newbobooks Chapter 319: Loss of Soul (1)
Chapter 319: Loss of Soul (1)
The early morning sunlight poured into the house through the window lattice. Gu Xiyan woke up slowly, looked down at the peaceful sleeping face of the woman in his arms, his face full of tenderness.
That night, she slept very well and never broke free from his arms.
Just when he was about to let go of her and stand up, the person in his arms frowned and leaned towards him, wrapping her arms tightly around his strong waist and rubbing her head against his strong chest.
Gu Xiyan: …………
Blink, the sun rises from the west?
She actually took the initiative to throw herself into his arms.
He pursed his lips, glanced at Yao Jia in his arms, and slowly moved his head closer to touch her lips.
Before he could get close to her, the person in his arms' eyelashes trembled slightly and slowly opened their eyes.
Gu Xiyan was immediately stunned, with panic in his eyes. He quickly retreated, smiled, and gently uttered one word: "Good morning."
Yao Jia's eyes were dull for a moment, then he suddenly woke up, looked around, a confused look on his face.
He rubbed his eyes again, looked at Gu Xiyan in front of him, and said in disbelief: "Gu...Gu Xiyan?"
Looking at her confused expression, Gu Xiyan's expression froze, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"It's me, Jiajia..."
Could it be that... I have always treated him as an outsider, so I snuggled into his arms.
Yao Jia slowly stood up, shook his dizzy head, calmly reached his hand under the pillow, took out the formation diagram, and rubbed it into his palm.
Just as she was about to get up, the overload of dreams from last night made her brain chaotic, and she fell back onto the bed, head backwards, and fainted.
Seeing this, Gu Xiyan was shocked and quickly reached out to support Yao Jia and put her back on the bed.
"Jia Jia, what's wrong with you?"
After calling her several times but seeing no response, he became extremely anxious and hurried out to ask Gu to call Mingjue over.
Not long after, Gu Yi brought Ming Jue, who was full of doubts, over.
Seeing Yao Jia, who looked pale on the bed, he was stunned at first, then he walked up quickly and raised his hand to check her pulse.
Gu Xiyan stood aside, looking at Mingjue nervously, afraid to hear some bad news from him.
While the pulse was being diagnosed, other people also came to Gu Xiyan one after another.
They all stared at the person on the bed with anxious expressions.
"What happened? Didn't you say Yaoyao was in good health a few days ago and wouldn't get sick for a while? How could she suddenly fall into a coma?" Bai Huahua's face was full of confusion, as if she had thought of something, and her peach blossom eyes turned to Gu Xiyan.
"Could it be that you didn't abide by the bed-serving agreement and made Yaoyao suffer like this?"
After his reminder, everyone turned around and looked at Gu Xiyan with resentment on their faces.
A series of cold and gloomy gazes shot towards him, and Gu Xiyan suddenly felt his scalp tingling.
"I didn't!" Gu Xiyan hurriedly explained, "When she came last night, it was already past midnight and I had already gone to bed. If you don't believe me, you can ask Gu Yi."
Lang Yue sneered, "Gu Yi is in the same boat with you, who would believe what he says?"
Huaichuan agreed. Whenever Gu Yi had free time, he would brag to the servants in his yard about how great Gu Xiyan's martial arts were. This made his servants run to the yard all day long, wanting to learn martial arts from Gu Xiyan.
Gu Xiyan was about to say something, but saw Mingjue had taken his hand away from Yaojia's wrist, frowned, and looked back at everyone.
"How is Yaoyao?" Nangong Xiu Lan and Shuang Hua asked in unison.
Everyone started asking questions too.
"Shut up!" Ye Sinan shouted angrily, "Listen to Mingjue."
The room immediately became silent, and everyone's eyes turned to Mingjue.
Ming Jue sighed softly and spoke slowly: "Yaoyao is fine..."
Hearing that there was no problem, several people breathed a sigh of relief.
"Just too tired."
Once these words were spoken, it was set in stone.
Everyone's eyes turned to Gu Xiyan again, all with blame.
Ye Sinan even changed his nervous attitude, approached Gu Xiyan with an inquiring look, and asked in a low voice: "How many times did you do it last night to make this girl faint from pleasure?"
Gu Xiyan was speechless. If he really did it, it would be fine to admit it, but he and Yao Jia were simply sleeping together!
There is no way to argue, no way to defend...
"Cough cough" Ming Jue coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention away from Gu Xiyan.
"Yaoyao fainted this time not because of excessive sexual intercourse, but because of overexertion of the brain, as well as stagnation of heart qi and large emotional fluctuations. Multiple reasons led to drowsiness."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at each other in confusion.
"Overusing your brain?" Bai Huahua frowned. "Could it be because of what we talked about at breakfast yesterday that this happened?"
Gu Xiyan nodded gently, "Maybe, when she came last night, she asked me about the ghost doctor, and she was probably still thinking about it when she fell asleep, so this happened."
Nangong Xiu Lan sat beside the bed, his brows slowly furrowed, and he gently stroked Yao Jia's pale little face, feeling distressed.
"You little fool, since I have promised to support you, how can I stand by and watch? Why do you always struggle on your own and forget that you have many husbands supporting you."
Now that Yao Jia is in a coma, everyone is not idle either.
Gu Xiyan wrote a letter to Meng Jiaojiao and gave it to Ye Sinan, asking him to find a way to send it to Jiangnan.
Huaichuan arranged for shadow guards to keep an eye on Prince Ping's mansion to see if they could find any clues about the ghost doctor.
Shuanghua uses Baiji's resources to collect intelligence on the Five Poison Sect.
Nangong Xiu Lan entered the palace to investigate Concubine De.
Mingjue and Su Mu prepared brain tonic medicine for Yaojia together.
Only Bai Huahua and Lang Yue were left to guard the sleeping Yao Jia.
As night fell, everyone returned to Gu Xiyan's courtyard.
Bai Huahua shook her head at everyone, indicating that Yao Jia was still in a coma.
Shuanghua sighed, "I'll go see Yaoyao."
As soon as I stepped into the bedroom, I saw that the person who should have been lying quietly on the bed had sat up without me noticing.
"Yaoyao——" Shuanghua's eyes, which had just been deep, immediately flashed with joy, and she hurriedly rushed to the bed.
"You're finally awake. Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? Do you want me to make you a bowl of wontons?"
When the others heard this, they were stunned at first, then delighted, and rushed forward, scrambling to get into the house.
The double doors were pushed open violently, and the people were stuck in the doorway for a moment. They huddled together, asking each other to leave quickly, arguing for a while, and no one was willing to give in.
Under the great force, the door frame could not bear the weight and broke with a "crack". Several people who were squeezed against each other fell to the ground one after another.
Shuanghua, who was standing at the head of the bed, was stunned by this sudden "disaster" and it took her a while to react.
Then I saw Nangong Xiu Lan, who was always steady and self-possessed, being pressed down by Bai Huahua and Lang Yue. He tried to get up several times, but was pressed down again.
Nangong Xiu Lan's usually stern face now seemed a little distorted due to the force he exerted.
The corners of Shuanghua's mouth twitched slightly, and then she laughed without any sympathy.
"Hahaha, Xiu Lan, what's wrong with you? Why are you wishing me a happy new year before the Chinese New Year even begins? Come on, get up quickly."
As he walked over to help the person, he did not forget to tease Nangong Xiu Lan.
Nangong Xiu Lan glared at him, shook off his extended hand, and his already serious face became even gloomier.
He quickly stood up, straightened his clothes, regained his usual stern look, and looked towards the bed.
At first glance, I realized something was wrong.
Yao Jia's eyes, which used to be lively, charming and bright like stars, had long lost their former luster and became empty and lifeless. She looked like a lifeless doll, with an indescribable silence.
His heart and lungs almost shrank into a ball. He took a deep breath and walked forward, gently shaking her body, "Yaoyao, how are you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Yao Jia didn't react at all.
Shuanghua also reacted at this time. Such a funny scene just now would have made Yaojia laugh until she was out of breath under normal circumstances. It was really surprising that she had no reaction at all at this time.
She took two steps back, her charming cheeks slowly turned pale. After a moment of silence, she squatted in front of Yao Jia and raised her hand to wave it in front of her eyes.
Yao Jia, however, seemed to be blind, with her pupils showing no reaction.
Shuanghua's pale lips trembled twice, and he grabbed her hand and held it tightly, "Yaoyao... don't scare brother..."
Mingjue ran over quickly, stretched out his trembling hand, and placed it on Yaojia's pulse, his expression solemn.
Others also noticed that Yao Jia was acting strange, and they gathered around and looked at Ming Jue nervously.
After taking her pulse, Mingjue pulled up Yaojia's eyelids and looked at her for a while. After a moment's hesitation, he looked up at everyone with a frown on his face. "Yaoyao's condition... is a little bit wrong."
When these words were spoken, everyone's heart sank.
"What happened? What happened to her?" Ye Sinan roared.
"Although her pulse is normal... her whole body seems to be soulless." Ming Jue frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Her condition... I'm afraid she may be... amnesia!"
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