Chapter 84: Blame It on My Recklessness

Fei Yan took the small porcelain jar beside him, dipped his fingertip in a bit of ointment, and gently brushed it onto her cheek.

"Does it hurt?"

His breath lightly brushed her neck, and his voice seemed to carry flirtatious notes, easily making Su Mo's heartbeat race beyond her control.

"It's... okay."

Su Mo tried to reach out to do it herself, but Fei Yan stepped aside.

He suddenly cupped her face and asked, "Mo Mo, have you missed me these past few days?"

Su Mo blinked her pretty eyes and nodded vaguely.

"Among the few of us, who do you miss the most in your heart?"

"…"

【A qualified Water-Serving Master would never answer such a question!!!】

Fei Yan sighed as he leaned toward her, his calm, deep eyes sweeping over her brows and eyes, then resting on her lips.

He gently brushed his palm over her lips and said helplessly, "I'm right in front of you, yet you won't say a few kind words. Cheer me up?"

"I…"

"Fine, you only need to know that I miss you, that's enough."

After speaking, he continued applying medicine to Su Mo as if the earlier flirtation had never happened.

【Is that it? Something feels off… Is he angry?】

Su Mo's peripheral glance unintentionally caught his sexy Adam's apple, and for a moment her mind fluttered.

【Should I now grab his throat, kiss him hard, and tell him, I miss you the most!】

Fei Yan paused, then calmly sat beside her again, even tilting his head slightly.

In the past, seeing those females' greedy gazes fixed on his face made him feel disgusted, but now he feels a bit grateful.

Grateful that his face is still rather good-looking.

Su Mo looked at the face just inches away, and for a moment felt troubled.

【Which way should I go in with my mouth…】

【Is this not right??? If I keep going like this, I'll end up like a lewd woman… No, no, I can't just lose myself the moment I'm in front of him; I need to restrain myself!】

Fei Yan paused while wiping her arm, then continued applying the medicine with an unchanged expression.

Outside the room, Yue Ying went from an angry rampage at first to sitting quietly like a chicken by the door.

Listening to Su Mo's inner voice, he was so angry he almost cracked his molars.

When it comes to scheming to tease the Wife Master, the High Priest among them has the deepest tricks now!

Mo Xiao leaned against the wall nearby, his face showing no joy or anger, yet his increasingly deep gaze betrayed his emotions.

He slightly closed his eyes, trying to block Su Mo's inner voice.

Inside the room, Fei Yan finished wiping the medicine off Su Mo's arm and asked softly, "Do you need help with the wound on your body?"

Su Mo didn't notice the swirling emotions beneath his eyes at all.

She neatly lay down, placing a leg on his knee: "First, wipe the leg~"

"Mm."

Fei Yan lowered his head, smeared some medicine onto his palm, and after it warmed, gently applied it to her.

His fingertips pressed lightly, "Wife Master, does it feel a bit more comfortable?"

The smooth, delicate sensation caused Fei Yan's palm temperature to rise gradually, like the Dark Fire in his chest, burning ever hotter beneath his calm exterior, inch by inch drowning his reason…

Su Mo only felt his palm scorching, yet tingling, and she let out a catlike purr, "Mmm~"

【He isn't deliberately teasing me, is he?】

【No, no, he's actually the most composed and self‑controlled among them~ At a moment like this, if it were that Dead Fox, he'd have pounced already~ He wouldn't patiently help me apply the medicine. Damn it, the more he maintains this cool, restrained demeanor, the more I want to see him lose control…】

【How can he endure this? I can't hold back any longer!】

Thinking that, Su Mo began to act.

She suddenly pulled the leg he was holding and lifted his collar.

Fei Yan suddenly froze, his ears flushing red in an instant, and his already dark eyes deepened a bit more.

Then he simply raised both hands, making a series of reckless movements, wandering uncontrollably into dangerous territory.

When she realized something was off, her face flushed red.

Panicking to withdraw those mischievous hands, she was seized by the person in front of her.

The next second, he pulled her into his arms, easily trapping her so she couldn't move.

Fei Yan's eyes, hiding a surging tide, looked at her and asked hoarsely, "Wife Master, do you like it?"

Su Mo, dazed and with a flushed little face, nodded.

He asked again, "Since you like it, why not continue?"

Su Mo, testing, placed her hand back, blinking, "You said that, so I won't be polite…"

Before she could act, he grabbed her hand.

He leaned close to her ear, murmuring low and seductive, "I didn't mean here… I meant the place just now."

Su Mo snapped out of it, eyes widening suddenly.

She opened her mouth to speak, but was kissed by the person in front of her.

In the instant their breaths intertwined, Su Mo could see the dazzling light flickering on his chest.

His hand was like a branding iron, scorching her and making her heart race.

Su Mo's mind went blank.

Her heart stirred with an unprecedented tremor.

His lips fell on her ear, panting as he asked, "Wife Master, do you like me? Even just a little…"

Su Mo is still in a state of cerebral hypoxia, as if even the tip of her tongue is numb.

"Mm."

She replied affectionately.

In the next second, the person before her completely lost control.

Fei Yan hadn't originally intended this, but that surge of intense desire was enough to easily burn away his remaining rationality to ashes.

What's more, she herself was to him no different than an addictive poison he could easily become dependent on!

He kissed her while softly coaxing, "How about not going to eat?"

Su Mo only felt her heart racing, as if it might burst out of her chest at any moment.

She furrowed her brows involuntarily, a dense, prickling pain spreading through her chest, briefly bringing her rationality back.

Fei Yan sensed something abnormal and froze.

After seeing her pale little face, the lust and desire in his eyes were instantly overtaken by worry: "Wife Master, what's wrong? It's my fault—I was too rash!"

He seemed regretful, thinking he had been too rash just now.

Su Mo took a deep breath, shook her head, and said, "It's not your fault."

【What's going on? Why is the poison inside me spreading?】

Su Mo reached for the Detox Pill on the bedside.

Fei Yan quickly poured out one and placed it at her lips.

Su Mo eased for a moment, and once her heartbeat steadied, she summoned Xiao Jiu.

"My poison, what's going on?"

Xiao Jiu pondered for a moment and asked, "Host, have you accidentally ingested anything recently?"

Su Mo thought for a moment: "Jin Tong's blood?"

That day he forcibly shoved his cut finger into her mouth, forcing her to drink his blood.

Besides that, Su Mo couldn't think of anything else.

Xiao Jiu frowned: "The blood of a Level 9 Beastman normally strengthens the body when ingested. It's likely that because you yourself are poisoned, it has instead become a catalyst."

Su Mo furrowed her brows.

【This body is truly useless…… Indeed, I must not get too excited; my frail frame simply can't handle it…… Though male beauty is tempting, my life comes first!】

【Before the poison in my body subsides, I still need to be careful, in case I suddenly…】

In the next second, the person before her fiercely hugged her: "When we get back, we'll research a detox method together. You'll be fine!"

"Okay."

Although Su Mo replied that way, a hint of worry inevitably arose in her heart.

【My body could be called the King of Hundred Poisons—how could the poison be so easily dispelled? They really shouldn't like me……】

"There will definitely be a way! It's my fault—I was too rash!"

"It's not your fault; don't blame yourself anymore."

【Saying all this now is pointless; we need to quickly find a way to detoxify.】

Fei Yan embraced the person before him, afraid to hurt her and daring not to use too much force.

Thinking back to that scene just now, he still couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

Over this period, so many things have happened that they all believed, given her abilities, she would surely be able to detoxify.

But they forgot—if the poison were easy to cure, how could she have dragged it out until now?