Chapter 16 Misunderstandings Arose. The food Shen Wenji sent contained a strong aphrodisiac...
Shen Wenji's eyes went dark.
She just wanted to find something to fool people...but unexpectedly, she personally delivered the red bean cake mixed with strong medicine to Xie Yunqing.
This is simply shooting oneself in the foot and smashing it to pieces.
What should I do? Just let it go? No, that would be too immoral.
Xie Yunqing was certainly annoying and unforgivable. She disliked him a thousand times and wanted to beat him up, but she had never considered using such despicable means to humiliate him. If she really wanted to teach him a lesson, she would do it in a fair and square manner, beating him into submission in the ring.
"Mother." Shen Wenji knelt down and asked earnestly, "Is there an antidote for this medicine? Please give me the medicine."
Her mother looked at her in surprise and advised earnestly, "Why do you need an antidote? Isn't this a good opportunity? Don't you like him? Why not take advantage of this opportunity?"
Shen Wenji choked. She couldn't understand her mother's thoughts, but she couldn't admit that she didn't like Xie Yunqing. There was no need to make things worse at this critical moment.
So, she had to use the premise of liking him to continue acting: "My daughter likes him, but what she wants is a mutual affection. I disdain to use such dirty tricks to force him to stay with me."
This remark irritated her mother, and her voice suddenly rose, her words becoming sharper: "Indifference? If you put in so much thought and gave him your whole heart, and he remained unmoved, would you have no regrets?"
"If such a day ever comes, my daughter will have no regrets." Shen Wenji straightened her back and spoke word by word, "Please give me medicine, mother."
The mother abruptly turned her head away, unwilling to look at her kneeling daughter. That stubborn figure seemed to overlap with the equally proud and stubborn Shen Qingli from hundreds of years ago.
A scalding tear silently slid down the corner of her eye. Her voice was a little hoarse, with inexplicable fatigue: "In the cabinet on the left is the antidote you want, but..."
"Thank you, mother!" Shen Wenji quickly took out the small white jade porcelain bottle and rushed out without looking back.
When her mother turned around, she only saw her back and heard a sentence that made her angry: "Please don't interfere in the affairs between me and Xie Yunqing anymore. I know my limits."
"Hmph." The mother flicked her sleeves heavily and swallowed the unfinished advice.
Looking at her daughter's impulsive back, she scolded in a low voice: "You are so impulsive. Who do you take after? Don't come back crying and beg me when the time comes."
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In order to quickly determine Xie Yunqing's location, Shen Wenji first used a communication tool to contact Yan Xu for inquiries.
Yan Xu teased, "Didn't you just separate for a moment? Why are you so impatient already?"
"Get lost." Shen Wenji said in a cold voice, "Hurry up and tell me."
"He just entered Zuihualou..."
Upon hearing this news, Shen Wenji's hand holding the antidote suddenly tightened, and his knuckles turned white.
Zuihualou? This should be the time when the brothel is open. Thinking back to the time when she went there to look for her senior brother, the lascivious music, the ambiguous figures, the entangled breathing... that unbearable scene instantly flooded into her mind.
He went to that kind of place...
Who needs her antidote?
For some reason, Shen Wenji felt a little sad. His heart felt like it was being gripped by a pair of hands, with not a breath of air coming through the fingers. It beat dully, each beat bringing a sore, numb pain.
My throat felt tight and I couldn't utter a word. It was like a ball of wet cotton was blocking it, and my breathing became slower.
Yan Xu didn't hear a response for a while, so he said to himself, "Don't expect me to follow you in. Zuihualou is closed today and security is tight. It's only accepting VIPs with special invitations. I don't have the skills to sneak in, so don't bother me."
"Closed?" Shen Wenji quickly grasped the key words and asked tentatively, "Are brothels closed for business at night?"
"Of course everything is closed! Don't you understand?" Yan Xu complained dissatisfiedly, then suddenly realized, with a strong sense of gossip, "I was wondering why you suddenly asked about Xie Yunqing's whereabouts. So... you want to catch him cheating? But today is definitely not a good time."
"..." Shen Wenji's forehead veins throbbed, "What are you catching? I have something important to talk to him about."
"Oh~ Seriously~" Yan Xu drawled out his tone and said lazily, "Then you can go by yourself. If nothing else, I'll hang up."
"I'm on my way." Shen Wenji paused and said calmly, "I don't have an invitation."
There was silence for a moment on Yan Xu's end, followed by a vigilant gasp: "You...you don't want me to steal, do you? No, absolutely not! It's too dangerous. I won't do it no matter how many spirit stones you give me." He shook his head like a rattle.
Since the money-grubber has withdrawn, there should be room for maneuver. Shen Wenji made a quick decision: "One thousand spirit stones, you don't have to steal. You just need to make some noise at the door to help me divert the guards' attention."
"Only one thousand..." Yan Xu was still hesitating.
"Two thousand!" Shen Wenji's voice was firm and decisive. She threatened: "If you keep talking nonsense, you won't get a single cent."
"Okay, okay, two thousand is two thousand." Yan Xu surrendered instantly. A real man can bend and stretch.
Outside Zuihua Tower, Shen Wenji and Yan Xu met briefly and discussed the general deployment.
On the eve of the operation, Yan Xu rarely looked serious. He lowered his voice and asked, "Why do you insist on seeing him today? Don't you want to make trouble?"
Shen Wenji's face was as gloomy as water, and his voice was dry: "There is something wrong with the red bean cake I gave him."
"What?" Yan Xu's eyes almost popped out, "You poisoned me?"
"About the same." Shen Wenji said vaguely: "I took some medicine."
"???" Yan Xu asked tentatively, "What's your Hehuan Sect's specialty medicine?"
Shen Wenji nodded with a look of despair: "I didn't know what my mother did, but I'm trying my best to make up for it."
Yan Xu's expression was full of excitement. He suddenly changed the subject and said worriedly, "What if he has already taken it? Wouldn't it be extremely dangerous for you to go there now? What if the drug takes effect and he becomes beastly and pulls at your clothes? Will you be able to keep your disguise as a man a secret?"
"Beastly nature?" Shen Wenji pondered for a moment, then hesitantly retorted: "He shouldn't be able to do that."
"That's not necessarily true. All men are bad." Yan Xu became angry and even scolded himself.
"But I have to go deliver the medicine, so I should at least apologize. If that doesn't work, can you help me deliver it?" Shen Wenji's eyes fell on Yan Xu.
"Me? I can't. That guy doesn't like me. He might catch me as soon as I get in. You have to go." Yan Xu waved mysteriously: "I'll give you an illusion magic weapon to ensure that you won't be exposed as a woman disguised as a man."
“What…” Shen Wenji took the brocade bag he gave him doubtfully.
As soon as it was opened, a flash of light appeared and strangely drilled between her legs.
Shen Wenji: “???”
The next second, she felt something strange and abrupt appear between her legs.
This location...could it be?
"Yan! Xu!" Shen Wenji's face flushed instantly, his eyes blazing with fire, wishing he could burn the bastard in front of him to ashes with his eyes. "Are you sick? Take this damn thing back now!"
"Eh? Don't be ungrateful. Believe me, there will definitely be a time when you can use him."
Shen Wenji was so ashamed and angry that he raised his hand to hit him.
"Stop, stop, stop, please spare my life." Yan Xu held his head and begged for mercy, "I'm giving you the magic formula for retraction and expansion, isn't that enough?" He recited a formula quickly.
Shen Wenji resisted the urge to throw the brocade bag into the river, but finally gritted his teeth and stuffed it into his arms.
Well, just treat it as the last layer of insurance. Although this insurance is really shameful...
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At the entrance of Zuihualou.
"Oh, you are bullying customers in Zuihualou. Why won't you let me in? I have plenty of spirit stones, open the door for me quickly, or I will smash your broken signboard!" Yan Xu shouted at the top of his voice, drunkenly banging on the closed door, attracting the attention of all the guards.
In the chaos, a figure as light as a swallow, taking advantage of the shadows, quietly climbed up to the second floor on the west side.
At the same time, Xie Yunqing, dressed in a dark-patterned brocade robe and a black-gold mask on his face, had just sent off a secret envoy from the demon world and finalized a cooperation.
He took off his mask, revealing his handsome face. He walked to the table and poured a cup of tea.
The window opened silently, and a dark shadow flashed in. It was Wu Feng holding a sword.
"Are you done talking? I'm so thirsty." Wu Feng was careless and reached out to grab the cup of tea that Xie Yunqing had just poured.
"Get lost." Xie Yunqing gave him a cold glance, his eyes like knives.
Wu Feng withdrew his hand awkwardly, then snatched up the teapot from the table and poured it down without any ceremony. Glancing around, he spotted an opened oil-paper package on the table next to him, revealing a few tempting red bean cakes.
"Hey, there are snacks." He picked up a piece without hesitation and stuffed it into his mouth. While chewing, he mumbled praise: "Your red bean cake is good! Where did you buy it?"
"You ate it?" Xie Yunqing's voice was particularly cold. His sharp eyes swept over Wu Feng and he asked grimly, "Who allowed you to eat it?"
Wu Feng stood there in a daze, swallowing the food in his mouth mechanically, and asked dully, "Can't I eat it?"
"There are only a few pieces, and I couldn't bear to eat them. You're so rude." Xie Yunqing glanced at him with emotionless eyes and said coldly: "Spit it out."
Wu Feng: “???”
He felt baffled: "Okay, okay, I'll just vomit, okay?" He muttered softly: "If someone didn't know, they'd think you poisoned me."
He pretended to vomit a few times, and the next second, his face suddenly changed.
The scorching hot breath spread throughout his body with the force of a prairie fire. His face was flushed, his eyes were red, and it felt like a red-hot iron was stuffed in his throat.
"I... damn, Xie Yunqing, did you really poison me?" Wu Feng covered his neck in pain, staring at Xie Yunqing in horror, his voice hoarse and indistinct.
Xie Yunqing: “?”
He frowned, looking at Wu Feng's suddenly strange and terrifying state, and said in a deep voice: "The red bean pastry... was given by someone else. I didn't know about it." His eyes swept over the bag of red bean pastry, and his heart sank suddenly.
"The person who sent... the thing to you... wanted to harm you?" Wu Feng gasped, shocked and angry. "The poisoned thing... and you're still keeping it like a treasure?"
"There must be a misunderstanding. She won't do that."
"Okay..." Wu Feng thought he was unlucky and said hurriedly, "I feel like I'm going to die. Please find a doctor quickly."
A few minutes later, the doctor rushed over and concluded after examination that Wu Feng had been poisoned by the Hehuan Sect's strong aphrodisiac.
"Strong aphrodisiac?" Xie Yunqing murmured again, his eyes falling on the untouched red bean cake on the table. He picked it up and asked the doctor, "He ate the red bean cake. Is this also in it?"
The doctor took it and examined it, then said with certainty, "Yes, it's best not to eat this. Get rid of it immediately."
Xie Yunqing fell into deep thought. What did Shen Wenji mean by the strong aphrodisiac in the food he sent him?
At this moment, a confidant outside the door whispered, "Master, the young master you asked me to keep an eye on has just sneaked in again. He's near the west wing now. Do you need me to ask him to leave?"
Xie Yunqing's eyes darkened: "No need, I will go to meet him in person."
The author has something to say:
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Xiao Xie (shocked) (hesitant) (dazed): She drugged me? Huh...? [scared]
Susu: Urgent, urgent, urgent, where is he? Please, please don't eat it! [Clown]
Let's wait and see, will Xiao Xie, who didn't eat the red bean cake, "furious" and bushi? Will the lucky bag Yan Xu gave him be of any use? To find out what happens next, please read the next chapter.
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