Shu Tian and that person were speaking in low voices outside the cabin.

Meanwhile, in the storage room, Luoyang turned over in his sleep, feeling something pressing on his stomach.

And that thing was rubbing against him!

Hmm?

He shifted his body, squinting his eyes, and reached to remove that thing from under his stomach.

It was soft.

And cool to the touch.

It was moving?

What the hell was it?

Extremely reluctant, he opened his eyes to look. His vision became clearer and clearer, and what appeared before his eyes was something flicking its tongue…

“A snake!” He forcefully flung the snake in his hand away and jumped straight up from the wooden plank.

Completely freaked out!

His eyeballs seemed about to pop out.

His entire body pressed against the ship’s wall.

Xiao Ba was startled awake by him, rubbing his eyes as he sat up. “Brother, what’s wrong?”

“There’s a…” The word “snake” hadn’t even been shouted out yet.

Xiao Ba’s hand also touched one.

He brought it before his eyes to look, and his reaction was the same as Luoyang’s.

His eyes looked like they were about to bounce out of their sockets.

“Ah!”

Accompanying his scream, that snake also aimed at his wrist and bit down.

Another scream!

Seeing this, Luoyang grabbed the snake’s tail, forcefully flung it, and threw the snake to the ground.

Unexpectedly, the snake he had flung away earlier crawled back.

It aimed at his exposed ankle and also viciously bit down.

“Ah!”

Pain.

Truly piercing pain.

As if that bite went straight into his bone.

The two men’s screams attracted those who lived on the ship to serve.

They all headed toward the dust-filled storage room and saw Xiao Ba and Luoyang sitting inside with agonized expressions on their faces.

Those two snakes were still writhing on the ground!

Seeing this, everyone froze.

One among them who wasn’t afraid of snakes quickly reached out to grab them.

One hand seized one.

He threw them into an empty water vat outside and covered it with a board.

Luoyang and Xiao Ba were still shaken, both frightened pale.

Xiao Ba raised his arm, looking at the wound on his wrist with two tooth marks bitten into it, tears welling in his eyes.

“Brother, it hurts so much. Am I going to die?”

Luoyang sat on the ground, looking at his ankle, which had also been deeply bitten.

The area around it was slowly turning red.

For a moment, he felt his head swelling and his vision blurring.

Could he… really die from the poison?

This is bad!

But before he could think any further, he had already passed out.

Xiao Ba also passed out following him.

Those several people standing at the door panicked!

“What do we do? Are they dead?”

“We don’t have a doctor on board.”

“People can’t die on the ship. Otherwise, if word gets out, who would dare take our ship in the future? How unlucky.”

“That’s right. Death on a ship is the most taboo thing.”

…

Good heavens, the people had passed out and their fate was unknown, yet you’re worried about death on the ship.

Where’s your compassion?

Shu Tian, who had been observing in the shadows, immediately rebuked the person who released the snakes upon seeing this. “Didn’t you say they weren’t poisonous? What’s going on now?”

“This…” That person didn’t know either.

“If they die, don’t expect to live either.”

“I…”

“Hurry up and handle this.”

“Yes.” That person rushed toward the storage room.

Shu Tian turned and left, going to find Wen Che who was standing at the bow, saying, “Young Master, the matter…”

Wen Che glanced at him. “Just now I heard sounds coming from below. Was it handled properly?”

“It was handled, but I’m afraid…”

He hesitated.

Wen Che: “Speak!”

“Originally they said the snakes weren’t poisonous, but… after those two were bitten, they suddenly passed out. Right now, we don’t know what will happen?”

“Passed out?” Wen Che’s eyes sharpened, his tone and words becoming heavier. “Didn’t I say not to harm lives? Did you not hear me, or did you have your own ideas?”

“This subordinate wouldn’t dare. It was truly unexpected.”

“Go handle it now! If lives are lost, you won’t be lightly forgiven.”

“Yes!”

Shu Tian hurried down to check on the current situation.

Luoyang and Xiao Ba had already been carried out from the cramped storage room.

They were laid on the deck outside!

Because there was no doctor, everyone was helpless about this situation.

They could only anxiously gather around, pairs of eyes staring.

Were they just going to watch them die like this?

The person who released the snakes crouched down to examine them, but after all, he wasn’t a doctor and couldn’t make out what was really going on.

Shu Tian returned and asked, “How is it?”

That person said, “They’re not dead yet, still breathing, but this wound…”

“Should we suck out the venom?”

“Suck…”

“What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and suck out their venom!” Shu Tian said.

That person’s expression turned unpleasant. Although he had released the snakes himself, he was just following orders! Now that something had gone wrong, he had to take the blame, even having to suck out the venom himself—wasn’t that risking his own life?

Truly not worth it!

Seeing him hesitate for so long, Shu Tian kicked toward his shoulder. “Hurry! If they die, you can forget about keeping your life.”

“…Yes!”

That person took a deep breath, lifted Xiao Ba’s wrist, looked at the wound where the snake had bitten, swallowed, and was about to suck out the venom.

Suddenly—

“Wait.”

A female voice came.

Other than Ji Yunshu, there was no one else on the ship!

She pushed through the crowd, her expression grave, nervously crouching beside Luoyang. Looking at the wound on his ankle, she said to the people, “Go get a basin of cold water, then add half white liquor and a little salt to the water.”

Huh?

Everyone was confused by her words.

However, Shu Tian was the first to react, instructing the person who was about to suck the venom from Xiao Ba, “Hurry and prepare it.”

A last-ditch effort!

That person, in his panic, quickly put down Xiao Ba’s hand and pulled someone responsible on the ship to prepare the items.

Shu Tian asked, “Miss, you know medical arts?”

Though her expression was anxious, she still maintained her composure and replied, “I’ve just learned a bit.”

What she called “learned a bit” was merely learned from Muruo.

So regarding snake venom, she also knew a thing or two!

Shu Tian said, “Then you must save them. Absolutely can’t let them die.”

Otherwise, Wen Che would definitely blame him!

However, Ji Yunshu looked at him coldly. “Is the young master also worried about lives being lost?”

Uh!

This question made Shu Tian’s entire body stiffen.

As if she knew that snake had been released on his orders.

But thinking again, perhaps he was overthinking it. After all, he had acted in secret, and this young lady didn’t seem like someone particularly clever!

She couldn’t possibly have figured it out!

So he said, “Human life is paramount—how could I not be worried?”

Heh!

Ji Yunshu said nothing more. She looked at the unconscious Luoyang and said softly, “I told you to be careful, yet you were still careless!”

Or perhaps, it wasn’t that Luoyang was careless, but that he simply hadn’t taken Ji Yunshu’s warning to heart at all.

Soon, a basin of cold water with white liquor and salt added had been prepared.

It was brought before Ji Yunshu.

“Miss, what use does this have?”