"Hmm," Ye Ziāan did not deny it.
"Take it out, I need to use it," Yang Chuxia stepped forward and stretched out her hand.
However, Ye Ziāan turned his head and said, "Madam, you know that I cannot give it to you."
"...What did you say?" In her heart, Yang Chuxia wondered why he wouldnāt give her the item; could it be? "Do you know what I want it for?"
"I know." Ye Ziāan closed his eyes briefly, hiding the pain in his eyes as he said indifferently, "Someone sent you a message, telling you to take that item in exchange for information about two other toxins."
"You know and still wonāt give it to me?" Yang Chuxia yelled in disbelief, "Have you lost your desire to live? Give it to me; itās not something good anyway. Itās from the Luo Familyāhad I known it was such a hot potato, I would have thrown it away right from the start."
"Madam, there are not so many āhad I knownsā in life," Ye Ziāan helplessly shook his head, "Itās too late for any regrets now, in any case, I cannot give you the item."
"Someone sent you a message too?" At this moment, Yang Chuxia suddenly asked. Unless it was the case, how would he know what she intended to do with the item?
"Yes, someone left a letter on the desk in my office five days ago," Ye Ziāan nodded, "They were asking for that very item."
"You..." Yang Chuxia was almost driven mad by his responseāhe knew and yet refused to take it out, "What are you thinking? Is that item more important than your life? Give it to me!"
"I canāt!"
Ye Ziāan was adamant, "Madam can have anything else, but not this." This was related to not just his life, but the lives of six individuals from the Ye Family and the numerous from the Yang Family.
"Iāll say it one more time, give me the item!" Yang Chuxia was equally resolute, "Donāt make me say it a second time, and besides, Iām only going to use it, who said it has to be handed over?"
"Madam, please donāt deceive me," Ye Ziāan waved his hand weakly, "If it was not indeed to be handed over, with how easy the item is to imitate, you could just fake it."
"Why wonāt you give it to me? Itās just an item from the Luo Family." After a long silence, Yang Chuxia finally asked.
"Madam, I cannot tell you about this matter," replied Ziāan.
Yang Chuxia stared at him for a long while, and then suddenly remembered the Emperorās visit to Funan.
She recalled a day when the Emperor had spoken to him late into the night.
Why would the Emperor risk coming to Funan? She had never believed it was just to see Brother An.
All at once, she understood something, gave him a deep look, and then left the room, disappearing into the night.
After visiting her sonsā rooms, she quickly went out, heading straight for the city outskirts. Not long after she left the Ye Residence, several figures followed behind her.
She arrived at the appointed abandoned earth temple outside the city.
Yang Chuxia looked around and then shouted loudly, "Iām here! Are you not going to show yourself?"
"Madam Ye breaks the agreement and brings a tail with her; itās too dangerous to reveal myself," a hoarse voice echoed through the air. Yang Chuxia listened intently but could not discern where the other party was.
However, regarding his mention of a tail, Yang Chuxia looked back and assumed it was the people Brother An had instructed to follow her, and so she said, "Wait for me three miles away."
The moment the sound fell, several figures quickly retreated three miles away.
"Can you show yourself now?"
Subsequently, a person dressed in black and wearing a silver mask just like Yang Chuxia walked out of the earth temple.
"Long time no see!"
To her own surprise, Yang Chuxia actually said such a thing.