Jiang Xiaoyue came up with a pretty flimsy excuse, leaving everyone in the room dumbfounded.
Tang Yu was just as confused when he heard it.
She'd specifically asked him to come over and lend a hand?
He instinctively focused his attention and swept his gaze over Old Master Wang.
Even Jiang Xiaoyue couldn't figure out what was wrong. What kind of illness had the old master come down with?
Could it be that after the Wang Family plotline had gone off the rails, the story was forcing the Dragon King to show up again and play the miracle doctor to show off?
This was the first time he'd encountered something like this.
In every previous round of transmigrating into a book, he'd never lived past the first arc.
Either he'd kicked the bucket right at the start, or he'd survived two or three hours before getting beaten to death!
Fortunately, after scanning the old master for a while, he spotted a golden line near his heart.
Strange, what's this golden line? Why's it wrapped around the old master's heart?
Holy crap, it's moving! Isn't this Ye Chen's Golden Silk Insect Gu?
This thing's so sinister it's practically criminal. Once it gets into the body, the host is sure to die within twenty-four hours.
And after the host dies, the thing kills itself and dissolves, leaving no evidence behind.
So if they want to save Old Master Wang, either Ye Chen has to come and remove the Gu himself, or they can try a secret recipe from the Qingnang Heavenly Scripture.
All they need is incense made from mugwort, orange jasmine, red halloysite... and eight other medicinal ingredients.
I'll find a way to tip them off later. No matter what, we can't let Old Master Wang die.
After hearing Tang Yu's inner thoughts, Wang Yixue and Jiang Xiaoyue's expressions both changed.
When they noticed each other's expressions at the same time, they immediately guessed the same thing.
The other one could hear Tang Yu's thoughts too!
At that moment, Wang Yixue finally understood why Jiang Xiaoyue had asked her to bring Tang Yu along.
So that was the reason.
"I just thought of a prescription. Have someone fetch the ingredients for me."
Jiang Xiaoyue quickly jotted down the list of medicinal ingredients she'd just heard, then sent someone to get them.
A servant from the Wang Family hurried off to fetch the herbs.
Jiang Xiaoyue began considering how the prescription's ingredients worked together.
The prescriptions in the Qingnang Heavenly Scripture were all precious lost secrets!
"Since Xiaoyue has a treatment plan, why don't we step out and rest? She can stay here and watch over Grandpa."
Wang Yixue let out a sigh of relief and asked everyone to leave the room first.
"Oh, so you don't need me for anything now?"
Tang Yu was still trying to figure out how to tip them off.
"I do. There's something else I want to talk to you about. Come with me."
Wang Yixue took Tang Yu by the arm and led him toward the small garden nearby.
Why so serious? Is there something important she wants to talk to me about?
Tang Yu followed Wang Yixue, puzzled. The atmosphere just felt a little off.
When they reached the small garden, Wang Yixue led Tang Yu to sit down and asked, "I think something's wrong with my grandfather. He was perfectly healthy, then suddenly fell ill like this. There's a good chance someone poisoned him. What do you think?"
"I think that's possible too, but we'll need to investigate carefully."
Tang Yu nodded in agreement.
It wasn't poison. Someone used Gu on him.
The Golden Silk Insect Gu can only be used if you get close to your target. If Ye Chen didn't come here and do it himself, then it was probably that idiot Wang Rulong.
That guy's a complete moron too. He teamed up with an outsider, thinking he could become head of the Wang Family.
With that secret in someone else's hands, he'd be licking their shoes for the rest of his life, wouldn't he?
Wang Yixue's gaze instantly turned cold.
As she'd suspected, Wang Rulong the fool was behind this, stirring up trouble in secret again.
The reason she'd let him off last time wasn't that she lacked evidence.
She simply hadn't wanted to alert him. She'd planned to use Wang Rulong's stupidity to turn the tables on Ye Chen.
She hadn't expected him to be so reckless as to lay a hand on Grandpa!
There was no need to keep him around as bait anymore.
Wang Yixue let out another quiet sigh, feeling a little exhausted.
She honestly didn't care much about the family fortune. There was more than she could ever spend, but not everyone could see things that way.
Besides Wang Rulong, how many others shared his ideas?
She leaned her head against Tang Yu's shoulder.
When she noticed Tang Yu shift, she couldn't help laughing in exasperation.
"If you behave, I'll wear a bunny girl outfit for you next time."
"What bunny girl outfit? Just don't get dandruff on my shoulder."
Tang Yu muttered with a disgruntled look.
I hate people who don't keep their word. You have to follow through.
It's not like I care about bunny girls or anything. I'm an upright man.
If you're really sincere, a Xuedizi outfit would work too.
Xuedizi?
Wang Yixue froze for a moment. What was that supposed to be?
But she couldn't be bothered to think about it. Just being beside Tang Yu like this already made her happy.
At least for now, she didn't have to think about all the scheming and infighting.
The two of them sat quietly in the small garden.
Listening to Tang Yu's wandering thoughts beside her, Wang Yixue found herself liking the bashful, secretly flirtatious man more and more.
Then a voice broke the silence.
"Miss, Divine Doctor Jiang has finished treating the old master. Please come and see him."
A bodyguard hurried over to call her.
"Let's go. We should check on Grandpa."
Tang Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
If you'd been a few minutes later, bro, I'd have gotten frozen shoulder.
Hearing Tang Yu's thoughts, Wang Yixue rolled her eyes and hurried over to see the old master.
When they arrived, the room was filled with a somewhat pungent fragrance.
Old Master Wang had woken up, and a caregiver was feeding him a bowl of medicine.
After that sudden bout of illness, the old master looked noticeably weaker.
"Grandpa, are you feeling all right now?"
Wang Yixue hurriedly asked with concern.
"I'm pretty much fine now. I'm just weak. Once I finish this medicine, I'll get some sleep."
The old master didn't really know what was wrong with him. Right now, he just felt weak in all four limbs and wanted to sleep.
"Let the old master rest for a couple of days, and he'll be fine."
Jiang Xiaoyue had treated the old master using the prescription she'd heard from Tang Yu. Afterward, the Gu worm had crawled out on its own and died.
She'd collected the dead worm.
She planned to go back and study it with her grandfather.
That man named Ye Chen was absolutely vile!
After everyone had gathered around to ask after the old master, they left him alone in the room to rest.
Tang Yu had just stepped outside when his phone rang.
He glanced at the screen and saw that Qin Ming was calling.
"Bro, didn't you say to call you when we did the feng shui at my place? Hurry over. Lots of people have already arrived."
Qin Ming's voice came through the phone.
"Sure. Hang on, I'll be right over."
Tang Yu answered, then hung up.
After telling Wang Yixue and the others he was leaving, Tang Yu hurriedly drove to the Qin Family.
According to the original plot, the Dragon King, Ye Chen, was going to put on one hell of a show here today!
And he'd gain the title of Suhang's number-one feng shui master!
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