But she still stepped forward, her tone pleading: "Miss Chen, I know you might have a way, but Yao Yao is my only granddaughter. Her parents are long gone, and I can't let anything happen to her again... If you really have any ill intentions towards her, I will risk my life to prevent you from touching her."
Although his words were fair, they still revealed his wariness of Shen Qingtang, indicating that he did not completely believe her.
Seeing the worried look on Old Master Wei's face, Shen Qingtang softened her tone.
She took out a packet of silver needles from her spatial storage and handed it to him: "Old Master Wei, if I wanted to harm Miss Wei, I wouldn't have stopped her just now. Look at the red mark on her neck, that's a mark left by a Gu worm. If the Gu isn't removed soon, it will eat away at her mind and eventually cause her to die in agony. If you trust me, I'll remove the Gu from her now; if you don't, I'll leave now, and you'll have to bear the consequences yourselves."
Shen Qingtang spoke in a serious tone, each word carrying weight and allowing no room for doubt.
But Lu Jiaojiao wanted to interrupt, shouting in a shrill voice, "Where are there any Gu worms? You're just trying to fool people!"
"Shut up." Shen Qingtang's eyes turned cold, not waiting for Lu Jiaojiao to speak again.
He took out a gun he had used before from his spatial storage, aimed it at her calf, and pulled the trigger. With a "bang," the bullet grazed Lu Jiaojiao's calf.
Although it didn't cause a fatal wound, it did tear open a bloody gash, and fresh blood immediately seeped out.
Lu Jiaojiao screamed in pain and fell to the ground, tears streaming down her face like a broken string of pearls. She cried so hard she could barely breathe, "It hurts! It hurts so much! Shen Qingtang, you're a madwoman! How could you hit me!"
She cried as she looked at Lu Jin and Lin Peirou, her eyes filled with grievance and pleading.
Lu Jin saw this.
He immediately rushed over and knelt down beside Lu Jiaojiao, his face full of concern as he examined her wound: "Jiaojiao, how are you? Does it hurt? I'll find some medicine to bandage it for you right away!"
Lin Peirou also ran over, wiping away Lu Jiaojiao's tears while glaring at Shen Qingtang: "Sister-in-law, you've gone too far! Jiaojiao is just a child, how could you be so cruel to her!"
Those around Shen Qingtang were also startled by her actions and began to discuss it amongst themselves.
I think she's too volatile.
But Shen Qingtang didn't care about the gazes of the crowd.
He just squinted.
He stared thoughtfully in Lu Jiaojiao's direction.
Before.
She always felt that Lu Jiaojiao was protected by an inexplicable aura, and ordinary harm could not get close to her, but this shot just now was easy to hit.
Has that aura of good fortune weakened?
Or has the person behind Lu Jiaojiao temporarily given up protecting her?
Just then.
Grandpa Wei took a deep breath and made a crucial decision.
He stepped forward, bowed slightly to Shen Qingtang, and said with a solemn tone, "Miss Shen, I believe you. Please save Yaoyao. As long as she can get better, the Wei family will accept any cost!"
These words stunned Wei Zheng.
Everyone around was stunned. No one expected that the usually protective Old Master Wei would choose to believe Shen Qingtang, whose reputation was already "ruined".
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