NOVPUB"You’re a terrifying person, especially with your ability to anticipate danger, it seems incredible to me." Chu Qi sat opposite Chen Nan with a smile that was not quite a smile. She crossed her arms, seemingly awaiting Chen Nan’s poisoning to take effect.
"Just last night, I accidentally revealed a hint of murderous intent, and you felt a sense of imminent threat."
"At that moment, I truly was shocked."
"But you have a fatal weakness."
"That is, you trust women too much."
"Speaking of which, I should thank the female cop who called you today. If she hadn’t reminded me, I never would have thought of poisoning you to death."
Chen Nan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes also becoming bloodshot beyond compare, "I never imagined you would stealthily infiltrate my side. Had I known this, I wouldn’t have hired you in the first place, let alone saved your life!"
Chu Qi shrugged her shoulders with an amused expression, "If you hadn’t saved my life, how could you enjoy these six dishes before you die?"
Chen Nan breathed heavily, trying to calm his emotions with this method to delay the onset of the poison.
As a physician, he knew well.
Once poisoned, one must try to avoid large swings in emotion as much as possible.
If emotions became too agitated, it would hasten the time of death from the poison.
Chu Qi rested her elbow on the dining table, cupping her cheek with one hand, her lively eyes twinkling attractively with curiosity. She even made a pleasant sound, "Taoist Chen, didn’t you say before that you could tell if there was poison in food after tasting it?"
"So how come you didn’t taste the poison in the dishes before?"
Chen Nan looked at the spicy chicken in front of him, breathing heavily, "The poisoned dish must be this plate of spicy chicken, right?" no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
Chu Qi revealed a devilish smile, "Speak of the chicken, not the bar, stay civilized, you and I!"
"Oh!"
"Sorry, I forgot you were a scumbag."
Chen Nan gritted his teeth as he looked at her, "Taoist truly regrets not sleeping with you before!"
"With your kind of scumbag, what right do you have to be with this young lady?" Chu Qi’s eyes showed disgust, "If it weren’t for my sudden serious illness, how could a scumbag like you ever touch this young lady’s body?"
Chen Nan burst into laughter, "I may not have the right to touch your body, but you were the one who reached for my Dragon Root!"
"There’s no need for you to be so hypocritical, completely unnecessary."
Chu Qi, angered and ashamed, huffed, "Humph, boasting with your last breath, me grabbing your Dragon Root was the greatest honor of your life, the peak of your existence." Despite her words, a wave of shame rose within her.
Previously, she had uncontrollably grabbed Chen Nan’s Dragon Root.
Looking painfully at the plate in front of him, Chen Nan spoke softly, "The poison you used, does it contain Acacia Beans?"
Chu Qi’s beautiful eyes revealed a hint of surprise, "I added so much chili, yet you detected the taste of Acacia Beans?"
Acacia Beans.
Also known as red beans, lovesick beans.
An extremely enchanting kind of bean.
But, it contains deadly poison.
If consumed by mistake, it can be fatal.
Chen Nan chuckled bitterly and shook his head, "You really think too highly of me. I didn’t taste the Acacia Beans; I guessed because I’ve never tasted Acacia Beans before."
Chu Qi frowned, her brows full of curiosity, "How could you guess that? What’s your basis?"
"Because, of all the poisons in the world, only the Acacia Bean could cause me such unbearable pain!" At this, Chen Nan couldn’t help but sigh, "There are thousands of poisons in the world, you shouldn’t have chosen the Acacia Bean!"
Chu Qi sneered, "Why not?"
Chen Nan’s face twisted in pain, his features distorted, but his eyes carried a faint smile, "From my attire, it shouldn’t be hard to tell that I’m a Taoist, right?"
Chu Qi did not know why Chen Nan would say this but did not interrupt him, as she was waiting for Chen Nan to succumb to the poison.
For her.
If she could kill for the first time without bloodshed, that would be a very meaningful thing in her life.
Therefore.
Even though she had a dagger within her embrace, she had no intention of using it to take Chen Nan’s life.
Chen Nan continued, "As a Taoist, one must first be proficient in the arts of herbalism, fate reading, and divination."
"First and foremost, I am a Taoist, and secondly, a physician,"
"And as a competent physician, one must first know the effects of the herbs in the world."
"You must taste a hundred herbs just like Shen Nong!"
"It’s just that."
"I have tasted many poisonous herbs."
"But I dare not consume the acacia seed."
"Because its toxicity is truly enormous."
"Even my master warned me that I must not taste the acacia seed unless I have reached that realm,"
Recalling the experience of tasting a hundred herbs, he still felt chilled to the bone.
Every poison herb’s effect is different, all causing negative impacts on the body.
And those negative impacts, he remembered vividly.
Chu Qi looked at Chen Nan with a smirk and a scornful chuckle, "Do you mean to say that you have tasted many rare and highly toxic herbs before?"
Chen Nan calmly asked, "If one does not taste all the herbs, how can one know their effects?"
There was something he didn’t say.
That was, only by tasting all herbs,
could one become immune to all poisons.
Chu Qi suddenly asked, "You just mentioned that one should not consume the acacia seed before reaching that realm, may I know, have you entered that realm now?"
Chen Nan’s smile widened, and the agony on his face turned into endless madness: "I have indeed entered it, but I have been busy studying recently, and I had not thought about consuming the acacia seed."
"Because I don’t know what kind of impact it will have on the body after taking it!"
"This is bad!"
For some reason,
seeing Chen Nan’s mad laughter and the fiery light in his eyes, Chu Qi felt an ominous premonition rising in her heart.
A chill from the depths of her soul crept over her, causing her scalp to tingle and her body to break out in thick goosebumps.
Even though Chen Nan was poisoned.
At this moment,
he was acting too calm, nothing like someone suffering from poisoning would act.
Without time to think,
she instinctively stood up, kicked over the chair, and swiftly ran toward the direction of the door.
She didn’t know what kind of means Chen Nan had,
but her instinct told her,
she must leave this place immediately, or she would surely fall into Chen Nan’s hands.
And just as she reached the door, about to open it,
a cold voice came from the restaurant: "It’s too late to run now!"
Chu Qi instinctively turned her head to look at Chen Nan.
She saw a flash of silver light shooting from his hand, hitting her cervical spine with unerring accuracy.
In an instant,
Chu Qi was shocked to find that her body seemed to lose all sensation.
Even though her hand had touched the doorknob, she was powerless to turn it open.
At that moment,
a wave of inexplicable fear rose in her heart.
Especially when she saw Chen Nan approaching with a hideous grin on his face – her scalp tingled. She didn’t know how he would torment her once she fell into his hands!
