When Jing Chi got home and parked his car, he ran into Leng Yan, who was coming out of the yard.
Their eyes met, and sparks flew.
"Young Master Jing, you're back?" Leng Yan greeted him.
Jing Chi took a few steps closer, staring sharply at Leng Yan, his tone unfriendly: "Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. Leng Yan, you should be careful. It's not that retribution won't come, it's just that the time hasn't arrived yet."
Leng Yan remained aloof as ever, arms crossed: "Young Master Jing, even if there is retribution, it should be the Jing family first. Everything I have done is for the Jing family."
Jing Chi's gaze was icy: "You're clearly doing this for yourself, yet you make it sound so high-sounding. Aren't you afraid of having nightmares?"
"Do you think someone who has killed someone would be afraid of those ethereal things in their dreams? But Young Master Jing, you've surprised me. I thought you liked Li Ying, but I didn't expect you to be engaged so soon?"
Jing Chi, who had been so arrogant, broke down upon hearing this, shook his hand, and walked past Leng Yan.
"Young Master Jing, remember not to flirt when you can't afford it. Some things are very precious."
Leng Yan got into the car, closed the door, and drove away.
Jing Chi strode into the living room and saw his mother preparing invitations. He sat opposite his mother.
"Have you chosen a new bride?"
Aunt Jing looked up, glanced at her son, and smiled broadly: "I've made my choice, Tang You from the Tang family."
“Cousin?” Jing Chi picked up a glass of water from the table and said calmly, “Mom, you know that marriage between cousins is considered consanguineous marriage.”
Aunt Jing put down the invitation in her hand and smiled: "Tang You's parents adopted her from an orphanage, and she has no blood relation to the Tang family."
"Is the Tang family in such a mess?" Jing Chi commented without thinking.
Aunt Jing remained calm: "In any family, someone always has to make a sacrifice. Fortunately, the Tang family survived. Although I still harbor resentment towards the Tang family, so many years have passed, and I no longer care about any of the grudges and grievances."
Jing Chi stared at Aunt Jing's expression and put down his teacup.
"Mom, if you want to lose me as your son, then go ahead and announce it."
After saying that, he stood up and coldly went upstairs.
Aunt Jing paused, then sighed deeply.
"What exactly do you want me to do for you to obey?"
"Aunt Jing," Chunxue said breathlessly as she entered the living room, "Young Master Jing didn't let me ride in his car, so I ran back."
Seeing Chunxue soaking wet, Aunt Jing quickly waved her hand: "Go on, go upstairs and change. By the way, Chunxue, you've been behaving very well lately, so you'll be in charge of Jingchi's room from now on."
"Thank you, Aunt Jing."
"And I've already arranged a school for your sister-in-law. She can start school tomorrow."
Chunxue was extremely grateful and thanked her repeatedly.
"Isn't your son Dang going to school?" Aunt Jing was puzzled. She sent her sister-in-law to school, but she didn't find a school for Dangdang. The child was about seven or eight years old and was of school age.
Chunxue lowered her head in distress: "Our family's financial situation doesn't allow it. The money I earn has to go to pay for my sister-in-law's tuition. Dang is still young, it's not too late for her to start school in two more years."
Aunt Jing admired her even more: "You really are a good sister-in-law!"
Chunxue blushed and said, "My husband is gone. I am the eldest sister-in-law in the Ye family. If I don't take care of them, who else can I take care of?"
Aunt Jing thought it made sense.
"I love this about you the most. I hope Jing Chi likes it too."
Chunxue quickly lowered her head: "Aunt Jing, I dare not dream of anything happening with Young Master Jing. I just want to serve Aunt Jing peacefully and have food to eat."
Aunt Jing smiled gently: "I know you don't have that intention, and I also know you are a very self-aware person, unlike some people who, knowing they have given birth to a child of unknown identity, still want to marry into the Jing family!"
She was referring to Li Ying.
Chunxue pinched her fingers so hard they almost bled in her palms. She knew that her behavior was the wisest thing to do; Aunt Jing would never agree to Li Ying marrying into the Jing family.
It's still unknown whether the child Li Ying gave birth to is Ye Jingchi. Just based on this alone, Li Ying has already lost.
Li Ying sneezed several times in a row, rubbed her nose, and sat down under the lamp to read a book while wearing a coat.
She was reading the modern literature that her senior brother had given her.
On page thirty-six of the document, she found a short article about how to make an effective antidote. The article not only described in detail the process of making the antidote, but also the process of making the poison.
This is a new type of poison, and also a poison that can control people. It comes in three different forms.
One method can cause amnesia, another can be used to fight poison with poison, and the third can make a person lie like a living dead, becoming a vegetable.
After reading this document, Li Ying thought of previous cases.
Ye Jingchi was the first type to lose his memory, while Yu Pingping was the third type, becoming a vegetable.
According to the previous investigation, Yu Pingping's poison was related to the Jiang family in Nan County, and Ye Jingchi's poison was also related to the Nan family.
During the time Ye Jingchi died, Nan Shiran was in the capital. After Ye Jingchi's death, Nan Shiran returned to Jiangcheng and did not show up.
As for how Ye Jingchi became Jing Chi, only Aunt Jing probably knows the details.
Controlling someone with poison sounds absolutely insane.
But this book was left to the eldest brother by the master, so where did Nan Shiran get it from?
My older brother is also in the hospital right now. Could he have also been poisoned by this poison?
The next morning, Li Ying got up early and called her second senior brother, Shi Bai, to ask about the antidote.
Shi Bai has not yet developed an antidote.
But he told Li Ying that his master had more than one such document.
“My master gave me a book back then, but I couldn’t understand it, so my mother took it to use as firewood.”
"So, junior brother also has a copy?"
Li Ying pressed for an answer.
"It seems your junior brother doesn't have any. Master said he had four such documents. He gave one to the eldest brother, one to me, and two others to someone else. By the time you and your junior brother entered the sect, Master no longer had any of these documents."
"So you mean the master gave two of the books to other people?"
That's right.
"Second Senior Brother, Master hasn't contacted you and Junior Senior Brother yet?" Li Ying sensed something terrible; Master hadn't contacted them for many years.
"No, what about you and your senior brother? Have you been in contact?" Shi Bai pressed.
"No, I suspect that Master has encountered danger, but I don't know where. Why don't you ask Commander Jing for help, and I'll keep looking. We'll try our best to find Master."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Li Ying felt increasingly confused about the situation.
No, she has to go to the hospital to see her older brother today. She must get him checked out to see if he has also been infected with this poison like Yu Pingping.
As Li Ying left the clinic, she saw cars parked on either side of her, one belonging to Leng Yan and the other to Jing Chi.
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