My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

She didn't dare to expect Li Yaozong to kill Ji Yunshuang with this medicine, so she went to inform on him in advance, hoping that Ji Yunshuang would teach that bastard Li Yaozong a lesson.

But when she saw Li Yaozong urging Ji Yunshuang to drink, a sliver of hope rose in her heart that Ji Yunshuang would drink that glass of wine.

Ji Yunshuang carried the wine pot and refilled Li Yaozong's empty wine cup. "This cup is for my stepsister. Thank you for your kindness."

She looked at Ji Wanying with a smile and gestured for her to enter.

Looking at her gentle smiling face, Ji Wanying had only one feeling: It's over! It's over!

She knows everything.

She must have known what kind of medicine she gave Li Yaozong through the Gu worm.

She wanted to kill herself.

She had a feeling that the world was ending.

Li Yaozong, not very pleased, handed the wine glass to Ji Wanying and said, "Drink up!"

Ji Wanying slightly lifted the cloth covering her face and drank the wine in her glass in one gulp.

Ji Yunshuang then said, "Alright, I appreciate your kind gesture. Everyone, please eat more."

Ji Wanying felt bitter and wanted to find a place to vomit up the wine she had just drunk. But she didn't dare in front of Ji Yunshuang.

He could only nervously pick up a piece of food with his chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and eat it with a bland taste.

No one paid much attention to Lai Yiu-chung and his wife; they happily began to eat.

Many of the dishes on the table were things they didn't usually eat, and of those present, only Li Yaozong and his wife seemed to have no appetite.

Laughter filled the room, while outside, heavy snow fell softly. By the time dinner was over, the ground outside was completely white.

Ji Yunshuang simply let the Mu and Zhou families stay. The Zhao family's house had also been repaired, and when the Lu family moved out today, the Zhao family moved all their belongings over.

Worried that the Fang family's old house might be unsafe due to the snow, the Zhao family also planned to stay in the new house temporarily.

In the end, only the Fang family and Li Yaozong and his wife left.

Both Li Yaozong and Ji Wanying were in a bad mood because of that glass of wine. After leaving the Lu family, they didn't exchange many pleasantries with the Fang family and went straight home.

When they reached a secluded spot, Li Yaozong immediately pulled Ji Wanying aside and asked, "Can you still get that medicine?"

Ji Wanying felt a sharp pain from his grip, and a flash of disgust crossed her eyes. However, she quickly concealed the hatred in her eyes and said gently, "Yaozong, let me think of a way! Don't worry, I will try my best to get the medicine for you."

Li Yaozong then released her with disgust. "I took the medicine. Will there be any problems?"

Ji Wanying forced a smile and said, "What could it be? The effect of that medicine is to make the person who takes it fall deeply in love with it. You took it, at most you'll fall deeply in love with yourself!"

Lai Yiu-chung found it absurd, but he was also relieved.

He was in a bad mood because he had missed a good opportunity today, and he couldn't be bothered to look at Ji Wanying's ugly face.

He said, "Please take good care of the medicine. Don't worry, you'll be well rewarded if it's done well."

If things don't work out, given your current ugly appearance, without me, there's nowhere for you to belong in this world.

After warning Ji Wanying, he strode home.

Ji Wanying clenched her fist tightly, and only after his figure had completely disappeared did she forcefully gag her throat, vomiting up bile before finally stopping.

She stumbled to her feet, only to find that Ji Yunshuang was standing not far from her, watching her with great interest.

Ji Wanying's heart pounded wildly, and she slumped back down.

Ji Yunshuang slowly walked up to Ji Wanying and looked at her with an expression that seemed to know everything.

Ji Wanying was already feeling guilty, and when she met Ji Yunshuang's gaze, she immediately trembled with fear.

"Sister, don't kill me. I gave Li Yaozong that medicine not to harm you, but because he found out about my disfigurement, and I couldn't implicate you, I had no choice but to resort to this..."

She recounted in trembling voice to Ji Yunshuang everything that had happened at the Li family that day.

Ji Yunshuang raised her eyebrows slightly.

She didn't actually have any poison; she just wanted to scare them.

Surprisingly, the effect was quite good.

Since Ji Wanying was already terrified by the Gu poison and had brought it upon herself by drinking a small amount of the remaining poison, she could temporarily keep her hands clean. Or perhaps, to make use of what was already there?

She said slowly, "Don't try to be clever in the future, understand?"

"I understand, I won't do it again. Don't worry, Li Yaozong took his medicine and will have an attack when he gets home tonight. He won't bother you anymore. I took a lot of medicine today too..."

Upon thinking of this, Ji Wanying was overcome with grief and cried out, "I have the Gu poison you put in my body, and the medicine I took today. I don't know if I will live much longer. I will die before you even have to lift a finger."

"If you behave yourself, I'll spare your life. I have plenty of poison and antidotes too."

Ji Yunshuang paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "However, whether you can get the antidote from me depends on your performance."

Ji Wanying immediately stopped crying and looked at her in disbelief, "Really?"

Ji Yunshuang said, "Not only can I cure the poison in your body, but the scars on your face are also a trivial matter to me."

"I'll listen to you in everything from now on, sister—"

As Ji Wanying spoke, she hurriedly changed her words, saying, "No, Master, from now on you are my master. I will listen to whatever you say, and I will do whatever you ask me to do."

"Are you willing to accept this?"

Ji Yunshuang gently stroked her face and said narcissistically, "Don't you always compare yourself to me and hate it when I'm prettier than you and outshine you? Would you be willing to acknowledge me as your master and work for me?"

Can Ji Wanying accept this?

Of course she was unwilling to accept it.

But Ji Yunshuang wasn't strong before, and she had the An family as her backers, who always helped her. She was always in a superior position, so she kept suppressing Ji Yunshuang.

But now, Ji Yunshuang has crushed her into the dust with overwhelming power.

Ji Yunshuang's strength frightened her, and she felt that even if her mother came, she would be helpless against her.

She wanted to live, so she had to suppress her resentment and choose to obey Ji Yunshuang.

“Master, I was wrong before, I dared to think I could compete with the sun in the sky. But now I have realized my limitations, I am far inferior to you, I was just ignorant of myself before.”

Ji Wanying tried her best to belittle herself, hoping that Ji Yunshuang would show leniency and, ideally, grant her the antidote to remove the poison and restore her appearance. But Ji Yunshuang remained unmoved.

She looked down at her and said, "That depends on whether you have any value. Farmers keep dogs hoping they can guard their homes and property."

The wealthy woman keeps a dog hoping it will fawn over her and make her happy. But what value can you offer me? You're useless; I can't afford to waste any more medicine on you.”

Ji Wanying held her head in her hands, trying hard to think of what value she could offer Ji Yunshuang and what use she could be.

She sat there in the snow for a long time without realizing it, until the cold, stinging sensation under her feet brought her back to her senses and she realized that she had been in the snow for quite some time.

Ji Yunshuang had left long ago, no one knew when.

Ji Wanying rubbed her legs and limped towards the Li family's house.