On the other side...
After being publicly humiliated by Shen Mingzhao, Pei Yurou was filled with shame and indignation, and turned to Lu Jiaojiao to cry and complain.
Encouraged and instructed by Lu Jiaojiao, she gritted her teeth and bribed the servant next to Shen Mingzhao.
She prepared two packets of highly potent aphrodisiacs, one to give to Shen Mingzhao, to force him to have sex with her.
The other packet was to be given to Su Lingwei, so that she would embarrass herself when the drug took effect, thus completely breaking off Shen Mingzhao's affections.
In the evening, Shen Mingzhao was invited to the restaurant to settle accounts, where Pei Yurou was already waiting in the private room.
On the table was a pot of wine laced with drugs. "Shen Mingzhao, I was wrong before. I'll apologize to you. Please drink this cup."
She held her wine glass, her eyes darting away, her tone deliberately weak.
Shen Mingzhao had already become wary of her, remembering Shen Qingtang's reminder and the antidote pills she had given him.
Without making a sound, he took the glass but didn't drink it; instead, he used the act of turning around as a pretext.
He secretly poured the medicinal powder from the wine into his sleeve. "Since Miss Pei knows she was wrong, then let bygones be bygones."
His tone was cold, but in his heart he was plotting how to expose her scheme.
Just then, a commotion broke out downstairs, and a servant rushed in to report: "Second Young Master, Miss Su has suddenly fainted in the neighborhood, it seems she has been poisoned!"
Shen Mingzhao's expression changed drastically, and she turned and ran downstairs. A hint of smugness flashed in Pei Yurou's eyes; Su Lingwei had indeed been drugged.
She quickly followed.
He wanted to see Su Lingwei make a fool of herself. But she had just run out of the restaurant.
She was stopped in her tracks by a local ruffian who had long coveted her beauty.
This scoundrel was specially hired by Lu Jiaojiao, who originally intended to help her clean up the traces after she succeeded, but unexpectedly ran into Pei Yurou who had run out alone.
Just as Pei Yurou was about to reprimand him, Shen Mingzhao suddenly turned around, looked at her coldly, and sprinkled the medicine powder from his sleeve onto her body.
The powder dispersed upon contact with the wind, instantly merging into the air. After inhaling it, Pei Yurou felt her whole body heat up.
Consciousness gradually faded.
Upon seeing this, the thug immediately pounced on her and dragged her into a nearby alley.
"Shen Mingzhao! You dare to harm me! I will never let you get away with this!" Pei Yurou's shrill curses echoed from the alley, quickly turning into desperate cries.
Shen Mingzhao didn't stop at all; his mind was only on Su Lingwei. He turned around and ran wildly towards the textile workshop.
When they arrived at the textile workshop, Su Lingwei was curled up on the bed in the room, her face flushed and her body burning with fever.
He was humming unconsciously, clearly indicating that the effects of the drug had reached their peak.
Seeing her in pain, Shen Mingzhao felt extremely distressed and quickly took out the antidote pills that Shen Qingtang had given him.
But when the food was brought to her lips, Su Lingwei clenched her teeth and couldn't swallow it at all.
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