"That's about it!"

Gao Kexin got out of bed with a cold laugh, deliberately messed up her hair, and buttoned one of her pajamas wrong before walking straight toward her aunt Liang Xunling's bedroom.

Gao Kexin didn't even turn on the lights in the corridor. In the pitch black, a faint orange-red light flickered in Gao Kexin's eyes, eerie and terrifying.

Soon, Gao Kexin arrived at Liang Xunling's bedroom and saw Liang Xunling lying by the bed. It seemed that she had tried to lie down on the bed before losing consciousness, but she had already fainted before she could lie down.

"Auntie! Auntie!"

Gao Kexin tried calling out a few times, and seeing that Liang Xunling did not respond, she smiled with satisfaction. Then she took out another fruit knife that she had prepared beforehand, and made a light cut on her wrist, instantly staining her wrist red with bright red spots.

Gao Kexin dripped blood from her wrist into a glass of water. After filling half the glass with blood, she lit a talisman in her palm and put the ashes into the glass of blood, stirring it well.

This talisman was the one Gao Kexin had obtained from Master Wu earlier that day. As two drops of mixed blood dripped into Liang Xunling's mouth, she slowly woke up a moment later.

What just happened to me?

Liang Xunling was unaware of what had happened to the Li family. She only thought that she had suddenly fainted. When she saw Gao Kexin next to her, she reached out to support herself on the bedside to stand up, but found that she had no strength at all.

"Auntie, please slow down!"

Gao Kexin reached out to help Liang Xunling, and only then did Liang Xunling notice that Gao Kexin's wrists were covered in blood.

For a moment, Liang Xunling's mind went blank, and she felt both anxious and angry.

"Didn't I tell you not to do anything foolish? Why are you still doing this to yourself!"

Gao Kexin was overjoyed to see her aunt getting anxious. What she wanted was for Liang Xunling to keep getting anxious and misunderstanding, and then for her to clear things up. This way, Liang Xunling would gradually walk into the script she had designed.

"Auntie, I didn't do anything stupid. Something terrible has happened to our family. I just found that everyone in the family is unconscious, and I'm the only one left."

"They were all unconscious? How did I wake up?"

Liang Xunling asked a question subconsciously, then urged Gao Kexin to bandage the wound, while reaching into her pocket to take her phone.

"Beep...beep...sorry, the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."

Hearing the busy tone on the phone, Liang Xunling got up and was about to run out, but Gao Kexin reached out and grabbed her.

At the same time, Gao Kexin handed the glass of bright red blood to Liang Xunling.

"Auntie, this is what I used to wake you up."

Liang Xunling reached out and took the water glass, only to find that it was still filled with warm blood. Thinking of the scars on Gao Kexin's wrist, she roughly understood what had happened.

"Let's go rescue them!"

Gao Kexin was surprised that Liang Xunling trusted her so much that she didn't even ask her any questions, which rendered Gao Kexin's prepared explanation useless.

As soon as Liang Xunling stepped out of the villa, she noticed the strangeness of the manor. There was no one standing, and many people were lying haphazardly under the lights in the distance. In the pavilion where the banquet had been held earlier, all the members of the Li family were lying unconscious next to the dining table.

"Mu Xing, Mu Chen, Mu Hao!"

From afar, Liang Xunling began to call out the names of her three sons, but there was no response.

When Liang Xunling and Gao Kexin ran to the pavilion, they were surprised to find that Li Muhao and Xiao Yanbao, who should have been at the dining table, were standing not far away from the table. They were the only two people standing there.

At first, Gao Keyin thought that Xiao Yanbao and Li Muhao were not poisoned, but when she saw their condition, she found that they had already lost consciousness, but for some reason they were still standing.

"Kexin, how do I use this?"

After checking on the condition of her three sons, husband, and the old man and woman of the Li family, Liang Xunling pointed to the glass on the table and asked a question.

Gao Kexin hurriedly walked over, first picking up the cup with one hand and then prying open the mouth of the old man of the Li family with the other. A drop of bright red blood fell into the old man's mouth, and a cold smile inadvertently appeared on the corner of Gao Kexin's mouth.

Gao Kexin then divided the blood into two parts, and Liang Xunling followed Gao Kexin's example and dripped the blood mixed with talisman ash into the mouths of the Li family members one by one.

Gao Kexin, however, took a water glass to save the servants of the Li family. A dozen minutes later, everyone in the Li family manor swallowed a drop of blood belonging to Gao Kexin.

However, Li Mulang, who was lying in the bedroom on the second floor of Li Qicheng's villa, did not receive this treatment because Gao Kexin deliberately did not drip blood into his mouth when she went up to him.

Because she wanted to add fuel to the fire. If one old man couldn't provoke public outrage, then she would add the youngest grandson of the Li family. In that case, Li Qicheng and his wife would probably no longer be able to tolerate Xiao Yanbao by their side.

Thinking of her brilliant stroke of genius, Gao Kexin couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

Soon, everyone in the Li family woke up. The only ones who hadn't woken up were the old master of the Li family, Xiao Yanbao, and Li Muhao. Li Qirui and Liang Xunling held the blank and unresponsive Li Muhao and burst into tears.

Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Li Qiwen and the old lady stayed close to the old man, while Li Qicheng first asked Zhong Jingyi to watch over Xiao Yanbao, and he himself rushed to the bedroom on the second floor. Seeing that his youngest son was sleeping and smacking his lips, and there was nothing unusual, he was slightly relieved.

"Thank you, Ms. Kexin!"

The servants of the Li family who had just woken up were all thanking Gao Kexin for saving them. In the past, they usually called Gao Kexin Miss Gao, but at this moment they called her Miss Kexin.

Don't underestimate this subtle change in address; it carries profound meaning. Calling her Miss Gao is to treat her as an outsider living under someone else's roof, while calling her Miss Kexin is to acknowledge Gao Kexin's status in the Li family.

Gao Kexin nodded to them, and as she approached one of the maids, she whispered:

"I don't know what's going on, but all sorts of unexpected things have been happening at home lately. Could it be that we've offended someone or something we shouldn't have?"

The maid spoke with good intentions, and the listeners were also interested. Before long, the maid told her friends about Gao Kexin's question. After it was spread to several people, one of the maids suddenly had an expression of realization, which prompted others to ask her questions.

"Didn't we start having bad luck after Miss Xinyan arrived? I even heard that Miss Xinyan caused the deaths of quite a few people in the village before she came!"

In no time, all the servants in the Li family started talking about it. Before long, the topic of discussion changed from Xiao Yanbao being a jinx to Xiao Yanbao almost killing the old man.

Although these words did not reach the ears of the Li family members, they still achieved Gao Kexin's goal.

End of this chapter