[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-longevity-begins-with-internal-organs":3,"chapter-longevity-begins-with-internal-organs-longevity-begins-with-internal-organs-chapter-102":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Longevity Begins with Internal Organs",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},563153,815,"Chapter 102 - 97: Drunk and Drowned, Old Acquaintances at the Escort Agency","longevity-begins-with-internal-organs-chapter-102",102,"\u003Cp>At this time, the Laundry Workshop was still lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside were the lowest-ranked servants of the Song Family, responsible for washing all the clothes and cleaning items throughout the residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the heavy workload, they often worked overtime at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No doubt, that Xia Hongyu was also busy at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Zhao Ya merely glanced once before turning around to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him, killing Li Chunfeng was as easy as killing a chicken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for covering up, Zhao Ya would have acted directly on that small path during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that things were done, Zhao Ya felt a weight lifted off his mind and briskly avoided the patrolling Manor Guard to return home for sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the break of dawn, Xia Hongyu had to get up and start her work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was her habit; no matter how late she worked the night before, she’d get up on time in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this way could she wash more clothes, earn a bit more money, and thus buy more medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this habit, she was jokingly called a money-crazy by the fellow maids, sometimes even ridiculed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xia Hongyu never argued, just silently worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, even the supervising elder woman could not bear to watch and would speak on her behalf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, she became isolated by all the maids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was precisely what Xia Hongyu wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t want to interact with anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after the last incident, when she trusted a fellow maid’s word and went out with her to buy things, only to be unknowingly drugged by Li Chunfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for being rescued by that masked hero, she would have been dead by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, Xia Hongyu became increasingly cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, as usual, she was bowing her head scrubbing clothes when suddenly, she heard a commotion outside and a maid shouted loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone drowned!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my God, it seems to be a man!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the shout, Xia Hongyu looked up, a bit puzzled, toward the courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pond outside was indeed very dangerous, even she had to be extremely careful when dumping dirty water there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But besides her and her fellow laundry maids, no one ever went near that pond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hongyu hesitated for a moment, put down her work, and followed the crowd to the pond’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By this time, Li Chunfeng’s body had already been hooked to the shore with a rod.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was swollen after a night in the pond, Xia Hongyu recognized Li Chunfeng at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incident that night had left such a deep shadow on her that she still often had nightmares.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, this wicked man who coveted her was dead, drowned near where she worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was imaginable, he must have come here last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did he come here in the middle of the night?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hongyu felt a chill throughout her body, shivering uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Xia Hongyu knew clearly, if Li Chunfeng hadn’t drowned, she would have been in trouble last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thank God, whether it was an accident or murder, he was finally dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Hongyu silently chanted in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Song Renqiang had also rushed over upon hearing the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Li Chunfeng’s water-swollen corpse, his face turned extremely gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he sometimes scolded this godson for not living up to expectations, Li Chunfeng was, after all, the offspring of a close friend, and he was quite fond of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who’d have thought that he was fine yesterday, and in one night, he was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened?\" he asked a Manor Guard examining the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting to the steward, we found no suspicious injuries on Leader Li, and by the look of the scene, it seems he slipped and fell in accidentally.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Renqiang’s face remained gloomy and he fell silent, then suddenly turned to look at the laundry maids not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys are the closest here, did you hear any noise last night?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Re...reporting to the steward, we didn’t hear any sounds last night!\" a brave maid replied with a trembling voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Renqiang frowned, his gaze sweeping over each maid’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others were fine, even though they were scared, they had no other thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Xia Hongyu, having many thoughts in her mind, turned pale when Song Renqiang’s sharp eyes reached her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an anomaly naturally caught Song Renqiang’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was actually curious why Li Chunfeng would come here in the middle of the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing Xia Hongyu, despite her plain clothing and lack of makeup, unable to hide her beauty, Song Renqiang was enlightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His godson’s coming here definitely had something to do with this woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, as shrewd as Song Renqiang was, he displayed no anomalies at the time. Instead, he turned and asked, \"Who drank with Chunfeng last night?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few Manor Guards came forward trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did Chunfeng behave oddly while drinking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... no odd behaviors,\" one said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, but Leader Li was murmuring about how he disliked Zhao Ya, saying he would deal with him if given a chance...,\" one Manor Guard added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Renqiang was shocked by this, suddenly shouting angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nonsense!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he rushed forward and slapped the Manor Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is Zhao Ya’s name something you can call freely? Commander Zhao and I have a good relationship, and Chunfeng admired him greatly. How could Chunfeng say such words? You are merely sowing discord with baseless accusations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Manor Guard was petrified, holding his cheek in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>",920,"2026-05-30T15:25:32.749Z","2026-06-01T04:31:34.774Z",1,"novelbin.me","4a52f95ecff081b6c00dd1d97c3176c8df749974a965275d2f26307568aec82c","longevity-begins-with-internal-organs-chapter-103","longevity-begins-with-internal-organs-chapter-101",578,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flongevity-begins-with-internal-organs-cover.jpg"]