"What's going on? Are they preparing to commit group suicide?"
Lu Wenjun looked at the monkeys lying in the riverbed and twitched the corner of her mouth.
Fortunately, this river hadn't been fully dug yet and there was no water inside. Otherwise, if they jumped in like this and then lay still, something could've happened.
Jiang Yunnuan's eyes widened as well.
Were these monkeys crazy?
Ke Chongbo ran over and looked down at the monkeys in the riverbed.
They were lying on the ground, groaning, their eyes unfocused.
"It shouldn't be from the fall, right? It's not that high," Ke Chongbo muttered, then raised his voice, "Everyone, are you okay?"
The monkeys didn't respond, as if they hadn't heard him and continued to groan.
"Something must have happened, right?" Ke Chongbo suddenly felt uneasy, his expression changing. "Oh no, did they break their bones?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a few monkeys suddenly sit up, fumble toward the edge, and begin to climb up.
Monkeys are naturally good at climbing, but their movements now were very slow and sluggish.
Their joints seemed like they rusted, their movements very difficult. After finally climbing half a meter, they accidentally slipped and fell back down again.
After landing at the bottom, they seemed to have exhausted all their energy and lay there, not continuing to climb.
Other monkeys were flailing their arms as if there was something in the air.
Ke Chongbo panicked, "My goodness, what's wrong with them? Are they poisoned?!"
Lu Wenjun looked at their movements, her brows tightly furrowed, "They must be poisoned."
Otherwise, they wouldn't be like this.
"Who poisoned them?" Ke Chongbo's eyes widened.
These monkeys were so clever and numerous, who could've poisoned them?
Mu Shiyue walked over slowly, looked down at the monkeys, and sighed, "They did it themselves."
"They did it themselves?"
Everyone looked at her, then suddenly understood, "The wine they brewed themselves?!"
That's right, yesterday the monkey king had said that their wine was almost ready and could be drunk today.
The brewing of spirit wine is different from mortal methods, it can be completed much faster.
Of course, that depends on the individual's technique and the condition of the wine, so it cannot be generalized.
But the monkey king thought the mushroom wine was ready to drink.
It even said that it would bring some to Mu Shiyue for them to taste.
Mu Shiyue accepted their goodwill and said that they would try it.
But looking at things now, it would be better if they didn't drink it.
These monkeys had gone mad!
"Second Senior Sister, you're back? How was it?" Jiang Yunnuan saw them approaching, her eyes immediately lighting up as she greeted them.
"En, we're back." Qin Yiwei led the group over. "Don't worry, we're all fine."
"That's good." Jiang Yunnuan nodded.
Then their gazes fell onto the riverbed.
The monkeys were still lying there.
Chu Jingzhuo frowned, "They wouldn't have drank the wine, right?"
"Fourth Brother, you're right!" Jiang Yunnuan nodded. "They did drink the wine."
Meng Fanzé was puzzled, "How much did they drink?"
If their limbs weren't still moving, punching and kicking at the air, he would've thought they were already dead.
"Woo woo woo!"
The monkey king stood up among the lying monkeys, waving its arms and calling out to them.
After calling, it fell backward again.
"Woo!"
As it fell, it pressed down on the monkeys behind it, causing a miserable cry.
Although they cried out, they didn't leave their positions.
Everyone looked at Mu Shiyue.
Mu Shiyue twitched the corner of her mouth, "It says they only drank one cup."
"How big was the cup?" Chu Jingzhuo asked instinctively.
Mu Shiyue gave him a speechless look, "Probably not much."
After all, they had just started brewing, so there wouldn't be much.
And it was new wine, they wouldn't have chugged it immediately.
"They only drank a little and ended up like this?"
Everyone looked at the monkeys in the riverbed with uncertainty.
Was the wine this poisonous?
Mu Shiyue was also very helpless, "I don't know either."
Looking at the monkeys who were still clearly dazed, she shook her head, then turned to Qin Yiwei and the others.
"How did things go this time? Was it smooth?"
"Relatively smooth." Qin Yiwei pressed her lips together. "But we didn't find their sister's whereabouts."
Liu Yizi stepped forward, "I plan to go there to search and see if I can find out what happened to my sister."
On the way back, she had already thought it through.
What Liu Junxing said was probably true, but her sister might still be alive.
She must see for herself the person if alive, the body if dead.
Otherwise, she wouldn't give up.
"I'll go too!" Meng Fanzé also stepped forward, saying he would go with his older sister to find their younger sister.
"Where are you going?" Mu Shiyue asked.
They then explained the situation of this trip.
After listening, Jiang Yunnuan clenched her teeth in anger, "That Liu Junxing is too disgusting! If I was there, I definitely wouldn't have let him off!"
"Scum like that deserves to die!" Lu Wenjun's expression was also very fierce.
If Liu Junxing appeared here, he would definitely not escape a harsh beating.
If not for him, Liu Yizi's family wouldn't have been so miserable.
"He's not dead yet, but he's not doing well either." Qin Yiwei smiled slightly.
"What did you do to him?" Jiang Yunnuan immediately asked.
"Nothing much, I just gave him some medicine to make him show signs of pregnancy."
"Pregnancy?!"
Those who hadn't gone out looked at each other, stunned.
"En, didn't I just happen to refine a few pills before? Later, I found that when mixed and taken together, they have a false pregnancy effect, so I used them on him this time."
Qin Yiwei spoke lightly, but everyone else looked horrified.
Especially Ke Chongbo, thinking of this medicine being used on him…ah, so terrifying!
A grown man showing such false pregnancy symptoms, and happening to be in the same room with another man… that was too damn terrifying!
If it happened to him, he probably wouldn't dare go out again, he would lose all face!
Of course, thinking about how it was Liu Junxing who was the one losing face made him happy.
"He deserves it! Death would be too easy for him, it should be like this!" Everyone agreed.
Killing someone is quick, but these rumors are like a soft knife, slowly tormenting a person bit by bit.
For someone like Liu Junxing, who values his reputation most, this was the worst.
After this incident, he would definitely become the focus of the entire city.
Perhaps even other cities would hear of it!
Just thinking about it felt satisfying!
"When the medicine wears off, his reputation still won't recover. People will just think he miscarried, hahaha…"
After laughing at Liu Junxing, everyone turned their attention back to the siblings.
"I'm going to Baigu Forest to take a look," Liu Yizi said.
"Baigu Forest is very dangerous!" The others didn't approve.
"But I have to find my sister." She was very firm.
"I'll go too!" Meng Fanzé added.
"Go where?" Mu Shiyue spoke up. "Neither of you is allowed to go."
Liu Yizi and Meng Fanzé both looked at her.
"If you run there like headless flies, what information can you get? You might as well spend some money to hire someone to help."
"Hire someone?" The siblings spoke in unison.