All the people present were wary of the sudden change in situation.
"What poison?" Zhang Sanfeng’s eyes were fixed on Tang Sili’s face like nails.
Tang Sili had already taken precautions by immediately capping the cream jar upon detecting something off and asked the student, "Did you touch what was inside?"
"No, something felt off as soon as I opened the lid to smell it. The fragrance was too strong and clearly abnormal. I don’t know if it’s musk or not," Ou Yanan said.
Even so, the butler brought over a plastic bag, prompting Tang Sili to place the suspicious cream into it. Meanwhile, Tang Sili urged the students to go wash their hands.
Of course, everyone wanted to know where the poison came from and it was clear it was intended for Gu Nuan.
Zhang Sanfeng recalled the altercation at the door with Gu Nuan’s parents which coincidentally matched with the arguing sounds continuously coming from downstairs.
It was Gu Nuan’s parents disputing at the doorstep.
Gu Nuan’s father was preventing her mother from confronting Qiu Sangou, with a simple reason: the situation seemed complicated. Despite the rage he felt upon hearing someone poisoned his daughter, he was clear-headed and stopped her mother saying, "Right now, without any evidence, what if it’s not her doing? In that case, won’t you be alerting the enemy prematurely?"
Gu Nuan’s mother, usually calmer than her father, became as volatile as dynamite, ready to explode upon ignition, yelling at her husband, "Don’t hold me back! I have never seen someone so despicable, so pretentious; not only did she poison Nuannuan but she also used my hand to do it. Doesn’t she consider I’m Nuannuan’s mother?!"
Indeed, had the poisoner successfully used Gu Nuan’s mother as a tool to poison Gu Nuan, and if Gu Nuan’s mother had ended up killing her own daughter and the child in her womb, it would be a tragedy, one that Gu Nuan’s mother could never rest in peace over, even if she had nothing to do with it.
"I know, I know—" Gu Nuan’s father was clutching her mother’s hand, his eyes just as red with urgency, "You’re not the only one angry. I hate her too, wish she could be hacked to pieces—"
Before he could finish, Gu Nuan’s mother shook off his hand with even greater force and dashed forward, possibly tripping on the threshold and stumbling forward.
Gu Nuan’s father cried out in alarm and went to catch her, but Gu Nuan’s mother suddenly went limp in his arms.
A cry of alarm from downstairs reached those upstairs.
The few upstairs knew instantly that something was very wrong.
All that could be heard was Gu Nuan’s father calling for a doctor—
Tang Sili and Ou Yanan hastened down the stairs.
Zhang Sanfeng instructed the butler to move his wheelchair to the stairway where he looked down to see Gu Nuan’s father holding Gu Nuan’s mother with closed eyes. In that moment, his expression turned pale, but he retained his composure and told the butler, "Quickly, make a call to Director Xiao."
"Yes," the butler replied, the tremble in his fingers betraying his nervousness.
Tang Sili, who rushed downstairs first, reached Gu Nuan’s mother’s side. Ou Yanan, following behind Tang Sili, hesitated on the last two steps and observed from afar Gu Nuan’s mother lying in her husband’s arms.
Gu Nuan’s mother had her eyes tightly shut, her face was flushed, and her breathing was rapid.
It appeared to be a fever.
Tang Sili pinched the outside of her sleeve and pulled it up a bit to see red rashes on her exposed skin.
Clearly, Gu Nuan’s mother might have tested the cream on her own skin first for safety and ended up poisoned herself.
Gu Nuan’s father, eyes reddened, asked Tang Sili in a hoarse and anxious voice, "What’s the situation?" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ NovєlFіre.net
"Lay her down," Tang Sili instructed, seeing that she was poisoned and uncertain of how the poison could be transmitted, he told Gu Nuan’s father not to touch her carelessly.
Gu Nuan’s father was initially reluctant to let go but after being persuaded by Tang Sili, eventually cooled down and followed the doctor’s advice, gently placing Gu Nuan’s mother on the floor.