Chapter 49 Addiction to Drama
Huan Ni was halfway through eating melon seeds when she got anxious. She swallowed a xiaolongbao in one gulp, flew to Ran Wen's shoulder, and cried out, "Oh my god, I'm so worried! How come Mo Xun is about to die?"
"Tell me more!" Her eyes darted around, and she chuckled lewdly, nudging Ran Wen with her wing as she whispered in her ear, "Is it the kind of thing where you die from exhaustion?"
"Pfft!" He Tian never expected Huan Ni to say that. Caught off guard, he spat out the soy milk in his mouth and turned his head to cough violently.
"Ugh~" Huan Ni took a step back in disgust. "Spitting soy milk out of your nostrils, He Tian, you're so disgusting!"
He Tian finally managed to suppress his cough. Hearing Huan Ni's words, he hurriedly cleaned up the mess while laughing and crying at the same time: "Who did this?"
"If you hadn't said that, would I have done this?"
Huan Ni retorted confidently, "I'm just stating the facts and analyzing things rationally!" "Ran Wen, don't you agree?"
Ran Wen helplessly patted her head and gave the answer: "It's poisoning."
“A complex poison.” Ran Wen stroked his chin, mimicking Huan Ni. “This poison requires planting a base and then slowly activating it over many years with a catalyst. It is very difficult to administer and extremely difficult to detect.”
She gave an analogy: "Routine tests like blood and urine tests in hospitals can't detect it, or rather, only highly skilled doctors in traditional Chinese medicine can detect it through pulse diagnosis."
She added, "Mo Xun has been poisoned for at least two years now."
“Mo Xun always has a family doctor by his side to monitor his health at all times,” Gu Linyuan said. “Because Mo Xun is unrestrained in his relationships with women, every autumn, Old Master Mo would invite a renowned traditional Chinese medicine doctor to take his pulse and prescribe a warming and nourishing formula.”
"Logically speaking, that expert should have been able to detect something was wrong."
Shi Yuan had a different opinion: "If it takes years of poisoning to succeed, the one who does it must be someone close to Mo Xun."
"He's been poisoned for two years. As long as he calculates the time well, he can buy himself a whole year to administer the poison after that expert prescribes the medicine for Mo Xun," Shi Yuan continued, resting her chin on her hand. "As for the second autumn," she said with a smile, "it shouldn't be difficult for someone who can make such a complicated poison to find a way to change Mo Xun's pulse."
Shi Yuan's analysis was very convincing, and Ran Wen was the first to nod in agreement: "The person who poisoned him should also be proficient in medicine. Otherwise, even if that expert didn't find out the problem, Mo Xun himself should have been able to sense that something was wrong."
He Tian continued, "Grandpa Mo's generation had many descendants, but by Mo Xun's generation, he was practically the only one left among several families."
"It can be said that the responsibility of continuing the Mo family line rests on his shoulders." This is also why Old Master Mo does not stop Mo Xun from having a penchant for women; he is casting a wide net!
Unfortunately, so far, no fish have been caught in the net.
“Old Master Mo values this son highly. If Mo Xun notices anything amiss with his health, he will definitely alert some of the most renowned doctors in Beicheng,” He Tian added.
But in fact, no word of it came from the North City.
At this point, everyone looked at Gu Linyuan, since the Mo family had come to Haicheng with the intention of taking his life, and how to deal with their enemy was up to him.
Gu Linyuan said frankly, "Mo Xun is ruthless and has many haters. I originally thought of taking a roundabout approach, first revealing his whereabouts, and then finding an opportunity to hand him over to his enemies. But now it seems that's no longer necessary." Mo Xun already has people around him who want him dead, and he's about to succeed, so he won't interfere with other people's plans.
He then asked, "Ran Wen, what are the final symptoms of this poison? Is there any hope?"
"There's basically no way to save him." Of course, if she intervened, she said he wouldn't die unless he entered the Underworld.
She glanced at Huan Ni with a half-smile and said, "The signs of poison entering the lungs and internal organs mean that Mo Xun is already dying."
“He must have been gone for a long time,” she added earnestly.
Huan Ni exclaimed, "Wow! The Mo family line is going to end!"
Ran Wen gently pinched her nose.
Gu Linyuan raised an eyebrow, while He Tian looked puzzled: "Strange, hasn't Mo Xun had a child all these years?" Given the Mo family's situation, as long as they have a child, no matter who the father is, they would definitely announce it to the world.
Mo Xun, Wu Guanhai, and Gu Lie are the same age!
"Another strange thing is that Mo Xun originally had several brothers and sisters. It seems that from some point onwards, no newborns were born in the Mo family, and Mo Xun's brothers and sisters also died one by one for various reasons."
Gu Linyuan said, "Years ago, when the Mo family rose to prominence due to marriage alliances, there was a saying circulating among the people."
"What?" Huan Ni asked curiously.
"It's said that Old Master Mo stole the immortal destiny from the strange demon," Gu Linyuan said. "It's precisely because of this immortal destiny that the Mo family's path has been smooth sailing."
"But the immortal destiny of the strange demon is not so easy to snatch. It is said that if the strange demon risks its life to avoid using secret techniques, it can cause a backlash against the Mo family."
"That backlash is pretty severe!" Huan Ni exclaimed. "It's even made them infertile!" Very well, she liked this kind of vengeful behavior!
"Gu Linyuan, you still haven't said what you plan to do now?"
Gu Linyuan shrugged: "Of course, we'll be good people and send the Mo family's only son back safely." As for what happens next after that, we'll just be onlookers for a while.
Anyway, he won't let Mo Xun leave Haicheng alive.
Shi Yuan happened to be going to Jing'an District again, so she hitched a ride, and Mo Xun and the others were once again piled on the roof of the car.
As for the Japanese people imprisoned in the basement of the small villa, Gu Linyuan said that he should be able to pry some information out of them, and he contacted the military to hand them over.
In other words, the mission of the trip to Haicheng has been completely completed, and the rest of the time is up to me.
After getting off the bus, Shi Yuan led Huan Ni and the others to the house of that cousin of the Wu family, only to find it deserted.
A helpful neighbor explained to Shi Yuan: "Their family used to rely on their relatives in Beicheng to steal other people's jobs and housing."
Later, the Wu family in Beicheng fell from power, and the person who had been robbed of his job and house finally got his chance for revenge. He pulled some strings and not only stripped Wu Guanhai's uncle of his job, but also had someone report them for engaging in feudal superstition.
"Now, the Wu family is either sweeping toilets or sweeping the streets; they don't live here anymore."
"Oh, I see." Shi Yuan smiled happily. "Thank you, Auntie." She handed her a handful of White Rabbit candies and left cheerfully.
The butterfly hair clip by her ear fluttered, and Shi Yuan heard Ran Wen's voice in her ear: "I guess the Wu family members in other places won't have a good ending either."
Shi Yuan nodded: "That saves me the trouble of causing them trouble in the future."
"Back in Qinglin Bay, I thought the Wu family was some kind of behemoth that would be difficult to deal with!" Huan Ni exclaimed. "I didn't expect them to be all show and no substance."
“Let’s not talk about the Wu family anymore.” She asked Shi Yuan, “What did Gu Linyuan say to you when you left? He seemed a little sad.”
"Did Gu Linfeng tell him about going to be reincarnated?"
Shi Yuan nodded: "He asked Gu Linfeng if he had any other wishes, and Gu Linfeng said he wanted to know about his mother."
"Then how did he ask you?"
“He consulted a lot of information and asked many strange demons whether it was possible for Ji Shuyang to retain a trace of his soul under those circumstances,” Shi Yuan said. “The result was extremely unlikely; Ji Shuyang had most likely already been completely destroyed.”
"He came to me to ask if the Three-Life Flower could project Ji Shuyang's life story without his soul."
“That’s impossible, I can answer him,” Huan Ni said.
"Yes, I told him directly, and he was able to accept it. He said he would take Gu Linfeng to have a good time in Haicheng afterward, and didn't say anything more."
“Ji Shuyang?” Ran Wen suddenly interjected, “I feel like I’ve heard that name somewhere before.”
Huan Ni rolled her eyes at her: "Stop messing around! How would someone like you, who's either buried in the ground or lying in a pit, know this name?"
"I feel like I've heard that somewhere before. Let me think..."
"That actually sounds quite plausible!"
Shi Yuan listened to their bickering with a smile, thinking that she might as well go to the Bund first and see what the Bund was like in this era.
She turned out of the alley and glanced casually, seeing a slender figure enter another alley, but she didn't notice that two burly men with ill intentions were following her in.
Shi Yuan paused. Although she wasn't a particularly helpful person, no one would stand idly by in this situation.
Although Huan Ni and Ran Wen were bickering, they noticed the woman's situation and immediately shut up.
Without saying a word, Shi Yuan followed.
"What are you doing?" the woman exclaimed. "Don't touch me!"
Shi Yuan quickened her pace, kicking the two men to the ground one after the other. Seeing that Shi Yuan was a delicate and frail woman, the two men uttered lewd words and tried to grope her. Shi Yuan hated this kind of man the most, so she straightened her face and was about to get serious when she suddenly smelled a strange fragrance and her consciousness wavered for a moment.
The two men in front of them put away their lewd expressions, stood up straight, and their faces became somewhat blurry.
Shi Yuan shook her head, trying to stay awake. Then, remembering something, she turned to look at the girl who had been bullied. She saw that the girl had long since abandoned her pitiful expression and was now looking at her coldly, holding a withered rose in her hand. Presumably, the strange fragrance from earlier had come from this flower.
Shi Yuan covered her forehead, feigning dizziness: "Who are you? What do you want?"
“You don’t need to know who we are, just come with us,” one of the men replied, then bowed obsequiously to the girl, saying, “Miss Anzi, the Flower Kingdom lady will surely be satisfied this time!”
"Miss Anzi," "A woman from the Flower Country," Shi Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly: "Japanese?"
She quietly withdrew her supernatural power from her fingertips. Since she had nothing better to do, she might as well go and see who this lady was.
Gu Linyuan threw Mo Xun and the others back into the house, then drove Gu Linfeng around Haicheng.
Just now, Shi Yuan told him that she was going to wander around Haicheng eating and shopping for the next few days, and her whereabouts were uncertain. She might not even go back to the villa. She told him and He Tian to go about their business and not to worry about her.
He actually wanted to say that he would be taking Lin Feng around Haicheng these days and asked if he wanted to come along, but before he could say it, Shi Yuan had already gotten out of the car and waved goodbye to him.
Never mind, there's always another day.
He Tian came out of the basement, poured himself a glass of water and drank it all in one gulp. Looking at the bright sunshine outside, he thought to himself: Whoever wants to be in this lousy class can be in it! I also want to go out and have fun!
Liang Peilian glanced at her watch, went upstairs to remove Mo Xun's favorite heavy makeup, applied some duck egg powder to her lips, lightly outlined the corners of her eyes with rouge, pulled down a few strands of her sideburns, and made her hair a little loose.
She looked at herself in the mirror from left to right, unbuttoned two buttons on her shirt, and pulled out one side of the shirt hem.
That's about it!
She went downstairs and placed her bag where she could easily reach it.
When Mo Xun woke up, he found himself lying in the courtyard of a house. He propped himself up and sat up, his hand instinctively supporting his lower back. He felt like he had been jostled around the whole time, and the soreness in his back told him that this might not be his imagination.
"Mr. Su?" he called out tentatively, but there was no response.
Mo Xun kicked the person next to him awake: "Go and see where Su Mei went?"
When his subordinate was kicked awake, he was still a little dazed. Hearing Mo Xun's order, he quickly got up from the ground and went into the house to find someone.
Hearing the commotion, the others gradually woke up. Mo Xun's confidants came over to help him up, while the others went to various rooms to find Su Mei.
Mo Xun sat on the bamboo chair he often lay on and asked his confidant, "Do you remember what happened yesterday?"
The confidant glanced at Mo Xun and shook his head: "I only remember Ran Wen kicking the door open and opening his blood-red mouth to swallow you whole." He vaguely remembered seeing Mo Xun's face turn ashen, how Ran Wen chased after Mo Xun, whipped him, strangled him, and spat at him for not being a man, how Mo Xun fled in terror, and how he begged Su Mei for his life.
“Mr. Su Mei made an outrageous demand, and after you agreed, Ran Wen suddenly disappeared.”
"Then, after doing some calculations, he revealed a disdainful smile and said to you, 'I've taken so much money from you, and I'm helping you clean up your mess.' He had already reached the gate of the courtyard when, for some reason, he turned back."
He said to you, "You can't die at someone else's hands, it will affect my money!" After saying that, he raised his hand and I lost consciousness.
He subtly rubbed his lower back and said in a low voice, "Master Mo, I feel like I've been running around all night. My back and waist ache so much, it's even more tiring than during previous night raids!"
Mo Xun thought to himself, "Who isn't?" But ever since his virility faded, he was particularly afraid of being called weak, so he sat there upright and said disdainfully, "Why don't I feel anything at all?"
"More training after returning to Beicheng!"
The confidant reluctantly agreed, offering a small compliment: "My stamina is nowhere near yours." He chuckled lewdly, "Your longest session lasts a whole night!"
Mo Xun looked up and gave him a cryptic glance. This man had really hit him where it hurt. He didn't even have a second left, let alone a whole night!
He came to Haicheng this time also to see a famous doctor in Haicheng.
There are too many eyes and ears in the north of the city. The doctor he sees in the morning will have his test results on the other side's desk by the afternoon!
Other things aside, this concerned a man's dignity, and he really didn't want to be laughed at.
"Master Mo, we've searched everywhere, but there's no one there!"
Mo Xun frowned, but he also knew that most of these talented people were unrestrained and wild. It was not surprising that Su Mei disappeared so suddenly, after all, he had a precedent of someone disappearing halfway through a commission in the past.
"Leave him a note and tell him I'll come to visit again tomorrow."
"yes."
Mo Xun stood up, and a sudden, sharp pain shot through his lower abdomen. He couldn't help but let out a scream. The next second, joy filled his eyes. It seemed that he could do it again!
“Go back!” he said immediately.
Hearing the roar of the engine, Liang Peilian rubbed her eyes hard, picked up her bag and hurriedly walked out, bumping into Mo Xun who rushed in.
"Brother Xun, you're finally back!" Liang Peilian lifted her head from Mo Xun's embrace, her hair disheveled, her eyes red-rimmed, and her lips pale. "You didn't come back all night, I was so worried!"
Mo Xun gave her a deep look, then bent down, picked her up, and rushed upstairs to the bedroom.
Liang Peilian blushed and shyly hid in Mo Xun's shoulder, saying, "Brother Xun, it's broad daylight." She said this in a disapproving tone, but her hands were tightly wrapped around Mo Xun's neck.
Mo Xun patted her bottom and said with a mischievous smile, "Weren't you worried about me? I'll show you that all your worries were unnecessary."
He loosened his grip and threw Liang Peilian onto the bed. Liang Peilian had deliberately unbuttoned a few buttons and pulled the hem of her clothes halfway out, so when she was thrown like this, her collarbone and slender waist were exposed.
Mo Xun was a seasoned player who could navigate countless relationships without ever getting entangled with anyone. To be honest, someone like Liang Peilian wouldn't have posed a threat to him in the past.
But his situation is special now. He's been useless for a long time. Even when Liang Peilian is all wrapped up and only her head is showing, she still looks incredibly alluring to him.
Liang Peilian reached out and grabbed Mo Xun's collar, her breath sweet as orchids: "Brother Xun, I haven't slept well all night since you left. I was so worried about you."
"Oh, by the way, I went to a private tailor in Haicheng yesterday and bought a really beautiful outfit. I'll wear it for you."
"No need for that!"
The men outside the courtyard exchanged bewildered glances. Wait, they hadn't even figured out what happened yesterday yet. Master Mo was being too...
The confidant couldn't help but frown. In the past, although Mo Xun was fond of women, it never affected his business. What was going on this time?
If he knew the real Ran Wen and humbly sought his advice, Ran Wen might kindly tell him: "The effect of that compound poison penetrating to the bone marrow is that it restores a man's virility, making him even more vigorous than before."
But once it gets to that point, even Hua Tuo himself couldn't save it!
Then she would probably praise Huan Ni for being so prescient, saying that this poison would indeed eventually kill someone!
I wonder what kind of grudge the person who poisoned Mo Xun had against him to resort to such a vicious method.
However, Mo Xun acts without restraint, and he has probably done things like bullying men and women in the past. Outsiders have no right to comment on how the victims retaliate.
All I can say is that a storm is brewing for the Mo family.
Mo Xun has a wife who is excellent in every way. Mo Xun is not particularly fond of her, but he is satisfied with her. When they first got married, he settled down. He didn't decide to live a good life with his wife, but he wouldn't go out and mess around before his wife gave birth to their child.
After all, although he enjoys women, he is not a gifted womanizer. Having children is a major event for the Mo family, and he will definitely focus his efforts on it.
But his wife didn't have any good news, so he gradually started casting a wider net.
He stopped touching his wife after she ruined her health by taking medication to try to conceive.
Anyway, the Mo family is at the height of its power, and his wife won't object to whoever gives birth to his child and brings him home.
The matter was kept well hidden, but it wasn't that no one in the circle knew about it. However, such romantic affairs between men and women, even if exposed when the Mo family was thriving, would be quickly suppressed and wouldn't cause serious damage to the Mo family.
But what if Mo Xun died in a woman's bed, and that woman wasn't even his wife?
The Mo family only has this one son left. Does Old Master Mo still have the energy to deal with public opinion issues?
Those rivals must swarm in like sharks smelling blood and strike a fatal blow while Old Master Mo is still grieving the loss of his son.
When that happens, the entire Mo family will fall like dominoes, with one falling and then another falling, and Mo Xun will be the most crucial domino.
This domino is currently indulging in the sensory stimulation of being a real man again, unaware that a disgraceful and deadly situation awaits him!
Haicheng was the burial place chosen by the poisoner for Mo Xun!
Shi Yuan fainted and collapsed onto the woman who was blocking her way to prevent her from escaping, completely losing her strength.
The woman used all her strength to support Shi Yuan, preventing herself from being crushed: "Foolish woman from the Flower Kingdom!"
"I heard that Shi Yuan, the rookie from the Seventh Division, came to Haicheng. I wonder if he'll be another idiot!"
The man who had spoken earlier bent down even lower: "How can she compare to Miss Anko? Miss Anko is the most powerful summoner in Japan."
"Hmph! I'll go meet her one day! Let's go!" This Miss Anzi was clearly hard to please, and she scoffed at the man's words. She didn't need these lowly people to comment on how powerful she was.
A black sedan crossed the bustling road and arrived in front of a small, detached white building in the center of Haicheng City.
Whether it's a coincidence or not, this little white building is very close to Mo Xun's little white building, so close that you can see the view of Mo Xun's bedroom as soon as you open the window.
The beautiful woman standing by the window frowned slightly, clearly displeased with the couple who were engaging in lewd acts in broad daylight not far away.
She slammed the window shut, sat down at the dressing table, and turned her head to see her reflection in the mirror. Despite her stunning beauty, subtle lines had appeared at the corners of her eyes, and her face fell.
"Madam, Miss Anzi has brought back a woman from the Flower Kingdom." A knock sounded at the door, and the woman responded indifferently, "I know," before going downstairs.
"Mom, I have not let you down this time. You will definitely be satisfied with this person!" Takeda Yasuko bowed ninety degrees to the beautiful woman coming downstairs and reported respectfully, without showing any arrogance in front of the two men.
The beautiful woman, Sakura Takeda, nodded slightly as a reward and said gently to her, "Wake her up."
"Yes!" Takeda Yasuko waved her hands and silently chanted something. Soon, a blooming white rose appeared in her palm, and she placed the rose under Tokiwa's nose.
Shi Yuan immediately held her breath. Who knew what this thing was? She had just learned about a kind of poison called compound poison, which was extremely potent.
You can't smell the flowers in other people's hands.
However, she still "woke up".
"Who are you? Where am I?" She looked around warily, and when she saw Takeda Yasuko, she exclaimed with reproach, "How could you be like this!"
"I saw a bad guy following you and went to rescue you, and you actually betrayed me!"
"Let me go back! Do you know who I am? I didn't come to Haicheng alone!"
"You dare treat me like this? I'll make you pay!"
Don't think to yourself about the black butterfly hair clip behind her ear: She really had a great time acting like that. If I'd known, she wouldn't have turned into a hair clip. She would have wanted to act like that too!
Shi Yuan continued, "Do you even know who I am? Before I lose my temper and get serious, you'd better apologize to me right now and send me back properly, or I'm telling you, this isn't over!"
Black Butterfly: I'm itching to perform!
The yellow butterfly on the other side: Life has indeed become more colorful, much more fun than burying oneself in the hills.
Wait a minute, she remembered why Ji Shuyang's name sounded so familiar!
She remembered that when she was looking for a place to bury herself, she passed by a cave, and the few remaining fragments of souls outside the cave seemed to have this name!
I'll let her know when the performance is over.
Looking at the energetic Shi Yuan with satisfaction, Takeda Sakura asked with a gentle smile, "What's your name? Who else is in your family?"
"Want to know who I am? You're not worthy! Let me go!"
Sakura Takeda wasn't angry at all; she never argued with someone who was about to die. "Inviting you here without your permission was indeed wrong of Anko. I'll have her pour you tea and apologize, okay?"
Takeda Yasuko lowered her head and did as she was told, but Shi Yuan didn't respond: "There's nothing else in this tea, is there? I won't be drugged and taken somewhere again, will I?"
"How could that be?" Takeda Sakura chuckled, took the teacup and brought it to her lips.
"Mom!" Yasuko Takeda said, "The tea is too hot, let's drink it later." There was her saliva in it, and she dared not let her mother drink it.
Sakura glanced at Yasuko Takeda, who lowered her head in fear and casually put down her teacup.
"Looks like you have no sincerity at all. Fine, you've got guts. You just wait and see!" After saying that, Shi Yuan stood up and ran outside.
Of course, he was stopped by someone.
"Hey, I have such a bad temper!" She raised her hand and sent a talisman flying straight at the face of the person who was trying to stop her. Of course, the damage wasn't great, as Shi Yuan had controlled it well.
But the hair on the interceptor's head was singed off completely, and the ugly appearance almost made Huan Ni burst out laughing.
"Stop her!" Sakura Takeda raised an eyebrow in surprise, not expecting that Yasuko Takeda would actually bring her such a big surprise this time!
She looked at him with her arms crossed, completely at ease. She was the most powerful summoner in Japan, not like Yasuko Takeda who was the best at flattery. She was a true master summoner in Japan.
To give you an example, like an octopus, she doesn't even need to chant a spell, she just has to call out and it will come!
Octopus: ...Find another demon to compare it to. It's already dead, don't embarrass me!
So she could tell that Shi Yuan had some skills, but he was only half-baked. That was great; she had been looking for someone like Shi Yuan for a very long time.
Shi Yuan was surrounded and chased by a group of people. She threw talismans in her hand, but they had limited effect on people. It was more like she was toying with these people. However, she pretended to be struggling and was almost caught several times. Wu Tianying underestimated Shi Yuan for various reasons and did not notice anything amiss.
She glanced at Yasuko Takeda, who nodded respectfully and began to use the summoning spell.
Suddenly, a straight branch appeared under Shi Yuan's feet. It should have been a lotus flower stem, but a white rose was blooming on it, which looked out of place. Shi Yuan stomped on it and crushed it.
Takeda Yasuko suffered a backlash and spat out a mouthful of blood. Tokiwa's cool voice followed: "The most powerful summoner in Japan, I'll have to learn from you!" It was quite sarcastic.
Huan Ni regretted turning into that damn hair clip again; otherwise, she would have teamed up with Shi Yuan to make that "most powerful summoner" faint from anger!
Alas! What a miscalculation!
"Shut up!" Takeda Yasuko glared at Shi Yuan resentfully and continued to summon.
More and more flower stems grew under Shi Yuan's feet, each one topped with a white rose. Even Shi Yuan, with her obsessive-compulsive disorder, could tell that she only wanted to do one thing: break off all these white roses!
Who understands this? A rose growing on a lotus stem? Does the hell have no aesthetic sense or logic? Are they trying to annoy her to death so they can inherit the vinegar dish she didn't finish dipping this morning?
That's all the Japanese are good for!
Shi Meili darted out from Shi Yuan's wrist and, with overwhelming force, knocked down all the white roses atop the lotus stems. Who taught them to bloom like that? They have absolutely no sense of aesthetics!
Huan Ni was getting impatient: Stop focusing on hitting the flowers, start hitting people! Don't you know the saying "to catch the thief, first catch the king"?
Shi Meili didn't understand, but Shi Yuan certainly did, but she didn't do it. She was certain that the person named Anzi didn't know her identity before bringing her here.
In other words, she deliberately set a trap to lure her in and capture her.
Shi Yuan did not underestimate herself. She knew she was good-looking, with a slender and strong figure, especially her face, which was fair and smooth with almond-shaped eyes and a delicate nose. If she could protect herself, she would definitely put ginger water on her face to make her skin a little rougher.
So, from the very beginning, what Anzi was attracted to was probably her appearance. Anzi is a sorcerer, or in Japan, they call her a summoner.
A summoner took a liking to her appearance; it's bound to be a bad thing!
While analyzing the situation, Shi Yuan instructed Shi Meili to uproot the lotus flower stems, complaining: "What kind of nonsense are we summoning!"
She was kept very busy.
The yellow butterfly hair clip on the right moved slightly amidst the commotion, whispering in her ear, "This mother and daughter are both a bit strange."
"Generally, exotic plants are naturally grown before they become successful and must follow the laws of nature. Even if they become exotic plants, they can only add a little to their original habits."
For example, Shi Meili, after becoming a different plant, can bloom flowers of various colors and sizes, but these flowers are the same type as the ones she could bloom before she became a spirit.
In other words, roses cannot bloom on lotus stems.
"There is only one possibility for this situation to occur: the alien plant summoned by Anzi has mutated. This is an upgrade for the alien plant, but this world is hostile to aliens and cannot tolerate the natural mutation of alien plants."
"Then there is only one possibility: this mutation was caused by the summoner Anzi."
Huan Ni chimed in, "This exotic plant is neither good-looking nor useful. I don't know what An Zi is after."
"It's probably to advance its rank after the plant mutates." Ran Wen thought for a moment, then added, "Maybe she's lucky and encountered a growth-type one. Don't underestimate it now because it's weak; it might be different in the future."
Huan Ni: "I see~" "Shi Meili, kill it for me!" she shouted softly.
Shi Yuan thought so too. These exotic plants from the Japanese, if they were allowed to grow in popularity, might cause trouble in the Flower Kingdom in the future.
She was preparing to deliver the fatal blow, unaware of the increasingly satisfied expression and yearning look in Takeda Sakura's eyes as she stared at her.
Sakura Takeda slightly curled the corners of her lips, raised her right hand, and a vine shot towards Shi Yuan, binding her tightly before she could even react.
Shi Yuan struggled and shouted, "Let me go! Is there no law anymore? This is illegal detention! I'm going to call the police and have them arrest you all!" He was naive and clueless about the situation, with a bit of power but not much arrogance.
Sakura Takeda showed her only genuine smile in many days: "Anko, you are such a good daughter. Mom loves your gift." After saying that, she withdrew her hand, and the vines pulled Shiyuan to Sakura Takeda's side like reeling in a kite.
"What do you want? Do you know who I am? Do you know who your family is? Don't mess around, I'm telling you, you can't afford to mess with any of us!"
Shi Yuan was telling the truth, but others thought she was just making threats.
Takeda Sakura's smooth fingertips brushed against Shi Yuan's face: "Don't be angry, I just want to ask you for a small favor."
Shi Yuan, still furious, gestured to the vines binding her and frowned at Takeda Sakura: "I've never heard of asking for help like this before! Let me go right now!"
Looking at the lively and brightly colored Shi Yuan, Takeda Sakura couldn't help but feel a little happier, and her voice was softer than usual: "Don't worry, I'll let you go soon."
Liang Peilian casually draped a shirt by Mo Xun over her shoulders, smelling the familiar fragrance. In a very good mood, she took a small transparent glass bottle from the bedside table and shook the amber liquid inside.
She lowered her head and gently bit Mo Xun's earlobe: "Brother Xun, I want to smell the aromatherapy while we're together..."
Mo Xun, looking completely satisfied, roughly rubbed Liang Peilian's body for a while, then chuckled and muttered, "You little vixen, whatever you want!"
Liang Peilian got up, poured the liquid from the small glass bottle onto the aromatherapy stand, lit a match, and ignited the aromatherapy candle. The faint flame made her eyes glare.
She took out a box of rouge, ran her right ring finger across it, and applied a little to her lips. Turning her head, she gracefully got into bed, nestled into Mo Xun's arms, and gave him a sweet kiss.
The trusted aide waiting downstairs patted his stomach and casually pointed at someone: "Go buy some food, our Master Mo probably still has a lot of trouble ahead of him!" He then gave a knowing smile.
"This Dr. Liang is quite something. He's been by Master Mo's side for five or six years now, and he still manages to make Master Mo lose himself in love." Someone chimed in, and the confidant was happy to talk about his master's romantic affairs, since Master Mo didn't care anyway. "It's been about six years, hasn't it?" He had been by Master Mo's side for even longer than the other doctor.
His subordinate said enviously, "Master Mo is so lucky. This Dr. Liang can take good care of Master Mo both in and out of bed."
Another chimed in, "If you ask me, the old man is very farsighted. With someone like him by Master Mo's side, he's not afraid of being schemed against again."
"From what you're saying, Master Mo was once schemed against?"
The confidant also looked at the subordinate who had spoken. He had followed Mo Xun for five years. Because of his outstanding abilities and ruthless nature, he quickly gained Mo Xun's favor. For the past five years, Mo Xun had taken him everywhere he went. He knew a lot about both official and private matters, but he was unaware of the events that had happened five years ago.
However, he guessed that Mo Xun had probably gotten himself into another romantic entanglement.
Sure enough, the subordinate hesitated for a moment, then beckoned to them. When they gathered together, he said, "If you really think about it, this has been going on for about ten years."
He smiled ingratiatingly at his confidant: "Brother, you weren't here back then, so you probably don't know, but our Master Mo didn't like Dr. Liang's type back then. He only liked the pure and stubborn type." He grinned lewdly, "He also liked to use force."
"About ten years ago, Mo Ye completed a very difficult task and felt a bit depressed, so he took his brothers and drove for several days into the mountains to relax."
“That mountain is strange. It’s only the beginning of spring, and the forsythia hasn’t even sprouted yet, but the peonies are already blooming all over the mountain.”
"At the time, Master Mo said that the peonies were blooming strangely, and that they might have become spirits."
"Originally, Master Mo was planning to lead his brothers to load up the machine guns and leave, but at the last minute he changed his mind and said he would wait by this peony to see if he would encounter a flower fairy and have a romantic encounter with her."
Mo Xun knew about the Mo family's past, so he had little respect for the strange demons. He was also young and impetuous with curiosity, thinking that if he really encountered one, he had enough firepower on his side, and even if he didn't do anything to the strange demon, he would definitely be able to escape unscathed.
"Brother, guess what? Our Master Mo really did keep us waiting!"
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