No matter how advanced Gu Technique is, it’s impossible to plant Gu without a trace. Yu Xiaolian was sure Xi Sijin was just trying to scare her.
Even if, against all odds, Xi Sijin had silently planted a Poison Gu in her, she still wouldn’t be afraid.
She had a Longevity Gu in her. What was there to fear?
The Longevity Gu can neutralize all poisons and is the granddaddy of all Gu worms. Since when does a granddaddy fear his grandchildren?
Seeing Yu Xiaolian didn’t believe her, Xi Sijin was a bit flustered. Indeed, she hadn’t planted a Gu on Yu Xiaolian, because she wasn’t sure if Yu Xiaolian was someone with a Beneficial Gu.
Unfortunately, before she could put on some airs and test this girl, she got captured.
Xi Sijin said darkly, "What is your relationship with Miao Yingyao? Did she escape from the princely heir because of you?"
Yu Xiaolian squatted two meters away from Aunt Ji and nodded, "Yes, dear!"
"Madam, do you have anything else to ask? Ask away now, because once you’re done, it’s my turn to ask questions!"
"Do you have a Beneficial Gu or a Poison Gu on you? You don’t look of age yet. How did you change your eye color?"
"Hello, I have a Longevity Gu on me. As for the color... well... it’s this thing right here. It’s called contact lenses."
Yu Xiaolian took out the contact lens from her eye and showed it to Xi Sijin.
Seeing Xi Sijin gaping, looking completely amazed, Yu Xiaolian continued in the tone of a Taobao customer service rep, "Dear, is there anything else you want to ask? I’ll definitely speak openly and honestly. If there’s nothing else, then it’s my turn to ask."
Xi Sijin was indeed shocked—it was a Longevity Gu! A Longevity Gu!
After searching high and low, it came so effortlessly. Xi Sijin smiled wickedly and let out a long whistle with her tongue.
Yu Xiaolian let her whistle, and when she finished, she enthusiastically applauded Xi Sijin.
Xi Sijin smirked, "You’re an interesting little girl. Do you know what my whistle signifies?"
Yu Xiaolian put on an innocent look, "Isn’t it the funeral march you’re playing for yourself? What else could it signify?"
Xi Sijin frowned. Could this girl be an idiot? How could her words be so out of place and nonsensical?
"My whistle will bring doom to your entire family if you don’t see reason and untie me. If you come with me obediently, I might spare your family!"
Yu Xiaolian stood up straight, frowning at Xi Sijin, "I don’t see reason. Not only do I lack reason, but I also hope others have a bit of it.
Understand this, will you? You’re the one tied up, yet you’re telling me to be sensible. What are you even thinking?"
Xi Sijin laughed coldly, "You’ll know my prowess soon enough.
You and your family won’t escape."
Yu Xiaolian wondered where Xi Sijin’s confidence came from. Suddenly, she remembered when Miao Yingyao escaped from Jun Mobai by having her in-ear snake bite through the rope.
Yu Xiaolian extended her stun baton to its maximum length and nudged Xi Sijin from afar.
Xi Sijin convulsed a few times and then fainted again.
Yu Xiaolian had just searched Xi Sijin’s whole body and had forgotten about the in-ear snake. Fortunately, the rope binding Xi Sijin was her modern rock climbing rope, much sturdier than the ancient hemp rope.
If it had been hemp rope, in the time she and Xi Sijin were talking, it would have already been chewed through by the in-ear snake.
With a shiver of realization, Yu Xiaolian immediately used her shoe sole to kill the two emerald-green in-ear snakes trying hard to chew through the rope.
"Ew... dead worms... their goo is all green... gross..."
Yu Xiaolian wrapped the fat green worms’ bodies in a tissue and cleaned up the green goo on the ground.
When Xi Sijin woke up again, she found she was tied with even more ropes, and when she tried to sense the in-ear snakes, there was no response.
Xi Sijin’s face changed, "Did you kill my in-ear snakes?"
Yu Xiaolian grinned mischievously, "Ew... how can you worry about two green worms? You should be worried about yourself!"
Xi Sijin started shouting loudly, "Help... help..."
Yu Xiaolian put her hands on her hips, "Want me to help you shout? Help, help... somebody come quickly..."
Yu Xiaolian’s baffling behavior left Xi Sijin utterly dumbfounded.
Yu Xiaolian gestured around, "Haven’t you noticed this place is a bit unusual?"
Following Yu Xiaolian’s guidance, Xi Sijin looked carefully around her.
The more she looked, the wider her pupils became. "What is this place?"
Yu Xiaolian asked in return, "Want to know? Sure, answer a few of my questions first. After you left the Witch Clan, you hid for decades. Why, when you’re old, have you become a lackey of the Huainan Prince Mansion?"
Xi Sijin realized this place had to be secluded. Otherwise, Yu Xiaolian wouldn’t have allowed her to shout without stopping her.
Knowing she couldn’t escape, Xi Sijin lowered her head, closed her eyes, and remained silent.
Yu Xiaolian held her patience and asked again, but Xi Sijin still hung her head in silence.
Playing dead, are we?
Yu Xiaolian took out a pepper spray she had prepared beforehand, "Hey, take a look at this?"
As Xi Sijin looked up, Yu Xiaolian sprayed her face frantically.
Xi Sijin felt a sharp pain in her eyes and howled like a pig being slaughtered. She wanted to rub her eyes but found her hands tied, so she could only writhe and struggle on the ground like a worm.
Xi Sijin struggled and loudly cursed Yu Xiaolian’s ancestors for eighteen generations.
Xi Sijin’s facial skin, burned by the pepper spray, visibly blistered with large and small bubbles.
Yu Xiaolian snorted, "Be sensible. Tell me everything you know. Maybe because you’re my mother’s mentor, I’ll spare your life.
If you resist stubbornly, then... it means death... certain death..."
Even the toughest person cannot withstand the torment of pepper spray, let alone Xi Sijin, who wasn’t tough. After Yu Xiaolian sprayed her with the pepper spray multiple times, Xi Sijin said, "Give me an antidote. As long as you give me the antidote, I’m willing to tell you anything!"
Pepper spray doesn’t come with an antidote. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾·𝗇𝖾𝗍
Xi Sijin gritted her teeth, "How can there be no antidote? If you want to know anything from me, stop torturing me. You’re torturing me; my mind isn’t clear, and I can’t remember anything. Without an antidote, I won’t say anything!"
Yu Xiaolian sighed, "Actually, whether you say it or not doesn’t really matter to me. I’m just purely curious. Why are you helping Jun Mobai capture people from the Witch Clan? Do you have some leverage in Jun Mobai’s hands? Did he capture your son to threaten you or what?"
Xi Sijin turned her head stubbornly, refusing to speak even if it killed her.
Yu Xiaolian lifted the stun baton, "Do you really think I won’t dare to kill you?"