He spoke coldly, "You plotted to murder my father-in-law, threatened my mother-in-law, and then deliberately got yourself caught by us. And today, you intentionally requested for lavender—this was all part of your scheme, wasn’t it?"

"Cough cough... I don’t understand what you’re saying..."

"Are you doing this so Nangong Wenchang will inherit the family?"

Ruan Tianling asked again, "Or is this all a collaboration between you two?!"

Nangong Yi looked puzzled, "You think we did this?"

"If not you, then who?!"

Nangong Yi suddenly realized, "You captured me to deal with us? To target my grandfather?"

Ruan Tianling sneered coldly and remained silent.

"I’d rather die than let you use me!" Nangong Yi was exceedingly angry.

"You want to die? I’ll grant your wish now!"

Ruan Tianling pulled out a pistol, loaded it, and aimed at his forehead—

Jian Yufei clenched her hands, was he really going to do it?

Nangong Yi showed no fear, he closed his eyes, "Go ahead and shoot. Life and death make no difference to me." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Ruan Tianling fired the gun with a bang—

Jian Yufei was startled.

The bullet hit the nightstand, Nangong Yi heard the gunshot, his body just shuddered but showed no other reaction.

Nangong Yi opened his eyes.

Ruan Tianling calmly put away his pistol, "Killing you would be too easy!"

"Someone, throw him in the basement!"

Immediately, two bodyguards came in and dragged Nangong Yi away.

Jian Yufei couldn’t help but speak up, "Ruan Tianling, maybe he has nothing to do with this."

"He should know about the hallucinogen, and surely knows both my mother-in-law and father-in-law like lavender, all of this was intentional!"

Jian Yufei felt it didn’t quite add up, "But he didn’t know I’d place a pot in my father’s room. Besides, what’s his motive for doing this?"

Ruan Tianling’s cold gaze turned to Nangong Yi—

"I’ve always been curious, why did you inject my father-in-law with large amounts of hallucinogen?"

Nangong Yi frowned, "I don’t understand what you’re saying! I haven’t done such a thing, and neither would my grandfather!"

"You’re stubborn until the end. If you don’t speak, my subordinates have a thousand ways to make you talk, they’ll make you unable to seek life or death!"

Ruan Tianling’s words were like those from a demon in hell.

Even as composed as Nangong Yi was, he seemed a bit unsettled.

He pursed his lips and said, "This really wasn’t my doing. I have no power, do you think I could do something like this?"

"No one in the Nangong Family is simple," Ruan Tianling slightly curled his lips.

"Say what you want, anyway I didn’t do it. But, I want to ask you a question?"

Nangong Yi directly looked at Jian Yufei, "Cousin, your father was injected with hallucinogen, has something happened to him?"

"Yes, he’s now not clear-headed and doesn’t recognize anyone. And he views everyone as an enemy."

Nangong Yi frowned and pondered deeply, "It seems he’s constantly experiencing negative hallucinations. As long as he’s awake, he keeps repeating nightmares, causing the nightmares to deeply erradicate into his brain. Even if the hallucinogen is cleared, his condition won’t improve. Because by then, he’d already be completely mentally deranged."

Jian Yufei’s face changed slightly, "How do you know this?"

Nangong Yi smiled lightly, "I studied psychology, I read the relevant books. It’s just my analysis of the situation."