Chapter 141: Good Thing We’re Here
Fang Chan was anxious, "Mom, you need to think of something quickly."
Fan Lizhen felt a pang of heartache seeing her daughter’s current state. Her once youthful and lively demeanor had completely changed, now replaced by exhaustion and despair. She couldn’t let her daughter continue like this.
The next day, Fan Lizhen took matters into her own hands and went straight to the school gate to confront Yiyi.
"You must be Mo Yiyi. Today, you’re coming with me. Have a good look at my daughter. If you can cure her poison, I won’t hold you accountable for poisoning her."
Yiyi laughed outright upon hearing Fan Lizhen’s words.
"Ma’am, do I know you? Why should I go anywhere with you?"
Fan Lizhen hadn’t been disregarded like this in a long time. Seeing Yiyi’s indifferent attitude, she clenched her fists in anger, but eventually held back and glanced at Yiyi with a warning, "Young lady, don’t be too arrogant, and take responsibility for your actions. Don’t deny what you’ve done. I’m speaking to you politely, giving you face. Don’t let things get ugly later."
"Ma’am, I don’t think there’s anything left for us to discuss."
Seeing Fan Lizhen’s attitude, Yiyi realized that this woman was just like her daughter—arrogant and conceited. The humiliation her mother suffered in public at Fang Chan’s hand was still fresh in her mind, and she wasn’t going to forgive Fang Chan easily.
With that, Yiyi called over Fei Erya, who hadn’t said a word, and they turned to leave.
"One hundred thousand. As long as you cure Xiao Chan, I’ll give you a hundred thousand."
Fan Lizhen stared at Yiyi’s back, reluctantly naming her price.
But Yiyi didn’t even pause; she completely ignored Fan Lizhen.
Seeing Yiyi walk away decisively, Fan Lizhen’s expression finally faltered. Her face darkened as she looked ahead, her gaze deep and brooding.
Fei Erya, who had been silent from the start, couldn’t help but ask as they walked away, "Yiyi, who was that just now?"
"Teacher Yang’s mother-in-law."
Hearing this, Fei Erya was full of surprise, "What... That was Teacher Yang’s mother-in-law? So that’s Brother Fang’s mother. But how do you know them? And did Brother Fang’s sister also have some strange illness?"
Yiyi briefly recounted the situation. She didn’t go into detail about how Fang Chan was poisoned; there was nothing worth mentioning there.
Fei Erya was infuriated after hearing the whole story.
"How can Brother Fang’s sister be like that? It’s really too much." She then expressed some sympathy for Yang Liu, "I wonder how Teacher Yang deals with these people."
"They haven’t even acknowledged Teacher Yang."
Meeting Yang Liu in Shangjing this time, even though she hadn’t said much, Yiyi gathered from her words about her situation with the Fang family, and so she had even less favorable impressions of them.
Fei Erya wasn’t surprised, of course, considering people like Fang Chan and Fan Lizhen, "Yiyi, you did the right thing. They were so excessive that you not treating Fang Chan was completely justified."
When the two returned home, Fei Erya noticed that Yiyi hadn’t mentioned the incident, so she stayed quiet. After dinner, they went to do their homework together.
"Yiyi, are you not going to tell Aunt Ding about this?"
After finishing their homework, Fei Erya couldn’t help but bring it up.
Yiyi shook her head, "No need, I don’t want to worry Mom unnecessarily."
Fei Erya nodded and changed the subject, "Yiyi, I’ll help you with the move this weekend."
Ding Yuejun and Yiyi had decided the courtyard would be used for residence, and the current place for the custom clothing shop, so they planned to move this week.
Hearing this, Yiyi smiled, "Er Ya, you don’t need to trouble yourself. Mo Ping and Master Guo are coming to help move tomorrow, so that’ll save us a lot of effort." "That’s great; it means Aunt Ding will have less work to do then."
However, neither of them expected that an unexpected incident would occur during the move the next day.
"Did you offend anyone recently?"
Mo Ping frowned at Yiyi, then continued, "If it weren’t for Old Guo and I coming over just in time to help move, your mom might have been abducted."
Ding Yuejun, still shaken, looked gratefully at Guo Ming, "Master Guo, thank you so much for today."
Guo Ming simply nodded calmly.
Yiyi, however, wore an icy expression, eyes filled with deep thoughts. She had just refused Fan Lizhen yesterday, and now someone tried to kidnap her mother. It was too much of a coincidence, and Yiyi couldn’t think of anyone else other than Fan Lizhen who would do such a thing.
Thinking of this, Yiyi said to Ding Yuejun, "Mom, I need to step out for a moment; I’ll be right back."
Ding Yuejun, however, held Yiyi back, full of concern.
"Yiyi, it’s better if you don’t go out rashly these days. Those people might come after you too."
Yiyi reassured her by patting her hand, "Mom, don’t worry. I know what I’m doing. Besides, I think I know who’s behind this, and I’ll handle it."
"Who is it?"
Ding Yuejun was surprised that Yiyi knew and immediately asked.
There was nothing to hide at this point, so Yiyi recounted Fan Lizhen’s confrontation, and concluded, "Mom, these two women are nothing good. You’d better stay home for the next few days."
Ding Yuejun became even more worried about Yiyi.
"Yiyi, if you must go out, you should take Master Guo with you, or I won’t feel at ease."
"Mom, that’s not necessary."
However, given Ding Yuejun’s insistence, Yiyi ended up going out with Guo Ming.
"Master Guo, since you’re with me, I have something to trouble you with."
Guo Ming remained as taciturn as ever. Yiyi spoke; he listened. He said not a word extra, but when it came to getting things done, Yiyi couldn’t have been more satisfied.
She had asked Guo Ming to find out where Fan Lizhen and Fang Chan were staying, and he had quickly found out. They were now on their way to the hotel.
"This is the place. Let’s go in."
Guo Ming led the way, navigating easily until they reached their destination. However, after a couple of steps, he noticed Yiyi hadn’t followed, "What’s up?" he asked instinctively.
Yiyi said nothing, instead pulling Guo Ming behind a pillar, her gaze fixed on Fan Lizhen and the woman in black standing there, "Leng Yu..."
Guo Ming responded quickly, and after a moment of initial surprise, he calmly followed Yiyi to hide behind the pillar.