Targeting Young and Strong Men

So he asked Ms. Rachel Zhang, "Do you have any evidence?"

Ms. Rachel Zhang said, "That firewood servant Sam Zhang can testify! Both of us were knocked out by Chloe Zhu's drug!"

"Bring in Sam Zhang," Vice President James ordered.

Sam Zhang was timid. After being dragged in by the fierce Enforcement Team, he glanced at Ms. Rachel Zhang, then at Vice President James, trembling all over in fear.

"Are you the one responsible for stoking the fire in Ms. Rachel Zhang's Alchemy Room?" Vice President James asked.

"Y-yes!" he stammered, voice shaking.

"Tell us exactly what happened in the Alchemy Room today."

What Sam Zhang remembered most clearly was, of course, what he saw and heard after waking up.

Vice President James actually wanted him to tell the truth. He glanced at Ms. Rachel Zhang, stammering and unable to say a word.

"Someone, feed him a Red Truth Pill!" Vice President James commanded.

The Red Truth Pill damages the brain—ordinary people without a Spirit Root who take it will become mentally impaired.

Even Spirit Practitioners with lower cultivation are at risk of brain damage if they take it.

Normally, unless someone has committed a serious crime, they aren’t forced to take the Red Truth Pill.

But Vice President James was desperate to convict Chloe Zhu, so he didn’t hesitate to order the servant to be fed a Red Truth Pill.

After Sam Zhang swallowed the pill, Vice President James asked, "What exactly happened in the Manor Alchemy Room? Tell the truth."

"I was tending the fire," the servant replied, eyes glazed. "Then I fell asleep. Later, I woke up again. I saw Mason Fu and Ms. Rachel Zhang... in a compromising position."

He paused, his expression turning strange. "Mason Fu was exhausted and stopped.

Ms. Rachel Zhang was still fired up and told Mason Fu to keep going.

Mason Fu said it had already been half an hour, and he really couldn’t go on.

Ms. Rachel Zhang got annoyed and called him useless, so Mason Fu started again.

I looked up at them, and Ms. Rachel Zhang noticed me. I saw murderous intent in her eyes—I felt like she was going to kill me!

But I was terrified at the time, didn’t know what to do, so I pretended to faint again.

Later, someone came in, and I ran out."

After hearing this, everyone in the Enforcement Hall looked at Ms. Rachel Zhang with weird expressions.

With the Red Truth Pill’s effect, people always speak the truth.

"Shut up!" Ms. Rachel Zhang snapped, face flushed. "How did you pass out?"

Sam Zhang: "I don’t know. I was tending the fire, and then suddenly I didn’t know anything anymore."

Ms. Rachel Zhang: "..."

Vice President James: "..."

It seemed they hadn’t managed to get any testimony truly damaging to Chloe Zhu.

Vice President James asked, "Then before you passed out, what did Chloe Zhu do? What did she say?"

"She scolded me, said I hadn’t checked the firewood properly," Sam Zhang replied. "I said the wood was delivered by Felix Xi from the Wood Division. Felix Xi has a special relationship with Ms. Rachel Zhang, so the wood he brings is always top-notch—no need to check it at all."

Felix Xi has a special relationship with Ms. Rachel Zhang?

After he said that, everyone’s look at Ms. Rachel Zhang grew even more complicated.

Who would've thought!

This mature lady seems to have a thing for strapping young men—and not just one...

Chloe Zhu realized Sam Zhang’s words were giving people the wrong idea, and she felt deeply sorry for Felix Xi.

Felix Xi, I’ve really let you down...

Vice President James felt he couldn’t question Sam Zhang any further.

But Sam Zhang kept talking: "Chloe Zhu said she really dislikes Felix Xi.

He’s so arrogant, thinks he’s better than everyone.

She called him her defeated underling. Then, Ms. Rachel Zhang seemed to get a little upset..."