"Little Monkey, do you remember Auntie? You are so good." Zhu Yanyi hugged the little boy tightly. She looked at Zhu Yanli and said, "Little Monkey is almost four years old. Why does she still suck her fingers?"
"Don't mention it." Zhu Yanli looked helpless. "He was fine before. He stopped sucking his fingers a while ago. But for the last two months, he started again. You wouldn't believe it. I put bitter melon, yellow lotus root, and garlic juice on his fingers. I almost put chili on them. He just calmly wiped it all on me and kept sucking his fingers. If he wasn't normal otherwise, I would think he was stupid."
"Wife, our son is smart," Taishu Yuanxiang reminded her.
"He is smart. He is almost four, five in traditional age. But look at us. Ani and I helped Mom and Dad with chores when we were five. They were small tasks, but we could do them. He wants to be carried all day and sucks his fingers. He acts like a two-year-old, not five." Zhu Yanli complained.
Zhu Yanyi raised her eyebrows slightly. She carried Little Monkey to the side and sat down. She played with her for a while, then placed her fingers on her pulse to check her health.
A child of nearly four, or five in traditional age, should not suck her fingers constantly. Also, when she called her earlier, she sounded very childish. Zhu Yanyi felt something was wrong with Little Monkey’s body.
She checked her and her eyes flashed. She looked at Zhu Yanli and Taishu Yuanxiang. Their hearts skipped a beat. They sensed something was happening. Zhu Yanli asked quickly, "Ani, what is wrong?"
"You have so many people, but you didn't take good care of Little Monkey." Zhu Yanyi sighed. Then, she waved her hand slightly in front of Little Monkey’s eyes. She slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep.
"Aohan, hold Little Monkey for me," Zhu Yanyi said directly.
Yan Aohan looked at Little Monkey, nodded slightly to Zhu Yanyi, and then took the boy into his arms.
Zhu Yanyi waved her hand. The familiar bag of golden needles appeared. This time, she did not use many needles. She used only one. She inserted it next to Little Monkey’s temple. Then, she took out a small bottle. She opened the lid. Spiritual energy rose from the liquid inside. She placed the small bottle next to the golden needle.
About five minutes later, something moved on Little Monkey’s temple. It slowly came out with the needle. It was a very white worm, like a long silk thread. It entered the bottle. Zhu Yanyi quickly closed the lid. She turned her palm and said, "Binglan, destroy this Ice Silk Gu for me."
A small flame appeared from Binglan. It instantly wrapped around the bottle and destroyed it.
After destroying the bottle, Zhu Yanyi pulled the golden needle from Little Monkey’s temple.
Then, she took out a pill. She crushed it into powder and put it in a small porcelain bowl. She added a drop of medicinal liquid and some diluted spiritual liquid. She mixed them and fed Little Monkey. After eating it, Little Monkey’s complexion looked better, but she was still asleep.
"Sister, take Little Monkey to Mom’s room to sleep for a while. She will wake up in about half an hour," Zhu Yanyi said.
Zhu Yanli nodded. She took Little Monkey from Yan Aohan’s arms and walked into a nearby room.
Taishu Yuanxiang looked at Zhu Yanyi. "Yanyi, what happened to Little Monkey?" Seeing the situation earlier, she knew her son had been attacked secretly. Anger grew in her heart.
"Little Monkey was given an Ice Silk Gu. The name sounds nice, but it attaches to the human brain and feeds on brain marrow. Fortunately, the Gu was not in her for long. It has been less than a year. It could not hatch directly in the child’s body. It must have been an egg that lay dormant. That is why she is like this now. Luckily, I returned just in time. If I had not come back, in a few years, you would think Little Monkey was born stupid." Zhu Yanyi guessed who dared to do such a thing.
"Brother-in-law, Sister, who did you offend? Why target Little Monkey?" Zhu Yanyi’s expression was not good. "Attacking a small child is unacceptable. Such people cannot be tolerated."
It was understandable for Taishu Yuanxiang to have enemies. But attacking a few-year-old child was excessive.
Taishu Yuanxiang’s face was also dark. "I have dealt with most of my enemies. The people I meet daily have no grudges against me."
"Then it is someone who secretly loves you," Zhu Yanyi said directly. "Usually, attacking a child has a reason. This reason is likely hating the house because of the bird. The person hated might not be you, but my sister. But my sister’s personality is such that she does not make enemies easily. So, that person must be jealous of my sister. If it were a business enemy, they would try to ruin my sister’s hands. But they attacked Little Monkey, a child. So, this woman must like you. She sees my sister as a rival. That is why she attacked Little Monkey."
Although this was just a guess with many flaws, Zhu Yanyi felt her intuition was correct. The person was likely a secret admirer of Taishu Yuanxiang.
Taishu Yuanxiang’s face was very dark. "I will investigate this."
"I know who it is." Zhu Yanli came out. She had clearly heard Zhu Yanyi’s guess. "It is the young lady from the Dongshi Group. She fell in love with you a year ago. She even warned me to step aside. I ignored her. Now I think, she is the only one who has shown interest in you recently."
Taishu Yuanxiang took out his phone. "I will have people investigate this. If it is true, I will let them know the consequences of angering me."
His wife and son were Taishu Yuanxiang’s weaknesses. His life had been unstable. Before meeting Zhu Yanli, he thought he would be alone. He finally met Zhu Yanli and had a child. Now, he learned someone tried to harm his son. If he could still endure it, he would not be Taishu Yuanxiang.
Zhu Yanyi asked curiously from the side, "What is the background of this Dongshi Group? I don’t remember such a group in Jingdu."
"It is indeed not from Jingdu. The Dongshi Group originally came from Modu. They opened a branch in Jingdu. The boss of Dongshi is called Dong Hu. People call him Tiger Dong. He is a famous figure in Modu. He turned to legitimate business after cleaning up his past."