Why did you provoke me?

Qian Chuan relayed Niannian's words to Qing Yuan, who looked at him and said, "Are you really sure? This is no joke."

"Aunt Qing, I'm serious, I'm not joking." Qian Chuan said earnestly.

"In that case, go ahead and do it. Just tell me what you need, and I'll prepare it for you."

"Thank you, Aunt Qing." Qian Chuan's clenched fist gradually loosened.

"No need to thank me, Aunt Qing just hopes you all will be successful."

Niannian returned to her room and slept until after eight o'clock the next morning. Perhaps she had exercised a bit too much yesterday, as her whole body was a little sore.

She found her backpack, took out the dry branches inside, and used them on herself.

She gestured a few times in the room, then thought for a moment and went to the backyard; she wanted to have another match.

Jing San was delighted with this, and so the chaotic battle mode was restarted.

At that moment, Secretary Wu walked into Yu Meng's office. "I received a message from Nangong Tianshou."

"Did our people report this back?"

"Yes." Secretary Wu found a chair and sat down.

"Were they sent there on purpose?"

"Well, after all, they are one of our major clients. I'll just tell them to keep an eye out for them when they come across them."

"Judging from your appearance, something happened over there?"

Secretary Wu placed the folder on the table. "Sigh, a bit of bad luck."

Tell me about it.

"It seems there was a problem with his family, which caused him to separate from Zhou Jingyan. As a result, he encountered that energy rain on his way home."

Yu Meng frowned. "He has no shortage of strange beads on him."

"He didn't lack anything, but his driver suddenly went insane, and then the car overturned."

"Uh," Yu Meng looked at Secretary Wu seriously, "the car overturned, you're not kidding?"

Secretary Wu nodded helplessly, "I've checked three times, it's true."

Yu Meng couldn't help but laugh out loud, "That luck... and then what happened?"

"He was thrown from the car, rolled down the hillside, and then broke his leg."

"These things don't seem to be a problem for someone of his status." Yu Meng stopped smiling. Secretary Wu wouldn't come to her specifically about something so trivial.

"In the Zhou family of Beijing, Xiao Hao was secretly sent to the laboratory. Zhou Jingyan is furious and is making a big move," Secretary Wu said, adding another matter.

Yu Meng didn't speak, but listened quietly.

"In the end, it was found that it was the second uncle from the same family who had the idea. Since Xiao Hao was the only one who didn't go crazy during this energy rain, he wanted to control him and make Zhou Jingyan compromise and reveal this secret."

Yu Meng poured half a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Secretary Wu.

"Zhou Jinyan's actions this time affected the interests of too many people. As a result, the Zhou family suffered a major blow and fell from being a top-tier family. During the internal strife, some of the family's businesses were swallowed up by a mysterious force."

Meanwhile, Nangong Tianshou was lame and unable to return to take charge. For unknown reasons, all the bone-drawing masters in the Nangong Tianshou family terminated their contracts, even those from within the family, stating they would no longer serve the family. The reason given was that the family had not treated them well over the years.

Yu Meng looked at Secretary Wu, "Why does this feel so familiar? Did their bone-drawing artist also get into trouble?"

"How could we not be familiar with them? That person is still staying here and hasn't left yet!"

"What a grand scheme! I wonder who else will be the unlucky one," Yu Meng remarked.

Secretary Wu flipped through the papers in his hand. "Sending them out this time was a truly wise decision; otherwise, we would have known absolutely nothing about these matters."

"How is Nangong now? Can he walk?"

"I heard he's still in the hospital, and the intercom was just handed to him."

After a pause, he continued, "The Zhou family wanted to send Xiao Hao back to your parents, but your eldest sister refused, saying that your sister-in-law was about to give birth and your mother couldn't take care of two children."

Yu Meng's lips curled up. "You guys even managed to find out about this kind of information."

"Teacher Yu, we have money now. As you know, money can do a lot of things," Secretary Wu said proudly.

"Yes, if Jingyi and the others come back, you'll have a large sum of money again," Yu Meng said, bringing good news.

Secretary Wu smiled so much his eyes narrowed into slits; he was happy to hear this.

"The Jia family patriarch promised a generous reward if his family's bone-drawing master was cured!"

"What is he doing?" Yu Meng hadn't seen him for two days.

Secretary Wu shook his head, "He's been in his room the whole time, and even his meals have to be brought in."

After a moment's hesitation, Secretary Wu finally revealed the reason for his visit.

"Can Qian Chuan really cure those bone-drawing masters?"

"He said he was confident, and Aunt Qing agreed. I don't know much about these things," Yu Meng said casually.

"I'm considered an old hand at the Jingchuan base, but I really don't know what he's good at," Secretary Wu said, pinching his brow.

"You don't need to worry about these things, Aunt Qing will take care of it."

"Teacher Yu, how can I not worry? That's a reclusive family. Even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how down on their luck they are, they are not someone we can afford to offend. Besides, I have a feeling that something is fishy about this."

Yu Meng gave Secretary Wu a serious look; she was indeed very perceptive.

"So what's your opinion on this?"

"I, I..." Secretary Wu stammered for a long time but still couldn't say anything.

"What are you still worried about with me? We're in this together." Yu Meng's voice was very soft.

Did I really say that?

"Tell me, I can hold on." Yu Meng took a deep breath.

Seeing Yu Meng's exaggerated movements, Secretary Wu also took a deep breath.

"I actually didn't want to cure them."

This answer surprised Yu Meng a little.

"So many people getting the same disease is problematic in itself." Now that the most important point has been made, Secretary Wu has no need to hide the rest.

"Bone painters are naturally capable of identifying poisons. There are only two reasons why they are like this: either they did it voluntarily, or they were tricked by someone."

Judging from the family head's attitude, the first possibility seems unlikely, but it can't be completely ruled out. Let me tell you, people from large families are natural actors; they can be a high-ranking princess or a beggar on the street. They'll do anything to achieve their goals.

Secretary Wu looked a little excited. Seeing Yu Meng staring at him, he gave an awkward smile. "I was a little excited. Please forgive me, Teacher Yu."

"Uncle Wu, you know I'm just an ordinary kid. I don't know anything about these wealthy and powerful families. You'll have to teach me properly in the future, otherwise if I make a wrong judgment one day, we'll all be doomed."

Secretary Wu nodded. "I only have a superficial understanding, but I will definitely tell you anything that I think is unreasonable."

"Then tell me your reasons for not wanting to save them?"

"Actually, I'd still like it if there's money to be made. But if it's the second possibility, and we save them, that would be provoking the people in the shadows. I'm afraid they'll target us. If they're in the shadows and pull some tricks, our whole family will have nowhere to hide. Then we'll be finished."

"But I've already promised them, isn't it a bit too late now?" Yu Meng said with a hint of anxiety.

"It's all my fault. When Jing San said that, I didn't think too much about it and agreed to let them give it a try. Last night, the more I thought about it, the more I felt there was a problem. That's why I came to see you first thing this morning."

"Then bring up the Qianchuan matter..."

"Sigh, to be frank, I've never heard of him knowing how to make medicine. I thought you arranged it this way on purpose. But I was afraid he might not know his own strength and kill someone, so I wanted to find out what you thought."

"Xiao Wen brought over a bottle of medicine, which Qian Chuan gave me. I checked it; it won't kill anyone."

Secretary-General Wu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good!"