Before he could finish speaking, he heard the two little ones, Minghui and Mingyue, start crying loudly.

Su Xiulan hurried over to check on the children, and Su Xiumei also rushed to fetch warm water, fearing that the two little ones had soiled themselves.

After working for a while, Su Xiumei was still worried about Su Dahai. She opened the courtyard gate to check on him.

Su Dahai was nowhere to be seen at the door, and Su Xiumei was filled with regret.

She chased after him for a while, looking around, but couldn't find Su Dahai, so she gave up and turned back to the courtyard.

Just as she was feeling uneasy, she suddenly stepped on something.

She looked down and her eyes widened in shock—it was 500 yuan!

Why does this money look so familiar?

She looked around and found no one nearby.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiumei quickly put the money in her pocket and hurried back to the courtyard.

If no one saw it, then the money must be hers.

...

As soon as Meng Shuyun stepped into the house, Jiang Xue greeted her with a big smile, holding a bowl of cold boiled water, showing great enthusiasm.

"Mom, you must be exhausted. I specially made you a bowl of sugar water, please have a taste."

Meng Shuyun glanced at the bowl of slightly murky water, a disdainful look appearing on her lips. She had never seen anything good before, yet now she was pretending to be so attentive.

"I can tell you've never seen anything like this before, so I'll be merciful and give you this water to drink."

Jiang Xue quickly waved her hand, still smiling, but there was a hint of unnaturalness in that smile.

"No, no, Mother, this is such a good thing, I am not qualified to drink it. You should drink it."

He pushed the bowl towards Meng Shuyun.

Meng Shuyun's face instantly darkened, and her voice rose a few decibels, carrying a hint of authority and dissatisfaction.

"I said I'm not drinking, are you deaf?"

If you're not going to drink it, just throw it away!

If I want to drink it, can't I just make it myself?

How could you waste my precious sugar here? Such good stuff shouldn't be wasted.

"Drink it right now, I'll watch you drink it!"

Jiang Xue seemed to be frightened by Meng Shuyun's imposing manner. She staggered back a step, her face turning deathly pale.

"I...it would be such a waste for me to drink it, Mother..."

"Stop talking nonsense, just drink it!"

Meng Shuyun suddenly shouted, her voice echoing in the room, causing Jiang Xue's hand to tremble and spill a little water from the bowl.

Under Meng Shuyun's sharp, knife-like gaze, Jiang Xue had no choice but to grit her teeth and quickly finish the bowl of sugar water. She then turned the bowl upside down to show that she had finished.

"I...I've finished drinking it, thank you, Mom. I won't do it again next time."

"You want a next time? If there's a next time, you can get out of my house!"

Meng Shuyun snorted coldly, looked at the bowl that was completely empty, and turned to go back to her room.

As soon as she entered the room, Meng Shuyun keenly sensed that something was wrong; her belongings had clearly been tampered with.

"Jiang Xue, get in here!" Her voice was filled with anger, as if she was about to explode.

Jiang Xue rushed into the room in a panic and saw Meng Shuyun with an angry expression, but she still tried to remain calm.

"Mother, what's wrong?"

Meng Shuyun launched into a tirade, her spittle nearly landing on Jiang Xue's face.

"Who gave you permission to touch my things? Did you even ask for my permission? How dare you come into my room!"

"Mother, I saw your room was a bit messy, so I came in to tidy it up. I really didn't touch anything else," Jiang Xue explained softly, her head down.

"No one is allowed in my room without my permission. Get out!" Meng Shuyun said, pointing to the door without any mercy.

Jiang Xue's eyes reddened, and she silently wiped away her tears before reluctantly leaving Meng Shuyun's room.

Unexpectedly, Meng Shuyun was so wary, refusing to drink the water she offered and not letting her into the room.

But it doesn't matter, she'll always find an opportunity.

Fortunately, today was just a test; they didn't actually put any drugs in the sugar water, otherwise it would have been a much bigger problem.

When it was time for dinner, Jiang Xue served the food.

Meng Shuyun watched her serve rice without making a sound, and when she wasn't paying attention, she quickly switched the coarse grain bun in her hand with the one in Jiang Xue's bowl.

Jiang Xue returned to the dining table, buried herself in her food, and occasionally stole a glance in Meng Shuyun's direction.

When she saw Meng Shuyun eat the steamed bun, she was overjoyed.

That old bastard finally took the bait.

Sure enough, after a short while, Meng Shuyun began to feel dizzy, and the chopsticks in her hand fell to the ground with a "clatter".

Then, with a "thud," he collapsed onto the table.

Seeing this, Jiang Xue could no longer suppress her inner madness and burst into loud laughter.

"Meng Shuyun, you old hag, I thought you were so powerful, but I didn't expect you to still fall into my hands."

Aren't you very arrogant?

Get up and start cursing me!

"I'll kill you today!"

Jiang Xue pulled a kitchen knife from under the table, her smile growing increasingly ferocious, the tip of the knife pointing directly at Meng Shuyun's neck.

"When I begged you, you humiliated me so much. You're truly vicious. Today I'll send you to meet the King of Hell!" Jiang Xue said viciously.

Just as Jiang Xue was about to strike with her knife, she suddenly felt her hand go limp, and the cleaver clattered to the ground.

At the same time, her stomach began to ache, and the pain became more and more intense. She had to curl up like a shrimp and lie on the ground groaning in pain.

"What's going on! What's wrong with me?!"

Seeing that the time was right, Meng Shuyun picked up the kitchen knife from the ground and held it to Jiang Xue's neck.

"Weren't you just talking so enthusiastically? Why did you stop? Keep going, I'm listening!"

Jiang Xue's pupils dilated instantly as she looked at Meng Shuyun in horror, stammering, "You...you ate the steamed bun, didn't you?"

“I ate it, but I ate the one from your bowl. Surprised?” Meng Shuyun said with a sneer.

Jiang Xue opened her mouth wide, her face turned ashen, and she couldn't utter a single word.

She then realized that the steamed bun she had just eaten was the one that Meng Shuyun had switched, and that it was poisoned!

She just couldn't understand how Meng Shuyun could...

"Speak, what are your and Su Xiangbei's motives?" Meng Shuyun asked coldly.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Mother. I have an upset stomach. Please save me." Jiang Xue was still struggling in her death throes.

"Still being stubborn. It seems you really want to die. Well then, I'll grant your wish."

Suddenly, Meng Shuyun had a package in her hand. When Jiang Xue saw it, she was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat.

That was the rat poison Su Xiangbei gave her!

How did it end up in Meng Shuyun's hands!

How is that possible?

She hid so well, there was no way she could have been discovered.

Meng Shuyun pried open Jiang Xue's mouth, opened the rat poison tube, and said into her mouth, "I'm giving you one last chance. If you don't talk, then eat the rat poison."