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The dew on the mountain was heavy and their clothes were all damp. If they didn't quickly take a hot bath and change into dry clothes, it would be easy for them to catch a cold. Ling Yao was worried about her body.

"Okay, let me know if you need anything." Hai Xiao Min did not force him.

She went back to her room to wash up and eat breakfast delivered by a servant. For some reason, Hai Xiaomin felt uneasy and worried. It seemed that Ling Yao had been gone for some time.

She threw aside her half-eaten breakfast and stood up, then asked the maid, "Where is Du Qing now?"

When Hai Xiao Min rushed to Du Qing's room, there were a few people waiting outside the door. However, the door was tightly shut. With a quick glance, he realized that Ling Yao was not there.

"What happened?" she asked.

They all knew that she was brought into the villa by Ling Yao, and even though they did not know that she was the upright and proper Madam Ling, they did not dare to slight her. Hai Xiaomin only asked them questions, and everyone looked at each other with an expression of wanting to say something, but then hesitated.

Hai Xiao Min's heart was even more suspicious. Forget it, they did not say anything, so she went in to see for herself!

When they saw Hai Xiao Min reaching out to open the door, only then did they stop his in panic: "Mr. Ling had instructed that this door is not to be entered carelessly!"

"What do you mean?" Hai Xiao Min's delicate eyebrows were twisted together, what happened to Du Qing?

Finally, someone was willing to lead the way and explained, "There seems to be something wrong with the man who entered the manor with you. Mister Ling is currently sending someone to treat him."

"Mister Ling is inside?" Hai Xiao Min stared at the closed door.

"Yes."

"Sorry, I want to go in and take a look …" As Hai Xiao Min was about to force the door open, those people tried to stop her. But at this moment, the door opened from the inside, revealing Ling Yao's cold and stern face.

"Let her in." He spoke.

There was no smile on Ling Yao's face. Hai Xiao Min probably understood the seriousness of the situation. She inched her way through the crack in the door and closed the door behind her.

The room was very dimly lit, and before her eyes could adjust to the brightness, he stumbled and stumbled all of a sudden. Quickly, Ling Yao grabbed her waist, allowing her to avoid the bad luck of being in close contact with the carpet.

"Be careful, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Hai Xiao Min shook his head in fear and steadied himself. Then, he gradually saw the situation in the room clearly — the curtains were tightly drawn, the seats were arranged in a mess, the scene was terrifying, as if something bad was silently narrating that something bad had happened.

At first glance, Hai Xiao Min did not see Du Qing. She endured the foreboding feeling in her heart and asked Ling Yao in a low voice: "What's the situation?"

Ling Yao inserted a hand into the pocket of his trousers and behind Hai Xiao Min, nodded towards the bed and said in a low voice: "Look."

Hai Xiao Min looked in the direction he was pointing at and saw that the bed was in a mess. There seemed to be something between the foot of the bed and the wall.

That's right, it was Du Qing. However, his current condition was a little unusual.

He was curled up in the dark, and his body kept shivering. Hai Xiao Min could clearly see that he was tied up with a rope.

She looked at Ling Yao in shock. Even if she didn't say anything, he could read the confusion in her eyes. With a cold gaze, he looked at the foot of the bed and said in a clear voice: "He tied the rope."

"He's …" Hai Xiao Min could not bear to watch the current Du Qing, seeing many similar reactions on television, her heart already vaguely guessed the answer.

Ling Yao: "The drug addiction flared up. He was afraid of hurting himself, so he tied himself up."

It was indeed a drug problem!

Hai Xiaomin suddenly thought of something and didn't understand it. "But for a physique like mine that's addicted for the first time, aren't there a few of them? According to the TV report, most people would be addicted to it only after consuming it multiple times."

Ling Yao looked at her and explained calmly, "The new drug addicts faster than other drugs, not to mention …" He paused, his gaze falling on Du Qing, his words shocking, "Who told you he only smoked once?"

After saying this, Du Qing's body trembled for a moment. Although he did not raise his head, it was evident that she had heard their conversation.

Hai Xiao Min pondered over Ling Yao's words and finally understood. Perhaps Du Qing lied to her, or maybe it was because he accidentally met her on the street that day, but he couldn't resist the poison. In short, he must have consumed drugs more than once, and became completely addicted to it.

"What do we do now?" Hai Xiao Min asked. She knew that LY had developed a drug detoxification serum, but it was necessary to hide it from the current situation.

"Ignore him."

Although she had expected that Ling Yao would refuse to expose his serum, Hai Xiao Min's heart still shook when she heard his unhesitatingly cold voice.

Ling Yao seemed to be exceptionally indifferent to everyone except her.

He looked at the man curled up in the shadows and coldly said, "He knows what to do."

There was a deeper meaning behind this sentence that Du Qing understood, so he dug his fingers into the meat. Hai Xiaoming did not understand it at the time, but she gradually understood it afterwards.

Ling Shang sent someone to change shifts and keep watch on Du Qing for 24 hours to ensure that he was able to successfully endure the drug addiction attack.

When Hai Xiao Min saw Du Qing again, it was the morning of the third day. She was drinking afternoon tea with Ling Yao on the lawn, and Du Qing casually threw his jacket over his shoulders and unsteadily walked over, and without saying a word, he sat down on an empty chair.

It had only been a single day, but Du Qing's body seemed to have been hollowed out. His lips were cracked, his cheeks sunken, his eyes sunken with a faint greenish black color, and his messy hair had not been washed for two or three days.

"Congratulations, you're still alive." Seeing him, Ling Yao calmly took a sip of tea. He didn't have much of an expression on his face.

"Your father's ribs were broken by you, and you didn't even die after the accident, do you think a small drug like this could take your father's life?" Du Qing grinned mischievously. The maid poured him a cup of tea and he drank it all in one gulp. The maid gave him another.

"What are you going to do next?" Looking at his current appearance, Hai Xiao Min was in complete sorrow!

Du Qing turned his head and smiled at her, "Are you worried about me?"

Before he could react, Hai Xiao Min had already smiled and retorted, "I saw an injured animal on the mountain yesterday, I don't know how it is doing right now."

The smile on Du Qing's face froze as he silently savored the meaning behind Hai Xiaoshan's words. She wanted to say that her regards to him were only out of humanity, just like how a small animal would pay attention to a small thing.

"It seems that I have been thinking too much." Du Qing sneered and did not feel embarrassed at all. His pair of elbows rested on the table as he looked left and right, "It doesn't matter, your manor is pretty good. Can you allow me to stay here for a little longer?"