Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 2542: Chapter 2543: Return to Tianyun (109)

”I suppose so.” Gong Juechen nodded, before saying, ”I secretly checked his pulse just now and found the poison is still the same, not cleared at all. The medicine I prepared should only suppress some effects of the poison, but cannot cure it completely.”

”What should we do then?”

”If it were half a month ago, I might have been interested in dealing with it. But now my excitement has passed, and frankly, as long as the poison hasn’t reached a certain dose, it won’t kill him.”

”You mean the amount of poison in his body now isn’t enough to kill him?”

”Hmm~”

”But what if someone keeps poisoning him?”

”Then it’s just up to fate~”

”You’re really not going to try anymore?”

”Some people just have their destiny. He was like that soon after birth but survived until now; it’s just his fate. Maybe when we’re all dead in the future, he’ll still be alive.” After a pause, Gong Juechen lowered his voice further, ”Besides, Taoming Ye is not a simple character.”

Ye Zhi couldn’t help laughing, ”He’s a perfectly normal person, yet you describe him as a character? But where is he not simple? I find him quite straightforward. Everyone knows that he’s always sickly and almost always at home recovering, rarely going out.”

Gong Juechen snorted, ”Slayer Tower’s intelligence is never wrong. As you know, although I’m still the Building Master, I hardly manage things anymore and let Star handle it for me. But last time, I casually asked about Taoming Ye, and someone told me Taoming Ye is an invisible tycoon. The owner of Jade Cloth Shop is Taoming Ye. Others don’t know, but it can’t escape Slayer Tower’s eyes.”

”This...” Ye Zhi hadn’t even thought Taoming Ye was slyly ruthless, first paused, and then pulled a long face. ”Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Otherwise, I wouldn’t have stopped you just now from asking them for more money. Now we only got fifty thousand tales.”

She truly didn’t mind having more money.

”Sometimes I didn’t think of it, so I didn’t tell you. It’s all my fault, all my fault, don’t be like that. I’ll earn it back for you later. Tomorrow, I’ll make some medicine and force Qinger to buy it. I’ll ask him for a hundred thousand taels to compensate you, okay?”

Ye Zhi felt both sweet and amused, ”You’re asking your son-in-law for money, and you’re okay with it!”

”He’s rich; so many casinos count money until their hands cramp. Luckily someone counts for him, so he doesn’t have to count himself.”

”That money is meant for proper use; you’re not allowed to ask him for it.”

”Then I’ll find other ways to earn money for you. Don’t be unhappy. We’re already old; how can you still be so unhappy? You need to be happy to live longer; seeing you live longer gives me the mood to live longer too.”

Ye Zhi felt even more sweetness in her heart but pushed him, scolding, ”Get out of here, who asked you to earn money? We’re already a skeleton old, and still every day is money, money, money. Our family doesn’t lack money! I was just feeling cheated by Taoming Ye’s appearance earlier and got fifty thousand taels from his family, which I originally thought was too much. I never thought he was invisibly wealthy.”

Gong Juechen laughed mischievously as he leaned in again, ”Well, the matter is over, don’t dwell on it. Who cares about him? I’m not interested in him anymore, don’t want to test medicine on him. Let’s just continue with our lives. By the way, Lele asked us to bring back some marinated pig’s trotters, saying Auspicious Liquor House’s marinated pig’s trotters are particularly delicious, so let’s go buy some.”