The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Chapter 1729 - 1728: It's Not Convenient Right Now

Wen Jinjin chose to keep it secret and not tell Tang Rao mainly because she didn't want Tu Hongxiu to know, but now it seemed that once Tang Rao knew, it was only a matter of time before Tu Hongxiu found out as well."That's Sister Hongxiu's father. I think she has the right to know too. While Uncle Tu's condition isn't too serious yet, Sister Hongxiu can still spend more time with him. I'm sure the one who wanted to use Uncle Tu to harm Tang Rao never expected that after Sister Hongxiu learned her father was poisoned, she'd become even more rational."

Wang Han really was Wen Jinjin's backbone. She laid out the pros and cons from every angle, inside and out, and Wen Jinjin followed Wang Han's line of reasoning and agreed to tell Tang Rao about this first.

This time it was only Tu Lingfeng, and Tu Lingfeng was temporarily all right. Who would it be next?

As long as this person wasn't dragged out into the open, the entire Kao Shan Sect wouldn't have a single day of peace.

Wen Jinjin turned to glance at the room where Tu Lingfeng was, then followed Wang Han away from there and went to Tang Rao's courtyard.

"Yo, two beauties, it's not even dark in Tiandu yet and you've already made a date to come find me? Even if you're into me, it's still a bit early. A lot of things are really not very convenient at this hour."

Wen Jinjin could ignore him; she was thin-skinned to begin with. The one Tang Rao actually wanted to tease was Wang Han.

He'd thought Wang Han would at least scold him, or curse him out a few times—getting flayed with words was entirely possible. But this time, after he finished talking and stared at Wang Han, he couldn't get even the slightest reaction out of her.

"Sister Wang Han, what's with you? Did someone bully you or make you feel wronged?"

Both Wang Han and Wen Jinjin had looks that screamed "something big has happened," which made Tang Rao unable to hold back from asking what exactly was going on.

"Tang Rao, something big has happened!"

The sentence rolled around in Wang Han's throat three times before she finally spat it out slowly.

The "something big" she mentioned had to be very big.

"Talk!"

Tang Rao couldn't sit still. He didn't know how big the matter he was about to hear would be.

"Something really, really big—Sister Hongxiu's father, Tu Lingfeng, has been poisoned!"

Tu Lingfeng?

Wasn't that Tang Rao's father‑in‑law?

Even if Tang Rao spent the whole day outside running himself ragged, he still remembered the existence of this father‑in‑law, Tu Lingfeng.

"If he's poisoned, then detoxify him. What did he eat wrong or what happened?"

Thank goodness it was only Poison, Tang Rao thought to himself.

Before his mood could relax, Wang Han continued, "I know you detoxify Poison when someone's poisoned. The key is, Jin Jin said this is a man‑made, antidote‑less Poison, and even she can't cure it. What better ideas could you possibly have?"

Wang Han hadn't come to ask Tang Rao for a way to detoxify. In her view, if even Wen Jinjin couldn't think of a way, she had even less reason to expect Tang Rao to come up with something.

"Who told you I've got no way? Don't forget, my master is Granny Hua—a legend in the Poison world."

When it came to Granny Hua, and then to his own Poison skills, Tang Rao was quite proud.

Granny Hua had been using and countering Poison for many years; what kind of Poison hadn't she seen? Since Tu Lingfeng was poisoned, Tang Rao would go invite Granny Hua now to have a look. Maybe they could quickly resolve the Poison in Tu Lingfeng's body.

"And what if Granny Hua also has no way?"

Wen Jinjin didn't have much achievement in Poison, but she now had the Golden Finger. She might not be good at using Poison, yet after seeing the state of someone's poisoning, she still had a certain right to speak when it came to detoxifying.

This Poison was just too rare. Wen Jinjin could foresee that she wouldn't be able to cure it, and Granny Hua might not be able to provide any great news either.

"If Granny Hua has no way, then we'll talk about having no way. At the very least we have to try. Otherwise, no one will ever know whether it might work or not."

Tang Rao still believed in Granny Hua. Besides, neither he nor Granny Hua had even examined Tu Lingfeng's condition yet. If he gave up beforehand, wouldn't that be unfair to Tu Lingfeng?

"Let's go, find Granny Hua."

Tang Rao slapped his knee, got up from the grand master chair, and headed out through the door.

Granny Hua had long known that Tang Rao was coming and had been waiting outside the door for quite some time.

"Master, what a coincidence. I was just coming to find you and here you are."

Granny Hua had planted Poison all around the perimeter of her courtyard. Once the Poison grew up, anyone who accidentally touched the flowers and plants around her place would not meet a good end.

Tang Rao knew what these Poisonous Grass looked like and how they worked, so when he came, to keep himself and the two others from suffering, he had already told them in advance not to touch anything and to follow exactly in his footsteps.

"I was waiting here for you. You brat are not bad—you didn't make me wait too long."

Huh?

Granny Hua had been deliberately waiting here?

She didn't have the ability to foresee the future, so how could she know they would come at this time?

"Master, you knew we were coming here long ago? Then you also know why we're here?"

Granny Hua did not deny it.

"Of course I know. I also know you want me to help."

Before Tang Rao came, someone had already told Granny Hua what had happened in the Kao Shan Sect. So it was perfectly normal that she wasn't surprised by Tang Rao's arrival.

"That's great, then. Since you already know, you must also have thought of a way to deal with this, right?"

A way to deal with all this?

No.

Granny Hua shook her head. "I only know what you want me to do, but I can't help you. Your little schemes are useless on me."

"Master, what do you mean? Don't tell me you already know what kind of Poison my father‑in‑law has?"

Saying too much to Granny Hua was pointless; it was better to go straight in and ask what he wanted to know.

"The first time that little wife of yours went to treat your father‑in‑law, I already knew. I've also spent this time studying the Poison in his body. It's a pity—after using Poison for so many years, I've always believed no one could rival me in this field. Looks like I've been arrogant. In this world, I'm really not the only one who's good at Poison."

She had thought her Poison skills unmatched, but now it seemed Granny Hua wasn't as formidable as she herself imagined. At least at present, there was a type of Poison right in front of her, and she truly couldn't think of any way to detoxify it.

"Then what should we do? Today I used the Silver Needle to temporarily control the spread of toxins in Uncle Tu's body. But that control only lasts for a short time; it can't be sustained. If we suppress the Poison in him for a long time, the toxins will burrow deeper into his five viscera and six bowels. By then, even if a great immortal descended, they wouldn't be able to save his life. I can't think of any other way to detoxify him, but I don't want to just give up on Uncle Tu."

As a healer with a benevolent heart, Wen Jinjin couldn't save Tu Lingfeng, and it felt like knives twisting in her chest. She couldn't hold back her tears, which kept falling.

"Jin Jin, don't cry yet. There will always be a way. Didn't you say we can't give up? How come you're the first one to cry?"