CHAPTER 1430: CHAPTER 1514: ONSET

Dong Huiying lay on the bed, watching intently the man who was looking down at her.

Her eye twitched.

This man had bound her; could it be aimed at Yun Ge? Or perhaps he wanted to use her as a bargaining chip to threaten Yun Ge? Initially, she thought this man was seeking to break the Gu, but at the moment, she felt that might not be the case.

"I helped Yun Ge once before, we met two years ago."

Qinghe suddenly smiled, with a smile like spring breaking forth, causing Dong Huiying to involuntarily hold her breath. She then thought of her Second Master, whose smile was similarly gorgeous and ethereal.

But the next moment...

"Yun Ge is not easy to deal with."

His smile was faint, as if recalling some amusing thing: "Marshal Baowei was highly valued by both Your Majesty and the Ninth Princess; Yun Ge was not only the military doctor under his command, able to bring the dead back to life, but also his close friend. Because of the connection with Marshal Baowei, many people wanted to climb up to the Marshal through Yun Ge, with schemes emerging continuously. For example, one person deliberately plotted to get close to Marshal Baowei, first sending someone to assassinate Yun Ge, then giving timely aid when Yun Ge was in peril."

"The great kindness of saving a life, if it were anyone else, as long as they weren’t inherently treacherous and twisted, would surely repay it. And such aid, if it were anyone else, would surely incline them favorably. But Yun Ge said to that person: ’I am the Medicinal Valley Descendant, with both money and medicine, these are at your disposal!’"

"The person jested, ’I saved your life, yet you wish to dismiss me with such mundane items?’"

"Yun Ge replied: ’Only one person in this world can save my life. From the first time she saved me, this life of mine belonged to her. As for your kindness, I can only repay it with wealth, and of course, I excel in medical skill! I can promise, I’ll save you ten times in the future, one life repaying ten lives, such is Yun Ge.’"

Qinghe spoke until here, smilingly gazed at Dong Huiying: "See, she is such a person. Yet you say you helped her once and she became so close to you, how could I be convinced?"

"In her life, she was close to only one person, and that was the former Marshal Baowei."

Dong Huiying remained composed: "Oh, so you are after Dong Baowei?"

Qinghe said nothing, silently admitting it.

Dong Huiying smiled slightly: "Interestingly, if it were some other favor, with Yun Ge’s nature, she might not be willing to grow close to me. But this was no ordinary favor, I helped her bury her most important person, and for that, she is grateful to me! Moreover, our temperaments are quite alike, which led her to consider me a confidant."

Though she spoke as if casually, Qinghe’s face suddenly turned pale.

"You... what did you say!!!?" a hoarse and terse voice, a murderous aura emanated.

Yet Dong Huiying was not frightened by him: "I said, I helped Yun Ge bury her most important person, and you guess who that important person was?"

Suddenly, he staggered, his stance unstable, gently swaying.

Then his face turned green, his lips blackened, and with a loud thud, he feebly collapsed to the ground.

"Young Master!"

Outside the door, hearing the commotion, Ah Lian rushed in like the wind. Then she saw Qinghe in agony due to the Mind-Bewitching Gu, face twitching slightly and a trace of blood spilling from his mouth.

Ah Lian panicked.

This was her first time witnessing Young Master suffering so severely from an attack.

Quickly, she took out a pill to feed it to Qinghe, but Qinghe had already fallen into semiconsciousness, his teeth clenched shut, and couldn’t be fed the medicine smoothly.