At this very moment.
Jiang Xinghai's throat went dry. Things had already reached this point; any man would know not to hesitate.
But in the end…
…the two silver needles in Jiang Xinghai's hand still found their way into two of Shen Lingxue's major acupoints with speed, precision, and stability.
He was in the prime of his youth, full of vigor and starved for the company of the opposite sex. He desperately wanted to make love to Shen Lingxue again.
But he remembered what Shen Lingxue had said: her body couldn't handle another round with him.
Even if he prepared medicine to help her recover afterward, he would still be indirectly going against her will.
'Could they even be friends after that?'
'She saved his parents' lives!'
Shen Lingxue's body had gone limp, and Jiang Xinghai gently laid her flat on the bed.
「Half an hour later.」
Shen Lingxue's eyes flew open. Her mind seemed to still be trapped in the horror of Wang Junhao's assault, and she quickly scrambled to the corner of the bed, hugging her knees.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here. That bastard who tried to assault you is barely clinging to life." Jiang Xinghai's heart ached seeing the heartbreakingly vulnerable Shen Lingxue.
One could only imagine how terrified Shen Lingxue must have been by Wang Junhao before he arrived.
"You… I…"
Shen Lingxue looked down at her disheveled clothes and hurriedly pulled them tight.
But her stunning figure, with its killer curves, was still tantalizingly visible beneath the messy top…
Jiang Xinghai felt a sudden rush of heat in his nose!
"Just now, I…" Shen Lingxue mumbled, her head lowered.
"Oh, you said your body couldn't handle another round, so I didn't touch you. You tore your own clothes off. I just used Chinese acupuncture to neutralize the aphrodisiac drug in your system."
Jiang Xinghai gave a reassuring smile and wiggled the silver needles in his hand.
"Silver needles? So you really are a practitioner of Chinese medicine!"
Shen Lingxue nodded in understanding, but in the corner of her eye, a faint, almost imperceptible flicker of disappointment appeared.
It seemed her initial claim that her body couldn't handle another round with Jiang Xinghai had just been an excuse.
Since Shen Lingxue's head was down, Jiang Xinghai didn't notice.
"Thank you!"
Shen Lingxue looked up and saw trickles of crimson blood at Jiang Xinghai's nostrils. "You're hurt!" she cried out.
"I'm… I'm fine."
Only then did Jiang Xinghai realize the heat in his nose had actually caused a nosebleed!
'So embarrassing!'
But it was understandable. He had reached the Great Achievement stage in the Forbidden Technique he cultivated, the Dragon Locking Secret Technique, and his vitality was far more abundant than that of an ordinary person.
And with a peerless beauty like Shen Lingxue right in front of him, any other man would have lost control.
The fact that he had forcibly suppressed his desire made a little nosebleed perfectly reasonable.
Shen Lingxue hurriedly handed Jiang Xinghai a tissue, then a thought suddenly struck her. She stared at him in astonishment and demanded, "But last night… why didn't you use the silver needles to neutralize the… aphrodisiac drug last night?"
"When a total knockout like you throws herself at me, if I were to refuse, wouldn't you just assume there was something wrong with my sexual orientation?" Jiang Xinghai explained with a bitter smile, his logic sound.
"Jiang Xinghai, you—!"
Flying into a rage born of shame, Shen Lingxue grabbed a pillow and hurled it at him. "You're just a bastard who takes advantage of people! Get out!"
"Shen Lingxue, if I really took advantage of people, I would have just had my way with you a moment ago, wouldn't I?"
Jiang Xinghai pointed at the unconscious Wang Junhao. "And I just saved you from a dangerous situation. I'm not asking for a reward, but you can't repay my kindness with animosity, can you?"
"I…"
Shen Lingxue trailed off. After calming down, she gave a slight nod.
"Also, you're a company president, a smart woman. How did you end up getting drugged twice in a row?" Jiang Xinghai's question, posed with a look of pity, sent a wave of lingering fear through Shen Lingxue.
Just as Jiang Xinghai said.
She, Shen Lingxue, the dignified president of Shen Group, known for being brilliant and wise, had been drugged twice. It was far too careless!
"If you want a painless cure for your hemorrhoids, I suggest you let me examine you one more time. Only then can I provide an accurate, targeted treatment." Jiang Xinghai promised with a serious expression, "Don't worry, there are absolutely no side effects. You'll be fully recovered in three days."
"But… do you really have to look?"
Shen Lingxue thought about her asshole; the recent friction seemed to have made it even more embarrassingly sensitive than usual.
"I have to examine the pathological structure. Otherwise, improper medication won't just delay your recovery, it could also harm your body. The loss would far outweigh the gain."
Jiang Xinghai looked at her like a perfect gentleman and added, "Don't worry. In a doctor's eyes, there's no difference between a man and a woman."
Shen Lingxue's face flushed red as she thought about the location of her asshole…
'She was so embarrassed about such a private area!'
She was just about to refuse.
But on second thought, if she went to a hospital, a doctor would have to examine her anyway.
'Instead of letting some stranger see... it would be better to give this man before her one more freebie.'
Besides, the fact that Jiang Xinghai had neutralized the aphrodisiac drug with just two silver needles was proof enough of his superb medical skills.
'Why not… give it a try?'
"Just one look?" Shen Lingxue made her decision, her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz.
"Just one look," Jiang Xinghai nodded firmly.
Her cheeks burning, Shen Lingxue first got up to close the curtains, then moved to the corner of the room. Only then did she look back at Jiang Xinghai, a little reserved.
"Just turn your back to me and take off your dress," Jiang Xinghai said, walking over slowly and vowing his intent.
"Then… okay!"
Shen Lingxue turned around slowly. 'This position feels… weird!'
After hesitating for a long while, she steeled her heart, reached behind her, and gently pulled down the zipper of her form-fitting dress.
Her back was smooth and fair as snow, without a single trace of excess fat.
A pair of sharp, alluring butterfly bones, half-hidden by her waterfall of long hair, exuded an endless, captivating charm…
Slowly, she gently slid the short, form-fitting dress down.
Her waist was soft and slender, barely a handful.
Such a perfect waist-to-hip ratio would absolutely make any man lose his mind.
"Just one look, okay?!"
Shen Lingxue gently bit her red lip, her face already as red as a ripe apple as she reminded him again with a soft whimper.
"Just one look," Jiang Xinghai nodded again.
Jiang Xinghai's gaze grew hotter. He felt a fire shoot up from his lower abdomen and couldn't help but swallow hard, trying his best to calm himself down.
Shen Lingxue kept trying to convince herself: 'Jiang Xinghai is just a doctor, and this is just a consultation!'
Finally, the willow-darkened path opened into a field of bright flowers…
The distance between them was now no more than a palm's width!
It was simply deadly!