Wind und Rauch

Kapitel 23

Xiangmei suddenly raised her hand, and white powder floated in front of Su Yuyin like smoke. "Because you no longer have a chance, ha..." Xiangmei finished speaking with a wild laugh.

"What is that?" Su Yuyin asked in surprise. Could it be poison?

"Yes, it's poison. In half an hour, you'll die from the poison. Now you can only obediently wait to die."

"Then why are you alright?" She had been too careless and underestimated these two women. She should have realized that if they failed to kill them once, they would try again.

“We took the antidote earlier,” Xiangmei whispered, leaning closer to her, her eyes filled with terror. “This poison comes from the Western Regions, and the antidote is extremely rare.”

Su Yuyin, her body feeling somewhat weak, calmly walked to the table and sat down, pouring herself a cup of tea. She had long since seen through the nature of life and death. Since she was already poisoned, they couldn't give her the antidote, nor could they leave the room again. She knew Ouyang Tianyun shouldn't be in the manor; otherwise, they wouldn't have been so bold. At this moment, she felt her strength draining away bit by bit. What else could she do but wait to die?

"Why did you push me into the water six months ago?" Su Yuyin asked, even though she already knew the answer.

"Since you're about to die, I'll let you die knowing why. I pushed you into the water because you ruined my future. Originally, the position of the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ouyang family was mine, and everything here was mine. But because of your interference, I was forced to become a concubine. I've always wanted to get rid of you. One day half a year ago, I tricked you into going to the river and pushed you into the river. Unexpectedly, Ouyang Tianlin and her maid saw it, so I had to kill them as well. I didn't expect Ouyang Tianyu to appear at this time and save you. We only had time to kill Xiaolan."

"So you use drugs to control Tianlin and prevent her from waking up, so that no one will suspect anything when she dies without realizing it," Su Yuyin said confidently, her expression not at all like that of a dying person.

"We have to thank that fire for burning down the Snow Residence, which saved me a lot of trouble." At least it saved them from the trouble of being discovered when they were poisoning the house.

"You don't actually think this fire was caused by a strong wind blowing over the candlestick and burning the curtain, do you?" Stupid woman! So incredibly stupid, Su Yuyin cursed inwardly.

"That's heaven helping me!" Xiangmei said with a smile, feeling smug. However, Su Yuyin's next words left her dumbfounded.

"I started the fire." At the very least, she planned it.

"You? Why?"

"I see through your intentions and want to help you out." Of course, she wouldn't tell Xiangmei about Tianlin's situation. Although Tianlin was now protected by Leng Yixuan, it was impossible to guard against everything. So she chatted with her for a while, "I never wanted to become the eldest daughter-in-law of the Ouyang family. Many times I wanted to get out, but what about you? You dragged me into your life step by step. I was living comfortably in Qinzhu Pavilion. It was you who told your cousin to let me move here, right? Maybe your original intention was to make it easier for you to bully me, but things didn't go as planned. Instead, your Ouyang Tianyun took a liking to me. I really wanted to use this fire to make him divorce me, but you didn't seize the opportunity. Now you have to bear the charge of murder. How unfair!"

"Murder charge? Ha, ha... You underestimate me too much! You think I'm stupid enough to let them see that I killed someone? You're wrong. I'll make it look like you committed suicide." Xiangmei's eyes flashed with an eerie light, sending chills down one's spine.

"But you just said it yourself: 'If you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place.' Everything you've done will be discovered one day." Su Yuyin was slightly out of breath. Oh my god, she couldn't hold on much longer.

"You're talking nonsense. No one will find out. No one will." Xiangmei started to panic.

"Yes, you will, you definitely will. You will pay a heavy price for everything you've done..."

"No, no, no. Because you're about to die, ha..." Xiangmei pulled out scissors from her sleeve and stabbed Su Yuyin in the stomach.

"Ah..." Su Yuyin was powerless to resist, letting the scissors pierce her stomach, but there was still no fear on her face.

"No..." At the same time, a fierce roar rang out, and a figure burst through the window, using his palm to send Xiangmei flying. She crashed into the corner of the wall, coughed up blood, and fainted. Xiaolin, on the other hand, was put to sleep by a pressure point technique.

"Sister-in-law, how are you?" Ouyang Tianyu helped the nearly unconscious Su Yuyin up and asked anxiously. He made a move to carry her out. "I'll take you to see a doctor."

"Tianyu? What brings you here?" Su Yuyin slowly opened her eyes and asked after seeing who it was.

“I dreamt two days ago that you came to say goodbye to me, and I felt something was wrong, so I rushed back. Sure enough, something happened to you.” How did my older brother take care of people? Ouyang Tianyu complained inwardly, his handsome brows furrowing as he looked at her pale face. “Let’s go find a doctor.”

"No...it's no use...I'm poisoned..." She grabbed Tianyu's sleeve and shook her head. She knew all along that she was beyond saving.

"Poisoned? She did it?" Ouyang Tianyu glanced at Xiangmei in the corner, wishing he could tear her to pieces. He stood up and walked towards Xiangmei, groping around her waist.

"Don't bother... Even if there were an antidote now, it wouldn't save me." Su Yuyin knew clearly that her body was about to fail. The poison, plus a pair of scissors... She coughed a few times, and a bloody taste rose in her throat.

Seeing her distressed state, Ouyang Tianyu immediately turned back to her side, embraced her, and let her lean against his chest. He knew that her life was nearing its end, and her frail appearance brought tears to his eyes, a man accustomed to life and death.

"Don't be sad... I... I might not die... Maybe, I can... I can go home..." Su Yuyin couldn't bear to see him sad, and with difficulty raised her hand to hold his. He was her only friend here. "Promise me... don't let anyone... know my... true identity... After all... this body belongs to... her. Leave her... a place to belong... promise me... cough..."

"I promise, I promise you!" Ouyang Tianyu nodded, wiping the blood from her mouth repeatedly.

"Tianyu...we...will...never...go...again...take care." She breathed her last, her hand falling limply to her side...

"Shen Jie, have you gone back? I hope everything is well with you in your world." Ouyang Tianyu gently carried Su Yuyin to the bed. Suddenly, the door was pushed open forcefully.

"Yin'er, what's wrong? Yin..." Ouyang Tianyun returned home, originally to apologize to her, but found the two people at the door lying on the ground. Knowing something was wrong, he rushed in and saw Su Yuyin on the bed... He was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"My sister-in-law has already left, brother, you're too late."

"No... Yin'er, wake up! I know you're just asleep. You're only hiding from me because I hit you, right? I know I was wrong. Wake up! I'll let you hit me back. As long as you wake up, I won't force you to love me anymore. Wake up... Yin'er..." Ouyang Tianyun shook Su Yuyin violently, tears streaming down his face.

"Brother, please don't be like this. Sister-in-law has already passed away." Ouyang Tianyu couldn't bear to see his brother like this and gently advised him.

"Why don't you go out first? I want to be alone with Yin'er for a while," Ouyang Tianyun said softly, as if afraid of disturbing the person in bed.

"Big brother..."

"go out!"

Ouyang Tianyu gave his elder brother a deep look, then grabbed the unconscious Xiangmei and Xiaolin and left the room, leaving only the two people who would be separated forever...

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Chapter Twelve

Ouyang Tianyu stood outside the mourning hall, gazing at his elder brother who was keeping vigil alone for Su Yuyin. For three whole days, his brother had neither eaten nor drunk anything, nor rested. He couldn't bear to see it continue. Even the strongest body would collapse if this continued!

"Brother, go and rest, I'll take over the watch for you..."

“No need, I want to accompany Yin’er on her final journey.” Ouyang Tianyun did not turn around, his deep eyes fixed on Su Yuyin’s memorial tablet.

"But……"