The woman on the bed slowly woke up, her complexion gradually improving.
"Daddy? Mommy?"
Seeing Wu Jin awake, Master Wu and Madame Wu were naturally overjoyed.
"A Chu, did Lu Ting Sheng keep an outside mistress? Why didn't you tell your parents?"
Madame Wu spoke first.
Hearing this, Master Wu's face showed shock, then he waited for Wu Jin to give an answer.
"What, that Lu Ting Sheng brat actually dared to treat A Chu like this?" Master Wu couldn't calm down either, not caring if outsiders were present.
If Lu Ting Sheng truly committed such an act, this marriage would definitely not happen.
Even if it meant offending the Lu family, he would seek justice for his own daughter.
"Daddy, Mommy, you already know?"
Wu Jin hesitated at first, but seeing her parents' anxious expressions, she still revealed the truth.
"Was it that bitch outside who harmed you?"
Wu Jin quickly shook her head. "We only met once at the Tian Wai Tian restaurant that day. She wanted me to give up Lu Ting Sheng, saying she was already carrying his child..."
After years of being childhood sweethearts, hearing such news, Wu Jin couldn't help but choke up.
"How dare he!"
Master Wu was furious upon hearing this, even his speech became a little slurred, showing the impact of the matter.
Qin Jiu Jiu watched from the side, then noticed the witch doctor standing nearby.
"Perhaps it was that woman who wanted to harm you, deliberately luring you to Tian Wai Tian restaurant to hurt you!"
Just as Wu Jin was about to refute, she suddenly coughed.
"Although the young lady's蛊毒 has been cleared, she still vomited blood for several days and has not yet recovered. She needs complete rest," the witch doctor explained quickly.
"A Chu, you lie down and rest. Your father will handle this for you!"
After Master Wu finished speaking, he left. Wu Jin did not stop him, only instructing, "Daddy, please don't argue with the Lu family for my sake. As long as this marriage can be annulled..."
After all, they were once childhood sweethearts. Although Lu Ting Sheng had changed his heart, Wu Jin did not hate him.
After all, who could truly understand the complexities of love?
"Madam Wu, was the 蛊毒 she was poisoned with fatal?"
Qin Jiu Jiu said this to the witch doctor.
"If it is not detoxified for a long time, she will naturally die of weakness from excessive blood loss, but before that, there will be a state of suspended animation."
"Suspended animation?"
"Yes, so-called suspended animation means no breathing, as if dead."
"Miss Wu, is that outside mistress from Man Luo country? Or has she been to Man Luo country before?"
This kind of 蛊毒 was not common in Sheng Qi country, and it would not be sold in the market. Only people from Man Luo country, or those who had been to Man Luo country, would obtain it.
"No. That girl doesn't look like she's from Man Luo country. According to her, she's from Xi Liu City and grew up there, only coming to the imperial city later..."
Xi Liu City?
Upon hearing this, Liu Jin was surprised.
The Lu family and Xi Liu City truly had some connection.
"Miss Wu, last question, where does she live now?"
"She said her name is Shen Yin, and she lives in the East Market..."
...
"Knock, knock, knock..."
At the entrance of a house in the East Market.
"Jiu Jiu, Shen Yin might have already run away," Liu Jin said, looking at the closed door, reminding her.
They had been knocking for a long time, but there was no movement from inside.
"It's possible, but we have to see for ourselves."
Then Qin Jiu Jiu looked at Xie Jing, "Xie Jing, can you go in and take a look?"
Liu Jin was startled at first, then understood what Qin Jiu Jiu meant, asking Xie Jing to climb over the wall.
She smiled, "Jiu Jiu, you want to climb over the wall?"
Just as Qin Jiu Jiu was about to explain, Liu Jin suddenly rolled up her sleeves.
"You should have said so earlier! Let's go!"
With a rather heroic demeanor.
"Jiu Jiu, do you want me to..." help you?
Standing by the wall, Liu Jin looked at Qin Jiu Jiu.
"Ah...!"
The person in front of Liu Jin was no longer there, and in an instant, a scream reached the other side of the wall.
"Xie Jing!" a roar came.
Liu Jin rubbed her ear, wondering if such a sound would scare anyone away.
She curled her lips slightly, then quickly leaped up, flipping over the wall.
The people inside the courtyard seemed to have heard the commotion. As Liu Jin landed in the courtyard, she saw a group of people holding knives, staring at her.
These people, dressed in black and masked in broad daylight.
They looked like thieves.
The next second, "Jiu Jiu, what's going on?"
What else could be going on?
At this moment, a knife was already at a woman's throat, this woman being Shen Yin.
"We've encountered assassins," Qin Jiu Jiu said calmly.
"Sister A Jin, it's up to you!"
Liu Jin carried many hidden weapons, and now a fine needle shot out from her hand, heading towards the black-clothed man holding the knife to Shen Yin's throat.
"Hiss..."
The black-clothed man fell to the ground, his sword dropping to the floor.
Shen Yin also clutched her head and crouched on the ground, appearing to be terrified.
Liu Jin flashed forward in an instant.
She drew the sword at her waist and began to fight the black-clothed men.
"Xie Jing, go help Sister A Jin..."
This request, falling into Xie Jing's ears, inexplicably carried a hint of coquettishness.
"Xie Jing?" he repeated, seemingly displeased with the address.
Qin Jiu Jiu couldn't help but recall the past when she had asked Xie Jing for favors, she would always call him Brother Yan Xing.
It wasn't impossible now.
The next second, "Brother Yan Xing..."
Xie Jing froze and rushed towards the black-clothed men with his sword.
The clanging of swords and blades reached Qin Jiu Jiu's ears, and soon the fight was over.
All the black-clothed men lay on the ground. Liu Jin held a knife to one of their necks and asked from above, "Speak! Who sent you?"
If they hadn't arrived in time, who knew what would have happened here.
Shen Yin stood up and, before the black-clothed man could speak, said first, "It was people from the Lu family! They want to silence me!"
To be precise, it was people sent by Madame Lu.
"You are Shen Yin?"
The woman nodded, but Qin Jiu Jiu inexplicably sensed something different about her.
When she mentioned the Lu family, her demeanor was strange, as if she hated them deeply.
But she was clearly Lu Ting Sheng's outside mistress, and now pregnant, why would she have such emotions towards the Lu family?
However, Qin Jiu Jiu stared at her for a long time and confirmed that she was not mistaken.
This woman, Shen Yin, truly hated the Lu family to the core.
It wasn't simply because Madame Lu had sent people to kill her.
"You hate the Lu family?" Qin Jiu Jiu said, staring intently into Shen Yin's eyes.
The emotion on Shen Yin's face did not change.
"Let's put it this way, do you hate Madame Lu?"
At this, Shen Yin's eyes clearly flickered, and even the corners of her mouth twitched when she heard Madame Lu's name.
This indicated that her guess was correct.
"People of the Lu family deserve to die!"
Shen Yin said through gritted teeth, her eyes red.