âAre you planning to poison him?â Tan Rou did not quite approve of Shang Jinâs approach, âItâs very dangerous because you donât know what Feng Jiaoâs constitution is like. If he drinks the juice and dies, what will you do then?â
Shang Jin said, âIâve already tested this fruit, and it only causes red spots, it wonât kill anyone.â
Tan Rou said, âI just said, everyoneâs constitution is different. Perhaps the fruit only causes red spots for you, but you canât guarantee it will do the same for others. So itâs better not to poison him.â
âI canât stand it,â Shang Jin said angrily and irritably. âDid you see his attitude towards Jiang Min? Once they get married, he definitely wonât treat Jiang Min well. By then, they canât get divorced, and Jiang Min will just have to suffer his torment.â
Tan Rou calmly said, âThatâs Jiang Minâs own choice, and we shouldnât interfere.â
Shang Jin became very agitated. âIs that really her choice? She only has one option, what is there to choose? Jiang Min doesnât like him, and he doesnât seem to like her much either. Why are they being brought together at all?â
âBut poisoning him wonât help either,â Tan Rou pointed out a very realistic problem. âIf heâs poisoned, he can be treated. As long as he doesnât die, the wedding will definitely continue.â
Shang Jin said with great conflict, âI also wanted to poison him to death, but that would be illegal, and it wouldnât help Ah Min at all but would only cause trouble for myself.â
âItâs good that you understand that,â Tan Rou threw away the red berry in her hand. âStop feeding him red berries, letâs think of something else.â
Suddenly, Shang Jin had an idea. âTan Rou, canât you make medicine? Could you make a drug for Feng Jiao that will make him unconscious for a while? That way, weâd have more time to help Ah Min.â
Tan Rou felt that this medicine sounded familiar; wasnât it the same one that Zhuang Liuâs third uncle had used on Zhuang Liuâs father? That medicine was no good, and Tan Rou wouldnât make it.
âNo, I canât make that kind of harmful poison. Stop thinking about it,â Tan Rou rejected Shang Jinâs suggestion.
Shang Jin said dejectedly, âSo we can only watch him bully Ah Min?â
Tan Rou thought for a moment, then said, âMaybe we could administer a different kind of poison, one that wonât harm his body, but wonât make him feel good either.â
âThat works.â Shang Jin didnât care what it was, as long as it made Feng Jiao uncomfortable, she was happy. âGive him a bit more poison, make him uncomfortable all the time.â
Tan Rou knew that Shang Jin and Jiang Min were close, but for Shang Jin to risk breaking the law to seek justice for Jiang Min indicated that their friendship was really strong.
âShang Jin, why do you hate Feng Jiao so much?â Tan Rou asked. âLogically, today is your first meeting with Feng Jiao. Your hatred for him, is it merely because you are friends with Sister Min and want to help her?â
Shang Jin wasnât afraid of the question and replied to Tan Rou, âYes, I just feel that Ah Min should not marry him. Ah Min is such a good person, she should marry someone who truly loves her, not someone unsightly and of bad character.â
Seeing the inquisitive look on Tan Rouâs face, Shang Jin laughed a little and told her a story.
âWhen I first got admitted to Capital University, I was very scared,â Shang Jin recalled the past. âI was afraid of encountering hard-to-get-along-with roommates, afraid of meeting teachers with bad temperaments. But the first person I met when I entered was Ah Min. She smiled at me all the time, introduced me gently to the school, and even gave me her contact information to help me if I ever had any troubles.â
âLater she formed a research group, and the second person she invited was me. She said I was amazing and could join her group specially. For this, she was even scolded by the school leaders, but she said the money she spent on establishing the research group wasnât the schoolâs, so the school had no right to interfere with her choice of people. After that, we stayed in her group until the end.â
After completing the story, Shang Jin emphasized again, âTan Rou, you have to add a bit more poison for Feng Jiao. I want to make him uncomfortable every day, so he doesnât have the energy to bully Ah Min ever again!â