Zhou Qiqi's words laid bare He Wanrou's schemes.
"Think about it, if things really are as we suspect,"
As she spoke, she felt a chill run down her spine and said in a low voice:
"Then this woman is terrifyingly cunning! This wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision; she's been meticulously planning to get close to Mom and Dad for at least six months, or even longer! She's gambling with Mom's life, artificially creating a grand drama of saving her! Her ultimate goal probably isn't even you..."
She paused, looked sharply at Shen Huaichuan, and concluded:
"To her, you might just be an add-on. What she really wants is probably the entire Shen family's wealth and future security!"
Zhou Qiqi's words sent a chill down Shen Huaichuan's spine.
If He Wanrou's goals are so ambitious and her plans so far-reaching, then mere impulse and violence will not only fail to solve the problem, but may also alert her and put her parents in even more unknown dangers.
He calmed down completely and stopped thinking about rushing out to confront He Wanrou.
But what followed was immense lingering fear and profound helplessness.
This concerns the mother's life, but all they have in their hands, besides a few fake pills of dubious origin, is no other substantial evidence.
Even if they go to the police station now, as long as He Wanrou insists on denying it and says that she didn't switch the medicine or that she was also deceived, they can't do anything to her!
Shen Huaichuan felt his mind was a complete mess. The calmness and orderliness he usually displayed in the army had vanished without a trace.
He subconsciously looked at Zhou Qiqi and asked softly:
"Qiqi, so tell me... what should we do now?"
Zhou Qiqi looked up at him, and her heart clenched.
Before me stood Shen Huaichuan, his eyes bloodshot and his forehead still damp with cold sweat from his earlier anxiety. His usually ramrod-straight back was now slightly hunched, revealing an unprecedented fragility and bewilderment.
In the six months they'd been together, she'd seen him serious, gentle, and even shameless, but this was the first time she'd seen him like a helpless child.
She felt a pang of heartache seeing him like that, quickly touched his face, softened her voice, and clearly expressed her thoughts:
"Don't panic or lose your composure. I only just received the exact test results for these pills today. I've already decided that tomorrow morning, we'll go see Captain Li and tell him the whole story, including our suspicions. We'll ask him to secretly contact the B City Public Security Bureau, where the sanatorium is located, and have them send people to investigate He Wanrou's whereabouts and the people she's been in contact with during her time at the sanatorium."
She continued her analysis, her train of thought clear:
"He Wanrou is indeed intelligent and shrewd, but precisely because she is too intelligent, she always thinks that her methods are superior and that she can manipulate everyone, so she is not cautious enough."
She chuckled softly, shook the medicine bottle in her hand, and continued:
“Look, this time when she switched the medicine with fake drugs, didn’t she carelessly leave herself a clue? Last time at the sanatorium, the reason she was able to succeed was because Mom and Dad were exhausted and only worried about the surgery, and didn’t have the energy to investigate carefully. I think if we investigate carefully, she must have left other clues!”
Zhou Qiqi's voice was clear and calm, like a clear spring flowing through Shen Huaichuan's heart, making him feel a little more at ease.
But he remained very worried and asked:
"What if...no conclusive evidence can be found in City B either?"
His voice was low and somber. He squatted down, cradled his head in his hands, and said with self-reproach and anguish:
"It's all my fault. If I had quit my job sooner and visited my parents more often at the nursing home, and stayed by their side, then... then that vicious woman wouldn't have had the chance! My mother has suffered so much because of her these past few days..."
Zhou Qiqi quickly stepped forward, grabbed his shoulders firmly with both hands, looked him resolutely into his eyes, interrupted him, and forced him to look into her eyes:
"Huaichuan! Huaichuan, listen to me! Calm down! Even if they can't find direct evidence in City B, we're not completely without options!"
Her firm gaze instilled confidence in him.
"When Xiaoyuan inquired for me before, she said that most of the medicines in our country are now produced by large state-owned factories, which are strictly managed, and there are very few counterfeit drugs of this kind on the market."
He Wanrou's ability to obtain such counterfeit drugs, including the kind that can cause people to lose control, definitely indicates an illicit source! It's either from the black market or some shady channel! As long as Captain Li follows this lead and finds the seller, obtaining testimony, he can easily pinpoint her! Tomorrow I'll go to Captain Li and have him investigate both leads simultaneously! A two-pronged approach will surely convince her!"
As Shen Huaichuan listened to his wife's calm analysis and arrangements, and saw the determined light in her eyes, his panicked and helpless heart seemed to have finally found its anchor, gradually settling back into a sense of stability and becoming much calmer.
He nodded emphatically, his eyes sharpening once more:
“Okay! We’ll do it your way! I’ll take the morning off tomorrow and go with you! The director of the B City Public Security Bureau is also a retired veteran, and he’s an old acquaintance of Captain Li. Their methods of handling cases are very similar. They both have ‘whistleblowers’ in the black market. They definitely have connections to investigate the source of this kind of drug!”
Upon hearing that Shen Huaichuan was going to take the day off to accompany her, Zhou Qiqi quickly shook her head in opposition:
"No, no! You absolutely mustn't take any more leave! Every time you take leave, you have to work day and night to catch up on the work you miss, and it breaks my heart to see that!"
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