Feng Jin continued to ponder the matter, unaware that Ling Mohan's expression was growing increasingly grim. She even mused aloud, "If Chu Yanxi keeps this up, can his body handle it? If he gets crippled from all this, it'll save you trouble. What do you think?"
After speaking, Feng Jin turned her head with a smile to look at Ling Mohan, only then noticing his increasingly displeased expression.
The smile on her lips instantly froze. Feng Jin looked at Ling Mohan awkwardly, unsure why he was angry.
"What's wrong? Did I offend you somewhere?"
Feng Jin asked cautiously, trying to recall if she had done anything to offend Ling Mohan.
"You are all quite fond of other people's bedroom affairs. Are you planning to witness it firsthand next?"
Ling Mohan's face was dark, his chilling gaze scrutinizing Feng Jin. Sometimes, he truly wished he could crack open Feng Jin's head to see what was inside.
"Well... even if I wanted to witness this, I wouldn't have the chance. Who would perform such a thing for others to see? Wouldn't that turn it into..."
Feng Jin's imagination was vivid, and a scene instantly appeared in her mind.
In just a moment, a blush spread from her neck to her earlobes, gradually creeping onto her cheeks,
vividly describing the state of being flushed. Feng Jin quickly shook her head, throwing the unhealthy images out of her mind.
She couldn't keep thinking about it; she had to stay clear-headed and calm down.
Seeing Feng Jin's blushing face, Ling Mohan guessed what she had been thinking about. He grabbed Feng Jin's small chin.
The sudden pain in her chin snapped Feng Jin back to her senses. "What are you doing? Let go, it hurts..."
Feng Jin cried out in pain and slapped his hand away. That damned man, why did he have so much strength? It really hurt!
"Throw all those messy thoughts out of your head, you're not allowed to think about them anymore, understand!"
The man threatened fiercely. The thought of Feng Jin's mind being filled with such vulgar content felt like a fire burning in his chest, making him uncomfortable.
"I understand, you... you let go first..."
Feng Jin quickly nodded in agreement, using all her strength to slap the back of his hand.
"Let go!" Feng Jin was truly angry, her tone involuntarily deepening.
Only then did the man release his hand that was tightly gripping Feng Jin's chin, his expression still unsoftened.
"If you dare to think about these things again, you're not allowed to meet Lin Yuwei anymore."
He truly needed to visit the Prince Jing's manor and tell Chu Chenyi about this, so that he could properly manage his own consort and not spend her days idly telling Feng Jin useless things.
Feng Jin rubbed her reddened chin and glared fiercely at Ling Mohan. That damnable man, he had to use so much force.
"You're clearly narrow-minded. We weren't discussing trivial matters between girls, and you're being so stingy."
He really was a petty man. Just saying a few words and he was like this. It seemed some things truly couldn't be known by Ling Mohan in the future.
"What kind of girls discuss other people's bedroom affairs like you do!"
Ling Mohan's anger had not yet subsided, and his voice involuntarily grew louder. The suppressed anger in his chest made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
"This matter has already spread throughout the capital. It's no longer a rare occurrence. It's not just the two of us discussing it, even if we didn't talk about it ourselves, words would inevitably reach my ears!"
Feng Jin retorted, not taking Ling Mohan's warning to heart at all.
She simply felt she had done nothing wrong and that Ling Mohan was being petty.
"Moreover, I truly feel there's something fishy about this. Chu Yanxi is so indulging in women; there must be another reason behind it."
"How do you know there's another reason? It's more likely that Chu Yanxi is just that kind of person. Don't forget that the human heart is unfathomable."
"You're just being unreasonable. I can't explain this to you."
Feng Jin's face was filled with exasperation. Why was this man so difficult to communicate with? Even basic communication between them was becoming extremely difficult.
To prevent further arguments over these matters, Feng Jin directly gave up her stance. In the current situation, remaining silent was the best option.
"I won't argue with you about these useless things." After speaking, Feng Jin turned directly and bent over her desk, flipping through medical books and ancient texts.
These books were ones she had painstakingly collected, and she had spent over a month translating the script.
The traditional Chinese characters were so difficult for her to look at that she had directly translated them into simplified Chinese, which looked much more pleasing to the eye.
After a long while, Feng Jin was startled by the content recorded in the book. She exclaimed suddenly, hurriedly stood up, and rushed out to find Ling Mohan with the book.
After searching for a while, she found the man in the courtyard and immediately ran to his side.
"What's wrong? You look so flustered?"
This was the first time he had seen Feng Jin so flustered and out of sorts. He quickly asked for the reason.
"I... this book... what the book records..."
Feng Jin was panting heavily, speaking in broken sentences. She directly handed the book to Ling Mohan and pointed to a line of text, asking him to look.
"I can't understand these characters."
The script in the book was completely different from what he knew. Ling Mohan glanced at it and directly told Feng Jin that he didn't recognize the script.
Feng Jin then realized that she had translated the book, and Ling Mohan couldn't understand these characters at all.
The differences in cultural backgrounds truly affected communication. Feng Jin had no choice but to explain slowly.
"This book records蛊毒 (gǔdú - poison spells/curses), and this is the 情欲蛊 (qíngyù gǔ - lust蛊). Once a person is afflicted with this蛊, their temperament changes drastically, they become obsessed with sexual matters, unable to extricate themselves until death, and only then can they be freed from the 情欲蛊."
She had previously found Chu Yanxi's symptoms too suspicious. Now, seeing the 情欲蛊 recorded in the book, her suspicions grew even stronger. She believed that Chu Yanxi's condition might be due to the 情欲蛊.
"蛊毒... 情欲蛊..."
Ling Mohan had never heard of this before; he knew nothing about such things.
"The 寒冰毒 (hánbīng dú - ice poison) you were afflicted with earlier was also a type of 蛊毒. If what Chu Yanxi has is indeed the 情欲蛊, then this matter becomes much more complicated, perhaps even..."