When Ruan Ruan woke up, it was already four or five in the afternoon. She looked through the herbs in the yard, then sat down in the shade and contacted 520.

"Commander, where are you?"

"Host, I'm in the Golden Triangle."

"Why did you go to Lili?" Ruan Ruan asked, puzzled, after hearing that 520 had gone to Jinshanjiao.

"I was originally with the police officers sorting through the remains on the hill behind the village. Not long after they left, I noticed someone coming from the hill, so I followed them here."

"Did you hear what they said?"

"The leader here is called Viper. He sent people to investigate whether the incidents in the village were orchestrated by the Yuncheng military. He also sent someone to find a woman called Poison Granny to ask if anyone else could cure the poison that those women were afflicted with. Host, the poison in those women was probably given to you by this Poison Granny."

"System, go with them and see if you can find out where that poisonous woman is." Hearing the information from the system, Ruan Ruan was certain that this poisonous woman was the one who escaped from the Miao family back then. Now that they knew, let's see who can find her faster.

"Okay, host, I'm off then."

After communicating with 520, Ruan Ruan felt that things were moving more and more in the direction she wanted. With 520 gathering information for her ahead, what did she have to be afraid of? She could just nip things in the bud before they even happened. Thinking this way, she felt much better. Thinking about the book her father had sent her, which had been progressing too slowly these past few days and she hadn't translated much yet, she went inside and started writing.

When Huo Haocheng returned home from get off work, Ruan Ruan was busy in the kitchen.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Huo Haocheng walked into the kitchen and saw Ruan Ruan adding firewood to the stove.

"Ah! You're back! I just finished cooking the rice and haven't even started cooking the dishes yet!" Ruan Ruan heard Huo Haocheng's voice from above her head, looked up and saw that Huo Haocheng had already walked up to her.

"Then you can sit there, I'll cook the dishes," Huo Haocheng said, and started to cook.

"Why are you back so early today?" Ruan Ruan asked, sitting there watching Huo Haocheng cook.

"Today I went to see my uncle and told him that the poison has been cured, and also... asked him about your master." Huo Haocheng kept looking at Ruan Ruan when he talked about her master. He was not sure if she would mind if he told others about her master.

"Oh, what did Uncle say?" Ruan Ruan looked at him with some curiosity. She thought that Uncle must have a very good opinion of Master, after all, Master was really good.

"My uncle spoke highly of my master and even talked about my grandfather," Huo Haocheng said, relieved to see that she wasn't angry.

“Grandpa!” When asked about her grandfather, Ruan Ruan just smiled slyly and didn’t agree with Huo Haocheng.

"So, you know about Grandpa's situation too, right?" Huo Haocheng could tell from Ruan Ruan's expression that he was the only one who didn't know! She looked so wronged!

"I don't know, but I can probably guess a little. But if Grandpa doesn't say, I'll pretend I don't know." Ruan Ruan was unaware of Huo Haocha's thoughts at the moment. If she did, she would definitely roll her eyes at him.

"Oh, I see!" Huo Haocheng thought she was right. Since his grandfather wouldn't say, there must be a reason. He wouldn't ask any more questions. He would listen when they were willing to talk.

"Alright, no need to add more firewood, come and eat." After cooking the last dish, Huo Haocheng carried it to the living room.

During the meal, Ruan Ruan told Huo Haocheng about the information that 520 had given back.

"In other words, he's now following that scorpion to find the Poison Woman, and you think this Poison Woman is very likely Master's enemy."

“That’s right. If I’m not mistaken, the Miao family has definitely sided with the R country and is even making poison for them.” “Did this Miao family used to be in the medicinal herb business?” Huo Haocheng wasn’t quite sure about the Miao family, but judging from what Ruan Ruan said, they probably were.

"The Miao family's ancestors were imperial physicians, always practicing medicine and helping the needy. During the Republic of China era, they started a medicinal herb business. Later, my master's master, who was also the head of the Miao family at the time, wanted my master to marry his daughter, who was then the heir to the Miao family. However, my master was already with his wife. My master said he could assist her, but he couldn't marry her. At that time, the woman agreed."

Later, my master and grandfather went to the battlefield together, and my master's wife was taken back to the Miao family, entrusted to their care. However, the woman had been faking it all along; she was constantly looking for an opportunity to harm my master's wife. She found a chance to leak information about my master's wife to enemy agents, leading to my master's wife's capture. Then, as you know, after my master's wife woke up, my master left for a while. Then, it was rumored that the entire Miao family, a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, had perished except for that woman, whose whereabouts were unknown.

Then some people speculated that the master was behind it, but I know that's not the case. The master might have been involved, but he wouldn't have taken their whole family's lives.

"So who do you think it could be?"

"I think this whole thing was orchestrated by that woman herself." If the Poisonous Woman were here, she would be shocked. No one has ever suspected her before, so why does Ruan Ruan have such suspicions now?

"Why would you make such a guess?" Huo Haocheng didn't know why he felt that Ruan Ruan was right, but he also felt that Bai Shu couldn't have done it. Everyone who knew him spoke highly of him, and he didn't think that such a person would kill the entire Miao family who had taught him.

"Because Master's wife said that her life should be used to repay Miao Lao's kindness to Master, and Master and Miao family would have no further relationship, so Master would not exterminate her entire family." Ruan Ruan felt that Master's wife was the gentlest woman she had ever met, and Master would listen to what Master's wife said.

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