Rose Manor: Tycoon's Relentless Chase-Chapter 366 - 343: She Was Poisoned

Wen Ran hid in the bathroom, turned on the shower, letting the water pour down, the sound of water masking her heavy breathing.

She clutched her chest, layers of fear flooding over her like an overflowing river, engulfing her entirely, with a strong sense of suffocation gripping her.

An uncontrollable, terrifying thought emerged in her mind. Shen Jianian said that Hua Sui came to find her for painkillers in the room, was it possible... that Hua Sui happened to drink the glass of water with the drug?

However, the woman she met in the bathroom with sunglasses told her that the drug was just regular stomach medicine, which would only cause some discomfort and affect normal activities.

How could it cause vomiting blood and fainting?

The cold water splashing onto her calves gave Wen Ran a shiver; she stared blankly at the white tiled wall, belatedly realizing she had been too trusting of others.

That woman was a complete stranger unrelated to her; why did she trust her words so much?

Perhaps there was a deep grudge between that woman and Shen Jianian, wanting to harm her without dirtying her own hands, planning a "killing with a borrowed knife" strategy.

Killing with a borrowed knife. These four words lingered in Wen Ran’s mind, sending another shiver through her as she increasingly believed this idea was correct. The bottle of medicine was unlabeled; whether it was stomach medicine or something else, who would know, it was just that woman’s casual words.

Unfortunately, she realized this too late, and now a huge mistake had occurred. Where would she find that woman? If someone investigated, she would truly be in big trouble.

If Hua Sui died...

Wen Ran didn’t know why she thought of this, but all the color drained from her face instantly, letting out a low sob, afraid that Shen Jianian outside would hear, she tightly covered her mouth, preventing any sound from escaping.

She really was a fool, what was she thinking back then, why did she allow herself to be swayed by that woman’s words and lose her mind attempting to scheme against Shen Jianian.

Wen Ran slapped herself on the face, but the pain did not alleviate the fear in her heart, knowing that nothing she did now could undo what happened, she could only pray that Hua Sui in the hospital would be alright.

Shen Jianian yawned repeatedly, feeling sleepy, she tiredly raised her eyelids, glancing toward the bathroom, the sound of water still persisted, indicating Wen Ran was still showering.

She patted her cheeks, trying to stay awake, opening the messages in the WeChat group.

Someone sent a message saying they just saw Manager Xie return, he came back alone, Hua Sui did not come with him.

Immediately, someone in the group tagged Manager Xie, asking him about Hua Sui’s condition.

Manager Xie didn’t respond, but a few minutes later, he sent a message in the group: "Who’s free tonight to help take care of Hua Sui at the hospital?"

Since the manager is a man, it’s not convenient for him to take care of Hua Sui at night; being in a foreign country, finding a suitable caregiver isn’t easy either.

A girl who was relatively close to Hua Sui replied: "I’ll go."

Manager Xie: "Alright. The car is downstairs, it will take you to the hospital, just be careful."

The girl replied with an "okay", and then Manager Xie didn’t send any more messages in the group, while everyone else started discussing, one after another.

Shen Jianian put down her phone, rubbed her somewhat sore brow bones, gave another glance towards the bathroom, wondering what happened with Wen Ran, she had been showering for more than an hour and still hadn’t come out.

Feeling so sleepy that her eyes were about to close, Shen Jianian, after some struggle, decided to give Wen Ran a gentle reminder. She got up and knocked on the bathroom door: "Wen Ran, are you done showering? I’m a bit tired."

Normally, she wouldn’t urge others like this, but today she was truly exhausted and wanted to sleep early.

"Oh, okay, I’m almost done," Wen Ran’s voice came from behind the water and the door, sounding a bit muffled.

Shen Jianian wasn’t sure if it was just her imagination, but Wen Ran’s voice seemed tinged with panic, causing Shen to reflect, wondering if she had startled Wen Ran by suddenly knocking.

After waiting five or six minutes, the bathroom door was pulled open from inside, Wen Ran came out wearing her pajamas, her head lowered slightly. Without the water and door muffling her voice, she sounded a bit subdued and unnatural: "Sorry, I took a bit long."

"It’s all right." As Shen Jianian passed by her, she inadvertently noticed her slightly red eyes, made a slight pause in her steps and asked, "What happened to your eyes?"

"Ah?" Wen Ran’s heart sank heavily, panic rising within her, she raised her hand to rub the corner of her eye, casually pulling a lie to cover it up, "Whilst showering, some body wash foam accidentally got into my eyes."

Shen Jianian gave an "oh" in response, without further ado, and entered the bathroom.

Wen Ran let out a sigh of relief, perched on the bed, and picked up her phone from the duvet. The messages in the band group had piled up over ninety; she bit her lower lip lightly, scrolling back up until she saw Manager Xie’s message, and her pupils suddenly constricted.

Hua Sui needed a caregiver; could it be that her condition wasn’t good... 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

What exactly was that bottle of medicine?

Poison?

This thought rushed into her mind, Wen Ran bit down on her lower lip so hard that she tasted iron, the slight stinging from her lips making her realize she had broken the skin.

Wen Ran lay down on the bed, covering herself with the duvet, yet feeling as if she were in the depths of winter, shivering uncontrollably.

Shen Jianian, finishing her shower, saw Wen Ran lying on her side on the other bed, with the duvet pulled over her head. She assumed Wen Ran was asleep, so she switched off the lights, got into her own bed and went to sleep.

Clearly having been very sleepy earlier, she didn’t know if the shower had shaken off her drowsiness because once she lay down, sleep eluded her.

After what seemed like ages, an hour, maybe two, as Shen Jianian drifted off to sleep, she heard a subtle noise from the other bed—rustling of the duvet being pulled aside, shuffling of slippers, and then footsteps moving towards the bathroom.

Soon, the sound of the toilet flushing echoed prominently in the silent night.

Shen Jianian’s eyelids twitched, and then she fell asleep. She had no recollection of Wen Ran returning from the bathroom.

She slept soundly until daylight, getting up feeling fully refreshed, turning to see Wen Ran still asleep, she tiptoed to the bathroom to wash up. Their flight was in the evening, so there was no rush; she could let Wen Ran sleep a bit longer.

The truth was, Wen Ran hadn’t slept a wink all night long, listening to Shen Jianian getting up, she checked her phone, realizing it was already past 8 AM.

When Shen Jianian came out of the bathroom, she saw that Wen Ran was awake, leaning against the headboard looking at her phone, and suddenly remembered something, casually asking: "Wen Ran, did you get up to use the bathroom last night? I think I heard the flushing sound."

Though Shen Jianian just asked it in passing while applying her skincare, in Wen Ran’s guilty conscience it was not the same; her heart tightened instantly, her hand trembling lightly, causing her phone to drop onto the blanket.

Denying wasn’t an option, Shen Jianian had heard it, so Wen Ran tried her best to cover it up: "I drank lots of soft drinks during dinner and had to get up once at night."

While spreading the cream on her face, Shen Jianian asked, "Have you seen the group messages? Is there any news about Hua Sui?"

Right now, the last thing Wen Ran wanted to hear was the name "Hua Sui," causing her eyelashes to tremble, and after a pause, she muttered: "I just woke up, haven’t had the chance to check yet."

As she was speaking, Wen Ran opened the WeChat group, and coincidentally, the girl who went to the hospital last night had just posted an explosive message three minutes ago.

"The hospital’s test results are out; Sui Sui has been poisoned. I don’t quite understand the medical jargon, but from what the translator said, it poisons can lead to organ failure."

With this statement, the group immediately exploded.

"No way? Poisoned? Was it food poisoning? Didn’t we all eat at the hotel’s restaurant, how could this happen?"

"Did Hua Sui eat outside and have something bad?"

"Oh my god, is Hua Sui okay? Is she out of danger?"

"You think it was a setup?"

"Nonsense, you think this is a TV drama with people plotting against each other."

With words like "poisoned," "life-threatening," and "conspiracy" jumping into Wen Ran’s wide-eyed view, she felt consumed by panic. Her worst fears about the bottle of pills were confirmed— it was poison, with the intent to kill Shen Jianian, and inadvertently, Hua Sui took her place.

Tears dripped from Wen Ran’s eyes onto her hand without her even noticing.

Shen Jianian, having finished her skincare routine, was taken aback seeing Wen Ran’s state: "Wen Ran, what’s wrong?"

Forget about organizing her clothes, she went straight to Wen Ran. But when she read the fast-scrolling group messages on her screen, she realized from others’ comments—the horrific truth, that Hua Sui had been poisoned.