The Rejected Heiress's Possesive Tycoon Husband
Chapter 71 The Enigmatic Li Tianyao

Chapter 71: Chapter 71 The Enigmatic Li Tianyao

An Yan took out the Blood Collecting Needle, pricked her fingertip, and dripped her blood onto the testing area.

In the end, she confirmed that the equipment wasn’t the problem; the problem was with Li Tianyao’s blood!

How could this be? How could Li Tianyao’s blood sample contain the same poison as hers? Could the person who poisoned him be the same one who poisoned her mother all those years ago? If so, why did her mother lose her life after being poisoned? And yet, when Li Tianyao was poisoned, nothing seemed to happen to him?

An Yan pondered for a full half hour before slowly getting to her feet.

She could detect this poison so quickly only because she had been tormented by it before and had the reference values readily available.

But in reality, analyzing a blood sample took time.

An Yan adjusted the equipment and positioned a video camera to record the lab bench.

Li Tianyao seemed to harbor countless secrets. Every time she thought she was beginning to understand him, something new would happen to prove her naive.

An Yan composed herself and proceeded with her original plan.

She picked through the leftover medicinal herbs from making the Cultivation Pill and the Hair Growth Pill.

She measured them out by proportion, employed various extraction and combination methods, and ultimately created the Soothing Incense.

She had originally planned to make pills, but after ingestion, pills would only remain effective in the body for a maximum of four hours.

Moreover, she didn’t know if the pills would have any effect on Li Tianyao’s physical condition.

After much thought, making incense seemed more convenient and less trouble, plus its effects could last the entire night.

While An Yan was busy in the lab, Xu Muwei finally woke up.

Actually, the snake she kept wasn’t venomous at all; it was just a pet snake, after all.

The reason she fainted was purely psychological.

She truly didn’t want to wake up! Waking up meant facing the inevitable situation. Being kicked out of Class One was already unbearable. Who would have thought that lunatic An Yan would actually raise the stakes? If their group didn’t win the paper competition, all seven of them would have to leave Luocheng University! Who could possibly bear that? Hadn’t every single one of them fought tooth and nail to get into Luocheng University? As for trying to renege on the deal, Xu Muwei didn’t even dare to entertain the thought. So many people in class had heard it. Even if they managed to stay at Luocheng University by shamelessly going back on their word, they probably wouldn’t be able to hold their heads high for the next few years. They would likely be ridiculed wherever they went!

"Chen Xiangyu, did you contact Mengmeng? She needs to know about this."

Chen Xiangyu handed her his phone. On it was a long message from An Shimeng:

[Don’t worry about An Yan’s group’s progress; our paper will definitely be fine!]

[Although I’ve taken a few days off, it was because I wanted to find a quiet place to properly write the paper.]

[You all continue with the experiments at school. If I need any data, I’ll message you.]

An Shimeng’s composure made Xu Muwei sigh in relief. "If I’d known she went off to write the paper, would we have even bothered looking for Mu Enyu?"

Chen Xiangyu said, "Judging by An Yan and Mu Enyu’s attitudes, I don’t think they’ve finished writing either."

"Exactly! If they had really finished, Mu Enyu wouldn’t have been so nervous!"

But in fact, Mu Enyu was anxious because she worried they might try to sabotage their paper.

For instance, if they submitted a paper that was too similar, the editorial department would compare the two.

If the similarity was too high, it could be considered plagiarism, and in that case, neither would be published!

「In the evening.」

An Yaoluo, in a dark suit, stood tall and straight under the large tree by the west gate of Luocheng University.

A few female students from Luocheng University passed by him, whispering in hushed tones:

"These rich folks are getting stingier by the day. Picking up their girlfriends without even buying flowers? He just brought a stick of candied hawthorns!"

"Rich people’s money doesn’t grow on trees; they save where they can! Besides, with a face like that, forget candied hawthorns, even if he came empty-handed, I’d still go with him!"

"You’re shameless!"

The girls slowed their pace as they chatted.

"Let’s see which girl is so lucky!"

"If she’s not pretty, I’m thinking of trying my luck! I don’t even need candied hawthorns! Haha..."

Just as they were talking, a girl came walking toward them.

She wore a blue trench coat with a cinched waist over a black knit top, paired with light blue skinny jeans and black ankle boots.

So cool and beautiful!

The man holding the candied hawthorns immediately smiled upon seeing her.

His already handsome features became even more captivating with that smile.

One girl exaggeratedly took out her phone and started frantically snapping pictures of the smiling man.

An Yan wordlessly walked past them to An Yaoluo’s side. Without a word, she took the candied hawthorns, opened the car door, and settled into the passenger seat.

An Yaoluo walked around the front of the car and sat in the driver’s seat.

An Yan had been at Li Tianyao’s place yesterday, so today he had made a special trip to the university early to take her home.

That way, the two siblings could at least chat on the way.

After the car left the university campus, An Yaoluo noticed An Yan holding the candied hawthorns without eating them, and he couldn’t help but frown.

"Why aren’t you eating it?"

An Yan paused for a moment. "I don’t really see what’s so great about these things."

"That’s true," An Yaoluo said, his expression dimming slightly. "You’re grown up now. It’s normal to dislike things you loved as a child."

An Yan looked at the candied hawthorns in her hand. "Did I really like these when I was little?"

"Yes. But Mom was worried you’d get cavities, so even when she bought them, she wouldn’t let you eat many."

A touch of nostalgia flickered in An Yaoluo’s eyes.

"So each time, I only dared to let you eat the first hawthorn, and your second brother and I would share the rest."

"Your mouth would be stuffed with candied hawthorns, almost drooling, as you stared at me and your second brother, calling us mean big brothers!"

"Later on, even if I didn’t say anything, you’d automatically eat only the first one and leave the rest for me and your second brother!"

As he spoke, An Yan also dredged up this memory from the depths of her mind.

The memory included not only the three of them, the siblings, but also their parents.

Back then, they were a happy family of five.

Except for her poor health, everything else was perfectly happy and wonderful.

"I vaguely recall Mom passed away from some illness, right?"

An Yaoluo nodded. "Yes. I don’t know exactly what illness it was, only that it was very acute. She fell ill in the afternoon and passed away that same evening!"

"Was it triggered by some kind of shock?"

"Yes. That day, Dad fell from a building at the construction site and suffered comminuted fractures in both legs."

An Yan’s heart grew heavy.

"Actually, Mom was already ill when she was pregnant with you. I once heard her crying to Dad, saying it seemed hopeless, that she wanted to abort the baby in her womb."

An Yan was stunned. To think she had almost ceased to exist before she was even born.

"After you were born, your entire body was bruised, purplish-black. I didn’t understand why at the time. Thinking back now, it must have been that Mom’s illness was transferred to you while you were still a fetus."