Schemes

Tu San asked in a daze, "Am I poisoned?"

"Oh, right..."

"I remember now! Someone poisoned me!"

He became agitated and coughed violently. Wen Zhi fed him a pill, saying, "Don't get agitated; there's still some poison left in your body."

Qiaoqiao suddenly realized--

[I see!]

The person who poisoned them is right among these rabbits!

The question is, who poisoned them?

Everyone:?

[Something seemed off about the game earlier; their reactions were all so similar!]

[It's clearly an act!]

Wen Zhi and Fu Fengyuan thought about it and realized it seemed to make sense. Although it was only natural to feel grief after a brother's sudden death from poisoning, their grief seemed to have been pre-arranged. Even though everyone was sad, there was bound to be a difference in degree, right?

Upon closer reflection, there was something off about the way they exchanged glances.

Could it really have been one of them who poisoned the victim?

Tu San suddenly looked up at his four brothers, "I remember... one of you gave me a glass of water just now."

His gaze swept over the group, filled with suspicion.

Tu Da: "Third brother, you don't doubt your eldest brother, do you?"

Tu Er said, "Third Brother, Second Brother and I are usually the closest, how could I harm you?"

Tu Si said, "Third Brother, it really wasn't me!"

Tu Wu said, "Third Brother, I'm your most beloved younger brother. I wouldn't harm you."

Wen Zhi:...

Fu Fengyuan:...

Isn't this just saying nothing at all, all nonsense? Besides, these four rabbit demons look exactly alike, are the same height, and have the same voice. If they stood in front of you, you couldn't tell them apart at all!

Not to mention the others, even Tu San himself couldn't tell who had handed him the glass of water.

Everyone instinctively looked at Qiaoqiao.

If anyone knows the answer, it must be my junior sister!

Even Bai Fu was looking at her intently.

Qiaoqiao stroked her chin. "Are you demons who live around here?"

The rabbit demon said, "We came together to visit our master."

"Your master is..."

"Master is the strongest martial artist among the Demon Race!"

"She's the most beautiful demon in the Demon Realm!"

"My master has royal blood; she's a noble fox demon!"

When the topic of their master came up, the rabbit demons went on and on with exaggerated praise. Even Tu Er, lying on the ground, struggled to add, "Master is the gentlest demon in the entire Demon Realm!"

Qiaoqiao couldn't help but agree, "I think so too."

You know my master too?

"No," she said with a smile, "I'm talking about my own master."

Hearing her say that, Bai Fu stared at her intently, his eyes growing even darker.

"Junior Sister, who do you think poisoned him?" Fu Fengyuan steered the conversation back on track.

Wen Zhi felt this was putting Qiaoqiao in a difficult position. If even Tu San couldn't distinguish his brothers, how could Junior Sister possibly guess who they were?

"I know!"

Everyone:!

Everyone watched her nervously.

"All four of them got a share." Qiaoqiao's eyebrows curved into a smile; this was no challenge for her at all. "Didn't you hear what they said? They all really like that master and want to kill him so they can have him all to themselves."

"So, the poison was administered by all four of them working together!"

Tu San:!!

As she spoke, Qiaoqiao's ears twitched.

Wen Zhi's heart was completely melted. The poisoning and all that didn't matter anymore; all she could think about was: Oh my god, her junior sister is so cute dressed as a demon! I can't take my eyes off her!

How did she even think of dressing up as a demon? It suits her so perfectly!

Chapter 57 Schemes

While Qiaoqiao was speaking, she didn't notice that all three people were staring at her intently.

Still basking in her confidence at having seen through the truth, she said to Tu San, "That master must have favored you a lot, which aroused their jealousy because what you said was different from what they said."

Tu San was taken aback; he himself didn't realize what was wrong.

But the expressions of the other four rabbits changed.

"You said your master is very gentle; that's a statement unlike anything you've said to others."

Tu San was completely stunned.

Wen Zhi and Fu Fengyuan seemed to be deep in thought. Indeed... Junior Sister sometimes had an unusual sensitivity. The other four people's evaluations of their master were all objective descriptions, saying how amazing their master was. Only Tu San cared about something different; he was describing his own feelings.

This made them both wonder again, could it be...?

Was the junior sister's conclusion based on her own experience?

Perhaps her master also had this image in her heart? If she thought about it carefully, her master was indeed different towards her junior sister. In Wen Zhi's heart, it wasn't just gentleness, but even a bit of doting.

That junior sister wouldn't also...

No, no, no, she must be overthinking it. Junior Sister clearly said that she doesn't have anyone she likes.

Qiaoqiao had none of these worries and was quite pleased with herself for her cleverness.

I'm so clever!

[What a clever and adorable little thing!]

Wen Zhi couldn't help but chuckle.

Fu Fengyuan nodded repeatedly, "Junior Sister is right."

"You..." Tu San looked at his four brothers in shock, "You also...?"

His feigned ignorance infuriated his four brothers, and since he had been exposed, he decided to stop pretending.

"Third brother, do you know what? I hate this look of yours the most!"

"Clearly enjoying all of Master's favoritism, yet still acting innocent after getting the benefits! Disgusting!"

"I didn't... I..."