After she parked the car and got out, Yan Ming stepped forward and said, "I didn't expect that Dr. Ning had this side to him."

Ning Xi took off her helmet, her long hair falling on her shoulders, her smiling eyes as bright as the morning sun and as brilliant as summer flowers.

"Did that scare you?"

"No, but I was indeed surprised." Yan Ming said with a smile.

At the same time, he was secretly relieved that she did not alienate him because of what happened last time.

Yan Ming raised his hand again and said, "Thank you, Doctor Ning, for taking the time to come and see me. Please come in."

"Then should I say, thank you Mr. Yan for taking the time to invite me?" Ning Xi also smiled and followed him to the restaurant.

The bodyguards who were responsible for secretly protecting Ning Xi looked at each other in surprise as they saw her and Yan Ming talking and laughing as they entered the restaurant.

Madam, do you want to tell Mr. Qin that you and Yan Ming are having dinner together?

If you don’t ask, then don’t tell…right?

…

After a few glances, they shut up tacitly and quickly followed.

Ning Xi was unaware of the dilemma faced by the bodyguards. Yan Mingding's restaurant was an elegant Chinese restaurant. Although he chose a private room, it was not a separate small room.

The round table separated by a screen provides a degree of privacy and prevents misunderstandings.

Ning Xi and Yan Ming sat opposite each other.

Yan Ming quickly handed her the menu. She casually ordered a few dishes and then got down to business: "Mr. Yan, what do you want me to help you with?"

Speaking of this, Yan Ming's gentle features unconsciously turned cold, but he quickly returned to his previous warmth, "That's it."

He took out a small glass bottle with a wooden stopper from his pocket, which was half filled with purple-black powder.

Yan Ming placed the glass bottle on the round plate on the table and turned it in front of Ning Xi.

Ning Xi picked it up and took a look at it, then pulled out the cork and smelled it briefly, and her brows immediately frowned.

Because she couldn't tell what it was, she just smelled a very special fragrance.

The faint fragrance of green bamboo seems to have a bit of intoxicating sweetness, which is the smell of bamboo flowers.

Suddenly, she remembered the description of the poisonous herb that could extract neurotoxin in her master's book on poisons.

It looks like Pinellia ternata but is not the same thing. It tastes like bamboo and is fruity.

What this means is that the appearance of that poisonous weed is very similar to that of Pinellia ternata, and its smell has the fragrance of bamboo and fruit.

Although the shape of the powder is no longer recognizable, the taste is very similar.

"Doctor Ning, do you know what this is?"

"Can I ask where this came from?"

Although Ning Xi had some guesses in her mind, she couldn't conclude based on the smell alone that this was the same poison that Old Lady Yan and Qin Yun were poisoned with.

So, Ning Xi didn't answer but asked instead.

"This is something I found from... some of my family members." Yan Ming lowered his eyes, a cold light flashing across his eyes.

Ever since his grandmother had an accident, he has been busy cleaning up some "garbage" at home. This bottle was found at his second uncle's house, that is, Yan Rui's house.

However, he couldn't tell what this thing was, and even his family doctor didn't recognize it.

So, he could only ask Ning Xi for help.

Ning Xi noticed the chill that unconsciously emanated from his voice, and she became even more curious.

But in the end, I was tactful enough not to ask any further questions.

However, he raised the glass bottle again, looked at it in front of his eyes for a while and said, "I can't tell what this is yet. But I think it's very likely the poison that poisoned your grandmother."

But to be sure, she still needs to test the ingredients and the effects of the toxins.

Hearing this, the cold light in Yan Ming's eyes deepened a bit, but when he looked at her, he retreated, "Okay, then I'll trouble you."

"No trouble. Actually, I'm also very interested in the poison your grandma took. To be honest, one of the ingredients in your grandma's poison was extracted from a very ancient poisonous weed. Logically speaking, that poisonous weed should have been an extinct species in the outside world.

It can only be found in deep mountains and old forests, places where no one has ever set foot.

But now... so I am also curious about how the person who made this poison got it."

"Then I hope this thing can help you." Yan Ming took a look at the glass bottle in her hand and said.

"I think so too. I'll tell you when the results come out."

"good."

Ning Xi put the glass bottle away, and then the two of them stopped talking about this topic and chatted about other things like friends.

During this time, Ning Xi got up and went to the bathroom.

When I came out, I unexpectedly saw Xu Guiqin and a woman I didn't know walking in, talking and laughing.

Xu Guiqin saw her only after she came in. She paused, her eyes lingering on her face for just a moment, then she looked away as if nothing had happened and continued chatting and laughing with the woman beside her.

Ning Xi was about to call out "Second Aunt", but the word stopped on her lips. She also looked away and walked out quickly.

Listening to the receding footsteps, Xu Guiqin just wanted to say it was bad luck that she didn't expect to meet her here.

But then, as if she had thought of something, she narrowed her eyes and hurriedly said to her companion who was using the toilet, "Mrs. Han, my earring seems to have fallen off. I'll go back and look for it first. You go up slowly."

"Oh? Is that so? Then go ahead." said the woman in the cubicle.

Xu Guiqin responded, hurried out, and chased for a few steps before she saw Ning Xi's back.

After realizing that she did not enter the large private room but the small private room, he slowly approached.

"Doctor Ning, I'm really sorry for what happened last time. Thank you so much for not giving up on my grandma."

"Mr. Yan, you already apologized last time. Besides, I'm not that unreasonable."

"Of course!"

The sound of conversation in the private room came out, and Xu Guiqin stood outside the screen, covering her mouth in surprise.

If she heard correctly, this man was Yan Ming, right?

It’s the young master of the Yan family!

No wonder the Yan family, who were the Qin family's mortal enemies last time, actually went to the Qin family manor and spoke for this woman.

It turns out that these two people have been having an affair for a long time!

Haha, I don’t know if her eldest nephew knows about this!

Xu Guiqin's eyes were full of sparkling light. She quickly picked up her mobile phone and secretly inserted the camera into the gap between the screens.

Yan Ming, who was drinking, seemed to have noticed something. His brows furrowed suddenly, and he looked up at the screen behind Ning Xi: "Who is it?"

The cold voice and sharp gaze seemed to become material and flew towards her, frightening Xu Guiqin so much that her hands trembled and her phone immediately fell to the ground.

Ning Xi also turned around and frowned at the screen behind her.

Yan Ming had already stood up, strode over, and pushed open the screen that served as the door.

Then I saw a middle-aged woman running to the other side in panic.