"He vehemently denied it, saying he didn't know he had poison on him and denied trying to murder me."
Qiao Wanwan asked curiously, "That's strange. Logically, a person shouldn't lie under hypnosis..."
“I showed him the video of the hypnosis session, but his denials were useless.”
"But generally speaking, since you've come this far, your conspiracy has been exposed, and you know you can't escape death, you shouldn't deny it outright."
"That's not important. What matters is the result. The result is that he has already betrayed me, but he just hasn't had the chance to make me take the poison yet."
“I have a feeling this matter isn’t so simple,” Qiao Wanwan said. “Jingting, for the sake of his past loyalty, please don’t rush to punish him. Let me investigate this matter thoroughly, okay?”
"Wanwan, this matter is already very clear, you don't need to ask any questions."
Qiao Wanwan shook her head. "I don't think it's that simple. I'm not trying to interfere with your decision, but I find this matter suspicious and want to find out the truth. If Jiang Nan has really betrayed us, I fully respect whatever punishment you give him."
"Okay, but I have one condition."
"you say."
“Jiang Nan is a dangerous person now. You can’t get close to him casually. Apart from poison, I didn’t find any hidden dangerous items on him, but that doesn’t mean he can’t hurt you, understand?”
"I understand." Qiao Wanwan smiled slightly. "Don't worry, I won't joke around with my own safety."
“If I want to see him, I must be present.”
"If he had any hidden secrets, he might not have been willing to tell you if you were there."
“Then I’ll arrange for someone to protect him,” Zhan Jingting said. “He’s skilled; most people are no match for him… Never mind, when you see him, I’ll have someone tie him up, just in case.”
“…I’ll listen to you.” Qiao Wanwan rested her chin on her hands and winked at him. “Then can you promise me you won’t blame Jiang Dong?”
Zhan Jingting looked at her seriously, "Madam Zhan, not everything can be solved by you acting cute. He has crossed my line."
There's a reason for this, so please don't be angry.
"No matter the reason, my bottom line is that I can't bother you. Otherwise, if anyone comes to you for any reason and takes advantage of your kindness to achieve their goals, wouldn't that create chaos?" Zhan Jingting said coldly. "There will definitely be punishment, but considering that you pleaded for me, I can be lenient."
Qiao Wanwan sighed helplessly, "Fine..."
......
Qiao Wanwan never expected that Zhan Jingting's lenient punishment would leave Jiang Dong unable to get out of bed.
"How did you get injured like this?" Qiao Wanwan was shocked when she saw him.
"Madam, what brings you here?" Jiang Dong, who was lying on the bed, hurriedly greeted her. "Please sit down. I'm fine, I'll be alright in a couple of days."
Qiao Wanwan scratched her head. "I'm sorry, I pleaded for you, but Jing Ting wouldn't listen to me."
Jiang Dong hurriedly said, "Madam, please don't say that. Master Zhan has already dealt with it leniently. Otherwise, if he had disturbed you, there would have been no good outcome."
"Take good care of yourself. If you need anything, you can call my master and ask him to come and take a look at you."
"Thank you, Madam. Is there something you need from me?"
"Yes, I came to you because I wanted you to take me to see Jiangnan."
"I can do it!" Jiang Dong pushed himself up to his feet. "I'll take you there!"
"You're already so badly injured, don't push yourself. Just rest. I'll go see him myself."
"Madam, I want to go."
"Can you get up?"
"I really can."
Jiang Dong can get out of bed, but walking is inconvenient; he needs to move slowly.
When the two arrived at the place where Jiang Nan was being held, he had already been tied to a chair.
"Madam, Jiang Dong, what brings you here?"
"It was only after Madam intervened that Master Zhan agreed to let you off the hook for the time being. Tell us quickly, what exactly happened, and why is Master Zhan punishing you?" Jiang Dong asked anxiously.
"Jiang Dong, don't panic." Qiao Wanwan sat down on the sofa opposite and asked, "Jiang Nan, Jing Ting said you're hiding poison on you and you're going to poison him and me, is that true?"
"What?! You actually dared to plot against Master Zhan and his wife? No wonder it's a capital offense!" Jiang Dong was stunned, then enraged. "Jiang Nan, you're insane! How dare you do such a thing? Have you forgotten Master Zhan's kindness? Have you forgotten who gave you this opportunity?"
"I didn't! I didn't mean to harm Master Zhan!" Jiang Nan explained anxiously. "Even if I die, I would never hurt Master Zhan!"
“But the poison was indeed found on you, and you shouldn’t have been able to lie while you were hypnotized,” Qiao Wanwan said. “So Jingting has a lot of reason to suspect that you were bewitched by the mastermind and turned against us to harm us.”
Jiang Nan was stunned. "Yes, I watched the video. I did confess while I was hypnotized, and the poison was indeed found on me. I can't deny it... But Madam, I really didn't!"
"You mean you never even considered poisoning us, and you didn't know you were carrying poison?"
"Yes!" Jiang Nan replied decisively.
Qiao Wanwan thought for a moment and said, "Jiangnan, in order to verify what you said, I need to use a lie detector."
“Of course!” Jiang Nan replied without hesitation. “I beg you, Madam, to prove my innocence!”
Jiang Dong quickly ordered someone to bring a lie detector, but it was soon found that Jiang Nan was not lying.
To verify this, Jiang Dong tried two different machines, but the results were the same.
“Madam, our lie detector is infallible,” Jiang Dong said. “Jiang Nan is not capable of passing the lie detector test either, because we conduct tests on each new generation of lie detectors ourselves. The last test was conducted by Jiang Nan and me personally, and he couldn’t lie in front of the lie detector at all.”
“I know,” Qiao Wanwan said thoughtfully. “This matter is indeed strange. When you were hypnotized, you said you wanted to poison me and Jingting, and you weren’t lying. Now you’re saying that nothing happened, and you’re not lying either. Isn’t that contradictory?”
Jiang Dong was also seriously considering the reasons.
Qiao Wanwan suddenly thought of something, "Jingting said that he noticed something was wrong with you at first because of your eyes. I asked him carefully, and he said that you had a vacant look in your eyes. What's going on?"
"Really?" Jiang Nan was shocked. "I don't think so."
"Have you noticed any differences in your body compared to the past?"
Jiangnan thought about it carefully for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, it's just that I get more tired now than before, but isn't that because I was locked up and suffered a lot recently, and my body hasn't fully recovered yet?"
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