Chapter 182: Chapter 182: I’ll Save My Man Myself
Jin Yingzi quickly regained consciousness after bloodletting and detoxification.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Ningwan sitting beside her. Startled, she quickly struggled to get up from the bed.
"Miss Ye."
"Do you like Zhan Hanjue so much that you’re willing to risk your life for him?" Ningwan sneered sarcastically.
Jin Yingzi lowered her head and explained, "Miss Ye, you misunderstood. Mr. Zhan pays me, and it’s only right for me to work for him."
"So, it’s not because of love?"
"Someone like me, do I deserve love?" Jin Yingzi smiled bitterly.
"Alright, I won’t discuss this with you. I’ll ask you another question, how did you know the antidote for Chasing Silk?" Ningwan asked frustratedly.
Jin Yingzi raised her head and asked bitterly, "Miss Ye, do you suspect that I’m the one who poisoned?"
"I do have some suspicions. After all, Chasing Silk was prevalent in ancient times, but now, not many people are aware of it. The formula for the poison was destroyed over a decade ago, so even fewer would know about it. Yet, you’re just a sophomore studying traditional Chinese medicine, haven’t even stepped into the field, so how could you understand this? Isn’t it natural for me to suspect you?"
"Your suspicion is reasonable. If I were you, I would suspect too. But, to your disappointment, I didn’t poison him. The person who poisoned told Mr. Zhan the antidote method, do you understand?" Jin Yingzi spoke slowly.
Ningwan frowned.
The person who poisoned told Zhan Hanjue the antidote method?
"So the target is me?" Ningwan said in a low voice.
Jin Yingzi nodded, "Although there’s an antidote, not everyone can detoxify it. One needs to have some medical knowledge to know how to manage it properly. I think the target is Miss Ye, and Mr. Zhan got poisoned because of his involvement with you. Yet, after being poisoned, Mr. Zhan refused to ask you for the antidote, preferring to die rather than let Miss Ye get hurt. I offered to help, with a condition, of course. To bring my parents and my siblings out of the mountains. Mr. Zhan agreed, that’s why I detoxified him."
"Do you know that once the poison is detoxified from him, you will also die," Ningwan said with a composed expression.
Jin Yingzi replied, "I know, but having my parents and siblings leave that environment is the most important thing I want to achieve. It’s just that I’ve finished my mission ahead of time."
Ningwan was frustrated, unsure of what to say.
"I’ll have Wu take you back, go find Professor Wen, he knows how to clear the remaining toxins from your body. As for the rest, you don’t need to worry. I’ll save my man, no need for your concern."
"No, I promised Mr. Zhan to help detoxify him. If I leave, my family..." Jin Yingzi exclaimed urgently.
"He will still keep his promise to bring your family out, so you don’t have to worry about that," Ningwan said coldly.
Jin Yingzi frowned.
Ningwan stood up, about to leave.
"Miss Ye."
Jin Yingzi called out to her eagerly.
Ningwan stopped in her tracks but did not turn around.
Jin Yingzi said in a low voice, "The target is you, be careful."
Ningwan said nothing and walked out.
Soon, two bodyguards came in and took Jin Yingzi back to Jiangcheng.
Zhan Hanjue woke up only in the evening.
Ningwan had already called Ye Shao, asking him to go back to the Xie Family and bring back her medical box.
There were antidote pills inside.
When Jin Yingzi left, she gave Ningwan a few, and the rest were saved to give to Zhan Hanjue when he woke up.
She left the banquet abruptly, and by the time Xie Mingyu noticed, it was already too late.
Xie Mingyu, furious, called Wangyue.
Wangyue was eating at a restaurant with Qiao Yichen.
Qiao Yichen had ordered her a lot of desserts, and Wangyue was so happy she was about to cry.
She kept saying, "Young Master Yichen, you are the best, always buy me so much good food."
Qiao Yichen looked at her gently, noticing a bit of cake on the corner of her mouth.
He took out a handkerchief and gently wiped it off for her.
"Eat slowly, no one’s competing with you."
Wangyue looked up dazedly at Qiao Yichen.
Seeing her adorable expression, Qiao Yichen asked with a smile, "What’s wrong?"
"Young Master Yichen, why do you look at me as if I’m a sweet cake?" Wangyue asked curiously.
Qiao Yichen froze, awkwardly withdrawing his hand.
He carefully folded the handkerchief, tucking the dirty side inside, and put it back into his pocket.
"Maybe... it’s because the cake you ate was too sweet."
Lowering his head, Qiao Yichen found a hasty excuse, slightly flustered.
"Oh, so that’s why." Wangyue said with sudden understanding.
Qiao Yichen smiled bitterly.
As expected, this girl only has food in her eyes and can’t understand anything else.
Xie Mingyu’s call came in, causing Wangyue to nearly drop her spoon in fright, quickly answering the call.
Xie Mingyu angrily shouted, "Wangyue, you food-obsessed girl, where are you now? Where’s Ningwan?"
Upon Xie Mingyu’s first shout, Wangyue quickly moved the phone away from her ear. After he finished yelling, she awkwardly replied, "Young Master Xie, I’m at a hotel right now, and Miss Ye is here at the hotel too. Don’t worry, I’m keeping an eye on her, she won’t get lost."
"Hotel? Why at a hotel?"
"To find Zhan Hanjue, and he’s found now."
Xie Mingyu: "..."
"So, Wangyue, you’re accompanying her to find Zhan Hanjue?"
"Yes, Young Master Xie, what’s wrong?" Wangyue asked innocently.
Xie Mingyu was nearly infuriated.
"Send the location, I’m coming over immediately."
Xie Mingyu finally didn’t unleash his anger at the phone, speaking ominously.
Wangyue hurriedly sent the location.
After hanging up, Wangyue frowned and asked Qiao Yichen, "Young Master Yichen, why is Little Young Master so angry?"
Having overheard a bit, Qiao Yichen understood the reason.
He hastily instructed Wangyue, "Whatever you do, don’t tell Mingyu that you contacted me, brought Ningwan up to see Zhan Hanjue, or he’ll be furious."
"Why?" Wangyue asked curiously, eyes wide open.
Qiao Yichen, seeing her cute expression, wanted to pat her head.
But in the end, he restrained himself.
"Just listen to me, or you’ll get scolded by him."
Upon hearing she might get scolded, Wangyue promptly nodded obediently.
"I promise I won’t say anything."
Qiao Yichen smiled.
Very soon, Xie Mingyu arrived with his entourage.
Qiao Yichen hid, not daring to let Xie Mingyu see him.
Otherwise, he would definitely question Wangyue.
However, upon seeing Wangyue, Xie Mingyu still scolded her harshly.
Especially when he saw cake crumbs at the corner of her mouth.
Fuming, he told Shangxue, "When we get back, don’t give her any food for three days. All she knows is eating, and she doesn’t have any other thoughts in her head."
"Young Master, if I don’t eat, I’ll starve to death." Wangyue pouted pitifully.
Xie Mingyu snorted coldly, "With your storing capability, you won’t starve even if you don’t eat for seven days."
Saying this, he entered the elevator, going upstairs to find Ningwan.
Wangyue followed behind pathetically.
Shangxue whispered to her, "You’re really something, so grown-up yet still so clueless."
Wangyue got scolded by Shangxue too.
Looking even more pitiful, she hung her head like a wilting eggplant.