Chapter 48 (1/2)
Poison Formula
The atmosphere at the table beca their elared at Old Ghost, their eyes murderous
”Lian Jun, whether you believe it or not, though I wanted to capture hiainst you,” Old Ghost said, his tone sincere
Lian Jun, however, wasn't foolish enough to believe hioodwill and connections were really all you wanted, you should've siot the information about him This would've been much les and still would've earned erous option Excuse ood intentions in your actions”
This shut Old Ghost up He knew he could no longer pretend in front of Lian Jun He recalled the brothers whose lives and deaths hung in the balance, and his always straight back suddenly hunched He wiped his face with his hands and said, ”Yes, you're right, I ad I even wanted to get the formula of your poison from him, since I know you need it”
At the words ”poison foritated
Lian Jun waved to calm them down and looked at Phantom's leader ”You know I need it, so ould you have wanted e for it?”
”Your help and resources,” Old Ghost replied gluh in recent years, the officials didn'tin secret I can uess what they want to do, so I wanted to join you and look for the way out together A small piece of inforh to get your goodwill, but not soh for you to spare no effort to help onizing Nine Eagles”
Lian Jun had to adovernment's intentions based just on its small actions in the dark, and ion to Annihilation But even ss sometimes
There was no need to continue the conversation Lian Jun turned his wheelchair a little to face Old Ghost, and said, ”I acknowledge your goodwill in volunteering this information I'll try to find a way to rescue your people detained in the southeast I'll also help you to contact the officials, but that's all—whether you get their help will depend on your own ability” He glanced sideways at Gua One, who immediately rose and stepped forward to push the wheelchair
Gua Two and the rest also got up and followed Lian Jun out, co Old Ghost
shi+ Jin and Gua Nine were last Just as shi+ Jin was about to step out of the box door, he heard Fei Yujing's voice
“You shouldn't be here, shi+ Jin”
The teenager paused and replied, without looking back: ”No, it's you who shouldn't be here” Then he left, not waiting to see if his brother would say anything else
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”Oh, I'm not surprised,” shi+ Jin replied He'd already ured out whatis a benefit-oriented person He used to put on a play and be kind to 'eous to him When 'I' lost , when I met him, I showed hostility to hianization, which was a possible unstable factor threatening his business, so naturally, he ary of me Now, he knows I'm a subordinate of the person his eht benefit hi to do?”
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“He has already begun—just now, that was hi of this further was 's attitude toward the original 'shi+ Jin' in the novel's plot anddid, he wouldn't follow his script
Lian Jun called Zhang Zhuoyuan as soon as he left the box and briefly described Phantoo directly to Zhang Zhuoyuan
Gua One, somewhat puzzled, asked, “Jun-shao, ould you help Old Ghost this et a connection with the officials…?”
Lian Jun closed the satellite phone and answered, ”Old Ghost is a smart man, suitable to becoet a connection with the authorities is doing hi ain a helper Don't forget whose shi+p we are on now—they are well aware he approached me To not rouse their suspicions, we must take the initiative to involve the authorities, to let them have control over this That is what they want”
Gua One sank in thought He believed he understood what Lian Jun overnment shi+p, whatever they did, it was the best to do it in the officials' eyes and under their control lest they get in unnecessary trouble
They walked a little further when Lian Jun suddenly looked back at shi+ Jin, who followed at the end, and said, ”Pay lance over his shoulder and nodded
Not long after lunch, Old Ghost was invited to Zhang Zhuoyuan's office and didn't leave until shortly before the afternoonWhen he cahtly wrinkled, but he looked hter steps
Lian Jun hung up the call with Zhang Zhuoyuan and said, ”The governe of sides The officials will cooperate with his 'econoet his people back, but they won't help Phantom hite nor ensure its safety”
The expressions of Gua One and the others eased a bit—thankfully, this time, the officials didn't act foolishly Since they were shown appropriate respect, they repaid it with a bit of sincerity and trust
”It seeet out of this mess, it will need to bleed almost to death,” Gua Two said His tone of voice was serious enough, but there was a gloating expression in his eyes
He was soainst Annihilation—he wasn't going to forget that anyti a half-peeled orange Since it see about Phantom's matter, he interjected tentatively: ”This doctor taken away by Nine Eagles, and the poison formula…”
As soon as these words left his ain
The others actually wanted to talk about this too, but they orried it would upset Lian Jun, so they endured and didn't ave theazes instantly focused on Lian Jun
Lian Jun's eyes swept over them He said, ”We'll discuss this les' leader, Zuo Yang, won't miss this one With his temperament, if he really thinks he has an ace up his sleeve, he'll definitely try to test me Let's take a look at his attitude first”
Gua One and others let out the sighs of relief This topic wasn't a taboo—on the contrary, it seemed Lian Jun already made plans, so they set their minds at rest
Only shi+ Jin still looked worried and at a loss
Lian Jun saw it and let the others go out, leaving the teenager behind
shi+ Jin i and stuffed the peeled orange in Lian Jun's hand: ”Eat it, it's sweet and tasty It's said that people who stay at sea for a long time will lack vitamins, you have to pay attention to that”
To be honest, shi+ Jin's hand-peeled orange was rather ugly, but Lian Jun thought it was lovely—perfectly round, like a ball, and giving out a sweet aroma
”Vitaovernment shi+p is well stocked, there will be no such problee, praised it as indeed very sweet, and wiped the orange juice off shi+ Jin's hands with a paper towel “Ask whatever you want, I'll tell you”
At this, shi+ Jin forgot to pull his hands out of Lian Jun's, leaning closer instead ”The doctor who betrayed you… Your legs are in this state because of hi shi+, he's Uncle Long's adopted son He's talented, but unfortunately, his character is not right”
The traitor was actually Uncle Long's adopted son?
shi+ Jin frowned and continued, ”Then the poison for shi+ specialized in nutritiology and rehabilitation Uncle Long intended to let him inherit his position and continue to take care of entle subjects—he liked to see blood, and was particularly interested in studying all kinds of poisons The poison he used on anisredients we know he used are snake venoh my life was saved, the poison hadn't been completely neutralized To do that, we need either the poison foreted research However, Long shi+ took everything with him when he left”
The more shi+ Jin heard, the deeper his froas, to the point that even his expression became heavy
When Lian Jun saw hier on the wrinkle between the teenager's eyebrows, trying to set the formula There are only so many neurotoxins in the world—even if we need to rely on duht combination eventually It will just take a little time”
”I'm not stupid” shi+ Jin pushed his hand away, his eyebrows still wrinkled ”Iabout medicine, but I still know medical substances react with each other in extree depending on their quantities Finding the right co for a needle at the bottom of the sea”
”The sea isn't endless, sooner or later, the needle will be found” Lian Jun still tried to appease hilare in return ”Yes, the sea isn't endless, but neither is your lifespan Who knohen you can actually get the results? We can't just e les, then carefully interrogate hiet hiht for awas in order: ”But don't hold tooand slippery—whatever inforet fro to a trap You should keep a clear head, shi+ Jin”