From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

Lu Yunzhou poured the powder back into the bottle and looked up at her: "I can give you one pill. After you take it, Huo Chengyuan's symptoms will be temporarily suppressed. Take it back and tell Huo Lie that this is the antidote I found."

Ji Yun's eyes flickered.

"How long can it last?"

"Three days."

"And then?"

"The poison is still there. If there isn't a second treatment in three days, both you and Huo Chengyuan will be in trouble."

Ji Yun stared at him, her face gradually darkening: "You're using me as bait."

"You were already working for the Huo family."

Lu Yunzhou placed the medicine bottle on the table. "This is just a different way of putting it. Go back and continue to be Huo Lie's most trusted person. Write down everything about who in the Huo family tampered with the pharmacy and who contacted Huo Chengyuan."

Bai Wantang pulled the restraints back, Ji Yun's shoulders tightened, and the chair legs scraped against the ground.

"If you dare to sell Lu Yunzhou to Ninth Master, I'll cripple your legs first."

Ji Yun turned to look at her: "If I sell him, how will I survive?"

The atmosphere in the room paused for a moment after those words were spoken.

Lu Yunzhou took out a dark brown pill from the drawer.

The pills are only the size of a grain of rice, coated with a thin layer of wax, and you can smell the fresh scent of herbs when you get close.

This is a detoxifying medicine he concocted using several common medicinal herbs.

The actual medicinal effect is only enough to suppress the surface symptoms, but cannot eradicate the root cause of the poison.

Announcing the antidote would be enough to lower Huo Lie's guard and buy Ji Yun time.

"Swallow it."

Ji Yun did not reach out to take it.

Lu Yunzhou pinched her chin and brought the pill to her lips.

Ji Yun's eyelashes trembled, she opened her mouth and swallowed, her throat bobbing immediately.

After a few breaths, a soft rumbling came from her abdomen, and her previously tight breathing gradually became smooth.

The prominent veins on the back of his hand had faded somewhat, and his complexion had recovered a bit.

"Can it really be suppressed?"

She looked down at her hands.

"It can only be suppressed for three days."

"What did you do to me?"

Ji Yun looked up, her earlier calm replaced by wariness.

Lu Yunzhou gripped her wrist, and the True Qi of Creation flowed into her body through her meridians.

The aura bypassed the location where the medicinal properties were concentrated, stopping below her left shoulder and condensing into a small, extremely faint aura.

Ji Yun tensed up and leaned her shoulders back.

"Don't move."

Lu Yunzhou withdrew his hand. "This is a mark. Its aura will dissipate beyond thirty miles. If you betray me, I can find you by following it."

Ji Yun's breathing became heavier: "You really don't trust me?"

"You just tried to buy your life with overseas assets."

She was speechless, her lips pressed into a thin line.

Lu Yunzhou untied the restraints, gesturing for Bai Wantang to step back.

Ji Yun stood up, flexing her numb arms, her gaze repeatedly falling on the medicine bottle on the table.

"How will I explain this when I return to the Huo family?"

"You found the antidote outside and are in a hurry to save Huo Chengyuan. Don't tell anyone where the medicine came from."

Huo Lie will investigate.

"Let him investigate."

Lu Yunzhou tossed her an old cell phone. "There's only one number in it. Send a message once a day for the next three days. Only include the time, location, and people you've been in contact with."

Ji Yun caught the phone, her hand tightening around it.

"What can I get in return?"

"To survive."

"That's not enough."

She raised her face, her voice hoarse: "After Ninth Master collapses, I want to see all the information in the Ji family's old case. The driver's statement, the port ledgers, the surveillance backups, and the names of the people who participated in sealing off the warehouse back then. Whatever you find, you have to show me."

Lu Yunzhou looked at her for a few seconds.

"I won't promise you I'll definitely get revenge."

Ji Yun's gaze turned cold.

"I'm only giving you the chance to find out the truth."

Lu Yunzhou took back the medicine bottle. "As for how to handle it in the end, we'll talk about it after the evidence is presented."

Ji Yun slowly loosened her fingers, then raised her hand to wipe away the remaining powder from her lips.

"Okay, I'll trust you this once."

"Don't just talk about trust."

Lu Yunzhou stepped aside to open the door, "Bring back anything you can."

Ji Yun walked to the door and paused.

"Lu Yunzhou, there's another person by Huo Lie's side. You'd better be careful."

Lu Yunzhou looked up: "Who?"

"I can't say for now."

She gripped her phone tightly, a look of hesitation on her face. "I need to confirm first."

Lu Yunzhou's tone turned serious: "You only have two days."

Ji Yun did not answer again, and turned to walk into the corridor.

Bai Wantang watched her go downstairs until she heard the car door close outside before turning her gaze away.

"You really want her to take fake medicine back with her?"

"If she doesn't go back, the source of the poison in Huo Chengyuan's body will not be found."

Lu Yunzhou picked up the old file on the table. "Let's confirm the identity she mentioned first."

The archives came from an old warehouse in the port area, and the edges of the papers were already curled up.

Bai Wantang opened the file and spread the photos and registration forms inside on the table.

The record of the entire Ji family's demise is only two pages long.

The list of the deceased, the time of the accident, and the warehouse number were all meticulously prepared.

Bai Wantang pulled out another overseas training file, with an old photo of Ji Yun from ten years ago pasted in the upper right corner. Her eyebrows and eyes weren't as sharp as they are now.

"The person in the photo is her."

Bai Wantang pressed a corner of the file, "She used three names back then, and the last time she registered was with Huo Lie."

Lu Yunzhou turned to the last page of the accident report, his gaze lingering on the signature section.

The person in charge of sealing off the scene was surnamed Duan.

This surname reminded him of Duan Wei, Fengshan's secretary, and also reconnected the old case of the Ji family with the interests of the port.

"Ji Yun didn't tell the whole story."

Lu Yunzhou closed the file.

"Does she still have the location of the account books?"

"There's at least one key person hiding here."

Bai Wantang looked at him: "Do you want to go after him now?"

Lu Yunzhou stuffed the file back into the bag: "Let her go back to the Huo family first. The more anxious she is, the easier it will be for her to slip up."

Bai Wantang lowered her brows, about to speak, when Lu Yunzhou's phone rang first.

The call was from Mu Qingying.

"President Lu, the Huo family's money has been distributed. Jubaozhai received 200 million, Yuanchuan 300 million, Nanwan 200 million, and the remaining 80 million for medical equipment and suppliers has been used."

Lu Yunzhou held his phone, and his eyelid twitched.

How much is left?

"The accounts show less than three million. Tomorrow, Yuanchuan still needs to pay the construction site wages, and Jubaozhai also needs to continue receiving goods."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Zhiwei sat up straight on the sofa: "Eight hundred million yuan barely warmed your hands before it was all gone?"

"All the projects are burning through cash."

Lu Yunzhou grabbed his coat. "Let's go to Fengming Group."

Ye Zhiwei glanced at his newly shaved head, picked up the baseball cap on the table, and put it on his head.

"Cover it up first."

Lu Yunzhou touched the brim of his hat: "Is it that ugly?"

"Look at yourself in the mirror."

He walked to the entrance hall and looked up at the mirror.

With his hat pulled down over his forehead, revealing a ring of short, stiff stubble, he looked less lazy and more like a construction site supervisor.

Ye Zhiwei suppressed a laugh: "Don't take them off, President Feng will definitely ask if he sees them."

"If she dares to laugh, I'll let her borrow money first."

Half an hour later, at the top floor of Fengming Group.

Lu Yunzhou pushed open the door to the president's office, just as Feng Qianyi finished her phone call.

She glanced up and looked over, her gaze first falling on the baseball cap, then moving to his face.

Lu Yunzhou reached up and pressed his hand to the brim of his hat, speaking first: "Stop looking, you've lost your hair and your money. Lend me 80 million."