Turning Their Scheme Against Them

"Wh-what's going on?"

Xiao Jiayi had learned from Shen Shixu's thoughts that the Li Family intended to drug her, so she had not dared eat a bite or drink a drop since getting up that morning. How had they still managed to get her?

Xiao Jiayi carefully thought it over and soon settled on a suspect. On their way here, Li Qianxiao had clung tightly to her arm, staying very close. Could the drug have been on her?

Xiao Jiayi stared at Li Qianxiao in disbelief. How could she dare put that sort of drug on herself? Had the Li Family gone mad? Would they sacrifice anything for Rong Hua and wealth?

"Li Qianxiao, have you lost your mind? You actually dared put that drug on yourself! Do you think I'm the only one you've harmed? You inhaled it too. If they're willing to scheme against me like this, who do you think they'll hand you over to once you're drugged as well?"

Standing to one side, Li Qianxiao blustered, "Stop trying to turn us against each other. My mother and the others would never do that to me. Besides, I took the antidote before coming here."

Yet after saying this, Li Qianxiao instinctively looked at Li Wenqian. Her heart lurched when she saw him avert his eyes. Why did he not dare look at her? Could Xiao Jiayi be right? Had they intended to give her away too?

While neither of them was paying attention to her, Xiao Jiayi took a lustrous white pill from her sleeve and slipped it into her mouth.

Feeling the weakness in her body gradually fade, Xiao Jiayi found a topic to keep stalling, both to wait for the drug's effects to wear off and to give Xiao Lie and the others time to