Her teeth chattered, but she remained stubborn.
"No, it must be that I'm too tired, my vision is blurred, and I'm hallucinating. As long as I rest well, I'll be fine."
Her appearance left Xu's father speechless.
"You girl, what time is it, and you're still messing with me? I'm telling you, you must come back. You're not allowed to go out to work during this period, or I'll have your mother marry you off."
"Alright, Dad, I promise I won't run around again when I come back this time. But this is completely unfounded, don't you think too much."
Xu Ying said a few nice words, and only then did Xu Haisong reluctantly agree not to send her away, but he still sent people to investigate the matter of the corpse in secret, just in case of accidents.
She quickly told Zhou Xuan about the matter.
Zhou Xuan had a different opinion.
"First, the truth is that your whole family was drugged, and with a very powerful hallucinogenic drug; second, perhaps there are indeed things with incorrect magnetic fields in your Xu family; third, someone is playing tricks, you'd better be careful and tell your uncle and aunt to try not to go out during this time. I'll come over tomorrow to take a look."
Xu Ying did not expect Zhou Xuan to have thought of several possibilities.
She hung up the phone, feeling uneasy.
A sense of unease lingered in her heart.
As soon as Xu Ying hung up the phone, she heard Xu's mother calling her again, asking her to come to the hall quickly.
Xu Ying had no choice but to rush to the hall again. To her surprise, the hall was already crowded with members of the Xu family, and everyone had an unpleasant look on their faces, staring at her with strange eyes.
"Xiao Ying, come and sit quickly, everyone is waiting for you."
Xu's mother beckoned Xu Ying to sit down, then asked someone to pour Xu Ying a cup of tea.
"What happened? Why are you all in the hall?"
Xu Ying asked, confused.
"Xiao Ying, this morning, a person in a black robe and a mask appeared at our house and demanded that I hand over one hundred thousand catties of Shenghuan Grass!"
Xu Haisong got straight to the point.
"Ah? When did he come?"
Xu Ying was also a little flustered. She had never encountered such a thing before.
The matter they had just discussed, how could it have been known to others the next day?
However, Xu Ying did not reveal her suspicion. She pretended to be calm and asked Xu Haisong, "Dad, when did the other party come?"
"He appeared precisely at nine-thirty this morning and asked us to prepare one hundred thousand catties of Shenghuan Grass."
"One hundred thousand catties?"
Xu Ying was stunned.
It was exactly the amount Zhou Xuan had told her.
One hundred thousand catties, that was no small sum, and it was to be used for refining pills. The required spiritual herbs and precious materials would definitely not be few.
Moreover, it would require more than a dozen thousand-year-old ginsengs and lingzhi mushrooms. These spiritual herbs were priceless, and they also needed the water from a spiritual spring. These things were not something ordinary people could gather.
The spiritual spring water from Fengtai Mountain was always considered the best.
But it also had to be transported by air.
"What if I don't agree? Do you think these one hundred thousand catties of Shenghuan Grass are like the lawn in the park?"
Although she was rich, such a huge demand for spirit grass was also a problem.
Moreover, one hundred thousand catties could refine quite a few spirit pills, which was definitely a terrifying number.
Xu Ying knew that if she did not agree to the other party's conditions, she might face a life-threatening disaster.
"Xiao Ying, we don't want this either, but we have no clue about these spirit grasses, what should we do?"
"He threw down a sentence, saying that if he didn't get it by then, he would burn down every single one of our pharmacies."
Xu Haisong's face was full of worry and clouds.
"Don't worry, I'll discuss it with Boss Zhou?"
Xu Ying suggested.
Xu Haisong and Xu's mother exchanged glances. What Xu Ying said made sense.
"You'd better be quick! If we really don't deal with it, those people might jump over the wall in desperation and directly attack the pharmacies. The losses would be considerable."
Xu Ying quickly went out.
Upon hearing this news, Zhou Xuan looked at Baili Lie.
"Master, you can't suspect me. It's not me! I would never betray the Xu family."
"I believe you, but I don't believe all the people from the Baili family. This manor is so large, and the staff is so complex. Do you have a list of personnel? Let the butler give it all to me. Who was working nearby when we discussed matters that day, investigate everyone!"
"Also, thoroughly check our rooms to see if there are any listening devices!"
Baili Lie knew the seriousness of the matter and quickly began to gather people.
"Master, everyone who was nearby that day has arrived. There were cleaners, lawn mowers, and tea servers, a total of three people. No one else was acting near this room. There are surveillance cameras as proof."
"Also, there's nothing in the room."
As soon as he said this, Zhou Xuan narrowed his eyes as he looked at the three servants from the Baili family.
He walked directly to the uncle who was mowing the lawn.
"Uncle, how often do you usually mow this lawn?"
No one expected Zhou Xuan to start with small talk.
They thought Zhou Xuan had already found the leak.
The uncle replied fearfully, "Sir, we mow it every half a month. To maintain the beautiful and elegant shapes of the garden's plants and trees, we have a fixed schedule and do not change it for no reason. Unless it rains."
Zhou Xuan nodded, then walked to the girl who was serving tea.
Seeing him walk over, the other party quickly lowered her head.
"Sir, I, I just served the tea and left. I didn't linger, I..."
"Relax, I will not wrong any good person, nor will I let go of any ungrateful traitor."
Then Zhou Xuan walked to the person at the end.
This auntie in her forties.
She was dressed simply and cleanly, with her nails and hair meticulously done.
Zhou Xuan smiled, "Auntie, your work is very good. The place is cleaned very thoroughly. We are very comfortable living here."
The auntie hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, sir, for your praise. I am just a cleaner. It is my duty to do my job well. Young Master Baili is a good person, a good boss, how could I fail his expectations?"
"Clap clap clap..."
"You are all very good, and you are all doing very well. It's nothing, you can all go back."
All three breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, sir, we'll be leaving now."
Zhou Xuan waved his hand, and those people withdrew.
Baili Lie hurriedly asked, "Master, how is it? Who do you think it is? Is the informant among these three?"
"What do you think?"
Baili Lie shook his head. He really couldn't guess who it was.
"I think that person wanted the spirit grass from the Xu family's pharmacy, but the Xu family's pharmacy has so much spirit grass. Once people know that all this spirit grass is here, it will inevitably cause a sensation. They will suspect why Baoyao Pavilion is acquiring it in large quantities, especially Yaowang Hall, which will definitely interfere. They like to strike first."
"This is exactly what I'm worried about. There's too much spirit grass, and ordinary people can't accept it."