Pei Huan hung up the phone hastily, and Meng Sheng and Pei Sui knew it was too late.
It's likely that Cui Xueheng has contracted the virus.
For a moment, the restaurant was completely silent.
Pei Sui's son didn't have much affection for Cui Xueheng, especially since the incident of destroying the plum garden had become a hindrance. Knowing that someone wanted to harm Cui Xueheng, he made a phone call in time, which was already more than enough.
After all, Cui Xueheng really didn't have any goodwill towards him.
The reason why she wants to control who he marries and who he's with is simply because she wants to control him.
She was not satisfied with Pei Yu and Pei Huan's "submission" to her. Although she still resented Pei Sui, she could not accept Pei Sui's coldness and indifference towards her.
To put it nicely, this was her way of getting Pei Sui's attention.
Of course, this is a very wrong approach.
Pei Sui couldn't understand it, nor did she want to.
"The text message said... she was taking a slow-acting poison to commit suicide." For a moment, Meng Sheng didn't know how to address Cui Xueheng. She didn't deserve the title of "mother," and calling her by her name didn't seem appropriate either, especially in front of Pei Sui.
So she paused for a moment and then used the word "she" instead.
She knew Pei Sui could understand.
Pei Sui frowned. Based on his understanding of Cui Xueheng, Cui Xueheng didn't seem like the type to commit suicide at all, but whatever the text message could tell him was naturally true.
He put down his phone, pursed his lips, picked up his chopsticks again, placed a dumpling in her bowl, and said in a calm, even voice, "I don't know. Pei Huan will call my brother. Don't overthink it. This is none of our business. They'll tell us the truth if they know."
Judging from his expression, Meng Sheng knew that he didn't want to get involved in this matter. Even though it sounded a bit cold-blooded, she understood Cui Xueheng's attitude towards him.
She didn't have a good impression of Cui Xueheng either. She could let go of her resentment towards Pei Sui because she knew he was innocent.
But Cui Xueheng, the culprit, is not innocent at all.
She nodded without saying anything, picked up her chopsticks again, and waited for the two of them to finish breakfast. Pei Sui then began preparing lunch, while Meng Sheng went to the art museum. This morning, a bigwig from the art world was coming to the art museum to discuss cooperation, and she had to personally receive him.
Around noon, Pei Sui prepared a meal and then went to the art museum to pick her up so they could go to Deqing Affiliated Hospital together.
Meng Chengli hadn't seen Pei Sui for several days. When he saw him, he noticed that there were more wrinkles on his face, and his smile was very gentle.
"Ah Sui is here. I heard from Sheng Sheng that you've been gathering evidence for a case recently. Is it going well?"
The nanny took the things from Pei Sui's hands. Pei Sui walked to the bedside and nodded in acknowledgment, "Uncle Meng."
He then answered his question, "It went fairly smoothly, there weren't any major problems, but I need to go to the detention center this afternoon to talk to the suspect."
He couldn't say much about the case; he could only touch on it briefly.
Meng Chengli understood this principle, so he didn't ask any further questions, but asked a few other questions instead.
After answering, Pei Sui also inquired, "And you? How have you been lately? How's your recovery going? Are you experiencing any discomfort?"
Meng Chengli waved his hand, "It's alright, I'm recovering quite well, you don't need to worry about anything."
Meng Sheng watched as the father-in-law and son-in-law chatted back and forth, but she couldn't get a word in edgewise from standing to the side.
Pei Sui offered her his chair, still chatting with Meng Chengli while setting the table and chopsticks, not idle at all.
Meng Chengli was overjoyed to finally eat Pei Sui's cooking again. He even commented on each dish, saying that it was delicious.
However, given his current condition, he can't eat much, and it's all very bland. He can't eat anything with a strong flavor, like the spicy fish and stir-fried beef that Pei Sui made for Meng Sheng for lunch today.
Although Meng Chengli was a little envious, he was well aware of his physical condition and restrained himself.
However, every time he took a sip of plain porridge, he couldn't help but glance at the two dishes.
It looks like it would go well with rice... uh, no, it should be more like it would go well with porridge.
After more than half a year of bland food, his mouth felt completely tasteless. He wasn't a glutton before, but now he really craves something spicy and oily.
Watching Sheng Sheng happily devour her food, Meng Chengli took a sip of the shrimp and egg steamed egg that Pei Sui had made for him.
She said to Meng Sheng unhappily, "Next time you come to have a meal with me, just eat the patient's meal properly. Eating these oily and spicy foods is bad for your health. Don't eat them anymore."
Meng Sheng tilted her head to look at him, "Dad, if you hadn't been drooling over those two dishes just now, I would have believed you."
Meng Chengli: "..."
"However, I've remembered what you said. I won't deliberately tempt you next time, and I will never bring anything you can't eat to the hospital again."
Meng Sheng only joked a couple of times, afraid that his blood pressure would rise uncontrollably again, so she coaxed him like a child, "Okay, okay, be good, hurry up and eat the steamed egg, it will taste fishy when it gets cold."
Pei Sui's lips curved slightly, and his eyebrows relaxed easily. In such an atmosphere, his mind and body would always enter a very comfortable and pleasant state.
After lunch, the two accompanied Meng Chengli to digest his food.
Meng Chengli can now stand up and walk a few steps. The stiffness in his legs has been effectively relieved. Now he just needs to exercise diligently, walking three or four times a day, each time only walking eight to ten meters.
After escorting Meng Chengli back to his room, Meng Sheng and Pei Sui left the hospital.
Pei Yu had already learned of Cui Xueheng's life-threatening poisoning that morning, and immediately took his private plane to Los Angeles, arriving in Los Angeles at 3:30 a.m. local time.
When I arrived at the hospital at four o'clock, the doctor was just issuing a critical condition notice.
In just over ten hours, the critical condition notice has been issued three times.
Cui Xueheng's condition is really not optimistic. Moreover, she has been taking the chronic poison for some time, and some of the toxins have already entered her internal organs. After the poisoning occurred yesterday, all her organs are deteriorating at an extremely rapid rate.
The doctors convened a joint consultation with top experts from various departments, and they fought against death several times before finally managing to pull her back from the brink of death.
The doctor, dressed in surgical scrubs and wearing a mask, looked tired as he said, "Your mother's condition is beyond saving. We were able to save her this time, but we can only maintain her basic vital signs for about 20 to 25 hours. Therefore, I suggest you take her home so that her relatives and friends can see her one last time and offer their condolences."
Pei Huan and Pei Yu were both stunned, their pupils suddenly shrinking.
Pei Huan burst into tears.
Clearly...
He was perfectly fine yesterday at noon, so how did he suddenly become the last man on the verge of death?
“Brother…” Pei Huan turned her head to look at Pei Yu beside her.
Pei Yu pursed his lips, his expression not very good. He patted her shoulder and said, "I didn't explain things clearly on the phone before. Tell me again, what exactly happened yesterday? How could she suddenly be poisoned?"
When Pei Huan thought of what Ah Sui said about Du Ping poisoning her mother, she felt a chill run down her spine, a coldness shooting from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
But she didn't hide it after all. She couldn't possibly hide something so heartless, and besides, Ah Sui knew the truth, so there was no point in hiding it.
She took a breath, glanced at the red light on the emergency room, sat on the bench outside, and told Pei Yu everything that had happened yesterday.
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