Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
Zhang Xiao was the pride of the Zhang Clan village, the favorite son of both their villages. He was also Li Yan’s idol, someone she admired but dared not to approach. There was no way she could put her own or anyone else’s mistakes upon Zhang Xiao.
“You can do that over my dead body.”
Li Yan was rather assertive.
She could not place her flaws upon Zhang Xiao. Furthermore, how could she be worthy of Zhang Xiao anymore?
After ruining her own life, she would not allow Zhang Xiao’s life to be destroyed because of her.
“If you cannot find Feng Yuan, then forget it, it is my fate.”
Li Yan never believed in fate. Yet now… she had become a frail and lonely woman, who could fight against an entire village on her own.
Although Li Yan’s parents favored boys over girls, they did not wish for their daughter to be left to drown in the river. But what could they do? They have offended the entire village. If they were to insist on resisting them, it would implicate their entire.
“I will take responsibility for my actions. Brother Xiao, please go! Go back, and don’t let anyone know you have been here, I beg of you!”
Li Yan was crying as she begged Zhang Xiao to leave. Zhang Xiao also knew that he was just one person, and he would be helpless against the Li Clan Village guards. The only thing Zhang Xiao could do was to leave the Li Clan Village for now. After he got home, Zhang Xiao continued to ponder over the matter. While gazing over the textbooks on his bookshelf, Zhang Xiao had a sudden flash of inspiration!
Since he had studied chemistry before, he could concoct his own drug!
Of course, he was not capable of making anything too lethal, and could only make something that had mild effects on the body, like something that would make people feel listless and drained of energy. With that, he would have the opportunity to rescue Li Yan.
With that idea in mind, Zhang Xiao went to the city the next day, bought the ingredients he needed, and began to concoct the drug secretly at home.
When the drug was ready, Zhang Xiao snuck into the Li Clan Village again. It was important to find the right spot to place the drug so it would intoxicate all the guards.
Zhang Xiao snuck into the place where Li Yan was held and poured the drug into the kitchen’s water tank. This way, he could surely drug the guards during mealtime.
At this point, Zhang Xiao paused again.
Forcibly recalling those memories made his head pound in pain. These were the memories he was most reluctant to think about.
“At that time, I thought of waiting till the next day, so when the guards would be drugged and become sluggish, I would mask my face and sneak Li Yan out of that place. I had even planned my escape route and arranged for transportation. But who would have thought… the next day, something went wrong in the Li Clan Village.”
The people of Li Clan Village contracted a strange disease. Starting from the courtyard where they held Li Yan, the virus was spreading rapidly like a plague. In just a day’s time, most people in the village were infected and fell sick.
When the villagers of Zhang Clan Village received news of this disease, they were all on tenterhooks.
Even Zhang Xiao took some time to recover his senses. It was impossible! The drug was only supposed to make them sluggish and unconscious. How did it become an infectious virus?
He wanted to go to Li Clan Village to look, but faced violent rejections from his parents. Zhang Xiao’s parents hoped he would quickly leave and go back to school.
Although he had lied to his parents that he was back on vacation, the two elders in the Zhang family still hoped that Zhang Xiao would leave Zhang Clan Village, since everyone in Zhang Clan Village also panicked in this situation.
Zhang Xiao could not voice his troubles. He felt regretful and was even terrified.
Could he have concocted the wrong drug?
He couldn’t let so many innocent people die!