Seeing the things rubbed out from them, even Lu Yunze was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at Jiang Sui.
Jiang Sui looked like she was terrified, appearing quite pitiful.
“The evidence is conclusive. Do you have anything else to say?” Luo Yao had Kong Yang take the two Trial Tubes back to the Qi Technique Workshop.
“Wait, this isn’t ours!”
“You have to believe me.”
Faced with everyone’s stares, these two Young Masters couldn’t even speak clearly. One of them pointed at Jiang Sui and shouted:
“It’s her! She’s the one who framed us!”
“Right, it’s her. If there wasn’t something wrong with the Drink she brought, we wouldn’t have become so strange.”
Luo Yao walked over, picked up the cup knocked over on the ground, smelled the inside, and said something that made them feel despair:
“There is no smell of Poisonous Potion in here.”
Luo Yao knew her own creations well. If it were truly added to the Drink, there would be residual Fragrance Gas from the Poisonous Potion. But these two cups clearly only had a faint fruity scent; no other smell could be detected.
“Impossible, there’s a problem with the Drink!”
“If it wasn’t because we drank that, how could we…”
Just then, Jiang Sui also spoke up weakly:
“I can prove it wasn’t me, because when I served the Drink to the two Young Masters just now, they even made me test it for poison before they felt safe enough to start drinking.”
“You little…”
One of them was so angry his face contorted, but under everyone’s gaze, he didn’t dare move and could only continue to tremble.
Luo Yao summarized the current situation. Jiang Sui was innocent; instead, these two scions had committed a total of three crimes.
First: They were invited to the Tea Party but messed up the time, coming before lunch and then refusing to leave.
Second: Stealing Luo Yao’s Poisonous Potion and trying to frame Jiang Sui.
Third: It was one thing to steal, but to actually drink it inside the Luo family’s residence and show such a disgraceful display within the family’s territory.
With the three crimes added together, it had reached a point beyond redemption.
“You have a three-minute time limit. Get out of our house forever, and don’t let me see you again,” Luo Yao said, pulling out her Mobile Phone to start timing.
“Wait, Luo Yao, aren’t we friends?”
“Exactly, shouldn’t friends understand each other?”
Even at a time like this, they could still force a smile.
“We were before, but not anymore.”
Luo Yao glanced at the Mobile Phone screen.
“Two minutes left. Do you want to be swept out with a broom? Don’t dirty my floor.”
It was hopeless.
They could only grit their teeth in resentment. Regardless of whether the clothes on the floor were theirs, they grabbed them and scrambled outside, looking extremely pathetic.
“Really, to make me look so ugly in front of Brother Lu.”
“It’s okay, even if our good Sister is ugly, we still like her.”
“Go away.”
The sincere concern was rejected, and Luo Yao suddenly felt that more than half of her hope in life had vanished.
Jiang Sui quietly watched this good show, suddenly noticing that Lu Yunze’s gaze had been fixed on her. She felt a slight thud in her heart, worried that Lu Yunze had seen through her plan.
“Um, Young Master…”
“Don’t speak, come with me.”
Is he really suspecting me?
Sometimes Lu Yunze’s brain being too useful isn’t a good thing.
On the way following him, Jiang Sui kept up a nervous appearance, fidgeting with her fingers while actually contemplating a reason to deceive him.
As Lu Yunze returned to the Special Technique Workshop, Jiang Sui was ready, intending to have a good cry first and play the emotional card.
“Do you have any orders, Young Master?” she initiated.
“Yes.”
“Tell me, Young Master. No matter how excessive it is, I am willing. Because this life was brought back by Young Master, you can use it however you want…”
“Go and get a physical check-up.”
“Young Master is truly heartless… Eh?” Jiang Sui was about to squeeze out tears when she suddenly froze. “A physical check-up?”
“Yes, check if you’ve been stained by any strange Poisonous Potions.” Lu Yunze crossed his arms. “What’s wrong? You didn’t think I was going to do something weird to you, did you?”
“Isn’t that the case?”
Jiang Sui’s eyebrows twitched.
“I thought Young Master brought me here… because you didn’t believe me.”
“What nonsense are you talking about again? Why wouldn’t I believe you?”
Lu Yunze was amused and placed his palm on her head, giving it a vigorous rub.
*He actually doesn’t suspect me. It seems I overestimated Lu Yunze’s intelligence.* Jiang Sui let him play with her hair.
“If you always treat people’s concern as suspicion, life would be too tiring.”
“None of your business. Young Master, you were the one who made me worry for nothing.”
“Stop talking and go get checked.”
After more than half an hour, the Researcher here reached a conclusion. Jiang Sui’s physical condition was very healthy, and she had no reaction from ingesting their Poisonous Potion.
Seeing this result, Lu Yunze nodded with satisfaction.
Coincidentally, there weren’t many people in the Workshop at that time. After the last Researcher gave the result, they said they needed to use the restroom and asked Jiang Sui to help watch over the Experiment lab.
Lu Yunze also happened to have nothing to do and stayed behind as well.
The Researcher left, and Jiang Sui sat directly on the long table, fiddling with the instruments and facilities beside her.
These guys relied on these tools to refine Poisonous Potions. Compared to Jiang Sui’s Qi Technique, it was much more troublesome.
It was better to just prepare the materials and find a suitable place.
“Jiang Sui, you’d better not mess with those things. It’s dangerous, and you don’t understand the things of a Secret Art master anyway.”
Hearing Lu Yunze say this, Jiang Sui narrowed her eyes, and a wicked thought flashed through her mind.
Lu Yunze was still staring at the green liquid bubbling in those bottles when he heard the soft, enchanting voice of a girl beside him:
“Young Master won’t let me move those, so can I move you instead?”
She directly sat over, swinging her legs, with a mischievous smile on her face.
“Here you go again, acting like you’ve been drugged.” Lu Yunze joked casually.
“Young Master, how did you know?”
“What?”
While he was dazed, Jiang Sui took out a transparent Trial Tube hidden behind her, then pointed at the pink Poisonous Potion that hadn’t been fully destroyed over there.
“You drank it?!”
“It was just too fragrant, I accidentally…”
Lu Yunze suddenly became incoherent—reproaching, caring, screaming… whatever words came to his mouth were all jumbled together, and he couldn’t speak.
“Young Master, I suddenly feel… so hot.” Jiang Sui’s voice was unbelievably soft, with a hint of deliberate huskiness as she breathed lightly against Lu Yunze’s ear.
She wasn’t being well-behaved; those slender arms suddenly reached out, wrapping directly around his neck. Her fingertips even carried a hint of playfulness as they rubbed against the hair at the back of his neck.
Lu Yunze felt a warm and soft pressure against his chest; he didn’t even need to think to know what it was. The Big White Rabbit, along with the unique Fragrance Gas of a woman and her warm body temperature, instantly enveloped him.
“Am I sweating a lot?”
With every word she spoke, she exhaled a breath of passion, hitting Lu Yunze’s face softly and lingeringly, causing his originally steady mind to instantly become restless.
He could feel the heat transmitting from his back, as well as the primal animalistic urge stirring deep within his heart.
“No, this won’t do. Calm down.” Lu Yunze squeezed out a few words with difficulty, trying to keep his composure.
His voice was somewhat hoarse, with a hint of resistance, yet it seemed weak due to this intimacy.
He tried to persuade Jiang Sui, and also to persuade himself: “I know this isn’t your intention. Hold on, it’ll be fine once someone comes back.”
“Is that so? But I can’t hold it in much longer.”
Jiang Sui’s tone became even more coquettish, carrying an indescribable sense of grievance and longing.
Those long legs wrapped in black silk were like two entwined pythons, sliding along his body and tightly coiling around his waist.
To maintain balance, Lu Yunze had to reach out and firmly hold this Little Maid who had thrown herself into his arms.
“Young Master, I have a small request. If only you could agree…”
“Tell me.”
“Can you—”
Halfway through, all the redness on Jiang Sui’s face disappeared.
“—give me a Salary raise?”
“Huh?”
Realizing he had been tricked, Lu Yunze gasped.
“You didn’t drink it?”
“How could I drink that kind of thing? Look, isn’t this Trial Tube still sealed?” Jiang Sui stuck out her tongue. “Or does Young Master really want to see how I look after drinking that kind of stuff?”
“Get down.”
“No way. Young Master said not to let me move, so I won’t move.”
“Get down!”
“Young Master’s body temperature is quite high, and your muscles are so hard.”
She wouldn’t come down, and Lu Yunze found he really had no way to deal with her. He couldn’t exactly throw her onto the floor with force, could he?
Having no choice, Lu Yunze had to find a place to sit down until Jiang Sui had her fill of fun and voluntarily left his body.
Clearly, he should have felt angry, but after that faint Fragrance Gas drifted away, he actually felt a sense of loss in his heart.
Jiang Sui, with her back to him, tidied her slightly messy Maid uniform. Her smooth back was enough to make one’s imagination run wild.
“Does Young Master want to touch it?” She turned her head and smiled.
Jiang Sui wasn’t joking; she actually leaned back, letting her tempting back approach him.
Lu Yunze swallowed hard and subconsciously raised his hand, placing it on that fair skin of her back.
It was soft, and surprisingly cool to the touch.
“If you let Young Master touch it for a bit, you aren’t allowed to be angry with me anymore.”
Tricked again!
Angry, Lu Yunze reached his hand directly into the Side Wing of her clothes and poked her waist forcefully, making Jiang Sui let out a startled scream.
Sweet revenge!
Just as Lu Yunze was feeling proud, the door to the Secret Workshop opened.
Luo Yao, who walked in, saw them and widened her mouth in shock.
Lu Yunze also widened his mouth; his hand was still inside the Little Maid’s clothes and hadn’t been pulled out yet.
“Oh, this, that…” Luo Yao gestured. “You two continue. I’ll go stand guard outside.”
“Wait, it’s not what you think!”
Before Lu Yunze could catch up, Luo Yao had already left.
Until dinner ended that day, Lu Yunze didn’t get to speak with Luo Yao again.
Just as he was worrying alone about how to explain the misunderstanding clearly, Luo Yao actually took the initiative to come up to him.
“Hey, about what happened in the Workshop today…”
“Don’t worry, I won’t go around talking about it, and I also understand what you mean.”
“That’s great, finally a normal person!” Lu Yunze was so moved he almost cried.
“Regarding the matter between you and that Miss, I knew it wouldn’t be that simple.” Luo Yao patted his shoulder. “Thinking carefully, you’re a good person and handsome too. Bringing a little beauty back is only natural.”
“It seems you’ve still misunderstood…”
“Hmm?”
Luo Yao put her finger on his shoulder and spoke with deep meaning:
“Don’t say it. I think you two are quite a match. I’m afraid I’m going to let River Li down. If I commit suicide to apologize one day, don’t come to stop me.”
“No, what are you talking about?”
“Love is war, my dear brother!”
Not a single normal person!