Mountain Village's little Doctor

Human lives hang in the balance, Ye Fei took a swift stride to the back of the stone.

Xie Chunmei's clothes had been torn off by Wang Daniu, leaving only a green undershirt covering her body.

Ye Fei felt his belly flare up with heat at the seductive scene before him, and he involuntarily swallowed his saliva.

Fortunately, Xie Chunmei was trembling as she stared intently at the snake in front of her and did not notice Ye Fei's burning and greedy gaze.

"Ye Fei, please, save your sister-in-law!"

Ye Fei, who had been staring absentmindedly, was jolted awake by Xie Chunmei's quivering voice.

Ye Fei, you indeed studied medicine.

In the face of a matter as critical as human life, how could you still entertain those thoughts?

Regaining his senses, Ye Fei wished he could slap himself.

It was only then that he noticed a green snake slowly making its way between Xie Chunmei's legs.

Ye Fei recognized at a glance that it was a venomous bamboo viper!

This type of snake loves to coil in mountain forests and the moist undergrowth near mountain streams.

Xie Chunmei was really out of luck, hiding behind a stone to fix her clothes; she inadvertently disturbed the bamboo viper.

Just like she said, it seemed as if the bamboo viper mistook her for its nest, ready to crawl inside.

Apparently, the bamboo viper was also undecided; otherwise, it wouldn't be moving so slowly, looking around curiously as it advanced.

Ye Fei knew very well that under the current circumstances, he absolutely must not startle the bamboo viper.

Otherwise, driven by its animal instincts, it would instantly flee back to its home.

"Sister-in-law Chun Mei, don't move!"

After calming Xie Chunmei, Ye Fei knew that every second counted.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the nervousness inside him.

His eyes were glued to the viper's vital spot, his right hand struck like lightning.

The inherently sharp bamboo viper still sensed the impending danger and suddenly darted forward.

In the nick of time, Ye Fei accurately caught the snake at its vital spot.

Feeling threatened, the bamboo viper immediately opened its mouth and flicked its tongue, barely brushing against Xie Chunmei.

Xie Chunmei was terrified by this and started screaming wildly.

"Don't be afraid, Sister-in-law Chun Mei, it's over now," Ye Fei assured her.

Ye Fei picked up a rock and smashed it down on the head of the bamboo viper.

Blood splashed, and after a few reflexive twitches, the bamboo viper lay still.

Tossing the dead snake aside, Ye Fei quickly went to help Xie Chunmei up.

"Sister-in-law Chun Mei, where did the snake bite you?"

Before Xie Chunmei could respond, Ye Fei saw the skin on the inner side of her thigh turning dark and quickly swelling.

Ye Fei involuntarily took in a sharp breath, his eyebrows twisting into knots.

With the threat of the bamboo viper gone, Xie Chunmei patted her heaving chest and took a long breath of relief.

When Ye Fei asked, she was jolted by the question and then realized that Ye Fei was looking at her thigh.

Now that she had no cover, her face turned red with embarrassment, and she hurriedly covered herself with her hands.

"Ye Fei, you must get your sister-in-law to the hospital quickly."

Ye Fei shook his head gravely and said, "Sister-in-law Chun Mei, the poison of the bamboo viper is a neurotoxin, and it acts incredibly fast. Look at the wound; it's already swelling. Did you not feel a burning sensation at the site of the injury?"

Ye Fei wouldn't have mentioned it, but upon being reminded, Xie Chunmei immediately showed a pained expression.

"Ye Fei, it hurts so much! I didn't feel anything just now, but why is it suddenly so painful?"

"Sister-in-law Chun Mei, sending you to the hospital will definitely be too late. By the time I get you down the mountain, you might not make it," Ye Fei said.

The intense pain quickly made sweat beads form on Xie Chunmei's forehead.

At a loss for what to do, she could only pin her hopes on Ye Fei.

"Ye Fei, what do we do now?"

"The only way now is for me to suck the snake venom out for you."

Although Ye Fei was studying medicine, he didn't bring any emergency supplies with him when he went up the mountain to gather herbs.

Apart from sucking out the poison with his mouth, there seemed to be no other way.

Plunged into fear, Xie Chunmei, who was not in a state to think further, immediately agreed.

"Ye Fei, what are you waiting for? Help me suck it out quickly!"

The location of the wound was indeed embarrassing, but Ye Fei no longer cared about that.

Immediately, he pried apart Xie Chunmei's legs and buried his head down there.

The moment his lips enclosed the wound, Ye Fei felt his nose tickled by a rough itch, as if a clump of coarse hemp was smothering his face.

But he couldn't pay attention to that, sucking forcefully at the venomous blood in the wound.

Ptooey.

After sucking repeatedly, the blackish blood finally turned red.

Xie Chunmei, who had been tormented by the pain, seemed to have already forgotten the pain.

She kept her eyes tightly shut and leaned her head back with force.

Not only was her face flushed, but her breathing also became rapid.

Ye Fei spat out another mouthful of poison blood, saw that the blackness around the wound was receding and that the swelling had subsided, and intended to stop there.

Just as he was about to lift his head, he found Xie Chunmei's hand pressing on his head, pushing down hard, unwilling to let go.

"Ptooey," Ye Fei turned his head and spat the venomous blood onto the ground, softly reminding her, "Chun Mei sister-in-law, I have sucked out the poison blood for you."

"Ah?" Xie Chunmei shuddered violently, hurriedly retracted her hand, "Ye Fei, is it okay now?"

Only then did Ye Fei lift his head and gently nodded while shaking his somewhat stiff neck.

"For now, it should be fine, but we still need to apply some medicinal herbs, and observe it for some time."

With her face flushed, Xie Chunmei nodded shyly to express her gratitude.

"Ye Fei, thank you for saving me. Look how tired you are; even your nose is sweating."

Before Xie Chunmei stretched out her hand to wipe it for him, Ye Fei reached up and swiped at his nose.

He froze for a moment, muttering in surprise, "Why is it sticky? This doesn't seem like sweat."

Xie Chunmei's face instantly turned even redder, shyly turning her head to the side.

Ye Fei also suddenly realized and, feeling embarrassed, got to his feet and said, "Chun Mei sister-in-law, wait here for me. I will go and retrieve the medicine basket and apply some herbs on you."

After saying that, Ye Fei ran up the slope in a flash to retrieve the basket.

However, when he returned, he saw Xie Chunmei limping away in pain.

"Chun Mei sister-in-law, there is still snake venom in your blood. It's best not to move around to prevent the venom from entering your heart through the bloodstream."

Xie Chunmei, supported by Ye Fei, shyly pointed towards a patch of green ahead and whispered, "Ye Fei, can you pick that up for your sister-in-law?"

Ye Fei followed her gesture and saw a small piece of fabric, then remembered it was the underwear that had been torn by Wang Daniu earlier.

He immediately had Xie Chunmei stand steady and quickly ran over to pick it up.

"Chun Mei sister-in-law, this is torn and can't be worn. I'd better apply the medicine first."

Having said that, Ye Fei stuffed the piece of fabric into his pocket and went straight to the stream.

He first rinsed his mouth, then cleaned several types of herbs that treated snake poison, and started to chew them.

Returning to Xie Chunmei's side once again, Ye Fei spat out the chewed herbs and applied them to her wound.

Seeing her torn short sleeve still hanging on her, Ye Fei did not hesitate to rip it off and use it to bandage the wound.

After all was done, Ye Fei finally let out a long breath.

Seeing Xie Chunmei's bashful appearance, he couldn't help but tease her a bit.

"That bamboo viper is really dumb, not even recognizing its own den. I bet there must be a lot of grass in front of its home, or it wouldn't have made such a mistake."

Xie Chunmei, already feeling shy, turned her head even more to the side after his comment.

Just then, Ye Fei suddenly raised his hand and took off his short sleeve.

Xie Chunmei, nearly violated by Wang Daniu earlier, immediately tensed up, hugging her chest tightly with both hands when she saw Ye Fei's gesture.

"Ye Fei, what are you doing?"