Chapter 37 - The Antidote Soup!

He had had a long and tough way to get here!

Before he came here, he met Crow; after killing Crow, he met Xiangma. Finally, when he ran to the entrance of the school, he was stopped by the two guards and not allowed to enter.

Li Muyang felt that his life was so miserable. In his last life, which god did he offend? The difficulties along the way almost tortured him to death.

Li Muyang was about to beg the two guards to let him in when he heard a loud shout behind him, “What are you talking about?”

Li Muyang turned around and saw Zhao Mingzhu, who was dressed in plain clothes with a serious expression on her face and walking quickly toward him.

Zhao Mingzhu hurriedly walked up to Li Muyang and stared at him coldly. “Li Muyang, do you know what time it is now? What day is today? Today is the day of the Liberal-arts Exam, the day that a large number of students are passing a single foot log together, and only a few of them can succeed. It’s the dividing line in your future life—you’re late for the first day of the exam. What are you thinking? Have you ever thought about being responsible for your own life?”

“Ms. Zhao…” Li Muyang clenched his fists and his face became flustered. He could not explain what he had experienced to others, but this did not mean that there was no resentment in his heart.

As long as there was a chance, he did not want to miss it. After he noticed that he didn’t have to sleep in a daze every day and found that he could learn something, he worked harder than anyone else. He had tried his best. He got up to study from dawn to the middle of the night. Except for eating and sleeping, he used all his time to review and study.

However, in Zhao Mingzhu’s eyes, was he just a bad student who did not want to be responsible for his life?

When you tried your best to achieve something and you made it but people just glanced at you contemptuously and said, “Just so so-so”, you would feel much worse than when someone poured a bucket of cold water on you in winter.

Li Muyang felt piercingly cold!

“Li Muyang,” Zhao Mingzhu said as she stroked the hair around her ear and looked at the student in front of her thoughtfully. This was the first time Zhao Mingzhu had seen him since he packed up his bag and left the school. She could not understand this student because he was very different from what she knew before. “I know you want to prove yourself, and I also know that you are trying your best—your mother went to tell me that you had spent a lot of time in studying each day. To be honest, I have a prejudice against you because of your sloth and lazy habit of sleeping in class. However, this time, please do your best in the exam—try to surprise us so that everyone who knows you will be impressed by you.”

“Ms. Zhao…” Li Muyang unclenched his fist and eased his muscles. He looked at Zhao Mingzhu with surprise and gratitude. He did not expect to meet Zhao Mingzhu at this place and time, nor did he expect that she would come over and talk to him like that.

His heart was soft, and his body was warm. This feeling of being validated was really superb.

Zhao Mingzhu turned around to look at the two guards and said, “Open the door and let him in.”

“No, we have rules. We can’t let anyone in at this time…”

Zhao Mingzhu took out a black certificate from her pocket and said to the two guards, “I’m a member of the Jiangnan Liberal-arts Exam Ceremony Academy. I’m going to make a complaint to the Academy that you two deliberately made things difficult for this student, affecting his mood for the examination, and maliciously destroying his future…”

“How could we have done such a thing?”

“Do you still want to deny it? I just heard you speak to this student sarcastically and ironically. You sneered at him for not being able to get into a good university. You advised him to give up as soon as possible.”

The two guards looked at each other, and the lanky and smarter one quickly ran over to open the door and said with a smile, “Let the boy take the exam first. We can communicate later with the misunderstandings here, but the exam cannot be missed. We don’t dare to waste the student’s precious time…”

Zhao Mingzhu glanced at Li Muyang, indicating him to hurry in.

Li Muyang bowed deeply to Zhao Mingzhu and said, “Thank you, Ms. Zhao.”

Zhao Mingzhu waved her hand and did not say anything else.

“He is your student, isn’t he?” the tall and thin guard said with a flattering face. “He looks like a good student at first glance. I’m sure he’ll get a good result in the test.”

Zhao Mingzhu looked up at Li Muyang, who ran away, and said, “Every student who is hard-working and unwilling to give up is a good one.”

When Li Muyang ran into the examination room, many students had already finished half of the paper.

Seeing Li Muyang, the exam proctor looked very dissatisfied and raised his eyebrows. But he still took out a test paper from the platform and handed it to Li Muyang.

Li Muyang greeted the proctor with a smile and then walked lightly to his exam desk.

He spread out the test paper but did not start to answer it immediately.

He opened the pen box to prepare the writing paper, writing brush, and inkstone, while calming down his agitated mood.

If he hadn’t experienced the accident, he probably wouldn’t have had any expectations about the exam now.

At that time, what kind of attitude should he have to deal with this exam?

Even if he came in, he would only have a deep sleep with the paper in his hand.

However, today, Li Muyang was different than before.

Though he had experienced so many things and only had half the time as others to take the exam, he was much stronger than before…

He was no longer the Li Muyang he used to be.

Li Muyang picked up the pen and earnestly wrote down his name on the name board: Li Muyang.

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Li Sinian woke up, only to see a man looking at her with flames in his eyes.

She was shocked and shouted at the strange man, “Who are you? Where am I?”

“Young lady, are you awake? This is your home. I am Yan Xiangma…” said Yan Xiangma with a smile. He waved his hand and said to Li Dalu, “Hurry up and bring me the antidote soup I prepared for her.” Then he turned to Li Sinian and said, “You are poisoned. Though you woke up, I am afraid there are still some residual toxins in your body that need to be driven out by the antidote soup.”

“Okay,” Li Dalu answered. Then, he brought out a bowl of soup from the kitchen.

Li Dalu walked over to Li Sinian with the soup in his hand. He looked at Li Sinian and said, “Miss, please drink the soup.”

Yan Xiangma coughed softly.

Li Dalu instantly turned around and asked, “Young Master, are you feeling unwell? Could it be that you’ve also been poisoned by the smoke?”

As he spoke, he walked over with the bowl of soup. “Young Master, drink it first. Don’t let it hurt your body,” he said.

Yan Xiangma secretly decided that he would put this idiot into a sack and throw him into the forest.

He gave Li Dalu a fierce look, put his fan into his sleeve, and took the bowl of soup from the tray. “Miss, since you are weak now, let me feed you…” he said.

“Go away!” Li Yan and Li Sinian shouted at the same time.

Li Yan shouted at Li Sinian, “Sinian, don’t drink the soup!”

Li Sinian looked at her father, who lay in the distance, and asked in a hurry, “Dad, are you okay? Did you get hurt? Where is my mother? Is she all right?”

“I’m fine, and your mother is fine too. Don’t drink his soup,” Li Yan said again, “I don’t know where this person comes from.”

“Dad, I know.” Li Sinian stared at Yan Xiangma with vigilance, showing a cute look as if she were saying, “I know you are a bad man and don’t pretend.”

“I have explained it repeatedly. I am Yan Xiangma, the son of Yan Bolai. He is the Governor of Jiangnan City. I am Cui Xiaoxin’s cousin and Li Muyang’s best friend. We swore to live or die together. Li Muyang entrusted you to me at such a critical moment, which shows his great trust in me. Otherwise, how could he leave you to me without worry before going to take the exam?” Yan Xiangma explained as he looked at Li Sinian seriously.

“Hmph…” Li Sinian snorted and reached out to clench her fists. Fortunately, her strength was recovering little by little. She quickly adjusted her breath following the Qi-conducting method her master had taught her, to speed up the recovery process. If this rogue dared to touch her, she would punch him with Shattering Fist…

“You are suffering from Crow’s poisonous smoke, so you must eliminate the toxin in your bodies with the soup, otherwise, there may be ramifications in the future… I am indeed doing it for your health, and I have no evil intentions. You have to trust me. Take the medicine and I swear on my honor that there is absolutely no poison or knockout powder in it. I am a good young man in Jiangnan City, and I couldn’t do that kind of despicable thing…”

“Your honor? I don’t even know you. How do I know if you have honor?”

“Young lady, you are so smart at such a young age, which impresses me…” Yan Xiangma held up the soup and said, “Since you don’t believe in me, I will drink the soup for you first.”

As he spoke, he raised his head and gulped down the bowl of black soup.

Yan Xiangma showed the empty bowl to Li Yan and Li Sinian and said, “Please take a look. I drank up the soup already and I don’t feel anything…”

Grunt!

A loud and clear sound came from Yan Xiangma’s belly.

Yan Xiangma turned to look at Li Dalu and said, “I told you to make the antidote, right?”

“Young Master, it’s the antidote.”

“Then why does my stomach feel a little uncomfortable?”

Li Dalu grinned and said, “Young Master, don’t panic. This is the effect of the soup. It’s expelling the toxins for you.”

“Expelling the toxins?”

“Yes,” Li Dalu replied with a smile, “It’s the strong detoxification. Now, you just need to void the excrement in your body. Young Master, what’s wrong with you? You don’t look well.”

“Where is the toilet?” Yan Xiangma asked, gnashing his teeth.