Yao Ying decided to be bold and said, "To tell you the truth, I don't know that I have to drink the poison. Can you let me know why before I drink it?"

w.a.n.g Luo Hai sighed, but he knew Yao Ying had a stubborn streak in him. He should have seen it coming, but he knew that Yao Ying was correct to ask about this beforehand. w.a.n.g Luo Hai answered him, "This poison is a guarantee for us to stay loyal to the master. We will receive the antidote every month before it acts up, so don't worry! As long as you don't betray the master, then it will be fine."

Yao Ying wanted to ask who the master was, but he knew this wasn't the right time. Or else... w.a.n.g Luo Hai would get into trouble. "Father, did you drink the same poison?"

w.a.n.g Luo Hai admitted it, "Yes."

"What poison is that?" Yao Ying asked cautiously.

Mei Li gu niang grinned and answered him, "This is my most precious creation. I named it 'Yue Du' -- Monthly Poison."

Yao Ying wanted to roll his eyes. 'Okay... The name is not so creative. I bet it's because you have to take the antidote each month, hence the name,' Yao Ying thought to himself. He felt really bitter inside.

Mei Li gu niang continued to explain, "Don't worry... you will only feel hurt for half incense stick of time! You may suffer from shortness of breath and your heart will feel pain for a little bit. Only if you have an antidote then you won't feel the pain next month. For the first time, you won't need an antidote, but you have to feel the pain to know how potent this poison is."

Yao Ying could hear the excitement from the woman's voice when she was talking about the potion. This woman was really sick on the head!

Yao Ying knew that he couldn't stall times, he probably should just quickly drink the pills and be done with it. He would try to find the antidote later, maybe Yao Ling could do something about it with her medical skill. "This one will eat the pills. Can Mei Li gu niang give it to me?" Although he was feeling bitter inside, Yao Ying didn't let them see his bitterness.

Mei Li gu niang quickly gave the medicine to Yao Ying. Yao Ying used his hand to break a part of the pills and sneakily ate the larger part of the pills, while he let the smaller parts fall down into his sleeves. Without a portion of the poison, how could Yao Ling find out the ingredients?

While Yao Ying secretly hid the pills, he looked at the others' expression. He hoped that no one noticed what he had done. Luckily, no one said anything or did something to check on his sleeves.

After eating the poison, Yao Ying somehow didn't feel any pain. Didn't she say that he should feel some kinds of symptoms? But why didn't he feel anything? He searched w.a.n.g Luo Hai's face and he could see the confusion in his eyes. Yao Ying took it that it was probably time to feel the pain, so he pretended to clutch his heard and moan in pain.

He pretended to be short of breath just like what Mei Li gu niang had told him. Fortunately, she said it beforehand, otherwise, he knew that something bad would happen if they knew he didn't feel any pain. After he felt that half incense stick of time had pa.s.sed, he started to tone down his act and calm his expression down for a liitle bit. He even pretended to feel the pain until he kneeled down on the ground.

He didn't know that he was quite good at acting.

Yao Ying could see the panic in w.a.n.g Luo Hai's eyes, but he didn't dare to go near Yao Ying. However, once he felt Yao Ying's pain had subsided, he quickly helped Yao Ying up and asked about his condition. w.a.n.g Luo Hai looked very worried and Yao Ying thought to himself, 'At least, he still has a conscience left.'

Yao Ying still pretended to catch his gasping breath and after he felt that it was time for the act to finish, he started to stand up straight and breath normally.

"How do you feel?" Mei Li gu niang asked. From her tone, Yao Ying knew that she was satisfied with the result -- his pain. He could see that this lady seemed to have a weird fetish and it made him shudder in fear!

"Never been better," Yao Ying sarcastically said which earned a burst of laughter from Mei Ling gu niang. He scowled at her and he didn't intend to mask his feeling. He was really annoyed and he could always say he wasn't in the right mind, because he just drank poison.

Yao Ying knew that he had to ask a question because no one but the poison maker could answer him and in this case, only Mei Li gu niang could answer him. "This poison... Have someone ever drink and get no reaction or pain?"

Mei Li gu niang's laughter suddenly stopped and she asked him curiously. "Oh... why the sudden question?"

"Just curious. Because I could feel how potent it was," Yao Ying explained briefly. He pretended that he was in awe with this poison. A genius lunatic usually loved it if someone praised his or her creations.

Mei Li gu niang couldn't hold back her happy laughter. "I love it when someone appreciates my poison."

Yao Ying's expression was darkened. Was this woman really crazy? Who would appreciate being poisoned and even appreciate the poison? He felt like throttling this crazy woman, but he had to mask his feeling by smiling, even though he felt like cursing.

"Hmmm... no one could avoid the poison's effect, but two persons. One of them is me because I have the full antidote. The other person was given that antidote by me, so this poison wouldn't have any effect on that person," Mei Li gu niang explained.

"Why did you easily tell me all of this?" Yao Ying asked curiously. This was supposed to be an important secret. For her to give him such an honest answer, wouldn't she afraid of being exposed?

"No one but me can make the antidote. I only make the exact number of antidotes to be the same with the number of people who drank the poison. So, why should I be afraid? If someone kills me, then all of you will die. So you have to think about this clearly too before making a move to eradicate me," Mei Li gu niang smiled triumphantly.

No wonder she was so confident!

Yao Ying was confused. Only one person wouldn't be able to feel the pain, not including Mei Li gu niang. But what about him? Did he have a connection with Mei Li gu niang before he lost his memories? Who was that person? Was that person... him? There were so many questions that he wanted to ask, but he knew that he shouldn't ask too much or they would feel suspicious.

But... if he was one of Mei Lu gu niang's acquaintances, why didn't Mei Li gu niang recognize him? Should he dismiss the idea and think of himself as being lucky? But... was this all really a coincidence? By joining this force, would he be able to find his real ident.i.ty? He was deeply excited by the fact that he probably would be able to find out about his ident.i.ty soon.

Because he was trying too hard in thinking about his past memories, he felt a sudden headache which made him yelp in pain. The pain grounded into his temple and seemed like trying to split his skull. A wave of nausea also attacked him in full force and he felt like vomiting. He didn't know what happened next, but he could only feel the darkness surrounded him.

Yao Ying fainted.

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Find this emo and it seemed like this emo would describe how Yao Ying felt when w.a.n.g Luo Hai didn't tell him anything and he had to drink poison. (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ *flip the table*

And w.a.n.g Luo Hai was like meh! ╭(╯^╰)╮┑(￣Д￣)┍

Ha-ha!