Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2570: Chapter 2571: Adopted Daughter and Biological Child

Bai Ruozhu sneered, indeed they saved a demon, and that demon indeed has the ability to enter dreams. However, Gong Feng had been captured by the Crown Prince to refine demons before, and his foundation was already damaged; it was only later that Yan Zhi sacrificed his life to rescue him. Now, his Demon Power hasn’t been restored, so he can’t use Demonic Method at all.

Moreover, there may be hidden masters in the Capital, so it’s better not to use demons if possible.

This makes it clear that Anben indeed knows a lot about their affairs. Or perhaps the Crown Prince’s demon refining was actually at his instigation.

However, Lingzi was not so easy to fool. She looked at Anben in disappointment, and said, ”I can distinguish what’s fake and what memories I should originally have. You made me take medicine to forget my parents; is it because you feared I wouldn’t respect you as my foster father, or is it to better control me?”

Anben is someone who cares about his face, but Lingzi had already questioned him to this extent, so he couldn’t be bothered to keep pretending and said coldly, ”Adopting you was a blessing for you, don’t be ungrateful!”

Jiang Yichun tightened the hand around Anben’s neck, ”At this point, you’re still acting so arrogantly?”

Bai Ruozhu mercilessly slapped his face with the dagger again, saying, ”Bring the other part of the ’Poison Classic’ here. Do you really think you can deceive us so easily?”

The ninja on the wall was sweating anxiously and hurriedly said, ”Stop hurting our patriarch, or exchange me for him and he can use the things to redeem me.”

Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but laugh, ”Who do you think you are? This exchange is not equal, would anyone be stupid enough to agree? Enough with the nonsense, I’ll give you two periods of time to fetch the other half of the ’Poison Classic’ from the Crown Prince, otherwise, just take Anben’s corpse back with you.”

She took out the Western pocket watch on her neck and checked the time, ”The countdown starts now, only two periods of time.”

”You guys...” The ninja hurriedly looked at Anben, who at this moment was both knife-wounded and poisoned, his breath much weaker. Helplessly, he nodded to his subordinates.

The ninja immediately ordered someone to find the Crown Prince and continued to monitor the situation in the yard.

Lingzi stared at Anben, ”Where are my parents?”

Jiang Yichun tightened his grip around Anben’s neck, ”Speak quickly.”

Anben’s face was flushed red, but due to the poison, it also had a bluish tint, making him look very strange.

”Why should I trouble myself with such matters? It was handled by people below back then, and now how would I know where they’ve gone? But I didn’t kill them, I just didn’t want them constantly bothering you.”

At this point, Anben started playing the family card, ”Though you are not my biological child, I have always treated you like a biological daughter, and I have no other daughters. Since you’ve left that family, why can’t you aim for higher ground? Wasn’t I trying my best to give you ultimate glory?”

Lingzi sneered, ”Becoming someone else, living my entire life wearing a human skin mask? Is this your so-called glory?”

”Many things can be planned slowly in the future. How can you forget my years of nurturing just because of a few outsiders?” Anben showed a pained expression.

Lingzi turned away, ”No matter how you treated me, I don’t blame you. For raising me, I can forgive everything. But you shouldn’t have targeted my father’s legs!”

She recalled those sealed memories, remembered her ordinary father whose legs were broken, crying with pain yet insisting on fighting to get his daughter back; they were not selling their daughter.

Lingzi’s tears surged, she thought being born in a big family meant her father was stern like that, and even envied others for having loving fathers. Now she understood she also had a father wholly dedicated to her, but she had forgotten him, recognizing a thief as her father!

Bai Ruozhu checked the pocket watch and said indifferently, ”Oh, a quarter of the time has passed. Ninja over there, hurry up; I am a punctual person, not a single extra minute.”

The ninja on the wall grimaced and said in frustration, ”It’ll be brought soon, don’t act rashly.”

On the other side, Lingzi continued her questioning, ”Who took my parents away back then? Ask them now!”

”How would I remember.” Anben said carelessly, as if those two were ants on the ground, making Lingzi grind her teeth, almost wanting to rush forward and beat him.

Unexpectedly, Bai Ruozhu swung the dagger, slicing his other arm, saying, ”Think carefully!”

Before Anben could answer, his trusted man quickly said, ”I remember Zhong Shan handled it. Where is Zhong Shan? Quickly think where the person went.”

A ninja outside stepped forward, saying, ”I sent them on a cargo ship, told people to send them to any island, so they can’t come back.”

”Which island were they sent to?” Lingzi shouted angrily.

The ninja named Zhong Shan urgently said, ”I didn’t ask later, or you can find the captain of that year to inquire, you’ll definitely find out.”

Lingzi finally breathed a sigh of relief, waiting for Anben to say, ”If they are fine, then I won’t argue with you. If there’s any mishap, regardless of how you raised me, I will demand your life as compensation!”

Bai Ruozhu nodded in agreement. Lingzi was indeed a sentimental and righteous person, but also clear in matters of revenge and resentment.

Anben disappointedly looked at Lingzi, ”I raised you for so many years, yet I can’t compare to them?”

Lingzi turned her head, not wanting to look at him, silently acknowledging this statement.

Time passed quickly, eventually the people sent returned; he stood outside and whispered, ”Sir, the Crown Prince says he is mobilizing troops, preparing to surround the Posthouse.”

The trusted man was urgent in his heart, half an hour is almost up, he believes Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun are capable of anything.

”Was the ’Poison Classic’ retrieved?” He whispered as quietly as possible.

”The Crown Prince says the Patriarch wouldn’t agree to give it to them, he will find a way to rescue the Patriarch.” The messenger whispered.

But even in whispers, it couldn’t be suppressed in the quiet night.

In the yard, Bai Ruozhu laughed loudly, looking at Anben with a sarcastic expression, ”Look, you split the ’Poison Classic’ in two; your adopted daughter, upon hearing you’re in trouble, brings her part to save you. Yet the own son you cherish so much won’t bring his part. Turns out, your life isn’t worth as much as a small part of ’Poison Classic’.”

Anben’s face immediately turned horribly sour, but he stubbornly said, ”I was never going to let you have it cheaply; I’d rather destroy it than give it to you!”

Jiang Yichun tightened his grip on Anben’s neck, ”The Crown Prince who has his part of the ’Poison Classic’ surely learned and memorized it, didn’t he? Is there anything that can’t be exchanged for your safety? It seems he’s trying to get rid of you as his biological father, he really knows how to exploit opportunities.”

Bai Ruozhu opened the pocket watch and looked at it again, ”Alright, time’s up. I said I’m very punctual.”