Chapter 462: Are you possessed by Suisui?

Ji Youzhi’s lips twitched. He said nothing to Ji Youran, but his mind was racing.

If you knew how much gold he’d lost, you might even feel sorry for him.

As he was thinking this, the cry of a Xiao Er echoed from outside the shop.

"Shopkeeper, Shopkeeper, we have honored guests! Honored guests!"

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly apologized to Ji Youzhi, "My apologies, Lord God Hunter, I must attend to other honored guests. Please excuse me."

Ji Youzhi waved his hand, dismissing him.

Ji Youran was fuming. "That audacious Third Brother! His businesses are sprawling all over the world. In our Great Han, he has shares in inns, restaurants, and even ships. And that’s only what we know; who knows how many more there are that we don’t? Do you think he’s infiltrated Eastern Jin, Xiling, and Nanyue over these years?"

Ji Youzhi was taken aback by this, looking very surprised. "What... what did you say?"

Ji Youran repeated what he had just said.

Ji Youzhi thought for a moment and then said, "These are just your speculations. Don’t go spreading them around, understood?"

Seeing Ji Youzhi’s serious expression, it took Ji Youran a moment to understand. He suddenly covered his mouth.

"This Third Brother is really something! If the Imperial Court finds out, they’ll crack open his treasure chest for sure!"

Hearing this, Ji Youzhi couldn’t help but glance at him silently, thinking to himself.

Who said Second Brother only cares about medicinal herbs, elixirs, and Gu Insects in his life? Isn’t this quite clear?

The two brothers were sitting in the room when thumping footsteps were heard from outside, followed by the excited shouts of Third Brother Ji.

"Oh my, my dear Seventh Brother! So you were here! Thank you so much, Brother. Come, come, we have good food and drink here. You must be exhausted from investigating cases all day! Please, help yourself and fill your stomach."

Ji Youzhi looked up and saw that the person who had arrived was indeed Ji Youcheng, the very same one he and Ji Youran had just been discussing. Behind him, the shopkeeper and a Xiao Er followed, carrying food and wine.

Seeing a table laden with chicken, duck, fish, and meat, along with top-quality Floral Carved Wine, Ji Youran—who just moments ago had been angrily vowing to make Third Brother Ji compensate for the lost medicine box—couldn’t sit still any longer and immediately started eating.

Watching him wolf down the food, Ji Youcheng and Ji Youzhi couldn’t help but exchange glances.

"Second... Brother! You... you haven’t been possessed by Suisui, or perhaps Sixth Brother Ji, have you?"

In the Ji Family, the only ones who wolfed down their food like that were Xiaosuisui and Sixth Brother Ji, who loved to dress like a beggar.

Ji Youran, his mouth full of fatty meat, began to mumble his story about what happened after he left the city.

"COUGH, COUGH! I was starving! You have no idea. I received Eldest Brother’s letter early yesterday morning. He said Sister-in-law hasn’t been well and wanted me to go see her. I figured that since Eldest Brother is a Sect master, and the Illusion Sect certainly doesn’t lack skilled doctors, for him to write to me from so far away, the situation must be serious. So, I immediately saddled a horse, grabbed my medicine box, and set off. But as soon as I left the city, the horse went mad..."

Saying this, he swallowed the meat in his mouth with some effort.

Then he looked around at Third Brother and Seventh Brother, who were staring at him. Only then did he realize he had eaten almost all the food on the table.

"COUGH, COUGH... I... I was just so hungry."

Ji Youran looked somewhat ashamed and put down his bowl.

Ji Youzhi silently picked up a plate of Fried Pig Liver and poured its entire contents into Ji Youran’s bowl.

"Speaking of which," Ji Youzhi said, "you dragged me out of the city, and I was so focused on those three lost box cases that I forgot to ask you. You said you were going to the Illusion Sect. Why were you still outside the Capital City gates after a whole day and night? And how did you manage to lose your medicine box?!"