Su Mingyu paused for a moment, then gave Leng Ziyue a charming smile. "If the answer to all these problems boils down to one thing, it's love. Because love brings not only joy, but also sorrow and trust."
Leng Ziyue stared at the woman in front of him with his cold eyes. Previously, he thought Su Mingyu was just a taciturn woman, but now her words made him feel suddenly enlightened.
There was a hint of dejection in Leng Ziyue's eyes. He then let out a self - mocking smile. "So... she never liked me."
After saying that, Leng Ziyue turned around and left, leaving only a lonely figure behind.
Watching his departing back, Su Mingyu suddenly realized that he was also a man heartbroken by love. No wonder he always behaved so strangely.
It was unclear whether Leng Ziyue's medicine was taking effect. Gu Ruobai's body temperature didn't drop, but he still didn't wake up.
Su Mingyu was a bit anxious. Leng Ziyue squinted his eyes as he watched her pacing back and forth in the room. "Stop pacing. Go hunt some wild game if you're bored."
"I'm not hungry." Su Mingyu had no appetite at all.
Leng Ziyue gave her a sidelong glance. "I've been on a meat - free diet for several days while trying to cure your man. I want to eat rabbits. Catch a couple more for me. I'll raise them for future meals."
Su Mingyu: …
Was this man treating her like a servant?
However, noticing the warning look in Leng Ziyue's eyes and thinking that he would still be needed to treat Gu Ruobai in the future, Su Mingyu could only nod helplessly. "I got it."
Watching Su Mingyu's reluctant back as she left, Leng Ziyue narrowed his eyes. He then looked back at Gu Ruobai. "It's almost time."
As if to prove his words, Gu Ruobai slowly opened his eyes after a while.
There was a flash of confusion in his cold eyes. As soon as he saw Leng Ziyue, he instinctively tried to sit up, but found that he had no strength at all. "Who are you? Why am I here?"
Noticing the wariness in Gu Ruobai's eyes, Leng Ziyue raised his eyebrows slightly. "Is this how you treat your savior?"
"Savior?" Gu Ruobai looked at him nervously. "What's wrong with me? Why do I have no strength?"
"You were poisoned." Leng Ziyue's attitude remained as calm as ever, as if nothing could catch his attention. "You were poisoned by the Eroding Ice Poison."
Gu Ruobai suddenly remembered the cup of tea Shi Minglong gave to Su Mingyu. "It was him."
But soon he frowned. "I didn't drink the poisoned wine. Why was I still poisoned?"
"The Eroding Ice Poison doesn't need to be ingested. It can be absorbed just by touch." Leng Ziyue looked at him calmly. This man looked ordinary with his eyes closed, but he had such domineering eyes when he opened them.
Hearing this, Gu Ruobai's face darkened even more. "May I ask if you saw a woman with me?"
"No." Leng Ziyue answered firmly without a hint of guilt.
Hearing that Su Mingyu wasn't with him, Gu Ruobai's face looked even worse. "Then... where did you rescue me?"
"On the gentle slope at the foot of the cliff." Leng Ziyue raised his eyebrows. "When I saw you, you were already deeply poisoned, but there were only scratches from tree branches on your body."
Gu Ruobai struggled to sit up. After taking several deep breaths, he was eager to get out of bed.
Seeing that Gu Ruobai's legs were as weak as noodles and he was about to fall, Leng Ziyue grabbed him by the neck. "What are you doing?"
Gu Ruobai took a couple of breaths, then looked at Leng Ziyue seriously. "I'm going to look for someone very important."
"That woman? Are you willing to risk your life just to find her?" Leng Ziyue's face was grim.
Gu Ruobai nodded. "She's as important as my life. I must find her."
Leng Ziyue pushed Gu Ruobai back onto the bed and said coldly, "You look penniless. You must have been robbed by bandits. That woman probably left you behind while you were poisoned and ran away. Is it really worth it for you to look for such a woman?"
"She would never leave me behind." Gu Ruobai's body was already very weak, and being pulled by Leng Ziyue made him almost faint.
Hearing Gu Ruobai's unhesitating retort, Leng Ziyue's voice turned even colder. "If she didn't run away, why hasn't she come to look for you in all these days?"
"All these days?" Gu Ruobai frowned. "How long have I been unconscious?"
Leng Ziyue held out his hand. "Counting from the day I found you, it's been at least eight days."
If Su Mingyu hadn't found him in eight days, something must have happened to her.
Gu Ruobai's face turned ashen. "Thank you for saving me, sir. I'll surely send someone to thank you when I get back. But now I must leave to find that important person."
But Leng Ziyue still blocked his way. "She's just a woman who abandoned you. It's not worth dragging your sick body to look for her."
"She would never abandon me." Gu Ruobai looked up at Leng Ziyue and said word by word. "She must have run into some trouble. I have to go find her."
Leng Ziyue snorted. "Are you so sure?"
Gu Ruobai nodded. "She's not that kind of person. If we were separated, it could only be because she encountered something she couldn't solve and had to leave me in a relatively safe place."
Seeing the deep concern on Gu Ruobai's pale face, Leng Ziyue curled his lips. "Sorry, you guessed wrong. That woman did abandon you. I heard when I went up the mountain to gather herbs yesterday that the King of Ruixian is dead, and his fiancée has been taken in by his younger brother, the King of Yu."
Saying that, Leng Ziyue gave Gu Ruobai a sly smile. "Judging from your clothes when I saved you, I guess you're the King of Ruixian, right?"
Gu Ruobai's face suddenly darkened, but his gaze remained firm. "Impossible."
Leng Ziyue shrugged. "There's nothing impossible. Aren't there many heartless people in this world?"
"The poison I was poisoned with will kill me in ten days." Gu Ruobai didn't rush to explain. He just looked at Leng Ziyue calmly with his cold eyes. "You said it's been eight days since you saved me."
"I could have only fallen off the cliff one day ago. In just one day, how do you know she didn't look for me? Moreover, even if the King of Yu wants to marry, he should marry her younger sister first because her younger sister's engagement came first."
"Also, I'm confident that she would never believe I'm dead. As long as she has a chance, she will surely look for me. The fact that she hasn't found me yet only means she's been held back by something. I have to go back and help her."