136: Chapter 136 An Unintentional Success: A Mysterious Gift Package...

"Thank you, Senior Brother Gou."

Zhou Qingzi handed the canteen back, her tone softening just a little.

"Hehe, you're too polite, Junior Sister. You rest first; I'll sit and Cultivate for a while. I'll keep watch tonight."

Gou Changgen took the canteen, forcibly suppressing the ecstasy that was about to explode in his heart, and very consciously walked to a tree a dozen paces away.

He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and put on the appearance of someone diligently Cultivating.

In reality, his heart had long since flown to his throat; he pricked up his ears, listening intently to the movements over there.

He thought to himself: 'Wait for the drug to take effect... Hehehe, when that time comes, you'll be begging me like a dog.'

In the shadows, Qin Feng, who had seen everything, curled his lips into a mocking arc, watching the show, and thought: 'Tsk, tsk, tsk, the plan is good, but unfortunately, your luck isn't that great.'

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, passed.

Zhou Qingzi, who had been resting with her eyes closed, suddenly felt a strange heat rising from deep within her body.

That heat was like an invisible evil fire, rapidly spreading from her lower abdomen to her limbs and bones.

"What's happening? It's so hot..."

Zhou Qingzi's delicate brows furrowed tightly, and she subconsciously tugged at her collar, revealing a large expanse of snowy skin.

However, that fire not only failed to diminish but burned even brighter.

In an instant, her breathing became rapid, an abnormal flush appeared on her cheeks, and her watery peach-blossom eyes were gradually veiled in a layer of hazy mist.

In her mind, the figure of that overbearing man flashed uncontrollably and wildly...

'No... something's wrong! Why can't I mobilize my True Qi?!'

Zhou Qingzi was shocked and suddenly opened her eyes.

After all, she was a Cultivator at Qi Refining Level 6, and she immediately realized that she had been poisoned, and with the most base aphrodisiac at that.

Recalling the scenes from just moments ago, she was no three-year-old child and immediately locked onto who had poisoned her. The voice of internal struggle echoed clearly in her mind: 'I can't stay here... I absolutely cannot let that beast Gou Changgen benefit. He used such despicable and shameless poison; even if I die, I will never let him touch me...'

Zhou Qingzi bit her lip hard until it bled, using the sharp pain to stay conscious.

Just as she stood up unsteadily, preparing to flee into the deep mountains regardless of the consequences.

"Plop." A cool little pebble fell from mid-air without warning, precisely striking her snowy collarbone.

"Who?!" Zhou Qingzi looked up abruptly, gazing in the direction from which the pebble had fallen.

She saw that less than ten zhang away, by a dense patch of reeds, a tall and straight black figure was leaning against a large rock, arms crossed over his chest, looking over with a half-smile.

Although the setting sun's afterglow was somewhat dim, Zhou Qingzi would not mistake that distinct, sharp-featured face with its wicked, roguish smile, even if she died.

"Captain... Qin Feng?!" Her heart skipped a beat, and then, an indescribable ecstasy and extreme excitement surged up instantly.

If it were anyone else, she might have felt fear, but seeing Qin Feng, everything seemed much easier to accept.

"Senior... Senior Brother Gou..." Zhou Qingzi forcibly restrained her crumbling sanity and, using a weak, hoarse voice, shouted to Gou Changgen under the tree: "I... I'm sweating. I'm going to the stream... to bathe. You... you must not come over..."

Upon hearing this, the corners of Gou Changgen's mouth under the tree twitched slightly, and he almost couldn't hold back from laughing out loud.

'Go on, go on, wash yourself clean. When the drug takes full effect, I'll go into the water and cherish you properly!'

Gou Changgen calculated happily in his heart, still keeping his eyes closed and playing dead, and replied indifferently: "Mm, go ahead, Junior Sister. I'll keep watch for you."

Hearing Gou Changgen's reply, Zhou Qingzi could no longer restrain herself. She stumbled as she turned around, like a moth to a flame, desperately pushing aside the dense reeds and stumbling toward the direction where Qin Feng was located.

Once she entered the depths of the reed patch, away from Gou Changgen's line of sight, Zhou Qingzi could no longer hold on. Her legs went soft, and she collapsed directly at Qin Feng's feet.

"Save... save me..." She raised her pretty face, her eyes hazy and blurred, and reached out with trembling hands to tightly hug Qin Feng's strong thigh: "Qin Feng, I've been poisoned, help me... I beg you... will you?"

Zhou Qingzi completely abandoned all her dignity, tilted her head back, and closed her eyes, attempting to seek that touch of coolness that could save her.

However— "Bang!" Qin Feng's eyes suddenly turned cold. Not only did he show no tenderness toward her, but he instead lifted a foot and kicked her soft lower abdomen without mercy.

"Ah—!" Zhou Qingzi let out a scream, her whole body flying back more than two zhang like a rag sack, crashing heavily into the muddy reed marsh.

The immense force and the sharp pain in her abdomen caused her sanity to clear for a brief moment. Regaining some of her senses, Zhou Qingzi clutched her stomach, looking at the ice-cold man in front of her with disbelief.

"You... what are you doing?!" Zhou Qingzi's voice trembled, filled with endless grievance and humiliation.

She had already taken the initiative to throw herself into his arms, yet not only did he not accept, he actually treated her in such a brutal manner?!

"What am I doing? And you're feeling aggrieved?! What do you take me for?!"

Qin Feng stood with his hands behind his back, his voice as cold as the wind blades of midwinter, every word piercing the heart. He continued: "In this unclear situation, why should I help you? Who am I to you? And who are you to me?!"

"Do you really think that a bit of beauty is enough to make me pick up this mess you're in for no reason?"

"Or are you so naive as to think, like an ordinary mortal, that 'a day of being husband and wife brings a hundred days of grace,' and that I owe you something?!"

These simple words were like sharp, heavy hammers, smashing the last bit of pride and self-esteem Zhou Qingzi had left into pieces!

That's right... why should he help her? She had once humiliated him so much, even wanted to kill him, and what followed was nothing more than being forced to submit...

Between them, there was absolutely no relationship; if one were to talk about a relationship, they were enemies.

As these thoughts turned, the medicinal power of the Joyous Union Powder inside her body surged like a tidal wave again, one wave more violent than the last! Zhou Qingzi felt as if her blood vessels were about to burst, completely shattering her last line of psychological defense.

"I... I was wrong..." There was no time to think of anything else. Zhou Qingzi rolled in the mud and water in agony, tears flowing wantonly like a breached flood.

She struggled and fought for a moment, and finally, she bit through all her pride, turned her body over with difficulty, and knelt in the mud on both knees.

"Thud." "Senior Brother Qin... I beg you..."

Zhou Qingzi's voice was humble to the extreme, carrying thick sobs and undisguised submission, "Qingzi wants to follow Senior Brother... Qingzi is willing to be your most loyal servant..."

The moment these words fell, Zhou Qingzi completely gave up resistance, her whole body collapsing onto the ground like soft mud, waiting for the verdict of fate.

And at the very instant this sentence was spoken— In Qin Feng's mind, the crisp and pleasant prompt sound of the System exploded suddenly like the sounds of heaven!

[Ding! Detected a target eligible for assistance: Zhou Qingzi.]

[System task issuing: Help the other party resolve the poisoning difficulty, and fulfill her wish to become a loyal servant!]

[Task Reward: A mysterious gift package!]