Chapter 148: As if seeing through Huangfu's little scheme
Chapter 148: As if seeing through Huangfu's little scheme
With the traps installed and two women skilled in martial arts protecting the family, things were finally settled at home. Now it was time to get down to business.
There is a serious matter right in front of me.
Early the next morning—
Huangfu Qian, expressionless, appeared in Anjia Village, at the Xia family's residence.
When Xia's father and the others saw Huangfu Qian, their palms were sweating with nervousness.
"What brings you here...? I wonder what brings you here?" Father Xia asked nervously, his heart pounding.
"Not long ago, didn't you save someone named Lin Fengzhi?" Huangfu Qian dared to step into the Xia family, having found a reason.
Now, the struggle for the throne should be put aside; what we should really be worried about is an invasion from another world.
“Yes,” Xia’s father was stunned for a moment, and he had some questions in his mind, but this was not a family member, but the King of Jiang, so he dared not ask.
"Shall I take you there now?" Xia's father asked hesitantly.
"No, wait, who saved Lin Fengzhi?" Huangfu Qian stood upright, his face tense, asking in an impartial manner.
Feeling guilty, Xia's father dared not look Huangfu Qian in the eye. Seeing Huangfu Qian's serious expression, he realized he had been overthinking things. He really shouldn't have.
"It was my eldest son and youngest daughter who rescued him," Xia's father didn't want to mention Xia Mo, but since Xia Mo used supernatural powers to bring him back, he had to mention it.
“I want to know what happened back then,” Huangfu Qian said without changing his expression.
Although Xia's father rationally felt that Huangfu Qian was not a person with ulterior motives, he still subconsciously wanted to take precautions.
“Let my eldest son come; he knows everything,” said Xia’s father.
Huangfu Qian, of course, would not name Xia Mo, and nodded with an air of authority.
A short while later, Brother Xia was summoned over.
Brother Xia told Huangfu Qian everything he knew, as well as what Xia Mo had told him.
Huangfu Qian casually asked a few tricky questions, which stumped Brother Xia.
How did I find out what happened at the Lin family's residence?
"Besides Lin Cheng, who else has attacked Lin Fengzhi?"
"..."
Brother Xia looked helplessly at his father.
Xia's father didn't want Xia Mo to meet Huangfu Qianduo, but didn't he also want to?
In the inner quarters, in a training room specially prepared for her—
As summer drew to a close, she set up the formation, opening all the doors and windows to face the mountains and forests, absorbing the wood elemental power of this world.
She multitasked, cultivating while simultaneously using her divine sense to gather information about her entire family.
Xia Mo, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, raised the corners of her mouth playfully, as if she had seen through Huangfu Qian's little thoughts, and whispered to her brother Xia, "Just say it, I'll ask my little sister directly."
In the front hall——
Brother Xia was slightly startled when he suddenly heard Xia Mo's voice transmission, but then he nodded.
Brother Xia looked at Huangfu Qian and said, "My little sister used her special abilities to investigate the Lin family's residence in Anning Prefecture."
A hint of helplessness flashed subtly across Huangfu Qian's hawk-like eyes, so fast that it was almost imperceptible; at least, Xia's father and the others present didn't notice it.
Next, Huangfu Qian asked him questions, and Brother Xia was able to answer them all smoothly.
After asking all his questions, Huangfu Qian could only say, "Take me to see Lin Fengzhi."
"Yes."
* * *
Inside the guest room where Lin Fengzhi was staying—
Lin Fengzhi, lying motionless on the bed for three days, looked utterly dejected and listless.
Xia's father and mother forced him to eat and drink.
The little food they fed them was just enough to keep them alive; any more and they would be gone.
Lin Fengzhi stayed in bed for three days, and instead of gaining weight, he became extremely thin.
The plates used to fix the bones don't need to have their stitches removed; you can simply pull your hand out from inside.
Judging from Lin Fengzhi's attitude, it's clear he's just waiting to die.
Now, more than half of the world's fortune has been stolen by unknown alien invaders. If Lin Fengzhi is added to the mix, the consequences are unimaginable!
"Fengzhi, look, who came to see you?" Xia's mother's voice rang out beside Lin Fengzhi.
Lin Fengzhi remained lying there motionless, his eyes tightly closed, not even his eyeballs moving.
Huangfu Qian looked down at Lin Fengzhi. If it weren't for the world, he really wouldn't want to get involved with someone like Lin Fengzhi.
"It's King Jiang, King Jiang has come to see you!" Seeing that Lin Fengzhi didn't move, Xia's mother had no choice but to excitedly announce Huangfu Qian's name.
Lin Fengzhi kept his eyes closed; his eyeballs moved, but he still didn't open them.
"So, this is your ambition," Huangfu Qian's majestic voice fell from above, striking Lin Fengzhi's ears.
Lin Fengzhi's body jolted violently.
That's not what he wanted.
"What about your ambition as a doctor? Didn't you say you wanted to research the effects of a body-strengthening pill?" Huangfu Qian's emotionless voice rang out again in the guest room.
Huangfu Qian's voice wasn't loud, but it inexplicably had a kind of power that shook people to their core.
Lin Fengzhi finally opened his eyes. His face was weak and bloodless, and his lips were dry and cracked, with blood trickling down them.
As soon as Lin Fengzhi opened his eyes, unable to adjust to the light, his eyes stung, and large tears slid down his cheeks and disappeared into the pillowcase.
Lin Feng's eyes finally focused.
Lin Fengzhi struggled to get up, and with that one movement, his whole body was covered in cold sweat, his clothes soaked through.
"Greetings, Prince Jiang," Lin Fengzhi said with a thud, falling off the bed and kneeling before Huangfu Qian.
Xia's mother felt sorry for him and wanted to help, but Xia's father stopped her.
Xia's father heard his daughter's voice message, telling Xia's mother not to take action or feel sorry for her.
Xia's mother listened to her husband and did not go forward again.
Huangfu Qian did not soften his heart just because Lin Fengzhi fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him; his voice only grew colder.
"Weren't your hands and feet broken? Why can you still use them now?" Huangfu Qian's even colder voice rang out from above Lin Fengzhi's head.
Lin Fengzhi felt a chill run through his body and suddenly shivered.
Lin Fengzhi said, "The bones have been set back, but... I can't do delicate work."
"The Xia family is so kind; they even helped you restore your bones," Huangfu Qian said, his voice still carrying a chill as he praised them.
"You've wasted the Xia family's money, are you not planning to pay it back?" Huangfu Qian asked.
Lin Fengzhi lay on the ground, too weak to straighten up.
"Do you still think that the Xia family should waste their precious medicine on you?" Huangfu Qian's voice was even colder.
Lin Fengzhi's gaze, once focused, became lost again. He looked up, but his eyes seemed to wander off somewhere.
Xia's mother stood to the side, wanting to interject and tell Lin Fengzhi that his hands and feet had fully recovered, but she was afraid of Huangfu Qian's intimidation and dared not speak, deciding to wait until later.
"Besides my unusable medical skills, what else can I offer in return?" Lin Fengzhi said self-deprecatingly.
Huangfu Qian remained silent.
Xia's mother couldn't help but say, "Your hands and feet are all healed! Your bones are fine! You can do delicate work, but your bones are still a bit brittle since they've just healed, so you need to take good care of them!"
Even after Xia's mother spoke, Lin Fengzhi didn't believe her.
Even if a broken bone is set, problems will remain; it's impossible for it to be completely healed.
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