Chapter 588: Chapter 588: Agony Beyond Endurance Chapter 588: Chapter 588: Agony Beyond Endurance “Yes!” Baili Hengyuan also found it odd, “Nianyao, what do you mean by this?”

“Ah? Did I really never mention it?” Zhong Niangyao blinked, her face the picture of innocence as she spoke, “That thing inside mom’s body, it’s a kind of medium that’s drawing her vitality to nourish itself. Yesterday, before Yichen destroyed that thing, he pulled a little trick!”

“What kind of trick?” Baili Hengyuan was somewhat curious.

“Hehe, didn’t that thing love to draw the vitality from mom’s body?” Zhong Niangyao chuckled, “Before Yichen destroyed it, he had already added a little something to mom’s vitality, which the medium absorbed. Only after that did Yichen eliminate it.”

“There was actually such a trick.” Baili Hengyuan seemed overjoyed, “Why didn’t you say so yesterday? It would have made me happy too!”

Zhong Niangyao smiled but did not reply.

In fact, she hadn’t deliberately withheld the information yesterday; she simply hadn’t known. It was only last night that Lu Yichen had told her. She directly asked Lu Yichen why he hadn’t mentioned it sooner, to which he replied that he had forgotten.

Upon hearing such a perfunctory answer, she really didn’t know what to say for a moment. However, it wasn’t a big deal, so she didn’t really care.

Baili Hengyuan didn’t press Zhong Niangyao’s silence further.

Zhong Niangyao turned to look at Yi Huai and smiled, “So, Uncle Yi, the person who harmed my mom is going to get their comeuppance, are you happy?”

“Of course.” Yi Huai nodded with a smile, “This is also a lesson for the person behind the scenes.”

“It’s more than just a lesson,” Zhong Niangyao continued with a shake of her head, still smiling, “The thing inside that person’s body can drive one mad. With that thing inside, perhaps they would rather die than suffer like this.”

“It’s that painful?” Yi Huai asked with a laugh, “I’m just curious, what is it exactly?”

“Hehe, it’s actually just a tiny thing.” Zhong Niangyao’s lips curled up in a sly smile, “But this thing will follow the vitality straight to the instigator’s body, cling like maggots to bones, then get devoured by the tiny thing.”

“But it’s different from my mom, the host will feel pain worse than death while it’s being consumed. However, the tiny thing does have its limits; it won’t kill the mastermind behind it all but will just make their life a living hell.”

In reality, what entered the perpetrator’s body along with the vitality was a strand of Evil Qi from Lu Yichen’s body. Unlike Lu Yichen, once Evil Qi enters a body, it starts to erode the organs, causing unbearable pain.

The owner of that strand of Evil Qi was Lu Yichen, which meant, aside from Lu Yichen, no one else could eliminate it.

“Is that so?” Yi Huai’s expression remained unchanged, still smiling, “According to what you just said, it’s a case of reaping what one sows.”

“Mm-hmm.” Zhong Niangyao nodded and then glanced at the time, “By now, that person’s troubles should be starting to emerge.”

“What?” Yi Huai was caught off guard.

“Oh, did I not just say?” Zhong Niangyao continued with a smile, “Even if that thing has entered their body, it still takes time to take effect. By now, that person should be starting to feel it, and from here on out, they’ll be enduring pain like having their flesh carved and bones gouged out, every second!”

Although Yi Huai’s countenance seemed unchanged, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his brow.

At that moment, a jarring ringtone sounded. It was Yi Huai’s cellphone.

Yes, a cellphone. Even though families like theirs lived secluded in the depths of Changbai Mountain, they were not obstinate people out of touch with the modern world, cut off from society, their lifestyle were not much different from that of the outside world.

Perhaps thinking of something, Yi Huai hurriedly answered the phone. It was unclear what the person on the other end said, but his expression changed drastically.

After hanging up, Yi Huai’s complexion had gone very poor. He managed a smile towards Baili Hengyuan and spoke, “Uncle, I apologize, something has come up with the family, and I must attend to it immediately.”

Baili Hengyuan’s face did not change as he nodded, “Go quickly! Family matters are pressing.”

Yi Huai apologized and left in a rush.

His flustered manner was such that he nearly stumbled over the threshold.

However, although Yi Huai had left and was not far gone, Zhong Niangyao and Baili Hengyuan’s conversation continued.

“Grandpa, don’t you worry,” Zhong Niangyao said, her voice tinged with girlish laughter, “I can guarantee you, aside from Yichen, whether it be other people from the Hidden Families or in this entire world, absolutely no one can resolve the problem that person behind the scenes is facing.”

Whether Yi Huai heard or not, his pace quickened.

Once Yi Huai’s figure had completely disappeared, the smile on Baili Hengyuan’s face vanished entirely, replaced by boundless coldness, “I never expected, after so many years, he’s had us all fooled. I’ve really underestimated him; the ruthlessness of his heart is chilling.”

“The person drawing Mom’s vitality wasn’t him,” Zhong Niangyao shook her head, “There are no traces of the thing Yichen placed on him yesterday.”

“If it’s not him, then his presence today–”
From the moment Yi Huai appeared at the Baili Family today, he had been under suspicion. And from every action and word from Zhong Niangyao, it seemed she believed Yi Huai was the mastermind behind it all.

But now, Zhong Niangyao was denying this fact.

“I only said he didn’t take Mom’s vitality, I didn’t say he had nothing to do with the ordeal!” Zhong Niangyao shook her head and continued, “Though he’s not the one who took the vitality, he certainly had a part in it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have shown up here today.”

“The medium in mother’s body disappeared yesterday, and Yi Huai showed up today, to say he is completely unrelated would be impossible. I’m just curious–”
At this point, a glint of cold light flashed in Zhong Niangyao’s eyes, “What exactly is the relationship between the person drawing Mom’s vitality behind the scenes and Yi Huai?”