“I didn’t originally intend for her to move out.” Zhan Jingting said with displeasure, “She came to me on her own initiative and said that Aunt Zheng asked her to bring me fruit. I asked Aunt Zheng, and she was busy at the time and asked the maid to bring it to me, not Zaozao. So Zaozao took the initiative to ask the maid for the fruit and bring it up.”

Qiao Wanwan smiled, "It's nothing serious. Zaozao probably wanted to use bringing you fruit as an excuse to say something, right?"

"You seem to know her quite well," Zhan Jingting said calmly. "She put down the fruit and pitifully asked me if I didn't like her, if I was very resistant to her kindness towards you. The only thing I could think of was that she had prepared roast duck for you at the dinner table, and I stopped you from eating it."

"First of all, she's so sensitive and fragile; communicating with her is exhausting. Secondly, if I hadn't stopped her, you would have been the one poisoned. It's good that she didn't know the roast duck was poisonous; if she had known..."

"No way." Qiao Wanwan's face paled as she interrupted him. "Zaozao would never have known that the roast duck was poisonous. She would never harm me."

“Okay, I’m willing to believe it. Let’s go back to our conversation last night.” Zhan Jingting continued, “I told her that her personality is too awkward, and that I asked her to move out while you are pregnant. I will buy her the house she likes. To make her feel more balanced, I told her that Zhan Yin will also move out.”

Qiao Wanwan frowned, "Zaozao didn't tell me that Zhan Yin was also moving out..."

Zhan Jingting smiled and said, "I heard from Aunt Zheng that when you went to see her, she cried, but she didn't tell you that Zhan Yin would also be moving out. It's obvious that she wanted to stir up your dissatisfaction with me."

Qiao Wanwan did not speak.

Zhan Jingting took a sip of coffee and continued, "Finally, I told her that I would talk to you about this tonight, so that you wouldn't be unable to accept her suddenly moving out, and she nodded. But Wanwan, your sister, turned around and ran downstairs crying to attract attention, immediately packed her bags and wanted to move out, completely ignoring what I said."

"Let me ask you, in the situation last night, if you hadn't sided with me so much, and had seen her pitifully being chased away by me, you would definitely have come to question me, right?"

Qiao Wanwan pursed her lips, unsure of what to say.

Zhan Jingting concluded definitively, "So, even if Wanwan is poisoned, I will not keep her in Wutong Bay any longer. She has too many ulterior motives."

"..." Qiao Wanwan was unable to refute, "I don't know why, but ever since she escaped from Lin Feng's clutches, she seems to have changed. She didn't have so many ulterior motives before."

"Is that so?" Zhan Jingting's gaze deepened. "Perhaps she has always been this kind of person, but she just hasn't shown it yet?"

Qiao Wanwan: "......"

"No matter what, I respect your decision. Once she's recovered from the poisoning and wakes up, I'll let her move out."

"good."

......

Around noon, the quack doctor finally devised the antidote and immediately gave it to Su Jing and Cheng Zaozao.

Su Jing's symptoms were not serious to begin with, and after taking the medication, she felt much better and was able to go back to her room to rest.

Qiao Wanwan helped her back to her room. "Mom, you should lie down properly. This is a medicinal bath that I specially prepared. It can cleanse the body of any remaining toxins. Soaking in it for half an hour before bed will also help you fall asleep more easily."

“Okay, my daughter prepared it, it will definitely be very effective.”

Qiao Wanwan poured her a glass of water. "Drink some water. Drinking water helps with detoxification."

"Okay." Su Jing drank some water and lay down. "Wanwan, I heard from Jingting that he originally wanted to take you abroad to give birth, but you refused, is that right?"

"Mmm." Qiao Wanwan leaned against Su Jing and said coquettishly, "I don't want to leave Mom."

"You silly child." Su Jing smiled and patted her head. "Since the capital is dangerous, it's not a bad idea to go out and rest during your pregnancy. After all, there are too many people and too much trouble at home. Look at what happened, didn't we? You and Jing Ting should take some bodyguards and maids with you. It should be safer than at home."

“Mom, I trust the people in the family,” Qiao Wanwan said obediently. “Besides, the roast duck we had yesterday was brought back from outside. I checked the security footage. No one took over it after we got home. It was only opened when we were eating, which is why Jingting went straight to check Zaozao’s assistant.”

"It's better if it's not someone from your family. I'm worried that someone in your family might want to harm you, and it's impossible to guard against them all."

"Mom, don't worry. No matter who's behind this, Jingting will definitely find them and restore peace to Wutong Bay."

"good."

......

At dinner time, the family was eating when the maid suddenly rushed in, "Madam, Miss Zaozao has woken up!"

Qiao Wanwan immediately put down her chopsticks and got up to go to the pharmacy, where she saw that Cheng Zaozao had indeed woken up.

"Zaozao, you're finally awake." Qiao Wanwan stepped forward and said with delight, "How are you feeling now? Is anything bothering you?"

"Sis, what's wrong with me?"

"Your sudden fainting scared me to death."

Cheng Zaozao pressed her temples. "My head is so dizzy. How could I suddenly faint?"

"You've been poisoned and have been unconscious for nearly twenty hours."

"What?" Cheng Zaozao asked in surprise. "I'm poisoned? How could that be? I didn't eat or drink anything indiscriminately."

"Zaozao, the roast duck you brought back was poisonous. You and my mother ate it and we both got poisoned."

"What?!" Cheng Zaozao sat bolt upright in shock. "The roast duck was poisoned? Aunt Jing was poisoned too? How is she now?"

“She eats less, her symptoms are much milder than yours, and she woke up a long time ago.”

"Sis, I didn't know roast duck was poisonous!" Cheng Zaozao explained anxiously. "I asked my assistant to buy it, and I brought it back right away. I really didn't know anything about it!"

"Don't get agitated." Qiao Wanwan held her hand. "Of course I believe you don't know. Zaozao, there's something else. Your assistant is dead."

"What?" Cheng Zaozao trembled. "How...how could he be dead..."

"Based on the current situation, it appears that she poisoned me and then committed suicide out of guilt."

"It was her..." Cheng Zaozao said in disbelief, "Sister, we have no grudge against her, why would she want to harm us?"

“The police are still investigating,” Qiao Wanwan said. “Zaozao, think carefully. Has your assistant acted strangely? Also, have you had any conflicts with her?”

"No..." Cheng Zaozao thought carefully, "I've been very polite to her, and we haven't had any conflicts. By the way, sister, she's been taking a lot of leave lately, is that unusual?"

What did she take leave for?

"I don't know, she didn't say, and I didn't ask. I think it must be something important, so I gave her leave," Cheng Zaozao said. "Otherwise, nothing seems out of the ordinary... Oh, right, she offered to buy me that roast duck yesterday!"

"Okay, I will report this situation to the police."

"Sister, I'm so sorry. I misjudged people and didn't realize the assistant was problematic sooner." Cheng Zaozao was filled with remorse. "What's worse, I actually agreed to let her buy food yesterday, giving her the opportunity to poison you and almost getting you killed..."