"What has happened?" Yang Ruxin’s heart skipped a beat, as she grabbed Liuyun’s arm, "Who’s in trouble?"
"Sister Xin, don’t panic, it’s not someone from our family, it’s the old residence." Liuyun steadied his breath, "Because it involves a human life, the young master asked me to urgently inform you."
"Someone from the old residence?" Yang Ruxin’s heart eased, "What did the people of the old residence do?" As long as Sanni and the rest were fine.
"I’m not very clear on the specifics, but it seems to be a case of poisoning. When I left, Doctor Li Yi was on his way there. The whole village is abuzz with the news..." Liuyun stuttered his way through the account, "Also, Yang Ruyu is safe, but she was so frightened she ran to our house..."
By now, Liuyun also considered Yang Ruxin’s place as his own home.
"Big sister..." Erni suddenly became frightened, and couldn’t help but clutch at her sleeve, "Could it be..."
"It couldn’t have been Yang Ruyu who poisoned them." Yang Ruxin patted Erni’s hand, "She isn’t that foolish..."
"I heard it was Daya, but that child can’t be found now, no idea where she’s run off to..." Liuyun pursed his lips.
"Daya?" Erni cried out in shock. How old was she?
"We’ll know when we go back and see." Yang Ruxin exhaled, although she actually felt the likelihood that it was Daya was greater.
However, just as they had left the town’s outskirts, they saw Uncle Basket’s mule cart rushing towards them, astonishingly bringing Dong Family to the medical hall, escorted by Yang Baixiang. She had been poisoned too deeply and had to be brought up to the town.
"Xinxin..." Upon seeing Yang Ruxin, Yang Baixiang’s face lit up with joy.
"Uncle Xiaowu, what happened? Is it really Daya who poisoned them?"
Yang Baixiang knew more than Liuyun, and nodded, "It was she who went to the village chief’s house to ask for a packet of rat poison, claiming there were rats at home. The poison that your grandparents and your Aunt Si ingested was the very same rat poison, which had been placed in the cooking water..." He sighed as he spoke, "After the incident, Daya disappeared. Not sure if she is hiding or what."
Yang Ruxin scoffed, "Well, that really confirms the saying, ’Like father, like son,’ doesn’t it? But now is not the time to think about this." She glanced at Yang Baixiang, "Do you have any silver?"
Yang Baixiang shook his head. His mother was unconscious, and his little sister, learning that Dong Family had been poisoned by Daya, wished nothing more than for her to die immediately. Who would give him any silver?
Yang Ruxin sighed and took out a tael of silver to hand over, "How can you save a life without silver? Go on."
Yang Baixiang accepted the silver somewhat sheepishly, "Xinxin, I will pay you back."
Yang Ruxin waved her hand, "We can talk about that later." She definitely would not relinquish the silver, but she wouldn’t ask Uncle Xiaowu to repay it.
Yang Baiyue rushed to Hechun Hall.
Yang Ruxin, along with Gu Qingheng, returned to the village. Before they even entered their home, they heard crying from inside, not someone else’s, but Yang Ruyu’s.
"Not afraid of snakes anymore?" Yang Ruxin pushed the door open and walked in, smiling at Yang Ruyu, who was sitting in the courtyard, crying with the beauty of pear blossoms bathed in rain, "You know, our house is home to a bunch of snakes..."
Yang Ruyu suddenly screamed and jumped up, flinging herself towards Fang Tianze who was standing by her side.
Fang Tianze had never expected her to leap toward him so suddenly. Instinctively, he reached out to catch her, but then he felt a tightness around his waist, and the next moment he found himself flying backward...