Chapter 199 A Special Fragrance?
"The doctor came to see me and said it was due to severe pregnancy reactions and the change in environment. He told me to rest more," Chu Zhennan said hoarsely, his words filled with self-blame.
Su Yue nodded, said nothing, and walked straight to the bedside to sit down.
She extended three fingers and gently placed them on Chen Yaru's wrist again.
The room fell silent instantly.
Everyone seemed to hold their breath, staring nervously at Su Yue's profile.
At first, Su Yue's expression was relatively calm.
But gradually, her expression changed.
The chilling aura that had been dormant deep within my aunt's bloodline did not dissipate because of her prescription; instead, it seemed to have been nourished by something, becoming even more solid and colder!
It was like a venomous snake, silently coiling around the newly conceived, fragile life, constantly draining its vitality.
This is not a normal pregnancy reaction!
Someone has secretly poisoned them!
A bone-chilling coldness traveled up Su Yue's spine, straight to the top of her head.
The enemy has already infiltrated her!
The other party's target was not the aunt who had just experienced a change in her life and only wanted to live in seclusion.
She's their target!
This is a warning, a provocation, and an attempt to throw her into chaos and make her lose her composure by tormenting her family!
Su Yue slowly withdrew her hand, her heart churning with killing intent, but her face remained expressionless, only displaying a professional solemnity.
"Cousin, my mom..." Chu Jingya was so nervous she was about to cry.
"Don't worry." Su Yue's voice was steady, with a reassuring quality. "Auntie's constitution is indeed too weak, and with the high humidity on Hainan Island, it's normal for her reaction to be a bit stronger. I'll adjust the prescription a bit more, focusing on rest."
She stood up, pretending to check the room's surroundings.
"The ventilation here isn't very good, so pregnant women need to breathe more fresh air."
As she spoke, she walked to the table with remarkable ease, picked up the thermos on the table seemingly casually, poured some water into her hand to test the temperature.
During this process, her fingertips had already dipped into the water in the bottle.
Then, she picked up a leftover apple core and examined it closely.
"Fruit should be eaten fresh; it's easy for bacteria to grow if it's left out for too long."
After doing all this, she turned around, handed a new calming prescription to Chu Zhennan, gave him a few more instructions, and then said goodbye and left with Gu Beichen.
Back in her small building, Su Yue immediately closed the door, her face instantly turning cold.
"What's wrong?" Gu Beichen noticed that something was off about her.
Su Yue did not answer immediately. She walked into the makeshift laboratory and carefully placed the trace samples she had collected from her fingertips and apple cores into the analytical instrument.
Gu Beichen followed her in and silently watched her operate the machine.
A dozen minutes later, the analysis results came out.
Looking at the chemical structural formula displayed on the instrument screen, Su Yue's aura turned to freezing point.
“Cycloacon derivatives”.
She squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth.
This is an extremely rare, cold-natured plant extract, sourced from deep within the South American rainforest. It is colorless, odorless, and extremely difficult to detect.
While trace amounts may have almost no effect on ordinary people, they can be a slow poison for pregnant women who are prone to feeling cold.
It gradually erodes the mother's yang energy, exacerbates adverse reactions during pregnancy, and ultimately leads to miscarriage due to the loss of the fetus's vitality. It may even cause the mother to suffer from lifelong infertility.
Their methods are insidious and extremely professional.
The anger that had been stirred up by the nightmare in Su Yue's heart was now completely ignited, turning into a cold, murderous abyss.
They actually dared to use such despicable means against her family and an innocent pregnant woman!
She told Gu Beichen and Huo Shouzheng, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, about the results.
Gu Beichen clenched his fist instantly, and a terrifying aura emanated from his body.
Huo Shouzhen shook his head after listening to Su Yue's analysis.
“This technique doesn’t resemble Elena’s,” he asserted.
This veteran, who had dealt with the "K" organization for half his life, knew the woman's style of doing things very well.
"Elena prefers more direct and explosive attacks. She enjoys the thrill of her prey struggling in despair, rather than these tricks of poisoning from the shadows."
Huo Shouzhen's conclusion made Su Yue's heart sink.
If it wasn't Elena, then who was it?
Someone who is so knowledgeable about pharmacology and yet can secretly access his aunt's diet.
Are they the old pharmaceutical factories on the island whose business has been taken away by pharmaceutical and medical device factories?
They had the motive, but did they have the guts and the ability to poison the families of military personnel?
"I'll check," Gu Beichen said, then turned and left.
He immediately launched a top-secret investigation into the Chu family's orderly who had come from Beijing, as well as the military region's food supply channels.
However, the investigation yielded no results.
That orderly was a veteran who had followed Chu Zhennan for more than ten years. He was loyal and his background was as clean as a blank sheet of paper.
The food supply to the military region is subject to strict controls at every level; it would be difficult for even a fly to sneak in, let alone poison it.
The trail seems to have gone cold.
The other party was like a ghost that didn't exist, committing crimes right under their noses without leaving a trace.
That evening, just as the atmosphere in the study reached its most oppressive point, Gu Beixiao strolled in casually from outside.
He plopped down on the sofa, his face clearly showing his displeasure.
"I'm so angry!" He picked up the apple on the table and took a big bite.
Nobody paid him any attention.
Feeling awkward, he could only complain to himself: "Today at the dock, I ran into a seafood vendor who was exaggerating to the skies!"
"I told him his shrimp didn't look fresh, and he got angry with me!"
"He claims to have a 'secret family recipe' that can keep seafood fresh for days after it's been out of water, just like it was freshly caught! Pshaw! Does he think I'm a three-year-old who's so easy to fool?"
Gu Beixiao complained indignantly.
The three adults in the study were all lost in their own thoughts.
But the words "ancestral secret recipe" struck Su Yue's mind like a bolt of lightning.
She suddenly raised her head and looked at Gu Beixiao, who was still rambling on.
Preservation?
Is it a chemical preservative, or... some kind of special plant extract?
Something that can both inhibit bacterial growth and maintain the activity of biological tissues.
And these kinds of things often carry some degree of toxicity!
“That trafficker,” Su Yue began, her voice low and urgent, carrying an undeniable sense of pressure, “does he frequently deliver goods to the military family compound?”
Gu Beixiao was startled by her sudden serious attitude and nodded blankly: "I think so... I've seen her a few times."
Su Yue pressed on with her questions, each word seemingly carved from ice.
"Does his hand have a very distinctive scent?"
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