Jiang Qiao glanced at the other party sideways. "Acting on orders? Whose orders are you following? Your superiors? Hmph, maybe your superiors are in cahoots with them."

I suggest you ask your Director Mao if he feels ashamed for cooperating with the Japanese.

Back then, many of your comrades died at the hands of the Japanese devils, didn't they? And many more soldiers sacrificed their lives to drive out the Tartars, staining this land with their blood.

"We finally drove the Japanese away, and now you want to cooperate with them? What's the difference between that and seeking help from a tiger? How can you face the martyrs who sacrificed their lives?"

The man clearly didn't want to hear Jiang Qiao's words: "Who is the traitor and lackey? I told you, we are in a cooperative relationship, working together. We don't take orders from them."

Who do they think they are? If it weren't for the orders from above, why should I listen to them?

If we follow Lao Tzu's idea, we should just shoot them all. Damn it, those bastards are the worst kind of scum.

I told them I couldn't associate with them, but the higher-ups wouldn't listen. We're just following orders; what can they do if we disagree?

Jiang Qiao then said to the woman in a conciliatory tone, "How about you don't hand me over to the Japanese? I heard what you were saying just now. You know better than I do what they say. If I fall into their hands, it's better if I stay in yours. At least we're from the same country."

The man liked hearing that. "Look, she understands it better than we do. Why don't we take her away and find a secluded place so we can slowly work on the antidote?"

Jiang Qiao was very curious about what kind of medicine these two people had taken to make them so wary of each other.

Anyway, Jiang Qiao is already a prisoner. No matter how capable a girl is, she can't use her skills if her hands and feet are tied.

The man wanted to find out from Jiang Qiao whether there was an antidote for the drug, so he told Jiang Qiao about their previous experience taking the drug.

Jiang Qiao looked at them coldly and said, "Are you not favored by your superior? Or does he want to get rid of you but hasn't had the chance to do so, so he's just sending you to the Japanese as test subjects?"

Not to mention the men, even the women flatly denied it, saying, "Impossible, we don't even know each other, where would we get any grudge from?"

Jiang Qiao snorted, "You may not like what I'm about to say, but honestly, there's no antidote for that medicine. Tell me, what did they mean by making you all take it in the first place?"

Judging from your current complaining, someone has probably already reported this to the higher-ups.

So, in your superiors' eyes, you're all dispensable. You might as well be sent to the Japanese for experiments; nobody loses out. But you lot, you won't even know how you died. Tsk tsk, how pathetic.

The man stared at Jiang Qiao with suspicion. "Are you kidding me? Do you really think we're fools?"

Jiang Qiao chuckled, "Whether I'm deceiving you or not, you know better than I do. Ask yourselves if what I'm saying is right or wrong."

Furthermore, what did those Japanese devils tell you back then? To strengthen your body and boost your immunity?

"That's utter nonsense! Those people know better than anyone that this stuff they invented to help people live to a hundred—what a load of rubbish!"

The woman shook her head decisively. "Impossible. Our leader said that the Japanese soldiers all took that stuff. Why would he lie to us? There's no reason for that."

Jiang Qiao sighed, "That doesn't make sense, but the question is, why only a few of you, and not all of you? Did your boss take this medicine? Probably not."

So here's the question: why doesn't he take it? Such good medicine—everyone wants to live to be a hundred, right?

Don't tell me he's considerate of his subordinates, worried there wouldn't be enough food, and gave all the food to you guys. That's utter nonsense.

Because he knew in his heart that this thing was inherently inaccurate, he was afraid of losing his life. So, he let you guys try it. Now you know the consequences, right?

The man was stunned. "This, how is this possible? Why would he do this?"

Jiang Qiao shrugged. "I don't know about that. Maybe your superiors were originally Japanese. In their eyes, you people are dissidents. If they use you, it means you're working for them. If they don't, you're just pawns to be discarded."

I'm afraid that if you hand me over to the Japanese, it will be the end of your lives. Who knows? Anyway, you've already been exposed.

I'm not exaggerating; so many people saw you today.

If I end up in the hands of the Japanese, I doubt they'll execute me immediately. If they want my life, they can simply order you to kill me today.

Unfortunately, they didn't do that, so for now, my life is safe. However, it's a different story for you.

Jiang Qiao's words were not meant to be mysterious; both of them understood perfectly well.

Especially after Jiang Qiao mentioned giving them medicine, they found it increasingly suspicious, because Jiang Qiao's analysis matched their own thoughts.

The two exchanged a glance. "What do we do? Are we just going to sit here and wait to die?"

The woman was furious just thinking about it. "Damn it, my whole family was bombed to death by the Japanese. I'm the only one who survived, and these bastards have schemed against me. I was so stupid to cooperate with them. What good could we possibly get?"

"It's all your fault! You always follow orders, and in the end, you've just made us a bunch of idiots suffer."

Jiang Qiao glanced at the two people, wondering what their relationship was. They seemed to be a couple, but their previous conversation didn't seem to suggest otherwise. Could they be lovers?

Let alone the men, even the woman herself was initially dissatisfied with the cooperation. They should do their own thing; why should these bandits get involved? They hadn't suffered enough at their hands back then, but unfortunately, no one listened to these two lackeys.

The woman turned her head and said, "Jiang Qiao, tell me the truth, with your abilities, are you really incapable of curing this disease?"

Jiang Qiao shook her head. "I haven't tried it, and I've never taken a pulse like that, but I know a little about how their medicine is made."

It's called medicine, but it's actually just a mixture of random things.

You've heard of talismans, right? There's one in the medicine you take. As for the others, I haven't researched them and I don't know anything about them.

Therefore, the possibility of me becoming the antidote is almost zero. Because you've been taking it for too long, you're no longer able to detoxify; your internal organs have likely already changed. As for how you feel, you yourselves probably know best.”