Chapter 76: Miraculous Recovery
Chapter 76: Miraculous Recovery
After the banquet ended, the three women returned home first.
Lin Mu’s martial arts were extremely advanced, so it was impossible for ordinary people to harm him. Therefore, the three women were not worried. After arriving home, they washed up and went to sleep.
The next day after waking up, Song Yuru went downstairs and discovered Lin Mu was not home. It didn’t seem like he had left early in the morning, but rather had never returned at all.
After telling the other two about this situation, Ye Zixi yawned, stretched, and twisted her perky buttocks.
“It’s fine, A-Mu isn’t a child. He can take care of himself. We shouldn’t worry needlessly. Besides, A-Mu isn’t an ordinary person. Nothing will happen to him.”
On the third day, there was still no news of Lin Mu.
Only then did the three women feel something was abnormal. In the past, Lin Mu had never stayed away from home this long. Even if he didn’t return, he would call them to let them know. But now, there was no news at all.
“Any luck? Can you get through?”
Seeing Song Yuru’s grave expression, Ye Zixi hugged a cushion and sat to the side asking.
“No, it’s been switched off the whole time.”
Song Yuru put down her mobile phone. The dialed number shown on it for Lin Mu had reached fifty-five times already. But after all this calling, it was always the switched-off voice prompt.
“Did he secretly run off with some sweetheart to enjoy a world for two?”
Seeing the tense atmosphere in the room, Ling Xuanrong giggled and teased.
“A-Mu isn’t that kind of person. What time is this, Xuanrong? You still have the mood to joke.”
Song Yuru gave Ling Xuanrong an annoyed glare.
“How about calling Situ Xiu to ask?”
Ye Zixi suddenly suggested inexplicably.
“Crazy, why call her? She wouldn’t know where A-Mu went either.”
“I don’t know either, but I just feel A-Mu’s disappearance might be related to her.”
Ye Zixi rubbed her brows in distress.
It had to be said, women’s intuition was sometimes frighteningly accurate. Lin Mu’s disappearance was indeed directly related to Situ Xiu.
“Forget it, let’s just call and ask. Maybe she really knows something.”
Song Yuru was also feeling irritable. At this point, they had to try every possible means. Picking up the phone again, she immediately dialed Situ Xiu’s number.
“Yuru, why call so early? I need my beauty sleep!”
A lazy voice came from the other end of the receiver. Clearly, Situ Xiu was still sleeping and not fully awake yet.
“Xiu’er, I want to ask you something. Do you know where Lin Mu went?”
“Lin Mu? I don’t know. What’s wrong? Doesn’t he live with you?”
Situ Xiu rubbed her eyes, not understanding why Song Yuru was acting crazy early in the morning, suddenly calling to ask about Lin Mu’s whereabouts. How would she know?
“Since that night after the charity banquet, Lin Mu hasn’t returned for two days. His mobile phone is switched off and can’t be reached. There’s no news at all. We don’t know where he went.”
Song Yuru explained the general situation.
“He disappeared after the banquet that night?”
Situ Xiu frowned slightly. After a moment’s thought, a scene instantly flashed through her mind. Then she abruptly sat up.
That night at the banquet, she had also seen Yan Langshi. At the time, she felt Yan Langshi seemed like a different person, completely unlike a few days ago. His expression when speaking to her was as if he had resolved a major trouble.
It was a joy from the bottom of his heart. At the time, Situ Xiu found it strange how Yan Langshi had suddenly changed. Now it seemed there might already be an answer.
“Yuru, wait a moment. Let me make a call.”
After saying this briefly, Situ Xiu immediately hung up, then dialed another number. Soon after, a very magnetic male voice came through the receiver.
“Xiu’er, why are you calling so early in the morning?”
The voice was unmistakably that Yan Langshi.
“Yan Langshi, I’m asking you, is Lin Mu’s disappearance related to you?”
Situ Xiu asked directly, without any concealment.
“Lin Mu? Disappearance? I don’t know what you’re talking about. Even if that Lin Mu disappeared, what does it have to do with you? Why are you so concerned about him?”
“Yan Langshi! I’d better not find out you’re behind this! Lin Mu’s existence is extremely important to me. If anything happens to him, I will never forgive you!”
Situ Xiu said coldly, then hung up directly.
Lin Mu seemed to understand the cultivation technique she practiced very well and even knew about its flaws. If she wanted to eliminate these hidden dangers, she needed to get close to Lin Mu. But now Lin Mu had strangely disappeared. How could this not infuriate Situ Xiu?
On the other end of the phone, Yan Langshi, who had been scolded for no reason, was momentarily stunned. Then, with a livid expression, he crushed the phone in his hand and coldly shouted towards the room door.
“Send Qing Tang here!”
A short while later, a man less than 1.6 meters tall entered Yan Langshi’s room.
“Young master, what are your orders?”
“Has the matter with Green Snake been clarified?”
“We haven’t found Lin Mu’s whereabouts yet, but judging from the signs of fighting at the scene, Lin Mu was stabbed by Green Snake and definitely poisoned by the blade’s toxin.”
“Without the antidote, even with his profound internal strength, he absolutely couldn’t last more than three hours. He might already be dead in some corner now.”
Qing Tang narrated emotionlessly.
“Hmph, I want to see the person alive or the body dead! Go find him! Even if you have to turn Donghai upside down, find him for me!”
A vicious glint flashed in Yan Langshi’s eyes.
“Yes, young master. I will immediately send more people to continue searching. As soon as that kid shows up, whether dead or alive, we will know.”
Qing Tang bowed slightly, then left the room.
While outside, because of Lin Mu’s disappearance, people were panicked and in chaos, Lin Mu seemed to have completely vanished. There was no news at all, as if he had directly evaporated from Donghai City.
In reality, on the second day after being saved by Zhou Shiyun, Lin Mu woke up. It had to be said, that set of gold needles Zhou Shiyun used was truly extraordinary.
After clearing the toxins from his body, Lin Mu’s super-strong recovery ability finally took effect. Moreover, the first thing he did after regaining consciousness was take out an elixir and consume it.
The elixir had always been stored in his ring, so it wasn’t lost.
Only after taking the elixir did he have time to look around. He found himself lying naked in a simply decorated room. Besides simple cabinets and a table, there were basically no other furnishings.
Feeling something pressing on his stomach, Lin Mu raised his head slightly to look. It turned out to be a woman lying on his stomach. Since the back of her head was facing him, he couldn’t see her face clearly.
He gently pushed the woman’s head. After a while, accompanied by a soft moan, the woman also seemed to wake up.
Because she had forcibly used the Gold Needle Technique yesterday, Zhou Shiyun still felt somewhat dizzy. Feeling someone pushing her head, she slowly opened her eyes.
Opening her eyes startled her, and she instantly became fully awake because what appeared before her eyes was Lin Mu’s private part.
Moreover, this private part was right before her eyes, almost touching her mouth.
Startled, Zhou Shiyun abruptly raised her head, which in turn startled Lin Mu.
But this time, Lin Mu also saw Zhou Shiyun’s face clearly. He exclaimed in surprise, “Dr. Zhou, why is it you? Did you save me?”
Zhou Shiyun’s face blushed slightly. She quickly pulled a piece of clothing over Lin Mu’s stomach, covering the private area. Then she gently tucked her hair behind her ear and nodded.
“Yes, last night I happened to pass by here and saw you collapsed by the roadside, so I helped you back.”
Lin Mu was deeply touched. Zhou Shiyun had only met him a few times; they weren’t particularly close. At the hospital, he had noticed that although Dr. Zhou was quite tall, her physique was weaker than average.
Helping a big man like him back must have exhausted her. He truly didn’t know how she managed it.
“Thank you, Dr. Zhou. I will never forget your life-saving grace. If there is ever an opportunity in the future, Lin Mu will definitely repay you.”
Although conscious, Lin Mu’s body was still very weak, especially since his internal organs had been damaged by the severe poison. Recovery would take time.
“Saving lives and helping the injured is a doctor’s innate duty. I saved you not to receive repayment.”
Zhou Shiyun smiled slightly. Lin Mu noticed a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth, then remembered the severe poison on his body. Now, focusing inward, he actually found not a trace of toxicity left in his body; it had been completely expelled.
“Dr. Zhou, may I ask, what method did you use to remove the severe poison from my body?”
Lin Mu was very curious. This severe poison even his body couldn’t withstand; clearly, it wasn’t some simple stuff. The probability that Zhou Shiyun had the antidote was extremely low.
“I used the Gold Needle Acupoint Crossing Secret Technique. This was originally my master’s unique secret manual. Back then, he made a name for himself as the Divine Physician with these twenty-seven gold needles, saving countless people. Later, for some unknown reason, he secluded himself in this place.”
Zhou Shiyun took out the gold needles not far from her hand and showed them to Lin Mu.
So it was actually these few gold needles that removed the severe poison from his body, without using any antidote. Lin Mu was also somewhat shocked inwardly; this method was almost like art approaching the Dao.
“Your master’s acupuncture skills have reached such a high level; it’s truly extremely admirable!”
“Of my master’s medical skills, I have learned less than one-tenth. Because I was born inexplicably weak and cannot practice martial arts, what I can learn is very limited.”
“Just this Gold Needle Acupoint Crossing method is extremely strenuous for me to perform and leaves great hidden dangers. I didn’t expect to succeed this time. It was so lucky!”
A faint smile appeared on Zhou Shiyun’s pale face. She glanced somewhat emotionally at the gold needles in the wooden box, then got up to put them away properly.
As soon as she stood up, stars immediately danced before her eyes. She swayed, took a deep breath, and then stabilized.
“Dr. Zhou, are you okay?”
Lin Mu quickly asked with concern. After all, Zhou Shiyun became like this because she saved him.