Mu Yu picked up the soup spoon again, closed her eyes and gulped down the soup quickly. Then she threw the spoon down and said, "I'm not feeling well. I'll go back to my room first."
Watching Mu Yu's fleeing back, Yong Shanling curled her lips into a smile. "Uncle Shu, you can eat first. I'll go and check on Sister Yu."
After saying that, Yong Shanling quietly followed. Mu Yu immediately went back to her room and pulled open the drawer as if looking for something. After rummaging through several layers and finding nothing she wanted, she grew a bit anxious. As she turned around, she fell to the ground.
Looking at the shoes in front of her, Mu Yu immediately looked up. There was no trace of a smile on Yong Shanling's face. She squatted in front of Mu Yu. Mu Yu tried to get up, but her whole body was already sapped of strength.
Yong Shanling took out a white medicine bottle and looked at Mu Yu curiously. "Were you looking for this?"
A glimmer of hope flashed in Mu Yu's eyes. She tried to snatch it, but Yong Shanling quickly withdrew her hand. "Mu Yu, was the fish soup delicious? I think the red wine was pretty good too, right?"
"What do you want! Give me the medicine quickly."
Seeing that Yong Shanling didn't give her the medicine for a long time, Mu Yu grew anxious. She tried to stand up, but her legs had already lost all feeling.
"It seems it was indeed the right decision not to drink that fish soup. Otherwise, it would be me lying on the ground now."
"So you've known about my plan all along!"
Mu Yu gave up pretending. Her face was full of ferocity.
"After all, your intention was too obvious. Sitting next to you, the intense desire to kill me was overwhelming. How could anyone fail to see through it?"
"Before doing anything, you should be patient. Revealing your emotions so quickly, once others know your plan, how could they possibly follow your lead?"
"When did you know..."
"Actually, I noticed something was off when I saved you. You had been with Lu Liang for so long. How could Lu Liang not have taken action? But just before the wedding was about to start, you got sick.
"And this spell can take someone's life in two days. But you were able to calculate the time so precisely and predict that I would come. I'm afraid you've planted quite a few of your informants among Uncle Shu's people too."
"I have to admit you're smart, Mu Yu."
"Are you done? Can you give me the medicine now? Hurry up!"
Although Mu Yu was surprised that Yong Shanling knew her plan, compared to her own life, these things didn't matter.
Yong Shanling shook her head helplessly and threw the bottle over. Mu Yu opened it excitedly, only to find that there was no antidote left. She immediately threw the bottle at Yong Shanling.
But the bottle just rolled to the side lightly. "Where's my medicine! Where's my medicine!"
"Ah!" Yong Shanling pretended to be panicked and looked at Mu Yu.
"What should I do? I accidentally threw it away."
Hearing her words, Mu Yu almost fainted. "What do you want from me!"
"It should be what you want from me, right! I saved you, but why did you try to kill me? Will you gain something if I die?"
Yong Shanling finally couldn't hold back. A hint of anger appeared on her face. She really couldn't understand people's hearts more and more.
"Humph, originally I thought I would die at Nan Min's hands, but unexpectedly, I'm going to die because of myself."
She felt the pain in her abdomen intensify. She bit her lips to keep herself from fainting. The severe pain spread all over her body, stimulating her nerves.
She felt as if her stomach was being cut open by thousands of sharp knives. The excruciating pain filled her whole body. The waves of pain seemed to be swallowing her up.
She was scared, really scared. She was so unwilling. She was unwilling to die like this. There were still so many things she hadn't done. She endured the pain and crawled to Yong Shanling's feet, grabbing her feet. The sweat on her hands soaked Yong Shanling's pants.
"Ling'er, I was wrong. I'm really sorry. If I didn't deal with you, Nan Min would have killed me. I had no choice. Please save me. Please."
Yong Shanling removed her hand and stared at her coldly. "Nan Min is the man next to Lu Liang, right? Who exactly is he?"
Mu Yu endured the pain and slowly said, "He said he's a soul cultivator. If we offer him a hundred souls, he'll grant our wishes. Originally, I was also one of his targets. But by chance, I found out that Lu Liang wanted to attack me, so I started to cooperate with Lu Liang.
"Originally, I wanted to use your hand to get rid of her this time, but it didn't work out. So he told me to kill you. I really had no other choice."
She grabbed Mu Yu's chin, and the strength in her hand increased. Just when Mu Yu felt her chin was about to break, Yong Shanling let go. "If you could be a bit more sincere, you could die a bit slower."
Hearing her words, Mu Yu widened her eyes. "What, what do you mean..."
"It's you who wants to get rid of me, right? What do you want to gain? You want to get Mu Yijie, right? For such a boring trick, that Nan Min wouldn't even bother with it."
Hearing Yong Shanling's words, Mu Yu felt even more desperate. Watching her leaving back, she slowly closed her eyes. Suddenly, she opened her eyes and saw herself lying on a bed. There were a group of people standing beside her.
Mu Yun saw Mu Yu wake up and hugged her tightly. "Sister, you're awake."
"I, I, I'm not dead?" Mu Yu looked at the group of people around her and felt a bit dazed.
"You just fainted. What are you talking about dying or not?" Mu Yun looked at Mu Yu angrily.
But Mu Yu pushed Mu Yun away and looked around nervously as if looking for something. Suddenly, she rushed out of bed, pulled open the drawer and found the medicine was still there. There was no sign of it being touched.
"Where's Yong Shanling! Where did Yong Shanling go? I'm going to find her."
Mu Yu grabbed Mu Yun's hand. Mu Yun looked at her sister strangely and couldn't help but feel worried.
"Sister, they're all asleep. Can we talk about it tomorrow? You should rest first."
Hearing her words, Mu Yu was about to rush out of the door, but Lu Liang stopped her. Then Lu Liang turned to Mu Yun and said, "I'll take care of this. You go and rest first."
Watching Mu Yun leave, Lu Liang threw Mu Yu onto the bed. Mu Yu seemed to feel the pain and came to her senses a bit. She grabbed Lu Liang's hand nervously.
"Yong Shanling, she wants to kill me. She wants to kill me."
Lu Liang looked at her impatiently. "What are you talking nonsense about? What exactly happened between you two?"
"She forced me to drink the fish soup, and there was poison in it. Then she left without giving me the medicine."
"What fish soup?" Lu Liang felt a bit strange.
"The fish soup I took out."
"You must be dreaming. You never even went into the kitchen. Where did you get the fish soup from? And you just took a sip of wine and fainted. How could Yong Shanling kill you?"
Hearing Lu Liang's words, Mu Yu stood there stunned.
"Yeah, the medicine is still there. And according to what they said, Yong Shanling never came... So was it just a dream..."