The thought of her leaving him made his little heart ache.
He didn’t want to just get used to having her by his side, only to lose her.
Nangong Yichen stood there, his worried and tense expression shifting to sorrow.
Chu Lingfeng looked up, saw his sadness, and her heart sank slightly.
She gave him a reassuring smile. “Sweetie, Mommy will be fine.”
“Will you really be fine after being bitten by such a long snake?” Nangong Yichen’s voice choked.
If Nangong Yehen hadn’t been sucking out the venom for her, he would have thrown himself into her arms and cried right then.
Hearing his choked voice, Chu Junyu was momentarily stunned.
“Mommy really is fine.”
The severity of a snakebite isn’t about how long the snake is, but how potent the venom is.
“If something happens to you, what will I do? I don’t want to lose Mommy…”
Nangong Yichen walked over, stood close to Chu Lingfeng, looking like he was about to burst into tears as he gazed at her. “Mommy, I don’t want you to die.”
Hearing him call her Mommy, seeing how much he cared about her,
Chu Lingfeng felt both joy and bitterness. She reached out with the hand that hadn’t been bitten and pulled him into her arms.
Her voice was also choked. “Mommy won’t die… Now that you can call me Mommy, how could I bear to leave?”
Nangong Yichen sobbed. No matter how cold he usually was, seeing Chu Lingfeng like this made him unable to hold back his tears.
Mouthful after mouthful of blood spilled from Nangong Yehen’s lips, and soon a large pool of blood stained the ground.
Seeing this, Nangong Yichen and Chu Junyu’s hearts ached beyond measure.
Nangong Yehen was drenched in cold sweat from tension. The only thought in his mind now was that she couldn’t die!
He didn’t want her to die; she couldn’t leave him!
Just moments ago, they had been talking about a hopeful future—him and her, together forever!
She had been bitten by a venomous snake, and he was terrified, afraid the venom would spread to her heart, and then…
She was so beautiful, so brave—dying like this would be such a waste!
The thought of her dying made Nangong Yehen’s heart feel as if a thousand needles were piercing it.
He could only suck out the blood, mouthful after mouthful. He knew that with each suck, the poison in her body lessened.
Even when some blood flowed down his throat, he didn’t care.
Right now, he only cared about whether she lived or died—
“Enough, stop sucking.” Feeling the wound go numb, Chu Lingfeng pulled her hand back.
“The venom isn’t all out yet.” Nangong Yehen looked up, his deep eyes filled with worry for her.
A few drops of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, adding a sinister, enchanting quality to him.
“By the time you finish sucking out the venom, I’ll be a dried-up corpse,” Chu Lingfeng said.
Hearing this, they thought the snake’s venom was lethal and there was no saving her.
“Waaah… Mommy, I don’t want you to die… I don’t want you to become a dried-up corpse…”
Chu Junyu, thinking Chu Lingfeng was beyond saving, burst into tears.
Nangong Yichen also silently wept, tears falling one by one onto Chu Lingfeng’s clothes.
Nangong Yehen’s face darkened, terrifyingly grim.
He stood up, ready to carry her on his back.
“What are you doing?” Chu Lingfeng stopped him. “Sit down quickly. If the snake venom in you isn’t fully cleared, doing this could easily send the poison to your heart.”
“You can’t even save yourself, and you’re still worried about me?” Nangong Yehen suddenly shouted at her.
He hated this feeling of fearing loss, hated how she always put herself last, prioritizing him and their son first.
She didn’t know how terrified he was right now, afraid she would die.
And how regretful he was, regretting that he needed her care, regretting that he couldn’t protect her properly.