CHAPTER 279: CHAPTER 279 - IF I CAN’T HAVE IT, NO ONE WILL

When Madam Xie said this, her face was filled with a bitter smile.

Ji Youran and Huo Xing’Er, who were very perceptive, took Xiaosuisui away.

Xiaosuisui was puzzled. "Why can’t we stay?"

Huo Xing’Er sighed silently and patted her little head. "Everyone has sorrows they are willing to share. Madam Xie has hers too. If she doesn’t want us to know, then we shouldn’t pry!"

Xiaosuisui nodded, seemingly understanding. Then she spotted her beautiful sister and rushed towards her with open arms. "Pretty sister, hug me!"

Xie Pan’Er’s eyes were red. Seeing Xiaosuisui reaching out to her, she quickly stepped forward. However, she did not embrace her and remained silent.

Huo Xing’Er noticed that Xie Pan’Er’s gaze never left the Pavilion in the back Garden. She knew what Xie Pan’Er was thinking.

"Xiaosuisui’s maternal grandmother made a special trip here to back you up. With her around, your Fifth House should be able to separate. Don’t worry!"

Hearing Huo Xing’Er’s words of comfort, a bitter smile appeared on Xie Pan’Er’s face.

"I never imagined my parents suffered so much for us siblings!"

"It will be over soon," Huo Xing’Er comforted her.

Xie Pan’Er kept her head down and didn’t say a word, leading them towards her family’s Courtyard.

By now, Xie Wulang, the Luo Family, and Xie Si all had red eyes.

"Father! Mother! I have wronged you! If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have suffered so much over the years!"

The Luo Family gave a bitter smile. "This is not your fault. As parents, protecting you siblings is our duty. Si, what your Eldest Paternal Aunt said just now... not all of it is true!"

"Not... not all of it is true? Mother! What do you mean?"

The Luo Family didn’t speak, but Xie Wulang, who had been sitting in his wheelchair, did. "She was too cooperative with that Seventh Young Master Ji’s questioning."

Over the years, to suppress the Gu Insect in his body, he had to drink a large amount of strong liquor every day. Therefore, he was always groggy and rarely lucid, but that didn’t mean his brain was damaged from the drinking.

"Too cooperative, yes, excessively cooperative. No wonder I always felt that something was strange."

Xie Si began to recall the interrogation of the Lin Family and that Maid Liu by Ji Youzhi, after Old Madam Ji had left.

Ji Youzhi asked Maid Liu.

"Why did you help the Lin Family buy wine? And keep it a secret from everyone? Didn’t you think there was something strange about your Master asking you to buy wine secretly?"

Seeing that everyone who should have left had gone, Maid Liu plucked up her courage and said, "Because the wine was for Mr. Xie Wulang, I bought it."

"Buying wine for Xie Wulang, you didn’t think there was a problem? Why?"

Maid Liu looked as if she found it hard to speak and didn’t answer for a long time. In the end, it was the Luo Family who spoke.

"Because our Young Mistress was fond of Wulang, she bought wine for him. In Sister Liu’s eyes, this was nothing strange!"

Previously, Maid Liu and the Luo Family had both been Maids to the Lin Family, and they used to address each other as sisters.

"Because she liked him? So you didn’t suspect anything?" Ji Youzhi pressed.

"If it were someone else, I would indeed have suspicions. But that person is my Young Mistress. Lord God Hunter, you might not know this, but my Young Mistress has a stubborn character. She’s been competitive since she was a child. Anything she couldn’t get, she would strive to obtain by any means. If she still couldn’t get it after trying everything, she would find a way to destroy it."

Without a second thought, Maid Liu blurted out the Lin Family’s character traits!

Ji Youzhi heard this and turned his gaze to the Luo Family, asking, "Is what Maid Liu said true?"

The Luo Family nodded to confirm.

"Indeed, our Young Mistress’s character is truly like that! When she was a child, she loved listening to the operas of Mei Ruoyun, the Great Master Mei. But Great Master Mei had a rule: only three performances a year. So our Young Mistress spent a fortune trying to book an entire performance. When Great Master Mei refused, she bought up all the tickets from everyone who had purchased them, paying double the price. Later, when Great Master Mei was to take the stage, it was found that our Young Mistress was the only one in the audience. Consequently, Great Master Mei refused to perform. Afterwards, our Young Mistress put a drug that ruins the throat into Great Master Mei’s tea. Since then, Great Master Mei has never sung opera again."

Ji Youzhi and the others had never imagined that this case would also uncover a poisoning plot!