Ye Wei's heart tightened. She lowered her eyes and didn't dare to look at the man's face. Her lips formed into a straight line as she tried to think of her words.
"I only ask you, did Qin Sheng push you?"
The man's cold voice rang in her ears.
In her mind, Qin Sheng reached out to pull her, and just happened to touch her. She saw it clearly. She was pushed by Qin Sheng, and there was no flaw, just like what Nie Fang saw. But was it an accident?
Did she really have to say that?
Her hand clenched into a fist. She knew that doing this was despicable, but she also knew that this was her last chance.
"I shouldn't have stewed the tonic soup for you. It made Qin Sheng unhappy," she said softly.
"I asked Nie Feng to get the pot that the soup was in tested. Don't you have anything to say to me?" Gong Mochen forehead was creased.
Ye Wei was stunned. Why did the soup pot have to be tested?
"But there's nothing wrong with my soup. I stewed it myself."
Gong Mochen's phone pinged. It was a photo sent by Nie Feng. He had already sent Qin Sheng back to the villa and took a photo of the soup pot.
His eyes narrowed. "Don't tell me you don't recognize the large amount of herbs here?"
He didn't need to be told what was in the soup. He knew what it was from just a glance.
He remembered when he'd accompanied Qin Sheng to the botanical garden, and he'd been embarrassed by her naivety. The little thing had argued in front of everyone, wanting him to buy the plant so she could feed it to him.
Even now, he still remembered the embarrassment. He was only a little over twenty years old at the time.
Ye Wei's eyes widened. "Epimedium? No, I didn't put that in the soup. I didn't put it in the soup at all!"
Her face was pale. How did this thing end up in the soup pot? She was a doctor, so she knew how effective this plant was...
Now, she understood why Qin Sheng came to her so angrily. It wasn't because she'd stewed the soup for Gong Mochen, but because of the plant in the soup pot!
"Didn't you make the soup yourself?" Gong Mochen asked.
"I made it myself, but I didn't go back to the kitchen since it was stewed," Ye Wei said.
The soup pot was electric. As long as the ingredients were prepared properly, the soup could be automatically made. Normally, it took five to six hours to make the soup. She didn't stand guard, but when Gong Mochen was about to come back, she asked Nie Fang to get the soup.
"Are you saying that someone deliberately put epimedium in the soup pot?" Gong Mochen asked.
"Yes, and I can swear on the blood of the people in my village that it wasn't me!" Ye Wei said.
To make such an oath was a powerful thing. No one would make it if they didn't mean it.
"I believe that you didn't put such a thing in the soup. Then, do you dare to swear that Qin Sheng pushed you? With the blood of your entire village?" Gong Mochen asked.
Ye Wei's heart stopped. She couldn't say such a poisonous oath, no matter how hard she tried.
"I... I..." Tears rolled down her cheeks as she covered her face with her hands. "Qin Sheng didn't push me. I know I shouldn't have lied, but I really wanted to work hard for you. You know how much you mean to me! You know my heart..."
In her eyes, Qin Sheng was just a little girl who had been spoiled by Gong Mochen. What ability did Qin Sheng have to be by Gong Mochen's side?
"The person I love is Qin Sheng. It's always been her. I can forgive you this time because you've always been good to me. But if there's a next time, I won't forgive you!
"You treated my subordinates, and I donated my skin to you. You helped me for a year, and I let you stay by my side for five years. We are even."
The man's voice was as cold as ice. Ye Wei knew that she didn't even have the right to be his friend.
"I'm sorry, I was just greedy. I didn't want to harm Qin Sheng. She didn't push me. She just grabbed onto me and didn't let go. I broke free from her hand, but my center of gravity was off balanced, and I fell," she stuttered and cried.
She never wanted to hurt anyone. She'd just lied in order to give herself a chance!
"Take good care of yourself. I will investigate the matter of the epimedium," Gong Mochen said, and he walked out of the ward.
Nie Feng had rushed back to the hospital. In just a short while, he had almost become a round robin. He had already run back and forth twice.
"President, all the camera footage in the house has been retrieved. I checked the surveillance footage in the car, but there are no cameras in the kitchen..." Nie Feng's breathing wasn't steady.
"Whoever entered the kitchen, arrest them and interrogate them!" Gong Mochen ordered.
Nie Feng immediately called his subordinates and asked them to arrest the people who entered the kitchen. He ran out of the hospital helplessly and returned to the villa again.
Han Qing's expression was severe. "What are you doing? You want to arrest the people who went into the kitchen? I also entered the kitchen today. Are you going to arrest me too?"
"That depends on whether Mother gave Son the epimedium," Gong Mochen said coldly.
"You! You're talking to your mother like that?" Han Qing roared.
"Qin Sheng wasn't the one who pushed Ye Wei. Ye Wei fell down by herself. If you still don't believe me, you can ask Ye Wei. Qin Sheng was wronged. I'm definitely going to marry her. If you don't agree, I'll take her away from here and go to a place where you, the Qin family, and the Yun family can't find her," Gong Mochen said.
Han Qing's words came out from her deep throat and she said, "You're going to abandon your mother for that girl?"
"She's shouldered enough for her own mother. I've never felt that she should bear that burden. I'm not discussing it with you, I'm just telling you," Gong Mochen said.
He strode out of the hospital and returned to the villa. He wanted to catch the person who drugged him.
Han Qing's eyes closed. "Yun Xi, you stole my man back then, and now you want your daughter to steal my son? I won't let you have your way!"
She cursed fiercely, fire spitting from her eyes.
Gong Mochen returned to his home. Nie Feng had already interrogated the people who had entered the kitchen, but no one admitted to tampering with the soup.
"Take them to the company and interrogate them strictly. If they don't talk, fire them all!" Gong Mochen ordered.
Nie Feng accepted the order and asked his men to take away all the maids and cooks who had entered the kitchen. By interrogating them strictly, it meant that they were going to be tortured... That would surely make one of them talk. The truth would be revealed sooner or later.
Gong Mochen didn't care how Nie Feng interrogated them. He had always been at ease with Nie Feng's work. He strode towards Qin Sheng's bedroom.
Qin Sheng had already laid down to sleep. She wasn't in the mood to wait for the man to come back. It was likely that he was still guarding Ye Wei at the hospital anyway.
She sighed bitterly. Thinking of Gong Mochen personally giving Ye Wei his skin made her heart turn cold.
The door opened and Gong Mochen walked in. "Have you finished reflecting?"
Qin Sheng lay under the blanket and rolled her eyes. "No, I didn't do anything wrong. If you're not happy with that then throw me out!"
She would definitely be happy if he threw her out. She couldn't wait for that to happen!
Gong Mochen walked to the woman's bedside and pinched her chin with his big hand. "Throw you out? In your dreams. I'll tie you to the bed and make you warm my bed for the rest of your life. I won't throw you out..."
Qin Sheng's lips twitched...