"Something terrible has happened! Zhang Ma has disappeared!" Just as the banquet was ending and the guests were being seen off, someone rushed in to report this.

Butler Wu was taken aback for a moment, then directed people to help search, while comforting Old Master Xie, "Perhaps she had something to do and left."

“No.” Xie Li walked over, her expression inexplicably serious. She shook her head at Grandpa Xie and Xie Sidu and the others. “Call the police. Someone did this on purpose.”

Butler Xu and Old Master Xu rushed over and, upon hearing this, realized the seriousness of the matter.

"I'm afraid the person has already been taken away."

Calling the police was only a stopgap measure; in fact, after a whole night of searching, the police were still unable to track down Zhang Ma.

Xie Li closed his eyes and did some calculations, then suddenly opened them, "The person is already in the capital."

Before the police could figure out what was going on, they were inexplicably taken away. Xie Li thought for a moment and then made a phone call to Ding Huizhu himself.

As soon as Ding Huizhu answered the phone, Xie Li's calm and quick voice came from the other end.

“If you trust me, leave that restaurant right now. The man Ding Ruoxu arranged for you to meet is no good. His ex-wife was beaten to death by him, and it cost a lot of money to cover it up. Do you want to be his second wife?”

Ding Huizhu was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: "Xie Li! If you want to ruin my blind date, don't come up with such a lame excuse!"

Since Xie Sidu has so heartlessly abandoned her, why can't she start a new life?

Xie Li's gaze remained calm: "Oh, do as you please. Just help me contact Xie Ziyuan. She's in the alchemy room, and I can't get through to her on the phone."

"Did they use her as a gofer?" Ding Huizhu angrily slammed down the phone.

Looking up, she saw that the man opposite her was of average appearance, but his mannerisms were affected and greasy. Compared to Xie Sidu, he was worlds apart, and she inexplicably felt nauseous.

Even though she kept telling herself not to listen to Xie Li's nonsense, this man was well-off and charming to her, a rare and ideal husband...

In the end, Ding Huizhu hurriedly ended the date and went directly to the alchemy room to find Xie Ziyuan.

Xie Ziyuan took the phone from Ding Huizhu's hand, still a little confused: "What's wrong, Mom?"

Ding Huizhu gestured to the dialed number and turned to walk away.

Xie Ziyuan's gaze darkened, and she calmly placed the phone to her ear: "Hello, who is this?"

"It's me." Xie Li didn't have time for her guessing games and went straight to the point, "Xie Ziyuan, release the young mistress immediately! Also, don't you know that your flesh-and-bone remedy has major flaws? The experiment didn't even succeed, yet you dared to use it on people?"

She deliberately left obvious loopholes when she modified the prescription, which Xie Ziyuan could have noticed if she had been paying attention, and then stopped the research based on her conscience as a doctor.

Xie Ziyuan: "First, I don't know where Zhang Ma is; second, weren't you the first one to use it on someone? How is that security guard named Cheng Bin doing now?"

There was a hint of sarcasm in her tone. On what grounds did Xie Li criticize her?

Besides, how could she know what those patients were thinking? People would rather endure the side effects of medication than have their bodies ruined or their senses damaged.

“There’s nothing wrong with my medicine,” Xie Li said. “I would not violate the most basic professional ethics.”

Xie Ziyuan said softly, "Then there's nothing wrong with my medicine. Also, please don't pin the blame for Zhang Ma's matter on me."

Xie Li didn't expect her to deny it. "You had Granny Ming get the young lady's blood for testing, and you say it has nothing to do with you? Do you think I'll believe you?"