Chapter 600: Second Madam is No Easy Target (Patreon)

Chapter 600: Second Madam is No Easy Target

Seeing Shu Yu approaching, the other members of the Shu family didn't say anything. Although their faces looked grim, the presence of Zhao Xi from the previous day, along with the formidable fighting power of the old lady, and the fact that Shu Yu herself was not someone to be trifled with, made the Shu family members quiet down.

Hou Shi and the Sixth Miss immediately walked over and brought her back to the room. Then they asked, "Ah Yu, why are you here?"

Shu Yu handed over the wrapped oil paper package and said, "My grandmother asked me to bring this to you. Eat it, and let's talk while we eat."

Seeing the juicy meat, even Hou Shi couldn't help but swallow hard.

"This..."

Shu Yu didn't give her a chance to refuse and pushed it towards her. Then she lowered her voice and asked, "Have there been any abnormalities with Second Madam these past few days?"

Hou Shi was momentarily taken aback, took a bite of the pancake, furrowed her brows, and thought for a moment before saying, "It seems... there haven't been any abnormalities. She's been going to the barren land to work in the mornings and coming back to eat and sleep, just like the previous days."

There simply wasn't any time or energy for anything else.

Shu Yu pondered and decided to change her question, "Has she been going out or cooking?"

"She has," before Hou Shi could answer, the Sixth Miss spoke up. "Last night, when I went to collect firewood, I saw Second Madam at the foot of the mountain. And the meals from yesterday evening, even though they weren't cooked by her, she distributed them."

With so many people in the Shu family, the meals were prepared together, but it was the Second Madam who decided who got more or less food.

Although Shu Yu had left the Shu family, this inexplicable rule still existed.

Shu Yu narrowed her eyes and said, "As I expected."

She asked again, "Who went to call the doctor after Second Miss vomited blood and fainted yesterday?"

Hou Shi was startled, "It was also Second Madam."

Her mind worked quickly, and she quickly came up with a terrible conjecture, "Ah Yu, are you suggesting that Second Miss's illness is related to Second Madam?"

Shu Yu suddenly raised her index finger and made a 'shh' gesture.

Hou Shi and the Sixth Miss both looked towards the entrance as they heard a figure passing by outside, seeming to stop at the door for a moment. Although their voices were already lowered and couldn't be heard outside, the three of them temporarily ceased their conversation.

After the person outside stopped at the door for a while, apparently unable to hear anything, they muttered something lowly before turning around and walking away.

Only then did Shu Yu say to Hou Shi and the others, "I had someone look into it, and it turns out Second Miss isn't suffering from 'Qi agitation attacking the heart,' she has been poisoned."

Poisoned?!

Hou Shi and the Sixth Miss gasped, "You mean, it's Second Madam..."

Shu Yu nodded, "It's probably her. I didn't expect her to act so quickly. It seems she deeply resents Second Miss for the death of Seventh Miss."

Second Madam was never a good person. In the past, she directly caused the miscarriage of Aunt Liu's child.

When Hou Shi was giving birth, the appointed doctor didn't come, and that was also the doing of Second Madam.

Although she had been relatively quiet during the journey of exile, it was because she hadn't touched upon her fundamental interests. Her resentment towards Shu Yu was not as strong as that of the First Madam and the others, after all, they had a two-room relationship in the past.

But now, Second Miss dared to kill her daughter. Even if the conditions were difficult, Second Madam would not let her get away with it.

From eavesdropping on the truth to poisoning Second Miss, it had only been a short span of one day, but it was indeed incredibly fast.

Hou Shi became worried upon hearing this, "Will she also target us?"