She just felt that these fragmented clues were about to be strung together into a complete truth before her eyes!
And she has been waiting for this truth for a long time.
Qiao Nian put the box away, picked up the chicken soup on the bedside table and drank it slowly. The sunlight coming in from outside made her snow-white jaw look white, with a kind of cold beauty that could not be looked at directly.
*
At the same time, in the Ji family punishment hall.
When Ji Ming came back from outside, he ran into the man waiting for him. He couldn't help but stop and stood up respectfully: "Master."
Ji Beiwang nodded and asked him, "Have you found out who is in the hospital?"
"No." Ji Ming shook his head and said, "The Yaomen have surrounded the hospital. Our people can't get in and find out what's going on inside."
Ji Beiwang pulled the corner of his mouth, his eyes cold: "Ha."
Ji Ming didn't dare to look at him, his eyes fixed on his toes: "But I can be sure that the person in the hospital is not Feng Yu."
Of course it’s not Feng Yu from the First Research Institute…
Ji Beiwang waved his hand, signaling him to go back first: "You go back and rest."
"yes."
Without saying anything, Ji Ming turned around and went into the punishment hall.
Ji Beiwang waited for him to walk away, half concealed the coldness in his eyes, turned back to the ancestral hall, and quietly looked at the wooden plaques of the successive heads of the Ji family in the ancestral hall.
He seemed to have made up his mind, clenched his fists, and whispered: "I will never let the Ji family decline in this generation!"
The first thing he did after leaving the ancestral hall was to make a mysterious phone call.
Not long after the call was made, the other end picked up.
Ji Beiwang had a stern face, and seemed to respect the other party very much. He said softly: "…We found the eldest lady's daughter. Her name is Qiao Nian. She had been living in a remote village in Country Z, so we have no news for all these years. A few days ago, she broke into the Ji family's punishment hall and seemed to take something away. As for what it was, the clan leader did not allow anyone to be arrested, so I don't know what she took."
Ji Beiwang didn't know who was in the hospital, but from the unusual movements in the Independent Continent during this period, Feng Yu's behavior, and Yaomen's reaction, he could basically infer the identity of the person who broke into Ji's house that day.
Qiao Nian was originally the last hope of the Ji family's direct lineage. Normally, he shouldn't have told anyone about it, but as it concerns the future of the Ji family, he and Ji Lingfeng have different choices. He wants to know what Qiao Nian took away.
In addition, Ji Beiwang was also dissatisfied with Qiao Nian's behavior of disregarding the Ji family's reputation in the Independent Continent and forcing his way into the Punishment Hall.
In his view, family interests are above all else.
Including Ji Lingfeng!
He respected Ji Lingfeng very much, but if Ji Lingfeng's behavior harmed the interests of the family, he would not stand idly by.
At least I won't just sit there and watch!
"Judging from her behavior of breaking into the Ji family, that thing should be very important..." Ji Beiwang pondered and said his guess: "Maybe it is related to the eldest lady."
No one spoke on the other end of the phone until a cold voice came out at this moment: "I know."
"Do you plan to check it out?" Ji Beiwang wanted to ask the other party how he planned to check it out.
There was a busy tone on his phone, and it seemed that someone had hung up on him.
Ji Beiwang was stunned. He didn't expect the other party to be so cold.
He stood there hesitating for a moment, then put away his phone and went back with a frown.
This was the first time he contacted the reclusive family privately.
Before Ji Lingfeng had a clear attitude towards Qiao Nian's breaking into the Ji family, Ji Beiwang had no intention of telling outsiders about this matter for the time being.
(End of this chapter)