"What's wrong with me?" Lin Hao looked at Tang Ziyuan and asked calmly.
"You!" Tang Ziyuan's gaze at Lin Hao's composed expression only made her angrier.
"I don't want to die!" Tang Ziyuan glared at Lin Hao, gritting her teeth.
"Don't worry, I won't joke with my own life."
After speaking, Lin Hao ignored Tang Ziyuan and turned to Xiao Hei and Wang Da Cong. "It's getting late, you two should rest early and remember to think of a solution."
With that, Lin Hao left Wang Da Cong's room and returned to his own.
After washing up and lying in bed, Lin Hao found he couldn't sleep.
He was still thinking about how to deal with the flood dragon tomorrow, or at least stall it, so he could dive into the water to get the dragon's saliva.
He had already witnessed the ferocity of the flood dragon today.
Without a foolproof plan, he wouldn't dare to act again.
If he died, it wouldn't matter much.
But if Xiao Hei also met with misfortune, he would surely have no peace in the underworld.
However, facing such a ferocious flood dragon, devising a foolproof plan was not an easy task.
Lin Hao frowned in deep thought. Suddenly, a thought sparked in his mind.
He suddenly realized that the reason he failed at the last moment today was because Xiao Hei was caught up by the flood dragon, and then the flood dragon quickly turned back.
If the flood dragon hadn't caught up to Xiao Hei, perhaps he would have succeeded in obtaining the dragon's saliva.
If tomorrow, Xiao Hei were to lure the flood dragon again, but the flood dragon couldn't catch up to Xiao Hei at all, wouldn't that present him with an opportunity?
And making it so the flood dragon couldn't catch up to Xiao Hei wasn't difficult.
As long as Xiao Hei's speed was faster than the flood dragon's, the flood dragon would never be able to catch him.
Today, they were limited by their resources and were unfamiliar with the lake's conditions. They also didn't know that there was a flood dragon in the Tianchi, so they could only use an inflatable boat and a small diesel engine as escape tools.
If they found a motorboat tomorrow, wouldn't the flood dragon be unable to catch up?
Even if the flood dragon eventually caught up, the time gained should be enough for him to dive down and retrieve the dragon's saliva.
Lin Hao became excited at this thought.
He carefully considered it from all angles and finally felt that this plan was indeed feasible.
The only difficulty was how to bring the motorboat to the Tianchi.
However, this was something he could discuss with Wang Da Cong. Wang Da Cong was more familiar with the area and should have a way to transport the motorboat into the Tianchi.
With the solution confirmed, Lin Hao peacefully drifted off to sleep.
However, in the early hours of the morning, Lin Hao's bedroom door suddenly opened.
Then, a figure tiptoed in.
The person was none other than Tang Ziyuan.
After entering the room, Tang Ziyuan closed the door behind her and sprinkled some powder into the air.
As soon as the powder was dispersed, the entire room was filled with an intoxicating aroma.
This decadent scent made one feel involuntarily intoxicated.
Tang Ziyuan had taken the antidote beforehand, so she felt nothing unusual.
She walked gently to Lin Hao's bed, looked at the sleeping Lin Hao, and let out a soft snort.
This aphrodisiac, emitting a decadent scent, was personally prepared by her. The dosage was increased threefold compared to last time, and this time, she had also added a neurotoxin. She didn't believe Lin Hao could still wake up.
The moment Tang Ziyuan returned to the hotel last night and learned that Lin Hao was still going to the Tianchi for dragon's saliva tomorrow, she had begun preparing the aphrodisiac.
She had witnessed the scene today.
Lin Hao had almost lost his life.
If she still allowed Lin Hao to be reckless and go to the Tianchi for dragon's saliva tomorrow, it was possible that Lin Hao would lose his life.
If Lin Hao died, she would have no choice but to wait for her own death.
She wasn't someone who feared death. If it weren't for her grandmother, what would it matter if she died?
Moreover, dying would be better; she wouldn't have to wrong herself and give herself to such a selfish and hypocritical scoundrel as Lin Hao.
However, reality did not allow her to die like this.
Tang Ziyuan shook her head, then looked at Lin Hao, and finally, gritting her teeth, climbed onto Lin Hao's bed.
After getting into bed, Tang Ziyuan, with her bright eyes fixed on the sleeping Lin Hao, began to unbutton her sleep robe.
But just then, Lin Hao, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes and let out a startled cry, "What are you doing!?"
With a yelp, Lin Hao almost instantly jumped out of bed.
After jumping down, he realized he was naked and quickly pulled the quilt down, wrapping it around himself.
After Lin Hao clumsily protected himself, he looked at Tang Ziyuan and exclaimed in shock, "When... when did you come in!?"
"None of your business!"
"Get out of the way!"
Tang Ziyuan glared at Lin Hao, her face as red as a monkey's backside, and let out a muffled growl of shame and indignation before getting out of bed and heading for the door!
"Bang!"
Lin Hao stared at the closed door, stunned.
Even now, he didn't understand what had happened.
He had been dreaming when he suddenly felt a sense of danger and instinctively opened his eyes.
The moment he opened his eyes, he found Tang Ziyuan in his bed.
Then, this happened.
Lin Hao looked at the empty room, bewildered for a moment, then suddenly smelled a peculiar fragrance in the air.
Lin Hao frowned, instinctively holding his breath, but then he understood that the strange fragrance in the room was likely another aphrodisiac or sleeping powder released by Tang Ziyuan.
However, when he was young, his grandfather had fed him a thousand-year-old snow toad, so ordinary poisons no longer had any effect on him.
Thinking of this, Lin Hao chuckled and shook his head before going back to sleep.
Upon sensing the aphrodisiac in the air, Lin Hao had fully understood Tang Ziyuan's intentions.
Tang Ziyuan was simply afraid that he would die tomorrow and wanted to use him to "complement the yang" for her.
Of course, everyone feared death, and Lin Hao had no intention of mocking Tang Ziyuan.
It was just that he felt, since there were other ways to "complement the yang," why did Tang Ziyuan insist on using that method?
Did Tang Ziyuan like him?
No.
Lin Hao shook his head, feeling that Tang Ziyuan could never like him, and he could never like Tang Ziyuan either.
They were destined to be apart, unable to be together.
As Lin Hao pondered these thoughts, he gradually fell asleep...
The next day.
Lin Hao found Wang Da Cong and Xiao Hei early in the morning and shared his thoughts from last night.
After listening, Wang Da Cong's brow furrowed. He looked at Lin Hao and said with some difficulty, "Brother Lin, it's easy to find a motorboat, but it's not easy to transport it to the Tianchi."
"Is there no way at all?" Xiao Hei asked Wang Da Cong.
"This..." Wang Da Cong scratched his head. He really couldn't think of a way to transport the motorboat in.
If they drove, they could only reach the outskirts of the Tianchi. There was still a considerable distance to the lakeside, and the remaining path was extremely difficult to walk. Transporting a motorboat there would be a joke.
Huh?
Why do I have to drive?
Wang Da Cong was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up as he looked at Lin Hao and Xiao Hei. "Haha, I've got it, I've got a way!"