"That flower seller, did you collaborate with her before? Also, have you ever known in the past?"
"No, most of the vendors doing business in this town are itinerant rchants. Moreover, it’s rare for those fixed vendors to rember them, so this person didn’t leave an impression on ."
"What about your sister-in-law? Can you ask her to co in for a mont? I have so questions I’d like to ask her. Maybe the elder can’t recall, but perhaps the sister-in-law might be able to rember?"
"Don’t worry, Gui Zhi, Gui Zhi."
As he spoke, Mayor Liu stood up and called out loudly several tis. Soon, the mayor’s wife hurried in from outside.
"What’s the matter, is there a problem with mother right now?"
"No need to panic. After the Divine Doctor’s diagnosis, the dicine has now been prescribed. Rest assured, our mother will be fine. In a few days, she should be back to her old self."
"It’s incredible! Otherwise, let tell you, Liu, these Divine Doctors always hide in the countryside, in places where no one discovers them. This ti we’ve finally been saved."
"Alright, as for the words of thanks, there’s no need to say them here. I’ve already said enough just now. Right now, help recall sothing. That is to say, half a year ago, you did take my mother to the fair at the east end of town, right?"
"The fair at the east end of town? Oh, if you hadn’t ntioned it, I might have really forgotten about it. Yes, indeed, I did take the old lady there. She was bored at ho by herself, so she just ca along with . What’s wrong, is there a problem?"
"Now, I want you to recall carefully. What did you two experience at the fair? Most importantly, what did you eat or drink? Or what did you co into contact with? Think hard."
"Eat or drink? At the fair, we’re not children—how could we just eat stuff haphazardly? Plus, we wouldn’t drink water either. Besides, it was only a little over half an hour. How could we possibly get thirsty? So, we didn’t eat or drink anything—I can assure you of that."
Liu Zheng, hearing this, gently shook his head. He had hoped to find so clues here, but it now seed not as straightforward as he had thought.
"Sister-in-law, you an to say that you truly didn’t eat or drink anything, and there wasn’t any particular contact?"
"Just walking around and looking at the fair, and then buying so stuff we needed to take ho. Other than that, we didn’t do anything."
"So, apart from visiting the fair, you didn’t go anywhere else? And during those days, did the old lady eat sothing you didn’t? Even just at the door?"
"No, I have a vivid mory of that because the old lady doesn’t like to snack by nature. Everything else was just proper als at alti. She’s pretty regular in her life, so none of that happened. We mostly ate together with everyone else."
This really left Liu Zheng feeling sowhat at a loss. He had thought he might obtain so clues from her, but now it seed that was simply not the case.
"Alright then, sister-in-law, if there’s nothing else, perhaps I’m just overthinking it. No worries, then. You can go back to your tasks. I’ll keep pondering this."
Liu Zheng was curious. Could it really be that he was going down the wrong investigative path? But, that shouldn’t be the case. Normally, poisons wouldn’t just naturally enter the human body. So, what could the thod for poisoning be?
"Alright, get back to your chores, wasteful woman. To think you can’t even recall one thing."
Mayor Liu was sowhat disgruntled. He had hoped his wife could recall sothing, which would have made the situation clearer and put an end to their wild speculations.
In fact, the mayor’s wife had already reached the door at that mont, but upon hearing Mayor Liu’s complaint, she stopped and turned back once again.
"Liuliu, let ask you, in these past years, what have you done for this family? You always talk about being filial, but when it cos to your mother’s concerns, indeed, you care deeply. Yet, isn’t it mostly who’s been taking care of her? Just because I’ve forgotten a detail, am I now a sinner for all ages?"
"Alright, sister-in-law, Mayor Liu didn’t an it that way. He’s just frustrated that you couldn’t rember, which is indeed very important to us. We need to find the true source of the problem to solve it completely."
Liu Zheng saw that the couple was on the verge of a big argunt, and as an onlooker, he couldn’t just stand there and gawk.
He had to understand what was really going on, so he had no choice but to stand up and act as a diator.
"Hey, you old woman, now I say two words to you, and you’re displeased? We’re in front of the Divine Doctor, what’s this, not giving any face, is it?"
"Alright, alright, Mayor Liu, don’t be anxious. It’s just your sister-in-law voicing a minor complaint, right? And she does take good care of the elderly and the ho—it truly is hard work. Although your job is also demanding, I think you should communicate and understand each other better."
"Look at how well the Divine Doctor speaks. Look at you, out of that mouth, never anything good cos out."
At this point, Mayor Liu’s wife turned to leave. After all, with an outsider present, she couldn’t keep making a scene. However, just as she reached the door again, she stopped in her tracks once more.
Seeing this, Liu Zheng felt nervous. Was she coming back for another round of quarreling? The issue they were investigating wasn’t even clear yet, and here they were, caught up in their bickering. Honestly, he found it quite amusing.
"Divine Doctor, I’ve just suddenly thought of sothing."
"Oh? You’ve thought of sothing? What is it, sister-in-law? Is it about sothing that happened during the fair that day?"
"You’ve been asking if we ate or drank anything at the fair, or if we touched anything. I truly don’t rember any of that, and if I did, the two of us wouldn’t have eaten or drunk anything at the fair. But suddenly, I do rember one thing."
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