Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 70: The Current Situation was Okay
"Not this bag," Su Yijia quickly came up with a new excuse.
The man’s hand hesitated for a moment and then suddenly rose.
"Are you taking me for a fool?"
With an enraged low roar, he launched a fierce palm strike, and the sharp wind cut through the air. Su Yijia rolled to the side with all her strength, narrowly avoiding the man’s attack. In the process, she accidentally collided with the man holding Professor Li. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Although she couldn’t make him release Professor Li, this unexpected turn of events was enough to prompt the people hidden in the trees and crouching on the wall to take action.
Amidst a series of consecutive noises, the attackers dropped their weapons one after another.
Su Yijia was in pain, and cold sweat dripped down her forehead as she struggled to get up. She heard a faint whistling sound. Without thinking, she kicked Professor Li, who was still on the ground, and sent him flying. She herself fell to the ground again due to the recoil.
The concealed weapon glinted with a chilling luster in the light. It was a silver needle, similar in length to an embroidery needle. Clearly, it must be poisoned.
They couldn’t obtain it, and they wouldn’t let Professor Li make any more contributions to the progress of the country.
A dozen or so people rushed in, and they quickly subdued those who were seriously injured. The leader of the group was dressed in a uniform with four pockets and looked at Su Yijia, whose face was twisted in pain, with a complex expression.
Su Yijia gritted her teeth, took several deep breaths, and then raised her hands in a gesture of surrender, trying to appear especially innocent.
"I’m innocent! This is purely a coincidence! The smell on the minibus was unbearable for me. Since this village is the closest to the minibus stop, I got off here out of convenience. As for why I came to this particular household, it was this woman who brought me here. Initially, I was going to her place to buy a chicken, but it turned out that they didn’t have the type of chicken I wanted. She told me I could come to this house to buy one, so I followed her here."
Although she had been caught red-handed and felt like she was in an impossible situation, the reality was not entirely bleak. Being caught now was better than having to come back from time to time in the future. Regardless of explaining things to the Li family or higher authorities, it would be even more difficult later on.
Ke Zeming stared at her intently for quite some time before instructing his men to take the others to another room for interrogation. However, he didn’t say anything to Su Yijia and continued to fix his sharp gaze on her without looking away.
After a while, two people entered and whispered something in his ear. When they left, Ke Zeming finally asked, "When did you take Qin Kaize to see a doctor? When did the doctor prescribe medicine in front of you and give you instructions?"
"I didn’t! I made all that up," Su Yijia admitted candidly. "I just went to that woman’s house to see her old hen and thought it wasn’t good enough. But I didn’t dare to tell her the truth because I was afraid she would get angry. If she scolded me or hit me, I wouldn’t be able to handle. I’ve never raised chickens in the city since I was a child, so how could I know if a chicken is good or bad?"
Ke Zeming still didn’t believe her explanation. However, Su Yijia looked as though she had been insulted and widened her eyes. "Even though I’ve never raised chickens, her old hen had no vitality at all. When I saw her, she didn’t even make a sound or move her head. I guessed right away that her chicken must be quite old. She admitted it herself, saying she had been raising that chicken for ten years. The meat from such an old hen is tough and tasteless, with no nutritional value. Isn’t that a waste of my ginseng?"
