Chapter 85: Chapter 85
The Guan family’s livestream footage made it to the trending topics that day, with everyone speaking out for Guan Yue.
The Guan family holds an exalted status in Flower Country, and everyone knows how much they have contributed to it.
[It’s truly chilling; the Guan family has never wronged anyone in Flower Country! We must get to the bottom of this!]
[Regardless of what happened, we mustn’t implicate an innocent child! That is a precious female cub!]
[I can’t imagine what would have happened if Manman hadn’t noticed something amiss with the Guan family’s young cub... Thank you, Yu Manman!]
Yu Manman’s account saw a surge of followers and gained millions of fans!
As a result, Yu Manman exchanged it for Luck Value, gaining several hundred Luck Points!
Yu Manman was delighted!
Two days later, Mansa and the Guan family investigated together and uncovered quite a bit.
Shuo’s parents, after going bankrupt, became addicted to online gambling, accumulating more and more debt...
Consequently, a group of criminals, who had previously been suppressed by the Guan family, exploited them, threatening to feed them to the fishes in Undersea City if they didn’t comply.
Many hated the Guan family, and they banded together to infiltrate the Guan family, prepared poison for them, and manipulated them into targeting Guan Yue to get back at Mansa.
They even misled them into believing that their bankruptcy and gambling addiction were because of Mansa.
Under overwhelming hatred and coercion, they followed through with the plan!
The knife, in particular, was prepared by Shuo’s mother for Mansa, and the poison was given by those people.
"We, we didn’t dare to kill the Guan family’s little female! So we only replaced the poison with a trace amount; it won’t kill anyone!"
"Please spare us! We were forced into this!"
Ongoing investigations revealed that another group had secretly learned of the plan and privately guided Shuo’s parents, making them realize that if the Guan family’s young female died, they would be buried too.
The situation was chaotic and complex, but Guan Lingxue remained level-headed.
"If no one had secretly guided them, those people would not have thought to leverage that couple to attack the Guan family."
The person leading those who hated the Guan family and the person guiding that couple might very well be the same individual.
However, who exactly is behind all this, they have yet to determine.
The opponent has gone to great lengths, guiding people to attack the Guan family while also instructing that couple to administer only a small amount of poison...
"Perhaps the opponent genuinely doesn’t want to kill Yue," Guan Lingxue said, frowning and pressing her temples repeatedly.
However, the opponent might not realize that Yue’s constitution is actually very weak, and even a trace amount of poison could cause Yue to go into shock and die.
"Perhaps... the opponent wants to climb up to the Guan family." Guan Lingxue pondered for a long time and reached a conclusion.
Guan Heng was startled when he heard what his mother said!
"Mom! You’re not thinking that Yu Man is that person, are you?"
That’s not something to say! He still wanted to pursue Yu Man!
Guan Lingxue glared at her silly son, "Did I say it was her?"
At the banquet, she had already openly tested Yu Man’s family.
She had Yu Manman smell several things and confirmed that Yu Manman indeed has an extraordinary sense of smell, which was correct.
Yu Man came to the Guan family on a whim, yet even the painting wasn’t completely dry.
If Yu Man truly wanted to ascend to the Guan family, there was no need for any risk; she could simply give in to someone from the Reed family, and Blanwen would happily bring her over.
"Then who are you referring to?" Guan Heng asked.
Guan Lingxue glanced at him, "Have you forgotten who else was at the banquet and reminded us that the milk was poisoned?"
Guan Heng made an ’oh’ sound, "That female wearing an antiquated emerald."
"Yes." Guan Lingxue pursed her lips, "If she hadn’t been bumped over, she might have been able to warn us before Yue drank the milk."
That way, they would naturally be grateful to Mu Zhi.
"So she knew?" Guan Heng leaned back against the sofa, "Should we bring her in to question her?"
Guan Lingxue shook her head, "No, judging by her reaction, she probably doesn’t know."
However, with Elcaron around Mu Zhi, she was not so sure.
A trace of doubt flickered in Guan Lingxue’s eyes as she scrutinized everyone present thoroughly.
Mu Zhi wasn’t initially in the hall, but she was escorted in by a server because she was feeling unwell.
The server, too, had been questioned properly, and there were no issues.
The situation outside was chaotic, making it somewhat challenging to conduct the investigation thoroughly.
But she deliberately watched Mu Zhi’s livestream and learned that she had been drinking with a Male Beastman. That Male Beastman, however, seemed not to be a problem and only spoke with Mu Zhi as part of a bet with friends.
The juice that Mu Zhi drank had long since vanished, and it was still uncertain whether there was anything wrong with it.
"Sometimes, too many coincidences become a point of suspicion."
Guan Lingxue couldn’t find proof, but she harbored doubts in her mind.
Having often pondered human nature, her first impression of Elcaron was that he was no simple character and certainly didn’t seem like one driven solely by love!
In Guan Lingxue’s eyes, Mu Zhi was not particularly outstanding as a female, yet Elcaron would lavishly spend on her? It was inherently suspicious.
She also watched Mu Zhi’s previous unexpected discovery of Undersea City’s secrets through a livestream and contemplated it. She was almost certain Mu Zhi knew about the Norman Undersea City affair long ago.
Who informed her? Most likely, it was Elcaron...
Through a series of suspicions stemming from Mu Zhi, Guan Lingxue even began to doubt the fortune teller who predicted good fortune for Mu Yaoyao.
"This matter must be investigated slowly without rushing." Guan Lingxue tapped the table with her fingers repeatedly.
"On that day, who knows how many people were involved?"
There were so many people that day, didn’t they all have some thoughts?
Guan Lingxue had reached her current position with immense calculation and effort.
"I’m still investigating the person who bumped into Mu Zhi."
As she eliminated suspects one by one, those who remained would eventually have a way to be found.
Guan Heng widened his eyes, "You’re too suspicious, aren’t you?"
He looked at his mother incredulously, giving her a thumbs-up, "Truly worthy of being the head of our Guan family!"
Seeing his grandfather slowly slipping into senility, she had slowly sidelined him and took over.
Guan Heng thought if he had half of his mother’s astuteness, could he catch up to Yu Man?
Guan Lingxue glanced at her eldest son, "Train with me for a few more years, and you’ll have half as much ability as I do now."
The son she raised was no fool.
"Forget it!" Guan Heng stood up, "I’m not interested."
"By the way, I have something to do, so I’m off."
"What are you up to?" Since returning home, he’s been idle; what business could he possibly have?
"A matter of life and death!" Guan Heng replied seriously.
Guan Lingxue looked at her son in confusion.
In her self-assessment capable of seeing through the human heart, she couldn’t quite understand what her son was up to. For more chapters visıt nοvelfire.net
Guan Heng hummed a tune as he went out and contacted Meadon...