Chapter 803: Risking One's Life to Identify Poison for Her

“All right,” Baili Xia nodded.

Only then did Bei Tianyou walk away, knocking directly on the door of the medical room.

Not far behind him, Fan Yi, who seemed to be constantly by his side, stood in the yard.

He merely glanced at Baili Xia from a distance and said nothing more.

Baili Xia, too, had merely nodded to him as a form of greeting before turning to leave.

Fan Yi disliked her, and she had no reason to force her presence on him with eager friendliness.

…When Bei Tianyou knocked on the door, Nangong Xu was still sitting by the medical table, resting.

Hearing the knock, he quickly tidied up the items on the table before calling out, “Come in.”

The door opened, and in came Bei Tianyou, which was somewhat unexpected for him.

He tried to stand up, but just as he moved, his head spun horribly.

With no other choice, he remained sitting in the chair, taking a couple of deep breaths.

Once his breathing had become somewhat steadier, he turned to look at Bei Tianyou and spoke indifferently, “Please take a seat.”

“You’ve been poisoned?” Bei Tianyou took large strides over to him upon seeing the color of his face.

On a closer inspection of Nangong Xu’s face, his eyes darkened slightly, “Chronic poison?

Mr.

Nangong, where is the antidote?

I’ll go get it for you.”

“If Bei Tianyou has identified the poison, then he should know that it has been in my body for some time now.

Now, why the need for an antidote?”

Now that his condition was exposed, Nangong Xu made no further pretense and slowly stood up.

Bei Tianyou gave him a hand and helped him over to the couch at the side, letting him lie down slowly.

Once he lay down, his rapid breathing finally eased, and Nangong Xu let out a breath, his complexion looking much better.

“Mr.

Nangong, although you are well-versed in medicine, your research into poisons is not deep after all.

Why would you poison yourself?”

“It wasn’t intentional; I came across it by accident,” Nangong Xu closed his eyes, slowly regulating his breath.

“Then why…”

“Because I found that this poison isn’t that severe. Although it causes pain when it flares up, I can suppress it by myself over time.”

Knowing that he couldn’t hide anything from Bei Tianyou, who had been dealing with drugs since childhood, Nangong Xu had no choice but to tell the truth.

“I was nearly recovered, but I was exposed to the poison for too long just now, and the old and new toxins mixed together made it a bit overwhelming.”

“How can flesh and blood withstand toxins?” Bei Tianyou really didn’t know what to say to him.

Using such a dangerous method to study poisons seemed like a rush for quick results, and it was unlike Nangong Xu’s character to do so.

What was so urgent that it warranted this?

Just now…

Baili Xia said she had just left Nangong Xu’s medical room…

Bei Tianyou’s expression darkened further, “You’re teaching Xiaxia about poisons?”

Xiaxia…

Had the relationship between Bei Tianyou and Baili Xia become this close already?

Nangong Xu slowly opened his eyes, just casting a faint glance at him before closing them again.

“I’m just teaching her to recognize poisons, not use them.

Learning a bit more might be able to protect herself in the future.”

“She’s just an ordinary girl…” Bei Tianyou frowned, then suddenly added, “You’re worried she will be implicated by being around Mr.

Xiaojiu?”

This time Nangong Xu reopened his eyes and looked at him.

There seemed to be something he wanted to say, but in the end, he swallowed the words back down.

He nodded, “…You could say that.”

“Your father has always opposed you dealing with these things.

Are you doing this just to teach her better?

Bei Tianyou scrutinized Nangong Xu’s face, trying to read something from his expression.