Fu Jingshu turned and left.
As he left, something in the air seemed to dissipate, and the crowd finally dared to breathe deeply. Someone muttered, "This Master Fu... is becoming more and more terrifying."
Everyone agreed.
When Shen Qingqing was present, he was a good man who doted on his wife, albeit a bit distant and noble, and difficult to approach.
But now, everyone realized that was not the case at all.
He was a ferocious beast!
Shen Qingqing was the key that locked him away. Now that the key was lost, no one could contain this terrifying beast.
Everyone felt that the future was bleak.
The next day, Mr. Z woke up early. Besides Fu Jingshu, he was now one of the only two people capable of taking charge.
Naturally, everyone disagreed with him going to search for people. Primarily, his health was not good, and searching for people outside would be a disaster.
One out, one lost.
For safety, everyone began to tie their teammates with ropes.
Pei Ji also chose not to go. As the little prince, if anything were to happen to him, even if everyone returned safely, they would be punished by the royal family.
As for Fu Jingshu...
Of course, everyone disagreed with him going, but their disagreement was useless.
He was going, he was going to find his wife, and no one could stop him. He didn't even need to do or say anything, just a look was enough.
The crowd was helpless. The three teams looked at each other, none of them wanting to go with him.
Fu Jingshu had no intention of going with them either.
A group of burdens, he didn't like to drag them along.
Thus, they split into four groups and set off to search for the missing people.
The search lasted the entire morning. Mr. Z stayed at the campsite, along with some of the girls. No one spoke.
"Mr. Z, when will they be back?" Ai Qi asked.
Mr. Z said calmly, "They will be back. They have to come back for lunch."
Ai Qi leaned against a rock, silent.
This time, both her brother and Zhao Qian had gone. She had no one to talk to, and she didn't seem familiar enough with Mr. Z.
Asking him another question would be pushing it.
By noon, as Mr. Z had predicted, everyone returned one after another.
This time, it was fine; no one was missing.
Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, Pei Ji suddenly rolled his eyes and fell to the ground, unconscious.
His complexion was bluish-purple, and his lips were pale, unlike a normal faint.
"What, what happened?"
"The little prince has always been in good health. How could he suddenly faint? Could he have been poisoned?"
Before everyone could rest, they were startled by him. But when it came to poisoning, everyone truly had no solution.
The old man and Shen Qingqing were not here. If he was poisoned, they were doomed!
Everyone panicked.
"Mr. Z, what should we do?"
"Mr. Z, you are the only one in charge now. Do you have any antidote?"
As soon as the words fell, Pei Ji opened his mouth and vomited a mouthful of black blood.
This time, everyone was completely terrified.
Mr. Z remained relatively calm. "Everyone, don't panic. It can now be confirmed that he was poisoned. But during this period, we did not come into contact with any venomous insects. Perhaps, this poison was deliberate."
Everyone became even more frightened upon hearing this.
The venomous insects were already enough to cause panic, and now there was a poisoner mixed within the crowd. Wasn't that impossible to guard against?
"What exactly is going on?"
Everyone looked at each other, and now they felt suspicious of everyone.
Those who went out in the morning were naturally not suspects, but those who stayed behind were few: Harry, Carter and his friend, and three girls, as well as Mr. Z and the butler.
"Ai Qi, you were with Pei Ji the whole time. Do you know what he ate?"
Mr. Z asked.
Ai Qi shook her head blankly. "I don't know either."
She was here, but her mind was elsewhere. How could she pay attention to what others ate or drank?
"Harry, Carter, and Bart..." Mr. Z said each name, and the person paused. After finishing all the names, the three of them froze.
"This has nothing to do with us!"
"We have no enmity with him, why would we do something like this?"
"He is the little prince. We wouldn't dare do something like this, even if given a hundred chances. Most importantly, we don't have any poison."
The old man was not here, Shen Qingqing was not here, where would they get poison?
Thinking about it this way, it seemed logical.
The crowd didn't know who to believe.
Mr. Z pondered for a moment and said, "The most urgent matter..."
Before he could finish, Pei Ji coughed up another mouthful of black blood. He was clearly struggling for breath.
"Let's save him first!"
Mr. Z finished his sentence.
Everyone looked dejected. "How can we? We don't know how to detoxify, and both the old man and Shen Qingqing are not here. There isn't even any antidote left."
As they spoke, everyone suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Fu Jingshu.
He had a good relationship with the old man before. Given the relationship between the old man and Shen Qingqing, they should have left antidotes for both of them.
"There isn't."
Fu Jingshu replied curtly.
Everyone's spirits immediately sank.
Then it was truly over. Even he didn't have an antidote. The second prince was likely doomed.
Just then, Mr. Z sighed and took out a small bottle from his pocket. "I have one antidote pill. I don't know if it will work, but let's give it to him to try."
The butler objected, "Boss, you can't..."
"Why not?"
"Are you going to watch the little prince die?"
Everyone was confused.
The butler gritted his teeth. "Our boss's health is not good. This antidote pill was meant for him to take. There are no resupplies during this period, so this is the only one!"
If it was given to someone else, and he had an episode later, he would surely die!
Everyone fell silent.
Although the little prince's life was important, they couldn't let Mr. Z trade his life for another.
Mr. Z waved his hand. "I won't die if I don't take it now, but if he doesn't take it, he will die immediately. Saving him is the priority."
The butler tried to persuade him again, but Mr. Z glanced at him with inherent authority.
"My decision is made, do not try to persuade me further."
Although the butler was unwilling, he still stepped back.
After the pill was administered, everyone was extremely nervous, fearing that it would have no effect, and then they would have sacrificed Mr. Z without saving the little prince.
Fortunately, after about ten minutes, the medicine took effect.
The little prince's complexion eased considerably, but he still had not woken up.
"Is he out of danger now?"
Someone asked.
Mr. Z's face was solemn. "We need to observe him. Once he wakes up, he will not die for the time being."
Everyone heard the key word: for the time being.
This meant that this antidote pill could not cure the poison, it could only keep the little prince alive for now.
But regardless, at least the person's life was temporarily saved.
"Just now, my signal receiver picked up a signal from the outside world. They have already located us, which means we can go back in two days at the most."