Chapter 703 Impending-Disaster (1)
The former master raised his eyebrows. He stared at the girl and asked, “You are Xiao Wen? Did you stew this pot of soup?”
The girl looked to be in her early twenties. She had never seen such a scene before. In the face of the former master’s question, she replied with a trembling voice, “Yes, I stewed it.”
“Then do you still recognize this?” The former master pointed at the dregs that the doctor had fished out and asked in a cold voice.
The girl stared at the dregs as if she suddenly understood something. Her expression suddenly changed, and she avoided looking at the old master. She lowered her head and did not dare to look into the former master’s eyes. She stuttered, “I… I didn’t… didn’t…”
“Didn’t what?” The former master had already guessed the general situation from the girl’s expression. His eyes narrowed slightly, he directly threatened, “If you tell me the truth now, I may still spare you. Otherwise, I will call the police to come to my house and take you away.”
“Police… police!” The girl suddenly widened her eyes and looked at the former master in disbelief.
The former master’s eyes flickered, and he said coldly, “That’s right. You almost killed two lives. What’s wrong with letting the police come and take you away?”
It was the truth. If the two pregnant ladies had finished their soups just now, the child would definitely have been lost. It was enough to scare the little girl.
As expected, when the former master’s words fell into the girl’s ears, it worked like a charm.
The girl’s face suddenly changed color, and she fell to the ground with a bang. She muttered pitifully, “How is this possible? How is this possible? She clearly told me that this is just a laxative. Even if she really ate it, it would only cause slight diarrhea. It won’t have much of an effect. How did it become like this?”
The girl’s mutterings fell into their ears. Zhao Youlin and the others looked at each other, they sneered, “Diarrhea? Your young madam is pregnant now. Haven’t you ever thought that even if it’s just diarrhea, it could cause serious consequences? Also, who is she that you’re talking about? Who gave you this, and who asked you to put it in the soup?”
Zhao Youlin interrupted, and the girl was shocked to realize that she had let it slip. She immediately took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Youlin in horror, “You… you… I…”
Zhao Youlin saw the girl’s cowardice and her eyes flashed. She chuckled and said, “I advise you to speak clearly and honestly. Otherwise, no one will be able to save you. The medicine that someone gave you is not simply a laxative.”
Zhao Youlin’s threat did not mean to break the camel’s last straw. The girl’s face became increasingly ugly and her body trembled like a sieve.
“I… I…” The girl finally couldn’t help but break down and burst into tears, “This medicine was… given to me by the third madam. She told me… she said that she just couldn’t stand the fact that a commoner girl could stand so proud, so… so she wanted to teach her a lesson. She also told me that if an ordinary person took this medicine, nothing would happen. I had to do as she said, or else she would… She would attack my family. I was forced to do it. I didn’t do it on purpose, I didn’t do it on purpose. Don’t hand me over to the police, don’t…”
As soon as the girl said this, their expressions changed.
Duan Yarong was the first to lose her patience. She took a few steps forward and rushed to the front of the girl. She asked coldly, “Third madam, as in Third Madam Fengzi?”
Zhao Youlin was standing behind Duan Yarong. When she heard this, her eyes narrowed. Using one’s family as a threat to get the other party to do some dirty work for her. This method was extremely familiar!
“It’s… It’s…” The girl was frightened by Duan Yarong’s actions and said while trembling, “It’s the third Madam Fengzi from the master’s younger brother’s house. I was really forced to do this. I really didn’t know that this medicine would kill people in the beginning. If I had known beforehand, I definitely wouldn’t have dared to put it in the soup! Give me a chance. Don’t hand me over to the police.”
Zhao Youlin sneered when she heard this. She stared at the girl’s eyes that were filled with fear and said coldly, “Your words are really nice. With just a few words, you’ve removed yourself completely from the picture. Sun Fengzi told you that an ordinary person wouldn’t have much of a problem eating this thing, but my sister-in-law is pregnant. She has a child in her belly. Could she be considered an ordinary person?”
“I… I…” The girl’s expression changed slightly, and her lips trembled. She didn’t know how to answer, so she instinctively took a few steps back.
Zhao Youlin didn’t intend to let her off just like that. She took a few steps back, and Zhao Youlin took a few steps forward. She pressed forward step by step. “You are very well aware that my sister-in-law has a child, but you still dared to add something to her drink. I really don’t believe that you’re so innocent and kind.”
The girl’s expression changed again, and her eyes flashed with the embarra.s.sment of being exposed and the public humiliation.
Zhao Youlin watched her every move, and her eyes turned colder. She had noticed that when the girl walked out of the kitchen, she would unconsciously glance in Han Yichen’s direction.
As a woman, Zhao Youlin naturally knew the meaning behind the girl’s actions. It was precisely because of this that Zhao Youlin’s impression of the girl was particularly ugly.
It was good for a girl to have dreams, but she could not overestimate her abilities and dream of things that could not belong to her. For example, the Zhao family’s honor and wealth, or a married woman… not to mention that she would do harm to others because of her unspeakable dirty thoughts!
Zhao Youlin looked at her, and the mockery in her eyes grew. She said coldly, “You keep saying that you were forced, but in fact, apart from threatening you to attack your family, Sun Fengzi should have also promised you a lot of benefits, right?”
Xiao Wen’s expression changed again when she heard that. She bit her lips and did not answer.
Zhao Youlin chuckled. “Some things are done when done. If you think of escaping responsibility after doing it, not only will you not be pitied, you will only attract further disgust. Grandfather will call that b*tch over in a while. You better make sure that what you say is true and that you can still speak with such conviction when you face that b*tch later. Otherwise, when we report this matter to the police, no one will be able to help you.”