Chapter 18

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No one instructed me

“If I wanted to kill him it would be as easy as squeezing an ant. Why poison him? Do you truly think I’m this stupid?”

Her voice sounded quickly in response to Wen Tian’s accusation as she turned her nose up in disdain. Her emotions didn’t seem to fluctuate much, or at least, there was no apparent anger in being questioned.

Ye Xiudu’s halted in his steps. Raising his hand to stop the housekeeper behind him too and giving Shen Ying a wink to let him enter the room alone.

Shen Ying was startled. Although he didn’t understand why the Lord didn’t go in, he didn’t raise a single objection as he proceeded to enter the room.

Doing so, he saw a few men around Yu Qingluo seemingly intending on taking her down. He didn’t know why but their faces were gloomy as if they wanted to but didn’t dare approach her.

Yu Qingluo’s expression was filled with sarcasm as she sat idly in the chair as if this was her own home… while drinking tea.

Shen Ying’s mouth twitched, he hurriedly waved away the men that wanted to approach her “You get away from her, what are you lot doing?”

“Shen Ying, did you finally come? Why are you so slow? I was about to be dragged away and fed to the dogs by these people.” Yu Qingluo raised her hand, generously moving to pour him a glass of water.

She had already stayed for two days in the Mo residence, and the only one she thought pleasing to her eyes was this Shen Ying.

The men who were driven away by Shen Ying were perplexed by her words. What did she mean by ‘being dragged away and fed to the dogs’? They were powerless against this woman’s strange means. Her clothes were coated in this powder that made their fingers itch and burn when touched as if they were being burned by real fire. The ones at a complete disadvantage were them, ok?!

Shen Ying laughed drily, turning his head to look at Wen Tian who still had an angry expression. Patting him on the shoulders he whispered: “Don’t be so angry, this matter has not been investigated clearly. It’s too early to draw a conclusion.”

“How else can we investigate?” Wen Tian’s face was flushed and his fingers tightly curled. The eyes looking at Peng Ying who was laying on the bed were filled with distress: “Wu Dong said that Peng Ying only has half an hour to live. If Yu Qingluo doesn’t give him the antidote, he’ll soon…”

Wu Dong? Shen Ying turned to look at the woman who had been silent this entire time.

Wu Dong got annoyed by his look, saying indignantly: “Shen Ying, I know you don’t trust me. But this time I am telling the truth. If you don’t believe me, you can go out and ask any doctor around to check if there’s anything wrong with my diagnosis.”

After Wen Tian heard those words his face turned worse.

Yu Qingluo chuckled, putting the teacup on the table gently and raising her eyes to say: “Well, that’s correct. Your diagnosis is completely on point. To be honest it can be said that he has less than half an hour to live since we have been here for some time.”

“Hurry up and hand over the antidote.” Wen Tian stepped forward abruptly but was stopped by Shen Ying.

“Wen Tian, calm down. Miss Yu could not be the poisoner. Who would be so stupid as to poison him inside the Mo residence? You have always been the calmest of us, so how come you are acting so impulsive today?”

Yu Qingluo gave Shen Ying a glance full of satisfaction.

Wu Dong frowned, grinding her teeth in resentment at Shen Ying’s words.

Wen Tian pursed his lips, becoming quiet.

Shen Ying saw that the room became silent and then took a deep breath. Smiling he walked towards Yu Qingluo and asked: “Miss Yu, Peng Ying’s poison… can you solve it?”

“It can be solved.” Yu Qingluo glanced at him, seeing that he was so friendly she reluctantly decided to speak that.

Ye Xiudu outside of the room finally let his heart go, his expression grew lighter.

Shen Ying and Wen Tian’s eyes brightened as they stared at Yu Qingluo filled with a burning passion.

As she heard those words, Wu Dong’s face changed, her heart started beating fiercely in her chest. Especially after seeing the expression on the face of those two, they seemed to be pinning all their hopes on that Yu woman. Her heart became even more stormy, then she sneered: “You can solve it? Hah, you heard so! This poisoning was really done by her hands! Yes, otherwise how could she have an antidote?”

Yu Qingluo’s eyes squinted at Wu Dong, her face smiling. Has she finally lost her cool and decided to start stirring up trouble? She thought that she would be silent for a bit longer because she seemed to have become smarter, but she didn’t expect that her fuse would be this short.

Shen Ying ignored Wu Dong’s words completely, hurriedly stepping towards Yu Qingluo: “Miss Yu, since you can solve it, how about helping Peng Ying detoxify the poison first? As you previously mentioned, he only has less than half an hour to live…”

“It’s ok to ask me to solve it. But right now, I’m feeling wronged. I’m so sad that my heart is filled with grief. I feel that the heavens aren’t fair, that life has no meaning, and death is the only road ahead… I am simply not in the mood to treat others.” Yu Qingluo held her hands over her chest, dramatically twisting her face in a painful expression, displaying her full unwillingness.

“…” Shen Ying was perplexed by her display: “Miss Yu, I believe in you, this poison didn’t come from your hands.”

“It’s useless if only you believe that.”

Shen Ying hurriedly pulled Wen Tian over, the latter disapproving of his actions, but still opened his mouth filled with reluctance: ” I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have doubted you.”

“You don’t need to apologize if you’re that reluctant.” Yu Qingluo snorted, turning to look at Wu Dong with eyes filled with amusement.

Wu Dong took a step back, defensively and sneered again: ” I don’t believe you, no one has had a chance to act against him but you.”

Yu Qingluo laughed and shrugged helplessly: “Have you heard? I can’t help you. In that case…” Before Shen Ying could answer, Yu Qingluo’s expression changed and turned serious: “Then let’s first check this matter clearly.”

“Miss Yu, there’s no time…”

Yu Qingluo gave no mind to Shen Ying’s words, she raised a finger to point at the maid that was serving Peng Ying, asking: “Your Master Peng, has he actually become like this after taking my prescription?”

As soon as she asked, everyone’s eyes fixed upon the maid, who, after being stared by 5 eager pairs of eyes immediately knelt with a ‘thud’, and nodded trembling: “Yes.”

“You were the one who boiled the concoction according to the prescription and fed it to him. I just glanced at it from afar from the beginning until the end. So how did I poison it?”

The girl was a bit dazed; her whole expression was bad: “I, I didn’t…”

“As for the prescription, I’m sorry but they were all common health supplements that do not conflict with each other. I could never use these prescriptions to harm someone else. Of course, if you don’t believe me you can ask a doctor from outside to study if there are any problems with them.”

The maid’s head dropped lower, her body trembling more fiercely. “I, I don’t know. But, from yesterday until today, the only people who have come in contact with Master Peng were Miss Yu and the other Masters. The relationship between the other Masters and Master Peng is good so, so… I thought, perhaps, that the problem does not lie with Miss Yu’s prescriptions but the pills that she gave twice to him.”

Shen Ying and Wen Tian expressions turned suspicious, looking at one another, but stayed silent.

Yu Qingluo gave a superficial smile: “You are so scared that your body can’t stop shaking. But these words of yours are so methodical and organized. Come, tell me, just who instructed you so?”

“No, no one has instructed me.” The girl was shocked, probably because she has never faced such a situation, her eyes subconsciously searched for Wu Dong’s figure.

Translated by C, The Apostle of Coffee

Edited by NoveLeo, Life is a Drama