Chen Tong glanced at the clock in the room and realized some time had passed since Madam He fainted. He nodded and said, "Alright then, let's go. But does this woman have to come with us? Don't forget that Eldest Sister He's fainting has everything to do with her!"
Seeing Chen Tong's temper about to flare, Grandpa He quickly explained, "I've told you it has nothing to do with her, why don't you believe me? The real culprit is that Zhang Wan'er just now!
Alright, stop wasting time here. If you don't believe me, I'll present the truth of the matter to you later. Blame me for not taking good care of my wife. If I had stayed by her side twenty-four hours a day and paid more attention to the household's movements, I would have noticed something was amiss!"
With things said to this extent, Chen Tong really couldn't interfere in others' family affairs. He let out a cold snort, picked up the examination report, and followed Grandpa He to Madam He's room.
At this moment, Madam He heard the commotion outside the door and slowly opened her eyes. When she saw a group of people standing around her, looking at her with worried expressions, she was stunned for a moment before realizing what was happening.
Madam He narrowed her eyes and said teasingly, "I'm so sorry to have made you all worry. I didn't expect things to be so serious! If I had known, I would have just pretended to take those pills and faked an illness!"
Hearing Madam He's words, Grandpa He immediately sensed something was wrong. He gritted his teeth and asked, "You knew about this?"
"Yes, I always felt something was amiss with Zhang Wan'er coming over here from time to time, so I decided to play along. By the way, is it as we guessed, that Zhang Wan'er did this to disrupt the relationship between our mother and daughter!" Madam He then looked at Chen Li Shu with anticipation.
Chen Li Shu nodded, a bitter smile appearing on her face as she said, "Yes, she did try to shift all the blame onto me. Fortunately, my godfather didn't believe her!"
Madam He nodded in agreement, then proudly raised her head and said, "This has nothing to do with you at all. Zhang Wan'er probably doesn't know how much I want you to join the He Group. Your ability is the highest I've ever seen. With you, the He Group will prosper!"
"By the way, I've paid such a great price, have you kept any evidence to deal with Zhang Wan'er? I think that He Gu is quite good. Remember to keep an eye on him!
He Gu has no more value to use, but he still holds leverage over Zhang Wan'er. Based on previous investigations, Zhang Wan'er's personality suggests she might send someone to silence him!"
Listening to Madam He's speculation, Grandpa He voiced his doubts, "Why are you so sure Zhang Wan'er will send someone to silence him? You know, He Gu's status is not low. Since he can be used by Zhang Wan'er, I'd say he has some kind of handle on him that Zhang Wan'er is holding. Getting to the truth might not be that easy!"
Facing Grandpa He's analysis, Madam He turned her head to look at the ceiling and simply said, "I know."
Grandpa He was about to be driven mad by Madam He's nonsensical behavior. He suppressed his anger and said with a sigh, "Since you already knew this would happen, why did you risk your own safety?"
"I didn't risk my own safety. This girl Zhang Wan'er is too cruel and must be eliminated. Otherwise, I have a premonition that she might become a major obstacle to our family's harmony!
I have no other intentions in doing this. I just wanted to confirm if He Gu had been bribed and if Zhang Wan'er wanted to sow discord between me and Chen Li Shu. Once I confirm it, I'll know how to solve this problem!"
Grandpa He asked, "How to solve it?"
Madam He clasped her hands, her eyes gradually deepening, and her speech becoming more rational, "I want He Gu to only admit that Zhang Wan'er framed me. Only by making a big fuss about it, letting everyone know about Zhang Wan'er's wrongdoings, and making Yang Zhi Guo have no face to use his identity to cover for his niece, can we truly make a move against Zhang Wan'er.
As the saying goes, the common people cannot fight the officials. Yang Zhi Guo is a commander, after all. If we act against Zhang Wan'er based on our own guesses, I'm afraid Yang Zhi Guo will get desperate and use the military's influence to cause us trouble. If the higher-ups notice the small movements below, the He family's large cake will eventually be divided!"
Grandpa He nodded in agreement. "If you put it that way, it does make some sense. However, we still can't figure out why He Gu is willing to be used by Zhang Wan'er. I heard that He Gu has backing as well!"
"It's not important. If they both hold leverage over each other, then I can use my own methods to force He Gu to reveal the truth! Regardless, we must ensure He Gu's personal safety during this period. After a couple of days, if Zhang Wan'er doesn't make a move, we'll send people to stage a murder plot!
As long as we find a way to break their trust, and then we step forward and promise to help He Gu escape punishment, thereby obtaining a false confession, we can use this confession to deal with Zhang Wan'er!" Madam He, after all, was the matriarch of a prominent family. What had she not experienced? She wasn't a naive innocent; in this kind of environment, she didn't mind resorting to any means to achieve her goals!
Since things had already happened, Grandpa He didn't say much more. He glanced at Chen Tong, who was still deep in thought, and then asked, "By the way, didn't you say the test results are out? If so, tell me quickly what's going on!"
"The situation isn't very ideal. The laboratory test results tell me that Eldest Sister He was poisoned with a neurotoxin! Its symptoms are very similar to a virus I saw in an experiment in Country M, but I don't think it should appear in China.
If this is indeed a virus researched by a Country M laboratory, then the situation is much worse. We don't have an antidote. Only the highest-level researchers in Country M have it. Given their selfish nature, it's very likely they won't admit it in order to observe data!"