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Yu Tinglan's body trembled slightly, whether from anger or fear, it was hard to tell.

She slowly sat down in the chair, a hint of regret on her face: "Xiao Fan, I'm sorry, my attitude was wrong before, I should have trusted you."

Lu Fan smiled slightly and shook his head: "It's okay, I understand how you feel."

Yu Tinglan took a deep breath to calm herself down: "My thoughts were a bit jumbled just now. I wanted to find the person who harmed me, but first, I need to get this damn thing out of here. Xiao Fan, can you help me?"

"Yes." Lu Fan's answer was brief and forceful.

Yu Tinglan closed her eyes briefly, and when she opened them again, only a desperate resolve remained: "What do you need me to do? I'll accept any price."

"First, find a completely safe and undisturbed place." Lu Fan stood up. "Second, removing the fetal worm is more dangerous than childbirth. Of course, if anything goes wrong, I will guarantee your life, but I cannot guarantee that you will be completely unharmed."

"I know there are risks, but come to my house." Yu Tinglan said without hesitation, "I have a detached villa with a very high level of security. Usually, only hourly workers are there, and no one else is there."

"Okay." Lu Fan nodded. "We still need to prepare a few things."

Half an hour later, the two appeared at Yu Tinglan's villa in the suburbs, carrying some bags.

Lu Fan looked around and saw that the villa was decorated in a modern minimalist style with a cool gray color scheme. Like Yu Tinglan herself, it exuded a sense of order that was so clean as to be almost austere.

Lu Fan took out yellow paper, cinnabar, a brush, scissors, silver needles, and other items from his bag.

"Sister Lan," Lu Fan said, arranging the items on the spacious living room coffee table, "Next, I need your complete trust and strict adherence to my instructions. The process will involve some... privacy and physical contact, the purpose of which is to completely lure out the Gu worms and prevent their poison from spreading into the body after their death. I hope you can understand."

Yu Tinglan looked at the silver needles and talismans and nodded: "I understand. You saved me once, I trust you."

"Then Sister Lan drew all the curtains and prepared half a basin of water. Then, Sister Lan went to change into a nightgown, and most importantly..."

Lu Fan paused here, looking somewhat uneasy.

"What's the most important thing?" Yu Tinglan looked at Lu Fan's face with some confusion.

Lu Fan coughed twice and said somewhat awkwardly, "Sister Lan can't wear underwear because the Gu worms will come out in a little while."

Yu Tinglan's body stiffened almost imperceptibly, and a blush quickly spread across her cheeks.

She nodded slightly, left quickly, and a moment later opened a basin half full of water, then left again without a word.

Lu Fan then began setting up the venue.

Lu Fan made two talismans, and then used the chairs and stools in the living room to make a simple "birthing bed", with a basin of clear water at the foot of the birthing bed.

A short while later, Yu Tinglan slowly walked down the stairs.

She changed into a dark green silk robe, the belt loosely tied at the waist, and her long hair was draped down, partially obscuring her face.

At this moment, she lacked her fierce aura, appearing thin and fragile, and her steps were somewhat unsteady.

Lu Fan looked up, his gaze clear and free of any distracting thoughts.

"Sister Lan, please lie down here with your buttocks close to the edge of the basin and your legs on the raised stools on either side." He pointed to the "birthing bed".

Yu Tinglan did as she was told and lay down.

Her silk robe slipped open slightly with her movements, revealing her slender ankles and calves. She closed her eyes, her thick eyelashes trembling gently.

"Sister Lan, lift up your skirt below your buttocks so that when the fetal worm comes out, it can fall into the basin," Lu Fan reminded her.

Yu Tinglan took another deep breath, reached out, and lifted up the skirt under her buttocks.

Then, Lu Fan said, "Sister Lan, move your butt forward a little more and to the right a little more."

Following Lu Fan's instructions, Yu Tinglan felt as if she had already died.

This is such a shameful pose, and Lu Fan is still giving orders to me. It's so embarrassing!

Lu Fan walked to Yu Tinglan's side and picked up the scissors first.

"I need to make an incision in your abdomen to facilitate acupuncture and observe the flow of Qi," he explained, deftly cutting a circular hole in the hem of her robe at the waist, revealing her flat stomach. A faint bluish tinge shone through her fair abdomen, making it look quite eerie.

The cold air and the touch of the scissors made Yu Tinglan flinch, but she didn't open her eyes or make a sound. She just gripped the armrests of the chair tightly with both hands.

"Xiao Fan, will it hurt?" Yu Tinglan's voice was a little nervous.

Lu Fan sensed that Yu Tinglan's body was trembling slightly; she was no longer the commanding figure she once was.

"Sister Lan, relax. I've prepared a pain reliever for you. It won't hurt much." Lu Fan's voice also became gentle.

Yu Tinglan simply nodded without saying a word.

Lu Fan took the cinnabar pen he had prepared earlier and quickly drew a small talisman on Yu Tinglan's chest at the Tanzhong acupoint.

"This is a 'mind-stabilizing talisman,' which can help you calm your mind and reduce the pain, but it cannot completely eliminate it. You still need to endure it," Lu Fan explained as he drew it.

The moment the talisman was activated, a warm current surged through Yu Tinglan's chest, slowly spreading outwards from there.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Fan calmed his mind, opened the needle box, and took out a three-inch-long fine needle.

Instead of immediately administering acupuncture, he placed his left hand on Yu Tinglan's cold lower abdomen and gently pressed it, his expression focused and free of any distractions.

Yu Tinglan closed her eyes, amplifying her senses. She could feel the warmth and steady strength of Lu Fan's hand; the touch made her body tremble slightly, but she forced herself to relax.

This situation of entrusting one's life to another and touching skin was something she had never experienced in her thirty years. Embarrassment, shame, fear, and a sense of indescribable dependence were all intertwined.

"Found it." Lu Fan whispered, quickly drawing a needle with his right hand and gently inserting it into a certain spot on his lower abdomen.

It's not a vertical stab, but rather a slow, twisting insertion at a special angle.

"Hmm..." Yu Tinglan groaned, a sharp, cold pain, different from menstrual cramps, came from her lower abdomen. Even with the calming talisman to cushion it, she was instantly covered in cold sweat and her temples were wet.

Lu Fan focused intently, using the needle as a guide to slowly force the cold, gloomy object to move downwards.

On Yu Tinglan's lower abdomen, small lumps appeared, which were the fetal worms struggling inside.

As the fetus struggled, Yu Tinglan felt waves of cramping pain in her abdomen, and fine beads of sweat began to appear on her face.

Time passed second by second, and the only sounds in the living room were the two of them breathing and Yu Tinglan's occasional, suppressed groans of pain.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Lu Fan's forehead, and his fingertips turned slightly white.

Exorcising the Gu not only drains his energy, but also continuously depletes the little internal energy he has painstakingly cultivated.

With each step he forced the Gu worms back, he could feel a chill rushing back along the silver needles, which he needed to circulate his inner energy to dispel.

This is a dangerous tug-of-war.

After an unknown amount of time, just as Yu Tinglan felt as if she were being torn apart by the icy cold and throbbing pain, she heard Lu Fan shout in a low voice, "Come out!"

He suddenly lifted the silver needle, and at the same time pressed hard on an acupoint below her lower abdomen with his left hand!

"what!"

Yu Tinglan let out a short cry of pain, and her body convulsed violently.

Pfft!

A faint splash reached Yu Tinglan's ears clearly.

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