Xu Si adjusted her breathing, sat up, and examined every corner of her skin, feeling the subtle pain all over her body, not even sparing the scratched areas. It was then that she confirmed something: there was not a single mark on her body from a needle prick.
There was no bitterness of medicine in her breath or mouth, nor the sweet choking sensation, not even a hint of moisture residue, let alone the dry powder of drugs.
She remembered what Pei Zhen had said. That debilitating drug could only be treated and cured in the Underground City. She hadn't received any treatment yet, but she had already recovered her strength.
Wasn't this being deceived?
"...Really, how many times has it been?"
She remembered that the last time this man had set up a whole array of traps, making her willingly walk into the snare.
