Chapter 225: Creating Trouble Again

Chapter 225: Chapter 225: Creating Trouble Again

She wasn’t afraid of Gu Qingli’s identity; she feared this person would kill her to silence her. Jiang Lile stopped and asked with a deep breath, “What do you want?”

“We don’t want anything. Just help me get this done; otherwise, I don’t have much patience.” The man smirked. The cat-and-mouse game was over. He advanced, pressing her into a corner.

“Help—” Jiang Lile panicked. She opened her mouth to shout, but the attacker grabbed her throat before she could utter more than a single sound.

The attacker’s eyes narrowed, and he tightened his grip.

This stupid woman! Since she refused the easy way, she’ll learn the hard way.

Jiang Lile’s eyes rolled back as her hands clawed desperately at the hand choking her.

When he saw her face turn pale and judged she’d had enough, the attacker loosened his grip, throwing her to the ground and looking at her with contempt.

Jiang Lile collapsed onto the snow-covered ground, gasping for air.

Just moments ago, she thought she was going to die from suffocation.

“Well?” The man didn’t want to waste any more time and pressed her relentlessly. If she wouldn’t agree, he would have to kill her.

She knows our secret; she can’t be allowed to live.

“I… I’ll do it,” Jiang Lile stammered, clutching her neck. She shivered as she spoke, her face utterly drained of color from fear, a ghastly white.

“That’s more like it. Take this; it’s very simple…” The man explained how to use it, then added, “If you don’t do it, or if you betray us, we’ll kill your brother first, then Xiao Yunjing, and finally, your family in Capital City.”

Jiang Lile’s heart lurched again. She swallowed hard, fighting the urge to faint, and nodded. She had no choice but to agree with this ruthless person. She understood clearly: none of the people he threatened could be allowed to die, especially her cousin.

Unfortunately, her dim-witted brain didn’t consider why these people had chosen her for the task.

She never grasped the simple logic that one always picks the weakest target. If those people were so easy to kill, would they have approached her?

Why not just kill Xiao Yunjing directly and be done with it?

After Jiang Lile returned, the events of that noon began to unfold. She sat restlessly in her room, waiting for news of trouble befalling Gu Qingli. However, to their disappointment, nothing happened.

Gu Qingli had indeed swallowed the Sleeping Cursed Insect and felt very drowsy after her meal. She gave instructions not to be disturbed and went to bed.

After she fell asleep, a tiny insect materialized in the Space Pharmacy. It grew from the size of a hair strand to that of a rice grain, then stopped, hovering in the air alongside the black-and-white striped cursed insect already there.

The individuals hidden outside waited for a long time but detected no movement, leaving them puzzled.

Had the woman failed?

If she had succeeded, there should have been some sign by now.

But if she had failed and alerted Gu Qingli and Xiao Yunjing, they would lose any future opportunity to strike.

Moreover, if their mission failed, they would have no way to answer to their master.

The fate of those who failed their missions was all too clear; the master never kept useless people.

Their minds raced with anxiety, but they could only remain concealed and continue their vigil.

「Meanwhile」

Jiang Lile spent an anxious afternoon without hearing any news of a disturbance. She even sent Xiaocui to check on Gu Qingli’s courtyard several times, but everything there remained as calm as usual.

Of course, Gu Qingli had no idea she had been targeted again; if not for the Space, she would have fallen prey to another scheme.

After waking up, Gu Qingli returned to the Space to continue studying the medicinal formulas in the book. Upon entering the Pharmacy, she saw a new, rice-grain-sized black insect hovering beside the black-and-white striped cursed insect.

Seeing this new insect, Gu Qingli’s expression darkened.

She didn’t even need to think; someone was trying to place a cursed insect on her again.

Only a few people were close to her, and it couldn’t have been them; they knew cursed insects were useless against her.

That left only one possibility: the person who had come for lunch today.

She had wondered why someone who never ate here had suddenly shown up for lunch. At the time, she’d assumed they were just being sociable because people from Capital City were supposedly coming to fetch them.

Besides, apart from Xi Chenqing, who else possessed cursed insects and wanted her dead? This meant Xi Chenqing had found her.

Gu Qingli’s delicate brows furrowed.

That woman truly is relentless. Since she’s found her way here, then I won’t hold back.

She herself wasn’t afraid of cursed insects, but what about Xiao Yunjing? And what about their three little ones in the future?

This poisonous tumor had to be excised as soon as possible.

「Elsewhere」

Xi Chenqing, now the unwitting scapegoat, sneezed heavily. She rubbed her nose.

Am I catching a cold? Or is this a sign of something?

She hurriedly went to put on an extra layer of clothing.

「That evening」

When Xiao Yunjing returned, Gu Qingli told him what had happened.

“Her?” An icy aura radiated from Xiao Yunjing, his anger flaring.

How dare she!

“Yes, it must be her,” Gu Qingli confirmed. “She came here for lunch today and even mentioned that people from Capital City were coming to escort her and her brother back.”

“Hmph! That fool!” Xiao Yunjing’s fists clenched, CRACKLING with the force of his anger.

“Yun No. 20!”

“Master.” Yun No. 20 appeared instantly.

“Bring that brother and sister to me!” Xiao Yunjing ordered, gritting his teeth.

“Yes, Master.” Yun No. 20 vanished to carry out the order.

Gu Qingli asked, “Are you going to question them directly?”

“Yes. I don’t want them causing trouble again when I’m not around.” Xiao Yunjing took a deep breath, then gently kissed her forehead. “I won’t let you be harmed. I’ll stay home with you tomorrow.”

Besides, he’d taught his subordinates nearly everything. If they still couldn’t handle something this simple, they might as well be dead.

Before long, Yun No. 20 returned, hauling Jiang Li’an and his sister. He deposited them in front of Xiao Yunjing and then concealed himself again.

A bewildered Jiang Li’an and a tense Jiang Lile stood rooted to the spot.

Jiang Li’an asked angrily, “Cousin, what’s the meaning of this? If there’s something you need, couldn’t you have just said so?”

The moment Yun No. 20 entered their courtyard, he’d grabbed them like chickens without a word. They were his cousins, after all!

When had they ever suffered such an indignity?

Xiao Yunjing glanced at Jiang Lile, who cowered, shrinking her neck. His eyes turned frigid as he said icily, “Said so? Why don’t you ask your ’good’ sister what she did at noon?”

“What… what did she do?” Jiang Li’an turned to his sister, who resembled a frightened quail.

His heart sank. What could Lile have done to make their cousin this furious?

“Lile, what… what did you do?” he asked, bewildered.

Haven’t you been staying quietly in the courtyard these past few days? What could you possibly have done?

“Brother, I…” Jiang Lile fidgeted with the hem of her clothes, her eyes welling up as if she were about to cry.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Li’an knew she must have done something wrong again to be acting this way. Jiang Li’an’s anger flared.

He’d warned her countless times not to cause trouble, to behave herself! But it had only been a few days, and here she was, stirring up trouble again!

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