Chapter 480: Beyond Expectation
Tang Chuxia sighed, "Before I answer your question, can you help me fix my belt? It’s about to fall off!"
Because she couldn’t move at all, the only thing Tang Chuxia cared about was her belt.
The person was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
To still focus on a belt in a situation like this, there were probably not many people in the world who would do that.
Su Lan squatted down to help Tang Chuxia with her belt. Instead of doing anything to her, she just propped her up against a chair nearby.
"Listen, Sister Su, can you adjust me a bit? I’m really uncomfortable squished up in this chair. I can’t move anyway, so why don’t you let me lie down, how about that?"
Su Lan: ...
She had indeed recognized Su Lan.
Su Lan, too lazy to keep hiding her face, removed the cover and revealed her whole face—it was Su Lan, the widow with a somewhat ambiguous relationship with the Young Uncle.
Tang Chuxia sized up Su Lan, "Sister Su, the contrast is quite drastic. If I weren’t mentally strong, I might have had a hard time accepting this!"
Because she couldn’t move her body at all, she only had her mouth left to use.
In fact, compared to being taken away by some strange people, Tang Chuxia was not so surprised that she was calculated against by Su Lan. What she was curious about was, "You said you wanted to lay a hand on me, but why stay around the Young Uncle? That connection seems a bit tenuous, doesn’t it?"
Regarding the relationship between Tang Chuxia and the Young Uncle, it was supposed to be that she seldom went over to that side. Compared to the Young Uncle, she preferred spending time with the Young Aunt.
Su Lan, who was in a bad mood, dumped Tang Chuxia onto a soft collapse beside her, letting her lie on it, not caring whether her posture was uncomfortable, and took out a set of IV equipment.
Tang Chuxia was stunned.
Then she panicked.
To be honest, it wasn’t so scary to kill her, but it might be a bit concerning to have some weird drugs injected into her body.
Mainly because that recovery process was really unbearable. Tang Chuxia really disliked it; she always had to feel weak for many days.
"Sister Su, Sister Su, we can talk this out, even if it’s money you want, it’s negotiable. Can we not inject poison into my body?"
Tang Chuxia’s voice was making Su Lan irritated.
"Shut up. I’ve already kidnapped you, so it’s not up to you what I do to you."
Su Lan was quite impatient, and without being gentle, she rolled up the sleeve of Tang Chuxia’s homewear—the fabric was quite smooth.
Tang Chuxia watched Su Lan tie a tourniquet around her arm, starting to look for her vein.
This operation meant she was really going to get a needle!
Tang Chuxia felt that Su Lan definitely would not spare her just because she pleaded, so she simply closed her eyes and waited.
Su Lan found it odd that Tang Chuxia, who had been making so much noise just before, had fallen silent.
When she looked over, Tang Chuxia had smacked her lips and fallen asleep.
This was truly unbelievable.
Being tied up and about to be injected, yet she just fell asleep right away.
Any other person would probably not have been able to do that.
But Tang Chuxia did, and she did it quickly.
Su Lan cursed under her breath, but her hand didn’t hesitate for a moment and the needle went straight into a vein in Tang Chuxia’s arm.
It wasn’t a small needle either, but a rather thick one.
In fact, Su Lan didn’t inject any strange drugs into Tang Chuxia’s body; she was drawing blood into a bottle.
As the bright red blood flowed out, Su Lan’s gaze became more and more greedy.
After letting about six hundred milliliters of blood, Su Lan saw Tang Chuxia’s ghastly pale complexion and finally, her conscience kicked in, and she stopped the bloodletting.
Once she had treated Tang Chuxia’s wound, Tang Chuxia’s voice also sounded.
"I mean, Sister Su, if you wanted to draw my blood, just say so. Why did you have to kidnap me? And who knows if your needle was sterilized? If there’s a virus on it, wouldn’t that be awful for me?"
Tang Chuxia’s ceaseless prattling, akin to Tang Seng’s, made Su Lan want to curse.
Simply an annoying brat.
Thankfully, she had gotten what she needed.
Su Lan secured the blood before turning to Tang Chuxia, "You better behave and not start any trouble, or I really will kill you!"
Tang Chuxia sighed, "Sister, after taking so much of my blood, shouldn’t you at least give me some sugar water to drink? If I died now, wouldn’t that be a loss for you? You can always take more blood, but once a person is dead, there’s nothing left!"
Su Lan: ...
Facing her fate with such calm, Su Lan couldn’t help but view Tang Chuxia in a new light.
She indeed had qualities that so many found likeable.
Even she was starting to take a liking to this girl, pity that they were destined to be enemies.
"Wait!"
Compared to letting Tang Chuxia die, having a long-term source of her blood was definitely a good thing.
Losing six hundred milliliters of blood was a serious burden for Tang Chuxia at the moment; that was one fifth of her total blood volume. A little more, and she might have lost her life.
Even as the loss of so much blood caused her body temperature to drop and she began to shiver uncontrollably, what Tang Chuxia was more concerned about was whether her unique ability had been discovered.
Fortunately, she didn’t actively try to release the spring water in her mind, so the blood was just ordinary blood.
The reason Tang Chuxia passed out so quickly was due to her intense mental efforts to restrain the spring water from healing her body. She didn’t even know if it was possible, but it was worth a try.
Su Lan’s direct bloodletting indicated that she must know something, and it was certainly related to her blood. As long as her blood didn’t contain what Su Lan was looking for, there was still a chance.
The discomfort in her body left Tang Chuxia feeling somewhat helpless; compared to losing her life, simply losing blood was fortunate.
Who knows what might be happening with the Tang Family because of her disappearance.
She couldn’t possibly imagine.
In order to find Tang Chuxia, Gu Beihuai didn’t care if he would be exposed; he mobilized all his resources to search for her. The Tang Family was no exception, followed by the Zheng Family and the Gu Family.
Every possible hiding place in Quan City was searched by them, turned inside out.
But they could never guess where Tang Chuxia could be.
Listening to the distant squeaks of rats, Tang Chuxia felt helpless.
Su Lan really had some nerve, to keep her underground like this, and from what she could hear, it seemed to be some cemetery.
Even for Gu Beihuai and the others looking for her, it would probably take a while.
Was the deadly ordeal on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month corresponding to this moment?
Tang Chuxia wasn’t sure, but she had a feeling it wasn’t that simple.
As she lamented her misfortune, she saw Su Lan reappear, only this time with someone being dragged behind her.
Tang Chuxia’s pupils involuntarily constricted at the sight of that person.
How could this person also be captured by Su Lan?
"Sister Su, who exactly are you?" Tang Chuxia asked instinctively.
Su Lan smirked seductively, "Why? Only now you think to ask who I am? Isn’t it a bit late?"