Yan Zhen also felt a bit awkward, but his awkwardness didn't stem from being ignored by the other person. Instead, it was because he almost got caught while trying to set up Yan Yincheng.
After all... she was his uncle's biological mother.
Not daring to face Yin Shulan, Yan Zhen blurted out, "Grandma, I'll take Ya'er upstairs to see Grandpa," then pulled Yuan Ya'er and rushed upstairs.
When the two knocked on the study door, Yan Haikun was wearing reading glasses and looking at the accident appraisal report in his hand. The content of the report revealed that the accident was not an accident but man - made. He was filled with uncontrollable anger, so much so that his whole face was gloomy, and a terrifying low - pressure was radiating from his body.
"Grandpa, I've brought Ya'er here to greet you."
Hearing this, the angry gaze immediately shot towards the two outside the door.
Just making eye contact with that gaze for a moment, Yuan Ya'er felt a chill run down her spine. Fine goosebumps rose on her body, and her legs trembled involuntarily. In that instant, she felt as if Yan Haikun was about to jump up and slap her hard.
But when she looked at Yan Haikun more closely, the old man's face had returned to calm, as if it had just been her imagination.
"Have you had breakfast?" Yan Haikun asked.
Yan Zhen had also seen the old man's expression just now. He was as guilty as Yuan Ya'er and stammered, "N - not yet, Grandpa."
Yan Haikun said, "Then go downstairs and have breakfast first. After that, Yan Zhen, come to the study alone. Ya'er, stay downstairs with Grandma."
So Yan Zhen and Yuan Ya'er had to go downstairs for breakfast again.
During the meal, Yuan Ya'er didn't look very well.
If she had known that the old man only wanted to see Yan Zhen, she would never have come. Moreover, she was asked to accompany Yin Shulan to trim flower branches and endure the other person's cold looks. She could have used this spare time to do many things, such as going to the hospital to confirm if Ji Xinyue had really woken up, or going to see that man again and asking him to help her one more time.
It was so annoying.
Perhaps sensing that she was a bit unhappy, after breakfast, Yan Zhen squeezed Yuan Ya'er's hand and smiled, "Ya'er, you stay with Grandma in the living room. I'll go to the study to talk to Grandpa about something. When I'm done, I'll take you out for a walk, okay?"
Although Yuan Ya'er was extremely reluctant, she had to put on an understanding smile and say, "Okay, go ahead, Brother Yan Zhen."
Yan Zhen stroked her hair, then got up and walked towards the study on the second floor.
Entering the study and seeing that he was alone, Yan Haikun said, "Close the door and lock the bolt."
Noticing that Yan Haikun looked rather serious, and remembering that the old man had caught him entangled with a promiscuous woman last night, Yan Zhen lowered his head guiltily.
After locking the door as Yan Haikun said, he was about to go back and sit down when Yan Haikun said again:
"Go and pour me a glass of water."
Yan Zhen had to go and pour water for him. Placing the transparent glass filled with warm water beside Yan Haikun, Yan Zhen said, "Grandpa, here's the water."
"Um," Yan Haikun replied indifferently, "Sit down."
Yan Zhen finally got to sit on the chair, but before his buttocks could even settle properly, he saw Yan Haikun take out a very familiar small bottle from the drawer. He unscrewed the cap and poured the liquid in the small bottle into the transparent water glass.
Yan Zhen's eyes widened. His hands involuntarily tightened on the armrests of the chair. He opened his mouth to make a sound, but his throat felt as if it was being choked, and he couldn't utter a single word.
The fear in his heart was piling up, and it uncontrollably burst out from his beautiful eyes. Cold sweat soaked his body. When Yan Haikun placed the glass in front of him and swept over him with his sharp hawk - like eyes.
"Now, drink it in front of me."
Yan Zhen's legs went weak, and he involuntarily knelt on the ground with a thud. He was trembling all over, with fear on his face. It took him a long time to find his voice.
"G - Grandpa... I can't drink this."
"Why can't you drink it?" Yan Haikun's eyes looking at him were already devoid of any trace of affection, "This is what fell out of your body yesterday and then you threw it away. Weren't you planning to drink it?"
"Grandpa!" Yan Zhen's voice trembled, "I was wrong, Grandpa. I know I was wrong. This thing really can't be drunk!"
Yan Haikun leaned in front of him and stared into his eyes intently, interrogating him word by word in a harsh voice, "Since you know it can't be drunk, what were you going to do with it last night? Hm?"
Yan Zhen opened his mouth but his face was as white as a sheet.
"What's wrong? Too scared to say? Too scared to admit how dirty your mind is? Fine, I'll say it for you!"
Yan Haikun repeated every word he had said last night without missing a single one.
"Although he's blind, his five senses are sharp, so it's not that easy to succeed. But I guarantee I'll definitely succeed in sending him to your bed tonight."
Seeing Yan Zhen's face turn paler and paler, and seeing him guiltily lower his eyelids, Yan Haikun was extremely angry. He grabbed the water glass with the drug in it, pinched Yan Zhen's chin, and tried to pour it into his mouth.
Yan Zhen was so scared that he struggled violently. After pushing Yan Haikun away, he spat out the water and saliva that he had accidentally swallowed with a "pfft pfft pfft", but still some of it was swallowed. He quickly put his finger into his throat, trying to vomit it out, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't vomit anything.
Yan Haikun sneered, "It seems you also know what will happen if you drink this thing, but you were going to use it on your uncle. This is the good grandson I've raised! This is the good son your father has placed high hopes on! You're not even human. You're a beast!"
He forcefully smashed the water glass at Yan Zhen's feet. The glass shattered immediately, and the glass shards bounced up and accidentally scratched Yan Zhen's cheek, leaving a shallow wound on it.
Yan Zhen crawled desperately to Yan Haikun's feet and tried to hug his leg.
"N - no, Grandpa, I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. Please spare me. Let me go to the hospital to have my stomach pumped. Let me get this thing out!"
Yan Haikun kicked him away and said, "First, honestly explain where this drug and the woman last night came from. What were you originally planning to do? Speak!"
Yan Zhen didn't dare to make any more excuses and told his plan in detail:
"I didn't want Xiaoxi to be with Uncle, so I planned to take advantage of the wedding banquet toast to make Uncle drink this thing. Then I would let Uncle have a relationship with another woman. After Xiaoxi found out, she would definitely be disappointed in Uncle and wouldn't want to marry into the Yan family anymore!"
He thought that after confessing, everything would be okay, but instead, he was met with even more intense anger from Yan Haikun. The walking stick seemed to strike at him with the force of thunder -
"I'm going to beat you to death here today, you despicable and immoral villain who doesn't respect his elders! I let you plot against your own uncle! I'll beat you to death, you shameless bastard! There's no such vicious descendant in the Yan family!"