Su Xingran did not go forward to check on He Ergu. She could not reveal her medical skills yet. Although everyone knew that she had a highly skilled doctor, she had only been learning for a few months. No matter how skilled her doctor was, it was impossible for him to transform his apprentice from someone who knew nothing about medicine into someone who could diagnose illnesses in just a few months.
Last night, when she was forcing Aunt He to drink the medicine, she had already poured some out and put it in her spatial dimension. When she went back to her room to sleep, she went into her spatial dimension, smelled it, and checked the water. The medicine added to it would make someone mentally impaired and insane. That's why she felt it was better to let Aunt He live like this, mentally impaired and suffering the pain of those she had harmed in the past, than to give her a bullet to quickly end her suffering.
When Su's parents saw He Ergu's condition, they were shocked and filled with lingering fear. They couldn't imagine that Ranran had drunk the laced water; her life would be ruined. Old Mrs. Su and Zhao Xiaohua were also terrified by He Ergu's condition; if they had drunk the water, they would have become mentally impaired like her. The maid from the second son's family showed them mercy.
After a while, Village Chief He and Old Man Su returned to the Su family home. Village Chief He saw that Aunt He had woken up and was about to speak to her when Aunt He called out "Uncle!" which startled him so much that he froze. He looked at Su's parents and saw Su Xingran standing next to them.
He thought to himself that this must be the girl Aunt He had tried to hurt last night. What a cruel thing to do! This girl was so pretty, with delicate features. Although she was still young, she was already a beauty in the making. How beautiful she would be when she grew up and blossomed! It would be such a pity if such good girls became mentally impaired.
Aunt He has brought this upon herself and is reaping the consequences of her actions. Village Chief He didn't say anything more, took out the hundred yuan he had just taken from the brigade's public account when he got home, and a compensation agreement, and handed it to Su's father.
Mr. Su took the money and the agreement, carefully reviewed it, and, confirming there were no problems, accepted it. Mrs. Su went over and untied the ropes binding Aunt He. Now free, Aunt He jumped up and down, calling out to this person and that person. Seeing Old Mrs. Su and Zhao Xiaohua still tied up, she ran over and yelled, "Bad people! Bad people! They've been tied up!" She then kicked Old Mrs. Su and Zhao Xiaohua.
Old Mrs. Su and Zhao Xiaohua, hurt from the kick, cursed at Aunt He, "You're the worst! You fake sorceress! You use fake talismans to deceive people, and you even told us to drug people! You even force-feed people drugs that make them stupid! You fake sorceress deserve to die! You've killed countless people over the years!" The two women, mother and daughter-in-law, were hurling insults at each other, making it seem like they were good people, fiercely opposed to evil.
Aunt He was trembling with fear at the sight of the two women. She covered her head and ran behind Su Xingran, tugging at the hem of Su Xingran's clothes. "Sister, sister! Bad people are cursing and bullying me!" Su Xingran rolled her eyes, thinking to herself, "This old woman, Su, is over fifty and I call her Grandma. This Aunt He is almost seventy; I could call her Great-Grandma. For someone of Great-Grandma's age to call me 'sister' is really shortening my lifespan."
Village Chief He was also unwilling to leave Aunt He there to embarrass herself, so he coaxed her to return to He Family Village with him. After Village Chief He and Aunt He left, Old Man Su finally realized what had happened. He was stunned to see Aunt He's mentally impaired state. He hadn't expected the medicine to be so poisonous, capable of turning a normal person into such a state.
Old Su was still shaken. He thought to himself, if his second son's daughter really turned out like that, given how much his second son and his wife doted on her, the couple would definitely go crazy. They might even kill their own mother, his wife.
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