The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker-Chapter 644 - 606: Took Time Off

Huo Yanxin was never someone to restrain her temper.

Now, her fury had reached its peak.

The anger burned so fiercely that her heart, liver, spleen, and lungs ached.

For the first time, she realized a person’s heart could hurt to such an extent.

The only rational thought left was that she hadn’t learned anything yet—Shi Tan couldn’t die, she must not be allowed to die.

"The antidote!" Huo Yanxin shouted again.

Shi Tan laughed a little and said, "Huo Yanxin, do you treasure Qiao Yuxian that much?"

"The antidote!" Huo Yanxin shouted again.

"Do you think I would have one?" Shi Tan said.

"Who does!" Huo Yanxin asked.

Shi Tan closed her eyes in pain from her sore throat, instinctively wanting to swallow, but she couldn’t move.

Huo Yanxin observed her expression and asked, "Where are they? Where is the person who instructed you? Where is your father? And where is your grandfather?"

Shi Tan opened her eyes to look at her.

Huo Yanxin exerted some pressure with her hand again, "Speak!"

Shi Tan, struggling to breathe, raised her hand to grasp Huo’s wrist and forcefully pulled her back a bit.

Huo Yanxin eased her grip slightly, "Who is your father? And who is your grandfather?"

"Aren’t you asking as if you already know," Shi Tan said, her throat so hoarse it was almost inaudible, "Why ask me?"

"What do I know? What should I know?" Huo Yanxin pressed, "Shi Tan, tell me, what should I know? Who is your grandfather! Where is he? Where is he?"

"Huo Yanxin, stop wasting your energy," Shi Tan clutched her wrist, "Do you think I would know anything? What could I possibly know? What am I, anyway, to know these things? What am I, anyway, to have an antidote? I know even less than you do."

In her rage, it took Huo Yanxin a moment to comprehend her words, a flicker of something flashed in her eyes.

"I’m just a pawn, born to carry out their tasks," Shi Tan said, "I simply follow orders. Whatever the orders are, I just execute them. I have no right to ask why. Because they gave me life, because they birthed me, that’s my repayment."

Huo Yanxin was momentarily speechless.

Shi Tan, bursting out like she was after a long silence, her hoarse throat filled with emotion, suddenly said a lot, "I don’t know who my mother is, nor who the grandfather you speak of is, I rarely even see my father. Asking me is useless, I know nothing."

"Who is your father?" Huo Yanxin quickly caught on to the key point.

Shi Tan lifted her head to look at her, at her eyes and brows.

Unable to breathe smoothly, tears welled up in her eyes.

Through the tears, Huo Yanxin’s image became increasingly blurred.

Finally, the tears spilled over her eyes, and she closed them, sharing the only piece of information she knew with Huo Yanxin, "Quan Rong. Professor of Physics at Jin City University, Quan Rong."

Huo Yanxin’s brow twitched fiercely twice, pausing for a few seconds before asking, "What poison was administered to Qiao Yuxian?"

"I don’t know," Shi Tan said, her eyes closed, "I don’t know. I’m just someone who follows orders, how would I know what poison it was?"

"How was the poison administered?" Huo Yanxin asked.

"In the water," Shi Tan did not resist, revealing everything she knew, "The first time I failed. At the dubbing studio, the coffee I made for her wasn’t drunk. Later, I noticed that whenever she picked up the bottled water, she would shake the bottle to make sure there weren’t any needle holes, and would also check if it had been opened."

Shi Tan’s throat hurt so much she almost lost her voice, painfully explaining, when she couldn’t make a sound anymore, she paused for a moment and said, "Later, when I tried again, I used a syringe to inject the drug into the center of the bottom of the bottle, then sealed the needle hole with glue. It looked just like an unopened bottle of water."

"Are there any leftovers? What about the container used to hold the poison?" Huo Yanxin asked.

Without the antidote, perhaps obtaining the poison might offer a solution.

"No," Shi Tan answered decisively, "Huo Yanxin, you don’t need to ask anymore, there’s nothing left. The poison in Qiao Yuxian’s body was administered bit by bit over no less than ten times. The last dose entered her body a few months ago. The container used for the poison has long been disposed of. It cannot be found."

As the hand that had slightly loosened its grip tightened again.

Shi Tan found herself unable to breathe.

She grasped Huo Yanxin’s wrist, trying to pull her hand away.

But Huo Yanxin’s strength was too great, and she could only feel the air decreasing bit by bit.

Huo Yanxin said word by word, "Shi Tan, have I ever wronged you? I believe all these years I’ve kept you in my heart, whether together or not, I think I’ve done enough."

Shi Tan’s lips started to turn purple.

Huo Yanxin said, "Yu Xian has also been good to you, right? Entrusting you to run the studio, giving you everything you were supposed to get. Even if she never considered you a friend, her care and concern far exceeded that of a boss for an employee. Even knowing you betrayed her, she still let you live here. Your food, clothes, and shelter were all arranged for you. She gave me enough face, hasn’t she?"

Huo Yanxin spoke, and suddenly applied force again, "With your kind, you could easily be tossed into a basement, but you’re here comfortably. Better than your dad was to you, wasn’t it? In the end, you treat us like this, where’s your conscience? Where is your heart? How could you be so cruel!"

Shi Tan’s hand on her wrist gradually lost strength, sliding downward. Her breathing also weakened.

Huo Yanxin still didn’t release her grip, her face soaked with tears, she rasped, "Shi Tan, you wanted Yu Xian’s life, but also my life!"

Shi Tan’s entire body went limp, unresponsive.

Huo Yanxin looked at her purplish red face and the whites of her eyes turning up. After a moment, she released her hand.

Shi Tan fell motionless against the bay window.

Huo Yanxin lowered her eyes to look at her, tears streaming down her cheeks. After standing for a moment, she didn’t look at Shi Tan again, she turned and left.

It was a while after she left before Shi Tan suddenly coughed, rolling off the bay window and curling up on the floor, coughing until she finally coughed up blood from her throat.

Her throat was already hurting to an extreme, and the more she coughed, the more it hurt, but she looked at the blood on the floor and hoarsely laughed.

Coughing, laughing, and crying simultaneously...

After leaving, Huo Yanxin immediately informed Gu Yanjing and Qiao Yuxian that Quan Rong was Shi Tan’s father.

Meanwhile, news came from Jin City.

The police had contacted someone from the recognition banquet to provide blood samples for DNA testing, but hadn’t been able to reach Quan Rong.

Contacting Jin City University, they were informed that Quan Rong had taken leave two days ago.

The search for Quan Rong is currently underway in Jin City.

"Will he still be in Jin City?" Huo Yanxin asked.

Qiao Yuxian glanced at Gu Yanjing, "Hard to say. Quan Rong’s actions are hard to predict."

The three of them fell into silence.

After a while, Qiao Yuxian asked, "How is Shi Tan?"

"She won’t die," Huo Yanxin clenched her right hand, "I’ve given her my heart, she can’t die by my hands. I still have a long life ahead, and I don’t want to live burdened by such troubles."

Qiao Yuxian said nothing, picking up her phone to open the contact list.

Huo Yanxin and Gu Yanjing sat on either side, watching her pull up Qiao Weizhou’s number.

"What are you doing?" Huo Yanxin asked.

"Looking for Qiao Shuning," Qiao Yuxian replied.

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