Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 148 - 147: You Dare Harm My Son?

Gu Yanshen, who had been staring at her, noticed the change in her expression.

He didn’t ask anything.

The tall man stood up, stepped beside her, and took the can of milk powder from her hand.

He lowered his head and sniffed it.

The next second.

"Bang!"

The iron milk powder can was crushed with a dent by his clearly defined big hands.

The sound of the metal deforming was piercing and startling.

Wang Guihua shivered in fright, her whole body trembled.

Gu Yanshen raised his head.

In those eyes, there was no anger or questioning, only dead silence.

Like the most terrifying calm before a storm.

"Who."

He uttered only one word.

The voice was very soft, yet more chilling than any shout.

The color drained from Wang Guihua’s face, her lips trembling, almost unable to stand.

"I... I don’t know..."

"This can of milk powder was freshly opened yesterday afternoon..."

"I... I went out to buy groceries, just for a moment..."

"When I returned, the courtyard gate... the latch wasn’t properly secured, it was ajar..."

Wang Guihua’s voice choked with sobs.

"I thought at the time... it was the wind that blew it open..."

One sentence, and all the clues connected.

Someone sneaked into the house when Wang Guihua went out.

Clearly targeted.

The target was this can of milk powder meant for the child.

Gu Yanshen’s eyes, filled with dead silence, were instantly replaced by a torrential killing intent.

He turned and walked out.

"I’m going to the military district’s security office now."

"Seal off the entire compound, search house by house!"

His voice, squeezed out through clenched teeth, carried the taste of blood with every word.

"Don’t go!"

Lin Wan Yi grabbed his arm.

Gu Yanshen paused in his steps and turned to look at her.

The hostility in his eyes seemed almost tangible.

Lin Wan Yi, however, was very calm, meeting his gaze and shaking her head.

"This is a woman’s trick."

"Despicable, insidious."

"If you go making a fuss now, you’ll only disturb the entire compound, creating panic."

"Then, what will people say outside? They’ll say Mr. Gu bullied others, causing chaos over a personal matter."

"That’s exactly what that person wants to see."

Gu Yanshen clenched his fists, the veins on the back of his hands bulging.

Of course, he understood this.

But thinking about his son, who almost...

He simply couldn’t suppress that murderous intent.

"Sister-in-law is right!"

Gu Lan with reddened eyes rushed out from the inner room.

She had been coaxing the recently asleep Gu Ning, and heard everything outside clearly.

"Brother! You can’t go!"

"Handling this kind of despicable matter will only dirty your hands!"

Gu Lan walked to Lin Wan Yi’s side and tightly held her hand.

"Sister-in-law, Brother, leave it to me."

Her face no longer showed the usual vivacity, replaced by a calm and sharpness beyond her years.

"The person who wants to do this must have a grudge against us."

"Counting it on fingers, there are only a few."

"It’s more convenient for me to investigate."

"I promise, before dark today, I’ll definitely pull out that rotten-hearted scoundrel for you!"

The next day, early in the morning.

Gu Lan didn’t attend school.

She wandered around the compound with a few White Rabbit candies in her pocket.

Several little girls jumping rope saw her and chirped as they gathered around.

"Gu Lan sis!"

Gu Lan smiled and gave each child a candy.

"Let me ask you something."

She peeled a candy, popped it into her mouth, and casually asked.

"Yesterday afternoon, when you were playing downstairs, did you see any unfamiliar person loitering around our house?"

A little girl with pigtails licked her candy, thinking for a moment.

"No unfamiliar people..."

"But... I think I saw Li Li sister." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Another little girl nodded too.

"Yes, yes! I saw her too! She was crouching at the corner of our building, sneaky, no idea doing what."

Li Li.

Liu Meiqin’s sidekick.

Gu Lan narrowed her eyes.

She bade farewell to the children and turned directly towards the military compound’s supply and sales club.

Inside the supply and sales club, a plump saleswoman in her forties was knitting a sweater.

"Lanlan is here! Buying something?"

"Aunt Wang, I’m buying a bottle of soy sauce."

Gu Lan handed over money and a voucher.

Aunt Wang took the money and voucher, turned to fetch the soy sauce.

Gu Lan leaned against the counter, chatting leisurely.

"Aunt Wang, the weather’s been bad lately, a classmate of mine ate something spoiled and had a terrible stomachache."

"Do you think they should take some medicine?"

Aunt Wang, tightening the soy sauce bottle cap, replied.

"Of course! Stomach troubles aren’t a minor issue."

"Speaking of which, someone bought medicine for stomach troubles yesterday afternoon too."

Gu Lan’s heart skipped, but she remained unperturbed outwardly.

"Really? Such a coincidence?"

"Yes indeed." Aunt Wang lowered her voice, "The one from the logistics office, Vice Director Liu’s family... no, was Liu Meiqin’s follower, named Li Li."

"Bought a whole bag of laxatives."

"I asked her why buy so much, she said her family cat is constipated and it’s to help the cat’s bowel movements."

"You find it funny, don’t you? Cats aren’t that delicate."

Gu Lan took the soy sauce bottle, a cold smile playing at her lips.

"It’s quite funny."

She turned and walked out of the supply and sales club.

In the afternoon.

Li Li had just walked out of the girls’ dormitory building when someone blocked her way.

It was Gu Lan.

She folded her arms and stood before Li Li.

Li Li saw her, and the color drained from her face.

She turned, about to run.

"Stop."

Gu Lan’s voice coolly came from behind her.

Li Li’s feet seemed pinned to the ground, unable to move.

Gu Lan slowly walked up to her.

She examined Li Li from head to toe and suddenly smiled.

"Your family’s cat."

"Is it alright?"

Li Li’s body suddenly shivered.

She looked up, terrified, at Gu Lan, her lips trembling, unable to speak.

"Come with me."

Gu Lan said no more, turned, and walked away.

Li Li seemed to be soulless, frozen in place.

Gu Lan walked a few steps, turned back, and coldly looked at her.

"You going to walk on your own, or should I drag you to the security office?"

This sentence was like a bucket of ice water poured over her.

Li Li trembled, not daring to hesitate, and could only follow with a pale face, trembling.

Gu Lan took her to the back of the teaching building, an empty plot of land where no one was around.

"Speak."

Gu Lan leaned against the wall, looking at Li Li, who was trembling.

"What did you put in my sister-in-law’s milk powder?"

"I... I didn’t... Don’t accuse me!" Li Li was still stubborn.

"Didn’t?" Gu Lan sneered, "Li Li, I don’t have time to waste with you."

"I’ll only give you one chance."

"To poison food meant for a current military officer’s family and harm the child of a war hero."

"This charge will have you in prison for life."

"Decide for yourself."

"Wah—"

Li Li couldn’t hold on anymore, and collapsed kneeling on the ground, crying loudly.

"It’s not me! It’s really not me!"

"It’s Liu Meiqin! She forced me to do it!"

She clung to Gu Lan’s leg, sobbing, unable to catch her breath.

"Yesterday, the school’s disciplinary result came out, her dad was suspended, and she was expelled! She hates Lin Wan Yi to death!"

"She came to me, gave me a bag of medicine, told me to secretly pour it into the milk powder when Nanny Wang was not around!"

"She said it was just ordinary laxatives, just to give the child diarrhea for a few days, to cause Lin Wan Yi some trouble and make her taste some suffering!"

"I didn’t know it would be so severe! I really didn’t know the child would have a high fever! I didn’t mean to harm anyone! I really didn’t want to!"