15 Extortion (1/2)

”Are you questioning me? How the hell would I know how he poisoned me? As for what poison it was, honestly, you should ask your baby boy. What the hell do I know about it? The only thing I know is that I am a heavy drinker with a hollow leg, and on that night, I got fxxking drunk after just three shots.” Ye Xiao said viciously, ”I spent the whole night sleeping. What could I be if I wasn't poisoned?!”

”Urh...” Wang Danian couldn't believe him and said, ”If you had been poisoned like you said, it shouldn't have been this easy for you to recover, right? And now you are here, all fine and healthy. It means you were not poisoned. Right?”

When Wang Xiaonian saw his father, he thought his savior had come. When he saw that his father had totally lost his usual vigor, acting weird and arguing powerlessly, he seriously felt disappointed.

How could he realize that Wang Danian was seriously shocked?

Wang Da-Nain was arguing with his mouth, but thinking differently in his mind, [Who on earth cured him? Who was it? That should be incurable. How could it be cured? Who on earth knows how to deal with such powerful poison? This is so bloody weird...]

”I did get poisoned anyway! I got drunk with only three shots. That's the evidence. Lan Langlang was there. He is the witness. There are both an evidence and a witness. How dare you disavow it?” Ye Xiao didn't want to be reasonable at all, ”I was poisoned and I want your explanation! Otherwise, let's find someone to check my body. Okay, I will send for a royal doctor to check my body carefully. Let's see how you continue feigning. Humph...”

”That is surely unnecessary.” Wang Danian was scared. He thought, [Although I don't know who cured this bastard's poison which was supposed to be fxxking incurable, it may still remain inside his body. If it is found out, I will surely go to hell... Ye Nan-Tian will definitely come and wipe my family out. This foppish bastard came here only to get some advantages. I think it will be fine if I give him some money and send him away.”

”Hahahahaha...” Wang Danian made the decision and laughed, ”I see. Lord Ye drank too much that night...”

”Who says I drank too much?” Ye Xiao was angry, ”I was obviously poisoned!”

”Fine... Fine... Let's say you were poisoned.” Wang Danian simpered, ”Okay then, what 'explanation' would you like, lord Ye?”

Ye Xiao was surprised and turned to Lan Langlang, ”What do we want?”

Lan Langlang was surprised too and couldn't find anything to say. He rolled his eyes and swallowed, before sneakily kicking Zuo Wuji's foot.

Zuo Wuji was rolling his eyes, trying to think of something he wanted, but failed. Ye Xiao suddenly frowned and murmured like he realized something, ”Oh right... wasn't there this six-hundred years old... hmm... what was it... hmm...”

”Blood ginseng!” Zuo Wuji suddenly remembered what they had been discussing before coming here. He shouted in excitement, ”Give the blood ginseng to Ye Xiao as compensation, otherwise, we won't let you get away from this!”

”Exactly! You will not get away this time! Lord Ye was badly weakened because of your poison. He won't recover unless he gets something nutritional!” Lan Langlang was delighted and shouted spiritedly.

”This is totally unfair!” Wang Xiaonian got really angry as his face turned red. He yelled, ”You bastards! You actually want to extort our ginseng! You must be crazy! You are making a huge mistake bastards! I am going to...”

His mouth was covered by his father before he could even finish speaking.

”You are gonna do what?” Ye Xiao sneered, ”You tried to kill me but failed and got caught. Now you want to deny your guilt. What? Do you even want to kill us all to cover your sin?! Wang Xiaonian, how dare you? You actually want to murder us! Are you trying to be a rebel?”

Lan Langlang and Zuo Wuji went along with him, ”Wang Xiaonian, are you trying to be a rebel? We are witnesses!”

Wang Xiaonian breathed heavily, ”You... You bastards...” He could hardly utter a word.

”Blood ginseng it is then!” Wang Danian agreed immediately, ”Since you, the three lords, want it, I can only submit and agree with your terms, but you must promise me one thing...”

He was sad and angry, and he quavered, ”I am only a low-position guard. I wouldn't dare to argue with you three lords... But from this point onwards, please forget about this issue with the poison... I can bear it this time. It is nothing but spending some money to avert trouble. However... you should know that everyone has a temper and even a rabbit will bite if it is pissed...”

”Dad!!!” Wang Xiaonian had shock all over his face as he stared at his father with wide opened eyes.

He could have never imagined that his valiant father had actually submitted to the three foppish lords.

”Shut up!” Wang Danian shouted angrily.

”A rabbit will bite... A rabbit... Hahahaha....” Lan Langlang laughed and rubbed his favus-infested head. On the opposite side, Wang Danian and his son turned red in their faces. They looked so angry, as if they almost wanted to swallow somebody.

”Of course.” Ye Xiao pushed Lan Langlang aside and said, ”A wise man should not tease the weak. He who leaves some leeway will always make new friends. We are not unprincipled...”