Chapter 766: Chapter 702: The Zhan Family’s Son Grown Up (Part 2)

"Cursing her won’t help now, it’s better to find a way to relieve her from the Gu Poison," said Jin Yingzi.

"Since you know about this Gu Poison, is there a way to counteract it?" Ningwan asked.

Jin Yingzi shook her head, "I only heard about it from my grandmother and have never encountered such a situation. It’s really not easy for them to find this kind of Gu Poison. Moreover, it’s said that these Gu Worms are self-cultivated, and only the person who cast the Gu Poison has the means to detoxify it. So, we still need to find that person to detoxify."

"What if we can’t find them, there’s no way to detoxify?"

"Terminating the pregnancy is also a way to detoxify," Jin Yingzi said.

Ningwan frowned. Indeed, she still had to give up the child, just as she initially expected.

"If we don’t give up and continue to ignore it, what will the consequences be?" Ningwan asked.

Jin Yingzi replied, "She now craves food and always feels hungry, but it’s not true hunger. It’s the Gu Poison inside her that’s controlling her, and as the child grows, this feeling will become more intense. Until the pregnancy advances, her desires will grow stronger, and eventually, she might... literally eat herself to death."

"It seems inevitable to let her give up the child," Ningwan said with a stern face.

Jin Yingzi sighed, "This is a sinister trick used in wealthy households’ inner chambers for fighting. After the abolition of polygamy, such things ceased to exist. Unexpectedly, someone still knows about this Gu Poison."

"I’ll call Xiao right away to discuss this with them. It’s better to give up sooner than later; once she feels the baby’s movements, it will be even harder to let go."

Ningwan made a swift decision and called Zhan Yunxiao, telling him to come back immediately.

After all, Xia Luo is his wife, and the child in her belly is his, so he has the right to be involved in this matter.

But she didn’t expect Zhan Yunxiao to refuse to come back.

"She won’t give up the child. She doesn’t have me in her heart. If I go back, she’ll just think I’m forcing her."

"Zhan Yunxiao, have you no backbone? So you’ve decided to ignore this matter and Xia Luo’s fate?" Ningwan angrily scolded.

"Mom, give me some time to calm down."

Zhan Yunxiao pleaded.

"Calm down my foot, time is tight, where’s the time for you to calm down? Come back immediately, or I’ll have your dad come and get you."

After Ningwan finished speaking, she hung up the phone.

Jin Yingzi saw her face full of anger and quickly comforted her, "Don’t be too upset. I’ll go back and think of a way, look up some information, maybe there’s a solution to this."

"The child is growing day by day, and there’s not much time to solve this. You go back first! I’ll handle it." Ningwan said decisively.

She didn’t care whether Zhan Yunxiao would return or not; she might as well assume he wouldn’t.

She immediately went to find Zhan Hanjue and asked him to personally bring him back.

Meanwhile, Zhan Yunxiao, feeling down and not wanting others to know about the conflict between him and Xia Luo,

called Yan Yu to the bar, asking him to drink with him.

Receiving Ningwan’s call at that moment, Zhan Yunxiao was drinking and naturally didn’t want to go home right away.

Returning home meant facing Xia Luo and her unwillingness to give up the child, possibly because of Fang Qingyang’s issue.

He never expected his father would personally come to fetch him.

However, before Zhan Hanjue arrived, he kept drinking and venting his frustrations to Yan Yu.

"Tell me, what did we do wrong? We are outstanding young talents, yet why do we always lose to a man who has nothing and deceives women with his looks?"

"The most crucial thing is, his looks are just so-so, am I not more handsome? Tell me, am I not more handsome than him?"

Zhan Yunxiao leaned towards Yan Yu, asking him to take a good look at his face.

"Of course, you’re more handsome than him, there’s no way he’s more handsome than you,"

Yan Yu hurriedly reassured him, frightened by Zhan Yunxiao’s handsome face coming close.

"I also think he’s not as handsome as me, so why did we lose to him?" Zhan Yunxiao asked.

"Young Master Zhan, are you drunk? How about we call it a day and head home?"

Yan Yu, seeing Zhan Yunxiao starting to talk nonsense, couldn’t help but advise him.

"I’m not drunk, go home for what, I don’t even have a home anymore?"

Zhan Yunxiao pushed his hand away and slouched over the table.

Yan Yu thought, is this still not drunk?

I’ve known you for so long, when have I ever seen you so down?

Where is that lively, proud young man? 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Admitting he’s not as good as someone else?

What else could it be if not being drunk?

"Aren’t you resigned to losing to him?"

Zhan Yunxiao questioned Yan Yu.

Yan Yu gave a bitter smile, "My dear Young Master Zhan, what do you have to be unresigned about? What do I have to be unresigned about? At least Miss Xia loves you, you didn’t lose to him. While You Mei never liked me from beginning to end, does my resignation matter?"

"That’s true, you’re not even as good as me, You Mei never liked you." Zhan Yunxiao laughed.

Yan Yu: "..."

You know it in your heart, there’s no need to say it out loud!

"However, not being liked by a woman like that is also a blessing. Yan Yu, you’re luckier than me, without love, there’s no hurt, it’s quite good."

Zhan Yunxiao patted Yan Yu’s shoulder and drained another glass of wine.

Zhan Hanjue arrived with people and found him already slumped over the table, dead drunk.

He immediately furrowed his brow, showing displeasure on his face.

Yan Yu was terrified, instantly sobering up.

"Mr. Zhan, why are you here?"

"Take him away."

Zhan Hanjue waved his hand, instructing the bodyguards to take Zhan Yunxiao away.

Yan Yu quickly explained, "Mr. Zhan, don’t be angry, Young Master Zhan was just not in a good mood, this is the first time he’s drunk like this, please don’t be angry."

He thought Zhan Hanjue was angry about Zhan Yunxiao drinking and wanted to take him away to discipline him?

Zhan Hanjue looked at his anxious attempt to block him, found it amusing, shook his head, patted his shoulder, and left.

Yan Yu: "..."