Chapter 204: The Collapsing Ma Ziai

Chen Che laid Ma Zijun flat, inserted two Ghost Gate Needles into his stomach and throat respectively, and channeled True Qi into his digestive tract to force out the toxins.

"Ugh—"

Ma Zijun vomited everything in his stomach, yet he still looked dazed and confused.

Chen Che held his pulse, focusing on the examination.

Fortunately, this was not a potent poison; at most, it would cause someone to faint, but it would not pose a life-threatening risk.

But who had administered this poison?!

Chen Che looked toward the private room, his thoughts racing.

Through the treatment he had just performed on Ma Zijun, Chen Che discovered that the toxin had entered the body through the esophagus, and it had only just entered a short while ago.

Yet Chen Che and Ma Zijun had eaten the same food, and he had found no issues with it.

Then there was only one possibility: in the few minutes Chen Che had been away, Ma Zijun had consumed the poison.

However, during this time, Chen Che had not seen any waiter come to serve food, so the person who poisoned him had to be one of the three: Ma Zicheng, Ma Menghan, or Ma Ziai.

But thinking about it carefully, none of these three had a reason to harm Ma Zijun, and judging by the non-lethal nature of the poison, it was not necessarily intended to kill Ma Zijun.

What was going on?

Chen Che could not figure it out, so his figure flashed, and he arrived outside the private room door, raised two fingers, and activated his Pupil Technique, taking in the situation inside the room at a glance.

Ma Zicheng was still slumped over the table, fast asleep, and opposite him, Ma Menghan had also slumped over, but her complexion did not look like she was drunk; instead, it was pale.

Without a doubt, she had also been poisoned!

Ma Ziai was the only one awake; she stood beside Ma Menghan, holding a gleaming table knife in a reverse grip, raising it above her head, and the spot she was about to stab was none other than Ma Menghan's fair neck.

But her hands were trembling—no, to be precise, her whole body was trembling! She was gripping the knife with great force, her knuckles turning white, yet she hesitated and could not bring herself to stab down.

"Killing is not that easy; there is no need to force yourself."

Chen Che's voice rang out abruptly.

Ma Ziai's body jolted, and she spun around violently, pointing the table knife directly at Chen Che, her face full of panic as she said, "You... don't come over!"

"Why did you poison them?"

Chen Che stood where he was, not moving, glanced at Ma Menghan, and continued to ask, "Do you want to kill her?"

Ma Ziai bit her lip, her face twisted in pain: "That has nothing to do with you!"

Chen Che glanced at the knife in her hand and sneered: "You know my abilities; since I am here, you cannot kill anyone.

If you put down the knife now and state your reasons, I can let it go and not tell Ma Zijun and the others that you wanted to kill them.

But if you remain stubborn and lost, then you should know the fate of Huang Feng."

Swish!

Ma Ziai's face turned deathly pale, her hands loosened, the table knife clattered to the ground, and she slumped to the floor, covering her face and wailing loudly.

Chen Che ignored her and instead checked on Ma Menghan's condition first.

Like Ma Zijun, the poisoning was not deep.

Chen Che used the Ghost Gate Needles to help her purge the toxins, then wiped the vomit from her mouth and carried her to the sofa.

Then he went to check on Ma Zicheng's condition.

"Come, keep drinking..."

Ma Zicheng pulled at Chen Che limply and muttered a sentence.

This guy wasn't poisoned; he was just plain drunk.

Chen Che quickly left the private room again and returned, carrying Ma Zijun back, and also placed him on the sofa inside the room.

After settling the three of them, Chen Che finally came before Ma Ziai; she was still covering her face and crying bitterly, her shoulders shaking, looking very heartbroken.

Chen Che pulled up a chair, sat down in front of her, picked up the table knife, spun it on his fingertip, and said, "Tell me, why did you do this?"

Ma Ziai looked at him with teary eyes, her gaze filled with hatred and resentment.

"Don't look at me like that; I'm not allergic to a woman's tears. If you can't answer my questions honestly, I don't mind letting you cry for a while longer."

Chen Che said with a smile.

Ma Ziai glanced at the table knife in Chen Che's hand, bit her lip hard, and said, "I just wanted to kill them, and kill you, all of you!"

"All of us?"

Chen Che narrowed his eyes: "Including Ma Zijun and Ma Zicheng?"

"Yes!"

Ma Ziai nodded vigorously, her expression adding a trace of determination and a readiness to die.

"You wanting to kill me and Menghan, I can understand, but why kill Ma Zijun and Ma Zicheng? Fighting over the family fortune?"

Chen Che shook his head, negating it as soon as he finished speaking, "Ma Zijun is the leading figure of the new generation of the Ma Family; if you kill him, the Ma Family Patriarch will definitely investigate thoroughly, and you won't be able to escape the consequences."

"I don't care what happens to me; as long as I can kill you all, it's worth it!"

Ma Ziai was emotionally agitated and shouted out.

"Why? Did Ma Zijun do something to wrong you?"

Chen Che asked.

"He didn't, but his mother did!"

Ma Ziai roared and burst into tears again.

Chen Che was stunned: "Huang Zhu?"

"That's right! It's that bitch! Because of her, I have no home anymore, I have no home!"

Ma Ziai had a mental breakdown and wailed loudly.

Chen Che frowned in thought; he remembered that Ma Ziai should have had a very good relationship with Huang Zhu, so how could this be?

Chen Che put down the table knife, pulled out a tissue, and handed it to Ma Ziai, saying, "What happened? If you tell me, I can help you; you also know that I have a grudge against Huang Zhu."

Ma Ziai watched Chen Che for a moment, reached out to take the tissue, and said, "I lost my mother when I was three years old. All these years, my father never found anyone else. He always told me that the person he loved most was my mother, so he wouldn't look for anyone else."

As time went on, I came to believe his words, but that day... the day you broke Huang Feng's leg, I had an argument with my father that day. He was in a very bad mood and didn't eat the food I brought him.

Later, I was worried, so I went to bring him food myself, but I didn't expect... I didn't expect..."

Ma Ziai suddenly had another emotional breakdown, agitated and furious.

"Didn't expect what?"

Chen Che pressed, feeling that this would be explosive news.

"Through the crack in the door, I saw it! My father and Huang Zhu were having an affair! And they were shameless enough to do it right in front of the ancestral tablets!"

Ma Ziai said through gritted teeth, as if it took a great deal of effort.

Boom!

Chen Che's mind went blank for an instant. He had thought the matter would be unexpected, but he hadn't thought it would be this shocking!

"No wonder I wondered why my father would go to kill Ma Menghan for no reason, and after his arm was broken by you and he was punished by Grandfather, he still took all the blame upon himself!"

Ma Ziai took a deep breath, tears falling like rain, "My father kept saying he loved my mother, yet for that woman, he was willing to ruin his own future and disregard all sense of propriety and shame!"

Chen Che took a few deep breaths, but he still couldn't calm down; this news was too shocking!

No wonder Ma Ziai said she wanted to kill everyone. Chen Che now believed this "everyone" included herself!

Her own biological father having an affair with her aunt—how could Ma Ziai face Ma Zijun and Ma Zichen, and how could she continue to stay in the Ma Family?!

Ma Ziai wiped the tears from her face, looked straight at Chen Che, and asked, "This is my reason for wanting to kill them. Now that you know, how do you plan to help me?"

Just as Chen Che was about to speak, Ma Ziai said again, "You are a Martial Artist and so powerful. How about you help me kill them? Help me kill everyone in the Ma Family! Ma Menghan can be spared; the Ma Family wouldn't acknowledge her anyway, and besides, I'm no different from her now!"

Chen Che looked at her, at a loss for how to speak.

"Will you? Help me kill them, then take me away. You decide where we go. I'll follow you from now on; I'll do whatever you tell me to!"

Ma Ziai looked at Chen Che with a face full of sincerity and expectation.

However, Chen Che saw the sorrow and bitterness hidden at the very bottom of her eyes.

"Ding—"

Just as Chen Che was about to speak, his phone rang; it was a call from Shen Qi.

Chen Che answered, "Hello, what is it?"

"Hello, Mr. Chen, this is Jiang Lan."

A mature, mellifluous female voice came from the other end of the line.

Chen Che was so startled that his eyes widened abruptly!