No antidote
Yue Lan looked at the dilapidated house in front of her, which seemed to have been abandoned for a long time. Her face was expressionless, but her heart was full of emotions. She had thought that she would never come to this place again, but she didn't expect to come here again in less than a day!
When I came here before, the sky was clear, but now a strong wind is blowing and the weather is about to change!
He suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart and headed straight for the basement. Every step he took felt like it was filled with lead, so heavy that he couldn't lift his feet, but he didn't regret a single step!
The iron gate opened again, and the man inside curled up in the corner, scratching his body constantly, sometimes on his face, neck, chest, sometimes on his hands, sometimes on his feet... The Li Ao who had spoken with his back straight, always looking proud and unyielding, and self-assured was gone.
Yue Lanjing should have been overjoyed, feeling nothing but joy. But after witnessing Li Ao's miserable state, a wave of unease surged through her chest like a flood! Why was he Zhao Rirou's father?!
Guan Shaoling, standing by, exclaimed, "The drug's taking effect quite strongly!" He felt that Li Ao's movements were no longer just scratching, but tearing! Looking closer, some of the exposed skin was already bloody, but Li Ao was still scratching desperately. It was so painful to look at, it was impossible to look directly at it.
Yue Lanjing ordered someone to feed Li Ao the antidote. He couldn't be killed for the time being.
"You came back sooner than I expected, but I don't think you can figure it out in such a short time!" It was rare that Li Ao could remain rational and speak in this situation. He leaned against the wall, closed his eyes tiredly and said.
"Hua Chuyu said that you were the one who poisoned Yatang!" Not wanting to waste time, Yue Lanjing went straight to the point.
Mentioning Hua Chuyu is not to give him a chance to quibble, but also to let him taste the taste of betrayal again!
Li Ao frowned and opened his eyes, surprise in them. Although he didn't understand Hua Chuyu's intentions, he had unconditional trust in his son. He looked at Yue Lanjing, and what surprised him was, "You came here because of her? Who is she to you?" He spoke rapidly due to his physical discomfort, but the eyes that looked at him were still clear and seemed to be able to think.
Yue Lanjing disdained to say anything more to him. Even looking at him for a second would be offensive to her eyes. She turned away and said, "Give me the antidote, and I'll let you go!"
Yue Lanjing told himself that she was temporarily sparing his life, and that their grudge would be settled after saving Zhao Rirou! But how would he settle it? He hadn't figured it out yet.
Li Ao didn't expect Yue Lanjing to be willing to let him go for that woman. It seems that woman is definitely very important to Yue Lanjing! "Unfortunately, I didn't."
Yue Lanjing was furious. She couldn't believe he'd rather die than hand over the antidote. She took a step forward and fiercely grabbed him from the ground, "Why? Why do you have to kill her? What's the grudge between you and her?"
Li Ao sighed helplessly. He didn't want to be an enemy of Yue Lanjing for the time being, but there was really no antidote. If he lied to him that there was one, it would only bring more serious consequences.
He is old and life and death no longer matter to him, but he does not want his family to be affected.
What annoyed him most now was that he hadn't told Chao Rirou to stay away from Yue Lanjing earlier! He was afraid she would tell Yue Lanjing everything! He even regretted meeting her!
Yue Lanjing wanted to smash his hateful face with a punch. It didn't matter whose father he was, why did he have to be Asahirou's father! He would poison his own daughter and even admit his daughter's mistake. What kind of father is he! This kind of father deserves to die! Thinking of this, his expression suddenly froze, and he immediately understood something. He pondered and said, "Is it because of Asahirou?"
Li Ao's heart tightened, and he couldn't help but clench his fists, but he chose to remain calm, "What does this have to do with her?"
Yue Lanjing threw her to the ground with extreme disgust, "Don't you think she is your daughter? So you who witnessed Yatang hurting Chao Rirou were avenging your daughter? Do you know..." The words "Yatang is your daughter" almost came out of her mouth, but Yue Lanjing braked suddenly and swallowed them back with hesitation, "Do you know that it was Chao Rirou who did something wrong to Yatang first!"
Guan Shaoling couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this. So, Yatang is the daughter of this old bastard! Then after all this time, Jing fell in love with the daughter of her enemy! He glanced at Yue Lanjing with an unbearable look. This guy must have suffered a big blow!
"Sure enough, she told you everything!" Li Ao thought dejectedly. If he had known that it would bring her trouble and put her in danger, he would rather not acknowledge this daughter!
"It seems she considers you one of her own!" He probed. He had long known that his daughter's heart belonged to Yue Lanjing. But what about Yue Lanjing? How much genuine love did she have for his daughter? Would she vent her hatred for him on his daughter? This was something he least wanted to see!
Yue Lanjing saw through his thoughts and couldn't help but sneer. She warned cruelly, "If anything happens to Yatang, I will never let you go! You owe me too much debt. If you can't pay it back, your daughter will have to pay it back! Don't worry, I won't let her die. I will only make her life worse than death!"
Li Ao sighed tremblingly. He had originally wanted Yue Lanjing to find out some of the facts herself. After all, Yue Lanjing wouldn't believe what he said. But now, regardless of whether Yue Lanjing believed it or not, he couldn't keep silent any longer! His father's death had nothing to do with him... "It was indeed me who poisoned Yatang! You said I owed you, but that's the only thing! I don't owe you anything else, nor do I owe anyone in your family!"
Glancing coldly at his confident and sure look, Yue Lanjing interrupted impatiently, "Stop talking nonsense! Hand over the antidote to me right now!" He didn't have time to listen to his excuses!
Li Ao said helplessly, "I really don't have the antidote! It's not that I'm unwilling to give it to you!"
He told the truth without hiding anything, but Yue Lanjing was convinced that he just didn't want to save Yatang. She was immediately furious, her face flushed, and she was at a loss as to what to do. In a moment of desperation, she blurted out, "Do you know that Yatang is your daughter?"
Li Ao was stunned by these words. After a while, he burst out laughing and said, "You don't have to come up with such a ridiculous reason if you want me to save her!"
Yue Lanjing punched his smiling face out of shape, glaring at him with deep disgust, asking herself dozens of times, "Why would such a man be Chao Rirou's father?! Why would his enemy become Chao Rirou's father?!"
Guan Shaoling looked at him worriedly, knowing that he was on the verge of madness.
"Prick up your ears and listen carefully! The Asahirou you recognized is only the same body, but her mind, consciousness, and soul are no longer the same! And Yatang is only her body, but her mind, consciousness, and soul are Asahirou's!" Li Ao still had a joking expression, but his next words made his expression more and more stiff. "If you don't believe me, you can ask Yan Mingchi. He knows it best. He was the one who caused this to happen!"
Yue Lanjing was almost certain that Li Ao and Yan Mingchi were in cahoots! Li Ao's expression said it all. "You should be familiar with Yan Mingchi, right? Don't you know that he has the ability to swap souls? The reason why Zhao Rirou left her body was because of Yan Mingchi! And the reason she can't return to her body is because Yan Mingchi gave her body to someone else!"
Guan Shaoling thought for a moment when he heard this. Knowing Yue Lanjing well, he instantly understood what he was thinking. Was he trying to stir up hatred between Li Ao and Yan Mingchi?
His gaze shifted to Li Ao, who was shaking his head in disbelief, muttering "Impossible! How could it be possible!" But when he mentioned Yan Mingchi, it was clear that the hatred in his eyes was almost overflowing.
Yue Lanjing continued with a murderous tone, "He harmed Chao Rirou terribly! But this is not the worst. The worst is that not only was Chao Rirou not recognized by her father, but she was poisoned by him. Now..." When he said this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath in panic.
"This is outrageous! How could something so outrageous be possible? You must be making this up, fabricating something so unrealistic just to get the antidote from me!" Li Ao shook his head fiercely, refusing to believe it. But somewhere inside him, invisible to others, he was wavering. It wasn't so much that he didn't believe it, but rather that he couldn't accept the truth. If Yue Lanjing was right, then wouldn't he have harmed his own daughter?! Fear made him refuse to think any further.
Yatang couldn't be his daughter! Yue Lanjing was lying to him! How could he fall for such a ridiculous lie?
Yue Lanjing slowly exhaled and said, "I'll make you believe it!" In order to save Zhao Rirou, he had already given it his all.
The dilapidated house was surrounded by a deserted garden, which looked even more eerie and terrifying in the dead of night with no stars and howling winds.
Two figures stood by the dried-up pond, one moving and one still.
"You're crazy!" Guan Shaoling was like an ant on a hot pan, pacing back and forth non-stop. "I'm crazy too! I didn't stop you, but instead went crazy with you!"
No! He can't stop it.
Anything related to Asahirou would make Jing's mind run away from home like a rocket, and he would never be able to get her back!
This time, in order to make Li Ao believe that Yatang is the real Zhao Rirou, this guy dared to alarm Yan Mingchi and actively summoned the big devil to confront him face to face!
Yue Lanjing looked at a certain point in the air with worry. He used to avoid Yan Mingchi, but now he just hoped that the devil would appear soon! He was only worried about Zhao Rirou's safety and could not care about anything else.
But he was also doing something he was sure of. He was sure that Yan Mingchi would come, and he was also sure that Yan Mingchi would not kill him!
"I'm not crazy, I'm just crazy! Only someone with a crazy brain would naively think that Yan Mingchi would let you do whatever you want! Will he come just because of your words? Will he admit what he did? Even if you have a way to make him admit it, if he wants to kill you, are you sure you can get away safely? Don't expect Chao Rirou to die before you die at the hands of Yan Mingchi!" Guan Shaoling was still trying to persuade him to leave here. As long as Yan Mingchi didn't show up, they could still escape!
Yue Lanjing, who saw through his thoughts, said calmly, "You are the naive one. The message has been sent. As long as he is not dead, he must have received it! He can't remain indifferent. He will definitely come to find me, no matter where I am! If you want to leave, you can still leave. I let you go a long time ago. Why are you still here!"
"My legs are shaking so much that I can't walk!" Guan Shaoling said unhappily.
Yue Lanjing patted his shoulder gratefully. She wanted to laugh but couldn't. "Thank you for your concern!"
"Of course I have to care about the people who pay me! Now that I've come to this, you can give me a raise, right?" Guan Shaoling tried to find some light-hearted topics to ease his inner anxiety.
"You are allowed to be the chairman?"
"Then you go and talk about love!" Guan Shaoling took out a pack of cigarettes and handed one to Yue Lanjing. Yue Lanjing didn't want it, so he put it in his mouth, lit it and took a puff. He pointed in the direction of the house with his cigarette, "Is it worth it? Because of the one inside, do you think you can still be together?"
"He is he, she is she!" Yue Lanjing avoided thinking about this question and replied instinctively.
"Well, do you think Chao Rirou would think so? If she knew that you treated her father like this, would she still be with you as if nothing had happened?" Guan Shaoling did not allow him to escape.
"Do you think the knife didn't stab me deep enough?" Does he have to stab me where it hurts?
"Maybe it doesn't hurt enough, so he's not awake enough!" Guan Shaoling is becoming more and more pessimistic about him and Chao Rirou.
Isn’t it painful enough? Yue Lanjing laughed at herself, even if it hurt like hell, he couldn’t let her go!
Guan Shaoling, halfway through a full pack of cigarettes, frowned and asked, "Are you sure he'll come? How long do we have to wait?"
"I think he will not miss any opportunity to find that person!" Yue Lanjing could not be 100% sure that Yan Mingchi would come, but this was the only way to find him as soon as possible!
He learned from the fake Zhao Rirou that Yan Mingchi had been looking for someone. Every time he got news about that person, Yan Mingchi would put aside what he was doing and do everything to find that person, as if that was the most important thing in his life!
"I told you to go back. You don't have to wait here with me."
Guan Shaoling simply ignored his words. "Is that person Yue Lanxiu's master? Why on earth would Yan Mingchi care so much about this person?"
"If Yue Lanxiu's master was a woman, would you be able to understand it?"
"What?! He's actually a homosexual!" Guan Shaoling screamed in surprise.
"I think we should drop this topic. Maybe he's lurking nearby, eavesdropping on us!" Yue Lanjing thought it was possible. With Yan Mingchi's skills, they wouldn't be able to detect him.
"Why is it so cold all of a sudden? Where does this chilly wind come from?" Guan Shaoling felt a chill run down his spine. He looked around at the eerie surroundings and said half-jokingly, "Is there a ghost haunting this place?"
"A ghost is indeed coming!" Yue Lanjing suddenly shuddered, and saw an extremely strange figure appearing under the dancing branches dozens of meters ahead.
The man was also looking at them, and being stared at by him made their scalps tingle.
Even though it was not the first time she saw him, Yue Lanjing still felt very uncomfortable, always feeling that he did not belong to the human world but came from the underworld.
Guan Shaoling followed his gaze and couldn't help but scream again, "Wow, is this really necessary? Could it be that he really is a ghost, not a human? I suddenly feel that we are really awesome. We didn't even bring a few brothers with us!"
"If the opponent is him, it will be useless even if you bring a hundred people!" Yue Lanjing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He finally came. She was really worried that he would not come, or would show up after a few days. The thing she could not afford the most now was time.
And now that he is here, Yue Lanxiu and his master can escape smoothly and rush to rescue Xiaorou!
"I should have prepared dozens of cannons. I don't believe I can't kill him!" Guan Shaoling said in frustration in Yue Lanjing's ear. Suddenly, the figure he had been staring at disappeared. He blinked. Hey, where is the person?
"You should dig a hole big enough for you to lie down!" A sinister voice that made people's hair stand on end suddenly rang in the ears of the two.
Both of them were so scared that their eyes widened, and Guan Shaoling jumped up.
Yue Lanjing calmed down within a second, and a seemingly friendly smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. "Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to meet me!"
Yan Mingchi glanced at him coldly from the corner of his eye and said, "Do you think you have such a big face?"
"Of course, everything is thanks to him!" He emphasized the words. Yue Lanjing was sure that Yan Mingchi really cared about him!
Yan Mingchi remained silent, just staring at him with his eyes as sharp as a knife.
Yue Lanjing felt as if she had been chopped into a pulp by his gaze. No one liked having their weaknesses discovered and exploited. His actions were undoubtedly pulling at the tiger's whiskers. If he hadn't been able to provide the tiger with the food it most desired, it would have died a hundred times over.
Guan Shaoling's face turned pale, and he didn't dare to breathe, fearing that Yue Lanjing would die. His mind raced, but he couldn't think of any way to resist Yan Mingchi.
After a long while, Yan Mingchi finally spoke, his sharp gaze piercing through people's hearts. "Tell me, what are your conditions?"
"You seem to have misunderstood!" Yue Lanjing tried her best to appear sincere, with absolutely no intention of opposing him. "I just want to ask you a question."
"explain!"
"I recently found that there were some strange things about Asanorou and Yatang. Asanorou is less and less like the Asanorou of the past, and Yatang is also less and less like the Yatang of the past. Instead, they are becoming more and more like Asanorou! I still remember that Asanorou once possessed Chanel's body, so I wonder if Asanorou is possessed by Yatang's body again?" Yue Lanjing glanced at the camera that was disguised perfectly without anyone knowing, to ensure that everything that happened here could be seen clearly by Li Ao in the room.
"Since you already know, why bother asking? Why is your condition that I help Chao Rirou return to her own body?" Yan Mingchi didn't know that his face at this moment was extremely hateful in the eyes of someone.
"After all, only you can do this kind of thing!" Yue Lanjing thought that Li Ao should be about to burst out! At that time, it would be time for him and Yan Mingchi to turn against each other. If he was accidentally killed by Yan Mingchi, it would have nothing to do with her.
"As long as you can tell me where he is, I can certainly agree to this little thing!"
"He's..." Yue Lanjing dragged out her tone slightly, and an angry roar suddenly sounded, drowning out his voice.
"Yan Mingchi, you bastard!" Li Ao rushed out from the inner room with murderous intent.
"It's you! Why are you here?" Yan Mingchi, who was extremely perceptive, had already noticed some movement in the inner room and thought Yue Lanjing was up to something else. He never imagined it would be Li Ao. Li Ao and Yue Lanjing couldn't possibly be in the same group!
Li Ao stepped forward and tried to punch Yan Mingchi, but Yan Mingchi easily dodged. "You deserve to die! I always thought of you as a friend, yet you treated us like this! You kidnapped the daughter I've been desperately searching for! How could you have felt comfortable watching me search for my daughter for all these years?"
Li Ao questioned with gritted teeth, while swinging his fists repeatedly, but none of his punches landed.
Hearing this, Yan Mingchi quickly understood the reason for his anger. He frowned, but with a hint of impatience, "Don't get excited. Your daughter is much better off with me than with you!"
"What's good about it? Being a killer is good, isn't it? Just being toyed around by you is good, isn't it?" Li Ao's eyebrows shot up in anger, his eyes widening. He wanted to tear him apart, but apart from spitting saliva all over his face, he couldn't even touch a hair on his head. Afterwards, Yan Mingchi grabbed his hands.
Yan Mingchi said confidently, "Why don't you think about how powerful I've made her! If she follows you, she'll just be a flower in a greenhouse, a second Hua Qianmei! So fragile that she'll be bullied and trampled upon by others!"
Li Ao's eyes were bloodshot. "How dare you mention Xiaomei! She shouldn't have saved you! You ungrateful thing!"
"Enough! You can't beat me. For Xiaomei's sake, I won't bother with you!" Thinking of Hua Qianmei who had given him a hiding place when he was hunted by his enemies and had nowhere to escape, Yan Mingchi still felt a ripple of gratitude in his heart. Although it was not much, it was enough for him to show mercy to Li Ao.
The reason why he got to know Li Ao and helped him unconditionally was all because of Hua Qianmei.
The original reason for taking Asahirou away was to save her! He took Asahirou away from the scene of the car accident.
Memories from decades ago suddenly flooded back. That day, upon learning someone was planning to harm them, he rushed to save them, but was too late. By the time he arrived, the taxi they were riding in had already crashed. It was obvious Hua Qianmei was dying, and she passed out after saying, "Save her daughter!" While Zhao Rirou wasn't dead, she was bleeding profusely and needed a blood transfusion. So, he took her away and gave her his own blood! Could this be the reason she, like him, had acquired the ability to enter other people's bodies?
Although she escaped this time, there was no guarantee that someone would continue to harm her in the future, so he quietly hid her by his side.
He also taught her martial arts, and she was very talented in this area. Finally, he trained her into a proudly blooming plum blossom, able to withstand all kinds of wind, frost, rain and snow!
Of course, he did not deny that another reason for keeping her around was to benefit him.
In short, he felt that he had treated her well...
"But then again, why are you here? And in such a state?" Seeing Li Ao's bloody mess, Yan Mingchi's first reaction was to settle the score with the person who made him like this.
His eyes shot towards Yue Lanjing like a cold arrow. His intuition told him that it was all this kid's conspiracy. "Did you make him like this?" As he spoke, he had already flashed in front of Yue Lanjing and before he could react, he had pinched his carotid artery.
Anxious, Guan Shaoling blurted out an address, "The person you're looking for will appear there!"
Yan Mingchi's grip loosened slightly, and Yue Lanjing was able to utter a sound. After taking a few breaths, she said, "He poisoned my people. I just wanted to ask him for the antidote!" Her eyes turned to Li Ao, as if to say, "You should understand the truth now!" "You still don't want to give it to me?"
"Antidote? Yes, antidote! I don't have an antidote, but you have an antidote!" In panic, Li Ao grabbed Yan Mingchi's hand as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.
"What antidote?"
"You gave me that poison. If I don't ask you for the antidote, who else can I ask? Have you forgotten that you gave me some of your latest poison research before?"
Yan Mingchi then remembered that there was indeed such a thing, but he said he was powerless, "They say it's the latest research, but I haven't developed the antidote yet!"
"What did you say!" These words were like a hammer hitting Li Ao's heart. He suddenly felt like a heartless and soulless person.
The poison Li Ao had administered was from Yan Mingchi, and Yan Mingchi hadn't yet developed an antidote! Yue Lanjing easily heard this from their conversation, and she froze, her blood curdling.
"Who was poisoned?" Why did these two people suddenly become as dead as dead trees? "I don't have an antidote, but there's someone who might be able to save them." Yan Mingchi said with a mysterious smile. He had a premonition that this time they would finally meet again!
"Who?!" A ray of light and a ray of hope rekindled in Yue Lanjing's empty and lifeless eyes.
Yan Mingchi left a meaningful smile and quickly disappeared into the night, and no one could catch up with him.
"Where is the person? Why did he disappear! He really comes and goes without a trace! But why did he just leave like that? He hasn't even told us who it is! What should we do next?" Guan Shaoling complained dissatisfiedly as he looked at the direction where Yan Mingchi disappeared, and finally looked at Yue Lanjing.
"Go to Chao Rirou!" Yue Lanjing had regained her composure and quickly made a judgment. "If my guess is correct, the person Yan Mingchi hinted at must be Master Yue Lanxiu, and Yue Lanxiu's master should be arriving at Chao Rirou's place soon!"
"Will Yan Mingchi kidnap him? Should we stop him? Oh my God, who can stop that monster!" Guan Shaoling had no confidence at all.
"It's all about catching the turtle in the jar. I don't think he'll be in a hurry! I'm more worried that if Master Yue Lanxiu sees Yan Mingchi, he'll just run away." Then who will save Xiaorou? Since that person is the only one who can save Xiaorou now, that person can't go anywhere. Before Xiaorou wakes up, he must not let that person leave Xiaorou even a step!
Before the two left, Guan Shaoling noticed Li Ao, who had fainted on the ground, unable to bear the stimulation at some point. "What is he going to do?"
Yue Lanjing said coldly without even looking at him, "Keep it locked up!"
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