On the other side, Huo Beian, ever since his wife told him that someone might have poisoned him, immediately thought of Song Xue.
He sent people to search Song Xue's dormitory, looking inside and out, but they found nothing.
If you didn't hide it in the dorm, where would you hide it?
There are three possibilities: First, Song Xue carried it with her. Second, she hid it in a corner of the cafeteria. Third, she threw it away a long time ago.
As it stands, Song Xue is unaware of Song Ning's miscarriage, so she will likely take further action and won't throw the medicine away easily. Therefore, the medicine may be hidden in the cafeteria or on her person.
With that in mind, Huo Beian led the scouts to the canteen.
Song Xue happened to be away, but her work clothes and hat were still there.
"Search immediately!"
Soon, the scouts began to carefully search for the work clothes, work hats, and kitchen utensils that Song Xue had come into contact with.
"Reporting to the battalion commander, no."
Huo Beian's gaze fell on the metal trash can for kitchen waste.
"Go check the trash cans. Focus on metal boxes and paper packaging; see if there are any clues."
After all, medicines are always packaged, either in paper bags or metal boxes.
Soon, the scouts, pinching their noses, stood up and, sure enough, found a square ball of paper—the kind of paper typically used in pharmacies to wrap medicine.
"Okay, take it for testing." After saying that, Huo Beian asked the other staff, "Has anyone personally witnessed Song Xue handling this crumpled piece of paper?"
At this point, the chef said, "I did see her take out some medicine wrapped in this paper from her pocket. She said it was cold medicine. I didn't think much of it."
"Alright, it seems we have an eyewitness. Don't tell Song Xue about what I'm investigating today. Keep it a secret."
Everyone nodded.
Seeing that Song Ning hadn't come to the cafeteria for several days, Song Xue started asking Meng Yuming about it.
"Why hasn't Song Ning come to eat lately?"
"I heard from Battalion Commander Huo that your wife is experiencing some signs of miscarriage."
"Oh, I see. I'll visit her another day then, after all, she's my sister."
She planned to take advantage of her visit to look for the whereabouts of the jade thumb ring.
That day, Song Xue brought two cans of malted milk powder and pretended to visit Song Ning.
As soon as she entered, she said insincerely, "Little sister, I heard you weren't feeling well, so I came to see you."
After saying that, he looked around and tried to find the whereabouts of the jade thumb ring.
"Song Xue, you don't need to pretend."
Song Ning ignored her, thinking to herself that it was very likely she was the one who poisoned her, and she was still pretending.
“Sister, you’ve wronged me. By the way, sister, have you been wearing our family’s jade thumb ring all this time? I remember Dad saying that the jade thumb ring might have radiation, which caused your threatened miscarriage. You’d better not wear it anymore and throw it away. Take it out and I’ll help you throw it away or sell it.”
Song Xue spoke with such seriousness, as if it were the truth.
Song Ning still couldn't figure out what kind of wicked plan she was up to.
It turns out she came for the jade thumb ring.
Song Ning then pretended to be stupid, "You mean that jade thumb ring? I sold it a long time ago."
"What? You actually sold it?"
Song Xue's voice immediately turned shrill.
"Why are you so agitated? Didn't you say it's radioactive? Wouldn't it be better to sell it?" Song Ning said calmly, deliberately looking at her.
Song Xue then realized she had lost her composure. "I just think it's a bit of a pity. Where did you sell it?"
"It was sold to the south of the city, through a private transaction."
“This…” Upon hearing this, Song Xue was immediately a little angry. It was possible that she had traveled all the way to Gancheng only to find that she had come to nothing.
But she still suppressed her anger and continued to ask, "Who did you sell it to?"
"It was sold to Zhao Liang."
"Zhao Liang?" Song Xue's voice became sharp. If the jade ring was really in Zhao Liang's hands, then she couldn't get a divorce. At the very least, she had to get the jade ring in her hands first.
Song Ning deliberately said, "What's wrong? Don't you know Zhao Liang? Aren't you two married?"
"How...how did you know?"
No wonder Meng Yuming knew about Zhao Liang's affairs; it was probably Song Ning who told him.
"If you don't want anyone to know, then don't do it in the first place. Song Xue, I never thought you'd be willing to marry someone like Zhao Liang just to avoid being sent to the countryside. Tsk tsk..."
Upon hearing this, Song Xue was immediately enraged. She could no longer hold back, so she stood up and grabbed Song Ning by the neck.
"You dare laugh at me? Believe me, I'll strangle you!"
Song Ning kicked her two meters away.
Song Xue lay on the ground, staring at her incredulously, "Song Ning, you actually know kung fu?"
Song Ning stood up and walked towards her. She pressed her to the ground with one hand and raised the other hand, slapping her face twice, instantly turning Song Xue's face red.
"You...you actually hit me!" Song Xue tried to stand up, but Song Ning held her down so firmly that she couldn't move at all.
"I hit you! Song Xue, you actually tried to strangle me, and you were the one who gave me the drug that almost caused my miscarriage."
"What medicine? I don't understand." Song Xue, of course, wouldn't admit it.
"You won't admit it, huh? Then I'll find it myself!" With that, Song Ning began tearing at her clothes and searching her body, and sure enough, she found a packet of medicine.
Song Ning immediately picked up the medicine. "Ha, Song Xue, you're still trying to deny it with the evidence in front of you?"
"That's just regular cold medicine." Song Xue chuckled upon seeing this, thinking to herself, "How could I be so stupid as to hide medicine on my person?"
To avoid any unforeseen complications, Song Xue swallowed the medicine along with its paper bag. She figured since she wasn't pregnant, it wouldn't have any effect.
Even if you wanted to find evidence, you couldn't!
Furthermore, to avoid suspicion, she deliberately carried two bags of cold medicine in identical packaging. No one would have guessed that she was actually carrying two bags of medicine!
Even if someone saw it, she could easily claim it was cold medicine! It's a flawless cover-up!
Song Ning opened the packet of medicine, smelled it, and found that it was indeed ordinary cold medicine! She thought to herself that she could only slowly look for evidence.
Song Xue quickly got up and ran away.
As a result, they ran into Meng Yuming halfway there.
Meng Yuming felt a pang of heartache seeing the red mark on Song Xue's face. "Xiao Xue, what happened to your face?"
Song Xue deliberately nestled in his arms and started crying, "I went to see Song Ning, and she thought I was going to hurt her and she hit me... Waaah..."
"What? Song Ning is repaying kindness with enmity? She actually hit you? I'm so angry! I'll definitely confront her later!" Meng Yuming felt very sorry for Song Xue at this moment.
Song Xue nestled in his arms, a hint of smugness flashing in her eyes.
...
On Huo Beian's side, some residual drugs were found in the wad of paper they found in the trash can. After being sent to the military doctor for testing, the drug test results came back.
"Battalion Commander Huo, the test results are in; it's cold medicine."
"Cold medicine?!"
Huo Beian looked at the inspection report and slammed his fist on the table in anger.
"This Song Xue is far too cunning!"
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