Chapter 31: Defeated Subordinates

"It's nothing, just the Poison I prepared myself."

Qiao Sheng's words floated lightly, as if she were just saying what she ate today. In fact, she had no reason to prepare any Poison; the pills were merely mud balls taken out from the space.

The skinny young man was completely unsettled; he truly hadn't expected Qiao Sheng to have such ability.

He suddenly thought of something.

He stared at Qiao Sheng and asked, "Are you trying to fool me?"

"If you don't believe me, just leave."

Qiao Sheng spread her hands.

At her stance, how could the skinny young man dare to leave?

Qiao Sheng looked at him, neither fast nor slow, and said, "As long as you cooperate, I definitely won't take your life."

"Go ahead."

The skinny young man fell silent for a moment and said.

Qiao Sheng asked out, still the same question as before: "Who sent you?"

"We don't know this person's name, only what he looks like. He gave each of us a hundred taels of silver, told us to bully you, then, and then ruin your face so you'd become even uglier."

The skinny young man spoke softer and softer, fearing that angering Qiao Sheng would cause her to withhold the Antidote.

He didn't say the words "we two".

Qiao Sheng almost forgot there was still a person on the ground; she also fed him a mud ball.

She slapped it down.

Qiao Sheng turned her gaze to the skinny young man and asked, "Is that person male or female, how old does he look, what does he look like?"

He thought for a moment.

The skinny young man opened his mouth to describe.

"He looks about the same age as us, around twenty‑five. As for his appearance, he has a square‑shaped face, somewhat thick eyebrows, a slightly prominent nose bridge, and is roughly as tall as you…"

After hearing him finish.

Qiao Sheng only felt she had never seen this person.

No one can act against another without cause; to strike someone, there must be a grudge.

Speaking of grudges.

Qiao Sheng thought of Qiao Jinzhi, but she was only a maid in a wealthy household—could she have such ability?

To find out what was going on.

Qiao Sheng said to the skinny young man, "Take him to sleep under the back eave, and tomorrow morning you both go to the town to report, saying you succeeded. As for me, I'll follow behind you, going together."

How could the skinny young man dare to utter even a single "no"?

He lifted the young man from the ground and headed out; after a few steps, he turned back and said, "When will you give us the Antidote?"

Qiao Sheng lightly opened her lips and said, "I'll give it to you after the matter is resolved."

She closed the big door.

Qiao Sheng found a safe corner and moved Xiao Shitou out of the space.

Xiao Shitou was still asleep at this moment, and sleeping especially soundly.

She pinched his face.

Qiao Sheng lay down for a long time without falling asleep; as the sky gradually changed, she simply stopped trying to sleep, got up and prepared breakfast.

Today's breakfast was brown rice porridge.

When it was ready and had cooled enough, she finally called Xiao Shitou to wake up.

As for the two people behind, she didn't bother with them.

She went to pick Yanghuai Flower.

It was Qiao Sheng who called them to leave.

Xiao Shitou couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Mother, who are they?"

"Defeated subordinates."

Qiao Sheng didn't hide anything from Xiao Shitou; she told him what had happened last night.

Xiao Shitou truly hadn't expected such a thing; while sizing up Qiao Sheng, he asked, "Mother, are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

Qiao Sheng shook her head.

Xiao Shitou lifted his head and asked, "Mother, why do they obey you so readily? Are you planning to send them to the Yamen?"

Qiao Sheng gave a vague answer: "Mother naturally has her own plans; I won't tell you that now, I'll tell you when I return."

(End of Chapter)