Chapter 847 - 114 The Beautiful Wine Thief
The poisoning incident involving An Jie struck a significant blow to Fragrant Full Building. Although Shopkeeper Wu had been released, and Fragrant Full Building had started to reopen, over the past few days, other than Jin Can, not a single customer had visited, which left Shopkeeper Wu extremely worried.
Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng also knew that if things continued this way, Fragrant Full Building might really collapse.
Even more helpless was the fact that there had been no progress in uncovering the true mastermind behind An Jie’s poisoning—as Wang Hong feared bad luck, he hadn’t shown his face again since that day.
Tang Qing, on the other hand, had visited twice, grinning like a Cheshire cat as he spent half a day drinking tea with Xia Zheng, yet he didn’t hear a single word from Xia Zheng. Feeling bored and unable to face them again, Tang Qing excused himself under the pretense of helping clear Fragrant Full Building’s name, staying at home to laze around.
Today the person Shopkeeper Wu sent to gather information returned; it seemed that it was not as Luomeiyan had said. Although the An family clan members did not approve of An Yixiang taking over the family business as a woman, they bore no ill will toward An Jie. In fact, several clan elders strongly demanded that An Jie take over the Family Head position as soon as possible.
In that case, as the only male of the An family qualified for the position of Family Head, he logically shouldn’t be the target of poisoning by his clanspeople.
Lin Yuan pondered for a while, concluding that the root of An Jie’s poisoning still must lie within the An’s House. After consulting with Xia Zheng, they decided to visit the An family again.
But before they could leave, their attention was caught by a small figure.
Xiao Linshuang had arrived.
The moment he saw her, Xia Zheng’s expression changed, and, sure enough, at the doorway, there was no sign of Lao Fan.
"After being gone for several days, you just brought her back to me? Didn’t I ask you to bring Lao Fan? Why did you bring her instead?" Xia Zheng asked sternly, clearly dissatisfied with Lao Fan’s absence.