She lightly licked the back of his left hand, then his wrist, his arm...
Rong Yi finally struggled to sit up, his right hand gripping her chin. "Qiqi, stop! What are you doing?"
Qiqi lifted her misty eyes, and Rong Yi immediately noticed her face was flushed red, even the roots of her ears seemed to be burning.
"I... I'm healing your wounds..." Qiqi murmured, her gaze darting away.
"Healing?" Rong Yi was astonished—only their beast clan possessed the healing method of saliva therapy. Had this human somehow learned this treatment technique too?
He looked down at his left hand—the flesh wounds on it, where her tongue had licked, were visibly healing...
Rong Yi's eyes widened.
Where Qiqi had licked, the muscles and skin rapidly healed and regenerated before his eyes.
Soon, Rong Yi's entire left arm was restored to its original state, not a single scar left behind.
Rong Yi stared wide-eyed, his gaze intense. "Qiqi, do you know instant healing?"
Qiqi lifted her head, her cheeks as red as early winter persimmons. "What's instant healing?"
Rong Yi explained, "Instant healing is a type of healing magic that allows wounds to heal at an abnormally fast rate... How do you know this? You're just a mortal!"
Qiqi scratched her hair in confusion and replied, "I don't know either. It's been like this since I was little. When I was a kid, I wandered the streets, often fighting with other kids, sometimes even fighting stray dogs for food... Once, a dog bit me, and it hurt so much, but I also beat that stinky dog bloody (smiling smugly)... I saw the dog constantly licking its wounds, looking quite comfortable, so I imitated it and licked my own wound, and it seemed to stop hurting! From then on, whenever I got hurt, I did the same, and it healed pretty fast... It's a secret, no one else knows, so you must keep it for me!"
Rong Yi was deeply surprised. "So, you were born with this ability?"
Qiqi nodded. "Maybe!"
Rong Yi's eyes showed a thoughtful expression, then he pointed with effort to his chest. "Qiqi, the wound on my chest is the worst. It feels like something is stuck inside. Since you know instant healing, help me treat it!"
His chest—would that also require licking?
Qiqi glanced at the wolf king's strong, bare chest, and her face flushed first. "But... but I've only ever treated ordinary surface wounds before. For a wound as serious as yours, a gunshot wound, I don't know if it'll even work?"
She analyzed the feasibility of this treatment method, then shook her head. "No, it won't work! This method probably only works for surface wounds because it uses saliva! But your gunshot wound has shrapnel embedded in the flesh. Just using this method won't do; you need to use tweezers to remove the shrapnel first..."
Rong Yi nodded weakly. "Alright, then help me take it out."
He lay flat on the large bed, his black hair disheveled, his body completely bare, looking as if he was offering himself up.
Qiqi was greatly flustered. "No, no! I can't do it..."
"Why not?"
"There's no anesthetic here, no emergency equipment, not even a shadowless lamp..."
Qiqi listed all these necessary surgical tools, growing more uneasy as she spoke. "Besides, I'm just a student, not even graduated, not even an intern doctor! I've never performed a real surgery, and your wound is so severe—how could I possibly do it alone?"