Chapter 97: Poisoning
The Yao family's seat was moved to the end, and what was even more interesting was that their deskmate was arranged to be their arch-enemy, the Ou family.
The old man of the Ou family leaned on his Huanghuali cane, looked at the Yao family's gloomy faces, and deliberately knocked his teacup loudly:
"Hey, isn't this Lord Yao, the most important person in our city? How come he is sitting with ordinary people like us?"
The Ou family has been a single-son family for three generations. The grandson Ou Ping'an fell in love with Yao Jingjing a few years ago and was determined to marry her.
At that time, something happened to the Yang family, which implicated the Yao family. The appearance of the Ou family was undoubtedly a piece of driftwood in the drowning water, and they were tightly entangled by the Yao family.
It’s a pity that Yao Jingjing is like a blind person riding a plane - she has a high vision!
While keeping the infatuated Ou Ping'an hanging around, he was also looking for other options and trying to climb up the social ladder in secret.
It was not until her scandal was exposed that Ou Ping'an suddenly realized the truth. In a fit of anger, he signed up for the Northwest Base's confidentiality project and would not be able to come back for three to five years.
This made the elders in the family, who were anxious to have a great-grandson, very angry, and from then on the Ou and Yao families became sworn enemies.
"Some people are like dogs that can't change their eating habits." Today, Ou Ping'an's parents accompanied Grandpa Ou to the banquet. It was like enemies meeting each other, and they were bound to make some sarcastic remarks.
Yao Jingjing is not a pushover either, she responded directly with sarcasm:
"The phoenix only rests on the paulownia tree, so don't be too sentimental about other dead and rotten trees."
"What kind of phoenix are you?" Mother Ou sneered, "The cooing of the country folk is prettier than you!"
Old Master Ou stamped his cane and said, "We Ping An are now talents for national key projects, much better than those ragtag households. Don't waste your time talking to these scumbags."
The two sides exchanged glances.
Mr. Yao was absent-minded and turned a deaf ear to the quarrel in front of him.
His cloudy eyes stared at the main table.
Standing in the middle is the girl who is being admired and watched by everyone, and next to her stands Tang Jingmo, the most promising man in the city.
All this should have belonged to his granddaughter Yang Xueying and their Yao family. It was all because of bad luck and fate.
He secretly gritted his teeth. Fortunately, he had a trick up his sleeve. If the Yao family didn't live well, no one else would want to live in peace.
"Master, it's settled." A waiter took the opportunity to pour tea and quickly reported to Master Yao, "According to your instructions, the cup of tea will pass through three hands before it reaches the main table."
Yao Shuisheng smiled sinisterly. He glanced at his granddaughter who was still bickering with the Ou family, thinking that this girl was still too young.
True revenge is never just about talking - he touched the yellowed file in his sleeve, which was the review material of Gu Xicheng during a special period. It was enough to make the newly promoted leader drink a pot.
As for the Ou family? He looked at the Ou father opposite him with contempt. When the Gu family fell, it would only take a word to deal with such a small character.
“Thank you all for taking the time to visit us...”
Gu Xicheng's voice echoed in the banquet hall, and he raised his glass, "...My daughter Xiaobai and I toast to everyone!"
Xiao Bai paused with his fingertips, and suddenly knocked over the wine glass in Gu Xicheng's hand, "The wine is poisonous!"
Gu Xicheng smelled it and said, "Bitter almonds?"
"Cyanide!" Su Po reacted immediately and scanned the entire place. Everyone who was targeted couldn't help but shudder.
"Check!" Gu Xicheng's voice sounded like ice.
Tang Jingmo had already moved to the gate quietly.
He placed his right hand on his pistol and made a tactical gesture to the guard at the door with his left hand.
The loud bang of the steel door closing made several female family members scream.
"Don't panic, everyone." Tang Jingmo's voice was eerily calm. "It's just a routine safety check."
His eyes swept across the entire venue like a hawk, and paused for an imperceptible second when passing by the Yao family's seat.
Yao Jingjing was tightly clutching a handkerchief embroidered with plum blossoms, her knuckles turning white.
However, Mr. Yao straightened his hunched back abnormally, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his cloudy eyes.
Tang Jingmo tapped his fingers lightly three times behind his back.
Gu Zhongzhang, who was not far away, pushed his gold-rimmed glasses and quickly left the table while picking up a napkin.
"Commander Gu, it's not good for you to trap us like this, isn't it?" Yao Shuisheng stood up, his fingers tapping on the table, making a dull sound.
"All of you present here are well-known figures in this city..." He deliberately prolonged the last syllable of the sentence, and swept his gloomy eyes over the leaders present.
The chandelier in the banquet hall suddenly flickered, casting the hunched figure of Mr. Yao on the wall, like a vulture ready to pounce.
"Sleepy?" Gu Xicheng's mouth curled up.
“I’m protecting you guys.”
He put his hands behind his back and slowly walked towards Mr. Yao. Every step was like the countdown of a time bomb.
"After all...the person who can poison us right under our noses...may want to kill us all."
Gu Xicheng spoke in a leisurely tone, like a king squatting on a high platform watching a show.
This was not the situation that Mr. Yao wanted to see. He looked around and found that everyone looked calm and had no complaints.
He cursed inwardly: A bunch of sycophants!
Tang Jingmo suddenly drew his gun and loaded it. The sound of metal collision was particularly harsh in the silent banquet hall, and the air became heavy.
Old Master Yao's face turned pale. "There is no smoke without fire. I think it's because you have offended too many people before, so someone took the opportunity to take revenge."
"It seems that Mr. Yao knows the murderer's motive very well."
Xiaobai suddenly interrupted him, and the wine glass in his hand spun rapidly at his fingertips. The white wine in the glass formed a perfect vortex, but not a drop was spilled.
Could a country girl who knows nothing about the world be able to perform such a skill?! Everyone put aside their previous contempt and re-examined this newly promoted daughter of a wealthy family.
"Could it be...you are the mastermind behind this?" Xiaobai stared at Mr. Yao half-jokingly and half-seriously.
"How dare you!" Yao Shuisheng overturned the teacup on the table. "You slandered our senior with empty words. Is this the Gu family's education?"
"Who said words are not enough?" Gu Zhongzhang's voice came from the side door.
He walked in, dragging a waiter with his hands handcuffed behind his back, "Mr. Yao, open your eyes and see who this is."
Mr. Yao narrowed his eyes and his Adam's apple rolled: "How...how do I know who he is?"
"Oh? It seems that Mr. Yao is sure that he won't say anything."
Xiao Bai stopped twirling his fingers and walked to the waiter with the wine glass in hand. "How about we let him finish this glass?"
The waiter began to tremble violently. "I'll tell you! I'll tell you! It was Mr. Yao who gave me money to add it to the wine! I didn't know it was poison!"
"Wow! You admitted it pretty quickly, but I didn't say there was poison in it. How did you know?"
Xiaobai hit the nail on the head and directly exposed his lies.
The waiter suddenly collapsed, knowing that he could no longer conceal the truth. He opened his mouth to confess, but he didn't expect Mr. Yao to yell at him:
"Don't even think about getting involved with our Yao family. If you don't want to die, others may not."
There seems to be something behind these words.
Sure enough, when the waiter heard it, he first looked at Mr. Yao in surprise, then smiled bitterly, drooped his shoulders, and stopped saying a word.
"Take him away and keep him under strict watch!" Tang Jingmo was not afraid that he would not speak. As long as the person was there, there was a way.
"Mr. Yao, you are really amazing. You threatened the witness in front of so many people. Do you think we are all fools?"
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