Chapter 21 The Truth Comes Out

He Meiru was distressed, "Luoxue, kindness must also have a sharp edge. You are too kind, and in the end you will only condone evil, and you will be the one who suffers."

"Mom, Gu Mian is not targeting me today." Yin Luoxue reminded, "Her cake is not made for me..."

Li Xingze suddenly reacted, "Yes, this cake was made for me to eat. Gu Mian wanted to poison me. I took the cake to share with Luo Xue, and that's why she was poisoned! Gu Mian, I just said a few words to you at the dinner table today, but I didn't expect you to poison me directly to kill me!"

Li Xingze became angrier and angrier as he spoke. He picked up a glass vase beside him and threw it at Gu Mian with both hands!

Before Gu Mian could react, a figure suddenly enveloped her.

She heard a muffled sound, and the next second, the glass fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

The familiar smell of hormones lingered at the tip of her nose. She looked up and met the man's dark and deep eyes.

It was Li Tingshen who protected her so she wasn't hit.

Gu Mian couldn't believe his eyes and blinked hard to make sure he was not seeing things.

The next second, Yin Luoxue's scream came to my ears, "Brother Tingshen, what are you doing!"

Only then did Gu Mian feel sure that he was not seeing things.

"What are you doing? Protecting his wife is what every man should do, isn't it normal?" The old lady was so happy that she wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate immediately.

"Brother, are you okay?" Li Xingze was also shocked, "Why are you protecting this bad woman? She wants to kill me!"

Li Tingshen turned around and looked at him, and said with his thin lips, "A gentleman uses words instead of fists. Men in the Li family don't have the habit of hitting women."

Li Xingze was slightly stunned.

Of course he didn't have the habit of hitting women, he was just so angry that his emotions got out of control.

"Second Master, the eldest master is right. No matter what, you can't do anything to the eldest young lady." Aunt Zhang said, "Today's incident is strange. The eldest young lady studied medicine, and she is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner."

"Yes, that's why she chose to poison. This is her area of ​​knowledge." Li Xingze said.

Mother Zhang continued, "So if a Chinese medicine practitioner wanted to poison someone, she would choose such a painless and non-itching poison, so that you can just wash your stomach and it will be fine, but she herself got into trouble?"

Li Xingze: “…”

He thought for a while and said, "Gu Mian didn't want to kill me. She just wanted to teach me a lesson so that she could avenge what happened at the dinner table. She is also evil, evil to the core!"

"The eldest young lady wanted to teach you a lesson, so she poisoned the cake she made for you, fearing that you didn't know it was her who poisoned you?"

"......" Li Xingze was speechless and said dissatisfiedly, "Mrs. Zhang, why are you protecting her like grandma? Have you all been bewitched?"

Mother Zhang was speechless, "Second Master, I am telling the truth..."

"Stop arguing."

Gu Mian, the person involved who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

"Why, are you willing to confess?" Li Xingze glared at her, "If you admit it now and kneel down to admit your guilt, maybe I will consider not handing you over to the police."

Gu Mian looked at him and said, "It wasn't me who poisoned him. I have evidence."

Yin Luoxue and He Meiru were both stunned. They looked at each other subconsciously, with a hint of panic in their eyes.

Gu Mian took out his cell phone and played a video.

The video shows the entire process of her making the cake. Every step was captured clearly and she never left the camera range.

Even the food she needed was provided by the maid.

"Madam, this is the candy you asked for."

Gu Mian took a look and said, "Let's switch to sugar substitutes. Xingze is an artist and needs to control his weight. Also, I just saw him cough twice. Eating too much sweet food will make his cough worse."

"The eldest young lady is really considerate. I'll go get it right away."

Li Xingze, who was sitting on the hospital bed, was stunned.

I didn't expect Gu Mian to be so considerate and caring about him so much.

A trace of guilt crept into Li Xingze's heart.

Yin Luoxue noticed Li Xingze's mood change and was so angry that her lungs were about to explode.

She pretended to be casual and asked, "Gu Mian, did you know there was something wrong with the cake a long time ago, so you took a video in advance to prove it?"

He Meiru echoed, "You are trying to cover up your mistake. Gu Mian, sometimes when you are too well prepared, it is easier to reveal your true intentions. Maybe you poisoned the sugar substitute in advance and deliberately let the maid get it."

Li Xingze heard this, and the guilt in his heart instantly disappeared. He said angrily, "I was wondering how you could be so kind as to care about my health. It turns out you are waiting here!"

Gu Mian smiled faintly, "Since you don't believe the video I provided and insist it's me, then call the police."

Only this time, she won't be sent to prison so easily.

"A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. Call the police if you want! If I don't send you to jail to continue staying in jail, my surname is not Li!" Li Xingze said and went to get his cell phone.

"That's enough." The old lady said coldly, "Mian has already produced the video to prove her innocence, and you still want to put her to death. It's totally unreasonable. It seems that an old woman like me must produce evidence to prove her innocence."

Li Xingze said helplessly, "Grandma, I know you like to sleep, but this video can't prove anything at all. It's the same whether you or she takes it."

"Who said I took this video?" The old lady smiled and said, "Mrs. Zhang."

"Yes, old lady." Aunt Zhang came out and took out her cell phone to operate it while speaking, "Ever since the eldest young lady went to jail a year ago, the old lady has regretted it. Because of the privacy of the servants, there is no surveillance installed in the house, but it is precisely because there is no surveillance that the innocence of the eldest young lady cannot be proved."

"In order to prevent such incidents from happening again, the old lady ordered people to install invisible surveillance cameras in every corner of the house. Except for the bathroom and bedroom, there are almost no blind spots, and everything can be seen clearly."

Li Xingze was curious, "There are surveillance cameras at home? How come I didn't know about it?"

"The old lady pretended to be like this in private and didn't tell anyone else."

As they were talking, the projected surveillance footage appeared on the TV screen.

Mother Zhang found the kitchen surveillance and adjusted the time to when Gu was asleep and started making the cake.

The picture is very clear, even the grams on the electronic scale can be seen clearly.

Gu Mian did not make any move to poison the whole time until he was called by Li Tingshen to have dinner, and then he left the surveillance screen.

"Mrs. Zhang, come in quickly."

"Yes, ma'am."

Mother Zhang fast-forwarded the scene, and soon a middle-aged maid sneaked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator door.

I saw her take the cake out of the refrigerator, take out a bottle of something from her pocket, sprinkle it evenly on the cake, and then put the cake back.

"Look carefully, it was this man who poisoned me. It has nothing to do with Miss Mian." Madam Li said coldly, "Auntie Zhang, call home, arrest this man, and interrogate him thoroughly."

"yes."

Madam Li looked at Li Xingze and said, "Apologize."

Li Xingze couldn't believe it and opened his mouth to refute, but nothing came out.

It is a fact that he wronged Gu Mian.

"sorry."

Under the warning look from old lady Li, Li Xingze spoke with difficulty.

The old lady was dissatisfied, "Who should I say sorry to?"

Li Xingze curled his lips, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter." Gu Mian smiled faintly and said calmly, "Because this is the last time I cook for you."

A strange feeling flashed through Li Xingze's heart, depressed and uncomfortable.

Although he hated Gu Mian, he liked the desserts made by Gu Mian, which were more to his taste than those made by any other pastry chef.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have scolded her at the dinner table and then asked her to bake a cake.

Although he was a little reluctant in his heart, Li Xingze never gave in. He snorted disdainfully, "If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. Who cares..."

“Ahem…”

A cough sounded suddenly.

He Meiru hurriedly patted Yin Luoxue on the back, "Luoxue, are you okay?"

"It's okay, cough cough cough..."

Yin Luoxue coughed a few times and looked at Li Tingshen, "Brother Tingshen, I feel a little uncomfortable, can you take me back to the ward?"