There is no airtight seal in this world.
With the advancement of technology and the development of the internet, information spreads faster and faster.
Some hot gossip can cause a national sensation in a very short time. For example, the two incidents of "doing hair" and "playing the piano" became known to everyone almost overnight.
The engagement of Huangfu Weixia and Wei Qianyuan spread before the banquet even ended.
By the time the banquet concluded, the entire upper class of the Dragon Country was discussing the matter.
Although Huangfu Weixia and Wei Qianyuan had reached the pinnacle in their respective fields and were representatives of the younger generation in the Dragon Triangle, their engagement was not enough to shake the entire upper class of the Dragon Country.
The reason for this was Jiang Wuming.
Although Jiang Wuming was not directly involved in this matter, everyone could see that Huangfu Weixia had broken off the engagement because Jiang Wuming had caused a scene at the engagement ceremony.
In this context, many people believed that Jiang Wuming attended the engagement ceremony to snatch the bride!
And if it were only Jiang Wuming, this matter would not have had such a great impact—this matter involved Li Lianyi!
People in the upper class of the Dragon Country knew about Jiang Wuming's engagement to Li Lianyi and had always wanted to know how this long-arranged engagement would finally be called off.
Now, with the incident of Jiang Wuming "snatching the bride," the world was even more curious!
Would Li Lianyi and the Li family call off the engagement because of this?
After the "bride snatching" incident, the eyes of almost the entire upper class of the Dragon Country turned to the ancestral land of the Li family, awaiting the reaction of Li Lianyi and the Li family.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the ancestral land of the Li family, located in the southwest, was quiet. The air in the ancestral land was filled with the fragrance of medicine, and Li Lianyi was personally brewing medicine in the pharmacy.
This was a drug she had developed for cancer, which could eliminate tumors in patients and inhibit the spread of cancer cells. It was still in the experimental stage, and if successful, it would overcome the greatest challenge currently faced by human medicine.
In the medicine preparation room, only Li Lianyi was present.
This was her habit.
While she was researching and brewing medicine, no one, including the head of the Li family, was allowed to disturb her.
"Buzz."
Suddenly, the sound of a phone vibrating rang out.
Li Lianyi took out her phone and saw it was a call from her cousin, Li Xiaoman. She immediately guessed the purpose of her call and, after thinking for a moment, answered the phone.
Li Lianyi had been immersed in medicine since she was young and had very little contact with the outside world. Even within the Li family, few people were close to her.
Li Xiaoman was an exception.
To Li Lianyi, Li Xiaoman was not only her cousin but also one of the few friends she had in this world.
"Lianyi, are you busy?"
The call was answered quickly, and Li Xiaoman spoke first, not getting straight to the point, but asking if Li Lianyi was available.
"I'm brewing medicine,"
Li Lianyi replied, "But answering the phone doesn't affect it. Cousin, is there something you're calling about?"
"Lianyi, do you know about what happened in Donghai?" Li Xiaoman asked, no longer beating around the bush.
"Cousin, you're talking about what happened at the Donghai Hotel, right?"
Li Lianyi had previously received a call from Li Shanglai, the chairman of Longteng Pharmaceutical, and learned about the incident at the Donghai Hotel. She guessed that Li Xiaoman was calling about this matter.
"You... you already know?" Li Xiaoman seemed a little surprised.
In her memory, Li Lianyi had been engrossed in medicine since childhood, paying little attention to other matters, and even not caring about the outside world.
The incident at the Donghai Hotel had just happened, and Li Lianyi already knew about it, so how could she not be surprised?
"Yes, Uncle Shanglai called me earlier to tell me about it," Li Lianyi said.
"Lianyi, since Uncle Shanglai called you about this, it means he believes you are paying attention to Jiang Wuming. If that's the case, why are you still in the mood to brew medicine when Jiang Wuming went to snatch the bride?!"
Li Xiaoman asked with confusion.
"Snatch the bride?"
Li Lianyi seemed a little stunned.
"Yes, everyone outside says that Huangfu Weixia canceled her engagement with Wei Qianyuan because of Jiang Wuming. Jiang Wuming went to the engagement ceremony with the intention of disrupting it so that he could be with Huangfu Weixia, which is what's called snatching the bride!"
Li Xiaoman explained, then asked doubtfully, "Didn't Uncle Shanglai tell you all this?"
"He only told me about the incident itself, but this is not snatching the bride,"
Li Lianyi answered first, then stated her own opinion.
"Why? Did Jiang Wuming explain to you?"
Li Xiaoman asked subconsciously.
"No, this is just my personal opinion," Li Lianyi said.
"Lianyi, you..."
Hearing Li Lianyi's words again, the shock on Li Xiaoman's face was even more intense than before.
However, before Li Xiaoman could finish her sentence, Li Lianyi softly interrupted, "Cousin, the medicine is almost ready. I can't talk to you anymore."
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Lianyi hung up the phone without waiting for Li Xiaoman to say anything else.
She placed her phone on a nearby table, stepped forward to lift the lid of the medicine pot, sniffed the medicinal fragrance, and then closed the lid again. She squatted down and added some dry firewood.
Although there were various advanced medicine brewing tools nowadays, Li Lianyi still preferred the primitive method of brewing medicine over a wood fire, just as she loved nature.
After adding the firewood, Li Lianyi picked up her phone again and opened Longxin. She found that the friend she had pinned at the top, "Wuliang," had not sent her any messages.
"It's my business to understand, it's your business not to say—you owe me an explanation."
Li Lianyi put away her phone and mumbled softly.
The firelight cast a rare trace of resentment on the girl's exceptionally beautiful face.
If anyone from the Li family saw this scene, they would be absolutely stunned!
...
At the same time.
A Hongqi sedan with official plates was driving on the streets of Donghai, heading towards the family compound of the Donghai Military Compound. Wei Xiang and his son, Wei Qianyuan, were sitting in the back seat of the car.
"Qianyuan, I know you feel wronged and angry, and you want revenge."
Wei Xiang spoke first, breaking the silence in the car.
Wei Qianyuan remained silent.
A father knows his son best. Wei Qianyuan could pretend and deceive others, but he couldn't deceive his own father!
"Don't worry about the Huangfu family; the family will handle it."
Seeing this, Wei Xiang pondered for a moment and then said, "As for that Jiang Wuming, since Qin Linhai has publicly stated his position, it means the entire Qin family will support Jiang Wuming. If you retaliate against him, the Qin family will not stand idly by. Consider yourself bitten by a dog and endure it. As you said, he is an enemy of the world and won't live long."
"Dad, some things need to be done in person," Wei Qianyuan said with a gloomy expression.
"You want to take revenge on Jiang Wuming?"
Wei Xiang's heart stirred, and he frowned. "He has strong martial arts skills, and he has the support of the Qin family and the Donghai Martial Arts Academy behind him. How can you retaliate against him?"
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,"
Wei Qianyuan squeezed out these eight words through his teeth, his expression so cold that it sent shivers down one's spine.
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ps: There's more tonight. The epidemic here has exploded. Everyone, please take precautions.