novelraw Chapter 321 Only Once
Chapter 321 Only Once
Chapter 321 Just This Once
Bai Qingyu looked at her with a complicated expression, then placed his hand behind her head, pulled her into his arms, and whispered, "Go to sleep."
She still didn't understand.
What he needed was never her apology.
Bai Qingyu quietly let out a breath, looking at the person in her arms with a complicated expression.
I wonder if this is divine punishment for him waking up too late.
Nowadays, Enen seems to maintain an instinctive wariness towards love.
They will no longer express their feelings as passionately and directly as before.
More and more male orcs surrounded her, and each one was more outstanding than the last, until he gradually faded into the crowd.
She cares about the people around her, but she will never fall in love with anyone.
Bai Qingyu couldn't understand it, and at the same time, she was worried that it was because of her past actions that she had become like this.
When they first got together, he anticipated that his life as a couple with Enen wouldn't be too smooth.
But the unrequited feelings were like launching a rocket with all its might but never receiving a distress signal from reinforcements, leaving him bewildered and filled with deep panic.
He just wanted her to love him even a little bit.
Just a little bit is enough.
Filled with immense disappointment and helplessness, Bai Qingyu inhaled the lingering sweet scent of her reproductive period and finally drifted off to sleep.
When I woke up the next day, everything was normal.
They returned to the City of Beasts that night.
When Yuheng treated the wound on her arm, his face looked terrible, and the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed into a straight line.
Ling Chengen sensed the heavy atmosphere and turned to look at Shi Ruoan and Bai Qingyu standing to the side, signaling them to think of a way to ease the current strange atmosphere.
Shi Ruo'an wasn't good at easing tensions. He opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Yu Heng suddenly looked up at him and asked, "What did you promise when you left?"
"I will contact you immediately after I find her."
Shi Ruo'an didn't understand why he suddenly lost his temper like that.
"Do you know that she almost lost this hand?" Yuheng held tweezers, threw away the blood-stained disinfectant cotton ball, and said coldly, "Just so you could take advantage of her during her reproductive period and get there first, you deliberately hid her injury from me. What were you thinking?"
Ling Chengen slightly widened his eyes, stretched out his uninjured hand, and gently pushed Yu Heng's arm: "It's not that serious, is it? I took an antidote."
Yuheng turned his head and glared at her fiercely, directly pushing her hand away and saying coldly, "Do you think I'm bluffing you? The poison has already seeped into your bones, do you know that?"
"Shi Panxing's leg injury was able to regenerate and repair itself because his bones were still intact."
“If the toxins continue to seep in, your hand will have to be amputated from your arm in two days at most. Without the arm bone, I won’t be able to help you regenerate your limb.”
"I don't know who attacked you, but when you fought her, did you ever think about why someone with less power than you could command the Daxing tribe and even mobilize three surrounding tribes to fight for her in such a short time?"
"When your wound keeps festering and fails to scab over and heal, you should take the injury on your arm seriously."
"Did you take it seriously?"
Yuheng's face turned cold for the first time, and his sharp and stern demeanor made the others in the room afraid to interrupt.
Ling Chengen paused for a few seconds, looked into his gloomy eyes, opened his mouth, and said with difficulty, "I'm sorry."
Yuheng had already applied an anesthetic to her arm, so when the sterilized knife was scraping flesh and bone at her wound, she didn't feel much at all.
But seeing himself undergoing bone-scraping surgery, Ling Chengen was still a little scared, because he had never felt this way before.
Bai Qingyu turned her head to look at Shi Ruoan, whose face was pale, then turned and walked to a distance, where she sat down on a chair.
Chongzhen, holding her teacup, glanced at the blood-stained cotton balls that kept falling into the trash can, her eyes filled with pity. She subtly turned her head away and asked in a low voice, "Did he eat gunpowder today?"
Bai Qingyu shook her head and said, "Didn't you see? The bones in her arm were blackened by the poison."
Although it was only a small piece, the poison penetrated to the bone, indicating that the problem was quite serious.
Chongzhen was truly puzzled and asked in a low voice, "Doesn't she feel anything at all? Such a serious injury, yet she doesn't seem to care at all."
Bai Qingyu lowered her head and said, "I asked her, and she didn't feel much pain from the wound. After the breeding season, she didn't have a fever or any discomfort."
"Who did this to her arm?" Chongzhen asked, frowning.
"It seems to be Fu Tong from the Daxing tribe."
"It was that crazy woman?" The hairs on Chongzhen's arms stood on end. He put his right hand to his lips, his teeth lightly tapping on his index finger knuckle, and said with lingering fear, "No wonder."
Bai Qingyu turned to look at his pale face and asked in confusion, "You know him?"
"You don't know her?" Chongzhen was quite surprised and said in a low voice, "This woman is actually quite famous in the south and central regions. She is an absolute vicious woman. Not only does she wantonly torture and kill beastmen weaker than her, but she also doesn't spare her lovers and partners who have had relationships with her."
"And they specifically target male beastmen when they are at their weakest after the breeding season ends."
"Therefore, many warriors who were stronger than her died at her hands."
Bai Qingyu asked in confusion, "I haven't heard much about this."
He only knew that Fu Tong was a noblewoman from the Daxing tribe, and that she was quite ruthless, but he didn't know much about the specifics of her methods.
"The toxin in the woman's eye should have the effect of making the prey lower its guard."
“I’m just guessing.” Chongzhen cracked her knuckles and analyzed in a low voice, “When she killed the high-ranking warrior, she probably pretended to be too excited during her breeding season and accidentally injured her partner, but in fact, poison was injected into the small wound. However, the poisoned person will not feel pain, and even the repeatedly festering wound will not continue to grow…”
"The prey dies from the poison until it seeps into its bones."
“Enen’s injuries have been there for a long time. According to Fu Tong’s habits, she shouldn’t keep her prey alive for that long,” Bai Qingyu said.
Chongzhen: "Is it possible that Ling Chengen had already cut away the flesh near the wound beforehand, and then took the antidote in time? Although ordinary antidotes cannot completely neutralize the poison, the antidote prepared by Yuheng is more effective, thus delaying the onset of the poison?"
Bai Qingyu nodded slightly and said, "That is indeed possible."
Ling Chengen knew that Yu Heng was angry, so he waved to Shi Ruoan, telling him to leave first.
She explained, "I did all the necessary emergency treatments when I injured my arm, and I even used an antidote, but I didn't expect this toxin to have this effect..."
"He was going to call you over, but I stopped him."
Yu Heng took a deep breath, his face dark as he slowly scraped her bone, his eyes already reddening.
Being angry is one thing, but to personally scrape away her flesh and blood, and then meticulously clean away her bones...
If it were anyone else, he wouldn't even blink.
But after this person became Ling Chengen, heaven knows how much effort he put in to control his fingers from trembling and resolutely scrape away her poison-soaked, rotten bones bit by bit.
Yu Heng didn't speak again, nor did he pay any attention to Shi Ruoan, who was still there. After treating Ling Chengen's arm wound, Yu Heng cleared everything off the table, got up, and left the room.
He was afraid that if he stayed here any longer, he would lose his temper and start a fight with Shi Ruoan.
The atmosphere in the room was tense. Ling Chengen looked down at the bandage wrapped around her arm. She didn't feel any pain yet, but the anesthesia would wear off soon. She estimated that the rest of the night wouldn't be easy for her.
She looked at the few people sitting or standing in the room and said, "You should go back and rest first. We'll talk about the rest tomorrow."
Bai Qingyu actually wanted to stay, but Chongzhen pulled him out, pointed to Yu Heng who was standing in the courtyard sulking, and reminded him, "Let him stay with her tonight. We can't stop the pain from her wounds."
Bai Qingyu glanced at Yu Heng's retreating figure, then nodded and walked out of the courtyard one after the other with Chong Zhen.
Su Weihua and Yu Shaochen followed suit and left.
Looking at Shi Ruoan's pale face, Ling Chengen knew that she must have felt embarrassed after what had just happened. Just as she was about to get up and take his hand, she saw him kneel down in front of her and lower his head.
Ling Chengen froze for a few seconds, then tried to pull him up with his uninjured hand, saying in a panic, "What are you doing? It's not your fault."
Shi Ruoan said, "I was too selfish."
Yuheng is actually right.
Even if Pan Xing had taken the vine that Yu Heng had given him, he could have easily taken it back if he had been more assertive, allowing Yu Heng to go directly to treat her wounds and prevent the poison from seeping into her bones without her noticing anything amiss.
If it had been any later, even if she hadn't died, she would have been disabled.
Such consequences are something he cannot afford.
It was only because of his selfish motives.
Ling Chengen looked down at him silently, then said firmly, "Stand up!"
"Do you think I don't have Yuheng's vines?"
After she was injured, she could have called for help, but she thought it was a minor injury. In the end, she couldn't hold on and fainted, missing the best time to call for help.
When she woke up, she was on a reef island, and Shi Ruoan had already appeared.
Considering that Beast City cannot be without a level 17 warrior, and Shi Ruoan cannot return for the time being, she will definitely choose Yu Heng first after he arrives, especially when she loses all rationality during the breeding season.
Then the Beast City will be undefended for several days, and once the Daxing tribe attacks, the situation in the Beast City will become critical.
Ling Chengen took a deep breath: "It's not your fault. It was my own decision, and you don't need to take responsibility for it."
Shi Ruoan wanted to say something more, but Ling Chengen looked down into his eyes and said seriously, "Get up, don't make me say it a second time."
Shi Ruoan stood up, and Ling Chengen kissed him on the lips, comforting him, "Don't take all the responsibility on yourself. I'm not a child. Even if I lose my arm, I won't blame anyone. Besides, I'm fine now and I just need to rest for a while."
"Go back and rest. You've worked hard these past few days."
After seeing the person out of the room, Ling Chengen finally breathed a sigh of relief, returned to his bedside and sat down. He raised his hand to rub his throbbing forehead, and then felt the pain coming from his arm.
As the anesthetic wore off, the excruciating pain of having her bone scraped and flesh cut out finally reached her cerebral cortex.
Ling Chengen lay on his back on the bed, tossing and turning, burying his face in the blankets, and grabbing the pillow with his other hand, somewhat irritated and wanting to throw it on the floor.
But before she could get rid of the pillow, a warm, large hand pressed down on her wrist.
Yu Heng sat on the edge of the bed, the strange energy continuously flowing into her body. Seeing the cold sweat on her neck, he stubbornly said, "I'll let you suffer to death."
Ling Chengen moved the blanket away, looked at his half-face hidden in the shadows, and said, "Then why did you come in?"
Yuheng stared at her without saying a word, but in the end, he couldn't bear to see her in pain, so he mobilized a lot of his supernatural abilities to regenerate her muscles, so her external injuries actually healed very quickly.
However, bone growth is slow, and even with all one's superpowers, it is impossible to heal overnight.
Therefore, her arms will still be unable to bear weight for a short period of time, and she will not be able to lift any heavy objects.
However, as the external wounds and flesh healed, Ling Chengen's pain was greatly relieved.
Yuheng released her hand and asked, looking down, "Why did you choose that merman instead of asking me to come over?"
"Where did I go wrong?" Yuheng asked, holding his breath.
He was originally the only person who could reach her side at any time.
Yet they are always ignored, abandoned, and forgotten in all sorts of things.
No matter how he thought about it, he was unwilling to accept it.
Ling Chengen said, "No."
"there is nothing?"
“You’re not lacking in any way,” Ling Chengen said calmly.
Looking at her expression, Yuheng gradually calmed down and said, "Then why are you doing this to me?"
Ling Chengen's tone was overly rational: "Because under those circumstances, I made what I believed to be the right choice."
Yuheng suddenly had nothing to say. He stared at her for a long time before saying, "This will only happen once."
"If it happens a second time, we'll break up."
"I don't care if you don't love me."
"But the foundation of our contracts and partnerships is mutual trust and reliance."
"Since you don't trust me or rely on me, then I am dispensable to you."
His pride wouldn't allow him to be so humble and cowardly.
“I have always trusted you.” Ling Chengen grasped his wrist and said, “If I didn’t trust you, I wouldn’t have entrusted you with the most important thing in my life.”
Beast City was her life's work, but also her Achilles' heel.
Yuheng turned his head, but this time he didn't shake off her hand. He just said with a hint of displeasure, "Sweet talk."
Ling Chengen said sincerely, "What I just said is all true."
"Beast City is very important to me."
Especially after the people of the Daxing tribe ambushed her.
Her first thought was that the enemy would take advantage of their internal chaos to launch an attack and seize their stronghold.
Yuheng is like a pillar that stabilizes the sea.
As long as he guards the Beast City, she has no worries.
Because there are some things that only he can do.