Chapter 467: Mom, You’re Too Heartless

Seeing this, Jiang Huijing quickly followed, as if afraid that if she didn’t follow closely, she would be left behind.

Inside the house, the aroma of food filled the dining room. Looking at her family and smelling the delicious food, Jiang Huijing’s eyes turned red again.

“Little aunt, why are you crying?” Jiang Zhanpeng noticed that his little aunt had started crying again and asked nervously.

Hearing his question, everyone who had just sat down to eat turned their attention to her.

“Little aunt is smelling the delicious food and thinking about your little uncle. I wonder how he’s doing at the police station, if he’s eating enough,” Jiang Huijing said pitifully.

When Jiang Mu heard this, she immediately put down her chopsticks. “It’s late at night, and we’re all sitting together happily for dinner. Can you be quiet for once? If you don’t want to eat, you can go out and stop disturbing us while we’re having dinner.”

Jiang Huijing muttered with red eyes, “Mom, you’re so heartless. The one in the police station is your son-in-law, and you’re not even concerned about him.”

“If I were a heartless mother, I wouldn’t have let you in to eat. If you don’t want to eat, go out,” Jiang Mu said irritably.

Jiang Huijing bit her lip, and after a while, she picked up her chopsticks again, as if turning her sorrow into eating. She ate faster than anyone else at the table.

Fortunately, the two children were already used to her way of eating, and they didn’t look twice. They quickly began eating too.

Half an hour later, the family finished dinner. With a full stomach, Jiang Huijing no longer wanted to think about her husband suffering in the police station. She just wanted to take a good bath and get a good night’s sleep.

Li Yiyi, observing this change in her, couldn’t help but admire her inwardly.

The next day, after folding a piece of paper on her desk, Li Yiyi went out.

When she arrived at the stock research office, she immediately noticed that something was off today.

As soon as she stepped inside, she noticed that there were more patrolling personnel than usual, more than double the usual number.

Her main task here today was to work with a few experts to prepare medicine based on the formula from the ancient parchment she had presented a couple of days ago.

She could see that these people were treating the formula on the parchment as a recipe for immortality, but she chose not to comment on it. As long as she could learn what she wanted, she was fine with it.

She had just started a task when, suddenly, Ito Keisuke walked in and came straight to her side.

“Li, are you free right now? Could you come with me?” he asked.

People around them had already gotten used to their superior occasionally seeking out Li, so they continued their work, casting only a brief glance in their direction.

Li Yiyi paused her work and looked up at him. “This is your territory. If you say I’m free, then I must be free.”

Ito Keisuke smiled and gestured toward the door.

Li Yiyi smiled slightly, set down her work, and walked toward the door.

Under Ito Keisuke’s guidance, the two went up to a luxurious room on the top floor.

As soon as she stepped inside, Li Yiyi’s eyes immediately fell on Tanaka Ichiro, who was lying half-dead in the large bed. After the illness, Tanaka Ichiro looked like someone on the verge of death, breathing heavily with the aid of oxygen, his breath faint.

“Li, we meet again,” Tanaka Ichiro said faintly, opening his eyes slowly upon hearing a voice.

Seeing him in such a state, Li Yiyi couldn’t help but feel a sense of satisfaction—this was probably retribution for the countless wrongs the people of R country had committed.

“It really is a reunion,” Li Yiyi said. “I didn’t expect you to end up like this in such a short time. Our Chinese saying goes, ‘What goes around comes around.’ It’s not that there is no retribution, it’s just that the timing isn’t right.”

Upon hearing her words, Tanaka Ichiro felt angry inside, but he could no longer express his anger. His current condition was so bad that even sitting up on the bed was difficult. He needed assistance from the people around him.

This brush with death had made him truly feel the fear of dying. He no longer wanted to die. He still had so much to achieve if he could just survive.

“Li, I heard you joined the Immortality Group. I hope you can help us develop the immortality elixir soon. I need it to extend my life,” Tanaka Ichiro said, breathing heavily after speaking.

The medical staff around him immediately rushed forward to assist when they saw his condition worsening.

Li Yiyi stood silently, expressionless, watching the scene. However, she was disappointed. After the staff’s quick intervention, Tanaka Ichiro regained his ability to speak.

“I’m really sorry, Li. I hope I didn’t make you laugh,” Tanaka Ichiro said after finally catching his breath.

Although disappointed, Li Yiyi still kept her composure and smiled. “It’s fine. Seeing you like this, Mr. Tanaka, I don’t think your days will be much longer. It’s just a matter of time.”

Her words seemed to drain the smile from his face.

“Li, you haven’t changed a bit. You’re still as sharp-tongued as before,” Tanaka Ichiro said with a forced smile.

“Well, that depends on who I’m talking to. For people like you, Mr. Tanaka, my words naturally have to be a bit harsher. After all, this is how we Chinese deal with people like you, isn’t it?” Li Yiyi responded coldly.

Tanaka Ichiro was again irritated by her words, but he remembered what the doctors had told him—that he couldn’t get angry. Otherwise, he might meet his end sooner than expected.

Taking a deep breath, he spoke calmly, “Li, I didn’t come here to hear your sharp tongue. What I need is for you to help us develop the immortality elixir in the next half month. Otherwise, I will make you face the consequences you can’t predict.”

Li Yiyi gave him a cold smile and replied, “Tanaka Ichiro, if you were asking me nicely, I might consider it. But you’re mistaken if you think I’m afraid of threats. Threats don’t work on me.”