Gu Zhiyuan entered the Lu family's courtyard. Lu Xing was sitting in the living room under guard. When he saw Gu Zhiyuan come in, he rushed over. He looked much more haggard. His first words were, "Are my two grandsons alright?"
Gu Zhiyuan told the truth: "They have been sent to the health center as quickly as possible. The doctors are lavaging their stomachs. As for the follow-up situation, I am not clear yet!"
Lu Xing slumped into a chair, looking utterly dejected, and remained silent.
Hearing this from inside the room, Lu's mother couldn't help but wail, "My dear grandsons, you can't be hurt! If anything happens to you, how can your grandmother live? I might as well go down and join you!"
It's heartbreaking; just listening to it makes you feel desolate.
Gu Zhiyuan frowned and asked the person next to him, "Have you found the source of the poisoning yet?"
The subordinate reported: "We examined and analyzed the vomit, and found undigested noodles in it. We also found half a pot of leftover noodles in the kitchen. We've already had samples taken and sent for testing!"
Another person was analyzing: "If the poison was put in the noodles, how come only two children were poisoned? The rest of the Lu family were not poisoned?"
Lu Xing's expression changed. For some reason, he suddenly had a terrible thought, and he couldn't help but close his eyes, tears streaming down his face.
The person who was asking Lu's mother was also saying, "Sun Chunmei didn't eat because she can't get out of bed. Her eldest daughter-in-law, Meng Ruyi, brings her three meals a day to her bedside. Today, she waited for a long time, but Meng Ruyi didn't bring her any food."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhiyuan couldn't help but glance at Lu Xing, but Lu Xing avoided his gaze.
Gu Zhiyuan withdrew his gaze, seeing that everyone had searched what needed to be searched, and gestured for two people to stay and guard, while the rest of the people took Lu Xing and Sun Chunmei away.
Sun Chunmei's coccyx hasn't fully healed yet, and she still wants to act tough.
He was ripped off immediately, and could only grit his teeth and endure it as he followed him out the door.
This time she understood; her eldest son, Lu Kai, and Meng Ruyi had disappeared.
Putting aside others, even she herself immediately thought, "Could it be that the two of them couldn't stand the suffering and eloped?"
Fortunately, she managed to hold back her gasp.
The two were taken directly to the security office.
The security department has already vacated three empty rooms and a small courtyard in the back for them.
Lu Xing and Sun Chunmei were taken to separate rooms for interrogation.
Gu Zhiyuan, however, was worried about Sun Zhou.
They received the intelligence, and by the time they had made all the necessary arrangements and rushed over, it was already too late.
Fortunately, Sun Zhou had also arranged for people to stay at Meng Ruyi's house as a precaution.
But there's still no word from Sun Zhou's side. Could something have gone wrong?
Even the most composed Gu Zhiyuan was quite anxious at this moment. Unable to stay indoors, he paced back and forth in the courtyard, glancing outside from time to time.
It was almost noon, and there was still no news from Sun Zhou's side, but the men who went to capture Xu Zhenzhu returned.
They brought Xu Zhenzhu back.
Xu Zhenzhu remained calm, seemingly unsurprised at being suddenly brought here.
However, she noticed that Gu Zhiyuan showed a hint of surprise, followed by a look of understanding.
When she saw Lu Xing and Sun Chunmei emerge from the inner room unharmed, she immediately showed a hint of disappointment.
Xu Zhenzhu was never one to hide her emotions, and this disappointment was noticed not only by Gu Zhiyuan and the others, but also by Lu Xing.
He quickly realized something: "You were the one who poisoned him, weren't you? You poisonous woman! Even though Lu Kai wronged you, you still took your revenge! Now you've ruined his reputation and made him lose his job, and you still want to kill our whole family?"
Xu Zhenzhu scoffed, "Of course he wronged me! He ruined my life! And he even wanted to elope with that bitch Meng Ruyi! Do you know what they were plotting behind my back? Last night, the two of them put sleeping pills in the calming soup they brought you!"
"After you fell asleep, your good son and good daughter-in-law were discussing eloping to a free place! They said that they could get high-ranking positions and generous salaries there, which would be much better than being scorned by everyone in the machine factory! They also said that since you've been transferred to a sinecure and have nothing to do, you and your wife can take care of their grandson."
"They said they'd wait until they've established themselves over there, then have a few more big, healthy sons. That way, they'll have bloodlines on both sides, which would be a fair sacrifice for the Lu family!"
He finished with a sarcastic laugh: "These are your good second son and your good eldest daughter-in-law! They're about to elope, and they still remember to leave you two grandsons as a keepsake!"
Lu Xing's lips moved as he forced a smile and said, "Even so, the two children are innocent. Why did you poison them?"
Xu Zhenzhu laughed: "Putting aside the fact that Lu Kai has ruined my life so I can never have children, why should Lu Kai be able to have children? Besides, although I was the one who administered the drug, it was Lu Kai and Meng Ruyi who personally fed it to those two little bastards! In a way, if they really die, they will die at the hands of their own parents! It will be a fitting end!"
Sun Chunmei finally understood: it turned out that her two grandsons had been poisoned by Xu Zhenzhu.
Ignoring her own back injury, she lunged forward, yelling, "Xu Zhenzhu, you bitch! You'll pay for my grandson's life—"
How could the people around let Sun Chunmei hurt anyone? They rushed out, only to be pinned to the ground.
Lu Xing forced himself to remain calm and asked, "What... what do you mean by that?"
Xu Zhenzhu chuckled before saying, "Want to know? I originally only intended to drug Lu Kai and Meng Ruyi! If I can't have a man, no one else can! Since I can't have him, I'll destroy him! Once he's dead, he won't belong to anyone else! Don't you think so?"
"So last night I specially made a plate of rice cakes and put the medicine in them. I packed the rice cakes in a lunchbox and hid them in the cupboard. I know that bitch Meng Ruyi likes to be lazy and can't stand to see me doing well. I made her misunderstand that I hid the rice cakes from you, so she naturally stole them while I was sleeping."
"I watched with my own eyes as she stole the rice cakes, kept most of them for herself, and then fed a few pieces to each of the two little ones—"
Now that things have been said to this point, everyone understands.
Xu Zhenzhu deliberately framed Meng Ruyi, making Meng Ruyi personally feed the poisoned rice cake to the two children.
Upon hearing this, Sun Chunmei's eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
Lu Xing gave a bitter laugh: "Retribution! Retribution—"
Xu Zhenzhu was still smugly saying, "It's just a pity that your son and daughter-in-law are not filial to you! If they were, they would have fed you a few pieces, and your whole family would have gone down to the underworld to reunite. Wouldn't that be wonderful! All together!"
Lu Xing's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at Xu Zhenzhu: "Xu Zhenzhu, you're a madwoman!"
Xu Zhenzhu laughed loudly, tears streaming down her face: "I'm a madwoman! I was driven mad by your Lu family, by your son! Aren't you happy? Aren't you surprised?"
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