Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee

Rachel was soaked in cold sweat, leaning on Scarlett for support as they walked out. Her mind was in complete disarray. What should she do? What if Joshua, that madman, decided one day in a good mood to spill everything to the Brookes family? By then, she would truly have nothing left! Yes, she had to find Five Poisons. That woman must have a way to help her!

The members of the Brookes family got into the car. Grandpa Brookes, tired, left first with Rachel and Scarlett; Jack was driving. Tina naturally ended up with Brandon. Brandon slammed the steering wheel hard, cursing, "Damn it, I really want to give that lunatic a couple of punches. What nonsense is he spouting in front of the old man?"

Tina, however, wasn't as angry. She had thought Joshua had no weaknesses, but that seemed not to be the case. Angela was Joshua's greatest weakness. Tina couldn't understand-Joshua didn't even care about his own father, so why would he care about his master's daughter? Could it be that Angela held some secret? Angela had grown up in the Brookes family; what secrets could she have? Moreover, her character seemed different from that of her parents. So why did Joshua insist on seeing Angela?

After returning from prison, Rachel, claiming she was too tired, went straight to her room to rest and locked the door. Grandpa Brookes was still worried. "Scarlett, is Rachel alright?"

Scarlett shook her head. "She's just scared, dad. Don't worry, I've already saved her dinner. Let her rest well first."

"That's good, thank you," he said. Scarlett chuckled a few times, looking towards Rachel's room with an obscure look in her eyes. Although she was not very close to Rachel, she knew Rachel was not such a timid person. How could a single sentence scare her so much?

That night, Rachel jumped out of the back window. As an adopted daughter of the Brookes family, she naturally had some martial arts skills. Since most of the Brookes family members weren't paying much attention to her already resting, no one noticed that she had left.

Five Poisons had moved to a new house. Rachel followed the navigation to find it. "What's actually going on with Joshua? Isn't he a former disciple of the previous Five Poisons? Why does he know about Alina being kidnapped? Tell me what's really happening!" Rachel demanded as soon as she entered.

Five Poisons was cultivating her spirit through painting when she heard Rachel. She put down her brush. "Have you met Joshua?" she asked. Rachel, anxious, rushed forward, accidentally knocking over Five Poisons' paintbrush. "Yes, I have seen him. Now tell me what's going on!"

Five Poisons frowned, looking at her displaced brush with a darkened expression. "Pick it up."

Rachel paused, confused. "What did you say? I've met Joshua as you asked, and you never mentioned he knew about Alina. You-"

Before Rachel could finish, Five Poisons grabbed her by the throat, hissing fiercely, "Pick it up." Struggling to breathe, Rachel nodded. Five Poisons then released her, throwing her to the ground. Rachel obediently gathered the brushes and stepped back. "Now, can we talk properly?"

"Miss Brookes, please, sit," Five Poisons said, curling her lips and taking a leisurely seat on the sofa with a glass of red wine. Rachel calmed herself and sat down alongside Five Poisons.

Five Poisons sipped her wine and asked, "Miss Brookes, what exactly did Joshua say? May I hear it?"

After Rachel repeated Joshua's words, Five Poisons burst into laughter. Once she had laughed enough, she said, "It seems I guessed right, Miss Brookes. I can help you deal with Tina."

Rachel was taken aback. "What did you say?"

Five Poisons smiled, eyes twinkling. "I said, I can help you deal with Tina now. Do you still want to see her recognize your father as hers?"

"Of course not!" Rachel frowned. "But why have you suddenly agreed? Could it be that as long as I see Joshua is still alive, you will help me?"

Five Poisons nodded. "Of course, and your father probably knows by now that Tina is his biological granddaughter. If we don't kill her now, it'll be too late."

"How can that be? Haven't you already helped me tamper with the paternity test?" Rachel exclaimed.

"Your father wasn't raised on a vegetarian diet; he has his ways. Besides, there's a difference between biological and adopted, a kind of telepathy between them. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so urgent to deal with Tina, right?" Five Poisons's words struck a chord with Rachel. "How will you help me?"

Five Poisons pulled out a packet of powder from a drawer. "Just make Tina ingest this, and she will surely die."

Rachel scoffed. "Don't forget, Tina is a Spectre, capable of bringing the dead to life. How could a little poison work?"

Five Poisons smiled. "She won't be able to detect this powder."

"Are you so sure?" Rachel asked.

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"Sure, as sure as I am that Joshua will never reveal the truth about Alina being kidnapped. Are you reassured now?"

Rachel stared at Five Poisons's face, unable to discern her real intentions beneath the false facade.

But having chosen to deal with the devil, Rachel had to endure all elements of unease.

It didn't matter, as long as Tina was dead, nothing else mattered.

Rachel grabbed the medicine and stood up to leave.

Five Poisons, holding a glass of red wine, turned to look at her unfinished painting.

After such a long time, she had almost forgotten what she looked like.

She stood up, walked to the painting, and poured the red wine all over the canvas.

Lately, Tina had been frequently visiting Grandpa Brookes at the Brookes family, tending to his health while also spending quality time with her grandfather.

"Grandpa, my master said Mr. Pace will come over for your check-up later today," Tina reassured Grandpa Brookes.

"All right, that's good. It's also a chance to see your master again. He sure ran fast last time," Grandpa Brookes replied.

Tina smiled.

Master Tam's affairs, even Linden could investigate, and so could the Brookes family.

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This time, he wouldn't let Master Tam escape so easily.

Rachel came out holding a glass of juice and a cup of tea, handing the juice to Tina and the tea to Grandpa Brookes.

"Dad, have some water. Tina, here's your juice."

"Thank you," Tina accepted.

"You shouldn't be so formal with your aunt, go on, drink up, it's freshly squeezed," Rachel said, setting down the juice and then sitting beside Grandpa Brookes to chat. Tina, feeling a bit thirsty, drank half of the juice.

But the juice tasted somewhat sour and bitter, making Tina feel something was off.

Rachel, feeling guilty, said, "Tina, is it too sour? I think I might have put in too little sugar."

"It's fine." Tina set down the juice, carefully savoring the taste in her mouth, but couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.

Seeing that Tina truly hadn't noticed anything about the powder, Rachel finally felt relieved.

Heh, Tina, this medicine will cause you to die in your sleep.

The next time we meet, it will be your corpse.

Go reunite with your mother underground!