Despite his leg disability, Gu Pingwei was surprisingly strong. Jiang Jingxue was held in his arms and could not move. She could even clearly feel his body temperature and heartbeat.

"Oh dear! Mom and Dad are so embarrassed!"

Panpan quickly covered her eyes and ran out.

She bumped into someone as soon as she reached the door, almost knocking her over.

"Why are you so clumsy, kid? Are you alright?"

The person who came was Zhao Heng.

Luckily, he grabbed Panpan, preventing her from falling.

Panpan shook her head.

"You're not hurt? Where are your parents? Are they inside?"

Before Zhao Heng could finish speaking, he looked up and saw Gu Pingwei holding Jiang Jingxue.

"Hey, you two, at least try to keep it a secret from someone."

Jiang Jingxue wanted to get up.

Perhaps in a bit of a panic, I twisted my ankle and fell back down, accidentally running over something hard.

"hiss--"

Gu Pingwei's expression also showed some pain, but he stubbornly endured the pain.

The two separated in a fluster, both with slightly flushed cheeks.

"I...I was just treating him."

Jiang Jingxue tried to find an excuse.

"Madam's treatment methods are indeed superb."

Zhao Heng suppressed a laugh and gave Jiang Jingxue a thumbs up.

"However, with children present, shouldn't we be mindful of the treatment time?"

Panpan, who was standing next to her, covered her eyes.

"I didn't see anything!"

Her adorable and innocent appearance made the adults laugh and cry at the same time.

"Alright, I'm not kidding anymore."

Zhao Heng walked in and said in a serious tone, "I've come here today to tell you something very important."

"The experts called. After testing, the poison in those children is exactly the same as the poison in your body, except that yours is more severe, while the other children's is milder."

"But the poison in the well was cholera virus that someone deliberately put in, and it's not the same as the poison in your body."

"The higher-ups have issued an order to thoroughly investigate this matter and find out exactly what happened."

"I have other things to attend to, so I'll leave this matter to you two."

After conveying the message, Zhao Heng left.

Gu Pingwei frowned slightly.

He was poisoned in the leg when he was injured by enemy bombs during a mission.

But how did those children get poisoned?

He couldn't figure out what the connection was between the two, or how they could have been poisoned by the same kind of poison.

“Perfect timing. I’m going to give those children acupuncture. Let’s go ask them together and see if we can get any clues.”

"good."

Gu Pingwei and Jiang Jingxue arrived at the children's place together.

After spending some time together, the children have become quite familiar with Jiang Jingxue. Whenever they see her, they gather around her, chattering and calling her "Sister Jiang," showing their great enthusiasm.

but……

Gu Pingwei and his group are rarely seen.

He possessed an innate military sternness and authority that made people afraid to approach him.

"Sister Jiang, who is this?"

"I heard he is Sister Jiang's fiancé, and will be her husband in the future."

"His name is Gu Pingwei, you can call him Uncle Gu."

Jiang Jingxue introduced Gu Pingwei to the children.

"Hello, Uncle Gu."

Although they didn't know each other very well, the children still greeted him warmly.

Hello!

This was the first time Gu Pingwei had ever interacted with so many children.

"Uncle Gu has a few questions for you, and you must answer them truthfully."

The children nodded.

"Yes! Uncle Gu, please feel free to ask us any questions!"

Jiang Jingxue was giving the children acupuncture, while Gu Pingwei asked them questions.

"Before you were poisoned, did you encounter any people? For example, strangers, or people you don't usually see?"

The children shook their heads.

"I only meet people from the village every day; I've never met any strangers."

"What do you usually eat? Did you eat anything else during that period?"

“Our family eats corn porridge, cornbread, and sweet potato porridge for all three meals a day. We’ve never eaten anything else.”

"Oh, right! I remember now, I also ate a piece of candy that day."

"I've eaten candy too!"

The children answered in a cacophony of voices.

Gu Pingwei asked for a long time but didn't get any key information. The only thing he could confirm was that all the poisoned children had eaten candy.

Perhaps after spending time together, the children realized that Gu Pingwei wasn't so fierce after all, and they started gossiping about his relationship with Jiang Jingxue.

"Uncle Gu, when are you and Sister Jiang getting married?"

"After you get married, will you have your own baby?"

"My mom said that Uncle Gu is so handsome and Sister Jiang is so beautiful, their future baby will definitely be beautiful!"

"Uncle Gu, will you have a boy or a girl in the future?"

The children asked so many questions that Gu Pingwei and Jiang Jingxue blushed.

They didn't even know how to answer.

It was a great effort to finally give all the children acupuncture.

"Sister Jiang has other things to do, so she won't stay with you any longer."

Jiang Jingxue quickly pushed Gu Pingwei away and hurried back to their place.

Gu Pingwei was still pondering whether the children's answers had provided any clues to uncovering the truth.

"The only certainty is that they all ate the same kind of candy. Could there be something wrong with the candy?"

"Oh, right, Panpan!"

Jiang Jingxue's eyes suddenly lit up; she had found her direction.

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