The old man coughed loudly, and the phlegm stuck in his throat couldn't be spit out. His face turned purple. I was so anxious that I kept patting his back. Finally, the old man recovered his breath.
I helped him to the bed and lay down.
Seeing the old man lying in bed, getting worse day by day, I just couldn't bear it. So I gave up the idea of cooperating with the captain, but he refused.
He said I already knew his plan and that I had to cooperate with him or he would kill me.
Just then, a voice came from behind.
"Just agree to it! I'm willing to die. Living like this is tiring. After I'm gone, you'll have so much money that you can support your grandchildren. I can also leave with peace of mind."
I turned around and looked at him in surprise, but he said these words calmly.
As he said these words, my heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. No matter how he had beaten and scolded me in the past, we had been together for so many years after all. I couldn't bear to take this step.
He went on to say, "This is all I can do for you. This is the last thing I will do for this family. Don't hesitate."
I had no choice but to agree, but I didn't expect Captain Shi to make another request, asking me to insist that the old man's death was caused by the medicine produced by our village pharmaceutical factory.
When I heard him say this, I thought, isn't this framing Dr. Wang and the others? Dr. Wang has been very caring towards our family. My old man has never paid a penny for her treatment and medicine. I really can't do it if she wants to frame her now.
Just when I was hesitating, what he said forced me to compromise.
He said that if I didn't do as he told me, all my grandchildren would die, so I had to agree.
…
She paused here and didn't speak for a long time.
At this time, Wang Xiaolan came over, squatted down, and said, "As long as you tell me the truth, I won't blame you. I plan to set up a food processing factory in the village and arrange jobs for people in the village who are in financial difficulty. When the time comes, you can come and work in the factory!"
"Thank you for helping me even though I treated you like this. I, I, my conscience must have been eaten by a dog."
She said as she slapped herself.
"I am not a human being, I am blind..."
Wang Xiaolan grabbed her hand and said, "Don't be like this."
"Doctor Wang, everything I just said is true."
"I believe you. Can you tell me where he got this medicine?"
"Well, I really don't know."
Liu Pei said, "The person who can produce this medicine should be someone from our pharmaceutical factory. Who is this person?"
After saying that, he looked at Zhao Lihan, and Zhao Lihan looked at Captain Xiao who was in charge of production.
Captain Xiao thought for a moment and said, "The only person who has access to this medicine is the warehouse keeper."
As soon as he said this, he suddenly thought of something with a look of astonishment and hurried out.
After a while, he brought his wife in. When his wife saw so many people looking at her, she was frightened.
The captain said, "This is my wife, and she's also the warehouse keeper."
Wang Xiaolan walked over and asked the captain's wife to sit down.
"Sister-in-law, don't be nervous. We're just asking you, after the fourth batch of drugs entered the warehouse, has anyone else entered besides you?"
The captain's wife carefully recalled the entire process of working in the warehouse in the past few days and did not find any suspicious problems.
"The key has always been with me and has never left my body. To be honest, I even tuck it into the waistband of my underwear when I sleep, for fear of any mishaps."
From the conversation with the captain's wife, it seems that she is indeed very responsible for her work. So where does the problem lie?
Just when everyone was lost in thought.
Granny Gong said, "There's one more thing I want to ask you. I wonder if it would be helpful to you."
Liu Pei put down the pen in his hand and said, "You go ahead."
"I remember that as soon as I sent the captain out the door, I heard a woman's voice coming from outside. They said something, but I don't know what it was."
When Wang Xiaolan heard this, she naturally thought of someone. She frowned and couldn't help but say, "Widow Li."
She looked at the captain's wife and said, "Sister-in-law, how is Widow Li doing lately?"
"She was acting pretty good when she first came in. She kept saying you were a good person, as if no one knew. But recently I heard she's been absent-minded at work, yawning constantly. People are whispering about her getting involved with that team leader, and her neighbors have seen her several times."
When Wang Xiaolan heard this, she suddenly said something.
"The problem should be with her. Sister-in-law, think about it carefully. Has this Widow Li ever been to your place?"
"Let me think about it. Some time ago, she came to the warehouse to chat with me from time to time. I knew she had a habit of stealing, so I didn't let her set foot in the warehouse. Every time I asked her to stay outside the warehouse door."
"Has she come to see you in the past few days?"
"Sister-in-law, what you said reminds me that she really hasn't contacted me, and I didn't take it to heart."
"Sister-in-law, think about it, when was the last time she contacted you?"
She recalled for a moment and said, "The last time she came to see me was probably half a month ago. When she came to see me, a batch of goods happened to be leaving the warehouse. When I was carrying a box of medicine to the car, she snatched the box from my hand and said, "I'll help you put it in the car."
"She also said, sister-in-law, you treat me as an outsider. This isn't something delicious, it's just medicine. With so many people here, are you afraid that I'll steal it?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com