Chapter 2678 — Lost in Memory
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"Young Master Bing, everything has been prepared as you instructed. What would you have me do now?" Uncle Zhu asked.
"Ah, yes—feed this packet of powder to Yuning. I need to set up the camera!" Zhao Qibing said, pulling a packet of medicinal powder from his backpack and handing it to Uncle Zhu, then producing a video camera as well.
"Oh? What powder is this?" Uncle Zhu blinked in surprise.
"This is a potent drug the Medicine King compounded for me—colorless, odorless, and violent in effect. Once a girl takes it, she becomes thoroughly forward!" Zhao Qibing saw no reason to hide it now. "I'm going to film the whole process of bedding Yuning, then show it to the Yu family patriarch. He'll see that Yuning was the one who came on to me—and the hidden Yu family will just have to swallow the insult. For the sake of their reputation, they'll marry Yuning to me!"
"So that's your game!" Uncle Zhu was startled, and at once thought to himself how brilliant Zhao Qibing's scheme was. This way, even if the hidden Yu family had their suspicions, with the recording in hand Zhao Qibing stood on solid ground—he could insist that he and Yuning were mutually enamored, that she had taken the initiative, and what could the hidden Yu family possibly say?
Even if Yuning told the truth, all the hidden Zhao family had to do was make the recording public and appeal to the other hidden clans for judgment—and the hidden Yu family's face would be dragged through the mud beyond all recovery!
The only way out would be for the hidden Yu family to grit their teeth and accept it, marrying Yuning to Zhao Qibing. And then, with the hidden Yu family's support at his back, Zhao Qibing's rise to the position of young heir of the hidden Zhao family would be beyond all doubt!
But if that happened, Zhao Qibing's backing would grow formidable—would he then turn against Wei Zhao? At this thought, Uncle Zhu could not help but feel uneasy. Could he throw a wrench in Zhao Qibing's plans somehow, sabotage them?
Yet his own abilities were limited; the only thing he could do was ask Wei Zhao, and see whether Wei Zhao had any ideas.
Uncle Zhu dawdled over dissolving the powder in hot water, while on his side Zhao Qibing had already set up the camera. He had chosen a clever angle—it could capture him and Yuning, yet keep things indistinct. The main point was that Yuning's body would not be clearly visible, while Zhao Qibing's own would be.
This recording was meant for the Yu family patriarch and Yu Xiaochen to see. Though Yuning was their granddaughter and daughter, Zhao Qibing had no intention of letting others look upon his future wife, so he had to keep it blurry; if need be, he would find some woman skilled in post-processing to mosaic it for him.
"Uncle Zhu, are you done yet or not? That hot water's good enough—just get Yuning to drink it, it's not as if it'll scald her to death!" Seeing Uncle Zhu still swirling the cup to cool it and not yet feeding the dose to Yuning, Zhao Qibing grew impatient. "The drug takes half an hour to kick in, and Yuning's unconscious, so it'll probably be even slower. Hurry it up, would you—I can hardly wait!"
"Oh, right..." Uncle Zhu had wanted to stall a while longer, but Zhao Qibing had spoken, and there was nothing he could do. He could only pour the dose down Yuning's throat.
Watching Uncle Zhu administer the dose, Zhao Qibing nodded. "All right then. Get out and stand guard at the door—I'm going to take a shower first!"
"Yes, Young Master Bing!" Uncle Zhu hurried out of the inner room to the outer chamber, and the very first thing he did was pull out his phone and dial Wei Zhao's number...
Wei Zhao was cultivating in his room when the sudden shrill ringing of the phone cut through the silence. He hurriedly brought his cultivation to a halt and picked up the phone.
"Zhu the Second?" It was Zhu the Second calling. Wei Zhao answered—no doubt there was news from Zhao Qibing's side.