After a while, Jian Xi also exited the game, her brows tightly furrowed, seeming to feel a bit uncomfortable. "You all continue playing. It's stuffy in here; I'm going out for some air."
Seeing her complexion wasn't too good, Su Yinghe immediately put down her wine glass. "Alright, that's enough for today. We'll meet up again next time."
Holding Su Yinghe back as she was about to stand up, Jian Xi blinked at her twice and said, "Fifth Senior Sister, you keep playing. I'm just going out for some air, I'll be right back." She blinked again after speaking.
Su Yinghe frowned slightly, nodded, and sat back down, continuing to engage the others in the game. However, her peripheral vision kept following Jian Xi as she left the private room.
This round, Su Yinghe lost. After downing a glass of red wine, she stood up. "I can't anymore, I can't. I'm going to the restroom first, be right back!"
As she walked out, she said a few words to the girl called Li Shu Jing beside her, then left the private room.
After she left, Li Lu Xi also wanted to go out, but Li Shu Jing stopped her, reasoning that since they were now short two players for the game, she should stay.
Li Shu Jing's attitude wasn't one of discussion, but rather insistence. Li Lu Xi wanted to refuse but couldn't.
At the end of the corridor, eight large men were lying on the ground. Each was either clutching their arms in pain or hugging their knees in agony. Two were lying motionless.
Jian Xi coldly looked at the few people before her. She had smelled something off about that glass of fruit juice when she brought it close, but she still drank it without showing any reaction. After drinking it, she quietly pressed on a few of her acupuncture points, then silently took out a silver needle from her bracelet and pricked her finger, expelling the drug.
At the time, her mind raced through who might want to harm her, since she didn't know anyone here before coming and couldn't possibly have any grudges.
Suddenly, she recalled an incident—before the server brought the questionable fruit juice, only one person had gone out: that woman she found vaguely familiar!
Could it be her? No wonder, when she drank the fruit juice earlier, she felt the woman's gaze on her!
Unfortunately, she couldn't see through the woman, and the third Five Emperor Talisman wasn't with her either, so she couldn't be completely sure!
Nevermind, whatever grudge the woman had against her, bring it on—she wasn't afraid!
Just as she was about to check the surveillance, she suddenly sensed a gaze and swiftly moved to the fire exit door, forcefully pinning someone down.
Yan Sen didn't expect Jian Xi to discover him, much less move so quickly. Before he could turn around, she had already pinned him down!
At that very moment, Su Yinghe also rushed over.
When Jian Xi winked at her earlier, Su Yinghe sensed something was off. So she instructed Li Shu Jing not to let anyone leave the private room, then went out to ask Jian Xi what was going on.
Su Yinghe hurried over, glancing at the people lying on the ground with a furious look. She had finally managed to bring her junior sister out to play, yet someone dared to bully her?
Nodding towards the man Jian Xi pinned down, "This one, from the bar last time." Jian Xi had recognized Yan Sen as he turned his head earlier.
Su Yinghe grabbed Yan Sen's hair, forcing him to look up so she could get a good look at him.
Yan Sen's voice had already been muted by Jian Xi's strike. His eyes were filled with resentment and viciousness. However, he thought it was fortunate he hadn't chosen to harm Su Yinghe earlier. Even if the Su Family doted on Su Yinghe, they likely wouldn't go after the Yan Family over one of her friends, since the Yan Family was also a prominent household in B City.
Yes, upon weighing his options earlier, he hadn't chosen to harm Su Yinghe. Back at the bar, Su Yinghe had only humiliated him because of that other girl. At the root of it all was that girl's fault. Plus, there were no prominent families surnamed Jian in B City.
"How do you want to deal with him?" Su Yinghe's gaze was icy cold.
Jian Xi pondered for a moment. "Let's report it to the police. But I feel this matter isn't so simple. That woman in the room seems suspicious too. You know I can't see through myself, so I can only go by my instincts. And when I drank that questionable glass of fruit juice earlier, I felt her gaze on me."
Su Yinghe: "What? The fruit juice was tampered with too? Then why did you still drink it? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"
"Fifth Senior Sister, you still don't know my capabilities. Don't worry, those petty tricks can't harm me!" Jian Xi smiled.
She kicked Yan Sen in the stomach, feigning releasing him. He immediately collapsed to the ground, the color draining from his face as he writhed in pain, nearly passing out.
Su Yinghe raised her foot, about to kick his leg, but Jian Xi stopped her. "Fifth Senior Sister, wait. I still have questions for him. If he passes out, he can't answer."
Su Yinghe halted her motion. Yan Sen couldn't speak, but he let out a long breath of relief. He felt that if Su Yinghe's kick had connected with his leg, he might have spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair!
Jian Xi pressed a point between the first and second cervical vertebral spines, and Yan Sen's wails poured out with her motion.
"Shut up, stop screaming. If you make another sound, I'll make sure you can never speak again!" Su Yinghe said coldly.
Yan Sen grit his teeth. "Su Yinghe, I'm the second young master of the Yan Family. Are you really going to turn against my entire family for the sake of a friend with no status? Either kill me today, or my father will demand an explanation from your Su Family once he finds out!"
Jian Xi, who had been silent until now, raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. She thought this truly exemplified the saying "bullying the weak but fearing the strong."
"Heh, that's the most laughable thing I've heard. Let's not even talk about whether our Little Seventh has any status. Just look at what your Yan Family amounts to, daring to stand up to the Su Family like this? And I heard your grandfather has been trying to book a divine doctor for a while now, only managing to get an appointment two months from now?" Su Yinghe smirked, her tone playful. "Do you know the divine doctor's surname?"
Yan Sen didn't understand her meaning. What did this have to do with the divine doctor his grandfather booked? Moreover, he never cared about that old man, so how would he know the divine doctor's name?
Su Yinghe gestured towards Jian Xi. "Her. Her surname is Jian."
Disregarding Yan Sen's shocked expression, Su Yinghe continued with another sentence. "Oh, and she has a brother too. Do you know who he is?"
Yan Sen shook his head instinctively, momentarily forgetting the pain in his stomach. His intuition told him the name Su Yinghe was about to say would be someone significant.
"Well, let me kindly inform you. His name is He Qingchen!"
