Chapter 247: 247 Ceylon Cemetery_1
Hua Zhuo did not intervene in the matter, only speaking up after Xing Mengyu had left.
"I thought you wouldn’t let them off so easily," she said.
"That was my original plan," Wen Jiang didn’t deny it and candidly admitted. "To cause such trouble for the Jimo Family and then just die, letting the Xie Family’s descendants live comfortably? I’m not the reincarnation of a bodhisattva. But he certainly chose his wife well."
She wouldn’t fuss too much with people who knew their place.
Hua Zhuo nodded and shared a minor detail, "Xing Mengyu and Du Zhaiyue’s families are somewhat related by marriage, though distantly. It was for this very reason that Xie Lingyan married Xing Mengyu in the first place. However, Xing Mengyu’s family looked down on Xie Lingyan, and it was only because of the Jimo Family that they allowed Xing Mengyu to marry into theirs."
"Xing Mengyu’s performance greatly disappointed her family, almost severing ties after marrying Xie Lingyan."
"After getting married, Xie Lingyan also grew cold towards her, and her life doesn’t seem to have been going well over the years."
It was clear that Xing Mengyu was not living a good life, but Wen Jiang showed no emotional change upon hearing this.
Seeing this, Hua Zhuo sighed and said with a smile, "I’m just speaking off the top of my head."
As she was pushing her wheelchair to return to the study, Wen Jiang suddenly asked, "Has Xie Lingyu been found yet?"
Hearing her unexpectedly bring up Xie Lingyu, Hua Zhuo was quite surprised. "Why have you become concerned about her?"
She had indeed sent people to rescue her, but the Fiend Organization was a difficult place to infiltrate and save someone from. Hua Zhuo was not particularly proactive, merely instructing the rescue team to look for an opportunity—to slip in if there was a chance, and to let it be if not.
Wen Jiang found it difficult to explain, simply stating, "After the last incident, the Fiend has not taken any action, piquing my curiosity."
Last time at Card City, only that one troublesome incident had occurred, and since then, the Fiend hadn’t caused any more problems.
She certainly wasn’t hoping for it, but as a cultivator, one often has a premonition of impending crisis.
While making cards yesterday, she had suddenly envisioned Xie Lingyu’s face during a moment of meditation.
This was an abnormal occurrence.
As a result, she felt it was a terrible omen.
Envisioning her at this time was not a good sign; her intuition was warning her that something related to Xie Lingyu was drawing closer.
"No..."
Hua Zhuo hesitated a moment before replying, "According to the news that has leaked out, she should be fine right now."
The man who took her away wouldn’t have brought Xie Lingyu along just to torment her.
This was also why Hua Zhuo hadn’t shown much activity lately.
Given the situation, Wen Jiang did not press further. Just then, Hua Zhuo’s phone rang.
After answering, her expression subtly shifted. She then looked up at Wen Jiang. "It’s a call from the hospital. They say Old Lady Xie has had an incident."
In the past, Wen Jiang would not have bothered with this kind of situation. But now, she lowered her eyes and said, "I’ll go with you to take a look."
She had just been thinking about Xie Lingyu, and now Old Lady Xie of the Xie Family had a problem. This surely wasn’t a mere coincidence.
She needed to go and see for herself.
What kind of trouble could arise in a hospital in the Imperial City?
Upon arrival at the hospital, a doctor rushed to report the situation to Hua Zhuo, "Her condition had been good. This morning, not long after breakfast, she began to cough and spit up blood. We’ve taken all the food for testing, and the current examination shows that there is no physical damage to the old lady’s body, but she just suddenly started coughing up blood."
No wonder the hospital made an urgent call.
After all, she was Old Lady Xie from the Xie Family. What if something happened and the Jimo Family started looking for trouble?
The old lady suddenly vomited blood, and they couldn’t find any apparent issue?
Wen Jiang and Hua Zhuo exchanged glances, then entered the hospital room. Old Lady Xie, who had just been examined, lay on the hospital bed looking frail, while the medical staff who had just checked her were being careful yet anxious. After all, if they couldn’t diagnose the problem, how could their hospital take the responsibility?
Xing Mengyu and her group, who were preparing to go abroad, also arrived. They were quite surprised to see Wen Jiang.
Wen Jiang crossed her arms, looking at the old lady. At first glance, she knew what the problem was.
Resentment. It was resentment again.
She narrowed her eyes, the annoyance inside her rising exponentially.
This aura was exactly the same as what she had sensed from Dong Shao and encountered in Card City.
She walked over. The old lady was still moaning in pain, breathing as if she struggled for air, looking like she was gasping and without the strength to even raise her head to see who had come.
In the astonished gaze of the doctor and Hua Zhuo, Wen Jiang raised her hand. The others couldn’t see what Wen Jiang was doing, but Wen Jiang could see it: a wisp of resentment being drawn out by her from between the old lady’s brows.
But this wisp of resentment was not dissipating as before. The eerie, blackish smoke, twisting like a snake, suddenly attempted to rush into Wen Jiang’s forehead at lightning-fast speed.
Such a minor wisp of resentment was no match for Wen Jiang. She pinched the resentment expressionlessly, and as it was extinguished, a sound akin to a lighter exploding emanated from her palm, the ensuing flash startling the surrounding people considerably.
In the dumbfounded stares of everyone, Old Lady Xie took a sharp breath, her whole being seemingly revived. Her breathing also returned to normal.
Hua Zhuo’s brows furrowed.
This wasn’t the first time she had witnessed such a scene. When Wen Jiang visited Dong Shao last time, she had performed a similar act, and Dong Shao had subsequently woken up.
This time, Old Lady Xie had also returned to normal.
It was hard not to connect the two incidents.
"It’s alright now," Wen Jiang said and then left the hospital room. Sensing Wen Jiang’s bad mood, Hua Zhuo followed her out in her wheelchair and asked in a low voice, "What was that thing?"
Wen Jiang pinched her palm and squinted her eyes. "Where is the base of the Fiend Organization?"
Hua Zhuo’s heart skipped, and she unconsciously looked up to ask, "What are you going to do?"
A hint of impatience appeared on Wen Jiang’s face. "Someone is using Xie Lingyu as a target to get to me. I’m going to eliminate this hidden danger for good."
Hua Zhuo was startled. "How do you know it’s related to Xie Lingyu?"
Wen Jiang certainly couldn’t say that her intuition was never wrong.
She had suddenly been warned about Xie Lingyu, and then Old Lady Xie encountered a problem. What reason was there to target the Xie Family like this?
It was obvious that the person behind this was targeting her, Wen Jiang.
Now that Xie Lingyu had been taken by the Fiend Organization, and considering the group’s sinister international reputation along with their strange and varied cards, Wen Jiang felt this was no small matter and most likely involved Yu Jian.
But she didn’t believe Yu Jian herself was directly behind this.
If the Heaven’s Mandate System wasn’t stupid, it wouldn’t keep provoking her. The last incident had already pushed the limits. For it to happen again... unless the System was aiming for mutual destruction with her.
Yu Jian loved to show off. The System had produced many strange props and cards, and she was actually willing to let others use them. Her relationship with the Fiend Organization had never been superficial, and now it seemed the connection ran extremely deep.
Seeing Wen Jiang not continuing, Hua Zhuo disagreed with her going. "International organizations are a lawless zone. Anyone who goes will come back skinned. You’re the heir; you can’t go to such a dangerous place."