He thought more and more that sothing was off and imdiately called Bai Long.
"Where are you?"
"In the analysis room for a eting, about to finish."
"Co to my office when you’re done."
"Yes, Brother Shen."
Three days after Tang Xiaowan was attacked, Bai Long, under Li Zishen’s instructions, returned to Qing City i Garden for a second thorough search.
Eventually, he found a Chinese dicine pill in the study.
He realized the gravity of the situation at once, suspecting that the symptoms Tang Xiaowan presented—confusion, vomiting, babbling incoherently, and limb weakness—were very likely due to a large dose of 8028.
So he went back to Jin City imdiately and handed the pill over to Li Zishen.
At first sight of it, Li Zishen had no suspicions. After all, this drug had been discontinued 25 years ago, and even if preserved well, it would have lost its effectiveness and could not have been left accidentally by the attacker who tried to poison Tang Xiaowan.
Even if 8028 is a depressant drug, its side effects should not lead to vomiting black blood and mory loss.
The sudden arrival of Wang Junchen undoubtedly struck Li Zishen a heavy blow.
8028, a whole bottle full!
Yes! Just because we stopped producing it doesn’t an others don’t have it.
What was the purpose, to fra soone, to set a trap?
But 8028 isn’t poison, even if Xiao Wan had swallowed it on the night of the attack, what effect would it have? Drowsiness, limb weakness?
Unless the attacker knew he couldn’t overpower Xiao Wan!
While thinking it through, Li Zishen suddenly rembered sothing Lin Ping ntioned while rescuing Tang Xiaowan.
"Brother Shen, there’s sothing else. Lady Tang might have been poisoned twice within 12 hours."
"Don’t worry, Brother Shen. Lady Tang seems to have taken so kind of antidote to force a purge. Strangely though... that drug seed to suppress our own dicine."
Li Zishen, anxious to save her, heard the words ’poisoned twice’ and beca flustered.
Reflecting now, it seed likely that the night attack on Tang Xiaowan was targeted at him, rather than out of any personal grievance of Grandma Tang.
"Xiao Wan, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault!"
"It’s all because of my youthful arrogance. The expansion of the group was too rapid; inadvertently we took away others’ livelihoods and dragged you into this."
Li Zishen was engulfed in guilt and self-reproach.
However, he did not believe Wang Junchen was the hidden mastermind behind this, after all, no one would be foolish enough to expose themselves.
Uncle Li Wanshan was the pri suspect!
n die for wealth, as birds die for food—it was an eternal truth.
Since Li Zishen was ten, accidents were constant. To say nothing else, he experienced traffic accidents every two months.
To protect him, Madam Lai secretly sent him abroad, only bringing him back when he turned 18.
Ten minutes later, Bai Long hurried over.
"Brother Shen, is it about that project..."
"Wang Junchen just ca by."
Bai Long looked surprised in the direction Li Zishen pointed: "8028!"
"Yeah, he brought it over, said he wanted to talk about a collaboration. This bottle has the sa components as ours used to have, while that bottle has been modified."
As Li Zishen spoke, he handed the test report and the component analysis to Bai Long.
"The dates are all from this year!"
"I guess Dr. Wu must have been taken down by him a long ti ago, no wonder despite our nurous requests, Dr. Wu always refused to co out."
Bai Long shook his head thoughtfully and replied, "Dr. Wu shouldn’t be that kind of person! However, I heard that after Wang Junchen left the FC Club, he either traveled around or indulged in horse racing; all these years, his wife Ye Wanhua managed everything alone. It seems... that’s not the whole story."
After listening, Li Zishen suddenly lowered his eyes: "Do you think he’s related to the night attack?"
"Yes, definitely."
Bai Long’s tone was firm, even his fists were clenched.
Li Zishen frowned: "Why?"
"Our 8028 has long been discontinued, who else would rember it except for those who researched it? Besides, Lady Tang also ntioned slling a very unique dicinal fragrance that night, which quickly made her lose her resistance. I did indeed find an 8028 in the study afterward, do you rember?"
"I rember, including his wife Ye Wanhua, who shares the sa rare blood type as Xiao Wan. But with their family’s wealth... there’s no need for them to take such risks."
"How about another trip to Huang City, to investigate why he changed his na before going abroad? Weren’t you also suspicious the day before yesterday..."
Bai Long’s words reminded Li Zishen once again.
He put down the vial containing 8028, picked up the small wooden pig carving Tang Xiaowan had given him, and rubbed it gently, as if he had thought of sothing.
"That’s right, it’s ti to look into this properly."
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