Chapter 1426: Chapter 830: You Lied to Me?
Mr. Sui was never someone who would talk about emotions; she would talk about reasoning.
But the reasoning she spoke about was fundamentally based on her emotional connection with you.
So... Li Luo, you’re still lucky.
Under the sincere and intense gaze of Gong Jiu and these people, Li Luo felt a sense of guilt as if she had shamelessly caused a commotion after winning a $10 million US Dollar jackpot.
But earlier, she just felt embarrassed and didn’t want to trouble Sui Yi.
After all, the way she saves people... also quite harms her own foundation, right?
In the car, Ye Zixu was driving, Sui Yi was in the front passenger seat, and Pu Qinghan was in the back.
Once the car started, Pu Qinghan finally spoke: "Initially, I thought there was no need to ask you about this matter. Since you didn’t say anything, there must be a reason, but to avoid being scolded by you like Li Luo, I better ask."
"Sui Yi, am I really sick?"
Honestly, the truth proves that the movie queen isn’t as composed as she appears; the previous remarks were humorous and elegant, but the final question made even the usually stoic Ye Zixu tug at his mouth corners, while Sui Yi’s answer was surprisingly serious.
"Yes, you are indeed sick."
Ye Zixu: "..."
Somehow, this conversation really seemed sick.
Pu Qinghan loosened her grip, intertwined her hands, cleared her throat, and said, "So you lied to me before?"
She couldn’t see Sui Yi’s face, only hear her voice.
"Yes, otherwise I would be sitting next to you..."
"Eh? Afraid I’d hit you?"
"Yes."
Pu Qinghan was speechless and amused, "You deceived me and then mocked me this way?"
Sui Yi curled her lips, looking at the window. "Your constitution indeed has some issues; I didn’t mention it because I feared you’d be frightened. As for the premature death theory, as long as I’m here, you won’t have any problems. But if you really want to know, I’ll tell you."
Pu Qinghan thought her constitution had problems, like some serious illness as Liao mentioned, but Sui Yi’s attitude seemed to harbor a hidden secret.
She pondered, "Is it... really troublesome?"
"It’s not exactly troublesome, perhaps just let nature take its course, and it might not bring you bad outcomes."
"Then could my current well-being without any problems owe to you expending some of your abilities to help me?"
Ye Zixu sensed this was Pu Qinghan’s primary concern.
"Living ten years without dying means you’re tough, it has nothing to do with me."
Although these words were quite icy, yet Pu Qinghan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then I won’t ask anymore, let it be as is... but about that medicine..."
Actually, it still tasted bitter; if possible, she’d rather not drink it.
"Continue drinking."
"..."
Pu Qinghan also had a decisive side in her personality; upon hearing this, she let go of her thoughts. Anyway, she’s living well now.
On the other hand, the driving Ye Zixu exchanged glances with Sui Yi, and both remained silent.
Cherry Snow Forest, three waves of cars left the Cherry Snow Forest successively.
Qian Kui sat in the car, watching Gong Jiu and others in front, and Zhou Yu’s car driving farther and farther away...
"Those who died, died; those who were captured, were captured; yet no one can tell me what’s hidden in that lake."
The person sitting next to Qian Kui was Hua Mei, this enchanting woman toyed with her hair, saying: "Who would’ve thought Gong Jiu’s group would be so formidable."
"Indeed formidable," Qian Kui, although unaware of the matters on the Imperial Guards side, could discern the weight of Sui Yi from the Shen Family’s attitude today, yet he knew nothing about it.
"The Shen Family is well-established in the Capital City; their information comes faster than ours in any situation, it’s quite a loss..."
The investigation must continue; remedial measures can only be applied later. Fortunately, Sui Yi hasn’t shown any closeness to the Shen Family. Moreover, Liao offended someone too.
From this angle, the Shen Family not only gained no benefits but also ended with losses.
"But if we’d known Shen E would directly kill the person, we’d have let you capture his memory; what a pity."
"But if the family head really agreed, it would be akin to standing by."
Qian Kui sneered: "A cripple, if he wasn’t shut indoors all day, I’d have killed him long ago!"
Hua Mei also remained silent.
Shen E, so many want him dead, yet he remains alive.
Over on Zhou Yu’s side, Zhou Yu played with the thumb ring on his finger, watching the cherry blossoms flying past outside the window...
"The Shen Family, the Shen Family... it’s not necessarily impenetrable either, huh~"
Meanwhile, in Gong Jiu’s car, conversations continued.
"Have you all noticed the discord between Shen Ci and Shen E..."
"There is something there, they seemed too unfamiliar and polite."
Yhan Qingwu, having seen many intrigues in the Yhan Family, felt more sensitive, "Shen E is the legitimate eldest son, Shen Ci is the legitimate eldest daughter; the former is fine except for inconvenient mobility, and Shen Ci... I’ve heard she might have no worries about food and drink in the Shen Family, yet she never got involved in family affairs; from this perspective, she’s at a disadvantage compared to other Shen Family girls, which is quite strange."
"Shen Ci... this woman is quite unusual indeed, after all, she was once regarded alongside Cao Qijun as one of the two beauties. I heard from Cao Ling that if the Shen Family wasn’t so low-key and unwilling to show too much prestige, the position of the top socialite might not necessarily belong to her aunt. This is something that even Cao Qijun herself admitted... also, that generation of Shen Family elders really favors Shen Ci.."
"Her own brother is the family head, who can limit her authority?"
Everyone remained silent.
Who else could it be.
Her own brother!
In a noble family, there’s little kinship; this speaks volumes.
The Shen Family’s affairs run too deep; it’s best if they don’t step in, lest they fail to extricate themselves.
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On the second-floor balcony, Shen E, who was sitting in a wheelchair, had a blanket draped over his legs, which was put on by Shen Ci.
"The wind is strong outside," Shen Ci said, following her brother’s gaze.
Three groups of people, she didn’t know who her brother was looking at.
"Who do you think is so impatient, brother?"
Shen E twirled the beads on his wrist and said blandly, "Qian"
Shen Ci laughed, leaned against the railing, lightly smoothing her wind-blown long hair, her eyebrows soft: "So your appearance today isn’t for the two family heads either?"
Her target was Sui Yi, so what about her brother?
He always strategized meticulously but disliked interacting with people, why would he meet so many today?
However, Shen E looked at Shen Ci, his tone somewhat chilly, "She can’t help me"
Shen Ci frowned.
"The only one who can help me is myself"
"The Shen Family’s forces, you’re not allowed to move them anymore"
Leaving only these cold words, Shen E spun his wheelchair into the house.
Leaving Shen Ci standing there, infinitely lonely, finishing her glass of wine in one gulp.
Not allowed to move them, huh.
Shen E, I’ve been obedient for so many years, this I can’t do.
But Shen Ci turned her head, seeing someone far away in the Cherry Blossom Grove always talking on the phone.
"I just... wanted to see how the person who defeated our Medicine King Valley is.."
"And now you’ve seen?"
"Yes"
"How do you feel"
"...."
"Jhiang Liao, the person who defeated Medicine King Valley wasn’t her, it was me, Jhiang Chenyu"
Jhiang Liao remained silent, sat on a chair nearby, listening to the soft and distant voice from the other end.
"Right and wrong grievances faded with the downfall of Medicine King Valley, if I were to oppose her, it would just be between me and her, you’re the only bloodline of Medicine King Valley not erased by time, I’m glad to have found you"
"She... should be happy too"
"That’s why she won’t kill you"
The other side seemed unwilling to talk more, but Jhiang Liao said, "Since I can remember, elders kept nagging in my ears, I memorized the medical compendium looking at those plaques full of it. My father, even my grandfather, great-grandfather, countless generations were pointed at a portrait by their ancestors saying, this is the most outstanding disciple of Medicine King Valley, also the Sect Leader, born noble and incredibly gifted, there’s no disease she can’t cure, no one she can’t save, I thought it was a legend... and thought that bygone glory had nothing to do with me, until you found me, asking if I was willing to inherit... I..."
He couldn’t say more because the call was already cut off.
Jhiang Liao, with a calm expression, took down the phone, staring at the screen not knowing what to think.
"Jhiang Chenyu..."
With a soft murmur, Shen Ci turned to enter the house.
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In the afternoon, the car arrived at the foot of a mountain.
This mountain was high, like the coniferous forests around the Greater Khingan Range, though it was spring, the mountain was still chilly, enveloped in mist, as if hidden in the eyes of a heavenly deity.
Pu Qinghan didn’t expect that Sui Yi and the others would come to this place.
"What is this?"
"Yellow Dragon Mountain, if the toxin is to be fully understood, Taoist Huang Long on the mountain is the best in this field."
Ye Zixu held a cup and closed the car door.
Pu Qinghan was curious: "Then why did you bring me?"
If they had to climb up, it would take one or two days. She was not a martial artist, there was no reason for these two to bring her as a burden.
Sui Yi smiled slightly: "You’ll know once we’re up there, hand me your hand"
Pu Qinghan hesitated for a moment, then reached out, Sui Yi grasped it, and then..
Shwoosh!
Like riding on clouds?
Though not quite to that extent, it indeed felt like flying, shuttling through the towering and deep forest, continuously shooting upward, each glance revealed dozens of tree trunks passing beneath, clouds swirling ahead, brushing across her palms and face.
It was a speed that ordinary people or even those at an SSS level couldn’t experience.
Just how fast was it?
When Sui Yi whisked Pu Qinghan through the damp and bushy paths with countless plants like the wind, some hikers struggling to climb only felt a chill as their hair and hat brims fluttered.
"Why does it feel like there’s a sudden gust of wind?"
"Seems like it, Yellow Dragon Mountain has a high elevation, don’t talk much, keep climbing.."
Could it really take two days to climb up?
Pu Qinghan felt she only blinked a dozen times.
And they were on the mountaintop.
Standing atop the crown of a 20-meter-tall tree, the tender leaves softly wavering beneath her feet, well, no matter how skilled the acting, it was useless, Pu Qinghan had to grab Sui Yi’s sleeve, looking a bit dizzy... yet her gaze swept across...
The entirety of Yellow Dragon Mountain lay beneath her feet.
The towering and stretching mountain range, the white clouds within reach, and the boundless vast earth.
And the people climbing arduously within this grandeur.
They were challenging themselves, integrating with nature.
She seemed to feel detached from the mundane, blending into this serene and ethereal nature.
