Chapter 672 — Hold It In!
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Gu Mengyao's breasts were not especially large—one might even call them on the small side—but a girl still growing could hardly be judged by such a standard; perhaps they would grow larger yet. Still, he had to admit, they felt very nice in the hand.
Reluctant as Wei Zhao was to take his hand away, he restrained the urge to explore further and once again reached toward Gu Mengyao's armpit, feeling the temperature of her body. Mm, about right—time for the next step.
Shen Yushu's mouth moved as though she wanted to say something, but under Sister Yaoyao's murderous glare she shut it again.
"All right, we can proceed to the next step." Wei Zhao withdrew the silver needles from Gu Mengyao's body, then swiftly inserted them again at several different acupoints. "In a moment you will feel intense pain. That is the true qi within your body driving the poison together and forcing it into your excretory system. You must hold out—if it hurts too much, you may cry out."
"Mm." Gu Mengyao nodded, and said with determination, "I can hold out."
After a while, Gu Mengyao's expression turned pained, for she felt as though ants had appeared inside her body—ants that seemed to be hauling some substance within her, crawling toward her lower abdomen.
The sensation was both painful and itchy, and it made her terribly uncomfortable. She wanted to scratch at it with her hand, but one hand was held fast by Wei Zhao, and she dared not move the other; she could only clench her teeth and silently endure it all.
"Xiaoshu, go hold Yaoyao's hand." Wei Zhao could see Gu Mengyao's agony. How painful such agony truly was, he no longer remembered—his own last poisoning had been more than ten years ago—but in his view, this pain was nothing compared to the torments that old man had put him through...
"Oh, okay!" Shen Yushu hurried over and caught Gu Mengyao's left hand. "Sister Yaoyao, if it hurts, squeeze my hand as hard as you can. I don't mind pain!"
"Heh..." Gu Mengyao looked at Xiaoshu and managed a weak smile. "I'm fine, it doesn't hurt. I can bear it."
But anyone who looked at Gu Mengyao's expression could tell she was forcing those words, for her face had betrayed her.
"She's fine," Wei Zhao said flatly. "I could endure this kind of pain when I was nine. Never mind that she's already nineteen."
Gu Mengyao was rather annoyed. I'm a girl, all right? But then she thought: Wei Zhao may be a boy, but he could bear it at nine, when he was still a little child. Did that make her worse than a child? So Gu Mengyao clenched her teeth. No, I must get through this. How can I lose to a little kid?
Wei Zhao had in fact said that on purpose, simply to spur Gu Mengyao on; otherwise, she would surely have been unable to hold out.
"I... I need to pee..." Gu Mengyao finally felt the urge and said hurriedly.
"You must hold it in, or the toxins won't gather completely!" Wei Zhao said at once. "If the urine in your body is emptied out, the toxins won't come out!"