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“Sorry to disappoint you. In my family, we have the young master of a medical family, an apprentice of a divine healer, and another person skilled in witchcraft. They are all formidable. It’s just a cold poison. It’s only a matter of time to gather the medicinal herbs. Rest assured, your whole family will be wiped out, and Xiao Bao will be safe,” Xiao Zhi said calmly.
His words wiped the smile off Hou Shijie’s face. “That’s impossible.”
How could Zhiqin’s family have so many experts?
“Hou Shijie, you’ll be disappointed. There are more people in my family than you think. Your family and those behind you should prepare yourselves. My father won’t let you off,” Xiao Zhi squatted down, pinching Hou Shijie’s chin as he spoke coldly.
Hou Shijie’s face turned ugly.
“Su Zhixiao, you…”
“Uncle Yuan Lin, could you please take him back?” Xiao Zhi suddenly said.
Everyone looked around, but there was no one there.
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While they were puzzled, a man dressed in black appeared before them.
When they saw the man, the others were startled.
“Young Master.”
“Uncle Yuan Lin, you heard what he said. Take him back to Father.”
“Yes.”
Hou Shijie hadn’t expected there would be a bodyguard accompanying Xiao Zhi.
Ordinary families couldn’t afford bodyguards. What exactly was Su Zhixiao’s background?
“Wondering about my identity? You’ll find out soon enough. But by the time you do, your family might have been exterminated,” Xiao Zhi said casually, looking at Hou Shijie.
The people around exchanged bewildered looks.
What’s going on? And Su Zhixiao mentioning exterminating a whole family, how could that be possible?
But Hou Shijie chuckled. “Who do you think you are, Su Zhixiao? Saying you’ll exterminate a whole family, do you think you have that power? How naive.”
“You’ll soon find out who’s the naive one.”
The martial arts master standing nearby was also brought by Su Yu, a formidable individual who naturally knew Su Yu’s identity.
He had witnessed the recent events and, listening to the conversation between the two, could make a good guess about the situation.
It seemed that the Hou family didn’t value their lives.
Daring to lay hands on Xiao Bao.
The master didn’t voice these thoughts but simply watched as Hou Shijie was taken away by Yuan Lin, not intervening at all.
Hong Yi stood beside Xiao Zhi. “Big Brother, should I write a letter to Father?”
Xiao Zhi reached out to ruffle Hong Yi’s head. “No need, Father will handle it.”
“Alright.”
When Yuan Lin brought Hou Shijie back, Su Yu was preparing to deal with the matters concerning the Hou family.
“Master.”
“Weren’t you at the academy with Xiao Zhi and them. What brings you back?”
“The young master instructed me to bring Hou Shijie back. He’s the one who poisoned Young Master Xiao.”
Upon hearing this, Su Yu looked at Hou Shijie. “What’s going on with him?”
“He said some unpleasant things related to Young Master Xiao and got into a fight with the young master.”
Su Yu nodded, not saying much. It seemed like Xiao Zhi’s act of violence was just a routine matter in his eyes.
“Go back there and protect Xiao Zhi and them,” Su Yu ordered.
“Yes.”
Hou Shijie had seen Su Yu before, but this time, seeing Su Yu filled him with fear, and he didn’t dare to look directly at him.
“You have quite the audacity, Hou Shijie, daring to lay hands on my son,” Su Yu said calmly, yet his words carried a weighty threat.
“You better let me go, or my father won’t spare you,” Hou Shijie shouted defiantly.
Su Yu chuckled softly, his eyes showing interest as he looked at Hou Shijie. “Oh? Quite impressive. It’s been a long time since someone dared to threaten me like this, especially a child. It’s quite refreshing.”
Su Yu approached Hou Shijie, who instinctively recoiled. “What… What do you want?”
Su Yu crouched down and removed a jade pendant from around Hou Shijie’s waist. “Does your father recognize this?”
Hou Shijie nodded without hesitation. “My father definitely recognizes it. It’s a family heirloom.”
A family heirloom?
Su Yu chuckled softly as he looked at Hou Shijie. “You indeed are quite a treasure.”
A person with more failures than successes.
He poisoned someone without discretion, yet he couldn’t even hide it properly. He even boasted about it openly, as if afraid others wouldn’t know he poisoned Xiao Bao.
“Yuan Bao, take this jade pendant and give it to the Hou family’s head,” Su Yu said, tossing the pendant to Yuan Bao.
“I don’t understand what these people are thinking, choosing to be a poultry instead of a good person,” Su Yu remarked.
Yuan Bao twitched his mouth as he looked at Su Yu. The name indeed had some meaning to it.
“Master, saying it like that might offend someone,” Yuan Bao remarked.
Offend someone?
“It doesn’t matter. After all, he’s a dead man walking,” Su Yu said nonchalantly.
Hearing Su Yu’s words, Yuan Bao didn’t see any problem with it. The young master wasn’t wrong. He truly was a dead man walking.
Su Yu leaned back in his chair, looking at Hou Shijie on the ground. “Take him away and lock him up.”
“Don’t let him die, but don’t treat him too well either.”
“Yes.”
After learning that Hou Shijie had been brought in, Xiao Bao instructed someone to take him to see him.
Worried that there might be something on Hou Shijie that could trigger Xiao Bao’s poisoning, Yuan Bao asked Bai Qi to go and check.
Bai Qi noticed a sachet hanging from Hou Shijie’s body. He took it off and sniffed it, his gaze turning cold. “It seems the Hou family really came prepared.”
“Why?” Yuan Bao inquired.
“There’s a poison in this sachet that can trigger Xiao Bao’s poisoning. They probably thought if Xiao Bao didn’t suffer any symptoms yesterday, they could make him fall ill today by having Hou Shijie approach him with this sachet.”
Hou Shijie listened to their conversation, feeling somewhat panicked that they knew everything.
What Su Yu said was true; indeed, his family had many skilled medical practitioners.
“Xiao Bao wants to see him. Can he see him now?” Yuan Bao asked.
“Not yet. Let’s wait a while.” The scent of the substance on Hou Shijie’s body could be trouble if Xiao Bao were to smell it.
Yuan Bao looked at Xiao Bao and said, “Young Master, Hou Shijie had a substance with him that could trigger your cold poison. Bai Qi took it away. He said to wait for a while before seeing him. Hou Shijie still carries the scent of it.”
Xiao Bao nodded, indicating he understood.
It seemed Father’s words were indeed correct; such incidents did occur.
If he had gone to the academy today, he would likely have been sent back unconscious again.
After about half an hour, Xiao Bao finally went to see Hou Shijie.
Hou Shijie, seeing Xiao Bao unharmed, felt ashamed and embarrassed. “Those people are really useless; they can’t even handle such a small matter properly.”
Surprisingly, Wang Zhiqin didn’t suffer any consequences.
Xiao Bao wasn’t angry about it either. He walked over and sat down, resting his chin on his hand as he looked at Hou Shijie. “You must be disappointed. I didn’t experience anything.”
“How does it feel when the cold poison flares up?” Hou Shijie asked, glancing at Su Yu with a grim expression.
“No feeling at all.” After the poisoning, he had to be held constantly so that he wont get too cold but shortly after, Uncle Nan Qiao suppressed it for him.