Chapter 513 - 512: Identical Rings
Chapter 513: Chapter 512: Identical Rings
Seeing the shock on Yiyi’s face, Ye Jia Ren directly burst out laughing. "Well? Are you planning to tell the truth now?"
At this moment, Yun Chu also gradually regained consciousness. Looking at the scene before him, he immediately turned to Yiyi and said, "Young Miss, it’s because I’m useless. You don’t need to worry about me. Even if I die, I will never be your burden."
"What a touching act of deep loyalty between master and servant. Ding Yiyi, are you really going to watch such a loyal subordinate lose his life because of you?"
Hearing this, Yiyi gave her a long, deep look and said, "Let him go first, and I’ll tell you the truth right now."
"You’re in no position to bargain with me now. I advise you to start talking quickly." Ye Jia Ren did not loosen her grip; her gaze stayed fixed tightly on Yiyi.
Seeing this, a smile appeared on Yiyi’s pale face. "Fine, I’ll tell you. Because... I’ve been investigating Medicine Valley all along."
Hearing that, Ye Jia Ren’s brows furrowed tightly.
"Why are you targeting our Medicine Valley?"
Yiyi raised a brow and said, "Medicine Valley kidnapped my classmate before. Don’t tell me I’m not allowed to properly look into you people."
Ye Jia Ren fell silent for a moment, then snorted coldly. "You almost fooled me. Even if you investigated Medicine Valley, there’s no way you could’ve found me. I’ve never appeared in Medicine Valley at all. So how did you know I was Hidden Jade?"
Yiyi fell silent for a moment, a bit annoyed at how loose-tongued she’d been earlier. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so much trouble now.
Seeing Yiyi remain silent, Ye Jia Ren tightened her hand again, squeezing Yun Chu’s neck.
Yun Chu didn’t utter a sound, a vicious glint flashing across his eyes. He would never allow himself to become the Young Miss’s burden, so he had already resolved to die.
But Ye Jia Ren grabbed Yun Chu’s chin and mocked, "You can’t die. Otherwise, how will your Young Miss tell the truth?"
As she spoke, she lifted her other hand to smooth her hair.
Yiyi’s pupils suddenly shrank. She stared at Ye Jia Ren’s hand, momentarily stunned. "Where did you get that ring?"
Hearing this, Ye Jia Ren lifted her eyes to look at her own hand, raised a brow and said, "So you recognize this ring?"
Yiyi naturally recognized this ring; the jade ring she’d gotten from the old poison master looked exactly like this.
But how could that be?
Wasn’t that ring already on her own hand, and hadn’t it become that space? She’d just used the space not long ago.
So how could Ye Jia Ren still have an identical ring on her hand? What the hell was going on? Did the ring on Ye Jia Ren’s hand also hide some kind of secret?
Seeing Yiyi’s expression, Ye Jia Ren’s brows grew even more sharp and cold.
"Speak. Do you or do you not know this ring?"
This ring had just been handed to her by her master, said to be some kind of token. Her master hadn’t said much about what it actually did. She never expected Ding Yiyi to recognize this ring as well.
"Who exactly are you? Why do you know so much about my master and Medicine Valley?"
Yiyi kept her mouth shut, but in her heart she was calculating the time.
Seeing Yiyi refuse to speak, Ye Jia Ren once again tightened her grip on Yun Chu’s neck. "Talk, or you two master and servant really will be parted by death."
"Three... two... one..."
Right after she finished counting, Ye Jia Ren went limp and collapsed, and Yun Chu also fell to the ground.
Feeling her whole body turn weak, Ye Jia Ren looked at Yiyi in terror. "You... what did you do?"
Yiyi slowly stood up and, using a bit of clever force, undid the rope binding her. Then she quickly walked to Ye Jia Ren’s side and clamped a hand over her mouth.
"Speak. Where did this ring come from?"
As she spoke, Yiyi had already stuffed a medicine pill into Ye Jia Ren’s mouth. Then she released her hand and said, "If you tell the truth, I can still give you the antidote. Otherwise... you should know how Leng Yu died, right?"
Hearing that, Ye Jia Ren’s eyes seemed to be steeped in poison.
Of course she knew how Leng Yu died. She hadn’t expected this little bitch in front of her to use the same trick again. But right now, her whole body was weak; she didn’t even have the strength to get the antidote, and could only glare at Yiyi with hatred.
"Hurry up and talk. Where did you get this ring?"
Ye Jia Ren’s face was full of ridicule. "What if I tell you, and you actually don’t have an antidote?"
Yiyi smiled, then took out another medicine pill. "This is the antidote I prepared, so you’d better think carefully about whether you’re going to talk or not."
Seeing the pill in Yiyi’s hand, Ye Jia Ren couldn’t help but narrow her eyes, then directly said, "This ring was just given to me by Master."
Not seeing any movement from Yiyi, Ye Jia Ren urged, "I’ve already told you. Hurry up and give me the antidote." A moment ago, she hadn’t felt much, but gradually her whole body started to ache. The poison from earlier was indeed beginning to take effect.
Yiyi said nothing either way as she shoved the pill into Ye Jia Ren’s mouth.
This antidote could only counteract the poison she had just fed Ye Jia Ren. As for the drug Ye Jia Ren had been hit with at the very beginning, that would remain effective for quite some time.
After swallowing the antidote, Ye Jia Ren felt less miserable and finally relaxed a bit. But sensing her body was still weak, she frowned at Yiyi and said, "What exactly did you do just now?"
She’d clearly been forcing answers out of Ding Yiyi just fine. How had she suddenly ended up completely powerless? Very quickly, she realized something. "No, where did you get those pills?"
Ever since she’d captured Yiyi, she’d already searched her thoroughly to make sure Yiyi had nothing on her, so she couldn’t take the chance to slip poison again. But now, where had Ding Yiyi’s pills come from?
Yiyi didn’t say a word and directly stuffed a pill into Yun Chu’s mouth.
Only then did Yun Chu regain a bit of strength. However, he had already been poisoned by Ye Jia Ren with other toxins earlier, so he still couldn’t even walk steadily.
"Young Miss, you should leave on your own. Don’t worry about me."
Yiyi naturally noticed that something was wrong with Yun Chu. After taking his pulse, she stood up, walked over to Ye Jia Ren, and rifled through her, finally finding the antidote and giving it to Yun Chu.
After doing all this, Yiyi went back to Ye Jia Ren’s side and forcibly pulled the ring off her hand.
"Give it back."
Ye Jia Ren hadn’t thought much of this ring at first, but seeing that Yiyi recognized it and wanted to take it, she immediately knew the ring was anything but simple.
Yiyi completely ignored her, slipping the ring onto her own hand, then preparing to leave with Yun Chu.
"Ding Yiyi, you think you can walk out of here? The defenses here are stronger than Medicine Valley’s. The two of you aren’t getting out."
Even without any ability to move, Ye Jia Ren wasn’t afraid in the slightest. She stared straight at Yiyi, contempt flickering in her eyes.