Chapter 328: 328: Cinnabar Like Blood (Part 1)_1
Only then did Dong Huiying have her realization.
In her previous life, she had co across many folk dical texts and was an expert in dicine, but Gu Art was too sinister.
She had looked through so classics, among which included "Gu".
So creators of Poisonous Gu, influenced by traditional beliefs, thought that during the year only on the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, was the poison most potent. They liked to gather on this day to concoct Poisonous Gu, which usually evolved from venomous creatures such as snakes, bugs, spiders, centipedes, lizards... One touch could kill, not only insidiously vile but also extrely malicious and ruthless.
But now she had actually been poisoned by Gu? She couldn’t help but bitterly smile for a long while, but when her lips stretched, the wound on her lips burned fiercely. She touched her lips, only then rembering that before she had lost consciousness, her headache was so unbearable she almost bit through her own mouth.
"Baobao?" Dong Feiyan walked into the cave with a few wild fruits cradled in her upper garnt. She looked sowhat haggard, but when she looked at Dong Huiying, her face bead with joy, and she quickly strode toward her.
"How do you feel, still uncomfortable? Mother picked so wild fruits for you, why don’t you try one?"
She held so wild fruits, wiped them with her sleeve, then handed them to Dong Huiying, only to see the girl’s lips were crusted with blood. She was taken aback, then laughed awkwardly, "Wait, these fruits aren’t clean. Mother will go wash them again."
After saying that, she stood up and rushed out of the cave, but as she turned her back to Dong Huiying, the corners of her eyes gradually reddened.
Dong Huiying stared blankly at Dong Feiyan.
Mother?
This woman, she’s Dong Dabao’s mother?
...
Dong Feiyan took a small knife out of her bosom; she crouched by the riverside to wash the fruits, then carefully cut them into pieces with the knife. When she returned to the cave, she held the fruit pieces, intending to feed them to Dong Huiying.
The child had suddenly run headfirst into a tree and lost consciousness, scaring her terribly. She had been quite worried while the child was unconscious.
But now, the person had just woken up, and what’s this? She was packing up a small bundle and was even wiping clean a dagger, tying it onto her little arm?
"Baobao, what are you doing?" Dong Feiyan was puzzled.
Dong Huiying felt uncomfortable. In her past life, her kinship was shallow; her parents died too early, and she had no mory of them. The affection from a relative was also extrely strange to her.
"Baobao, are you hungry? Wait, eat these fruits first, Mother is going to get you so at!"
"No..." Dong Huiying was about to refuse, but before she could finish speaking, Dong Feiyan had already darted out of the cave with lightning speed that was astounding.
Dong Huiying was helpless.
Soon after, when Dong Feiyan returned to the cave holding a wild rabbit, only emptiness greeted her. There was a line of writing on the ground, a farewell ssage.
Dong Feiyan panicked; she hurriedly dashed out of the cave, but where was Dong Huiying’s shadow to be found? She had already gone far away.
Dong Feiyan lingered in the sa place, harboring a glimr of hope in her heart... perhaps, perhaps Baobao would co back?
...
On this day, dark clouds were looming overhead.
Suddenly, a muffled thunder exploded, and Dong Feiyan, guarding the cave, pursed her lips, her head drooped in despair as she ca to terms with reality—Baobao had left decisively and would not return.
But what exactly was wrong with Baobao’s behavior?
Her gaze at her had been so distant, and her attitude towards her was greatly different from before.
Suddenly, in the distance, a man proceeded slowly and falteringly, walking alone.
He looked emaciated, skin and bones, his cheeks sunken in, his eyes dull and lifeless, only the cinnabar at the center of his forehead shone red and enchanting, like blood.
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