Chapter 105 Waiting
Based on Ji Zhisui's understanding of Old Lady Liu and the stingy nature of the Liu family, it seemed unlikely that they would hire anyone to cause trouble. If anyone had to go, Old Lady Liu should go herself.
Furthermore, the Liu family made them bleed heavily this time.
"No." Pei Yian answered the question while keeping the accounts.
"Who could it be? Apart from the Liu family, we don't celebrate the festival with anyone else!" This is what Ji Zhisui couldn't understand the most.
Pei Yian raised his head and looked into Sui Niang's clear eyes. "Sui Niang, have you ever thought that our restaurant might be blocking other people's way?"
The popularity of Baiwei Restaurant and its fame in Qizhou County will definitely attract many diners to the restaurant, and some may even become repeat customers.
The space of a pond is so small, and their restaurant has already attracted a lot of diners. There will definitely be a lot of people who are jealous, and it is possible that someone will try to do something.
Ji Zhisui really didn't think that deeply. She was not good at understanding or observing people's minds. What she liked more was studying various foods in the kitchen.
But after Pei Yian made this clear, she also realized the current situation of Baiwei Restaurant. She wanted to make the restaurant stronger, and this kind of thing might happen again in the future, and maybe quite a lot.
Thinking about what she would face in the future, Ji Zhisui couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. What she was worst at was dealing with these things.
"Don't worry, Sui Niang, I'll take care of everything!!"
Pei Yian's words were like a reassurance, slowly calming her originally anxious heart. That's right!
How could I have forgotten that An Ge was still by my side! He was the male protagonist, the one who would be above everyone else in the future. He would definitely have a way.
"Brother An, what should we do now?" Ji Zhisui always felt that this matter was not over yet.
"Wait." Those people would never be willing to give in without any benefits. They would probably go to prepare some evidence to prove the crime to the end.
Ji Zhisui looked at Pei Yian's mysterious expression and knew that she had a way to deal with this matter.
Sure enough, not long after, the old woman came. What was unusual was that this time she also asked someone to carry a stretcher. The stretcher was covered with white cloth, and judging from the outline, it seemed to be a person.
Someone put a stretcher in front of Baiwei Restaurant, and the old woman began to cry. Her crying was so sincere and she did not forget to accuse Baiwei Restaurant while crying.
She said that her son became like this because he ate their food. Passersby were talking about it. Ji Zhisui didn't expect this person to come so quickly. She stood up and wanted to go out to meet Sister Li and take away the other person's fake look.
At this moment, her wrists were held by a pair of warm hands.
Ji Zhisui looked at Pei Yian with some confusion. He didn't know why the other party pulled him at this critical moment.
"Wait a minute, someone will be here soon." Pei Yian said this without any context.
Although Ji Zhisui was puzzled, he stopped and did not go out.
Pei Ersao and the others saw that there was about to be a commotion outside, and that old lady was still throwing mud at their restaurant. She couldn't hold back any longer and wanted to go out and have an argument with that old lady.
There is nothing wrong with the food in their restaurant. Why are you talking nonsense? Pei Yian stopped him from accompanying his second sister-in-law.
But they did not go out. The old woman outside howled even louder, attracting many passers-by to watch the show.
A voice in the crowd shouted, "People are dying from eating this! This vicious restaurant needs to be closed down!"
Another person echoed, "That's right, close the restaurant!"
Just as the two were singing in unison, Zhou Yayi and a few others came rushing over from a distance.
"Ma'am, we received a report that your son had died a violent death. We are here to investigate."
The old woman's eyes fell on these majestic yamen runners, and she was a little stunned.
She didn't even report the case!
After all, if her "son" were to be thoroughly investigated, there would be many problems, and she didn't dare to take the risk.
It was at this time that Pei Yian came out with Sui Niang and his group.
"Zhou Yayi, you're finally here! The food in our restaurant is spotless, there's absolutely no chance of poisoning. Since this lady said her son died of poisoning, why don't we ask a doctor to take a look? I've also called the doctor from the clinic to see what poison caused this lady's son's death."
There was nothing wrong with what Pei Yian said, and it even made sense.
After Zhou Yashi nodded, the doctor who had been waiting nearby stepped forward. He bowed to the armrests of the group and said, "I am Doctor Li from Xingde Medical Clinic. I'd like to trouble you all to be my witnesses."
As he said this, Doctor Li wanted to step forward and lift the white cloth to see what was inside.
The old woman who had been crying so hard suddenly stopped crying. She stammered, "No... that's not necessary. My son has an ugly face, and I still want to leave him with some dignity."
While speaking, she kept her hands firmly on both sides of the wooden board, not wanting anyone to see.
"Auntie, what you said is not right. I think your son definitely doesn't want to die in vain. Since you insist that our restaurant killed him, we can ask a doctor to take a look and find out the reason!"
"Manager Pei is right. Auntie, please don't disturb us while we are investigating the case. What if your son was killed by someone else? Do you want to watch the murderer go unpunished?" Zhou, the yamen runner, stepped forward and wanted to lift a corner of the white cloth.
The old woman's eyes were filled with fear. She tried to struggle violently, but found it was all in vain. She had already been lifted up by the other two yamen runners.
Zhou Yayi and the doctor walked up to the corpse. Zhou Yayi lifted the corner of the corpse's clothes and saw a pale, bloodless, thin and cold face and hands. A hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes.
Coroner Li began to examine the body carefully, muttering, "How strange! How strange!"
"Mr. Li, what strange things have you discovered?" asked Zhou, the yamen runner.
"This man indeed died of poisoning." Coroner Li gave his own judgment.
After hearing these words, the old woman stopped her violent movements, and there was an indescribable joy in her eyes.
She just listened and acted arrogantly, pointing at the noses of the glaring children and cursing, "I've already told you, my son was killed by this restaurant. You guys poisoned the food!"
Ji Zhisui was a little nervous, and subconsciously grabbed the sleeve of the person next to him and began to stroke it.
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