Chapter 203: Chapter 203: Like a Powder Keg
Ningwan’s question, Mrs. Leng naturally wouldn’t answer her.
Moreover, she didn’t admit to having much interaction with Li Qingqing.
Observation time was up, Leng Ziqing was fine, and Ningwan could only leave with Jin Yingzi and the others.
"Could it be that the Young Master Leng was really poisoned by the Eldest Miss!" Mrs. Chen asked in surprise in the car: "No matter what Mrs. Leng is searching for, she shouldn’t harm her own son."
"Mrs. Chen, did Mrs. Leng have a good relationship with father before?" Ningwan asked.
Mrs. Chen sighed: "Better than siblings of the same mother, when Young Master was born, the Eldest Miss was only a few years old. Because of her poor background, she was often ostracized in the Zhan Family. The Old Madam didn’t like her, after all, she was an illegitimate daughter, but Young Master was very fond of this sister. As soon as he could speak, he called her sister first. Whoever gave his sister a hard time or spoke harshly, he would get angry.
Although Young Master was frail, he would fight others for the Eldest Miss, nearly risking his life. Because Young Master protected her, even though the Old Madam wasn’t exactly affectionate with the Eldest Miss, they were respectful towards each other. When the Eldest Miss got married, the dowry was handled by the Eldest Young Master, it was the talk of Jiangcheng at the time, everyone knew the Eldest Miss married with a lavish dowry, she was unrivaled in Jiangcheng. And for this reason, the Leng Family had great respect for the Eldest Miss, after all, she had the backing of her maternal family."
"I didn’t expect their relationship to be so good, then why were there later rumors that it was Mrs. Leng who harmed father?" Ningwan asked.
"We were also puzzled, we don’t know who spread these rumors, it’s pure nonsense. The Old Madam never believed them, she said that no matter what, even if the whole world had the potential to harm Young Master, it wouldn’t be her." Mrs. Chen said.
Ningwan thought of a possibility, perhaps it was Mrs. Leng herself who spread the rumors.
And the purpose might have been to relax certain people’s vigilance, so she could find out something.
Mrs. Leng really went to great lengths to find out the truth.
Planning for so many years.
Now knowing that she might have jeopardized Zhan Changwen’s chance of survival back then, holding a grudge against her is understandable.
"Li, Mrs. Chen, Wangyue, you three go down first."
The car drove back home, but Ningwan asked the driver, Mrs. Chen, and Wangyue to get off.
The driver was quite obedient, but Mrs. Chen and Wangyue were puzzled.
Ningwan said, "I have some words to speak alone with Jin Yingzi, you are quite unsuitable."
Only then did the two get off the car.
Jin Yingzi asked, "What do you want to say to me? About Leng Ziqing?"
"Yes, describe Leng Ziqing’s situation to me." Ningwan said.
Jin Yingzi said, "He is indeed poisoned, but his emaciation and inability to eat aren’t entirely due to poisoning. Mostly it’s... indeed missing someone, the poisoning is very mild. There’s also musk in his room, if you enter and are pregnant, you would certainly have a miscarriage."
"It seems they really spared no effort to deal with me." Ningwan said.
Jin Yingzi lowered her eyes.
After a moment, she whispered a reminder: "Since you know, be careful."
"Li Qingqing, Mrs. Leng, ha, since she could reach out to Mrs. Leng, why didn’t she reach out to you?" Ningwan asked with a smile.
Jin Yingzi’s face froze, quickly raising her head to glance at her.
Ningwan confirmed, "I think Li Qingqing must have approached you too, right? Why did you refuse?"
Jin Yingzi lowered her eyelids again.
Ningwan had spoken so much, denying it further was pointless.
"She did approach me, but I refused. Previously... I did something that let you down, but at that time, I had unavoidable reasons. Of course, if I say I had reasons, you might think I’m just making excuses. But now I’ve brought my family back, away from that poverty-stricken life. I don’t have any ambitions, I just want to study well, graduate early, earn money soon, and I don’t care about what others promised."
"What did she want you to do?" Ningwan asked.
Jin Yingzi said, "Make poison, she didn’t say it very clearly, anyway just to identify some herbs, I refused, said I don’t need it."
"You’ve been by Zhan Hanjue’s side for so long, you should understand his character well. If you betray him, do anything to anger him, having your family taken out of the mountain, Zhan Hanjue will make them go back, and life would be worse than before." Ningwan coldly threatened.
Jin Yingzi lowered her head: "I know, so I won’t step over the line."
Ningwan opened the car door and got off.
It wasn’t that she wanted to deliberately scare Jin Yingzi.
Once unfaithful, forever distrustful.
The same pit, she couldn’t fall into twice.
"Ningwan."
Zhan Hanjue rushed in hurriedly.
Ningwan was fiddling with the cymbidium orchid with Wangyue, she was startled by the man’s angry shout.
Wangyue patted her small chest, frightened, she said: "What’s with Zhan Hanjue, swallowed gunpowder?"
"Wangyue, you go out first." Ningwan said.
When Zhan Hanjue shouted, he was still outside the door.
Shortly after, he came in.
With furrowed brows, a gloomy face, he really seemed as if he had eaten gunpowder.
Wangyue was worried, she whispered: "Miss Ye, I’d better stay here! What if he abuses you domestically? If he does, I’ll knock him out."
"No need, he wouldn’t domestically abuse me, you go out first." Ningwan smiled.
Wangyue was still uneasy.
But she couldn’t disobey Ningwan, so she reluctantly left.
"What’s wrong? So angry, want some honeysuckle tea to clear the heat and reduce fire."
Ningwan smiled as she walked towards Zhan Hanjue, tilting her head to look at him, her eyes full of warm smiles.
The man took a deep breath, still coldly looking at her, as if her intentionally appeasing smile couldn’t reduce his anger at all.
"I ask you, did you go to the Leng Family today?"
"Yes."
Ningwan admitted.
"Why didn’t you tell me?" The man asked angrily.
Ningwan said, "I wanted to tell you, but knowing you were busy with the company, I didn’t want to disturb you. Besides, I returned safely, nothing happened, why are you still angry?"
"Don’t you know it was very dangerous for you to go, this was a trap set by Zhan Changxin." The man reprimanded again.
He was truly furious.
He didn’t even call her aunt or Mrs. Leng, but directly referred to Zhan Changxin by name.
Ningwan was amused yet helpless.
She could only lean against him, reach out to stroke his chest, trying to calm him down.
However, Zhan Hanjue did not calm down.
On the contrary, he pushed her hand away more angrily, reprimanding again: "Ningwan, this is the last time, if you ever have anything without telling me and make decisions on your own, don’t blame me for not wanting you. It’s always like this, who do you think you are? Divine Doctor Bai Zhi, these are titles others give you, do you really think you’re a deity?"