章 37: Never Understood Her
編集者: EndlessFantasy Translation
Jiang Zebei checked that Chen Mengtian did not intend to follow him, then walked faster toward his destination.
As Chen Mengtian watched him disappearing in a panic, she remembered the medicinal herbs and ginseng that she left behind.
She turned around and quickly headed to the foot of the mountain.
Jiang Zebei soon reached the river of Chen Village. He stared at the simple toilets nearby and headed to the one on the left.
Half an hour later, he came out of the toilet and went to the river to wash his hands.
When he squatted down and touched the cold river, he finally realized that there was something wrong with his body.
Normally, after he was bitten by a viper, he should have been unable to walk so far.
The time it took for him to fall down was also much longer than he thought it would take.
He cast a glance at his swollen ankle and examined it with puzzlement.
At that moment, he could not help but remember the sweet taste in his mouth when Chen Mengtian kissed him.
Jiang Zebei scrunched up his nose, and a foul stench attacked his nostrils.
The smell was getting stronger. He scowled and held his breath.
But the smell was too pungent.
When Jiang Zebei looked down, he saw the black substance that came out of his body.
The foul, black substance stuck to his body.
It was also the origin of the foul stench.
Jiang Zebei's eyes went wide, and he stared at his body in disbelief.
He did not know from where the substance had come.
He reached out to tug at his robes, and he noticed that they were covered by the foul, black substance.
Jiang Zebei could not bear this.
He immediately stood up and removed his robe. At the same time, the golden needles fell off him as well.
Jiang Zebei noticed the golden needles, and understanding soon flashed in his eyes.
He could guess that the golden needles belonged to Chen Mengtian, so he picked them up and put them away.
Jiang Zebei did not even want to look at his body. He jumped straight into the cold water.
At the moment he landed in the water, he sucked in a sharp breath.
It was too cold.
Yet he could also see the black substance staining the clear river.
Jiang Zebei only had the courage to look at it once before he quickly looked away.
Right away, he moved his body and swam to the cleaner water by the side.
The bone-chilling cold cleared Jiang Zebei's head.
He had been bitten by a snake, but before he could reach home, he was cured.
The golden needles and the sweet substance in his mouth when Chen Mengtian kissed him...
He believed that those were the key things that took care of the venom.
But he did not know what was the black substance that came out of his body.
He now, though, believed that Chen Mengtian really had some medical skills.
She could identify medicinal herbs and even find ginseng in the mountains.
When he was bitten by the viper, she also managed to cure him.
He cast a glance at his ankle. Only bite marks were left behind on his ankle, and Jiang Zebei felt a little strange.
By the looks of it, he had no understanding of Chen Mengtian, even though he had lived with her for nearly three years.
Was there anything else about her that he did not know?
Would she bring more surprises to him in the future?
And were all those changes due to her falling into the water?
Then, in the future, would Chen Mengtian return to how she was before and just stay around Chen Qing?
When Jiang Zebei thought about this, he found it hard to accept this possibility.
While he was overthinking things, Chen Mengtian slowly dragged the bag full of medicinal herbs and his hunting tools back.
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