"Who killed grandpa?" Shang Qiaoxing asked again.

She felt that her voice was a little ethereal. She was clearly the one asking the question, but she felt a sense of unreality and distance.

"Of course I was the one who killed your grandfather!"

Shang Qiaoxing's eyes suddenly widened, and she swung the knife that had been clenched in her hand without hesitation.

A knife slashed out.

A cold light lit up in the luxurious Penglai suite, and Shang Qiaoxing's body fell backwards weakly.

The knife in her hand also slipped out of her hand and stuck into the floor not far away with a clang.

She didn't even see Xiang Rui's direction clearly.

Shang Qiaoxing fell to the ground, with golden stars spinning in front of his eyes.

She tried to raise her hands and get up, but her body seemed not to be her own.

She couldn't move at all, and her head was buzzing.

"You...you poisoned me..."

She squeezed out a word from between her teeth with difficulty.

Shang Rui sat there without moving at all.

He leisurely picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, saying, "My dear niece, you are indeed wary, but unfortunately, the poison is not in the tea, but in the air."

He looked at the aromatherapy in the corner.

Shang Qiaoxing also turned his head and closed his eyes sadly.

"If the mighty Seven Assassins wanted to kill me, he would have to resort to poisoning..."

"You are my niece, how could Second Uncle kill you?"

Shang Rui put down the teacup and stared at her with eyes like a poisonous snake.

Shang Qiaoxing suddenly felt a sense of terror.

Shang Rui said: “Instead of being someone else’s puppet, you might as well be mine.

If it weren't for your father, I would have turned you into my puppet doll long ago.

But your father, in order to protect you, not only became Chi You himself, but also trained you to become Chi You.

Even though he knew you would misunderstand and hate him, he still did it.

He... just wanted to give you a little power to protect yourself."