Translator: Lonelytree
I rubbed my eyes and wanted to watch it for a while more. Jing Tian grabbed my hand. âStop watching. Whatâs there to watch?â
My little uncle added, âItâs about time. Letâs withdraw our troops and rearrange the defenses. We canât let this kid come in again.â
No one said anything. This was quite embarrassing for them.
They cleaned up the battlefield quite quickly. It wasnât until all the arrangements were done and the new defenses were in place that they got people to bring the people from the fort back.
Jing Ni and Mai Qi rushed over and sized me up. âAre you alright? We were worried to death. They didnât let us come out to look for you!â
I hugged them. âItâs good that everyone is safe. Lin Nan has been captured and is in Room 2. I donât know what conspiracy they have. Tong Zhuo is behind this.â
I briefly explained what had happened to them.
Jing Ni frowned. âThereâs something fishy about this.â
I nodded. âI think I saw Lin Nan smiling, but no one else saw it.â
Mai Qi said, âWe donât know what the Phoenix blood poisoning is like. Itâs a good idea to lock her up and keep an eye on her.â
I sighed. âBut Iâve been feeling uneasy.â
Jing Ni patted me. âWeâll deal with whatever comes our way. Itâll be fine.â
Maybe I was worrying too much. I was more or less panicking.
We went to settle auntie Lan down and comfort their frightened emotions. I was still worried, so I returned to the monitoring room with them.
Everyone in the monitoring room had been replaced. Jing Tian and my little uncle had gone off to work.
âShe hasnât moved?!â I asked the young man who had been watching the monitoring room.
The little brother shook his head. âNo. Master Qi said to keep an eye on her for safety.â
Everyone took my feeling seriously.
Mai Qi leaned closer to the monitor and observed it carefully. âI heard that she was poisoned? But she doesnât look different.â
âTong Zhuo said that her blood is very poisonous. Her blood can blacken the soilâ¦â I stopped.
They both looked at me.
âWhy should I believe what Tong Zhuo said?â I muttered.
Jing Ni patted me. âBecause Lin Hua said that Lin Nan was poisoned.â
I looked at Lin Nan on the monitor. Yes! Lin Hua said that Lin Nan was poisoned and her life was on the line. So when Tong Zhuo said that Lin Nanâs poison was extremely strong, we firmly believed that her poison was very lethal.
A bad premonition suddenly arose in my heart.
I asked the little brother sitting beside me, âWhen we were cleaning up the battlefield yesterday, did anything unusual happen?â
The little brother shook his head in a daze. âI didnât hear of anything unusual. They retreated in time and suffered heavy casualties. Itâs just that we didnât catch any important people.â
My heart sank. We didnât catch any important people. Tong Zhuo might not have come at all.
There were some things that we had taken for granted.
âWhereâs Ye Qian?â I asked Mai Qi.
âSheâs been in the study the whole time. She didnât come with us when we retreated. She said that there was a change in the stock market. Now, sheâs in charge of all economic matters. You know her. Sheâs willing to sacrifice her life for money,â Mai Qi joked.
We all understood that if Jing Tian and the others were our military shield, then ye Qian was our economic shield. In this regard, her ability was not inferior to any man in the family.
I understood.
I immediately called Xiaoyi and asked him to bring people to the monitoring room. In addition, I strengthened the guards outside Lin Nanâs room No. 2. Without my order, no one was allowed to go near there.
âLetâs go see Ye Qian. I want to know what happened to her,â I said to Mai Qi and Jing Ni.