It wasn't far from the courtyard to Cui Xueheng's room, but you had to pass through the living room and dining room. When Pei Huan ran over with the phone in hand, Du Ping was standing by the bed serving Cui Xueheng her afternoon medicine.
The meatballs were all gone, only the last bit of medicinal soup remained.
She had just taken the bowl of medicine from Du Ping and taken a small sip when she heard Pei Huan shout, "Mom, don't drink that medicine!"
Startled by the sudden sound, Cui Xueheng's hand trembled, and the medicine bowl slipped from her grasp, crashing to the floor with a "bang," shattering into pieces, and spilling the dark medicine onto the pure white quilt.
She looked up blankly at the figure in the doorway. "Huanhuan, what's wrong?"
Du Ping was also startled by her sudden shout. Her heart pounded uncontrollably, her hands clenched involuntarily, and she subconsciously looked at Pei Huan.
Under their watchful eyes, Pei Huan hurriedly walked to the bedside and looked at the broken bowl on the floor and the medicine soaked into the quilt.
Grasping Cui Xueheng's shoulders, she asked worriedly, "Mom, did you drink this bowl of medicine?"
Cui Xueheng looked at her furrowed brows and worried expression, moved her lips, and swallowed the medicine she had just sipped down her throat and into her stomach.
Thinking of the medicine she had given, her eyes flickered, and she asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the medicine?"
Du Ping was also very anxious, but the broken bowl and spilled medicine calmed her down a bit. She figured that as long as she threw away the quilt, there wouldn't be any problems.
It doesn't matter.
Moreover, even if it is found out, it has nothing to do with her; it was Cui Xueheng who administered the drug herself.
Thinking this, she slowly relaxed her clenched fist and asked, following Cui Xueheng's words, "What's wrong? Huanhuan, did something happen?"
Pei Huan ignored their words and stared intently at Cui Xueheng, waiting for her reply.
"I drank it... um..."
Just as Cui Xueheng was about to say she had taken a small sip, a sudden, sharp pain shot through her abdomen, causing her to fall backward and curl up in a ball, spitting out a mouthful of foam.
This sudden turn of events startled Pei Huan. Forgetting about her phone, she frantically shouted, "Mom! Quick... quick, call the doctor!"
The caregiver outside heard about the commotion and rushed over. Upon seeing Cui Xueheng's condition, she immediately asked Pei Huan what was wrong.
Upon hearing Pei Huan say that she had just taken medicine, the caregivers immediately took emergency measures, and another person began calling for a doctor.
Before long, the once quiet villa became chaotic and noisy.
After the doctors arrived, they put Cui Xueheng on a ventilator and took various measures. One of the doctors said to Pei Huan, "Our preliminary examination results indicate poisoning. Her respiratory organs are failing and she is unable to breathe on her own. We are only a sanatorium here and do not have the facilities for emergency treatment. We urgently need to transfer her to a hospital."
Furthermore, I need to inform you that since she was poisoned, the police need to be notified to investigate whether she accidentally ingested something or if it was a premeditated murder. Except for Ms. Cui's immediate family member, her daughter, no one else is allowed to leave this villa. Everyone must return to their rooms and wait, and not move around freely until the police investigation is complete.
The doctor spoke extremely fast, bombarding Pei Huan with a string of English words, leaving her somewhat bewildered, especially by the doctor's mention of poisoning and respiratory organ failure, which left her stunned.
It took him a moment to realize what he meant. "Okay, I understand."
A few minutes later, the ambulance arrived. Pei Huan followed it forward, turned around and glanced at Du Ping, who was standing not far away with an anxious and worried look on her face. She pursed her lips, said nothing, and quickly left the yard and got into the ambulance.
Du Ping stood still, staring blankly in the direction of the courtyard, her arms trembling uncontrollably.
Seeing her like this, the other nanny thought she was worried about Cui Xueheng, so she quickly patted her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, everything will be alright. Madam is a lucky person. We can just wait here for news from Miss Cui."
As soon as they finished speaking, the staff at the sanatorium told them to go back to their rooms and not to come out.
Du Ping clasped her hands together tightly, and only after everyone else had returned to their rooms did she slowly walk towards her own.
Of the five nannies, she was the only one with a room to herself.
She couldn't quite describe the feeling in her heart, but she was indeed somewhat bewildered by Pei Huan's gaze. She felt as if that gaze was imbued with a divine light, seeing right through her in that instant.
Does Huanhuan know?
How is that possible?!
She did this very discreetly; it was impossible for anyone to discover it.
Why did Huanhuan suddenly rush in and tell Cui Xueheng not to drink that bowl of medicine? She must have found out something.
Did they know she was drugging him, or did they know Cui Xueheng was putting poison in his mouth to commit suicide?
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt uneasy and racked her brains to see if she had overlooked anything. She had wiped the table and broken the cups, but there was still the quilt with the medicine spilled on it.
However, if an investigation were to be conducted, it might not necessarily lead to the drug she administered, since the drug she gave Cui Xueheng was very similar to the drug Cui Xueheng gave herself.
The discovery that Cui Xueheng had poisoned her medicine was actually an accident. That day, Cui Xueheng was alone in her room as usual. She was afraid of the bitterness of her medicine, so Du Ping went outside to find some candy.
When they found their way back to the room, they saw Cui Xueheng pouring a white powder into the herbal medicine from a paper packet. She crumpled the packet up and threw it in the trash can, then stirred the medicine in the soup with a spoon.
She was surprised, but she didn't expose Cui Xueheng. Instead, she pretended to be nonchalant and went inside, handing her the candy she had found and coaxing her to drink the medicine.
After observing Cui Xueheng all day, she found nothing unusual, so she secretly hid the paper package and sent it back to China, asking her nephew to test it. It turned out to be a slow-acting poison.
The fact that Cui Xueheng committed suicide shocked her. Thinking back to the property division document she had seen that day, she understood everything in an instant.
But it was that property division document that pierced her heart and eyes.
She couldn't accept that Cui Xueheng had left most of her assets to Pei Sui, who had never been favored by her.
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