On the day of rebirth, I took my baby to find Jiuqiansui to recognize his relatives

"Sorry, Junyao, I've kept you waiting. This is Lingxiao, the big boss of the mountain." Jiang Yanwan introduced, then turned to Lingxiao, "And this is my best friend, Wu Junyao."

It is not appropriate to reveal Wu Junyao's identity now, otherwise it will alert the enemy.

Ling Xiao smiled and walked forward, shook hands with Wu Junyao, and said sincerely: "I'm sorry for the offense. I hope you will forgive me in the future."

When Wu Junyao first met Ling Xiao, although he had some doubts in his heart, he nodded politely out of trust in Jiang Yanwan.

At the dinner table, the atmosphere was harmonious. Jiang Yanwan seemingly unintentionally picked up a piece of steamed sea bass, opened her red lips, and slowly asked, "Brother Lingxiao, I am here to find a child named Wei Zixuan. Do you have any clues?"

Ling Xiao paused for a moment while holding the cup, then smiled and said casually, "Don't worry, Miss Yan Wan. It's not appropriate to discuss business matters at the dinner table. Let's just enjoy this rare delicacy first."

When Jiang Yanwan heard this, a hint of sharpness flashed across her eyes, but she no longer insisted. She just nodded and continued to eat.

After dinner, she quietly left the table under the pretext of taking a walk and strolled along the path outside the camp.

The breeze blew on her face, bringing with it the unique fresh scent of the mountains and forests, but her heart could not calm down. The strange equipment she had seen during the day and the disturbing speculation kept circling in her mind.

Just as she was immersed in her thoughts, she caught a glimpse of a familiar green from the corner of her eyes. It was a plant growing quietly in the corner. Its leaves were unique in shape. It was Gelsemium elegans. Jiang Yanwan stopped abruptly, her heart beating suddenly, and a terrible thought arose in her mind.

"Could it be that Li Mingxiu's poisoning is related to Ling Xiao?" She murmured to herself, staring at the innocent green in disbelief. Reason told her that such a guess was too arbitrary, but all the coincidences seemed to point in the same direction.

Just as she was hesitating whether to delve deeper, a voice sounded behind her, with a hint of amusement: "Miss Jiang, I didn't expect you to be so interested in herbs. I am really impressed by you."

Jiang Yanwan turned around abruptly and met Ling Xiao's smiling eyes. At that moment, she almost blurted out her suspicions, but when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back. She didn't want to wrongly accuse anyone who might be innocent, especially the man in front of her who had an inexplicable tacit understanding with her.

"I just had nothing to do, so I just took a walk." She tried her best to keep her voice calm, but her eyes involuntarily fell back on the bunch of heartbreak grass, "Brother Lingxiao, this heartbreak grass is extremely poisonous, how could it appear here?"

Ling Xiao's smile faded, and a complex light seemed to flash across his eyes: "Everything in the world has its reason for existence, and this heartbreak grass is no exception. Perhaps it was God's will that brought us together, or perhaps it was just the result of nature's random sowing."

Jiang Yanwan stared at him, trying to get more information from his words, but Ling Xiao's expression was like a pool of still water, difficult to read. After a moment, she sighed softly and decided to put aside her doubts for the time being.

"Maybe. Things in this world are complicated." She chuckled, trying to ease the atmosphere. "However, Brother Ling Xiao, your mountain seems to be hiding many secrets. If you have the chance in the future, you must reveal them to me one by one."

Ling Xiao raised his mysterious smile again and nodded: "Of course, as long as Miss Yan Wan is willing, the door of my village will always be open to you."

The moonlight was like a wash, pouring through the window onto Jiang Yanwan's bed. She tossed and turned, feeling uneasy. Her mind kept replaying the events of the day, Ling Xiao's smile, the appearance of the heartbreak grass, and the unsolved kidnapping case of Wei Zixuan. Everything was like a tangled mess that needed to be sorted out. At this moment, a faint cry drifted into her ears, penetrating the silence of the night and striking her heart.

Jiang Yanwan's heart tightened, she got out of bed, put on a robe, and followed the sound quietly. The crying sound appeared and disappeared, leading her through the dark alley until she came to an inconspicuous woodshed. A faint light shone through the crack of the woodshed door under the moonlight, and the suppressed sobbing sound came from here.

She pushed the door open lightly, and a dim candlelight barely illuminated the scene inside the room. A figure was curled up on the ground, his hands and feet tightly bound by ropes. It was Wei Zixuan who had been missing for many days. His face was haggard, with tears streaking his eyes. There was fear in his eyes, but also the surprise of seeing Jiang Yanwan.

"Doctor Jiang, is that you? I thought I would never see the sun again in this life." Wei Zixuan's voice trembled, tears rolled down his cheeks again, and he looked extremely helpless.

Jiang Yanwan quickly stepped forward and quickly untied the ropes that bound him, and at the same time comforted him softly: "Wei Zixuan, don't be afraid, I'm here. Tell me, what is going on? Why are you locked up here?"

Wei Zixuan sat up with the help of Jiang Yanwan, and with tears and sobs, he intermittently revealed an astonishing secret: "Ling Xiao, he... he is not an ordinary bandit at all. He used this village as a cover, and he is actually a crazy pharmacist. He has been doing an experiment recently, testing drugs on children like us. I saw him poison Li Mingxiu with my own eyes, and then... then he captured me and announced to the public that it was me who did it, in order to divert attention..."

These words were like a bolt from the blue, causing Jiang Yanwan's body to tremble.

I didn't expect Ling Xiao to be such a person...

She shook her head in disbelief: "How is this possible? Ling Xiao..."

Wei Zixuan grabbed the corner of her clothes, his voice trembling with fear: "It's true, I saw it with my own eyes, he wants to use those strange weapons and poisons to control this land. Miss Jiang, we have to leave here, otherwise..."

Jiang Yanwan's mind quickly flashed through the moments she had spent with Ling Xiao. All those subtle details became evidence at this moment. She took a deep breath and said solemnly, "We can't just run away like this. We must expose his true identity and rescue the other children. We can't let him hurt innocent people again."

Wei Zixuan was filled with gratitude and nodded in agreement. Just as the two were preparing to act, there was a slight sound of footsteps outside the door. Jiang Yanwan quickly blew out the candle, pulled Wei Zixuan behind the door, and silently said in her heart: "Calm down, you must calm down."

The door was gently pushed open, and a figure quietly entered. It was Wu Junyao. Apparently, he also heard the crying, but he came later than Jiang Yanwan. Jiang Yanwan breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to him about Wei Zixuan.

After hearing this, Wu Junyao's face was solemn, and his eyes flashed with determination: "Yan Wan, we have to find a way quickly. We must rescue the children and expose Ling Xiao's true face. We can't let more people get hurt."