Chapter 78

Chapter 78: This Is It!

According to the original plot, Third Grandfather of Du An Rao’s family had died because of a sudden asthma attack.

Asthma was easy to control but hard to cure.

Sudden attacks of asthma were often related to allergens. Third Grandfather had suffered from asthma for many years. There was no way his family did not know which things could trigger his asthma.

But he just happened to have the attack at home, the place that should have been safest. At the time of the incident, no one else was at home. The medicine he always carried with him had also somehow run out and was completely empty.

Because of that, they missed the best time to save him. With so many strange things added together, it was impossible to believe it was just a coincidence.

Most importantly, later in the story, when Cui Jue Yan was talking to Cui Dong Mei about something else, he slipped and said that his favorite food was locust flower rice. It was just a pity that when Old Master Du was still alive, the Du family had never planted locust trees.

What was even more frightening was that the time when the old man had his attack and died happened to be when the locust trees were in full bloom.

Because she had been lied to for more than ten years, Du Lian Shuang was already full of pent-up grief and anger. Now she suddenly heard that her father’s death might be connected to her husband. She could not bear it anymore. Her eyes rolled back, and she fell straight back, fainting.

“Lian Shuang!”

“Aunt!”

“Mom!”

Shouts rang out one after another. Everyone at the dining table jumped up and rushed to gather around Du Lian Shuang.

Father Du made a quick decision and told Du Jun Yan and Cui Jue Yan to take her to the hospital right away.

Mother Du glanced at the bowl of unfinished old ginseng soup on the table and let out a long sigh. The soup had not helped at all. What a waste.

Du An Rao had never expected that a nice family dinner would end with a relative being sent to the hospital.

She quietly hid behind Du Yu Xi and listened as the doctor repeated again and again that Du Lian Shuang had only fainted because of a strong emotional shock. She had gotten too excited and passed out, but after a good sleep she should be fine. Only then did Du An Rao finally let out a breath.

[Good, good. So it was not a problem with the mountain ginseng chicken soup from home. Thinking about it, if it were food poisoning, Aunt would not be the only one to collapse. But this thing about her emotions going up and down, getting too worked up and fainting…]

The hearts of the Du family members all jumped. They were afraid that Du An Rao had noticed something.

But the next second, they realized they were overthinking it.

[Could it be that Cui Jue Yan started secretly feeding Aunt medicine to drive her insane this early?]

What?!

The faces of the Du family changed slightly, and the air in the ward suddenly froze.

No one noticed that the slightly bent fingers of Du Lian Shuang, lying on the bed, twitched twice and then slowly relaxed.

Not knowing any of this, Cui Jue Yan only thought they were worried about her health. He sighed and said: “Lian Shuang found out about Yu Xi’s matter two days ago. She was so worried she could not eat or sleep. And now today… maybe that is why she could not control her emotions for a moment and scared all of you.”

Mother Du was the first to react. She said: “This girl, her children are already so big, yet she is still so careless. No wonder she was so distracted at dinner today and barely ate anything. Why don’t you and Jun Yan go downstairs to buy some food and bring it up, Jue Yan, so she will not be hungry when she wakes up.”

Cui Jue Yan did not suspect anything and nodded: “Then we will buy more. The kids also did not eat much just now.”

Hearing him speak so thoughtfully, Mother Du could not help praising his carefulness in her heart. But how could a man who seemed perfect in every way fail so badly at being a decent human being?

As expected, it was not scary when a scumbag was just bad. It was scary when a scumbag was handsome and knew how to act.

As soon as the two men left, Du Lian Shuang woke up with a low groan.

The two children rushed forward as if they had found their backbone and called out with teary eyes: “Mom…”

The Du family members were also happy: “Lian Shuang, you are awake.”

“Where is this? What happened to me?” Du Lian Shuang held her head and slowly sat up, looking as if she had no idea what was going on.

“You forgot? You fainted just now while eating,” Mother Du said. “The doctor said you passed out because your emotions went up and down too much and you got too excited. Jue Yan also said that because of Yu Xi’s matter, you have not been eating or sleeping well lately, and your body is weak, so…”

Mother Du thought that Du Lian Shuang had really just woken up and had not heard what they had said earlier. So she took the chance, while explaining, to secretly give her a hint.

Du Lian Shuang understood right away. She nodded and said: “I really have not slept well these two days. I am getting older. Before, when I rushed my work, I could stay up several nights in a row and still feel energetic, no problem at all. Now after just two bad nights, I cannot hold on anymore.”

Mother Du’s eyes turned slightly as she had an idea. She said: “Exactly, you are not young anymore. Your kids are already over ten. Do you still think you are that eighteen or nineteen-year-old little girl? You really scared all of us this time. Since we are already at the hospital, let the doctor give you a full check-up later. If there is an illness, we will treat it. If not, we can at least feel at ease.”

If this had been before, Du Lian Shuang might have thought that Mother Du was making a big fuss over nothing.

But after Du An Rao’s reminder, she now cooperated very eagerly. She even wished she could drag over every piece of equipment in the hospital to scan her head to toe and see if she had really been secretly fed something she should not have eaten.

Third Hospital already had Du family shares. For her check-up, the hospital opened a green channel. On top of that, Du Jun Yan helped stall for time on the other side. Hurrying as fast as they could, they still managed to finish several basic blood tests before Cui Jue Yan returned.

Only when they got the lab report did the heavy stones in the hearts of Du Lian Shuang and her two children finally fall.

“The test results are all normal. Ms. Du is in very good health. There are no problems at all.”

As she let out a breath of relief, she also felt troubled.

If there was no strange medicine in her body, did that mean that what Du An Rao said was not completely accurate? Then what about her father…

Mother Du, however, completely trusted her own daughter’s judgment, especially with the recent events as proof.

The fact that there was nothing wrong with Du Lian Shuang’s body now did not mean there would not be a problem later.

With a man like that, who was eyeing their family’s property, right beside her, an accident was only a matter of time.

“Have you felt uncomfortable anywhere recently and needed to take medicine to feel better?” she asked.

“No… I do not think so.” Du Lian Shuang was sure she had not taken any medicine recently and had not run into anything that required medicine.

Instead, it was Du Yun Ni, who had hardly spoken this whole time, whose face suddenly changed. She reminded her in a hoarse voice: “You did… you did take something.”

Everyone’s eyes turned to her at once. Du Yun Ni clenched her fists and tried hard to keep her voice from shaking too much.

“Mom, did you forget? Not long ago you said your heart felt a bit uncomfortable,” she said. “You went to the hospital for scans, but they did not find anything. Dad said that irregular heartbeat could be a small thing or a big thing. When you came back, he said he still needed to take you to see a doctor again. If needed, you could take some medicine to see if it helped.”

As soon as she said this, the ward went silent again.

But to Du An Rao, it was like getting an important clue. Her eyes lit up.

[This is it!]