Xiao Zhao quickly grabbed the keys and locked the passenger door before returning to the driver's seat: "Dr. Su, I'm so sorry, I've offended you! Don't worry, I will definitely apologize in the future!"
Su Ruyi said expressionlessly, "Stop talking and focus on driving!"
Xiao Zhao drove the jeep at rocket speed, arriving at the Soviet-style building in less than twenty minutes.
Before she even got out of the car, Su Ruyi heard Jiang Chunlai's heart-wrenching cries: "I don't want to live anymore! Old Shen, let me go with you!"
The building was under complete lockdown. In addition to the two guards in the guard post, there were about twenty or thirty armed soldiers standing at the entrance.
Under Xiao Zhao's guidance, Su Ruyi made her way through the area without any obstacles.
She ran quickly up to the third floor, and as soon as she entered the room, she saw Jiang Chunlai lying on top of Shen Guoliang, howling like a banshee.
"Get up! You're suffocating him!" Su Ruyi said irritably.
"Dr. Su! Little miracle doctor! You're too late! Old Shen is already dead!"
Jiang Chunlai didn't get up, but slumped back to look at Su Ruyi, "Why is my life so miserable... Perfect timing, little miracle doctor, since you're here, please take my pulse quickly, my head is throbbing terribly..."
Su Ruyi grabbed her and flung her back, saying, "Don't let her cause trouble."
Xiao Zhao's eyes sharpened, and he immediately understood. He made a hand gesture, and Jiang Chunlai was taken into custody.
Su Ruyi then looked at Shen Guoliang.
Sure enough, his face was dark, his eyes were closed, and his lips were completely blackish-purple. If you pulled out his tongue, not only his tongue but also his gums were purple!
Su Ruyi's heart sank – how many tons of poison must she have ingested to become like this?
She quickly grabbed Shen Guoliang's wrist.
Three fingers touching it.
Inch... Gate... Foot...
Um?
Shen Guoliang's pulse was very steady, but very weak!
Su Ruyi was absolutely certain that he had not been poisoned.
No poisoning?!
She looked at Xiao Zhao suspiciously, only to meet his anxious, questioning gaze.
Switching to the other hand, the pulse remained steady.
The carotid artery was pulsating normally, but weakly, requiring me to hold my breath and concentrate to detect it.
Try breathing again.
He's not breathing!
Su Ruyi kept her finger under Shen Guoliang's nostrils for a full minute, and he really wasn't breathing!
At that moment, Su Ruyi's scalp tingled.
What's going on?!
At this moment, Jiang Chunlai broke free from the two young soldiers and rushed over again: "Dr. Su, let Old Shen go peacefully, don't torment him!"
Su Ruyi stretched out a finger and rubbed it on Shen Guoliang's face. Hmm, it blew off a little.
She suddenly realized—this was a trap to lure someone into a snare, and the person being lured was probably the woman in front of her.
I am also a part of this scheme.
She narrowed her eyes: "Aunt Jiang, although I can't save General Shen, I can find out who poisoned him!"
Jiang Chunlai's face turned deathly pale: "What did you say?!"
“I said, I can find out who poisoned him! Doesn’t Aunt Jiang want to avenge General Shen?” Su Ruyi asked gently.
"Xiao Su, it's not that Aunt Jiang is criticizing you, but what kind of case are you investigating as a doctor? Don't cause trouble! But don't worry, this trip won't be in vain! I've had a terrible headache these past few days, could you prescribe some medicine for me first?" Jiang Chunlai said, extending her wrist to Su Ruyi.
A carbon powder pellet had appeared in Su Ruyi's palm.
She used her mind to retrieve this item from the medicine cabinet in her spatial storage.
She gently held Jiang Chunlai's wrist and said, "The poison that General Shen was given will leave a black mark on the hands of the person who administered it. Although washing hands can remove it, I have a special method. As long as I touch this person's hands, the mark will reappear!"
Jiang Chunlai abruptly withdrew his hand.
However, it was too late.
Everyone watched as Jiang Chunlai's palm turned black in an instant.
Xiao Zhao pulled out the gun again, pulled the bolt, and then pressed it against the back of Jiang Chunlai's head.
"Hahahaha!" Shen Guoliang suddenly sat up in bed and burst into hearty laughter. "Dr. Su, you are so clever! This play wouldn't have been so wonderful without you!"
"Old Shen...you're not dead?" Jiang Chunlai's face was as white as paper. She murmured to herself, "No, this is impossible!"
"You think I'm still alive because you personally poisoned me and fed me the soup? I switched your poison a long time ago! Did you think I was dead just because I wasn't breathing? Humph, I can hold my breath underwater for twenty minutes!"
Shen Guoliang's voice suddenly turned stern, "Chunlai, haven't I treated you well? You can't have children, yet I've never abandoned you! Why are you doing this?"
“Then your face…your tongue…” Jiang Chunlai still didn’t believe it.
"It's stained with mulberry juice! Ugh! You've made me never want to eat mulberries again!" Shen Guoliang continued to ask, "Why did you poison me?"
“Because you killed my father with your own hands…” Jiang Chunlai’s eyes instantly turned red. “I must avenge him!”
"Your dad? Didn't your dad die a long time ago?" Shen Guoliang was stunned.
“My father’s real name is Jiang Guofu,” Jiang Chunlai said with a cold laugh. “You didn’t expect that, did you, Lao Shen? Your wife of ten years is the daughter of your mortal enemy! And she even had a child with you? Why would I have your child?”
"..." Now it was Shen Guoliang's turn to be silent. After a long while, he clapped his hands and laughed, "Good! Jiang Guofu, you've been holding back for me! So, you're a damn enemy spy!"
"Say whatever you want!" Jiang Chunlai raised his head high.
After the initial panic, she had clearly calmed down.
“Last time…last time I was poisoned, it was you who poisoned me, wasn’t it?” Shen Guoliang pointed at Jiang Chunlai, his fingers trembling.
“It was me! The higher-ups found a scapegoat to prevent you from suspecting me.” Jiang Chunlai answered every question, then countered, “How did you know I poisoned him?”
"Because your cooking is terrible. I usually have to hold my nose and force down the soup you make. But the soup you brought me last night was so delicious it made my tongue tingle!" Shen Guoliang's eyes were filled with complicated emotions.
"So... I really did fail because of my terrible cooking skills... Sure enough, Dad was right, I can't win a man's heart through his stomach, my marriage is destined to fail..." Jiang Chunlai murmured, as if talking to himself.
"General, may I interrupt you for a moment—can we discuss your matter later?"
Su Ruyi interrupted the two, "General! Xiao Zhao brought me here with a gun pointed at my head! But I have urgent business this morning and must go back immediately. Please send someone to take me back right now!"
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