CHAPTER 705: CHAPTER 700: SUSPICION

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However, Luo Cuilan hurried to Fang Pingying’s side, earnestly expressing her gratitude, "Sister-in-law, I truly appreciate your help today. I will gradually repay you the money. Once Zhuzhu is better, I’ll find a job and pay you back monthly."

Fang Pingying, however, didn’t care whether Luo Cuilan would repay the money, she shook her head indifferently and said, "Don’t worry about the money for now."

"Sister-in-law, I will definitely repay it." Luo Cuilan thought that Fang Pingying didn’t believe her, fearing that Fang Pingying might misunderstand her like Zhou Yunmei and Xu He did, thinking that after borrowing money, she would disregard it. She immediately said earnestly to Fang Pingying, "Elder sister, I am serious. The money I borrowed, I will surely repay. Although I, Luo Cuilan, am not a good person, I can now clearly discern who truly is."

While Luo Cuilan spoke, she heavily emphasized the word ’now’, allowing Fang Pingying to sense her sincerity and also to notice that the current Luo Cuilan compared to the past, seemed to have indeed changed.

Fang Pingying smiled, "It’s not that I don’t believe you, but right now, money is not the most important. Take good care of Zhuzhu in these few days. If anything happens to him, feel free to come find me or your elder brother."

Hearing Fang Pingying say this, Luo Cuilan felt even more grateful. She recalled what she had done to Fang Pingying before and felt immensely guilty, but she couldn’t immediately express it verbally, as it might seem hypocritical. Fang Pingying had helped her, so it seemed like she had quickly changed her stance.

However, she still emphatically said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Fang Pingying nodded slightly, then recalling what the doctor had said earlier, she quickly asked, "By the way, how could Zhuzhu suddenly become so seriously ill? The doctor mentioned stomach pumping; did he eat something wrong?"

Luo Cuilan was utterly clueless about the mention of the biscuits, and she also said puzzledly, "I still don’t know. Today, Zhuzhu didn’t go anywhere. He just ate some snacks at home, but they shouldn’t be a problem. I’ll check around when I get back."

"Well, with a child you have to be more careful." Fang Pingying was about to leave, but for some reason, almost as if possessed, she asked another question, "Are you currently living with your mother and Zhiming and his wife?"

Luo Cuilan immediately replied, "Yes, we rent houses in the same courtyard. My mother and I live with Zhuzhu, and Zhiming and his wife live together."

Speaking of Zhiming and his wife, Fang Pingying thought of Xu He, as she wanted to verify her suspicion about Xu He’s situation, she deliberately asked, "Zhiming’s wife is about to give birth, right? Counting the days, it should be almost nine months now."

Now that Luo Cuilan regarded Fang Pingying as someone she could rely on, she stated without any hesitation when Xu He was mentioned. She instinctively scoffed, "What nine months, it’s only eight months. She’s lying."

"Ah..." Fang Pingying pretended to be surprised as she looked at Luo Cuilan, feeling that Luo Cuilan knew something.

But coincidentally, before Luo Cuilan could speak, Zhou Yunmei yelled from a distance, "Cuilan, Cuilan, the doctor wants you to go over, says there’s something to discuss with you."

Hearing this, Luo Cuilan immediately bid farewell to Fang Pingying, "Sister-in-law, I’ll go first. Once Zhuzhu is better, I’ll bring him to visit you."

"Go ahead."

As Fang Pingying left the hospital, thinking about what Luo Cuilan had just said, she became more convinced of her suspicion that the duration of Xu He’s pregnancy didn’t match the reality, and there must be some issue.

At the same time, Fang Pingying also wondered why Luo Cuilan seemed to know the truth about it.

How did Luo Cuilan find out the truth?

Did Xu He know about it? If Xu He knew, how would she deal with Luo Cuilan?

Although Xu He was not as daring as Bai Jing, her malicious heart was not any less venomous than Luo Cuilan’s.

With that line of thought, could Xu He be related to the recent event of Zhuzhu being hospitalized?

Though it was a conjecture without evidence, Fang Pingying felt that it might not be impossible. She thought that if Luo Cuilan really did bring Zhuzhu to see her next time, she could take the opportunity to bring it up.

In fact, back in their hometown, Fang Pingying had extremely disliked Luo Cuilan for her selfish and unscrupulous nature. But seeing her disregard her dignity for her son today stirred a feeling of compassion in her heart.

Perhaps it’s because they were both mothers; she felt more sympathy, empathizing with the thought that if her own children were in such a situation, she might also break down.

Moreover, ever since Luo Cuilan came to the provincial city and Luo Zhiyong found her a job, she really hadn’t caused much trouble for herself.

And today’s Luo Cuilan was indeed not as arrogant and overbearing as before; when she first saw her, she even called her sister-in-law.

Though she was only polite because she needed help, it was still better than Zhou Yunmei and the others who had never said a kind word when they needed her.

So, as time passed, Fang Pingying didn’t want to bother about the past matters that much either.

Furthermore, if being friendlier and spending some money could change a family member for the better, it wouldn’t be a bad thing.

After today’s events, she believed that even if Luo Cuilan wouldn’t be very close to her in the future, she certainly wouldn’t be like before, because she had heard everything Luo Cuilan said to Zhou Yunmei at the hospital.

When she really comes to her house, Fang Pingying still needs to remind her to be cautious of Xu He.

Meanwhile, Xu He, alone at home, was extremely anxious.

Although she had long planned a foolproof strategy, thinking that even if she really poisoned Luo Cuilan to death, the police wouldn’t be able to trace anything back to her, it was still her first time harming someone, so she was naturally scared. Ever since Luo Cuilan and the others went to the hospital, she had paced endlessly at home.

She kept thinking she needed to handle some matters and felt something was off, but due to fear, her mind was blank, and she could only keep pacing in the yard.

Finally, she figured out what she needed to do first; she had to dispose of the poisoned cookies she had placed in Luo Cuilan’s room, otherwise, once the police came, they would quickly discover something was wrong with the cookies.

Thinking this, she immediately rushed out of her house to go get the cookies from Luo Cuilan’s room.

But, upon reaching Luo Cuilan’s room, she was completely flustered; in such a critical situation, Luo Cuilan and her cursed daughters remembered to lock the door.