However, compared with these things, Su Mingyu was more concerned about Gu Ruobai's poison. "Can we go back to save Gu Ruobai now?"
"Don't be so hasty," Leng Ziyue said, looking down at her. "We haven't found all the herbs yet. Since you're quite skillful, rock - climbing should be no problem for you, right?"
"Rock - climbing?" Su Mingyu's eyelids twitched. She had a bad feeling.
Leng Ziyue raised his eyebrows and glanced at her, then a smile curled up on his lips. "If you want to save your lover, follow me."
Saying that, Leng Ziyue walked further into the mountain.
Su Mingyu took a deep breath. Since things had come to this, she had no way out. She could only grit her teeth and follow.
But when Su Mingyu saw the mountain in front of her, she couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.
In front of her were one or two opposing vertical rock walls about five stories high, and they were so smooth that there were hardly any footholds.
Su Mingyu pointed at the rock walls, and the corner of her mouth twitched. "You mean this when you talk about rock - climbing?"
Leng Ziyue nodded. "There's a kind of red dendrobium growing in the crevices of these rocks. I need it."
Su Mingyu did recognize dendrobium, but she had never seen the red kind. However, thinking of saving Gu Ruobai, she rubbed her hands. "I understand."
After saying that, she took a running start, tapped her toes, and leaped onto the rock. Then, using the rebounding force, she jumped back and forth between the two rock walls. Although it was a bit dangerous, she successfully reached a concave foothold on the rock wall.
Steadying her nerves, Su Mingyu carefully searched for the dendrobium that Leng Ziyue had mentioned, but she couldn't find it after a round.
Just as she was about to go higher to look for it, a green snake suddenly came out of nowhere and lunged straight at her face. Su Mingyu instinctively dodged backward. Although she managed to avoid the snake, she lost her balance and fell backward.
Seeing that she was about to fall, Su Mingyu frowned tightly and suddenly kicked the rock under her feet. With that force, she jumped directly to a concave foothold on the opposite rock.
After finally standing steadily, Su Mingyu let out a long breath.
Leng Ziyue below was just looking at her calmly, seemingly not caring about Su Mingyu's safety at all. "This herb is very important."
Su Mingyu gritted her teeth. "I know."
Then, she turned around and searched on the rock wall. Finally, she found the red dendrobium in a crack. Su Mingyu was overjoyed and reached out her hand to get it.
But before she could move, Leng Ziyue below said slowly, "This dendrobium is very delicate. If you touch it with your hand, it will be useless after you pick it."
Su Mingyu was stunned. "Are you messing with me?"
If she couldn't pick it with her hand, how could she pick it?
Leng Ziyue looked up at her as if he was watching a show. "You're just too impatient."
Su Mingyu rolled her eyes. "Then how should I pick it?"
Leng Ziyue thought she would argue with him for a while, but unexpectedly, she was willing to yield. "Wrap your hand in your sleeve, then use your hairpin to pick it off. Remember, don't touch the dendrobium directly with your hand."
Su Mingyu ignored him and directly took off the hairpin on her head. Instantly, her black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, shining brightly in the sunlight, adding a touch of softness to her otherwise slightly cold face.
Leng Ziyue watched from below. His black eyes darkened slightly, and his expression was hard to read.
By the time Su Mingyu finally got the dendrobium and came down from the rock wall, Leng Ziyue had already regained his calm and detached look.
"Here," Su Mingyu carefully showed the dendrobium from her sleeve. "For you."
Leng Ziyue wasn't polite. He took the dendrobium and glanced at Su Mingyu. "You're quite skillful."
Su Mingyu twitched the corner of her mouth. "Thanks for the compliment. Do you need any other herbs?"
"No more." Knowing that Su Mingyu was dissatisfied with his actions, Leng Ziyue didn't explain. "Let's go. It's time to go back."
When Su Mingyu and Leng Ziyue returned to the wooden house, it was already completely dark.
Su Mingyu glanced at Gu Ruobai. Seeing that he was in no other condition except that his body temperature was gradually dropping, she rolled up her sleeves and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner for the two of them.
When Leng Ziyue came out after processing the herbs and smelled the fragrance of the dishes, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. "I thought you were already unhappy."
Su Mingyu curled her lips. "Why should I be unhappy? I guess the reason you asked me to pick the dendrobium is that it must be picked with silverware, right?"
"You're quite clear about it," Leng Ziyue said calmly while eating the dishes. "It's too late today. Take him to the hot spring on the mountain early tomorrow morning."
Su Mingyu nodded. "Thank you, Young Master Leng."
After a tiring day, Su Mingyu returned to the room and closed the door. Looking at Gu Ruobai on the bed, she felt an inexplicable sense of exhaustion.
In the 21st century, she could carry out missions for several months without feeling this tired.
But now, after just being separated from Gu Ruobai for one day, she felt so tired. It seemed that Gu Ruobai had really walked into her life as he wished. But just after she had become so dependent on him, he was unconscious...
She lay on the bedside of Gu Ruobai and slept all night.
The next day, as dawn broke, Leng Ziyue in plain clothes walked out. Looking at the very clean flatbed cart that Su Mingyu had scrubbed, he couldn't help but smile. "You've thought it through quite well."
Su Mingyu curled her lips. "The mountain road is difficult to walk on. It would be too tiring to carry him on my back."
Although there was a flatbed cart, Su Mingyu still broke out in a sweat when she dragged Gu Ruobai to the hot spring on the mountain.
Along the way, Leng Ziyue just watched calmly and showed no sign of helping. Su Mingyu didn't ask for help either. She just silently dragged Gu Ruobai off the flatbed cart and then asked, "Just soak him in directly?"
"Yeah." After saying that, Leng Ziyue took out a medicine bottle from his bosom and scattered the stuff inside around the hot spring.
Su Mingyu didn't waste any words. Since she had done it once before, it wasn't so awkward to take off Gu Ruobai's clothes this time.
She quickly took off Gu Ruobai's clothes and then put him in the hot spring.
As soon as Gu Ruobai was completely soaked in the water, Su Mingyu keenly noticed that his eyebrows suddenly frowned.
Su Mingyu was overjoyed. "Young Master Leng, he's reacting."
Leng Ziyue just nodded indifferently. "Yeah. In the next few days, he has to soak here. You need to stay here and watch over him."
Su Mingyu didn't even lift her eyelids. "Okay."
Seeing her being so straightforward, Leng Ziyue raised his eyebrows. "You're really dedicated to him."
Su Mingyu didn't evade. She nodded. "Yes. Who asked me to like him?"