It was late at night, and the Qi family compound seemed to be shrouded in a huge black curtain. Everything was silent, as if everyone had fallen into a deep sleep.
A very slight sound came from the iron gate, and soon it returned to silence.
A black figure quietly appeared in the living room of the Qi family. She familiarly found the direction of the stairs in the dark, went upstairs quietly, and walked to the room where Qi Mingyuan slept without any mistake.
As the door handle was gently pressed, the door was slowly pushed open, and the black figure flashed in like a ghost.
The room was still pitch black, with only the dim moonlight shining on the drawn curtains, reflecting the shape of the window lattices. In the quiet room, the only sounds were Qi Mingyuan's slightly heavy breathing and the lightest footsteps.
The dark shadow skillfully avoided the furnishings in the room and walked lightly to Qi Mingyuan's bedside table. He quickly took out something from his bag and dropped it into the cup of water on the bedside table.
Just as the dark shadow was about to turn around and leave, the lights in the room suddenly lit up!
“Crack—”
The sudden bright environment and the sudden flash made the black shadow's eyes dizzy. After a moment of hesitation, he squatted down in panic, covering his face with his hands.
After a moment, the man squatting on the ground raised his head slowly and fearfully, and a single glance almost frightened her to death.
There were three people standing by the wall near the door, looking at her with different expressions.
Qi Shengzhi with a sneer on his face, Yue Feiying with disdain in his eyes, and an unknown man holding a camera with a disdainful frown on his face.
"You, why are you here?"
The dark shadow exposed under the light revealed her panic-stricken face. It was Qu Jingyun who was supposed to be waiting at Kaiyuan Temple to light the first incense stick.
Qi Shengzhi's eyes were filled with disgust, and even the fake smile on his lips couldn't hide his anger at the moment -
He guessed correctly, it was Qu Jingyun who poisoned Qi Mingyuan!
"We should be the ones asking you this!"
Qi Shengzhi's cold rebuttal made Qu Jingyun's heart tremble. Suddenly, he realized that there was another pair of eyes staring at him, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.
She carefully turned her head to look towards the bed, only to see Qi Mingyuan, who was originally "soundly asleep", staring at her with wide eyes and a look of grief on his face.
Qu Jingyun felt like a bunch of words were spinning in his throat, but he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation no matter how hard he racked his brains.
Yue Feiying didn't want to waste more time on her, so she said directly:
"Stop trying to quibble. We've already taken photos of you poisoning someone. Just wait to go to jail!"
When Rong Yongsi saw Qu Jingyun's eyes move to the camera in his hand, he immediately put the camera into his clothes and took a defensive posture to prevent Qu Jingyun from trying to snatch it away.
Seeing Qi Shengzhi and the others looking fully prepared, Qu Jingyun finally realized that he had fallen into a trap and immediately roared angrily:
"You guys teamed up to deceive me?!"
Qi Shengzhi had a cold smile on his face:
"You've been acting for so many years, what's wrong with watching someone else's play today? It seems my acting skills are pretty good, otherwise you wouldn't be so quick to show your true colors!"
Qu Jingyun's heart was shaken.
So Qi Shengzhi and Qi Mingyuan didn't quarrel at all. The words they said during the quarrel were just to be told to others so that they could reach her ears.
They deliberately dropped a bait that she couldn't refuse, lured her into taking the bait, and then set a trap, waiting for her to catch them.
She roared angrily and unwillingly:
"This isn't fair, you guys are forcing me to do this!"
"If Qi Mingyuan hadn't said he would hand over all of the Qi family's businesses to you tomorrow morning, I wouldn't have rushed back tonight to poison him. You lied to me first, and you forced me to do this!"
Qi Shengzhi held a test report in his hand, and it was this report that made him determined to uncover Qu Jingyun's true identity:
"You've been poisoning people for a long time. This is the toxic ingredient detected in my dad's water cup and thermos. Curarene!"
"You only need a tiny amount of this stuff to kill someone, but you don't want to arouse suspicion, so you only use a tiny amount each time and drip it into the thermos. The toxicity of curare is diluted by a large amount of hot water. It won't kill you immediately, but it will gradually damage your internal organs."
"Such a trace amount of toxicity wouldn't even be detectable in an autopsy. Even if it were, it wouldn't be enough to determine it was the cause of death. You're just trying to create the illusion of a normal death from organ failure!"
Qu Jingyun's face turned pale and he flatly denied it:
"No! You're accusing me! I didn't do anything! You made this up to frame me!"
Yue Feiying felt that there was no need to say more to this kind of person. She curled her lips as if she had just heard the funniest joke in the world:
"It's okay if you don't admit it. Just tell the police what you've said. Yongsi, go call the police."
"No! Don't report it!"
Qu Jingyun, who was roaring and raging just now, immediately panicked when he heard this. He knelt down beside Qi Mingyuan's bed with a plop, holding his hand and crying:
"Mingyuan, I didn't mean to hurt you. I was just too angry at the time and that's why I did something stupid."
"Why did you lie to me with Qi Shengzhi? I thought you really wanted to hand over all the Qi family's business to him, regardless of the life and death of Guangyao and me..."
"Mingyuan, I beg you, please forgive me one last time. If I go to jail, what will happen to Guangyao?"
Qi Mingyuan tried his best to shake off Qu Jingyun's hand. Now any contact with her made him feel disgusted.
He was so angry that his whole body was shaking. He took a deep breath and finally uttered a sound:
"Qu Jingyun, time and time again, I gave you countless chances, but I didn't expect you to become more and more aggressive, and in the end, you even wanted to take my life."
"At this point, you still want me to forgive you? You are simply dreaming!"
"When you poisoned me, did you ever think of letting me go?! You'll spend the rest of your life in jail reflecting on your actions!"
Qi Mingyuan's words were like a wake-up call, completely shattering Qu Jingyun's last bit of hope.
No, she couldn't go to jail.
Qi Guangyao is about to be expelled from school, and his status in Qi Mingyuan's heart has plummeted. If she is not by her side to look after him, Qi Guangyao's future life in the Qi family will be so miserable!
She subconsciously looked at Qi Shengzhi, only to see that Qi Shengzhi's eyes were deep and cold as he looked at her. The hatred hidden deep inside was about to explode, making her feel cold on her back.
When she thought about how she had treated Qi Shengzhi in the past, she seemed to be able to see how badly Qi Guangyao would be bullied by Qi Shengzhi in the future!
At this moment, Qu Jingyun was like a wolf forced into a desperate situation. He could not find the way to survive in the trapped place, and suddenly he became furious.
She stopped crying, lowered her head and asked in a hoarse voice:
"Mingyuan, you and I have been married for twenty years. Do you really want to force me to death?"
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