Chapter 673 — It's Raining Again
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Wei Zhao kept channeling energy with his left hand while his right hand shifted the acupuncture points without pause. Gu Mengyao's face grew paler and paler, the beads of sweat on her forehead more and more numerous -- clearly she was in unbearable pain.
"Hang in there, Sister Yaoyao! You're the best -- you've always been Xiaoshu's idol!" Shen Yushu gripped Gu Mengyao's hand tightly and cheered her on.
"Mm..." Gu Mengyao smiled bitterly, her voice pitched with strain: "Xiaoshu, it hurts so much!"
"I know. If I could, Xiaoshu would take the pain for you!" Shen Yushu meant it from the bottom of her heart.
"Ha, why would I let you suffer? Thank heavens it was me who got poisoned this time, and not you..." Gu Mengyao gave a small smile. "Don't worry, I'm not that fragile. It's hard, but I can bear it!"
This was another reason Wei Zhao had kept Shen Yushu here: she could chatter to Gu Mengyao without pause and buoy her spirits, helping her hold on to the end. Otherwise, Wei Zhao truly would not have known how to persuade her to keep going.
Gu Mengyao's need to urinate grew more intense by the moment, yet she kept Wei Zhao's words in mind and did not dare let it out rashly. She could only endure it with great effort -- otherwise, how would the poison ever come out? Not only would Wei Zhao's long labor be wasted, but she herself would have suffered all this pain for nothing, wouldn't she?
So Gu Mengyao endured and endured, but after all, the limits of such endurance are finite, and at last she truly could bear it no longer. She cried out in alarm: "I can't! I can't hold it! Xiaoshu! Hurry!"
"Oh, coming, coming!" Shen Yushu had set the disposable cup aside earlier so she could hold Gu Mengyao's hand, and now in her fluster she could not find it again: "Where's the cup, where's the cup? Where did I put the cup?"
"Hurry, Xiaoshu! I'm about to lose it!" Gu Mengyao had assumed that once she spoke, Xiaoshu would promptly bring the cup over -- how was she to know the girl had gone and lost it? Wasn't that just sabotaging her?
"Found it, found it! I'm coming!" Shen Yushu finally spotted it -- the disposable cup had been set on the floor behind her. She snatched it up and came running.
Wei Zhao, meanwhile, released Gu Mengyao's hand, inserted the last silver needle, and withdrew a step.
"I can't--" Gu Mengyao was on the verge of tears; she was about to burst, how could she possibly hold on any longer? Never mind whether Xiaoshu had arrived or not -- she simply let it go.
Wei Zhao had barely stepped back two paces when he felt a stream of water descend from the heavens and douse his head, splashing all over his face...
And Gu Mengyao saw it too. Seeing that she had sprayed Wei Zhao's face and clothes, she was so mortified she nearly wished to crawl into a crack in the floor! In her heart she cursed Xiaoshu to death -- dropping the ball at the critical moment, was that any way to act?
Gu Mengyao wanted to hold it back, but how could she? Once released, it was like a flood breaching a dam -- she had already endured so painfully until now!
Wei Zhao was struck dumb by this sudden turn of events. He stood rooted to the spot, staring slack-jawed at the young lady!
"Get out of the way!" Gu Mengyao was frantic. Seeing Wei Zhao still standing there motionless, eyes fixed unblinking on her, she nearly dropped dead on the spot.
"Uh..." Only then did Wei Zhao come to his senses. He hurriedly dodged to one side and could not help a bitter smile! Truly, what goes around comes around -- he had once doused Zhong Yongliang and Gao Xiaofu, and Feng Xiaoxiao too, and now it was the young lady's turn to douse him!
And yet, in that instant, it had felt rather thrilling, hadn't it? Wei Zhao's heart gave a sudden leap as he recalled a scene he had seen in one of those dirty movies... this seemed just like the legendary...