"Miss, Uncle Huai said the ingredients for the dinner banquet are ready. Please come and check the dishes!"
"good!"
After leaving the courtyard, Zhu Yeqing was summoned to the kitchen by the servants.
On the way to the kitchen, you have to pass through a courtyard with three entrances and exits.
In the last courtyard, there is a large pond that is two meters deep, and there is a hibiscus tree beside it.
This tree is very old and grows very lushly; even the thinnest branch is at least as thick as a thigh.
Zhu Yeqing had walked this road countless times and knew it like the back of her hand, but she never expected that an accident would happen when she passed by this time.
With a snap, a tree branch above snapped. Bamboo Leaf Green instinctively looked up, but before it could react, it was covered by a dark cloud.
Boom!
The thick tree trunk crashed down on the head of the bamboo viper. In an instant, a golden light flashed, but the bamboo viper was still hit, and her delicate body was also smashed into the large pool next to it by the tree trunk.
The servants rushed over upon hearing the noise and were immediately startled.
"Young Miss!"
"Quickly, call for help! Something's happened to the young lady!"
The scene was chaotic, and soon all the people from the manor arrived.
"My granddaughter, my granddaughter!!"
In his excitement, Du Wensheng coughed up blood.
"Dad, don't get agitated! Quick, someone, get Xiaoyue out of the water!"
The pool was quite deep, and at this moment, the bamboo viper had already plunged into the water and floated up, like a floating corpse.
A servant who knew how to swim quickly went down and together they scooped the bamboo viper up.
Fang Zhonghe and the medical team arrived at this moment, and Fang Zhonghe immediately instructed the medical team to begin the rescue.
They tried pinching the philtrum and performing CPR, but five minutes passed and Zhu Yeqing still showed no signs of waking up.
The medical team leader shook his head, "Sir, Miss Du's condition isn't good, I'm afraid..."
The main problem was that the person was discovered too late. If someone had seen them earlier and pulled them out, there might have been a chance of survival. By now, the best time for rescue had passed, and given the blunt force trauma to the head, it would be a miracle if they could be saved.
"What? My granddaughter, ah, my granddaughter is dying?" Du Wensheng knelt on the ground and wailed.
"Boss, I'm so sorry, ahhh!"
The seventy-year-old man wept uncontrollably.
The most heartbreaking thing in his life was his eldest son, the white-haired man who had outlived his black-haired son.
I never imagined that fate would be so cruel, taking away my precious granddaughter again.
“Grandpa…” In the crowd, Du Xiaoman’s eyes reddened and her heart trembled slightly.
Although she had hated her cousin Du Xiaoyue since childhood, she never thought of killing her.
Now that her living, breathing loved one has died right in front of her, she feels inexplicably sad.
Liu Yunli, standing to the side, couldn't help but sneer and whispered, "Why are you crying? It's good that you're dead, a wonderful death. Now the Green Gang is yours, and no one can compete with us for it anymore!"
"Mom, you..." Du Xiaoman looked incredulous, never expecting her mother to say such a thing.
What she didn't know was how long Liu Yunli had been waiting for this day. She had been suppressed by Du Xiaoyue at the company, suffering grievances and resentment. Now she had finally gotten her revenge!
"Silly girl, if she doesn't die, how will you ever have a chance to rise to power?" Liu Yunli sneered inwardly.
Beep beep beep, beep—
They tried to resuscitate him for a full fifteen minutes, using all the medical equipment and emergency medications available, but he still couldn't be saved; the electrocardiogram remained a flat line.
"Old man, we did our best! Alas!"
The medical team leader sighed and shook his head at the old man.
Du Wensheng knelt before Du Xiaoyue's body, motionless, and suddenly seemed to have aged ten years.
Then, his gaze gradually turned cold.
"Xu, Huai, Ren!"
Xu Huai-ren paused for a moment, then immediately stepped out from the crowd and said with a forced smile, "Sir, please accept my condolences..."
Snap!
Du Wensheng slapped him hard across the face and grabbed his collar tightly. "You really think I don't know? You're the one who poisoned him! And now you've harmed my granddaughter. Tell me, isn't that right?"
"Master, I...I..." Xu Huai-ren hurriedly knelt on the ground, shaking his head in a panic, "Master, I didn't...Master..."
"Still saying you don't?"
Du Wensheng was furious. He staggered to his feet, like an old lion in its twilight years.
He stomped his foot on Xu Huai-ren's shoulder and kicked him hard, his old eyes bloodshot as he said, "Huai-ren, Huai-ren, I've always treated you like my own son. When a son makes a mistake, I, as his father, always give him chances. And what have you done?!"
"I'm too soft-hearted!"
"You poisoned me, and out of consideration for the years you've served me, I couldn't bring myself to kill you. But you've gone on and on, even plotting against Xiaoyue!"
"Huai Ren, do you know that my death doesn't matter, but my granddaughter's life is more important than mine. She is the future of the Du family!"
"You, you...cough cough cough cough!"
Du Wensheng shook violently, tears welling in his eyes, looking utterly heartbroken.
"Dad!" Du Tao quickly stepped forward to help him up.
"Get out of my way!"
Du Wensheng glared coldly at Du Tao, "If you had even a shred of conscience, if you had even a shred of family ties, you wouldn't have sat idly by and watched them fight, and you wouldn't have let them turn their home into this mess, causing the death of your niece!"
Du Tao was sweating profusely. He had always thought that his father was old and like an old sheep, but his behavior at this moment shocked everyone!
He is old, but he is not senile.
He's just occasionally being oblivious!
His granddaughter's death has now crossed his bottom line.
He was like a sleeping lion, suddenly erupting!
"Guards, bring the family discipline! Today, I'm going to clean house!" Du Wensheng said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing the words "family rules," all members of the Du family widened their eyes.
The Du family's family rules are no joke. According to the rules passed down by the Green Gang, the knife punishment is even more terrible than three cuts and six holes; it can kill a person!
Du Tao said in a trembling voice, "Dad, what's wrong with you? It was just an accident, no one wanted to hurt Xiaoyue!"
Most people present believed it was an accident.
Du Wensheng remained silent.
Not long after, Fifth Uncle returned, carrying a sharp knife.
Fifth Uncle approached Xu Huai-ren with a knife in hand.
Xu Huai-ren finally broke down, his voice trembling with tears, "Sir! This has nothing to do with me! Even if you want to kill me, you need to provide evidence!"
"evidence?"
Fifth Uncle shook his head and sneered, "Huai Ren, the patriarch has given you more than one chance! How do you think that chef died?"
Fifth Uncle paused for a moment, then subconsciously glanced at Liu Yunli in the crowd.
At this moment, Liu Yunli also had a shocked expression on her face.
When the chef was silenced, Xu Huai-ren was being held captive by Du Xiao-man. He assumed that Liu Yun-li was cleaning up his mess.
But seeing Liu Yunli's expression at that moment, he immediately understood that the truth was not what he thought!
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