Ningsi Garden.
Mu Xue whispered in Lin Qingwan's ear, "Madam is taking a nap, and Young Master might take a detour when he returns. Just in case, I've made preparations on both routes."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Qiu Hong called out from in front of the garden gate, "Young Master, why have you come at this hour?"
"Young Master has been drinking?"
As if afraid that the people inside wouldn't hear her, Qiu Hong followed Jiang Zhenlin all the way to the garden.
"This is none of your business, get out of here." Jiang Zhenlin's voice, tinged with alcohol, was so deep it was frightening.
He didn't know what he was angry about. What did it matter to him whether Lin Qingwan took her medicine or not? It wasn't him who was in pain.
But he was the one who kicked her in the back. At the time, Guard Tong said he could set her bones, so he actually brought her back. But when they got to Lin Qingwan's door, he couldn't bring himself to do it, so he made a scene on the grounds of a woman's reputation.
In any case, she was cured, which could at least ease the guilt in his heart.
Jiang Zhenlin drank today because he was unhappy. The person his father sent to investigate confirmed what Lin the butcher had said. His men also found the man surnamed Ruan, and what they brought back was the same as what Lin the butcher had said.
Lin Qingwan had a difficult past; the Cheng family treated her badly.
Even so, she must not learn to be cunning and despicable!
Who are you trying to scheme against if you don't take your medicine?
Mu Xue opened the door from the inside. He immediately noticed the steaming herbal medicine on the table, as if it had just been brewed. His eyes reddened. "Why aren't you drinking your medicine?"
Lin Qingwan didn't even lift her eyelids before getting up to go back to the inner room.
Jiang Zhenlin gritted his teeth and controlled himself, "I'm talking to you!"
Lin Qingwan not only didn't stop, but her pace quickened.
He was furious and chased after her, but Mu Xue gasped, "Miss's back isn't healed yet!"
As expected, Jiang Zhenlin slowed down his movements, pressing his palm on Lin Qingwan's shoulder and subconsciously loosening his grip. Unexpectedly, Lin Qingwan's shoulder trembled violently, and she said coldly, "Let go."
That night, when he forcibly dragged her to plead for her older sister, she used the same tone.
Later, he broke his forehead, and half of his face was covered in blood.
Jiang Zhenlin felt a chill run down his spine as he recalled the incident, so he didn't make a move. "I'm asking you a question, why didn't you drink your medicine?"
Lin Qingwan glanced at her sideways, her gaze sharp as a knife, "Do you want to go crazy and go find someone else?"
"I'm not crazy." Jiang Zhenlin lost count of how many times he had tried to control himself. He had finally managed to talk to her properly, and this was her attitude!
"Take your medicine now."
"Immediately, right now!"
The tone was not one of discussion, but of command.
Lin Qingwan looked like she didn't want to say anything more to him, and simply said, "It's too bitter."
"Nonsense, what medicine isn't bitter?"
"Young Master Jiang suddenly cares about whether I take my medicine. Could it be that he's had a change of heart, finally realized he's done something inhuman, and wants to come here to atone for his sins?" She raised an eyebrow, her eyes filled with contempt.
Jiang Zhenlin retorted angrily, "Bullshit! I'm just worried about the money the Prime Minister's residence is spending on medicine."
Lin Qingwan scoffed, "Then you can drink it; you need it more than I do."
Jiang Zhenlin didn't react for a moment, "Why would I drink medicine for no reason?"
Lin Qingwan scoffed, "That's right, problems in the brain are indeed incurable."
"You!" Jiang Zhenlin almost kicked out, feeling extremely uncomfortable. "You refuse to drink the medicine just to play the victim and get your father to pamper you more, so you can alarm the Prince and get him to stand up for you?"
"Lin Qingwan, let me tell you, don't get your hopes up about this!"
"Do you think Prince Jing can protect you for life? As long as his engagement with my sister remains unbroken, my sister will always be Prince Jing's wife."
"You're shameless enough to throw yourself at us like this, but you're also dragging our Jiang family down and making us a laughingstock. You're utterly foolish!"
Lin Qingwan seemed to be provoked by him as well, turning around and glaring at him fiercely, "That's better than being kicked to death by you! You'd better make the Prince look at Jiang Yanwan a few more times."
"You don't care about your own door, so you blame others for not locking their windows."
She rolled her eyes. "Whether I take the medicine or not is none of your business. I'm just pretending to be pitiful, and the prince is willing to pamper me. What does that have to do with you?"
"Okay, okay, okay!"
"You admit it, right!" Jiang Zhenlin finally lost his temper, but instead of hitting her, he smashed the medicine bowl on the table. "Then don't drink it!"
"It would be best to die in bed, so as not to embarrass yourself in public."
"The Prime Minister's residence isn't so poor as to be unable to support a useless person like you."
When he gets angry, the things he says are truly hurtful; he says the harshest things, the most vicious curses.
Lin Qingwan deliberately provoked him, but hearing her blood relative curse her like that made her hair stand on end.
Her clear, bright eyes reflected Jiang Zhenlin's fierce and menacing face like a mirror, startling even him and causing his heart to skip a beat.
Before he could continue, Mu Xue pointed to the floor and exclaimed, "This...this medicine..."
The medicine spilled on the ground, creating white foam and making a sizzling sound.
Lin Qingwan remained unfazed by Jiang Zhenlin's curse, but now she covered her lips, her face filled with panic, "The medicine is poisoned!"
Then her pupils trembled, she clutched her chest as if she wanted to vomit, and looked at Jiang Zhenlin, who was equally astonished, with a flushed face, "You failed to kill me twice, so you're trying to harm me like this?"
"Jiang Zhenlin, what do I owe you?!"
She screamed and collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her face.
"It wasn't me!" Jiang Zhenlin sobered up completely, his mind buzzing. "I didn't...poison him."
"I just wanted you to get better quickly, how could I have poisoned you?"
Lin Qingwan sneered, "You wish for my death, because if I die, I won't bring shame to the Prime Minister's mansion."
Jiang Zhenlin stared at the spilled medicine on the ground, his temples throbbing with veins, and said in a hoarse voice, "I told you I didn't!"
He suddenly remembered that Granny Lai had also poisoned Lin Qingwan and her mother before, causing Lin Qingwan to vomit blood and run away from the Prime Minister's residence...
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