Big socks! Do you even understand how you kiss a villain?

"Shen Yan?" Zuo You finally accepted the huge gap between reality and dream. When she came to her senses, she saw Shen Yan holding a cotton cloth and repeatedly wiping her fingers.

She raised her hand a little higher and muttered, "You've almost rubbed my skin raw!"

Shen Yan then stopped what he was doing and quietly looked at her.

"You're acting strange today?" Zuo You looked at his expression and guessed, "Are you homesick too? No, are you missing Shen An'an?"

Shen Yan countered with a question, "Also?"

Zuo You nodded, "Yes, I just dreamt that I was eating braised pork knuckle rice with my family at home. I wonder if I'll ever have that chance again."

For some reason, Shen Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "We'll get out of here."

"Hmm." Zuo You nodded somewhat perfunctorily. They weren't talking about the same thing at all; her home was a difficult place to go back to.

Zuo You kicked her feet around in the water for a while, and after figuring they were clean, she stuck them out of the water to let them air dry.

Shen Yan naturally took a towel to dry her feet, then helped her onto the bed before taking the foot-washing water out to pour it out.

When he returned after washing up, Zuo You was curled up in bed, with only her eyes showing, gazing at him expectantly.

"What's wrong?" Shen Yan softened his tone, a part of his heart seemed to be slowly softening.

Zuo You blinked her eyes, then winked at him and said softly, "Shen Yan, watch me sleep."

Shen Yan couldn't help but smile. "Yes, I'll protect you."

Zuo You closed her eyes with relief after receiving his promise.

In the middle of the night, Shen Yan was awakened by the groans escaping Zuo You's throat. He quickly turned on the light and saw that she was almost soaked in sweat.

Zuo You gripped the blanket tightly, feeling as if every bone in her body had been shattered by a giant hammer, leaving her completely powerless, yet her internal organs felt as if a tremendous force was raging within them.

"Hiss~" Zuo You's face turned pale with pain, and her heart felt like it was being stabbed. She curled up tightly in pain, her fingertips digging into her palm.

Shen Yan's eyes betrayed his anxiety; it seemed the medicine had taken effect.

"Zuo You!"

Shen Yan stepped forward and hugged her, prying open her clenched fist, revealing a glaring bright red.

"It hurts so much..." The person in my arms trembled unconsciously, reaching out to grab something.

Shen Yan held her hand, his eyes drooping, his voice slightly hoarse: "I know," he said, taking out the prepared relief medicine, hesitating for a moment.

This remedy has serious side effects...

"It hurts... Brother Qiang, I... I want to..." Zuo You was in so much pain that her whole body was convulsing, and her consciousness was becoming blurred. "I... I want to go home... go back..."

"Okay, let's go home, let's go home. Be good, Youyou, the pain will be over soon!" Shen Yan coaxed softly, and quickly pushed the relief agent into her body when she wasn't paying attention.

The pain of a needle piercing the skin seemed insignificant in comparison. Zuo You did not struggle at all, but just shrank back slightly, trying to focus her eyes on Shen Yan.

"Okay, the pain will stop soon." Shen Yan tossed aside the injection, her voice incredibly gentle.

He raised his hand to wipe away a tear from the corner of her eye; it was icy cold, yet it burned his heart with a slight ache.

"Take a nap." His throat was a little dry, and he patted her back gently like he was coaxing a child.

Shen Yan felt a sharp pain and soreness in her chest, but she didn't dare to think about why.

Shen Yan didn't sleep all night, and the first thing Zuo You saw when she woke up was the dark circles under his eyes.

Her memory of last night was somewhat hazy; the only feeling she had was: pain, a lot of pain, extreme pain!

When the pain became unbearable, she bit herself hard, trying to treat the pain with pain, but it didn't work.

Thinking of this, Zuo You raised her hand to look at it. She remembered that she had bitten it quite hard, and she hoped that she hadn't lost a piece of flesh.

"Oh dear, am I mistaken?" She looked at both hands, but there were no wounds.

It seems the poison was indeed potent, causing her to hallucinate.

"Do you want to come see Black Spot after breakfast?" Shen Yan asked. "To vent my anger."

Zuo You thought for a moment, then shook her head. "You go ahead. I'll go to the Black Spots House today and see if I can find the antidote, maybe I'll get lucky."

Shen Yan nodded and took out a dress for her.

"There are skirts in the village?" Zuo You was pleasantly surprised.

Shen Yan smiled slightly, "I picked up some fabric on my way to pick up the goods yesterday. There happens to be someone in the village who knows how to make clothes, so I asked him to make a few sets for you. If the size is not right, it can be altered, but so far this one has been made."

After he finished speaking, he left the room, leaving Zuo You alone.

The dress has a slightly silky texture and a simple design, with a small black flower adorning the left shoulder.

When you pick it up, you can smell an unknown floral fragrance, a unique scent of laundry detergent from the village.

It seemed that Shen Yan had already washed up, and Zuo You quickly changed into the new clothes, which were surprisingly the perfect size.

After Shen Yan left, Zuo You led several burly men to the door of Hei Ban's house. These men were sent by Shen Yan to protect her.

"Miss Zuo, why don't you rest? If you need anything, just let me know." The fat man held a gun in one hand, his face plastered with a fawning smile.

"No need, you stay at the door and keep watch." Zuo You was cautious.

She didn't expect to find the antidote today. Shen Yan had conducted a thorough search yesterday but couldn't find it, which meant the dark spots were very well hidden.

She was mainly there for something else today.

The sickly beauty from yesterday was still lying on the large bed in the room. Zuo You looked at her for a while and couldn't see her as dead at all.

They had intended to use this woman to force Black Spot to hand over the antidote, but they never expected that she was already dead.

"This doesn't look like a dead person at all!"

For some reason, Zuo You didn't feel fear when facing the dead; instead, she put her ear to the woman's chest.

"There's no heartbeat," she concluded after listening for a while.

"Where's her breath?" Zuo You stretched out her index finger to check her breath, taking a full three minutes to do so.

"He really died? He just looked a little sickly yesterday, so all my blood was transfused into the corpse?" Zuo You suddenly realized.

"Looks like I'll have to use my last resort..." Zuo You narrowed her eyes, reaching out to tickle her while observing her face.

"She's really dead. What a pity for such a beautiful woman."

Zuo You sighed and began to search the room carefully.

Inside the room with the black spots was a huge cabinet, cluttered with various items, among which a bronze mirror stood out the most.

The bronze mirror had intricate patterns. Zuo You picked it up and looked at herself in it, then straightened her hair and adjusted her dress.

As she looked up, she caught a glimpse of a dark shadow in the mirror out of the corner of her eye. "Wow! This is a demon-revealing mirror!"

Zuo You laughed at herself and looked back, but there was nothing there.