The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 106

“Pipe down a bit and let's check the surveillance footage already,” Chris chided his daughter, which served as some comfort to Sophia. But she was far from pleased. What could she do though? They were father and daughter, and what was she in comparison?

If she didn’t produce an heir, she would always be an outsider to the Evans family.

Soon, they obtained the surveillance footage. The video displayed on the big screen showed River Yu treating Chris, who lay unconscious on the bed. River Yu took out a bottle of liquid, dripping it into Chris's nostrils, and a sly smirk flashed across his face. Then, he produced a small jade bottle, uncorked the red stopper, and a centipede crawled out, heading straight into Chris's mouth.

Everyone understood the situation fully after viewing the footage. But when they looked up, River Yu had vanished.

Had River Yu escaped?

Enraged, Chris ordered the guards, “Lock down all exits of the hotel immediately! Don’t let that old man get away!”

The security team swiftly sealed the entrances and exits and combed the entire hotel, but River Yu was nowhere to be found. The surveillance cameras showed him fleeing through the hotel's back door.

Daniel handed a prescription to Chris, explaining, “The curse is lifted, but those centipedes tormenting your insides for so long must have done quite some damage to your body. Take this medicine according to my instructions. After half a month of rest, you'll be fully recovered.”

With that, Daniel left.

Chris was somewhat at a loss. He turned to Isabella and asked, "That kid is really an assistant you're trying to hire?"

"Yeah! I want to hire him, but he hasn't agreed yet. I spent a whopping ten million just to get him to lift your curse. If I can get him as my assistant, I would only need to pay him five thousand a month. Imagine how cost-effective that would be!"

"What are you trying to do, Master Yu? Are these centipedes supposed to bite me to death?"

"Die? Of course not. I want to make you wish you were dead!"

Uttering his incantation in a strange dialect, River Yu watched as the centipedes reared up, ready to attack Daniel.

Daniel snapped a small tree branch and started swatting manically at the centipedes. In a frenzy of crackling sounds, he beat them into a mushy pulp.

River Yu was stunned, staring at the decimated carcasses of the centipede curse he had meticulously cultivated over several years. The idea that a country boy could annihilate them all with a mere twig was utterly beyond his belief.