"I..." Jiang Zhenlin swallowed hard. He really hated Lin Qingwan's persistent and nagging attitude.
He had spoken harshly, but it was out of concern for his mother! In the end, it was all because Lin Qingwan had caused trouble in the Prime Minister's residence since her return, making his mother and elder sister angry all the time, which led him to mistakenly believe that she had poisoned him.
Instead of reflecting on her own actions, she continues to hold onto him.
"I didn't strangle you or beat you to death!" Jiang Zhenlin couldn't even remember how much force he had used. "If I had really used force, you would have already..."
Halfway through her sentence, Lin Qingwan finally couldn't hold back the blood and phlegm that rose to her throat for the third time, and it gushed out with a cough.
Jiang Zhenlin felt a burning sensation in the corner of his eye, followed by a pungent smell of blood filling his nostrils. He stared at Lin Qingwan in astonishment, then wiped his cheek with his hand—it was blood.
Mu Xue and Qiu Hong rushed over at the same time. One used a handkerchief to wipe her mouth, while the other screamed with red eyes, "That... that poisonous medicated oil was also used by Miss!"
Jiang Su immediately ordered the royal physician to see Lin Qingwan, but she stubbornly pushed Mu Xue and Qiu Hong away and stumbled out, saying, "No need."
She would rather die here than die here.
Jiang Zhenlin subconsciously reached out, the two words were already on the tip of his tongue, but he never said them.
*
Lin Qingwan wiped away the blood gushing from the corner of her lips with her sleeve again and again, her vision blurred by tears.
She kept walking and walking, the anxious gasps of the servants and the clamor of the crowd passing by. She wanted to get as far away from them as possible...
Jiang Yanwan poisoned her; the death of an old woman would be enough to avoid further investigation.
If she hadn't been cautious, she would be in the same situation as Granny Lai right now.
Everyone is protecting Jiang Yanwan, even though she is clearly the daughter of the Jiang family. Jiang Yanwan can get the old woman to poison her, but she can't hold Jiang Yanwan accountable.
She had no one else to rely on, and Mu Xue's skin hadn't even fully healed before she went to help her steal Jiang Yanwan's fox fur. If she were discovered, the consequences would be unimaginable.
And then there's Qiu Hong. If she had been more ruthless and upright today, Lin Qingwan would have had no chance to turn the tables.
Who knows how much fear and trepidation she harbored when she looked at Qiu Hong? Furthermore, she knew the medicinal oil was poisonous, yet she still used it on herself, simply because she dared not gamble that they would believe her.
She struggled to get along with her family, living on thin ice every day. She finally managed to get her hands on Jiang Yanwan, but her mother's casual remark about family discipline ended the relationship.
Lin Qingwan felt increasingly heartbroken. The poison from Ku Cenzi and Jiang Zhenlin's punch finally triggered the deadly poison in her body. Her body began to sway, and she saw double images of the people passing by.
Even if it meant death, she wanted to stay far away from the Prime Minister's residence.
The next second, she fell into a warm and firm embrace.
This smells wonderful, like cedar.
She smelled it.
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