Upon hearing Cheng Yi’s words, Mo Zhu lowered her eyes and pondered.
After a while, she arranged in a low voice, “There’s no need to investigate this matter in a hurry. Since that person hasn’t taken action for two days, he must have made other arrangements. Send someone to keep a close eye on the Kang family. If there’s any movement, send me a message immediately. It is definitely not a coincidence that these things happened at the same time. We might be able to get some idea of what is happening if we track the clues down and follow them.”
After saying this and hearing Cheng Yi agree, she recalled the woman she vaguely saw before she fainted after the Kang family attacked last night. Mo Zhu frowned slightly and asked, “Do you know who the unmarried middle-aged women in the Kang family are?”
Upon hearing Mo Zhu suddenly ask such a question that had nothing to do with the case, Cheng Yi held his chin and thought quietly. He replied indifferently, “The old master of the Kang family has more sons than daughters. His youngest daughter in her forties has already married overseas.”
After a pause, an idea flashed across Cheng Yi’s mind and he quickly added, “However, I heard that the younger daughter of the Cheng family, Cheng Tang, has been very close to the current head of the Kang family recently. She goes to the Kang family to stay for a while from time to time.”
“Cheng Tang?” Mo Zhu frowned. “Who is she?”
Following the girl’s question, Cheng Yi explained patiently, “Cheng Tang is the favorite granddaughter of Old Master Cheng in Beijing. Her sister married into the Kang family many years ago, so she has been interacting with the Kang family often all these years.”
Mo Zhu raised her eyebrows. She seemed to have recalled something and asked bluntly, “Does her sister have a daughter called Kang Wan?”
When Cheng Yi heard this, he was silent for a moment before answering hesitantly, “I’m really not sure about that, but according to the time they got married, if they have children, they should be in high school, about your age.”
That’s right. Kang Wan was Cheng Tang’s sister’s child. Cheng Tang was the aunt that the girl in Cloud City often mentioned to kidnap Huo Xuan morally.
No wonder she hadn’t heard the news of the Kang family’s annihilation since last night. Now, even Cheng Yi didn’t take the initiative to tell her about this. It must have been because the woman from the Kang family had suddenly appeared yesterday and threatened Huo Xuan with the favor, causing Huo Xuan to have no choice but to let the Kang family off.
Thinking of this, Mo Zhu clenched her fists without batting an eyelid. An imperceptible ruthlessness flashed across her eyes.
“Sent someone from Love Pavilion to keep a close eye on the Kang family and the Cheng family at the same time. That woman called Cheng Tang is not simple. For such an expert to suddenly appear in the Kang family, I suspect that this woman has something to do with it!”
Cheng Yi raised his hand and tightened his grip on the teacup on the table. He looked out the window and said, “Huo Xuan wants to investigate the Kang family, and you want to keep a close eye on the Cheng family. Could it be that the two of them really have some secret conspiracy?”
Mo Zhu looked up coldly and explained in an unfriendly tone, “You’ve been managing the Love Pavilion’s secrets for so many years. Have you heard of a kind of poison in this world that uses a special medium as a primer and it nurtures people to be emotionless, lifeless, and thoughtless? These poisoned people only know how to obey orders and become a killing machine.”
Upon hearing the girl’s words, Cheng Yi’s expression changed. He suddenly clenched his phone in shock and looked up. “What? Isn’t that the legendary living dead? Although I’ve never seen such a creature with my own eyes, I’ve seen many of them in television dramas and movies in the past. Could it be? Could it be that what was filmed was real?”
Mo Zhu nodded lightly and replied calmly, “It’s indeed not completely appropriate to use the term ‘living dead’ to describe these people who are neither human nor ghost. It’s not even considered a living creature, but it’s basically the same. They are just moving with the bodies of humans, but in reality, they are already a pile of rotten flesh. The person who poisoned them is also controlling and manipulating them to complete their schemes and goals through that special catalyst.”
Thinking that this description was too complicated, considering Cheng Yi’s current level of understanding and ability to accept it, Mo Zhu changed her words and explained succinctly, “In short, to put it simply, people who are poisoned with this special poison have their hearts and brains corroded by the poison bit by bit, and they will become the tools of the mastermind. If the number of people increases, they will become a team that is absolutely obedient to the ruler’s orders and is not afraid of death!”
