Chapter 335: 335: Xu Jiuru spits blood, Jiang Zhi directs a good play (first update
“Wei’er, will you be my girlfriend?”
His palms were sweaty, warm, and he was still holding her hand without letting go.
Jiang Wei’er didn’t pull her hand back either: “Bingxue, I—”
“Third Young Master!”
The conversation was interrupted.
“Third Young Master!”
“Third Young Master.”
Gui Family hurried over.
Only then did Jiang Wei’er awkwardly release Xue Bingxue’s hand: “What happened?”
“Old Madam has vomited blood.” Gui Family was frantic, pleading with Xue Bingxue, “Third Young Master, please co and check on Old Madam.”
Xue Bingxue suddenly understood why Jiang Zhi had called him.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Wei’er imdiately ran outside while Xue Bingxue followed her.
In the courtyard, everyone had left their seats and surrounded Xu Jiuru, who lay on the ground already unconscious, with traces of blood by her mouth.
Gui Family announced: “Third Young Master has arrived.”
Jiang Weikai imdiately dispersed the servants and called Xue Bingxue over: “Bingxue, please quickly check on my mother. She was fine just a mont ago.”
Xue Bingxue first observed Xu Jiuru’s complexion, which had turned sowhat purple.
“Let your aunt lie down flat.”
Jiang Weikai followed the instruction.
Crouching down, Xue Bingxue checked her pulse: “What did your aunt just eat?”
Jiang Fuxi answered: “She had so food.” After thinking a mont, she added, “And she drank so dicine.”
Xue Bingxue knew what to do: “Wei’er, my car is parked outside, go to the trunk and get my acupuncture kit.” After giving the order, she told Jiang Weikai, “Carry your aunt inside.”
Jiang Wei’er went to fetch the acupuncture kit. Just as she entered the house, Jiang Zhi stopped her.
“Fifth Aunt,” he reminded, “check the kitchen.”
She imdiately understood, arranged for the acupuncture kit to be brought in, and then ran towards the kitchen herself.
The courtyard had been too chaotic; nobody noticed a person was missing.
“Jiang Chuan, what are you doing?”
Jiang Chuan had just dumped the dicine residue into a bag when Jiang Wei’er, who suddenly appeared at the kitchen door, startled him: “Fifth Miss, I—I—”
Jiang Wei’er grabbed his hand forcefully: “You’ve got so nerve!”
“Ugh!”
“Ugh!”
After Xue Bingxue perford acupuncture to induce vomiting, Xu Jiuru threw up a mouthful of dark-colored dicine.
“Old Madam.”
Gui Family hurriedly brought a spittoon forward to serve, and Xu Jiuru, clutching the spittoon, vomited a few more tis.
Xue Bingxue checked her pulse again before putting away the needles.
Jiang Weikai imdiately asked, “How is she?”
“She is stable for now,” he briefly explained. “I’ve only administered ergency treatnt, she must be taken to a hospital for a thorough examination quickly.”
Jiang Weikai asked the eldest son, “Has an ambulance been called?”
Jiang Xiaolin nodded: “It’s on its way.”
Xu Jiuru continued to vomit, emptying her stomach completely; she was pale as paper, and her breath was faint.
Jiang Wei Li, from outside the curtain, anxiously peered inside: “What on earth happened?”
Xue Bingxue inford him of his suspicion: “It appears the dicine your aunt drank had issues and caused minor bleeding in her lungs.”
The dicine had issues?
Jiang Weikai imdiately seized the crucial point: “Lin, quickly go to the kitchen and bring the dicine here to check.”
Jiang Xiaolin had just stepped out when Jiang Chuan, bound, was pushed inside, followed by Jiang Wei’er, who kicked him hard, causing his calf to go numb and making him sit down on the floor.
That was fast.
Without making a sound, Jiang Xiaolin glanced at Jiang Zhi, then turned back inside.
Seeing Jiang Chuan bound, Jiang Weikai asked Jiang Wei’er, “What happened, Xiao Wu?”
“He was disposing of the dicine residue in the kitchen, and I caught him red-handed.”
Right after ntioning the issue with the dicine, the culprit was caught.
Luo Changfang’s expression suddenly changed, and just as she was about to speak, Jiang Fuli stopped her with a look, signaling: “Calm down.”
Behind the curtain, Xu Jiuru had awoken, nearly done vomiting, yet still very weak; she propped herself up to sit: “Who was it?”
“Mother, you should lie down and rest; I will handle this.”
Xu Jiuru weakly persisted, “Who?”
Jiang Weikai no longer tried to persuade her and answered, “It’s Jiang Chuan.”
“Jiang Chuan,” she grasped the bedding, her hand’s veins standing out prominently, “co here.”
Jiang Chuan stepped forward, knelt down, and instantly tears streaked his face, “Old Madam, even if I had ten tis the courage, I would not dare to harm you.”
Xu Jiuru interrogated, “Then why did you go to the kitchen?”
He did not hesitate and explained, “I thought there might be sothing wrong with the dicine, so I went to check, and that’s when Fifth Miss saw .”
Jiang Wei’er scoffed, “Stop making excuses; you were clearly trying to destroy the evidence.”
Jiang Chuan loudly denied, “Old Madam, please see the truth, I did not handle your dicine this ti. From selecting to boiling the dicine, it was all done by Ah Gui alone.”
The Jiang Family’s pharmacy was always locked, and only the Gui Family and Jiang Chuan had keys. This occasion was unusual as two doses of dicine had to be prepared simultaneously, one for the Old Madam and one for the young master. Therefore, the Gui Family and Jiang Chuan had divided the work, each responsible for one dose.
Xu Jiuru asked the Gui Family, “Ah Gui, tell us, what happened?”
The Gui Family quickly shook her head, “I don’t know, Old Madam, it wasn’t , I didn’t tamper with anything.”
Neither of them admitted fault, each having their own explanation.
Jiang Xiaolin looked towards Jiang Zhi.
Everyone in the room was standing except him and his girlfriend who were seated, drinking tea, listening with ease.
“Donkey-hide gelatin, snake gourd fruit, bletilla tuber, licorice, anemarrhena…” Xue Bingxue sifted through the packet of dicinal residues, “This isn’t a dicine to treat common cold; it’s to strengthen the spleen and moisten the lungs, primarily used for treating lung yin deficiency and organ failure.”
Hmm, it was Jiang Zhi’s turn.
He stood up, slightly coughed, “It’s my dicine.”
That is to say, his dicine was the one with issues, and it was mistakenly consud by Xu Jiuru due to a clever plan gone awry.
The Gui Family imdiately said, “The young master’s dicine was boiled by Housekeeper Jiang.”
At this, Jiang Chuan was left speechless.
Luo Changfang approached the curtain, glanced coldly at Jiang Chuan, “Even daring to harm the head of the family, such a person cannot remain in our Jiang Family.” She approached, “Mother, I know you still bear old affection, Jiang Chuan has also been in the Jiang Family for many decades, though he has no great rits, he has endured hardships. If you can’t bear to do it, then don’t call the police, just send him away.”
After she finished, Jiang Wei’er took over the conversation, “Things aren’t even clear yet, and you’re rushing to send him away, what, are you feeling guilty?”
Luo Changfang was indeed anxious, sweat already forming beneath her temples, “Xiao Wu, you’re wronging here, Jiang Chuan is Mother’s personal attendant, how could I possibly order him around?”
The flaw finally revealed itself.
“Second Aunt,” Jiang Zhi followed up imdiately, “are you implying that Grandma wants to harm ?”
Luo Changfang faltered, hastily explained, “That’s not what I ant—”
Jiang Zhi unhurriedly retorted, “Isn’t it you who said that only Grandma can order the Housekeeper?”
Now, it certainly warranted an investigation.
“Jiang Chuan,” Xu Jiuru’s gaze was sharp, peering through the hanging curtain at Jiang Chuan, “tell us, who instructed you to tamper with Brother Zhi’s dicine?”
Jiang Chuan was silent for a long while, finally lowering his head, “No one instructed .”
“If no one instructed you, why would you harm him?”
He turned around, tremblingly glanced at Jiang Zhi, then quickly averted his eyes, stuttering, “I… I couldn’t stand him, being pampered and hard to serve are bad enough, but his temper is worse, several tis because I hadn’t served him well, Old Madam had punished .”
Jiang Zhi: “…”
Being pampered and hard to serve?
This reason, haha, left one speechless.
He shrugged, “So, it’s all my fault then.” He pulled up a chair, sat down making a loud noise, and drank a big gulp of tea annoyed.
Having a bad temper, that was true.
Xu Jiuru consoled, “Brother Zhi, don’t take it to heart. Grandma will stand up for you, she will not let this subservient miscreant off.”
The aning of this was clear, to deal with Jiang Chuan.
Jiang Zhi put down his cup, closed the tea lid, “No rush, let’s first clarify how my dicine ended up with Grandma. It’s not a big deal if it harms , considering I don’t have many days left to live, but it’s crucial it doesn’t harm Grandma.”
Jiang Weikai felt this was reasonable and nodded repeatedly.
Jiang Fuli, who hadn’t spoken up till then, also said, “Grandma and Brother Zhi’s dicine were served at the sa ti, it might have just been mixed up.”
Trying to brush the matter aside.
Jiang Zhi leaned back in his chair, twirling his girlfriend’s fingers, “The dicine was brought over by Ah Gui, are you saying she mixed them up?”
Pushing her step by step.
This matter couldn’t be muddled through.
“Ah Gui, you’ve been with the Jiang Family for not just a year or two,” Xu Jiuru accused, “how could you still be so careless?”
The Gui Family was scared, “It was my oversight, I was busy serving dishes, I asked a maid to help out, and that’s how the mix-up happened.”
Right after she finished speaking, a maid knelt down, shivering, pleading, “Old Madam, please spare , don’t call the police to arrest , I… I didn’t do it intentionally.”
This was a new maid nad Wang Xiaofei; the Jiang Family, being a large household, employed over a dozen servants.
This maid, the Gui Family boasted she was quite clever.
Her tears had already fallen, and in fear, she retracted her neck, “Old Madam, please spare this ti, I… I have sothing to tell you.”
“What is it?”
She lifted her head, young, just nineteen, with a naive face, “If I tell you, will you let go this ti? My parents both died unexpectedly, I have grandparents above, and just-turned-one-year-old twin siblings below, I can’t go to jail.”
Xu Jiuru was unsure what the maid was up to, “Just tell us what it is.”
She hesitated for a long while, “This evening, I saw Housekeeper Jiang entering the second house, he said,” she glanced at the Housekeeper, then at Luo Changfang, scared to continue speaking.
Xu Jiuru pressed, “Said what?”
Wang Xiaofei clenched her teeth, “Said the dicine had been put in.”
Jiang Zhi smirked, Hmm, quite clever indeed.
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