Chapter 27
Agony
Mu Chen glared at her and emphasized, “What country girl? She’s Mu Ci’s wife, his legal wife no less! Duan Si, you’re the Eldest Madam of the Mu family. Where are your manners? Where did you learn to be such a shrew?”
Duan Si trembled in fear and finally did not dare to speak.
Mu Chen’s gaze swept across the doctors and he said indifferently, “Go back. You don’t need to be here.”
The doctors did not dare to be impudent in front of Mu Chen. They bowed and said, “Yes, Sir.”
“Dad, the doctors are already here. Let them test Mu Ci’s blood. They said that he was poisoned. We have to know the exact situation before we can be at ease!” Duan Si was unwilling to give up and continued to insist.
Mu Guo always had a mistress outside, so Mu Chen felt sorry for Duan Si and had always been accommodating to his daughter-in-law. The two families were aristocratic families, and he had watched Duan Si grow up. Duan Si had grown up in a greenhouse and was a rich entitled woman who did not know the hardships of the world.
Therefore, Duan Si was not as afraid of her father-in-law as his husband.
“Cough!” On the bed, Mu Ci suddenly coughed.
Bei Shuo and Liu Ming quickly turned around and surrounded Mu Ci nervously.
“Ahem!” Mu Ci coughed a few times.
“Argh—” He spat out a mouthful of blood.
A fishy smell spread out, and the blood on the snow-white carpet was half red and half dark.
“Mu Ci!” Mu Chen exclaimed as he took two steps forward.
“It’s okay, Grandpa. It’s okay.” Bei Shuo quickly supported Mu Ci, who was struggling to sit up.
Mu Ci felt an inexplicable comfort in his chest.
He glanced at his mother and said forcefully, “You don’t have to worry. I’m fine.”
His words were distinctly distant and anyone with ears could tell.
Duan Si covered her mouth and nose in disgust and muttered, “How could this be? Is he… Is he…”
Mu Ci sensed pain in his heart watching his mother’s reaction. “I won’t die.”
Only then did Duan Si realize that her son was unhappy.
She was not happy either!
Bei Shuo took out another Snow Pill and explained to Mu Chen and Mu Ci, “You can take the second one now. Although the Snow Pill is a life-saving medicine, you have to take it in the right amount at the right time. Otherwise, it will leave a bad side effect on your body. I originally wanted to force the poison out of your body bit by bit without using the Snow Pill. However, your blood is surging now, and you spat out blood and a portion of the poison. Now, take another Snow Pill. Leave the detoxifying of the remaining poison in your body to the Snow Pill.”
“Hey, is that medicine real or fake? How can you have so many Snow Pills? Mu Ci, you can’t eat medicine recklessly! We spent $30 million on Mu En’s Snow Pill back then. She might not even have $3,000. How can she have the real Snow Pill? Mu Ci, don’t fall for it! If you eat it and damage your body, you’ll suffer!” Duan Si was so angry that she stomped her feet.
Mu Ci looked at his mother. Without blinking, he took the Snow Pill from Bei Shuo’s hand and put it into his mouth. “It’s okay. Even if Bei Shuo gave me poison, I would still eat it.”
Bei Shuo did not have the time to appreciate the undercurrents between the mother and son. She quickly handed Mu Ci water and asked him to swallow the medicine.
Mu Chen admired his granddaughter-in-law’s calmness and self-control. His disappointment in his daughter-in-law only deepened.
Mu Ci no longer looked at his mother. He let Liu Ming hold him and leaned against the pillow.
Bei Shuo said softly, “Brother Mu Ci, the medicine will start to take effect in about ten minutes. You will sweat and be in pain. Bear with it.”
Mu Ci nodded gently and closed his eyes.
Duan Si was full of grievances and cried, “Mu Ci, what do you mean by this? Do you hate me so much? I’m your biological mother! I’m doing this for your own good! Would you rather believe outsiders than me? Would I harm you? Why does she have Snow Pills?”
No one paid her any attention.
Old Jiang rushed in and was stunned when he saw the room full of people.
Mu Chen said in a deep voice, “Old Jiang, show Eldest Madam the test results you obtained.”
When Old Jiang saw this situation, he roughly guessed what had happened. He immediately handed the document in his hand to Duan Si. “Eldest Madam, the test results for the pill Young Madam gave Young Master yesterday are out. The test results are identical to the Snow Pill. It’s true.”
Duan Si looked at the information in her hand in disbelief and muttered, “How is this possible? How is this possible? Isn’t it impossible to buy Snow Pills? Why does she have so many?”
“How many do you have left?” She turned around and glared at Bei Shuo.
Bei Shuo was shocked by Duan Si’s random words and blurted out, “There are two more.”
“Hand them over!” Duan Si snapped.
She looked at Mu Chen. “Dad, with her status, how could she have such precious medicine? She might have stolen it. Dad, we have to investigate her background and ask her to hand over the medicine!”