Zhou’s eyes rolled back as she fainted directly.
The Zhou Family Head looked greatly alarmed and rushed forward.
Fu Huaian stopped him and whispered, “It’s fine, she just fainted.”
The Zhou Family Head wanted to complain a couple of sentences, but he opened and closed his mouth, then sighed, not speaking.
Pei Qinghuan carried Miss Zhou, tossing her onto the bed, and sat down to carefully take her pulse, sensing her condition.
“It’s not a toxin; it’s a Gu worm!”
Fu Huaian was stunned. He hadn’t detected any Gu poison.
Pei Qinghuan did not explain further. With the pure Spiritual Qi of the Transcendent Realm, she slowly dissolved the toxins in Miss Zhou’s body, the Spiritual Qi entering her body to envelop the Gu worm.
Below Transcendent, one cultivates Qi. Only upon reaching Transcendent can one refine pure Spiritual Qi into the body.
A quarter of an hour later, a red worm, enveloped by a translucent white Qi shield, flew out of Miss Zhou’s mouth.
Pei Qinghuan released Miss Zhou’s hand, manipulated the restrained worm, and placed it into a white jade porcelain bottle.
Fu Huaian watched with full curiosity, while the others were filled with horror. It was actually such a large, strange red worm!
Pei Qinghuan gently touched her forehead, awakening her consciousness.
“Mmm.”
Miss Zhou blinked her eyes, looking around in confusion.
She saw Pei Qinghuan, who wore a silver armored mask and had a cold demeanor, and her eyes immediately widened, filled with anger.
“Why did you hit me?”
Pei Qinghuan shook her head and said nothing, directly asking, “When did that Flower Picking Thief seek you out that day?”
Miss Zhou was stunned, and as Pei Qinghuan spoke, she fell into remembrance.
Her face immediately changed in alarm, slowly turning pale, and in a blink, her eyes reddened, and she began to cry softly.
The Zhou Family Head was heartbroken and rushed forward.
“Daughter, don’t cry. Father will definitely tear that damned thief into ten thousand pieces.”
“Father, I don’t want to live. My innocence is completely gone…”
The Zhou Family Head’s plump face looked grim, and he sighed heavily.
Fu Huaian watched quietly. It seemed the poison was resolved now. This toxin indeed had some tricks to it…
Pei Qinghuan wasn’t there to watch crying. She grabbed Miss Zhou’s wrist and used Spiritual Qi to calm her emotions.
After a long while, Miss Zhou, her face stained with tears, was much calmer.
She looked at Pei Qinghuan and slowly spoke.
“Four days ago, at night, I was bathing with the help of my maid. After I finished, I was about to go to sleep when a figure gently knocked on the door.
The maid cautiously went to check, but the door opened by itself, and the maid was casually knocked unconscious.
That person was dressed in white, with a tall and straight figure and an extraordinary appearance, and then… *sobs*.
Before he left, he looked back at me…”
Miss Zhou’s face was filled with horror as she recalled this, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying.
Pei Qinghuan again used Spiritual Qi to calm her emotions.
Miss Zhou gasped heavily and spoke with difficulty, “He tore off his own face, and beneath it was a scarred, pitch-black face with dozens of colorful worms crawling, like a vengeful ghost…”
As Miss Zhou recalled this, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted directly from fright.
Qin Fengwu and Shen Jinyu listened, their faces ashen. Just thinking about it was terrifying…
The Zhou Family Head was also terrified, looking at his daughter with a pained expression.
My poor daughter not only lost her body, but this memory will torment her for a long time.
What can be done about this!
The Zhou Family Head saw that Pei Qinghuan was a highly capable expert. He bowed and rushed forward, his face full of pleading.
“Hero, do you have a way to help my daughter suppress that terrifying memory?”
Pei Qinghuan thought for a moment and nodded.
“It’s only been four days, and your daughter is just an ordinary person. I can forcefully erase these four days of her memory.
However, if I do so, her Divine Soul will be weak for a period and will require careful nourishment afterward.”
The Zhou Family Head’s face was filled with pleasant surprise, and he spoke excitedly, “I beg the hero to act. This Zhou will be eternally grateful.”
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