902 A Million Times for You 264 (2/2)

The doctor explained, ”Although I don't know exactly which poison it is, I can tell that it's a very lethal one. The three minutes before the effects of the poison set in are the most crucial. You guys have done the right emergency treatment. That's what allowed them to survive. They'll have to be hospitalized for the time being for further observations. They'll be fine if no abnormal situations crop up in the next 24 hours.”

”Alright, thank you, Doctor.”

An Xiaoning and Jin Qingyan entered the hospital ward together, after which An Xiaoning sat down on Shi Qingzhou's bed. Holding her mother's hand while tearing up incessantly, An Xiaoning said, ”Mother, I'm sorry.”

Shi Qingzhou comforted her, ”What are you apologizing for? It's not your fault anyway. We just didn't take enough precautions and allowed the perpetrator the chance to take action…”

”The doctor said that you guys are generally safe if there are no further complications within 24 hours. I've already gotten someone to send the poison for a test, we'll have the results very soon…” She turned around to look at the rest of them with an icy cold expression on her face. ”I'll definitely find the perpetrator behind this. I'll let the culprit know clearly what the consequences are.”

The incident was not reported on the news, and no one else knew what happened yet.

Bei Qi was indeed an expert chemist. One hour later, he informed her of the results, ”The water supply had been tampered with, but I've yet to confirm which part of it went wrong. I'm heading there with the detector now. I'll need some help.”

”Got it.” An Xiaoning ended the call and said to Shi Qingzhou, ”We're guessing that something has gone wrong with the water supply, though further investigation has to be done to find out which part of it was tampered with exactly. I'm going home to check up on it carefully. Call me again if there's anything, Mother.”

”Alright, go ahead. Drive safely.”

An Xiaoning nodded and stood up to leave together with Jin Qingyan.

While on their way back to Sanqiao Estate, Jin Qingyan transferred more than ten of his bodyguards over.

They first checked the main water supply.

The main pipe was situated in one of the rooms in the house. They first pumped some water into a pail and proceeded with the test, after which they removed it to reveal a larger, white-colored pipe.

The well was the main reservoir, which supplied water to the entire mansion. Hence, they decided to start testing the water from the sewage. If the poisoned water was confirmed to be from somewhere else and not via the underground well, it would be much easier to find out from the other areas.

After the test, it was verified that the main sewage was the root of the problem.

However, what was puzzling was that the pipe was further away from the ground and yet the underground water was contaminated. If it was the underground water that had been contaminated, the rest of the residents in the estate would have been affected too. Hence, An Xiaoning decided to ask the other residents.

To her astonishment, none of the other residents were affected or poisoned.

Besides, most of the residents were cooking at home using the water from the tap.

It was obvious that only the water supplied to her mansion was contaminated.

But how was that possible?

They were all living on the same patch of land, so why was her house the only affected one?

”Remove the pipe.”

”Yes.”

The moment the pipe was removed, everyone caught sight of a hole about five meters away from the pipe. The hole was rather small. Everyone could not help but look at each other in dismay.

Bei Qi suggested, ”Cut that portion off with a saw. I want to conduct a test on that spot.”

An Xiaoning gestured for the bodyguards to immediately begin sawing to allow Bei Qi to carry out the test.

An Xiaoning could see where the hole was facing.

Seemingly having guessed the conjectures she had formed in her head, Jin Qingyan said, ”Xiao Bai, call Shixin and get him to prepare seven coffins…”

An Xiaoning interjected, ”One is enough.”

”Why?” Jin Qingyan asked in puzzlement.

”We'll cremate them and store their ashes in an urn. We'll then place the urns together in a coffin so that they can be with each other.”