Chapter 271 Harming Yourself

Drugging?

Zhang Haijun's expression turned slightly cold as he looked down at Su Hongying.

"I didn't drug you!"

Su Hongying was shocked. "Brother Navy, if you don't believe me, you can call the police and let them investigate! I kindly made pig's trotters to please your mother, how could I put poison in them?! Am I crazy?!"

You know exactly what you're up to!

Seeing her son's suspicion, Zheng Xiulan spat at Su Hongying, "You think we wouldn't dare call the police? Haijun, call the police, call the public security bureau and arrest this troublemaker!"

“Brother Haijun…” Su Hongying just pouted and looked at Zhang Haijun stubbornly.

Zhang Haijun felt that Su Hongying wouldn't go so far as to drug his mother. As she herself said, she was too busy trying to please his mother to drug her.

Who gave me the medicine that caused the diarrhea?

Zhang Haijun frowned and looked at Zheng Xiulan, "Mom, did you eat anything else in between?"

"No, I've been feeling nauseous all afternoon, how could I possibly eat anything else?"

As Zheng Xiulan spoke, she glanced at Su Hongying and said, "I think it was her doing. You should call the police right away..."

"Mom, why are you in such a hurry to call the police?!"

Zhang Haijun was extremely agitated. If it wasn't Su Hongying, and it wasn't his mother, then who could it be?

"Who else could it be but her!"

Zheng Xiulan clutched her stomach, her face pale as she glared at Su Hongying, "Don't think she's innocent just because she gave you a couple of flirty glances. That slut is a master of pretense..."

Zheng Xiulan wanted to tell her son about the scene Su Hongying had performed in the office, but Zhang Haijun heard her use words like "flirting" and "slut," and his expression turned cold with disgust.

"Navy?"

Zhang Haijun stared at her. "Mom, can you stop making a scene? Hongying has been so humble and subservient to you for my sake, and you've argued with her time and time again. Have you thought about how difficult it is for me in the middle? Or do you want us to get a divorce?"

He was utterly fed up with this endless commotion every single day.

"What are you saying? She's the one who hurt me, I didn't make a scene."

Zheng Xiulan was furious. Even in her current state, her son was still bewitched by this vixen and thought she was causing trouble. She wanted to cause trouble, but she didn't even have time to do so.

Zhang Haijun laughed angrily and said, "She tries to please you while harming you. Is she sick? Isn't it because you've always been dissatisfied with her, and since you couldn't get any benefits from her family, you bullied her, and now you're addicted to it and can't stop?"

He pursed his lips, looking at Zheng Xiulan with an expression that said, "You're hopeless." "What... what am I supposed to say about you?"

Zheng Xiulan, "..."

How could she tolerate being so wronged by her own son?!

Seeing Su Hongying's seemingly gentle yet defiant glances, Zheng Xiulan could no longer contain herself and angrily declared, "Then call the police! Let the police clear my name!"

"mom……"

"Su Hongying, go make a phone call! If you don't report it to the police, you're the one who poisoned me!" Zheng Xiulan shouted.

Su Hongying clenched her small fists, looking furious, "Fine, hit me then!"

Zhang Haijun was at his wits' end. He glanced at his mother, who was standing there with a stiff neck and a pale face, looking indignant, and cursed under his breath.

The police arrived at the hospital quickly, asked some questions, and called Zheng Xiulan's colleagues to verify the information. Several colleagues said that the pig's trotters were fresh and that they had eaten them without any problems, so there was no possibility that the pig's trotters had been drugged.

The police said they would go back to the Zhang family's home to investigate, adding, "It could be caused by other reasons; we need to conduct an on-site investigation."

After Zheng Xiulan finished her IV drip, the group returned to the Zhang family home in a grand procession.

The police glanced at the Zhang family and told them to stay in the living room. They then searched all the tools Su Hongying had used to make pig's trotters and searched the bedroom where Su Hongying and Zheng Xiulan lived.

Finally, a paper package was found in a red brick hole under the table in Zheng Xiulan's room. Inside the package were some powdered flour.

"What is this?" the police officer asked Zheng Xiulan.

Zheng Xiulan shook her head. "I don't know. How could there be something like this in my room?"

The police officer took a small amount and smelled it, then shook his head at another colleague, "I can't smell anything. We need to do a test to determine if it's the laxative she's talking about."

"Do you have any living things in this building? We could borrow or buy some to do an experiment," the police officer asked Zhang Haijun.

Zhang Haijun looked at Old Man Zhang, but Old Man Zhang turned his head away.

Why are you looking at him? He wouldn't go out and do favors for someone who's so embarrassed.

Zhang Haijun gritted his teeth, suppressed his anger, went out and bought a chicken that was ready to be slaughtered. The policeman pecked the chicken a few times with the flour from the paper package.

A little while later, the chicken started having diarrhea, pooping all over the living room floor.

All eyes turned to Zheng Xiulan.

Zheng Xiulan, "..."

Her expression changed drastically, and she pointed at Su Hongying, saying, "It must be her. She was home alone during the day, so she must have secretly put it in my room when no one was around."

The family, "..."

The police officer frowned and called out to Zheng Xiulan.

"Comrade, this situation can be ruled out, because the paper package is already damp, it doesn't look like it was just put in, it's been at least three or four days."

Zheng Xiulan was stunned. It wasn't Su Hongying? Then who released it?!

Su Hongying's eyes reddened. "Navy Brother, I've only been back for two days. What is your mother trying to do?"

Zhang Haijun was visibly furious.

He stared straight at Zheng Xiulan.

Zheng Xiulan knew her son was truly angry, and panicked. She retorted, "Would I drug myself, harm myself, and then falsely accuse her? What would I gain?!"

"What are you after? You want to get a grandson for free, and for your son to only have eyes for you, his own mother!"

Su Hongying trembled with rage. "Zheng Xiulan, even if you look down on me and think I'm not good enough for Navy Brother, you didn't have to resort to such methods to harm me! Drugging someone is a crime that will land you in jail! You just can't stand to see me and your son happy together?!"

"I don't."

Zheng Xiulan shook her head and looked at Zhang Haijun. "Haijun, do you believe your mother? This slut is trying to harm me. She's trying to drive a wedge between you and me. Think about it, she wasn't like this before. Why is she like this now?"

Zhang Haijun kept a straight face and did not respond.

Zheng Xiulan panicked even more.

He shouted, "Don't be fooled by her delicate appearance! She's deliberately getting revenge on us—revenge for pushing her down and almost killing her, and for instigating you with your words and refusing to give her the consent form during the surgery. That's definitely it!"

Zhang Haijun's eyes flickered as he glanced at Su Hongying.

I felt that both of them made some sense.

Su Hongying looked up at him and said, "Does Navy Brother think the same way about me? I drugged her to get revenge? I don't even know where that drug is. The police said it had been damp for several days. How could I know where it was hidden in such a remote corner? I've never even seen it..."