Chapter 892 — Will Juice Do?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
But Wei Zhao was far too weak; there was not an ounce of strength left in his body. Try as he might to stand with Gu Mengyao's support, he could not.
Seeing how frail he was, Gu Mengyao's heart ached. She wanted to pick him up, yet she hesitated. She was not his girlfriend; would it not be improper to hold him in her arms? If word got out, how would she ever marry?
Gu Mengyao held a very strict view of chastity — which was also why she had reacted so violently after that indirect kiss with Wei Zhao. She believed a girl should be faithful to one man to the end; only her boyfriend, her future husband, could be allowed such intimacy.
But Wei Zhao had become like this all for her sake. To defeat Ma Zhu he had nearly thrown his life away — and she was still fretting over such things? Fine, then she simply would not marry. If no one wanted her, she would marry Wei Zhao! Besides, back at the hospital he had already seen everything there was to see. What was there left to care about? The moment the thought formed, it startled even Gu Mengyao herself.
Was that really what she thought? Or... Gu Mengyao felt lost about her own future.
She glanced at Shen Yushu, gritted her teeth, and reached out to lift Wei Zhao — only to find him terribly heavy. If she tried to carry him alone, she feared she would do it badly and drop him. So she could only say, "Xiaoshu, come help! What are you standing there for?"
"Oh, I thought Yaoyao-jie wanted to keep Shield Bro all to herself!" Shen Yushu hurried over to help.
"..." Gu Mengyao was speechless. Together they carried Wei Zhao into the cave from before and laid him carefully on the ground. Then she asked, "All right, what should I do now?"
"Use a knife to cut open the gunshot wound on my leg, take out the bullet, let the poisoned blood drain, and wash it..." Before Wei Zhao could enter the jade pendant's space, he had to remove the poisoned bullet. Judging by what he could tell, the poison on the bullet was nothing too potent — otherwise he would have died long ago — but he could not afford to be careless. Who knew whether, given enough time, it might cause trouble?
"Xiaoshu, go get the mineral water, quick!" Gu Mengyao said urgently.
"Huh? But Yaoyao-jie, I poured out all the mineral water earlier... Look, the wet patch is still there..." Shen Yushu said with a bitter face, pointing at her earlier handiwork. "Will juice do?"
"..." Gu Mengyao was speechless, but she looked to Wei Zhao for an answer.
"Ha... of course not." Wei Zhao smiled, amused by Shen Yushu too. The girl was a little ray of sunshine, always able to make one laugh in the midst of hardship. "When I came up the mountain, I saw a stream among the hills. The water was very clear..."