Divorce Only Makes a Son-in-Law Stronger-Chapter 54. The needle is poisoned!

"No, that’s not it! I didn’t! I had absolutely no malicious intent toward Mr. Yuan Sr.!" Yuan Ruoshan’s face cycled through several colors before flushing a deep, congested red. Lin Fan’s move, it had to be said, was ruthless. If Yuan Tianguang finds out about this, I’ll be branded with the ugly reputation of having harmed an elder!

"I... I only went to the Wang family after Mr. Yuan Sr. had been revived! That’s when I unintentionally saw the White Dragon Grass!" Yuan Ruoshan shouted, a sheen of cold sweat on his forehead. It was a sudden stroke of genius.

"Yes, yes, that’s right! The same goes for us! We weren’t trying to deliberately hide the existence of the White Dragon Grass!"

"Miss Yuan, please don’t misunderstand, and please don’t say anything rash to President Yuan!"

"Exactly! If we’d known earlier that the Wang family had an ancestral White Dragon Grass, we would have done anything to procure it for President Yuan. Sigh!"

Seeing their opening, the executives from Haicheng Pharmaceutical all had the same idea, quickly latching onto the same excuse. They repeatedly dabbed at their sweat with their sleeves, their smiles more like pained grimaces. They had no choice. This was tantamount to selling out the Wang family. But better them than us... We can’t be expected to perjure ourselves for the Wang family, not if it means offending the most powerful man in Haicheng.

Just then, Lin Fan nodded. "I see." He then turned to look at Mr. Wang Sr., whose face had darkened. "So what you’re all saying is that the Wang family deliberately concealed the herb, disregarding whether Mr. Yuan Sr. lived or died?"

Damn it, Lin Fan, you son of a bitch! He’s dead set on slinging mud at the Wang family!

"No, no, no! I never said that! Mr. Wang Sr., you know me! I have absolutely no intention of framing the Wang family!" Yuan Ruoshan flinched, his face burning hot. He forced a stiff smile and shook his head vigorously at Mr. Wang Sr.

"We didn’t mean that either! It’s all just Lin Fan spouting nonsense!"

"Mr. Wang Sr., we only learned you had the White Dragon Grass after Mr. Yuan Sr. came back to life! We knew nothing else, I swear!"

The others chimed in with hurried explanations, their faces turning green with frustration. They were all incensed by Lin Fan’s deliberate provocations.

"Lin Fan! You... you bastard, cut the crap! How could our Wang family possibly disregard Mr. Yuan Sr.’s safety!" a young man from the Wang family finally snapped. He stormed forward, pointing and cursing at Lin Fan. "We... we only obtained this White Dragon Grass *after* Mr. Yuan Sr. came back from the dead!"

Watching as Lin Fan turned the tables with just a few sentences, leaving everyone backed into a corner, Yuan Youwei and Mrs. Xue exchanged a look. It was incredibly satisfying, and they couldn’t help but let small laughs escape.

Fixing her sharp eyes on the young man, a wry smile on her lips, Yuan Youwei retorted, "But didn’t you just say you’d seen this herb since you were little? Didn’t you swear it was an ancestral treasure of the Wang family?"

"If Mr. Wang Sr. isn’t lying, does that mean your family’s medicine is so miraculous that it can make a boy grow into a man in just a few days?"

"Perhaps, Miss," Mrs. Xue added, her own lips curled in a merciless smile. "Maybe the Wang family’s medicine is like pig feed, good for fattening things up in a hurry!"

"And besides, you call it ancestral? How can something you’ve only had for a few days count?" Yuan Youwei pressed her advantage, her tone light and mocking. "That’s a bit of a low bar, don’t you think? By that logic, are last night’s leftovers also an ancestral treasure?"

"You... you... Shut up! All of you, shut up!" The young Wang family member turned beet-red, his entire body trembling with rage. His face darkened to the color of an eggplant as he let out a hysterical, furious scream.

"..."

The rest of the Wang family gritted their teeth, their fists cracking as they clenched them. They were being insulted to their faces but couldn’t find the words to defend themselves. The sheer frustration was maddening, enough to make a person keel over. They could only swallow their anger and hang their heads in shame, wishing they could dig a hole and crawl into it.

"Humph! Mere clever words! I, Wang Tianchuan, will state it plainly right here! I was reluctant to part with the White Dragon Grass before, so what is your Yuan family going to do about it?" Unable to endure it any longer, Mr. Wang Sr. braced himself and shouted. Things had already come to this. Even if it meant earning Old Man Yuan’s resentment, he absolutely could not back down now. If word of this got out, the entire Wang family would become a laughingstock!

"So what? I was unwilling to use a Wang family ancestral treasure on an outsider! Even if Old Man Yuan gets angry, that doesn’t change the fact that you’re slandering me for stealing the herb!" Having made up his mind, Mr. Wang Sr. jabbed a finger toward the floor. "Kneel! Bow your heads and admit your mistake! If you don’t appease me, the three of you can forget about leaving the Wang family today!"

"I think you’re the one who should be kneeling," Lin Fan said lightly, shaking his head. "The needle is poisoned."

His indifferent voice wasn’t loud, but it landed in the crowd’s ears like a thunderclap on a clear day.

The needle was poisoned? Didn’t that mean Mr. Wang Sr. had willingly poisoned himself when he swallowed it? Instantly, the color drained from everyone’s faces.

"Dad, quick, spit out the needle!"

"Get the Detoxifying Pill!"

"Contact the hospital! Tell them to prepare for emergency surgery to remove the needle!"

BOOM!

The Wang family erupted in panic, scrambling in utter chaos. This was no joke. The old man was the pillar of their family. If he died from Lin Fan’s poisoned needle under such bizarre circumstances, they were finished. What’s worse is that the old bastard swallowed the needle himself. When the time comes to place blame, we won’t be able to pin a thing on Lin Fan!

"Panic my ass!" Amid the anxious stares, Mr. Wang Sr. laughed with rage, waving his hand to stop everyone. "As the esteemed National Medical Sage, how could I not tell if a needle was poisoned? Lin Fan! Don’t even think of bluffing me! What needle? What poison?"

"You have a point," Lin Fan said with an amused shake of his head. "Swallowing needles and razor blades is a trick used by petty thieves. When caught, they do it to make law enforcement hesitate, buying them time until their detention is over. Why would a man of your stature, Mr. Wang Sr., stoop to the level of such riff-raff? You’d lose all face, wouldn’t you?"

Of course, the silver needle he swallowed wasn’t poisoned. But I have a way to make it far deadlier than any poison!

With a mere thought, his spiritual energy point strength surged and spread to his fingertips. Then, Lin Fan’s eyes grew cold as he silently beckoned with a finger. Controlling Qi to manifest form, manipulating the needle from afar!

"Hahaha, you can say whatever you want, but it’s useless! Some damn poison needle... It’s fake! It’s all—HISS!"

The wild laughter cut off abruptly. Mr. Wang Sr.’s smile froze, his old face twisting in horror. He clutched his chest tightly as beads of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he gasped for air.

"Dad!"

"Grandpa!"

"Mr. Wang Sr., are you alright?"

At this sight, the Wang family panicked again, crying out in alarm.

"I’m fine! It doesn’t hurt! Not one bit!" Mr. Wang Sr.’s face burned, his brows knitted together in a tight knot. He stubbornly shook his head, gritting his teeth against the pain as he glared venomously at Lin Fan.

"In five seconds, if you don’t receive my unique antidote, the poison will kill you," Lin Fan stated calmly, raising a single finger and wagging it.

"Five..."

THUD!

As the countdown began, Mr. Wang Sr.’s eyes bulged. He collapsed to the ground in agony, writhing back and forth.

"Four..."

Lin Fan remained unmoved, his countdown continuing with chilling calm.

"Ah... AHH! It hurts! It’s killing me!" Tears and snot streamed down Mr. Wang Sr.’s face. His pants gradually grew wet, accompanied by a foul stench. The pain was so intense he had lost control of his bladder and bowels. He felt the silver needle deep inside him, moving as if it were alive, piercing and slicing through his internal organs. The pain... It’s going to kill me!

THUD! THUD!

"Dad! That’s enough! Just admit it! Don’t lose your life over a single herb!" 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Lin Fan! Lin Fan, please, save him!"

"We were wrong! We were wrong! We shouldn’t have been so stubborn or tried to twist the truth! Please, we’re begging you, save him!"

The surrounding Wang family members were frightened out of their wits. One after another, they dropped to their knees, a kneeling mass of people crying and pleading with Lin Fan.

"Three..."

Lin Fan didn’t respond, simply continuing the count. His detached voice was like a command from the King of Hell, making their scalps tingle and their hearts pound with terror.

THUD!

"AHH... I give up! I give up! The herb isn’t ours! Su Mengqing brought it!" Mr. Wang Sr. shrieked. He scrambled to his knees before Lin Fan, finally broken. He couldn’t take it anymore. He screamed toward the side hall, just one wall away.

"Su Mengqing! You bastards, you’ve killed me! Get the hell out here!"