Poison Genius Consort

ho had a good relationship with her mother should at least leave her some face, right?

Han Yunxi rejoiced.
“Many thanks to this Elder!”

Third Elder simply waved his hand.
“No need to be polite.”

Although she didn’t gain much results from this meeting, at least she hadn’t come in vain.
Now Han Yunxi had prospects to a positive outcome.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have any idea how to track down Lady Tianxin’s origins.
Not only did her mother have no friends in Tianning, she even used a pseudonym in place of her real name.
After bidding Third Elder farewell, Han Yunxi picked up her bundle and left.
She used a side door of the medical academy after telling Third Elder not to expose her whereabouts.
Once she left the main gates of the academy behind her, she realized she had to do some serious thinking. Where to go now?

But she hadn’t even decided where to stay overnight when Gu Qishao’s teasing laugh sounded by her side.
“Poison lass, where are you planning to go by yourself?”

Han Yunxi turned to see Gu Qishao lying lazily on top of the wall, his hand propping up his head.
His smile exposed his dimples, while his red robes gave him a bewitching air that set off the beauty of his face.
To other people, he might have looked sinister and devilish, but Han Yunxi only saw him as a rascal.
She was too lazy to acknowledge him and started moving in his opposite direction.

“Poison lass, you sent your birth father to jail, then went to ask about things related to your birth mother.
Isn’t that all too interesting?” Gu Qishao asked with a grin.
Naturally, he’d overhead everything between Third Elder and Han Yunxi.
The conversation had truly caught him off-guard, because he didn’t realize that Han Yunxi had no idea about Lady Tianxin’s origins.

Han Yunxi stopped and said coldly, “You were eavesdropping!”

“Mm!” Gu Qishao was so frank that it made people want to slap him.

Han Yunxi only smiled coldly.
Instead of arguing with him, she turned to leave.
Gu Qishao was very surprised.
He’d acted like he needed a spanking on purpose just to provoke her.
Why did she just smile coldly instead? When he saw Han Yunxi getting farther and farther away, Gu Qishao hastened to chase after her.
“Poison lass, you’re in a bad mood?”

Han Yunxi didn’t answer, so Gu Qishao asked again, “Did Long Feiye bully you? Why did he go to the poison grounds?”

Han Yunxi didn’t even look at him.
Gu Qishao suddenly reached out a hand to grab her, his face serious as he said angrily, “How did Long Feiye bully you?”

“It’s obviously you that’s bullying others, all right?! Do you even know the definition of ‘private affairs?’” Han Yunxi asked angrily.

“The fault’s all mine!” Gu Qishao admitted openly.
He was happy as long as she paid him attention, even if it was to curse him to his face.
That was the type of person he was.
Once he saw someone he fancied, he’d like them without end and spoil them to the skies.
In any case, Han Yunxi had cursed him countless times already.
All she needed to do was hit him next.
Even if there came a day that Han Yunxi really slapped him, it was uncertain whether he’d truly get angry.

Gu Qishao was already smiling and admitting his wrongs, leaving Han Yunxi feeling rather helpless against him.
It looked like the best solution for people like him was to ignore them altogether.
She took a deep breath and prepared to leave when Gu Qishao smiled and said, “Poison lass, have you ever heard of Mu Xin1?”

Han Yunxi shook her head.
She wasn’t sure why he’d suddenly asked her about this woman.

Gu Qishao wrapped his arm around her shoulders and laughed.
“Come, I’ll take you to Medicine City to meet her!”

Han Yunxi immediately pushed him aside.
“Not interested.”

But Gu Qishao simply pulled her into his arms again.
Han Yunxi was about to shove him once more when he whispered into her ear, “Mu Xin is Lady Tianxin.
In other words, that’s your mother’s maiden name.
She’s from the Mu Clan in Medicine City.”

Han Yunxi was stunned and looked at him in disbelief.

Gu Qishao adored the fact that Han Yunxi only had him in her eyes at this moment.
He’d started out speaking as a joke, but he couldn’t resist tightening his hold on her now.
“Poison lass, just come with me!”

But Han Yunxi simply shoved him away even harder than before.
He almost fell over from the unexpected force.
“You hoodlum!” she cried, “Get fresh with me again and I won’t be polite! Am I going to believe you just because you tossed out a random name? Do you think I’m an idiot?”

This man had even suspected Han Congan of being from the Tang Clan when he first saw her assassination weapons.
How could he have found out Lady Tianxin’s real identity so soon?

Gu Qishao wasn’t impatient with her at all.
He grinned and said, “How about this? Go back and ask Third Elder if Lady Lianxin’s supported by Department Head Lin from the Vice-Council.
Then ask him if Lady Lianxin has a older sister that went missing a long time ago.”

Han Yunxi grew somber at these words.
She remembered Gu Beiyue mentioning that Lady Lianxin from the Council of Elders hailed from the Mu family in Medicine City.
She wasn’t young, but she was still only a fifth-rank Divine Doctor.
Despite this, she was able to claim a spot in the Council.
This wasn’t only due to the backing of her Mu Clan in Medicine City.
Someone higher up in the medical academy had to have supported her.
If Lady Lianxin had support in Department Head Lin, then it’d be possible for her to earn a position as a director or an Elder.
And if Lady Tianxin hadn’t died, her age would be just around Lady Lianxin’s own.

In other words, it was very possible that Lady Tianxin didn’t have high connections to the medical academy’s upper echelons, but her younger sister Lady Lianxin.
Han Yunxi stared at Gu Qishao and his brilliant smile, but still found everything inconceivable.
“If we go with what you say, then why did Lady Lianxin oppose me at every turn?”

Lady Lianxin had been the harshest critic while she and Third Elder were going through Long Tianmo’s consultation.

“That would be something between her and her sister.
Besides, no one bothered to protect Han Congan when he lost his director position, either,” Gu Qishao countered.

“How did you know?” Han Yunxi asked.

Gu Qishao didn’t answer, but he did stop smiling to say cooly, “Let’s go.
I’ll tell you when we get to Medicine City.”

Without a doubt, Han Yunxi would go!

Mu Xin (沐心) – Mu is a surname, while Xin means “heart.”