Chapter 599: Chapter 599 The Person Who is Needed More

Startled, Yi Huai immediately shook his head in denial, “I don’t understand what you mean. If you want to find your father, then go ahead, what does it have to do with me?”

“Yi Huai, initially it was you and my father who went out together in search of medicine,” Zhong Niangyao looked at Yi Huai, her face adorned with a faint smile, yet her aura was undeniably forceful, “But in the end, only you returned. Now you’re telling me it has nothing to do with you.”

“Do you think I would believe such a thing?”

“Indeed, it’s true that we went to find medicine together,” Yi Huai nodded, then continued, “However, we parted ways halfway through the journey. I truly have no idea about his whereabouts.”

“Yi Huai, even at this point, do you still intend to play mind games with me here?” Zhong Niangyao spoke with a sneer, “If you won’t speak, don’t blame me for resorting to some extreme measures. When the time comes, even if you beg to confess, I won’t listen anymore.”

“Why continue this entanglement here with him?” Lu Yichen spoke with a detached tone, “If he refuses to talk, just have someone take him back. The special department has plenty of means to get him to divulge everything.”

Suddenly hearing Lu Yichen mention the special department, Yi Huai abruptly looked up, “You are from the special department?”

Zhong Niangyao did not answer Yi Huai’s question, but continued, “So? Do you still plan to persist in this defiance?”

“I can tell you, but you have to let us leave.”

At this point, Yi Huai no longer harbored any illusions that Zhong Niangyao would help Wanwan solve her physical problems or let them go. Now that things had escalated to this, all he wanted was to safely leave this place today.

“Heh, do you think you’re in a position to bargain with me here?” Zhong Niangyao shook her head and said, “I’m giving you a chance to confess now, to suffer less. Otherwise–”

During her speech, her gaze fell on Huang Wan, the threat was clear and obvious.

Hearing such threatening words, Yi Huai felt deeply humiliated, but with powerlessness on his side, he had no choice but to admit defeat. Clenching his teeth, he said, “I tell you, the disappearance of Zhong Mingxin is truly unrelated to me. However, the Snow Spirit Flower was indeed found by Zhong Mingxin.”

“The Snow Spirit Flower grew on a steep cliff. After we found it, Zhong Mingxin went to pick it himself. But just as he handed it to me, he accidentally fell down the ravine. I swear it was truly an accident, I did nothing. Afterwards, I brought the Snow Spirit Flower back and handed it over to the Baili Family. Aside from claiming that I picked the Snow Spirit Flower myself, I didn’t meddle with anything else.”

Zhong Niangyao nodded, showing no suspicion, but asked, “The Snow Spirit Flower you gave to the Baili Family, was it the real one?”

Upon hearing this, Yi Huai’s expression suddenly became somewhat strange.

Baili Hengyuan abruptly looked up, his gaze towards Yi Huai filled with gnashing hatred, “You bastard, the Snow Spirit Flower you gave us was a fake, wasn’t it?”

At this juncture, if he still didn’t understand, then he would truly be considered hopelessly naive.

The Snow Spirit Flower and the Snow Lotus looked very similar; ordinary people simply could not tell them apart. Initially, they all believed Yi Huai was deeply devoted to Le Yao, hence no one had ever doubted that the Snow Spirit Flower could be fake.

Now, he had completely seen through Yi Huai’s true character. With Yi Huai’s current performance, what more was there to misunderstand!

“Yi Huai, you really are constantly lowering the bar of my expectations,” Zhong Niangyao spoke with endless irony in her tone, “My parents, you’ve used them thoroughly! My mother’s vitality and talent were extracted by you to extend your wife’s life. If I’m not mistaken, the Snow Spirit Flower my father found was also given to your wife, right?”

“What, if there is something wrong with your wife, must you cling to my parents to drain their blood? What terrible deeds did they commit in their past lives to have encountered you in this life!”

Her words ignited the scant remainders of shame in Yi Huai; he avoided meeting Zhong Niangyao’s gaze.

“If you’ve done something wrong, then you must face punishment.”

Zhong Niangyao’s icy gaze fixed on Yi Huai, then as if struck by a thought, she turned her head to look at Lu Yichen beside her, speaking with a smile, “Yichen, Huang Wan’s life won’t last much longer. I’m not heartless; take out whatever it is from her, will you?”

Hearing Zhong Niangyao’s words, Lu Yichen raised an eyebrow, a flash of surprise in his eyes as if he couldn’t believe Zhong Niangyao would suddenly become so benevolent.

“Baili Hengyuan,” on the other hand, was somewhat unable to contain himself. He quickly interjected, “How can you just let her off so easily? For so many years, she’s been the reason your mother has been comatose, the reason why you and your mother have been separated!”

“Mhm, I know,” Zhong Niangyao nodded, “That’s why she deserves to die, and she’s about to die. That thing in her body doesn’t serve much of a purpose anymore. I think it should be given to someone who needs it far more.”

Baili Hengyuan was utterly confused, not quite understanding.

On the other hand, there was a flicker of comprehension in Lu Yichen’s eyes.

Initially, upon hearing Zhong Niangyao agree to relieve Huang Wan of her suffering, Yi Huai couldn’t help but feel a flicker of joy in his heart.

Although he knew his wife’s life wouldn’t last much longer, if she could suffer a little less in her final days, that would still be good.

However, now listening to Zhong Niangyao’s subsequent words, a surge of unease welled up within him.

Zhong Niangyao looked over at Lu Yichen, then revealed a sweet smile, “Yichen, go ahead.”

Even without explicit instructions, she believed Lu Yichen would certainly understand her meaning.

True to her belief, upon hearing Zhong Niangyao’s words, Lu Yichen took action.

His frosty gaze fell upon Huang Wan.

All of a sudden, Huang Wan felt the hairs on her body stand on end, a primal awareness of danger surging through her.

Before long, a wisp of faint black mist emerged from between Huang Wan’s eyebrows.

Clearly, that wisp of black mist was the cause of her agony throughout this time. Then, before anyone could react, the black mist drilled directly back into the space between Yi Huai’s eyebrows.

With wide eyes, Yi Huai had no time to react before feeling a bone-deep pain emerge. The agony that penetrated to the marrow made even a grown man like him unable to hold back, and he could no longer support Huang Wan, collapsing to his knees, clenching his teeth, clutching himself.