Chapter 1537: Chapter 1536: I Say, I Say_1

“You don’t know? Fine, I’ll take your word for it. Then tell me, who were the people that kidnapped Tong Sanlang’s mother?” Qiao Xiaomai asked again.

“It was the Tianlong Gang.”

“Don’t play dumb!” Qiao Xiaomai said angrily, unable to help herself as she lifted her foot to kick Bei Yun.

Bei Lingsu had warned her never to touch those skilled with poison with her hands carelessly. They were all covered in poison. Bei Yun was adept in using poison, and although she was furious, she still remembered Bei Lingsu’s words. She didn’t use her hands to push him but kicked him with her foot instead.

“Hey, hey, hey! Don’t get violent!” Bei Yun hastily retreated.

Although his internal power was sealed by Bei Lingsu, as a great master, his reflexes remained. As Qiao Xiaomai kicked out, he quickly pulled back.

He could dodge Qiao Xiaomai, but not Bei Lingsu.

Bei Lingsu’s figure flashed, immediately grabbing him by the collar. Her fair face was covered with frost as she asked coldly, “Speak, who exactly were the people from the Tianlong Gang who helped kill Young Master Tong?”

“Aunt, I…ugh!”

Decisively, Bei Lingsu raised her hand and, taking advantage of the moment Bei Yun raised his, she threw a pill into his mouth. As soon as the pill dissolved upon entry, his throat felt as if it was on fire, and Bei Yun’s face quickly turned red.

Bei Lingsu released him, her voice cold as she said, “You know what this is. Without the antidote within a quarter of an hour, all the skin inside your mouth will ulcerate, leaving behind scars that cannot be cured for life.”

“Scars don’t matter, but your body already contains deadly poison. This should trigger the lethal poison that is temporarily suppressed within you, right?”

With a cold smile, Bei Lingsu said, “When the poison strikes, we’ll see if you’ll take the antidote. As long as you produce the antidote, I’m sure I can figure out what it actually is.”

“I won’t take your life, but I’ll take your signficant breakthrough, and then you can stay in the Sky Prison. When I return to the Bei household, that’s when I’ll get you out!”

Bei Yun might not care about this poison, but it was very likely to trigger the severe poison that was temporarily under control within his body. With this, she had grasped Bei Yun’s lifeline.

Considering Qiao Xiaomai’s safety, she had to treat Bei Yun this way.

In speaking of the matter, having heard Bei Yun’s frequent mentions, she had truly come to believe in his tragic experiences in his youth.

Having suffered too much in his childhood, uncultivated, he turned into a monster. For this, the Bei family bore some responsibility.

So at times, she would really talk to him like an elder, sharing life lessons–the things Bei Yun had missed out on in his youth, which she wanted to give him.

As long as he did not harm others, she did not constrain him much ordinarily.

But this matter was different. It was a matter of life and death; she had to be ruthless.

After being force-fed the poison, Bei Yun’s face was already as red as fire. His facial features were tightly scrunched together from the pain, and he collapsed to the ground, his body curled into a ball. He reached to scratch inside his mouth, but thinking about the poison’s nature, he forcibly controlled his hands.

He did not have the antidote on him. Having been in the Capital City for so long, he could only access ordinary herbal medicine.

He did not possess the antidote to this poison.

If the poison wasn’t neutralized, it wouldn’t be long before the inside poison would erupt.

Remembering the agony of the poison’s effects, he looked towards Bei Lingsu, repeatedly nodding.

Since he could no longer speak, he could only express his willingness through this gesture.

Seeing this, Bei Lingsu coldly asked, “Ready to talk now?”

Bei Yun kept nodding.

She bent down, picked up his collar, and then put the antidote into his mouth.