"This Ye Sijue is really persistent, but unfortunately some persistence will only be in vain!" Gu Momo sat down in the chair unhurriedly, a cold light like shattered jade flashing in her clear eyes.

Seeing that she was worried and troubled, Li Zhanting elegantly handed her tea: "Don't worry, this is his own knot in his heart, and only he can resolve it. Perhaps in time, he will understand your good intentions."

Gu Momo couldn't help but laugh self-deprecatingly: "How can this be considered a good deed? At most, I'm just trying to prevent Fuying from stepping into the abyss. In this world, there are many heartless and ungrateful men, and many people who are stubborn and unaware of their own biases. These extreme personalities are most likely to hurt those around them. But I don't want Fuying to be hurt by him. I would rather Fuying be happy alone."

Only those who are obsessed with romance in novels and TV dramas would find obsessive-compulsive personalities attractive.

In real life, you should run as far away as possible!

Li Zhanting smiled, his thin lips curving into a deep, dark light: "You've put a lot of thought into letting Fu Ying be free. After all, who in this world doesn't want the person they love to be happy and carefree?"

His deep, mellow voice was captivating and seductive, making Gu Momo give Li Zhanting a big thumbs up!

Wow, Li Zhanting managed to cover that up for her!

The two were chatting happily when Gu Momo's phone rang. She calmly answered the call:

"Wanrou? Have you heard anything from your end?"

She had barely finished speaking when Gu Wanrou's shocked and anxious voice came through: "Sister Momo! Something terrible has happened!"

"Zhan Feng and I rushed back to the capital to extract the drugs from Dong Bihua and Lin Wan'er's blood, but when we arrived, Lin Wan'er and Dong Bihua had been drained of blood and were on the verge of death! Now, Lin Wan'er and Dong Bihua have been sent to the intensive care unit due to severe anemia. Whether they can survive this ordeal depends on their fate!"

These words struck Gu Momo like a thunderclap, and she abruptly stood up from her chair.

"What did you say? How could someone have previously sought out Lin Wan'er and Dong Bihua to extract their blood?"

"I don't know either!" Gu Wanrou said anxiously on the other end of the phone. "And I find it very strange. We rushed back to the capital overnight and went straight to our destination. But they took the blood right before us, and even destroyed the surveillance footage. We still can't find out who took their blood. But it seems like they're someone important!"

Gu Momo's cold eyes, framed by long eyelashes, were sharp and piercing. Ha...

The place where Lin Wan'er, Dong Bihua, and others were imprisoned was the Criminal Investigation Department of the capital city.

To be able to silently drain a person's blood from there, and to destroy the surveillance cameras and avoid the guards' sight—there are probably very few people in this world who can do these things!

"Okay, I understand! You guys preserve the scene and keep an eye on Dong Bihua and Lin Wan'er. Zhan Ting and I will come back right away to check!" Gu Momo said, and hurriedly prepared to leave Ye Family Manor with Li Zhan Ting to return to the capital to investigate.

She remembered Grandpa Qiao saying that the types of drugs injected into these people were all different, meaning that none of them could be omitted!

If even one of them dies, the drug to wake the mother up will never be able to be developed.

This matter concerns whether Mom will wake up or not; it's more important than anything else, and she absolutely cannot neglect it!

Just as the two reached the courtyard gate, a figure quickly walked over; it was Gu Momo's father, Fu Jinye.

Upon seeing Fu Jinye, a sharp glint flashed in Gu Momo's eyes, but she quickly suppressed it.

That bastard, pretending to be her biological father, all he does is swindle and deceive!

But she didn't understand why she hadn't seen her biological father for so long.

If Dad were still alive, would Mom have ended up in this situation?

Mom loved Dad so much, she must have really wanted to see him when she woke up...

Thinking of this, Gu Momo suddenly felt a pang of sadness, which gradually spread to the tip of her nose, forcing tears to well up in her eyes.

Before she could speak, Li Zhanting asked calmly, "Uncle, what brings you here? Momo and I have some urgent business to attend to, so we'll leave you here alone. We'll be back as soon as possible."

Fu Jinye looked at Gu Momo first, frowning, and asked, "Momo, what's wrong? You don't look well. Where are you going? Is it related to your mother? If Dad can help..."

"No need, Dad." Gu Momo's pretty face beamed with a smile, as if the sadness she had just felt was merely Fu Jinye's illusion.

"Wanrou has discovered something important in the capital. Zhanting and I must return as soon as possible to resolve it. Dad, you stay at the Ye family for now and keep a close eye on the Ye family's servants. I suspect there are spies from the Emperor-Slaying Alliance among them!"

"The servants are inside?" A look of surprise flashed across Fu Jinye's handsome face.

“Yes, Uncle.” Li Zhanting smiled but his eyes didn’t reach his eyes as he respectfully said, “The night we arrived at the Ye family, we were accidentally poisoned. According to Momo’s analysis, only the person closest to us could administer that poison. But at the time, we were only surrounded by our own people. The only person who could have poisoned us was the maid who brought us the chairs.”

"That's why Momo and I suspect that the traitor is hidden among the Ye family's servants. But we don't know who it is yet, so we'd like to ask Uncle to keep an eye on the Ye family's servants so that they don't realize we've left."

Fu Jinye's deep eyes flickered with light, and his fingers clenched slightly.

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