Chapter 57: Slow Poison

Half a month had passed, it was the middle of a hot summer.

Ruan Yu inexplicably felt unusually tired these days, she would get dizzy from time to time.

She didn’t pay much attention to it, it must be because of the hot summer and the fact that she had been having nightmares every night and hadn’t gotten a good rest.

When she entered the store, Lan Yu Rou greeted her with a sweet smile, “Sister Ruan Yu.”

Seeing that Ruan Yu didn’t look well, Lan Yu Rou asked with concern, “What’s wrong with you? Sit down first, I’ll get you a glass of water.”

Ruan Yu had a layer of fine sweat on her forehead, her lips were slightly pale, “Thank you.”

In the back room, Lan Yu Rou poured a glass of orange juice, took out a capsule-like thing that looked like medicine from her pocket, opened it, and poured the white powder into the orange juice, stirring it.

The sweet and sour taste of the orange juice covered the taste of the white powder. She carried the orange juice out and placed it in front of Ruan Yu, “Sister Ruan Yu, have some cold drinks, are you feeling a little heatstroke because of the hot weather?”

“Thank you.” Ruan Yu smiled, “Maybe.”

Ruan Yu knew that it was unlikely to be heatstroke, because she spent most of the day in the house with the air conditioner on, she rarely went out, unless there was something important.

She picked up the orange juice that Lan Yu Rou had brought over, put a straw in it and took a sip. The cold drink on a hot summer day calmed her restless heart.

Soon, she finished the orange juice, Ruan Yu closed her eyes comfortably.

Lan Yu Rou looked at the empty glass, a gleam of coldness flashed in her eyes.

Mu Luoxi and Ji Sheng went to the rest room to rest for a while at noon, when they came out, Mu Luoxi noticed that Ruan Yu didn’t look well, she was a little worried, “Ayu, are you feeling unwell?”

Ruan Yu looked at her, she had been feeling unwell these days, but she didn’t know what was wrong, she was extremely irritable, and sometimes she would inexplicably want to get angry.

She shook her head, signaling that she was fine.

In the evening, by the lake.

Lan Yu Rou came to the secluded lake, she looked at the figure standing in the distance and walked over, a smile curled on her lips, “Miss Tang’s plan really worked.”

Hearing the voice, Tang Qingning turned around, she laughed wantonly, “Do you know what’s different between me and that bitch?”

“Tell me.”

“Because I’m ruthless enough, that bitch, she has kindness in her bones, she can’t be ruthless, she’s more likely to trust others.”

Tang Qingning stood by the lake, the wind blew her hair, “She didn’t suspect anything, did she?”

Lan Yu Rou shook her head, at this moment, she only felt that the woman in front of her was ruthless, but all of this was the fault of that woman Ruan Yu, she had cut off her way out, so everyone else should suffer.

Gu Residence.

Ruan Yu went into the bathroom to take a shower, she didn’t come out for a long time, Gu Yan Zhi frowned and knocked on the door, there was no sound from inside, he felt a little panicked.

He opened the bathroom door, Ruan Yu was lying on the ground, her face was pale and bloodless, her hair was disheveled, covering half of her face.

Gu Yan Zhi frowned, his heart tightened, he knelt down and checked her condition.

“Ayu~ Ayu~”

The person in his arms had her eyes closed.

Hospital, four hours had passed, the doctor couldn’t find out what was wrong with Ruan Yu’s coma, Gu Yan Zhi made a phone call.

Ling Qing rushed over, she looked at Gu Yan Zhi helplessly, “I said, Mr. Gu, can you stop bothering me in the middle of the night?”

Gu Yan Zhi swept her with a sharp look, Ling Qing immediately shut her mouth.

Two hours passed, Ling Qing frowned and looked at Gu Yan Zhi, “I advise you to check the people around you.”

“What do you mean?” Gu Yan Zhi frowned, it seemed that things were not as simple as he thought.

Ling Qing continued, “I found a slow poison in his body, this kind of poison is difficult to detect in the early stages, it can only be detected in the later stages, but by the time it’s detected, it’s too late to save.”

Gu Yan Zhi’s eyes were gloomy, his brows were full of bloodthirsty ferocity.

“But Mrs. Gu was only poisoned recently, her body is very resistant to this poison, and it’s because of this that she was saved. Mrs. Gu can be discharged from the hospital when she wakes up, I’ll prescribe some medicine for her, if she takes it for two months, the poison in her body will be completely cleared.”

After Ling Qing left, Gu Yan Zhi gently rubbed Ruan Yu’s pale cheek with his fingertips.

He stared at her for a while, then he picked up his phone and sent a message to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng took Ling Qing to Guangyinji, Ling Qing found traces of this slow poison in the coffee shop, which also narrowed down the range of suspects for Gu Yan Zhi.

Gu Yan Zhi stayed by Ruan Yu’s bedside, he had someone send a computer over, he looked at the surveillance footage of Guangyinji, there were blind spots in the surveillance, almost everyone had been to that spot.

He couldn’t draw any conclusions yet, he asked Yang Feng to investigate the recent activities of all the staff at Guangyinji, and to keep an eye on them.

The next day, Ruan Yu woke up in the hospital. She looked around, the smell of disinfectant filled her nostrils, she was confused, wasn’t she supposed to be at home? Why was she in the hospital when she woke up.

Gu Yan Zhi came in from outside, he was carrying breakfast in his hand.

Ruan Yu looked at Gu Yan Zhi with confusion, “What happened to me?”

Gu Yan Zhi didn’t answer her question, he put the breakfast on the table, “Eat breakfast first.”

Ruan Yu looked at Gu Yan Zhi’s expression, she wanted to see something on his face, but there was no emotion on his face.

After breakfast, Gu Yan Zhi gently embraced Ruan Yu in his arms, he originally didn’t plan to tell her, but she had the right to know, telling her would also allow her to better protect herself, “You have a slow poison in your body, and the person who poisoned you is by your side.”

Ruan Yu was slightly startled, she looked at Gu Yan Zhi in disbelief, he never lied, so if he said there was, there was, then she fell into deep thought.

Gu Yan Zhi’s worried voice came from above her head, “Think carefully, do you have any suspects? This person is at Guangyinji.”

Ruan Yu couldn’t think of anyone, because her food passed through the hands of many people every day, sometimes Mu Luoxi would bring her lunch, Ji Sheng would also pour her water, Lan Yu Rou would also pour her water, etc.

“I can’t think of anyone, but I’m sure I can find that person.”

Ruan Yu already had a suspect in mind, but she didn’t have any evidence, she couldn’t just assume that person was the culprit based on her own guess.

Ruan Yu was discharged from the hospital, Ling Qing delivered the prescribed medicine to the Gu residence. For the first few days, Ruan Yu was still dazed, but after taking the medicine for a few days, she felt much better, she didn’t get dizzy anymore.

Later, Ruan Yu didn’t show any signs, she would leave some food residue from what others gave her, and she would use a cotton swab to dip into the water that others sent her and put it in a sealed disposable bag, then she would give it to Ling Qing.

No one noticed Ruan Yu’s little actions, she was still as close to everyone as usual.

In the evening, Ling Qing got the results, the slow poison was found in the orange juice.

And that glass of orange juice was brought to her by Lan Yu Rou. She thought about it carefully, she realized that Lan Yu Rou always gave her orange juice, and the taste of orange juice could cover up some other tastes, making it difficult to detect.