Chapter 061 The Sixty-first Melon
"I?"
Gu Xicao put his hands behind his back, raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and his face showed interest.
Wang Xueli said: "It's you. Aren't you a fortune teller? It shouldn't be difficult for you to figure out the murderer, right?"
Grandpa Lin and others looked at Gu Xicao.
Grandpa Lin retracted his gaze and glanced at Wang Shirley, his face showing a little displeasure: "Shirley, stop messing around. How can you mess around when it comes to matters of life and death? I think we should just wait for the police to come."
"Grandpa Lin,"
Wang Xueli hugged Grandpa Lin's arm and acted like a spoiled child, "I'm not kidding, I'm serious about solving the problem. Ren Xiran died so suddenly, there's no guarantee that the murderer is one of us. Isn't it the fastest thing to ask Master Gu to catch the murderer as soon as possible?"
Li Yali also helped to speak up: "Yes, Grandpa Lin, you don't know, Master Gu is a divine fortune teller!"
As she spoke, she glanced at Gu Xicao with an unfriendly look.
Gu Xicao said: "If you ask me, it would be more important to call an ambulance right now rather than waiting for the police."
She took a tissue from the table, suddenly took a few steps forward to Ren Xiran, and before everyone could react, she covered Ren Xiran's nose with the tissue.
"Hey!" Wang Xueli and others were too late to stop them.
The tissue was blown, and although the vibration was very slight, anyone with eyes could see that the tissue was moving.
"Isn't he still breathing?" Grandpa Lin was stunned.
Lin Qianshi reacted quickly. He immediately stepped forward and reached out to feel the breath, which was weak. He then felt the pulse, which was also beating.
His face was instantly covered with anger, and he looked up at everyone: "What's going on? The person is clearly still alive!"
Wang Xueli, Li Yali and others saw him get angry in time, and were so frightened that they didn't know what to say and looked at each other in confusion.
"What's going on? If you don't tell me, don't blame me for calling my uncle and the others!" Lin Qianshi suppressed his anger, his eyebrows knitted, and his pair of dark and bright eyes were filled with fire.
Wang Xueli opened her mouth and revealed a pitiful expression, "Brother Qianshi, don't be angry, it was all the idea of Ren Xiran and his sister. I didn't want to play a prank, but they insisted that it would be fun to do this, so I, I..."
Ren Xirou stared at Wang Xueli in amazement, her palm-sized face full of disbelief and grievance, "It's not me, it's obviously——"
"If it's not you and your brother, who else could it be?"
Seeing that Ren Xirou was about to expose the matter, Li Yali was anxious and hit Ren Xirou on the shoulder, "It's all your fault. Why don't you do anything else but do this? In the end, Master Gu was asked to watch the bed."
Ren Xirou cried out in pain and when she saw Li Yali's warning look, her heart skipped a beat. Neither the Wang family nor the Li family were people that the Ren family could afford to offend.
If they offended them because of this little thing today, I'm afraid their parents would beat them to death when they get home.
Ren Xirou felt aggrieved, but still gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, we wanted to play a joke on everyone and test Master Gu's ability, so we did this. Brother, brother, everyone has discovered you, you should get up quickly."
Gu Xicao had already grabbed a maid and asked her to call an ambulance. Seeing Ren Xirou squatting down to push her brother, she kindly reminded her, "You don't have to shout."
Ren Xirou raised her head and looked at Gu Xicao in confusion.
Gu Xicao ignored him and looked at Lin Qianshi, "Is his pulse okay?"
"He's a little weak. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on for long." Lin Qianshi frowned and looked at his eyelids. "No, his condition is very urgent. I'm afraid it will be too late for the ambulance to come."
Ren Xirou was stunned for a moment, somewhat at a loss, "What happened to my brother?"
"He's poisoned. Someone poisoned him." Gu Xicao rolled up his sleeves, looked at the table next to him, picked up a soup spoon and handed it to Lin Qianshi, "This will temporarily serve as a tongue depressor. Make him spit out everything he ate!"
Poisoned?!
Everyone was shocked.
Especially Wang Xueli and others, they all became nervous and uneasy.
Li Yali clenched the bag in her hand and asked Wang Xueli with a pale face, "Xueli, what's wrong? Didn't we just agree to let Ren Xiran pretend to be poisoned to scare everyone? How could he really be poisoned?"
Wang Xueli was very upset. When she heard what Li Yali said, she was very angry. She glared at Li Yali unhappily and cursed her in her heart, "What a fool."
No wonder I was fooled by that liar before!
They just managed to pass the blame to Ren Xiran and his sister, but this idiot actually let the cat out of the bag.
"How should I know? I'm not a deity!" Wang Xueli gritted her teeth and said, "Don't talk to me!"
Li Yali felt frustrated and had an embarrassed look on her face.
Lin Qianshi took off his coat directly, asked Lin Hexu to come over and pick up Ren Xiran, and reached in with a spoon to press it several times.
Everyone was extremely nervous and worried.
"Yue!" Ren Xiran twitched and spit it out.
"Okay, continue!" Gu Xicao said, "We must make him vomit everything before the ambulance arrives!"
The ambulance and the police car arrived at the same time.
If something happens at the Peak, neither the hospital nor the police station dare to take it lightly. A single stomp of these rich people could turn Hong Kong upside down.
"The patient's pulse is relatively stable. We will send him to the hospital immediately to have his stomach pumped!"
The dean personally accompanied the doctor here, and after sending Ren Xiran to the ambulance, he came over and said to Grandpa Lin.
Grandpa Lin asked with concern: "Is Xiao Ren's condition okay? Is his life in danger?"
"Mr. Lin, don't worry about that. Thanks to you for finding him in time and for inducing him to vomit, I believe the toxins he absorbed won't be too much." The dean consoled him. At this point, he looked at the police outside and said considerately, "We'll take our leave now. I'll call you if there's any news."
"well."
Grandpa Lin nodded and motioned Lin Qianshi to see them off.
The Superintendent of Taipingshan Police Station personally led a team here. After Lin Qianshi came back, Superintendent Liu Duliang said, "Mr. Lin, we have identified several suspects in this poisoning case. Miss Wang and the others are on our list. We would like to ask them to go to the police station to assist in the investigation!"
When they heard about going to the police station, Wang Xueli and the men and women around her all changed their expressions.
Li Yali jumped out to object almost immediately: "No, if this matter gets out of hand, how can our Li family still have face? Besides, we are all daughters of famous families, no one would do something like poisoning. If it were you, it would definitely be——"
When she said this, Gu Xicao smiled and said, "So you mean that the servants of the Lin family poisoned Ren Xiran to death?"
Li Yali was at a loss for words when asked. Her face turned red and she stared at Gu Xicao in shame and anger: "I didn't say that."
"You mean to say that it was done by another guest?"
Gu Xicao supported his chin, tapped his cheek with his fingers, and said jokingly.
"Miss Gu, do you know something?" Lin Hexu suddenly had an idea. If he asked the police to investigate the matter, it would probably make a big deal. No matter who the murderer was, the Lin family would be embarrassed. It would be better to ask Gu Xicao for help.
Father Lin and Zhao Ruyu both looked at Gu Xicao subconsciously.
Father Lin's face was serious. "Miss Gu, if you can figure out who poisoned us, our Lin family will not treat you unfairly."
He ordered his servant to get the checkbook, and quickly wrote a check for one hundred thousand and handed it to Gu Xicao.
Gu Xicao took the check and handed it to Lin Qianshi, "Mr. Lin, please donate it to the orphanage for me."
"Okay." Lin Qianshi was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and took the hand.
Father Lin was stunned when he saw the check go into his son's hand, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Mr. Lin, please stop kidding. Catching the murderer is our police's job. How can we ask a fortune teller for help?"
Liu Duliang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Besides, even if we really figure out who did it, can we find evidence?"
Ma Qi said indignantly: "Superintendent Liu, that's because you don't know Master Gu. Master Gu has helped you police solve cases many times before, and he will definitely be able to solve this case as well!"
"You're too confident." Wang Xueli crossed her arms and stared at Gu Xicao with a resentful look in her eyes: "If the calculation is wrong and there is no evidence, I will be embarrassed in front of so many people."
"Thank you Miss Wang for thinking of me."
Gu Xicao walked forward and stared at Wang Xueli with a threatening look.
Wang Xueli didn't know why, but she felt a little scared and her body stepped back involuntarily. When she realized what she had done, her face turned dark.
"Why are you staring at me? Are you suspecting that I did it? Ren Xiran and I have no grudges against each other!"
"Ms. Wang, please open your bag and take out a small transparent bag."
Gu Xicao said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Wang Xueli was stunned. She covered her bag reflexively, "Why?!"
"Did you do it?!" Ren Xirou stared at Wang Xueli with tears in her eyes. She held a handkerchief in her hand and clenched her fists. "My brother is always so good to you, why did you want to hurt him!"
"Don't talk nonsense, who hurt him?"
Wang Xueli was so angry that her face turned red. She turned her bag upside down and everything in the backpack fell to the ground, including lipstick, perfume, powder, a medicine box and a small transparent bag.
A young policeman suddenly exclaimed, "The contents of that bag seem to be wrong."
Liu Duliang motioned the policeman to take it. After the policeman took it, he opened it and examined it. He said seriously: "Yes, this is the root of Aconitum, which is the powder we just found in Mr. Ren's wine glass! Mr. Ren was poisoned by □□, and it was this thing that caused him to die!"
"Shirley, why is it you?!" Zhao Ruyu covered her mouth in surprise, her face full of astonishment, "You, why would you do such a thing!"
"Aunt, this thing is not mine. I didn't do it. Someone is wrongly accusing me!"
Wang Xueli was stunned when she saw the small transparent bag. When she was suspected of being the murderer, she became even more shocked and angry.
"It's definitely not you."
Just as everyone was muttering, Gu Xicao spoke up to help Wang Xueli clarify, "This thing was specially stuffed into Miss Wang's bag by the person who poisoned her."
ah? !
Everyone was even more surprised.
"Who is so wicked?!" Lin Hexu was so surprised that he almost jumped three feet high.
Gu Xicao looked at the men and women who had been surrounding Wang Xueli today. Some of them met her gaze openly, some showed curiosity, but there was one person who avoided her gaze.
"Mr. Guang, won't you come out and explain?"
Gu Xicao's gaze fell on Guang Pingzhi.
Everyone looked at Guangping Zhi.
Among the men and women surrounding Wang Xueli, Guang Pingzhi is the most ordinary and the most taciturn. He has an average appearance and is not good at speaking, so even women with inferior family backgrounds look down on him.
"I, I don't know what's going on. If you ask me, I don't know what to say."
Guangpingzhi spoke haltingly, sweat pouring down his face.
"You think no one knows," Gu Xicao said, "while Ren Xiran and the others were planning to play a prank on me, you poisoned his wine glass and threw the rest into Miss Wang's bag because you believed that no one would dare to search Miss Wang's bag. As long as no evidence is found, no one can suspect you."
Wang Xueli narrowed her eyes, her expression fierce, "Did you really do this?!"
Just as Guangping Zhi was about to speak, Gu Xicao kindly reminded him, "I advise you to turn yourself in now, so as to avoid getting into trouble later."
Guangpingzhi looked at her face and almost sneered in his heart.
Turning yourself in would be walking into a trap!
I finally got my revenge on Ren Xiran, how could I just surrender like this!
He looked innocent, "I don't know what you are talking about. If you have evidence, please show it to me."
Gu Xicao was really speechless.
She took two steps at a time and stepped forward, grabbing Guang Pingzhi's right hand. "The evidence is in your hand! Do you think you have arranged things so cleverly that even if evidence is found, it cannot be pointed out that it is you who did it? But you forgot that powder is the easiest to stick to the hands, especially the gaps between the nails. Look at your right thumb and index finger!"
Guangpingzhi looked up and his pupils contracted.
He hurriedly got rid of Gu Xicao and rushed towards the tea on the table.
But the policemen reacted faster than him. Several policemen rushed over, pinned the man to the ground, and handcuffed him behind his back.
The forensic department immediately brought tools to extract the objects from between the fingers.
Guangpingzhi struggled but finally gave up resistance.
"You are the one who harmed my brother. Why?" Ren Xirou looked at Guang Pingzhi, her voice shrill and angry.
"Why?" Guang Pingzhi sneered and raised his head: "It's all his fault. He insisted on snatching Pingfeng from me!"
Zhang Pingfeng was originally surprised that Guangpingzhi looked honest all the time, but she didn't expect him to be so vicious and poison Ren Xiran. Unexpectedly, she would be involved.
"Zhang Pingfeng?" Li Yali looked at her, then at Guang Pingzhi: "What does this have to do with her?"
"Why doesn't it matter? I like Pingfeng, but Pingfeng doesn't like me. She likes Ren Xiran. I hate him. He stole my woman!"
Guang Pingzhi looked angry, but when he looked at Zhang Pingfeng, his eyes showed tenderness: "Pingfeng, I really love you!"
"Wow, I never thought it was a relationship between a man and a woman. No wonder he was so cruel."
"This Zhang Pingfeng is such a beauty. Xiao Guang is usually very honest. I was wondering why he poisoned her. It turns out it was because of her."
Everyone was talking and looking at Zhang Pingfeng as if they were watching a show.
Zhang Pingfeng's mind buzzed, "You are talking nonsense. What does your harming others have to do with me?"
"Zhang Pingfeng, can you please stop pretending? It's all your fault for seducing men everywhere, which led to today's incident." Li Yali looked Zhang Pingfeng up and down and rolled her eyes, "I've seen that you are a vixen for a long time!"
"It's all your fault, you vixen! My brother is so unlucky to be liked by you!"
Ren Xirou looked at Zhang Pingfeng with resentment.
Everyone around was busy distancing themselves from Zhang Pingfeng.
"No, it has nothing to do with me!"
Zhang Pingfeng was so anxious that she was about to cry. She liked Ren Xiran, but this matter had nothing to do with her.
Besides, she had no relationship with Guangpingzhi before.
"Guangpingzhi, I admire you. Even now, you can still find a way to divert the blame and drag others into the water."
Gu Xicao sneered and said, "You wanted to poison Ren Xiran to death, wasn't it because you confessed to Ren Xiran and he rejected you and said gays are disgusting, you held a grudge in your heart, and you were afraid that Ren Xiran would spread the news that you were gay, and you would lose your family's inheritance rights, and you wouldn't be able to cheat in marriage in the circle, so you took advantage of today's opportunity to kill him?"
???
Everyone was at a loss of ideas.
No, wait, Guang Pingzhi is a gay? And he confessed to Ren Xiran?!
Guang Pingzhi's eyes were bloodshot, and he struggled in shame and anger. The policeman who was holding him down was thrown over. He rushed towards Gu Xicao like an enraged bull, "Shut up!"
Everyone screamed in fright. The timid ones couldn't help but cover their eyes, unable to bear to watch Gu Xicao being beaten by Guang Pingzhi.
Bang, bang, bang——
Before everyone could react, they saw Lin Qianshi throw Guangpingzhi, who was rushing towards them like a madman, from behind like a sandbag and throw him two meters away. Guangpingzhi knocked down several vases on the ground before stopping.
"It's disgusting that you refuse to repent."
Lin Qianshi lowered his eyes, his eyes filled with undisguised disdain.
Liu Duliang and the others were somewhat surprised. Several policemen hurried over to check on Guang Pingzhi. Liu Duliang was afraid that the more he investigated, the more gossip he should not know, so he stood up and said goodbye: "Since we have caught him, we will leave first."
"Ah Sheng, see Superintendent Liu off."
Grandpa Lin nodded and said to Father Lin.
Father Lin suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly sent Liu Duliang and others out.
The real murderer was caught. Seeing that today's incident had gotten out of hand, the Lin family quickly asked everyone to go back first.
Lin Qianshi took the initiative to escort Gu Xicao out. The breeze was cool and refreshing. Lin Qianshi said embarrassedly, "I wanted to invite you to come over and play today, but I didn't expect to cause you so much trouble."
"It's not a big deal, just a little exciting."
Gu Xicao blinked and said, "By the way, where is your uncle? Why can't he see him?"
"I don't know the situation about him yet. I'll call him later and tell you later." Lin Qianshi glanced at Gu Xicao, took out a square linen handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Gu Xicao.
Gu Xicao tilted her head and looked at the handkerchief with a puzzled look on her face.
Seeing her like this, Lin Qianshi felt like laughing for a moment. Compared with her appearance just now when she was speaking eloquently and wisely, she was like two completely different people.
"There's a stain on your face, wipe it off."
Gu Xicao groaned, reached out and touched the left side of his face, then looked down at his hand, "No."
"It's your right forehead." Lin Qianshi pointed.
Gu Xicao still couldn't touch it.
Lin Qianshi pursed his lips and couldn't help smiling. He raised his hand and wiped it for her very naturally. The handkerchief swept across Gu Xicao's eyebrows. Under the thick eyelashes, a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to speak drooped and raised, shining like stars.
Lin Qianshi's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
“Beep, beep, beep—”
A car horn honked beside me.
Gu Xicao and Lin Qianshi looked over and saw Zhang Pingfeng driving a red Ferrari.
"Mr. Lin," Zhang Pingfeng greeted Lin Qianshi, then looked at Gu Xicao: "Master Gu, let me take you back."
"That's fine, but the place where I live is a bit remote, do you mind?"
Gu Xicao leaned against the car window, bent over and asked.
Zhang Pingfeng pulled the corners of her lips and smiled helplessly: "The banquet ended early, and I have nothing to do today. What's so wrong with sending you back?"
Gu Xicao then got into the car and waved to Lin Qianshi, "Mr. Lin, thank you for the handkerchief. Oh, and thank you for the kick just now. It was really refreshing. Goodbye!"
Lin Qianshi clenched his handkerchief tightly and gave Gu Xicao a gentle smile: "Goodbye."
Zhang Pingfeng noticed Lin Qianshi's expression and knew what was going on.
During the drive, Zhang Pingfeng didn't say much, and Gu Xicao was too lazy to socialize, so he just leaned against the car window and enjoyed the breeze.
When they arrived at the place and stopped the car, Gu Xicao thanked him and was about to leave. Zhang Pingfeng tightly grasped the steering wheel with both hands and finally couldn't help but asked: "Master Gu, why did you help me just now?"
Gu Xicao turned around and looked at her in surprise: "What?"
"Help me explain that I have nothing to do with this poisoning case. Why are you so kind?"
Zhang Pingfeng's ears turned red and her eyes were fixed on Gu Xicao.
Gu Xicao looked at her, frowned and asked, "Isn't this natural? It has nothing to do with you in the first place."
"But I joined Wang Xueli and the others in ostracizing you. Shouldn't you hate me?"
Zhang Pingfeng still feels very embarrassed and ashamed when talking about this incident.
Gu Xicao said calmly, "It's your business if you exclude me. Protecting a woman from slander and anger is what any normal woman would do. You don't have to thank me. I would do the same for anyone."
Zhang Pingfeng was stunned for a moment, and something deep in her heart was deeply touched.
She was used to the fact that everyone around her was not in harmony with her heart and was calculating against each other. When she was suddenly exposed to such warmth, she actually felt ashamed of herself.
"Thank you, thank you for this time, I will help you promote your fortune telling shop!"
After saying this, Zhang Pingfeng drove away quickly with a red face.
Before Gu Xicao could say goodbye, the back of the car disappeared.
She pursed her lips and smiled slightly. Zhang Pingfeng could still be saved.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. When we went there yesterday, we found out that the party ended early." Zhao Pingsheng was full of apologies. While driving, he took out a square box from his pocket and said, "This bracelet is my little gift to compensate Miss Gu. Please accept it."
Gu Xicao took it and opened it. It was a diamond bracelet, sparkling and sparkling. Wang Laoshi, who was standing next to her, had his eyes glued to the bracelet.
Gu Xicao was indeed a little angry after being stood up yesterday.
But since he had a "reason", she was embarrassed to pursue it. "Mr. Zhao, you're too polite. I understand you're a busy man. Besides, no one expected what happened yesterday, so how can I blame you?"
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