A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles

Lady Ji and Ji Youyuan couldn’t help but look at him upon hearing the words.

Ji Youzhi inexplicably became flustered and suddenly knelt in front of Lady Ji.

"Mother! Please punish me!

I was busy investigating the case back then and only heard them mention this poison but didn’t inquire further before leaving."

"So the matter of Xi’Er and Li Qi heading north together in those years was actually related to..."

Ji Youyuan didn’t finish his words, but Ji Youzhi understood.

"It’s probably just as you guessed!"

Ji Youzhi supplemented.

Lady Ji took a deep breath.

She looked at Yuan Yifan.

"Warrior, please continue!"

Yuan Yifan continued to speak.

"We took Li Qi to all the doctors in the city, but none could do anything about his poison.

Later, a traveling doctor happened to appear outside the inn where we were staying.

The doctor took Li Qi’s pulse and coincidentally had an antidote.

He gave the antidote to Li Qi to take; Li Qi soon awoke but was also informed that he had only three months to live."

"Only three months?"

Lady Ji, Ji Youyuan, and Ji Youzhi couldn’t help but repeat the words.

"That’s right, just three months. Before the doctor administered the medicine, he had a private conversation with Miss Xi’Er. She understood the implications; if the venom wasn’t cured, Li Qi would remain unconscious for three months and die, much like sleeping beauty.

But if treated, he would only have three months to live, yet he would be awake, able to live and thrive with us for those three months!"

By this point in Yuan Yifan’s explanation, Lady Ji and the others already understood that Xi’Er naturally chose to spend a lively three months with Li Qi.

As expected, Yuan Yifan continued.

"After Li Qi woke up, we concealed the fact that he could only live for three months. We didn’t rush to return either. Miss Xi’Er asked us to find a place of scenic beauty so she could live in seclusion with Li Qi there, and we agreed and found such a place."

"Where is it?"

Lady Ji eagerly asked.

"It’s in the northern Yingyue Mountain, within a valley full of birdsong and floral fragrances."

Yuan Yifan replied.

"So Xi’Er and Li Qi had Suisui there?"

Yuan Yifan nodded, "Yes!"

Lady Ji suddenly shook her head, denying Yuan Yifan’s account.

"No, I remember that when Xi’Er returned, she was already six or seven months pregnant. It is said that Li Qi personally escorted her back, but if, as you said, Li Qi had only three months to live, he certainly wouldn’t have been alive when Xi’Er returned!"

Upon hearing Lady Ji’s words, Yuan Yifan gave a bitter smile and said,

"That’s because the Li Qi who escorted Miss Xi’Er back wasn’t the real Li Qi!"

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Ji Youyuan, Lady Ji, and Ji Youzhi all widened their eyes and looked at Yuan Yifan.

"Explain yourself clearly!"

"Yes!"

Yuan Yifan picked up a teacup again, but it was empty.

Ji Youzhi personally refilled his tea, and despite it being cold, he drank it all in one go before saying,

"After we found such a place for Miss Xi’Er, she took the increasingly weak Li Qi to live in seclusion there and insisted on having a wedding with Li Qi with only us brothers as witnesses.

Escort Agency’s Elder Huo was the officiator. We, a group of brothers, witnessed them happily bow to heaven and earth, becoming a loving couple.

Within less than two months, Li Qi’s condition worsened, becoming more and more muddled, much like a child, always forgetting things, except he never forgot Miss Xi’Er!"

At this point, Lady Ji finally shed tears.

"Thankfully, this girl had some sense, and it wasn’t a thoughtless affair; they bowed to heaven and earth with an officiator and witnesses. Even though I, as her mother, learned the truth many years late, this can still be considered a happy ending!"

Ji Youyuan and Ji Youzhi both heaved a sigh of relief and looked at each other, their eyes conveying a message.

Has this resolved mother’s deep-seated concerns?

"If that’s the case, my brother-in-law, whom I’ve never met, must have died in the secluded place he shared with my sister, right?"

Yuan Yifan nodded.

"You’re correct, Li Qi indeed died in the valley at Yingyue Mountain, where they lived in seclusion.

Later, the one who escorted Miss Xi’Er back to the Li Family wasn’t Li Qi."

Ji Youzhi squinted slightly and asked him.

"Then who was the one who took my sister to the Li Family?

Didn’t the Li Family notice that his identity was false?

My sister could have come straight home, so why did she go to the Li Family?"