Urbaner Blumentraum

Kapitel 281

At the same time, Chen Muwan let out a soft cry and collapsed softly beside her parents. Feng Xuese also felt unsteady on her feet, bent her legs, leaned against the wall, and slowly slid down to the ground.

Everyone felt their bones were soft and weak, unable to muster any strength. This feeling was extremely comfortable, as if they were still in the moment of waking up from a summer afternoon nap, their whole body feeling soft and relaxed.

Zhu Huihui stood among the crowd, her eyes wide, looking left and right in surprise, not understanding what had happened.

So, all eyes were on her.

Chen Muwan suddenly said, "Miss Zhu, stop joking around, please give the antidote to everyone!"

"Antidote? What antidote—" Zhu Huihui suddenly realized and exclaimed in surprise, "Ah? You've been poisoned?"

Chen Muwan sighed and said softly, "Miss Zhu, Young Master Feng's eyes haven't fully recovered. If he's attacked by the poison again, it will cause him great harm. Besides, there's another patient in bed who needs my mother's treatment, so—"

"So you believe that I poisoned it?"

Chen Muwan didn't answer, but her humiliation was obvious: "Otherwise, why are you the only one who's alright?"

Zhu Huihui glanced around at Mr. Chen, Mrs. Wan, and Feng Xuese's faces, and saw that they were all closing their eyes and circulating their qi. Although they did not agree with Chen Muwan's words, they did not refute them either, which clearly showed that they doubted her.

Zhu Huihui bit her lip hard: "It has nothing to do with me! Believe it or not!" Of course she knew she hadn't done anything, but she didn't know why everyone else in the room had collapsed while she was fine.

A faint smile appeared on her snow-white lips as she said gently, "I know, it has nothing to do with you!"

Zhu Huihui felt a surge of warmth in her heart, and her eyes suddenly reddened. What did it matter whether Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan believed her or not? The hero, after all, believed her!

She rushed forward: "Hero, have you been poisoned too? Are you feeling unwell? Does it hurt a lot? Let me carry you away!"

This must have been done by the Japanese turtle. Just thinking about the cruel methods of those men in black made her tremble, and she wished she could grow wings and escape.

Feng Xuese felt an unusual heaviness in his heart. Just now, he had tried to circulate his inner energy to expel the poison, but his dantian, which was usually full of internal energy, was completely empty; he couldn't muster even a trace of internal force. In that instant, many things came to mind: the Blood-Seeing Pavilion, Xuan Yue Water Island, the few ordinary families whose families had been wiped out, the massacre on the riverbank…

Could it be that the same fate has befallen Hidden Spirit Island today?

Despite his inner alarm, he tried his best to reassure her, "Grey, don't panic, go get my sword." But what good would a sword do? Right now, he could barely move a finger…

Watching Zhu Huihui go to retrieve the sword from the wall, Chen Muwan's lips moved slightly, as if she was about to speak.

Madam Wan stopped her with a look. Then, looking at a wooden bucket by the door, she asked, "Who brought this bucket in?"

Mr. Chen and Chen Muwan both shook their heads. Strangely enough, no one had noticed when the bucket had been brought indoors.

Zhu Huihui hesitated for a moment, then said, "It was sent by Granny Ding."

When they were talking, she was positioned to the side of the door and inadvertently caught a glimpse of an old woman in blue carrying in a steaming wooden bucket and gently placing it at the doorway. This old woman was none other than Granny Ding, the housekeeper of Hidden Spirit Island, whom she had spoken to earlier.

Zhu Huihui shouted loudly, "Grandma Ding! Grandma Ding!"

Feng Xuese stopped her, saying, "Don't call out! Granny Ding should already be... gone!"

After going blind, she learned not to "see" people with her eyes, but to "see" the people and things around her with her hearing, smell, touch, taste, and heart. Earlier, she had heard a strange footstep approaching the house, which she found very strange, wondering who the person was. But then she heard the sound of a wooden bucket being set down and smelled hot vinegar, so she assumed it was a new servant who had come to the island.

He couldn't see the person's appearance, but he knew from the sound of her footsteps that it was definitely not Granny Ding! But Zhu Huihui said it was her, so naturally someone was impersonating her—if that's the case, would the real one still be alive?

Zhu Huihui also thought of it and couldn't help but shudder.

Madam Wan said slowly, "Little Demon Yu, since you're here, why not show yourself?"

These words shocked everyone. What? Yu Xiaoyao? She's really still alive?

Outside the study, a voice suddenly said in a low voice, "Of course we must see him!" The voice was extremely old.

A tall, thin figure appeared ghost-like at the door of the study, dressed in a blue cloth dress, with a face full of wrinkles and age spots on his hands and body.

Upon seeing who it was, Zhu Huihui was greatly disappointed. Had the hero and Madam Wan really not guessed wrong? This old woman was clearly Granny Ding, even her voice was the same! That title that sent chills down her spine, "Young Miss," was first uttered by this old woman, which was why she had such a deep impression of Granny Ding.

Mr. Chen said coldly, "Little Fish Demon, oh, she really isn't dead!"

"Grandma Ding" said in an extremely aggrieved and resentful voice, "I'm not dead, are you very disappointed?" Such a voice, coming from the mouth of an old woman with white hair and a face full of wrinkles, sent chills down everyone's spine.

Mr. Chen said calmly, "We've been friends for over a decade, is there any need for us to hide our true intentions?"

Grandma Ding stared at him for a long while, then suddenly chuckled, her voice becoming sweet and girlish: "Mo Bai, it's been fifteen years since we last met. Have you missed me?"

Mr. Chen remained remarkably calm and said, "Yes! We miss you terribly! For the past fifteen years, my wife and I have thought of you every single moment!"

"Grandma Ding" said gleefully, "I knew it! I want you to never forget me for the rest of your lives! To feel heartbroken and devastated whenever you think of me, to feel so much pain that you want to cut your own flesh with a knife, and to never be happy for a single moment in your lives!"

Such vicious words, spoken by her, sounded like a young girl's confession to her first love, sweet and delightful to the speaker, but chilling to the bone to the listener.

Madam Wan gave a cold laugh and said, "So, you must have had a happy life these past fifteen years? I'm afraid you haven't forgotten us, husband and wife, for even a moment?"

Grandma Ding smiled slyly, "I don't need to forget! Whenever I think of you, I think of a child who was born into the wrong family, and then I feel incredibly happy!"

Having been enemies with this couple for many years, she knew what the most powerful weapon was. As expected, her words struck a chord with Madam Wan, who swayed slightly and her beautiful face turned deathly pale.

Tears welled in Chen Muwan's eyes: "Yu Xiaoyao, what grudge do my parents have against you that you... would you do such a cruel thing to me?"

Grandma Ding glanced at her and said, "So you're that child. It's not easy to be alive!" She suddenly smiled and said, "Mo Bai, didn't you tell her that I was deeply in love with you back then? How did you betray me?"

Mr. Chen said calmly, "I am truly unworthy of Miss Yu's favor. Since my wife and I met, I have been unable to look at any other woman. Miss Yu, you have heard me say this more than once, haven't you?"

Grandma Ding frowned: "That was what was said fifteen years ago. It can't be done after fifteen years!" Her gaze swept over Chen Muwan, then she suddenly smiled and asked her, "Don't you think so?" Her voice was slow and her coercion was quite obvious.

Chen Muwan was not intimidated by her and sneered, "What my father says goes! He said that he only has my mother in his heart for the rest of his life. No other woman, no matter how beautiful she is, will be in his eyes, let alone an ugly woman like you!"

Grandma Ding touched her face and laughed: "You said I'm ugly?" Without any apparent movement, the skin on her hands and face suddenly cracked, peeling off in chunks...

After her old skin was removed, she appeared before everyone as a stunningly beautiful woman, who looked to be only twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. Her appearance was as beautiful as a fairy flower, ethereal and pure.