Chapter 2094: Using Living Beings as Hosts

“Get her out of here, right now!”

“That’s not going to work. Her mind is all on you. If I force her away, she’ll just keep pining for you and won’t say a word.” Li Jian was stubbornly lounging around, even helping himself to half of Yaen Chi’s water.

Yaen Chi was at the end of his tether. “You’ve got plenty of people who could get information out of anyone. It’s not hard.”

“Just because you have the ability doesn’t mean you forget about human decency, right?”

Li Jian looked at the scene in front of him, scripting a melodrama of a lovelorn woman and an unfaithful man. He switched his gaze to Yaen Chi, clicking his tongue disdainfully. “Who knows what you did to her over there!”

Yaen Chi wished he could cut him down, but he couldn’t win in a fight now. The scar on his back was itching and aching lightly; if he got too worked up, the pain would make him hallucinate, thinking the wound was splitting open again.

Unable to get rid of him, letting things drag on like this was useless. Yaen Chi gritted his teeth and said, “Help me up!”

“Okay.”

Li Jian went around to Yaen Chi’s side, helping him out of the bed and into a chair beside it.

The “Little Wife” was still crying, even though the bed was empty; she kept sobbing, only raising her head to glance around, seeming lost, as if she’d cried at the wrong grave. Frantically, she began searching, wailing like a ghost as she moved toward Yaen Chi.

“Stay right there!”

The “Little Wife” ignored him.

Yaen Chi raised a hand, pointing to a chair behind her. “Sit there, or I’ll kick you out immediately.”

She sniffled twice, stifling her sobs, then glanced back, found her spot, and sat down, placing her hands awkwardly on her lap, picking at her nails rather than touching the bracelets.

Yaen Chi asked bluntly, “Did the pretty boy give you any orders?”

The woman froze, biting her lip without speaking.

Yaen Chi continued, “You don’t have to play dumb. You understand, and you can speak. We’re from the same country; he just took you away. Did he contact you before I brought you here?”

Now, in Li Jian’s grasp, the pretty boy, even with the Immortal’s abilities, couldn’t do anything under Li Jian’s watchful eyes. The only possibility was when Yaen Chi was recuperating at Yan Di’s place, being kept an eye on, and the “Little Wife” was contacted by the pretty boy.

Having negotiated for so long, Yaen Chi struggled to find evidence against the Lan Family. On one hand, he needed Li Jian; on the other, he knew Li Jian’s disappearance wasn’t unrelated to the Lan Family. Since Yaen Chi had fallen into the trap, he couldn’t leave without some useful information.

The pretty boy had faced attempts on his life multiple times, even once leaving Yaen Chi in danger, but he refused to abandon his Little Wife.

It turned out the evidence was hidden with the woman.

No wonder the pretty boy’s other wives avoided Yaen Chi like the plague and dared not show any interest in other men. But this one had eyes for Yaen Chi, and not only did the pretty boy not stop her, he even helped her try to seduce him. When that failed, he coaxed her instead.

It’s hard to say whether to praise the pretty boy for his generosity or for having some conscience left, knowing he owed her. And the woman knew she had no hope of escaping the Lan Family in this life, so she sought pleasure where she could. If she fancied a man, the pretty boy would deliver him to her bed, even if he had to knock him out, just to make her happy.

Yet the pretty boy was a stickler for cleanliness and never touched her again.

Using living people as carriers, the Lan Family’s vile tactics truly deserve scorn.

Given human nature, Yaen Chi felt some sympathy for her.