Miao Shulan had long been accustomed to her eldest son's dullness and cowardice. When she was suddenly confronted like this, she was a little stunned for a moment, but she soon reacted, almost jumped up, pointed at Ruan Xi's nose and started to scold him.
"Shulan."
When the old lady called out in a deep voice, Miao Shulan immediately fell silent. However, the look in her eyes when she looked at Ruan Xi was as if it was poisoned. She looked like she hoped that Ruan Xi would die sooner than Ruan Jun did.
Ruan Xi lowered his head slightly, and in the eyes of others, he looked sad, but in fact, Ruan Xi just wanted to hide the sneer on his lips.
It’s better not to have such a mother, but he must not be the one at fault.
"I think I can't eat this meal anymore. Let's just explain the situation first. What happened? What's going on with that poisonous snake..." Before the old lady finished her words, Miao Shulan began to defend her youngest son anxiously.
"Mother, what do you mean by this? Ruan Xi said that Xiaojun wanted to harm him, is that true? Are you going to convict our Xiaojun without any evidence? Our Xiaojun is so young, he's still a child..." Miao Shulan pretended to cry, her hands already wiping tears. Ruan Jun was also very smart and started acting with his mother. It was a nice show of deep mother-son love.
Ruan Xi watched with a hint of interest. She didn't rush to argue for herself, just waiting for the old lady's reaction. Didn't the mother and son notice that the old lady's face had darkened? They were acting so enthusiastically, afraid that others wouldn't know they had something to hide?
"Shut up! Cry, why are you crying? Your mother hasn't finished speaking yet, why are you in such a hurry to cry? Your mother is here, how can I wrongly accuse you?" Ruan Mingxuan is the old lady's biological son. Even if he is not that smart, he still has some sense. He quickly grabbed the mother and son who were acting enthusiastically and winked at them desperately.
Miao Shulan and Ruan Jun were certainly not stupid. Ruan Mingxuan's reminder was so obvious. If they still didn't understand, they must be crazy. They finally stopped, lowered their heads, and dared not speak again.
Seeing that the farce had finally stopped, the old lady spoke again, and the temperature of her voice was obviously a few degrees lower than before.
"It would be fine if it was just a minor fight at other times, but now someone almost died! I don't care who of you did it, this matter must be investigated thoroughly! Whoever did it can come to me and confess and I may give him a lighter sentence. But if I find out, I will never show any mercy!" The old lady was obviously pushed to the limit, her face turned slightly red with anger, but that red was not normal at all.
Ruan Xi saw it at a glance and lost the mood to watch the show. He quickly walked up to the old lady, held her wrist and took her pulse. This time, his face also turned dark.
This isn't just a sickly condition; it's clearly poisoning! Who wants to kill the old lady?
"Ruan Xi, what are you doing? Let your mother go!" Ruan Xi has always been labeled as cowardly and useless in the family. No one thinks he has any ability. Seeing him get close to the old lady at the first time, almost everyone thinks that he just wants to please the old lady so that they can get a larger share of the family property.
"Housekeeper, please bring mother's medicine quickly. Mother must be having heart problems again!" Ruan Huaqing rushed over in two steps, pushed Ruan Xi away, and supported the old lady herself. Her concern for the old lady was not fake at all. After the housekeeper brought the medicine, she fed the old lady herself. Seeing that the old lady's complexion had improved, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Only Ruan Xi had his brows furrowed so tightly that they looked like they could get knotted at any moment.
"Third brother, what's wrong with you?"
Ruan Ping came over at some point and asked this question out of the blue, which scared Ruan Xi, but his expression did not change at all.
"nothing."
Ruan Xi naturally wouldn't be so rash as to tell the old lady the true condition of her body, but he had already figured out in his mind who in this family had done such a cruel thing to the old lady.
Ruan Xi's gaze swept over everyone and finally stopped at Ma Hao, who had been following Ruan Huaqing silently and always smiling humbly and gently.
Could it be Ma Hao?
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