CHAPTER 751: CHAPTER 751: ZHANG TING BLOCKS THE WAY

Ye Shikai’s face was grave. Once the poisonous insect took shape, there would be no possibility of removing it, that is to say, if one day his heart experienced a sudden, severe pain, it would mean the worm had completely matured.

"Master, how much longer will it take for the worm to mature?" urgently asked Ye Shikai.

"According to records, the Single Love Poisonous Insect needs forty-nine days to mature. From the moment it enters the body, it starts moving towards the heart," Dugu Tianke spoke while holding an ancient book.

"Master, wait a moment." Ye Shikai seemed to think of something, suddenly stripping off his top. The Divine Doctor was bewildered and startled. On Ye Shikai’s body were many marks left by markers, which he had made after suffering severe pain, to record the location of the pain. Now, these marks were on his chest, approaching the heart, indicating that the worm was about to mature.

"It looks like, young man, you don’t have much time left," Dugu Tianke said with a hint of gravity in his eyes. He had thought there were still several tens of days left, but now...

"At most one week, and the worm will mature." A few minutes later, Dugu Tianke gave his "relatively conservative" judgement.

"Master, then I..."

"Tomorrow, this old man will accompany you to the Worm Sect," declared Dugu Tianke resolutely. "I have never failed to cure a patient, it seems like you will be the first to trouble me. Truly fated," Dugu Tianke said self-mockingly, "I, the Divine Doctor, never thought I would encounter such a difficult case."

"Thank you, Master." Ye Shikai deeply bowed. "Whether successful or not, I will always remember your kindness."

"Ha ha, my friend, treating patients is my duty, no thanks are necessary." Dugu Tianke waved his hand, signaling for Ye Shikai to sit down.

"I’m rather curious. Who imbued you with the Single Love Poisonous Insect?"

"I don’t know either, it’s baffling," Ye Shikai said with a helpless taste of bitterness—someone had inexplicably used a worm on him, and such a "sneaky" one at that. If the other party was an unknown woman, was he to be bound to her forever?

"The Single Love Poisonous Insect is extremely rare, and the Worm Sect generally does not accept external benefits. To accept someone’s money and ward off disasters for them—if that’s the case, then the person who used the worm is likely not a disciple of the Worm Sect. Strange, who else could have a Single Love Poisonous Insect."

"In short, Master, thank you for your trouble tomorrow."

"No problem, leave everything to this old man," Dugu Tianke said with a hearty smile, he was Ye Shikai’s benefactor. If it were not for meeting the Divine Doctor today, perhaps in seven days, he would only have an empty relationship with Su Qingyu.

"Given that, I won’t disturb the Master’s rest." Ye Shikai bowed again and turned to leave the room.

"Sigh, the love disaster has finally appeared, let’s see what fate has in store for this young man." After Ye Shikai left, Dugu Tianke softly exhaled a sigh and, with a wave of his sleeve, disappeared from the spot.

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On the road, Ye Shikai couldn’t stop thinking about the Single Love Poisonous Insect. He had a suspicion about someone but dared not dwell on it, much less reach a conclusion. Actually, he dared not verify it even more.

Ye Shikai always had a soft spot for women, even to the point of indecisiveness. To a certain extent, this was influenced by his parents, and on the other hand, there was Chen Yuxin.

Ye Shikai had a life fraught with misfortune since childhood, losing his father when he was young and depending on his mother for survival. Having tasted the bitterness of life early on, he cherished the people around him all the more. Chen Yuxin, without a doubt, was one of these people, holding an eternal place in Ye Shikai’s heart.

If Su Qingyu was "newlywed bliss," then Chen Yuxin was "once possessed." Both could exist at the same time, yet they were incomparable.

"Siren." Suddenly, a police car stopped in front of him, and Ye Shikai had no choice but to hit the brakes and pull over to the roadside. Just as he was about to get out of the car, a "handsome" woman approached.

"Yo, have you been drinking or what? You’ve run three red lights," said Zhang Ting in casual clothes, tapping on Ye Shikai’s car window.

"Is it you?" Ye Shikai said indifferently, puzzled. How could he run into her in such a big city as Yanjing? And how did Zhang Ting know he ran three red lights? She couldn’t have been following him all this time, could she?

"Why can’t it be me?" Zhang Ting didn’t say another word, she hopped right into the passenger seat, casually opened a nearby beverage, and naturally started drinking.

"Aren’t you a special police officer? How did you become a traffic cop?" Ye Shikai gave her a look. Zhang Ting was a very special woman; in Ye Shikai’s view, she was the most forthright and had the fewest scheming thoughts—perhaps one could say she was straightforward.

"What, made another mistake?" Ye Shikai also took a bottle of drink and started to converse with Zhang Ting.

"No, but I just finished work. I have a mission early tomorrow, so I just drove the police car over," complained Zhang Ting, massaging her legs and feet. "Busy all day, my legs are sore."

"You all really have it tough," Ye Shikai sighed. With someone as cunning as Boss Xing, how could it not be tough? If it were easy, Ghost would have used the power of Netherworld Palace to uproot him long ago.

"Can’t help it. Since I’ve become a police officer, I must fulfill my duty," scoffed Zhang Ting with a look of both contempt and envy. "Not like a certain someone, who clung to a wealthy woman, idling away, never doing anything serious."

Unless Ye Shikai was an idiot, anyone could tell Zhang Ting’s barbs were laced with insinuations.

"Yeah, it’s this idler who solved cases even the police couldn’t solve. Tell me, doesn’t that make him a genius?" Ye Shikai said coolly, preferring to take the offence and hit back.

"Pfft, flatter yourself," snorted Zhang Ting.

"You followed me for three streets, even stopped my car, it can’t just be for a chat, spit it out, what do you want from me?" Ye Shikai was direct and adept at reading expressions, and he could tell what was on Zhang Ting’s mind at a glance.

"Who said I am... have something to ask of you, I’m... I’m here to issue a ticket," Zhang Ting spoke with obvious lack of confidence. Indeed, her ability to lie was terrible.

"You just ran three red lights, I’m going to deduct points from you, and I will also detain your driver’s license," Zhang Ting huffed.

"The traffic police will naturally deal with me in a while, but don’t worry, as a good citizen, I will cooperate with law enforcement. Points should be deducted, fines should be paid, and the rest doesn’t require special police officer Zhang to overstep her duties," Ye Shikai said lightly, emphasizing "special police" to purposely irritate Zhang Ting.