Sold for 300, I Fight Back with Superpowers

”My friend loves hearing this kind of stuff. When I tell her later, she’s definitely going to scream.”

”Hehe, me too. I’ll tell my mom later. She and her old friends love this kind of gossip.”

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Similar conversations were popping up all over the train car. Su Qing pretended to be casually looking at the scenery outside, but she noticed the corners of that man’s mouth curl up slightly.

Su Qing raised an eyebrow. ’Well now, this guy must be saying this on purpose.’

’He’s trying to link everything to the Ye Yue Family and the Qiutian Family.’ Su Qing couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly. ’This way, all the attention will be drawn to the conflict between the two families, allowing the real culprit to slip away unnoticed.’

Still, this was good news for Su Qing. The Qiutian Family’s attention might actually be diverted to the Ye Yue Family now.

And just as Su Qing predicted, Qiutian Wetai’s thoughts had indeed turned to the Ye Yue Family.

”Father.” Qiutian Erlang and Qiutian Shirou had been summoned to the hospital room. They looked at Qiutian Wetai, unsure of what their father wanted to command. After addressing him, they waited respectfully.

”You two will make a trip to the Shengchuan Family.” Qiutian Wetai said, his face dark. He pushed a letter forward. ”Give this letter to the head of the Shengchuan Family. Also...”

Qiutian Wetai then took out a small wooden box and said, ”And the pills in this box. Tell the head of the Shengchuan Family that as long as he helps our Qiutian Family with the matter in the letter, our Qiutian Family will provide these pills to the Shengchuan Family at half price.”

”Father!” Qiutian Erlang recognized them at a glance. The jade vial contained the pills made from his family’s secret formula. These pills were extremely important to Onmyoji, which was why the Qiutian Family had always held such high standing among them. It was also the reason why the Qiutian Clan, a family of physicians, could rank among the great families of Japan.

Qiutian Erlang was very clever. He immediately guessed Qiutian Wetai’s intention. ”Could it be that you suspect the Ye Yue Family is behind the theft at our vault and villa?”

Asking the Shengchuan Family for help meant they were dealing with someone significant. Qiutian Erlang immediately guessed it had something to do with the theft.

Qiutian Wetai looked at his second son with satisfaction. He had always favored Qiutian Sanlang, placing all the family’s hopes on him, and had thus neglected this intelligent second son. The thought of Qiutian Sanlang’s death in Hua Country still made Qiutian Wetai’s heart ache—he had doted on that son for over twenty years, after all. But thankfully, his second son was also very sharp, no less capable than Sanlang.

”Yes.” Qiutian Wetai nodded. ”I’ve thought it over and over. Only Onmyoji could move such a massive quantity of goods from our vault and villa without alerting anyone. Ordinary people simply couldn’t do it. And what’s more, one or two Onmyoji certainly wouldn’t have that kind of power either.”

”So, you think it’s highly likely this theft was the Ye Yue Family’s revenge against our Qiutian Family?” Qiutian Erlang asked.

”Hmph. Ye Yuefeng died in Hua Country, and the Ye Yue Family has never forgotten it. Don’t be fooled by how they openly direct their hatred toward Hua Country; deep down, they resent our Qiutian Family too. Otherwise, who was responsible for the business we lost before?”

Speaking of which, old and new hatreds surged in Qiutian Wetai’s heart. ”It’s useless for the Ye Yue Family to deny it. Not long after the news of Ye Yuefeng’s death came back, our family’s business took a hit. What’s the damn point of them saying it has nothing to do with them? And this theft could only have been done by Onmyoji. You tell me, which Onmyoji holds the biggest grudge against our Qiutian Family?”

”But...” Qiutian Erlang hesitated, thinking of the newspaper he had just seen that morning. ”I fear there might be a trap here.”

”What?” Qiutian Wetai looked at Qiutian Erlang. He hadn’t read today’s paper yet. ”Why do you say that?”

”Father,” Qiutian Erlang said quickly, ”you probably haven’t seen today’s newspaper yet. It reported the news of our family’s theft. But besides that, it also reported that an elder of the Ye Yue Family was attacked and is now in critical condition. I think that since both our family and the Ye Yue Family have suffered immense losses, someone might be setting us up! Perhaps their goal is to turn our two families against each other.”