"Wang Xinyue, then you should try and see if your father can still hold onto his deputy battalion commander position."

Ruan Qiushui grabbed Zhou Nian's wrist and smiled provocatively.

It feels so good to bully others with your power.

"Ruan Qiushui, how dare you?"

Zhou Nian flung Ruan Qiushui's hand away, barely suppressing her anger.

She knew perfectly well what had happened between her father and uncle, but she just couldn't swallow her anger.

She was just the daughter of an ordinary researcher before, so how did she become the granddaughter of the Shen family, whose family background was even better than hers?

"Whether I dare or not, you'll find out once you try."

If I suffer a loss here, my grandfather will definitely hold the Zhou family accountable.

"For the anniversary, you can use any means you want, I'm ready to fight back."

"But I must warn you first, you will bear the consequences of any provocation yourself. Don't come crying and begging for mercy later."

Ruan Qiushui looked at Zhou Nian with disdain.

This woman is good for nothing except her family background.

Even if they have some brains, they're not presentable.

Old Master Zhou suffered a loss at the hands of Grandpa, and the Zhou family was also severely weakened.

Later, the Gu family will become in-laws with the Wang family. When that happens, if Zhou Nian wants to harm her or even the Gu family, I'm afraid no one will agree.

"Oh, right, I also have to warn you about something. Gu Changfeng is my man. If you dare to make a move on him, don't blame me for being impolite."

Ruan Qiushui naturally believed that Gu Changfeng could remain chaste and would disdain other women.

But she disliked other women clinging to her like slugs, coveting her possessions.

"Do you think I care about Gu Changfeng?"

Even if he's somewhat good-looking, he's still just a country bumpkin. He only climbed to the position of regimental commander by luck; what's so great about that?

If it weren't for the Zhou family wanting to get in touch with Gu Changfeng's old boss and move up in rank...

She would never stoop so low as to seduce a farmer.

Pooh!

"Ruan Qiushui, we'll see how things go in the future."

After finishing his speech, he turned and left.

She wasn't brainless; even for her father's sake, she couldn't openly go against Ruan Qiushui or even the Gu family.

Just wait and see, she will definitely trample Ruan Qiushui underfoot and humiliate her thoroughly.

"Oh."

Ruan Qiushui sneered.

Let's see what measures they have in store for the anniversary celebration.

…

The military training was successfully completed, and the school gave the students a day off to rest.

Gu Changfeng received orders to lead a team on a month-long solo field training exercise.

Early in the morning, Ruan Hengzhi and He Ruyi took Ruan Shiping to the Wang family to discuss the wedding date. To show respect, Shen Yongjun and Liu Sanmei went along as well.

Besides Ruan Qiushui and her two children, only Gu Changshu and his sister remained in the family.

"Ruan girl, are you home?"

Grandpa He Xianwei hurriedly knocked on the door.

"Mr. He, what brings you here?"

Ruan Qiushui wasn't surprised that Old He knew her address, but she was curious about what could be causing Old He such anxiety.

"An old friend of mine suddenly fainted. All the hospital tests came back normal, but he just won't wake up. Could you come with me to take a look?"

He and Lao Meng went to the hospital last night, but after looking at them for most of the night, they still couldn't figure out what was wrong.

He and Lao Meng were at a loss, but they couldn't just watch Zhao Weiguang lose his life like that.

They were helpless, but they didn't believe Ruan Qiushui was helpless. After all, she was a highly skilled person who had won them over with her medical theories.

So He Xianwei quickly found out Ruan Qiushui's address and invited her over early in the morning.

"Please wait a moment, Mr. He, I'll go get my medical kit."

Ruan Qiushui hurried back to the house, picked up her medical kit, and got into He Xianwei's car.

"This is it."

He Xianwei took Ruan Qiushui to the intensive care unit of Beijing People's Hospital.

"Young friend Ruan, come and take a look."

Meng Fan was just moistening Zhao Weiguang's lips with water when he saw Ruan Qiushui arrive, and quickly invited her in.

"good."

Ruan Qiushui put down her medical kit and stepped forward to examine the patient's condition.

"How are you, Ruan girl?"

After seeing that Ruan Qiushui had finished taking her pulse, He Xianwei quickly asked.

"The old man has been poisoned. He will wake up once the poison is neutralized."

"However, this poison is too complex to be diagnosed from the pulse. It is highly toxic and has already damaged the brain nerves. The longer it drags on, the lower the chance of waking up."

He will most likely become a vegetable later on.

"The most crucial thing now is to find out exactly what poison the old man ingested."

Since we don't know what kind of poison it is, we can't prepare an antidote.

Even with a blood test, it's unlikely that current technology can analyze the components.

"Poisoning? How could that be?"

Old He looked shocked. Who exactly had poisoned Zhao Weiguang?

"Young friend Ruan, if I give you the poison, will you be able to prepare the antidote?"

Meng Fan, who had been pondering this for a while, asked a question.

"yes."

Ruan Qiushui nodded.

No matter how complex the poison, she could always concoct an antidote.

"Old Meng, you, you actually poisoned Lao Zhao! No wonder you were the first to find Lao Zhao unconscious."

He Xianwei's eyes widened, and he stepped forward to grab Meng Fan's collar, wishing he could punch him.

If it weren't for Lao Meng's actions, how could he have asked such a question?

"He Xianwei, what nonsense are you spouting? How could I poison Lao Zhao?"

Meng Fan was speechless. Why was he being blamed for everything?

"Then how could you produce poison?"

From that tone, you could tell immediately where the poison was.

"Use your brain. If I can produce poison, it's because I've seen it before."

"When Lao Zhao fainted, there was a strange little porcelain bottle next to him, with some green liquid leaking out of it. Coincidentally, there were also traces of green liquid around his mouth at the time."

“I was in such a hurry to get Lao Zhao to the hospital that I didn’t pay much attention. Now that I think about it, it must have been poison.”

"Old Zhao lived in the compound, who could poison him? The only explanation is that he took poison himself."

Meng Fan recalled the scene of saving people and determined that the most suspicious thing was the small porcelain bottle that was oozing green liquid.

"Now that you mention it, I remember. A while ago, Lao Zhao was talking in a strange way, saying that he had found a poison prescription from the Ming Dynasty and wanted to make an antidote."

"Given his personality, he would definitely choose to test the drug on himself. This time he messed up and poisoned himself into unconsciousness."

He Xianwei sighed.

Old Zhao is indeed a skilled doctor, but he is too irresponsible towards himself.

He had previously tested drugs on himself, but he always escaped danger and managed to concoct the antidote.

Who knew the drug would take effect so quickly? Before we could even prepare an antidote, the person lost consciousness.

I wonder if he'll feel ashamed when he wakes up and thinks back on the stupid things he did.

"You and Ruan wait here, I'll go get the poison."

Meng Fan wasn't comfortable letting someone else get it, so he decided to go himself.