Chapter 1499

Those people came and left quickly.

The village is full of honest villagers, who get flustered after a few questions.

The assassins probably thought that people as timid as this wouldn’t dare to lie.

Fortunately, when Guisu and Baili Xia went to Mrs.

Chen’s small shop, they weren’t seen by a fourth person.

As soon as the assassins left, Mrs.

Chen immediately sent some food over to them.

That was when Baili Xia finally had a chance to remove the bullet for Guisu.

“Do you know what happened at the Bei Family after you left?”

Baili Xia didn’t have anesthetics, and Guisu didn’t want to use them, so now, the bullet removal was done live and direct.

To ease his pain, Baili Xia had no choice but to bring up a topic while disinfecting his wound.

Guisu didn’t speak, only shook his head.

They had been fleeing all the way here and hadn’t had time to explain what happened at the Bei Family.

But Guisu could guess a few things.

“Lord Bei was assassinated, and they suspect… it was you.”

Why he was suspected was merely due to Sima Liuyue’s one-sided words, in fact.

Overall, the whole incident couldn’t be separated from Sima Liuyue and Nangong Yun.

Baili Xia’s words elicited no reaction from Guisu.

Baili Xia was somewhat surprised, but to focus on removing the bullet, she didn’t dare think too much.

“I’ll try using a silver needle later to see if I can stop the bleeding.

If you’re afraid of pain…”

“I’m not afraid, go ahead.” Guisu gave his arm a light glance, remaining unfazed.

“…Okay.”

She started.

The tools she had with her were not many, some even temporarily sourced by Mrs.

Chen.

Luckily, she had brought some good medicine.

Guisu gritted his teeth, cold sweat covering his forehead and face, his thick eyebrows gradually knitting together.

Baili Xia knew he was in pain, but there was no other way now.

No matter how painful, she had to finish the operation; otherwise, the longer it dragged on, the worse it would be for him.

Sometime during the process, Guisu stopped looking at his wound and instead fixed his gaze on her profile.

He had seen her serious demeanor before.

When she treated his hand with needles, she was the same way.

Devout, focused, free of distractions, determined to heal him.

Beads of sweat dripped from her forehead, yet she dared not divert her attention to even wipe them away.

Guisu instinctively raised his uninjured hand, wanting to wipe the sweat away for her.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch her cheek, he withdrew them.

He bit his lip to suppress the sharp pain, then asked hoarsely, “How did you find this place?

Were they deliberately luring you here?”

“I think so.

They want to catch us all in one fell swoop.”

Baili Xia didn’t even lift her head, keeping her eyes fixed on his wound.

However, there was a question she had been holding onto for a while.

“Why does Sima Liuyue want to kill you?” Even if it was to deal with her, it shouldn’t involve him, right?

Moreover, this conspiracy was clearly targeted at Guisu.

She was just incidental.

Guisu looked at her profile and moved his lips that had turned pale from blood loss.

In the end, he said nothing.

Lu Xuening simply could not trust him, fearing he would reveal her secret, and wanted to silence him.

Despite following her for so many years, he had never actually been trusted.

This time, he also implicated this girl…

Looking at Baili Xia’s sweat-soaked face, his heart filled with even more guilt.