Shen Xinyi threw herself into Lu Fan's arms and cried her heart out. Suddenly, Meng Yuhong and another junior police officer burst in.
"Ah..." Meng Yuhong screamed upon seeing a dead body on the ground, then promptly sat down and grabbed the junior officer's leg, refusing to let go. Her pants were soaked.
"Stop screaming! Those two girls are inside, hurry and rescue them." Shen Xinyi, who had been crying intensely, was interrupted by Meng Yuhong's shriek. She turned around and yelled at the two.
The junior officer quickly pried Meng Yuhong's hands off and walked into the inner room. Meng Yuhong, terrified, retreated on the ground. She truly regretted following them in! This bloody mess was too horrifying.
The junior officer brought out the two girls, while Lu Fan had already helped Shen Xinyi up. Shen Xinyi immediately called for more police officers.
"Why are you so scared you peed yourself? Aren't you a police officer?" After hanging up the phone, Shen Xinyi suddenly smelled a pungent odor. She looked over and saw a large puddle beneath Meng Yuhong, instinctively covering her nose.
"You're talking about me... You... you peed too... It's just that you peed from the top, and I peed from the bottom!" Meng Yuhong pouted and muttered softly.
*Pfft...* The junior officer beside her burst into laughter.
*Cough cough...* Suddenly, Lu Fan coughed twice, a trickle of blood appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"Little Fan! What's wrong?" Shen Xinyi, startled, immediately reached out to support Lu Fan and asked anxiously.
"I... I've been poisoned! Take me to a pharmacy." Lu Fan's face was a little pale. His earlier exertion had caused the suppressed poison within him to spread into his internal organs. If he didn't take the antidote soon, it would be dangerous.
"I... I'll carry you there!" Shen Xinyi panicked and quickly picked up Lu Fan, running towards the town's pharmacy.
...
A minivan slowly drove into the town's health center. Two people alighted. They both wore solemn expressions; it was Yan Menghan and Elder Chang.
A short while later, Yan Menghan and Elder Chang appeared in the health center's morgue, looking bewildered at the corpse of the Gu King. Someone in such a small place could kill the Gu King? In other words, the infamous Gu King of the martial world had died in such a humble location; it was truly a pathetic end!
"Young master! The Gu King is dead. What about master's poison? Besides the Gu King himself, who else can cure the Gu King's poison? Alas!" Elder Chang sighed softly beside him.
"We're going to the police station." Yan Menghan's brows were tightly furrowed. The Gu King was no ordinary person; the police were no match for him! He had searched for half a year using various methods without finding him. Who could have killed the Gu King?
Lu Fan and Shen Xinyi emerged from the pharmacy.
Fortunately, the Gu King's specialty was Gu, not poison. Therefore, the poison powder used was derived from the venomous insects he commonly used, which had diffused into the air. The pharmacy had the necessary medicinal herbs to concoct the antidote. Lu Fan immediately refined the antidote and, after taking it, was no longer in any serious danger.
Seeing that Lu Fan was fine, Shen Xinyi was overjoyed. She held Lu Fan's arm and walked towards the police station.
"Sister Xinyi! I saved your life, so can you pledge yourself to me?" Lu Fan found it amusing to see Shen Xinyi carefully supporting him. He was perfectly fine now. However, being supported by a beautiful woman felt quite good!
"Hmph... Don't flatter yourself! I'm just worried that if you really lost an arm or a leg, I wouldn't be able to explain it to Ruoyan. By the way, will the poison in your body have any other effects? Will it affect your... third leg's function!? If it does, I'll have to tell Ruoyan to break up with you sooner." Shen Xinyi rolled her eyes.
"Hehe! Why don't you test it out first?" Lu Fan said with a grin.
"Alright..." Shen Xinyi suddenly let go of Lu Fan's arm, walked to the roadside, picked up two bricks, and said, "Here, one for the bottom, one for the top. Gently tap it. If it doesn't break, you pass!"
"Holy crap..." Lu Fan felt a sudden tightness in his rear and stared at Shen Xinyi with wide eyes. "You're such a big girl, who did you learn this from?"
"Anti-wolf survival guide! Specially for guys like you who love to talk nonsense!" Shen Xinyi gave Lu Fan a smug look and ignored him, walking towards the police station. In her heart, she angrily cursed: Hmph! Give him an inch, and he takes a mile, that scoundrel!
"Hey! I did save you, didn't I... Is it really okay to not show any gratitude like this?" Lu Fan shouted, his mischievousness undeterred.
"Hmph! You hugged me for so long too. It's already generous of me not to settle the score with you." Shen Xinyi rolled her eyes.
"No way...? You threw yourself into my arms... and got my clothes all covered in snot and tears, and now you want to settle the score? My clothes... I can't wear them anymore!" Lu Fan suddenly realized his shirt was indeed unwearable. Not only was it stained, but there were also patches of red lipstick marks...
"Then... then take it off!" Shen Xinyi suddenly noticed this as well, her pretty face flushing. She had been too engrossed in crying at the time and hadn't realized she had used Lu Fan's shirt as a tissue.
"On the street, isn't it bad to not wear clothes?" Lu Fan lamented his predicament.
"What are you afraid of, being a grown man?" Shen Xinyi came over and started helping Lu Fan take off his shirt. If they were seen like this at the police station by colleagues...
"Little brother Lu Fan!" A voice suddenly called out. At the entrance of the police station, Yan Menghan and Elder Chang were staring with wide eyes at the two. Taking off clothes on the street like this... how impatient could they be?
Shen Xinyi and Lu Fan were instantly embarrassed...
"Brother Yan... Big Brother!" Lu Fan was also taken aback, not expecting to run into Yan Menghan here again. Being bare-chested... it really was a bit awkward.
"Little brother Lu Fan! Wait for me for a moment, I'll be right back!" Shen Xinyi, her face as red as a monkey's backside from embarrassment, grabbed the clothes she had pulled off Lu Fan and ran.
"Hahaha! Little brother Lu Fan! Quite the ladies' man, aren't you?!" Yan Menghan burst into laughter.
"Brother Yan! It's not what you think!" Lu Fan quickly explained.
"Little brother Lu Fan! The Gu King... died by your hand?" Yan Menghan suddenly asked.
"Brother Yan! You know the Gu King?" Lu Fan was surprised that Yan Menghan knew the Gu King.
"I've been looking for him for half a year. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to this small county town," Yan Menghan said without concealment.
...
At a small restaurant in town, Lu Fan learned from Yan Menghan that Yan Menghan's father had been poisoned by the Gu King half a year ago. However, although the Gu King escaped, he was also severely injured, and his Gu worms were destroyed.
But for some reason, Yan Menghan's father, the head of the Yan family, Yan Yun, found the poison in his body difficult to eradicate, suffering from its effects every month. Therefore, the Yan family always believed it was a unique poison of the Gu King, and only the Gu King could cure it. Thus, Yan Menghan had been relentlessly pursuing the Gu King's whereabouts to cure his father.
"Little brother Lu Fan! Would you be willing to accompany me to the capital to help cure my father?" Yan Menghan suddenly looked at Lu Fan, asking with anticipation. Hearing Lu Fan mention that he had also been poisoned by the Gu King and had successfully refined an antidote, Yan Menghan felt a glimmer of hope.