"Heh, it's a critical moment now, she wouldn't dare. I've sent something to her, holding her by the scruff of the neck. She's probably quaking in her boots right now."
"What did you give her?"
"A great gift, I believe Qin Huaiyu will like it."
What Zhou Xuan said was correct.
Qin Huaiyu was currently in a frantic state.
This was because Zhou Xuan had sent her an encrypted email.
The email stated that if anything happened to her, the Qin family would not be safe.
He held evidence of the Qin family's privately established police force, their ambition to become the underground king of Shangjing, and their unlawful imprisonment and torture of ordinary people.
Once this evidence fell into the hands of Qin Huaiyu's rivals, it would ignite a bloody storm.
"Brother Xuan, you're truly amazing! That fool Qin Qingya is practically your lucky charm, haha."
Lu Ling'er covered her mouth, laughing heartily.
"Yes, she probably never imagined there was something called a pinhole camera, and that it was hidden inside my body."
After the banquet that day, Zhou Xuan had raced cars with someone. After sending Lu Ling'er off, he had already implanted the camera into his body.
Qin Qingya only thought of capturing people, torturing them, and then killing them. How could she possibly have Qin Huaiyu's cunning mind?
Zhou Xuan had recorded everything clearly, from the fake police officers to everything that followed.
During their conversation, he even lured the other party into saying many things detrimental to the Qin family and Qin Huaiyu.
He had only sent a small segment of it to Qin Huaiyu.
Otherwise, why would he have willingly been captured by Qin Qingya at that time?
Qin Qingya probably still had no idea where things had gone wrong.
At this moment.
She had been locked in her room by Qin Huaiyu without food for three days.
Neither Grandpa Qin nor Qin Chao had even glanced at her.
"Brother, please let me out, beg Big Sister for me! I don't want to die, I'm so hungry!"
"Sister, you shouldn't have been so impulsive. You've made the family head tremble and almost caused the entire Qin family to be buried with you."
"Starving you for a few days is the least of your punishments. If you weren't my sister, you'd likely be dead by now."
Qin Chao doted on his sister, but since Qin Huaiyu had given the order, no one could show her pity.
"I'm sorry, I truly know I was wrong."
"Then tell me, where were you wrong? If you can say it, I can ask Huaiyu to plead for you."
"I... I..."
Qin Qingya was suddenly dumbfounded.
She had no idea where she had gone wrong.
"Am I just being called impulsive? But Zhou Xuan isn't dead, and the matter hasn't blown up yet!"
Qin Chao shook his head and turned to leave.
However, in her desperation, Qin Qingya fainted and fell to the ground.
Seeing her like this, Qin Chao ultimately couldn't bear it and carried her out.
Elder Deng examined her pulse and was immediately astonished.
"Miss Qin is critically ill! How could you let her go hungry?"
"Ah?"
Qin Chao had not expected her condition to be so severe.
"To put it bluntly, although Miss Qin's hidden ailment is not very honorable, you can't neglect her treatment for the sake of face. While it can't be cured, simple control and pain relief are possible."
Qin Chao was completely bewildered.
"We haven't neglected her."
"Cannot be cured?"
"You can't either?"
Elder Deng shook his head, "I can't either. Unless, you get the Guixing Pill. Or you find Zhou Xuan."
Qin Chao fell silent.
"What will happen if she isn't treated?"
"Miss Qin initially seemed to have a gynecological issue, but upon closer examination, I discovered she appears to have been infected with the Peach Blossom Gu. This Gu is extremely insidious and overbearing. In the beginning, it only causes tinnitus, skin pain, insomnia, shortness of breath, and itching. People mistake it for a simple illness."
"Only when it becomes severe can its peculiar nature as a Gu poison be revealed."
"Gu?"
Not only Qin Chao but also the arriving Qin Zhantian was stunned.
"So, she must have been poisoned by someone when she was out going wild!"
"Damn it! What exactly happened?"
Qin Chao shook Qin Qingya awake and fed her some sugar water. Only then did she regain a little strength. She then wolfed down three bowls of bird's nest soup to restore her spirit.
Upon hearing Elder Deng say she had been infected with the Peach Blossom Gu, she immediately burst into tears.
"Grandpa, Brother, save me, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"
She showed them her festering thighs and body, where clusters of peach blossom-shaped ulcers had formed.
They were oozing pus with crimson edges, like blooming peach blossoms, both evil and alluring.
"Damn it, who would harm you like this!"
Qin Chao cursed as he looked at the blossoming peach petals, his heart aching.
Although Qin Chao appeared calm, he was actually very anxious. He constantly comforted his sister, "Don't be afraid, Brother will make them pay the price!"
Qin Zhantian, on the other hand, sternly questioned, "I won't mention your previous erratic behavior, but you must know who you were with before the problem arose?"
"I don't know... I don't know... I only remember getting drunk one night, and then someone seemed to carry me back..."
Qin Qingya shook her head incessantly, her mind a blank.
She only remembered getting drunk that day and had no recollection of what happened afterward.
Subsequently, she started having problems and feeling uncomfortable everywhere.
"Damn it, which bastard dares to scheme against a member of the Qin family!"
Qin Chao smashed a glass cup with his fist.
He couldn't help but regret not taking her seriously before. He had thought the matter was too embarrassing and hadn't paid much attention to Qingya.
"There's also the matter of the Peach Blossom Gu, and the Love Flower Gu. It's possible Miss Qin was harmed by an admirer. In any case, this Gu is very difficult to cure, and I'm not entirely sure I can."
"Miss, don't be upset, recuperate first!"
After offering a few words of comfort, Elder Deng left in a hurry.
He had to prepare medicinal herbs and acupuncture.
"Qingya!"
She writhed in pain, as if enduring some immense suffering, which made Qin Chao feel distressed.
Qin Qingya's thighs bore several wounds that exposed the bone. The most severe one had already begun to fester.
Qin Chao felt even more regretful, his heart aching terribly.
Everyone present had automatically forgotten what she had done to Zhou Xuan.
"Right, Zhou Xuan! He can save me, Brother, go find him!"
"Alas, you wanted to kill him, even poisoned him. Even if he's alive now, he's practically crippled. How could he possibly save you?"
"Ah?"
"Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"How could this happen?"
"If I had known, I wouldn't have harmed him."
"He could clearly save me, he really could..."
Qin Qingya's pain and regret were so overwhelming that she coughed up a mouthful of black blood and fainted again.
"Qingya!"
Qin Chao was extremely worried.
Qin Zhantian's hands trembled with anger.
Elder Deng rushed back, began applying needles, and started to force the Gu poison to a single location.
"I can only force the poison to one spot, on her thigh. If the person who administered the Gu cannot be found or the Gu cannot be cured, her leg will be crippled instantly, and eventually, she won't be able to walk, with the poison attacking her heart, leading to death."
Elder Deng sighed, gathered his things, and left.
When Qin Qingya slowly regained consciousness, all she did was cry.