Chapter 22
He probably doesn't dare to come.
"Poisoned... poisoned?"
Clearly, the matter of being poisoned by a curse was beyond Yang Tianrui's comprehension.
This prompted the elegantly dressed woman beside him to laugh dismissively: "I say, these days charlatans are getting less and less professional."
"Just now you said my sister was kidnapped, and now you're saying she's been bewitched."
"Kid, don't think that just because you helped us, you can talk nonsense here."
"You just want to scam more money, right? Just tell me how much you want."
Qin Mo sensed the resentment in her eyes but ignored it: "Believe it or not, it's up to you. I'm just giving you a friendly reminder. But you'd better not delay too long. Her Gu poison will be a year old in a month. By then, even a god couldn't save her."
Gu poison is what the third master is most skilled at.
The third master was from Miao territory, and was quirky and clever, with his greatest skill being witchcraft and sorcery.
Compared to the methods used by the Third Master, these things on the girl were child's play.
The person who cast the curse clearly didn't want the girl to die immediately, but rather to torture her slowly until she died naturally, so as not to arouse suspicion.
Qin Mo could cure it, but he didn't say so.
This woman is too strange; they wouldn't believe it even if I told them.
"Honey, stop wasting time talking to this kid. Let's hurry up and take Zhenzhen home, or she'll have another attack."
Although Yang Tianrui wanted to cure Zhenzhen, he simply didn't believe in the claim of Gu poison.
In the end, he waved his hand, and the bodyguards behind him brought over a box.
"Sir, I have heard your suggestion and I am very grateful."
"I don't have any cash on me. Consider this a thank you for finding my sister."
"As for the other matters, I will investigate them later."
The implication was that she still didn't believe Qin Mo's words.
The woman visibly breathed a sigh of relief, but her gaze towards Qin Mo was filled with hostility.
"Kid, stop talking nonsense. All you want is money, isn't it?"
"Here, take this. The stuff inside is enough for you to swindle for the rest of your life."
"Get out of here right now."
Yang Tianrui frowned: "Xinyi, don't speak so harshly."
Zhang Xinyi shut her mouth, but still rolled her eyes at Qin Mo.
"Alright, then you'd better watch yourselves."
Qin Mo didn't intend to take the items.
But as he turned to leave, someone grabbed his clothes: "Brother, take this."
Turning around, he saw Zhenzhen's innocent face looking at him, as she stuffed the beautifully packaged box into Qin Mo's arms.
Yang Tianrui was both helpless and surprised: "Sir, I never expected that Zhenzhen would be so destined for you!"
"Since she got sick, Zhenzhen has never been this close to a stranger."
"Don't be shy, just take it!"
Seeing Zhenzhen's innocent appearance, Qin Mo stopped refusing.
He sighed, "Alright, I'll accept the things. Consider it my advance payment for medical expenses."
"I'll be staying here for a while. If you've changed your mind and need me to 'treat' her, you can come to me anytime."
For no other reason than that the girl was indeed pitiful, and she was indeed destined to be with him.
Zhang Xinyi crossed her arms and rolled her eyes: "I bet you've wanted it for a long time, what excuse are you making up?"
Qin Mo ignored her, picked up his things, and turned to leave.
At this time, Su Wanxing's family banquet had already begun.
When he came out of the basement, he saw several missed calls.
When I called back, no one answered.
Helpless, Qin Mo had no choice but to take a taxi there first.
Meanwhile, at the Su family's banquet.
The family banquet was held directly in the garden of the Su family's villa, and all the guests were relatives, friends, and several important business partners of the Su family.
The main purpose was to see if Su Wanxing had truly recovered.
And look at her so-called fiancé.
Inside the house, Su Wanxing frowned as she looked at Zhao Ke'er: "Not coming? Didn't you tell him that today's family dinner is important?"
Zhao Ke'er said helplessly, "How could I not have said that? But he insisted that he wasn't comfortable in this kind of situation and was afraid of embarrassing you, so he..."
Five minutes ago, Zhao Ke'er had just arrived at the villa.
Upon hearing that Qin Mo wasn't coming, Su Wanxing was so angry she almost fainted on the spot.
I made several calls, but no one answered.
She couldn't help but clench her fists: "How could this happen..."
Qin Mo agreed to cooperate, but has he suddenly changed his mind?
If that's the case, then she'll be very disappointed.
At a crucial moment, he actually tripped her up.
"Never mind, let's go out first. The customers are waiting outside. If they don't come, they don't come."
Su Wanxing rubbed her temples, feeling quite helpless: "If we keep hiding inside, those people will probably have even more wild thoughts."
Zhao Ke'er sighed, "Wanxing, I shouldn't be saying this, but I'm your friend. This fiancé you found is really unreliable. How could he betray you at a time like this?"
Su Wanxing waved her hand: "Forget it, let's not talk about him anymore. Just pretend I misjudged him."
She put down her phone and went out to greet the guests.
As she left, Zhao Ke'er immediately turned off her phone: "Heh, trying to climb the social ladder? Dream on!"
As Su Wanxing stepped out of the villa and into the garden, an annoying voice rang out.
"Wanxing, what's going on? It's so late, why hasn't your fiancé arrived yet?"
The visitor was none other than her aunt, Su Sangu.
Aunt Su was wearing a black evening gown and a white flower ornament on her head.
I know, she's here for a family dinner.
If you didn't know better, you'd think it was someone's funeral.
Even though she's over fifty, she still wears heavy makeup and seems to want to wear all the jewelry she's owned.
Next to Su Sangu was her daughter, Chen Shuqi, who was much more flamboyant than Su Sangu.
A high-slit evening gown, the V-neck almost reaching her navel.
Curly hair and smoky makeup.
Like Aunt Su, she wore an expression of watching a good show.
"Oh dear, sister, is my future brother-in-law too scared to come?"
"That's true. I had heard before that your fiancé was a penniless nobody."
"What kind of family is our Su family? It's normal for him to feel inferior."
"It's just so pitiful for you, sister. Everyone says you're the most beautiful woman in Xichuan, and the eldest daughter of the Su family. How did you end up marrying a penniless man?"
Chen Shuqi said this, but her face was full of schadenfreude.
From childhood to adulthood, she has always been completely suppressed by Su Wanxing.
Everyone says she's more than ten times worse than Su Wanxing, and no matter how hard she tries, she can't surpass her.
God knows how happy she was when she first learned that Su Wanxing had actually been given to a convict by Xu Pei.
Even if Su Wanxing is outstanding, didn't she end up marrying a good-for-nothing?
She came here specifically to see a joke.
Su Wanxing's face darkened, and before she could speak, her second uncle interjected, "Wanxing, is your fiancé too scared to come... or does he simply not exist?"
He approached with a glass of red wine, a half-smile on his face, and said, "You just woke up and announced your engagement. You didn't just find someone to fill in, to appease us, did you?"
"If you're lying to us, don't blame your second uncle for disregarding family ties."
"You'll have a hard time explaining this to the board of directors..."
Zhao Ke'er lowered her eyes, as if everything in front of her had nothing to do with her.
Anyway, Su Dingshan is here, so things can always be resolved.
As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone's attention turned to him, and they all perked up their ears.
The board of directors had previously stated that Su Wanxing, being a woman, was not up to the task.
Uncle Su and Aunt Su strongly opposed Su Wanxing becoming president.
Since she'll get married sooner or later, we can't just give away the Su family's assets, can we?
That's why Su Wanxing proposed cooperating with Qin Mo.
Unexpectedly, Qin Mo changed his mind at the last minute.
Su Wanxing took a deep breath, composed herself, and was about to speak when she heard Qin Mo's voice from the front door: "Who said I didn't dare to come?"