Jiao Er racked her brains trying to figure out what she might have missed, but she couldn't come up with a solution no matter how hard she tried.
He believed he had already confessed everything he needed to, even truthfully telling Jiao Nian'en that she had asked him to spread the word about the loss of Jiao Ze Jiao Pearl. What else was there?
He looked at Meng Qingyin and asked very cautiously, "Could you give me a hint? I really can't think of any important information I might have missed."
"I don't think you're an incorrigible person, and since the leader is willing to give you a chance, then I'll give you a hint: regarding Jiao Nian'en, are you hiding something?" Meng Qingyin's attitude softened, showing that she was genuinely concerned for him.
“Nian’en?” Jiao’er was genuinely stunned, and hesitated before saying, “She has nothing to do with the secret medicine, so I didn’t mention her.”
He assumed that the leader had sent Jiao Yinyin to investigate the secret medicine, and that Jiao Nian'en, apart from getting the medicine for her uncle, had no connection with the secret medicine from beginning to end, so he didn't mention it.
Meng Qingyin said unhappily, "Our leader must know the whole story. You must tell me the truth about any merfolk involved in the secret medicine."
Jiao Er wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. "Yes, yes, it was indeed my oversight."
“Actually, Nian’en and I don’t have much interaction. Our relationship is just that she gets the medicine and I give it to her,” Jiao’er said. “Even when she gave birth to her daughter three years ago, she didn’t forget to get the medicine.”
Meng Qingyin's heart skipped a beat: "Give birth to a daughter three years ago?"
It turns out that Jiao Nian'en gave birth to a daughter three years ago, named Jiao Jiao...
Jiao'er looked at her strangely: "Don't you know Jiaojiao? Nian'en is Jiaojiao's mother."
Jiao Nian'en is indeed Jiao Jiao's mother!
But what's wrong with her hair?
"Who is Jiaojiao's father?" Meng Qingyin asked calmly.
Jiao Er has mentioned so much, but hasn't mentioned Jiao Nian En's partner yet.
Jiao Er shook her head, her tone tinged with regret: "Nian En said that Jiao Jiao's father passed away a long time ago."
He passed away?
Meng Qingyin asked casually, "Why did Jiao Nian'en dye her hair white? When did she dye her black hair white?"
Jiao Er sighed, "Her hair wasn't dyed. After giving birth to Jiao Jiao, her black hair turned silver."
Meng Qingyin's intuition grew stronger and stronger: Jiao Nian'en was Jiao Ruxue!
No wonder Jiao Ling'er couldn't find Jiao Ruxue anywhere; she was actually in the place of imprisonment!
“One last question,” Meng Qingyin said, “has Jiao Ruxue taken your secret medicine?”
Jiao Er said firmly, "No. Over the years, the dosage of medicine I've given her has always been for one person, and that's all for Jiao Si. There are no restrictions on her in the imprisonment place, so she must have secretly participated in the sacrificial ceremony. Naturally, she wouldn't take the secret medicine."
Meng Qingyin nodded: "Okay, I understand. I'll go back and report to the chief."
Jiao Er's heart immediately jumped into his throat, wondering what his final verdict would be.
...
A place of imprisonment.
Jiao Nian'en truthfully told Jiao Si that Jiao Er was unwilling to help spread the news that Jiao Ze had lost the Jiao Pearl.
Jiao Si wasn't angry. Instead, he stared into her eyes and asked, "Nian En, tell me, have you fallen in love with Jiao Ze and forgotten how your parents died tragically?"
The death of her parents was like a shackle, binding her tightly, and every time it was mentioned, she felt suffocated.
Jiao Nian'en shook her head: "No, Uncle. I haven't forgotten my parents' hatred."
She didn't deny her previous statement, so what else could Sameji not understand?
He sighed deeply, looking at the ointment on Jiao Nian'en's forehead with concern, "How's the injury on your head? Uncle was just too anxious at the time, and that's why I accidentally hurt you—Jiaojiao helped you apply the medicine?"
The wound on her forehead was still throbbing slightly, but Jiao Nian'en lowered her eyes and said, "It's alright now, Uncle."
Jiao Si sighed again, as if he had come to terms with it: "Forget it, since you still love Jiao Ze, don't interfere in the matter of avenging your brother and sister-in-law anymore. I'll find a way myself."
Jiao Nian'en looked at him, somewhat anxiously: "Uncle, I didn't! I've always remembered the revenge for my parents' death and swore to make Jiao Ming pay the price!"
How could she forget the blood feud that Jiao Ming killed her parents?
Back then, she approached Jiaoze with the intention of revenge, hoping to use him as a breakthrough to exact her revenge.
But as she spent time with Jiao Ze, she gradually fell in love with him.
But how could she fall in love with the son of her enemy?
So after stealing the mermaid pearl from Jiaoze, she completely disappeared from his world.
But unexpectedly, she became pregnant with Jiaojiao.
At first, her uncle disagreed with her giving birth to Jiaojiao, saying that she was the bloodline of her enemy and that she should not be allowed to live in the world.
But how could she bear it? Jiaojiao also carries her blood! She is her child.
Later, for some reason, her uncle agreed to let her give birth to Jiaojiao.
Jiaojiao was very cute and sensible after she was born. Although her uncle was never close to her, she believed that her uncle must love her too, otherwise why would he have agreed to it in the first place?
But Jiaojiao's existence does not mean she has forgotten the revenge for her parents.
She will definitely kill Jiao Ming with her own hands!
Jiao Si's eyes were icy cold. "Since that's the case... we don't need to go to the trouble of spreading the news that Jiao Ming has lost the Jiao Pearl."
Jiao Nian'en was startled: "Uncle, you mean..."
"Isn't the Mermaid Pearl from the Mermaid Lake in your hands?" Mermaid Si said softly, his tone chilling. "Destroy it!"
The mermaid pearl is the lifeblood of the mermaid race; if it is destroyed, the mermaids will die instantly.
He did suggest that Jiao Nian'en destroy Jiao Ze's pearl, but she said that Jiao Ze was innocent and that their real enemy was Jiao Ming.
No matter what he said, she refused to destroy the Jiaoze Pearl!
So he had no choice but to resort to a less desirable option: spreading the news that the Jiao Ze Pearl was missing, and using the power of his people to force Jiao Ze to relinquish his leadership.
But since Jiao Er is unwilling to help spread the news, this is the only way left.
Jiao Nian'en froze, still sticking to the same excuse: "No, Jiao Ze has no direct connection to my parents' deaths, we can't kill him..."
Her expression was pained, and tears streamed down her face.
Jiao Si sneered: "His mistake was that he shouldn't have been Jiao Ming's son! This is our last resort. If you really can't bear it, hand over his mermaid pearl to me, and I will destroy it."
Jiao Nian'en retreated repeatedly, "No, you can't... Jiao Ze is innocent."
Jiao Si was furious: "Womanly compassion will only harm us! It will also implicate Jiao Jiao! Think about Jiao Jiao, she is so young, can you bear to see her killed?"
Jiao Nian'en stopped in her tracks.
“Uncle, I will not destroy the Jiao Ze’s pearl,” a resolute glint in her eyes. “Give me a little more time, and I will kill Jiao Ming with my own hands.”
Sameji was somewhat surprised, but after thinking for a moment, he agreed, "Uncle is waiting for your good news."
With Jiaoming dead, Jiaoze lost his backer. How could a mere brat possibly defeat him?
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