"Your poison has been completely removed."
Lan stood up and spoke in a calm voice.
"You don't need to come back anymore."
The offhand remark was like a basin of cold water, instantly dousing the joy in Dugu Yan's heart.
She jerked her head up, her beautiful eyes full of shock and confusion.
"B-but didn't you say it would take seven days to cure me?"
"How come it's only the second day..."
Her voice carried a trace of grievance and disappointment she hadn't even noticed herself.
"My abilities have improved recently."
Lan offered only a simple explanation.
After killing Immovable Wisdom King Zhao Wuji, his power of Devour had indeed reached a new level.
The treatment had originally been expected to take seven days, but now two were enough to Devour every last trace of the stubborn snake venom in Dugu Yan's body.
With that, he stopped looking at her and walked straight out of the room.
He left Dugu Yan sitting alone, staring blankly into space.
The room still seemed to hold the cool, pleasant scent of him.
But he was gone.
A strange emptiness swept through her heart.
The poison in her body was gone.
But it seemed she had... been poisoned by something else, something far harder to cure.
Just then, Ye Lingling walked in. Seeing her friend's crestfallen expression, she asked with concern,
"Yan Yan, wasn't your poison cured? Why don't you look happy?"
Dugu Yan lifted her head and gazed at the rain outside the window, letting out a wistful sigh.
She placed a hand over her heart, feeling its irregular beat, and said with a bitter smile,
"Lingling."
"I've been poisoned again!"
Lan walked out of the room, the breeze he brought with him stirring the gauzy curtains beneath the eaves.
The rain