Li Qing frowned, clearly displeased, and snapped, "No matter who she is, she's definitely here to cause trouble! Quickly send someone to tell Li Jin to come back!"

At this moment, Li Erniang was unaware of the chaos outside and was leisurely enjoying tea in the lounge.

Li Ran smiled and cautiously asked, "May I ask your surname, young lady?"

"Oh, my surname is Mu," Li Erniang said with a smile. "You can call me Mu Zi."

Li Ran's eyelids twitched. Wasn't this Mu Zi the same as "Li"? He subconsciously glanced at Li Erniang and thought to himself: Could this woman be a member of the Li family?

Li Ran didn't dare to ask any more questions. Instead, she diligently placed the fruit and tea on the table and sat quietly to the side without saying a word.

Seeing Li Ran's demeanor, Li Erniang couldn't help but laugh. "Boy, what's your name?"

"Ah? I, my name is Li Ran," Li Ran replied truthfully.

"Li Ran? You are Li Ran's son?" Li Erniang suddenly asked.

Li Ran was slightly taken aback. "You, how did you know?"

"Hehe, so many years have passed, I wonder if that kid Li Ran is still alive?" Li Erniang seemed to have thought of something, her face full of melancholy.

“My father passed away last spring,” Li Ran said in a low voice.

Li Erniang was slightly taken aback and nodded, "Yes, he was born with a poisonous demonic body. If he cannot cross the Nascent Soul Realm, he will not live past forty."

Li Ran was even more surprised: "You know my father?!"

Li Erniang smiled slightly and said, "Of course!"

Li Ran subconsciously asked, "Are you also a member of the Li family?"

Li Erniang smiled faintly, "Who's in charge of this shop now? Is it the eldest brother, Li Wei, or the third brother, Li Ji?"

“It’s my fourth uncle, Li Jin…” Li Ran began.

"The fourth one..." Li Erniang thought for a moment and nodded. "That old man Li Yuan was quite insightful in time and knew who the smart one was."

Li Ran clenched his fists and said, "Grandpa chose my eldest uncle, but because both my eldest and third uncles died, it was my fourth uncle's turn!"

Li Erniang was taken aback and said nothing more.

She remembered the boy who liked to laugh. Li Jin was an illegitimate child. Although he was naturally intelligent and had skillful hands, fate always seemed to favor others. Illegitimate children have no right to inherit!

To survive in this large family, the only way is to become the strongest...

As darkness fell, Li Jin returned with a team of doctors. Entering the shop, she smiled and said, "We've cracked a poison today. Thank you all for your hard work."

"It's not hard work, it's not hard work. Chief Li is the one who has worked the hardest."

Li Jin smiled and nodded, praising with great satisfaction, "Everyone, please come with me to the lounge to rest for a while. I'll have someone prepare a banquet."

The group headed towards the lounge. Li Jin looked around but didn't see Li Ran. Instead, she saw Li Qing and the others sitting to the side with worried expressions.

He immediately went over and asked, "What happened? What are you doing here?"

Li Qing embellished Li Erniang's arrival story for Li Jin, who frowned and asked, "So she's still in the rest room?"

"Yes." Li Qing nodded.

Without a word, Li Jin rushed to the rest room. If Li Erniang really was an enemy, then most of the authoritative physicians in Weilong Kingdom whom he had just won over might be...

Li Jin pushed open the conference room door and froze on the spot. The terrifying woman was sitting in the center, while the other doctors stood on both sides with obsequious smiles on their faces.

Li Erniang looked up and saw Li Jin, who was wearing a gray robe and carrying an old medicine box. His hair was neatly combed, and although he was in his early thirties, he was still as handsome as a twenty-year-old young man.

Li Erniang smiled slightly, "It's been a long time, Xiao Jin."

Li Jin was visibly shaken. In this world, there was only one person who called him Xiao Jin, and that person was…

"Second Mother!" Li Jin hurriedly stepped forward and knelt before Li Erniang. "Second Mother, you're finally back!"

Li Erniang nodded, glanced at Li Jin, and said calmly, "You are very outstanding."

Li Jin was startled and dared not look Li Erniang in the eye.

"Get up. I'm an outsider kicked out of the Li family. You shouldn't kneel to me, no matter who you kneel to," Li Erniang said with a sigh.

Li Jin stood up, unsure of what to say.

Li Erniang suddenly smiled and looked at Li Jin, asking, "I've been waiting for a while now. I didn't expect you to take so long to come back from conquering the poisonous creature. Now that you're back, you must have succeeded. Shall we prepare a banquet for dinner later?"

Li Jin lowered her head and said, "Yes, Second Madam."

"Well, before the banquet starts, why don't you take me to visit the Li family's medicinal herb garden?" Li Erniang stood up and said with a smile.

“Okay, okay.” Li Jin nodded.

Li Erniang walked ahead, entering the backyard with practiced ease. She didn't continue forward but stood at the door waiting for Li Jin behind her.

Li Jin followed slowly, her head down like a child who had done something wrong.

“You know I hate family feuds, so I’d rather admit to a mistake that had nothing to do with me decades ago than leave this family,” Li Erniang said.

Li Jin nodded. "I...I know."

"You don't know! I'm taking the blame for someone!" Li Erniang exclaimed excitedly.

She patted her chest, pointed at Li Jin, and scolded, "It's you!"

Li Jin was startled and dared not say anything.

"You sold my seven-day-death medicine formula to the Samurai Kingdom back then, do you really think I didn't know?" Li Erniang said coldly.

Li Jin kept her head down and remained silent.

“I don’t blame you. You were only ten years old back then, and the money you earned was only to make your mother in the Samurai Kingdom live a better life!” Li Erniang said with a smile. “You call me Erniang, and she is your own mother, so I am willing to bear this consequence for you.”

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