Chapter 34

Soldiers saw Ye Xi'an crying so pitifully and comforted her: "Little female, you don't need to worry too much; on Zhu Shen Xing, who doesn't know our Doctor Lin? As long as you still have breath, he can save you."

Another echoed: "Yeah, don't look at Doctor Lin acting unfashionable now; actually he's fully confident, he must know he can definitely save you, so he's not in a rush to save."

Hearing this, Ye Xi'an relaxed a lot, she looked hopefully at Lin Zhi Jing, her round cat eyes brimming with tears, just waiting for Lin Zhi Jing to quickly act and save Bao Jing.

Lin Zhi Jing withdrew his gaze, immune to the soldiers' flattery; these soldiers all day smooth-talking, even beggars on the street could be praised by them into flowers, so he never took their words to heart, but he was genuinely interested in this female.

Because females have high status on Zhu Shen Xing, he never had the chance to use a female as an experimental subject; if this somewhat poor female in front of him could really test medicine for him, saving her husband wouldn't be a loss.

"Fine, I'll save him, but don't forget your promise to help me test medicine."

"Mm-hmm."

Ye Xi'an nodded gratefully; he finally prepared to save Bao Jing.

But when Lin Zhi Jing reached out to check Bao Jing's condition, his usually aloof face surprisingly showed a bewildered expression.

He furrowed his brows, somewhat doubting himself: "Dead?"

"No way, just now he clearly felt this person's vitality; how did he lose his heartbeat in an instant?"

Ye Xi'an was still happy that Lin Zhi Jing had started rescuing, but she didn't expect him to say Bao Jing was dead; her nerves, taut for so long, couldn't take the stimulation, she closed her mouth and nose and collapsed straight backward.

Opening her eyes again, all she saw was a snow-white ceiling and the sharp smell of disinfectant stinging her nostrils.

Ye Xi'an shot up from the hospital bed, and in an instant saw Lin Zhi Jing sitting at the bedside, holding a syringe and drawing medicine.

She lunged at Lin Zhi Jing, her trembling hands tightly gripping his arm, emotions on the verge of collapse, she urgently asked: "Where is Bao Jing?" He couldn't really be dead, could he?

Lin Zhi Jing glanced down, somewhat displeased at the claws gripping his hand; if it were anyone else, he would have already jabbed a syringe into them.

But considering she had agreed to let him test medicine on her, he was more generous and forgave her reckless behavior.

He brushed Ye Xi'an's hand aside, stepping back slightly, and said: "Don't worry, he's not dead; he's just severely injured, entering a false-death state to self-repair."

Hearing that Bao Jing was fine, Ye Xi'an finally breathed a sigh of relief; her strength seemed drained by Lin Zhi Jing's words, and she lay back down.

Lavender curls spread across the white hospital bed, like a blooming purple rose.

"Since the person you care about is safe, it's time to fulfill our agreement." Lin Zhi Jing's voice was icy and merciless.

Lying there, Ye Xi'an nodded numbly; it was just a drug test—she had grown up undergoing trials, felt no fear, and now she only wished Bao Jing would be alright.

But she still needed to confirm something; she tilted her head to look at the expressionless Lin Zhi Jing beside her and asked: "May I ask, what is your beast form?"

Lin Zhi Jing's motion of drawing medicine paused for a second, then continued; the sharp tip of the pillow pierced the bottle's soft stopper: "You're the first person daring to ask about my beast form."

Behind his cold lenses, Lin Zhi Jing's dull gray eyes assessed Ye Xi'an's reaction, then he casually said his beast form: "It's no problem telling you—my beast form is the Gray Eyebrow Snake."

He could already guess Ye Xi'an's reaction—surely disgust and fear, shouting for him to stay away.

But Ye Xi'an's reaction defied his expectations—she looked puzzled, her soft tofu-like face showing not a trace of fear.

"Gray Eyebrow Snake?"

Ye Xi'an had never heard of such a creature; maybe a new species? As long as it's not human, it's fine.

But why another snake? She now feels no fondness for snakes at all—after all, not long ago she was tricked by a gold-scaled snake.

Lin Zhi Jing watched Ye Xi'an's expression—first confused, then a flash of disgust appeared; sure enough, nobody likes his beast form.

But even if she dislikes it, today she must honestly serve as his experimental subject.

"Regardless of whether you dislike it or not, you cannot go back on your word, or else...."

Lin Zhi Jing didn't continue the rest of his words; he silently squeezed the scalpel in his hand into an iron ball.

Ye Xi'an watched the scalpel, now a ball, trembling; he wouldn't also want to crush her like that, right? Though she has high drug resistance, she can't withstand being squeezed.

But seeing his reaction, Ye Xi'an guessed Lin Zhi Jing must have misinterpreted her expression.

She hurriedly explained: "You misunderstood; I'm not disgusted by you."

Although she has no fondness for snakes, it's indeed the person before her who saved Bao Jing; she's grateful and hasn't had time to show it—being hateful would be too ungrateful.

"I was just thinking about my other husband earlier, which made me look unhappy; it's not because of you."

Ye Xi'an's eyes filled with hatred: "It's because of him that Bao Jing ended up like that."

Hearing Ye Xi'an say she didn't dislike him, Lin Zhi Jing's expression improved slightly, but he still didn't understand: "Why don't you dislike me? I'm a Gray-Eyebrow Snake."

Not disliking him is one thing, but she isn't even afraid of him; you know, even those male soldiers outside with astonishing physical fitness, when facing him, can only kneel and beg for mercy.

Ye Xi'an couldn't help but laugh—how could anyone still be puzzled as to why others don't dislike him?

"You saved us—how could we possibly be afraid of you?"

Lin Zhi Jing lightly curled the corner of his mouth, seeing Ye Xi'an's fearless look, he guessed she probably didn't even know what a Gray-Eyebrow Snake was: "Really? I hope you'll still say that later. Come on, let's go to my lab."

Saying that, Lin Zhi Jing stood up and walked out, Ye Xi'an followed behind him, and soon saw a tightly shut iron door.

Lin Zhi Jing brought his eyes close to the screen beside the iron door.

"Beep—, iris recognition successful."

The heavy iron door slid open to both sides, Lin Zhi Jing went in first.

Ye Xi'an looked at the similar iris system and iron door, couldn't help swallowing her saliva; although she was already used to drug testing, she still felt a bit scared.

"Come on!"

Lin Zhi Jing looked back, saw Ye Xi'an hadn't caught up but was standing at the doorway not knowing what she was doing; his time was precious, so he spoke up to urge her.

Ye Xi'an consoled herself, the doctor is a Gray-Eyebrow Snake, not a human, nothing to fear; she gritted her teeth and followed him in.

The lab was filled with various strange instruments and potions. Lin Zhi Jing took out a syringe filled with blue liquid, the corner of his mouth curling into a smile that looked somewhat perverted to outsiders.

"This first injection is just an appetizer, to see your body's tolerance. I don't want to kill you on the first shot."

Saying that, he gestured for Ye Xi'an to lie on the test bench, then inserted the needle into her arm.

In an instant, a wave of intense pain spread throughout her body; Ye Xi'an felt as if countless fine needles were piercing her body.