"What did you say?"
"Lin Qixia, you're joking, right?"
Hua Xiaoguo and Ruan Pang asked the same question at the same time, their faces looking quite grim.
Lin Qixia watched their expressions with interest for a moment before saying in a calm tone, "Of course I wasn't joking with you. I've said it before, I'm not stupid enough to be so easily outmaneuvered by you."
"If you don't believe me, you're welcome to try! I think the time is almost up, and the person with the account books should already be on his way to find Lord Tong!"
Even though she was sitting on the ground with her hands and feet bound, she was in an extremely disadvantageous position.
But at this moment, the aura she exuded and the warning in her tone to Hua Xiaoguo and Ruan Pang made her instantly appear to be in a superior position.
She became the one who controlled the situation.
Li Yuan, who had been watching quietly from the side, now looked somewhat surprised.
As expected, this woman was as difficult to deal with as ever.
Li Yuan smiled bitterly, somewhat regretting that he had listened to Feng Changchao's orders and joined forces with Hua Xiaoguo and Ruan Pang to deal with her.
Hua Xiaoguo's eyes darted around, and she suddenly asked, "You gave the account books to Cheng Yuerong, didn't you?"
Hearing him ask this question suddenly, Lin Qixia's smug expression froze.
She immediately realized what he meant and quickly denied it, saying, "You...you guessed wrong!"
"You guessed wrong?" Hua Xiaoguo noticed that she panicked for a moment and chuckled, "I think I guessed pretty right!"
Seeing this, Lin Qixia retorted with a "what's the use" attitude, "So what? Do you want to kidnap her again?"
Li Yuan closed his eyes. Sure enough, she couldn't hide it in the end, even though it was a clever trick.
This girl is still too inexperienced.
Hua Xiaoguo is a seasoned veteran; he's always good at reading people and things, and he got the information out of her in no time.
Hua Xiaoguo turned to Ruan Pang and urged, "What are you standing there for? Call Zhao Hu and the others, and go find Cheng Yuerong right now!"
“But—” Fatty Ruan hesitated before speaking.
Hua Xiaoguo interrupted him: "But what? Do you want her to hand over the evidence and ruin us completely?"
Li Yuan chimed in, "Yes, don't forget Cheng Yuerong remembers that we were the ones who kidnapped her. If she accuses us all in front of the governor, then—"
"hateful!"
Hearing him say that, Hua Xiaoguo became even more anxious.
He simply grabbed Ruan Pang by the collar: "Come on! I'll go with you to stop Cheng Yuerong!"
More people means more strength, after all, he can't afford to take any risks now.
"Brother Li, please keep an eye on Lin Qixia. I'm leaving this to you!" He told Li Yuan as he reached the door.
Li Yuan responded calmly, "Alright, you can go without worry."
After all, he didn't want the task assigned to them by Magistrate Feng to fail completely.
If what Lin Qixia said is true, then it is very disadvantageous for them.
At this point, Fatty Ruan realized the seriousness of the situation and urged, "Hurry up! Let's go!"
A moment later, a loud bang was heard as the door slammed shut outside.
The courtyard quickly returned to silence, leaving only Li Yuan and Lin Qixia.
"Are you satisfied now?" Li Yuan knew that Lin Qixia was doing it on purpose, regardless of whether what she said was true or false.
For her, the small flower and the fat man Ruan had eliminated most of the threat.
Lin Qixia sat leaning against a pillar, and presumably the panic she felt when Hua Xiaoguo exposed her "scheme" had subsided.
She was obviously faking it.
"More or less," she pondered, replying slowly, while glancing at Li Yuan himself. "It's a pity we still haven't dealt with you."
Li Yuan was amused by her words. "Me? Aren't you being a little too ungrateful?"
"I advise you to stay quiet and stay put. I won't touch you, as long as you stay here—"
His words came to an abrupt halt as he realized his limbs were beginning to weaken.
"What...what did you do to me?" Li Yuan asked anxiously.
Lin Qixia looked at him, a confident smile playing on her lips. "What did I do? I retaliated in kind, drugging you."
As she spoke, she struggled to stand up, leaning against the pillar, but the ropes binding her body remained untied despite her efforts.
Therefore, she jumped towards Li Yuan in a very disheveled manner.
"You, you stay away!" Li Yuan cried out in terror, retreating helplessly.
Lin Qixia fell down with a "thud," ignoring his words, and continued to try to pupate towards him.
Li Yuan also collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion, but still struggled to crawl forward, trying to get away from her.
At this moment, the scene between the man and woman in the courtyard took an inexplicably humorous turn.
Lin Qixia muttered under her breath, "If I don't go over there, how am I supposed to get my knife back and untie myself?"
Her knife had already been confiscated and was now tucked into Li Yuan's waist.
Upon hearing this, Li Yuan immediately clutched his waist, saying, "I told you not to come any closer! I won't let you untie the rope!"
In the midst of the chaos, he recalled everything that had happened before, and realized that he must have been poisoned by Lin Qixia during the time he was talking alone with her in the room.
He said that it was strange at the time, as he kept smelling a faint fragrance.
He thought it was the woman's natural fragrance, never imagining that this brat would actually poison her!
"Stop struggling, give me back the knife!" Lin Qixia had already slithered to Li Yuan's side and pounced on him.
Li Yuan cried out in pain, "You're hurting me! Get away from me!"
"Stop struggling! Let me get it out!"
"Let go of me! Don't touch my waist!"
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