Chapter 16: That Night, Five Years Ago

Translator: Lordbluefire 

When Chu Cichen said the word ‘okay’, the doctor-in-charge immediately fed Chu Yu the antidote.

After all, it was a race against death. Every second counted.

Matriarch Chu didn’t have time to stop the doctor, so she could only sigh. She then passed the report in her hands to Chu Cichen. “I didn’t expect so many things would happen when I just went out to look for someone to do a DNA test.”

Chu Cichen received the report and swept his eyes through it. When he saw the conclusion, his eyes violently narrowed. “99.9%”

(…How is this possible?)

He stared in astonishment at Shen Ruojing.

Earlier when she kept pestering him to do a DNA test, and when the two children ran over and called him daddy, his heart was moved.

A DNA test could be done as simply as him just saying yes.

However, this woman kept saying that they had half a year of romance before.

Hence, he was sure either this woman had recognized the wrong person or she was a liar.

So when Lin Wanru had said that the children belonged to Chu Cimo, and Chu Cimo also admitted it, he felt that the case had been closed.

Lin Wanru was also stunned. Never did she expect that this old fool would do a DNA test behind her back. When she looked at Chu Cichen’s expression, she understood that the truth was out.

Matriarch Chu and Chu Cichen were about to interrogate her, but she hadn’t thought of how to reply to them yet.

So in a panic, she pointed to the beverages at the side and spoke without thinking, “Cichen, the poison originated from Shen Ruojing! The doctors discovered poison in the beverages she gave them. She must have hated us, so she wanted to poison all three children to death!”

As her words rang out, Chu Cimo who was immersed in the role of the “father” didn’t even bother looking at the DNA test as he glared at Shen Ruojing with rage. “It’s one thing to hate her, but why do you have to implicate the children? Are you really so merciless?”

Shen Ruojing could feel anger and resentment in the surroundings.

Ever since she entered, she had been suppressing the flames of rage in her heart. But now, the flames had reached their limit.

She had seen all sorts of people before, but only very few could make her so angry. Lin Wanru’s actions today had touched her bottom line!

She then put Chu Tianye down and stood up.

Her eyes were dark, and her expression still looked calm, but one could sense a baleful and terrifying aura from her. She slowly walked toward Lin Wanru step by step.

After that, she looked at the remaining beverages and asked in a very low voice, “Was the poison discovered in all the beverages?”

The doctor said, “There is indeed poison in all the drinks.”

In order to frame Shen Ruojing, Lin Wanru naturally wouldn’t leave behind any loopholes. “Why are you still pretending? You want them to be poisoned no matter which they drank, so you poisoned everything, right? You…”

Shen Ruojing didn’t wait for her to finish speaking. She directly walked over and grabbed Lin Wanru by the chin. After that, she took a beverage with her other hand and wrenched the cap open with force before pushing the bottle into Lin Wanru’s mouth, chugging it down!

Lin Wanru instantly paled!

She struggled violently and wanted to push Shen Ruojing away. However, Shen Ruojing steadily stood there. It was unknown how Shen Ruojing could exert force while grabbing her chin, but Lin Wanru was basically helpless to resist!

“Gurgle~”

Lin Wanru could clearly sense that she had drunk the entirety of the beverage!

Her eyes were wide open with shock. She felt that the expressionless Shen Ruojing was like a devil from hell!

“Quickly save her!”

When everyone finally came to their senses and wanted to rescue Lin Wanru, Shen Ruojing already let her go. Lin Wanru fell limply onto the ground as though she had just choked on a bone.

The bottle that was emptied was thrown beside her, not a single droplet remained.

Shen Ruojing didn’t even turn her head. She carried Chu Tianye and the unconscious Chu Xiaomeng before staring fixedly at Chu Cichen. She then coldly spoke, “Tell everyone who is Chu Tianye’s father!”

Chu Cichen pursed his lips.

Whenever this woman saw him, she would always speak in a familiar tone. Yet, at this moment, she was exceptionally cold, and this caused him to be unable to adapt. He also wasn’t sure what to do.

He was silent for a moment before speaking, “I’m his father.”

He thought that this woman wanted justice, an answer, and an explanation. However, he didn’t expect that Shen Ruojing merely turned and spoke to Chu Tianye, “Little Ye, have you heard it?”

Chu Tianye’s eyes were red, and he buried his head into her embrace. “Yes.”

His mommy was using practical actions to tell him the answer to the question he was asking earlier.

He and his younger sister were indeed the children of their father!

Shen Ruojing then swept her gaze to the doctors, nannies, and maids here as she slowly enunciated. “All of you better remember this. They are the children of the Chu Family, so if you guys still dare to have differential treatment, prepare yourselves to end up like Lin Wanru.”

Her tone was calm, yet her words were extremely frightening.

These servants all shivered upon hearing it.

Shen Ruojing no longer cared about them. She directly carried the two children and went out.

“…”

The living room was in complete silence until the sound of puking rang out. Only then did everyone discover that Lin Wanru had chugged down a bottle of soap water and was forcing herself to vomit.

These bottles of soap water were prepared for the three children earlier.

She vomited all over the ground until she was certain that there was no more poison in her, and only then did she finally stop. However, there was still a burning sensation that hurt as bad as being cut in her throat.

She shouted to the doctors, “Save me!”

They rushed over and checked her body. “Luckily, the majority of poison has been puked out, and only a very little amount is absorbed…”

The conditions of the three children were so serious because no one discovered that they were poisoned until a long time had passed. The optimal time to pump their stomachs was delayed.

On the other hand, Lin Wanru had managed to induce herself to vomit in a timely manner. Although her condition wasn’t serious, the poison she chose was too ruthless, so once it entered a body, the body would absorb some no matter what.

And the amount that was absorbed was sufficient to cause damage to her inner organs. Even if she didn’t die in the end, her body would become much frailer.

Lin Wanru sobbed and complained to Chu Cichen, “Cichen, Shen Ruoling’s actions are too overbearing! Did you see it? She was trying to poison me to death before your eyes! She’s a murderer!”

However, she discovered that Chu Cichen was ignoring her. He was calmly looking in the direction Shen Ruojing left.

Lin Wanru shouted loudly, “Cichen, she is a cold-blooded animal. She was the one who poisoned the children. After the incident, she made the decision to give the pill to Chu Yu because she wanted you to feel guilty, so you wouldn’t pursue her wrongdoings. Even if Chu Yu is fine, the other two children are going to die! She still caused the death of your children. You cannot spare her!”

(How dare Shen Ruojing force-feeds me poison… I want her to die!)

But as the sound of her voice faded, Chu Cimo rushed toward her. “What do you mean? The children belong to my brother? Are they not mine?”

Chu Cichen finally turned his head. “That night, five years ago. You were not the one.”

Hearing this sentence, Lin Wanru was stunned. Her limbs suddenly turned icy cold.