Yang Ba is in slightly better condition and can still speak.
"You, you...you..." He struggled to back away, his previous flirtatious expression completely replaced by terror.
Shen Qiyin squatted down in front of him and said leisurely, "Don't rush, we have plenty of time now, you can talk slowly."
"How did you know I was lying to you? You even prepared the powder beforehand!"
Little did he know that Shen Qiyin carried poison with her out of habit, not just to protect herself from him.
However, she did indeed have some suspicions about him from the very beginning.
His outer garment was clean and tidy, but it didn't fit him well. The cuffs of his inner garment, which were exposed, were filthy and black, looking like they hadn't been washed for some time.
More importantly, he had a certain smell.
She had previously visited the alleys where beggars frequented to look for Stunan, so she was familiar with that sour, pungent smell.
Although the person's scent wasn't very strong, the doctor's nose was extremely sensitive, and she still managed to smell it.
However, she wasn't kind enough to answer the other person's questions.
Seeing that she remained silent, Yang Ba couldn't figure out what she was thinking and panicked. He hurriedly said, "I...I...I didn't mean to harm you. Someone gave me money to lure you here."
"It was he who instructed me to find two more beggars to possess you..." He stopped mid-sentence, fearing that Shen Qiyin would be displeased and torture him further, so he quickly changed his words: "Pah, pah, pah, it is I who deserve to die, I can't say anything nice."
"However, please understand, young lady, I have no past grievances or recent feuds with you, and I have no reason to harm you for no reason. This was all the bad idea of that young master. If you want revenge, go find him and spare me."
This situation was roughly as Shen Qiyin had anticipated.
Therefore, she was not surprised.
She took out a small pill, broke it in two, threw one half to Yang Ba, and said, "Bring the person who instructed you here. Once you've done it, I'll give you the other half of the antidote."
Yang Ba was limp and powerless. After struggling for a long time, he finally swallowed the half-pill of the antidote.
Shen Qiyin slowly stood up and "kindly" reminded him: "You'd better hurry up. This half pill of antidote will only keep you alive for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. If you're too late, you'll end up like him."
As she spoke, she pointed to the side.
Yang Ba looked over and was nearly scared out of his wits.
Good heavens, those three were already foaming at the mouth and their eyes were rolling back.
He stumbled and staggered as he ran out, supporting himself against the wall. Shen Qiyin picked a clean stone near the base of the wall and sat down, leisurely waiting to confirm his suspicions.
When Dazhuang arrived, this was the bizarre scene he saw.
While the beggar was suffering terribly, his junior sister was enjoying a peaceful life.
But since she was alright, he was relieved.
Shen Qiyin stood up in surprise: "Why are you here, Senior Brother?"
“I always felt there was something off about that person just now.” He was a seasoned江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the martial arts world) man, and could tell a person from a ghost at a glance: “Si Tu Nan also said that the person’s voice sounded somewhat familiar.”
"He later remembered that the man had taken his food when he was begging before, and had even beaten him."
"So I asked people along the way and caught up with them."
Da Zhuang kicked the three people lying on the ground, but the person who had initially gone to Guangrentang to find Shen Qiyin was nowhere to be seen. His thick eyebrows furrowed: "Where is that person? Did he run away?"
"No, he went..."
Before she could finish speaking, Dazhuang suddenly leaped up, his eyes sharp as he headed straight for the top of the wall.
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