Chapter 3064 — The Next Killing Move
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"Oh? Who?" Feng Tianqi's spirits lifted at once, and he pressed eagerly. If only they could find a suspect, Feng Shihua's name could be cleared—and when that happened, he might even turn misfortune into blessing and reclaim the young heir's qualification he had lost!
"It was... Feng Nitian himself!" Feng Shihua said, word by word.
"What? Feng Nitian himself?" Feng Tianqi was stunned with astonishment. "How could it be himself?"
"Earlier, when I went in, his complexion looked a little off, and he said a whole pile of baffling things to me..." With that, Feng Shihua recounted everything Feng Nitian had said to him.
"In that case... it really could be that Feng Nitian took the poison himself and then framed you!" Feng Tianqi was suddenly enlightened. "But where did Feng Nitian get the poison? And he has no hands—how did he take it?"
"That... I'm afraid that was where Third Uncle cooperated with him..." Feng Shihua thought and analyzed. "Feng Nitian probably had the poison in his mouth all along, which is why his complexion was off. But he hadn't swallowed it yet, so the poison hadn't taken effect—or perhaps Third Uncle used his true qi to suppress it, which let him hold on for a while. Then he drank water and swallowed most of the remaining poison in his mouth, and died of the poison. As for the poison on the cup, Feng Nitian smeared it there himself with his lips!"
"Even if we've figured it out, what good does it do?" Feng Tianqi could not help but sigh. "Your grandfather won't believe it. Feng Nitian is dead, and the dead cannot testify. If you say these things now, he'll think you fabricated lies to exonerate yourself..."
"Dad, it's fine. I'll just stay here for now—treat it as training..." Feng Shihua was rather philosophical about it. At this point, all they could do was take things one step at a time.
"Mm. Rest assured, Shipian, I will do my utmost to clear you," Feng Tianqi said.
Meanwhile, at Feng Tianqi's residence, Feng Tianhu appeared in secret! Just when everyone assumed Feng Tianhu had carried Feng Nitian's corpse home and was weeping over it, Feng Tianhu turned up here instead!
"Second Sister-in-law!" Feng Tianhu's face, beyond the grief he had worn before, had turned utterly grim. He walked up to a noble lady and called in a low voice.
"Tianhu? What brings you here?" The lady was slightly taken aback. She was Feng Shihua's mother, Dongfang Xiaocui. She had already learned from the servants the news that Feng Shihua had killed Feng Nitian, so Feng Tianhu's visit came as something of a surprise. "Have you come to settle accounts with me?"
"Your younger brother would not dare!" Feng Tianhu shook his head, his face stricken with sorrow. "This matter is not Second Sister-in-law's fault either. Though I too cannot believe Shipian did it, all the evidence points to him, and I am forced to believe it!"
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