170: Are you stupid?

At the hospital, Xu Bai was undergoing a physical examination by a doctor, while the military district was receiving a team of people.

This team was the investigation group sent by Mr. Number Five to look into the matter.

The investigation group actually departed from the same place as Mr. Number Five; however, Mr. Number Five had to go to the hospital first, while they had to go to the scene of the incident first.

Actually, investigating this matter was very straightforward; one only needed to identify the problematic item, then investigate the people who had touched it and those who might have touched it, and by meticulously sifting through the evidence, the perpetrator could be identified.

No one had ever escaped from the military district, so the capture of the culprit was the inevitable outcome.

The investigation group initially thought it would take several days to uncover the truth, but unexpectedly, the culprit was found on the same day.

At first, the investigators thought someone was deliberately creating a smokescreen, but after re-investigating, they found that the facts were precisely as they appeared.

It could be said that Liu Mengyan poisoned in a very straightforward manner, as if she was directly telling others that she was the one who administered the poison.

That day, Liu Mengyan and Liu Mengyun were both taken away by the special investigation team.

Among the two, Liu Mengyan was the culprit they had identified, and Liu Mengyun, being Liu Mengyan's twin sister, was also arrested.

When Liu Mengyun was arrested, she still felt they had caught the wrong person, believing someone was trying to frame them, and she wanted to explain and resist.

However, seeing the expression on her sister Liu Mengyan's face, she realized something was amiss, and that her sister might indeed have done something, so she surrendered willingly.

But all the way, she kept looking at her sister with an incredulous and questioning gaze.

In her opinion, being able to conduct research at Team Leader Bai's institute was an extremely fortunate thing, to be able to participate in researching new energy and even achieve results. Her sister had no reason to poison Team Leader Bai, and what benefit could they gain by poisoning Team Leader Bai?

Suddenly, she remembered the last time her sister went home alone, and at that time, she seemed to have returned with a box.

Was her sister threatened or instigated by someone? Did something happen at home? Could it be her grandfather who forced her to do this? ... For a moment, even the naive Liu Mengyun began to earnestly ponder the reasons and solutions for the situation.

But unfortunately, she knew too little and couldn't think of anything... Ren Yong'an, the head of the special investigation team, looked at the woman before him.

"Liu Mengyan, on September 14th, you returned to the Liu Family's old residence with a Liu Family servant, obtained the Mental Corrosion Potion at the old house, and then at 8:40 PM on the same day, you took steam locomotive H3564, intending to return to Z Province. Please tell us if our investigation is incorrect."

Liu Mengyan shook her head; their investigation was not incorrect.

"Did you find someone to obtain this Mental Corrosion Potion yourself, or was it given to you by someone else? Did you decide to administer the poison yourself, or were you instructed by someone to do so? If someone coerced you, why didn't you seek help from the Government?"

Liu Mengyan: "It was instructed by Qian Maocai, the head of the Qian Family."

Hearing Liu Mengyan's words, Ren Yong'an frowned, straightened his body, and his gaze was sharp, as if it could see through people's hearts.

However, Liu Mengyan did not flinch under this sharp gaze, because what she said was the truth.

"Do you have any evidence?"

"Although I don't have much evidence, if you investigate, you will find that the Qian Family suppressed our Liu Family's business and then used this to threaten the Liu Family, forcing me to put the Mental Corrosion Potion into Team Leader Bai's water."

In a question-and-answer exchange, Liu Mengyan directly told the other party everything she knew.

Although Ren Yong'an believed what she said, he still had to send people to investigate, after all, they were only responsible for investigating everything clearly and then reporting their findings to Mr. Number Five... Qian Family.

Qian Maocai had always sent people to keep an eye on Z Province, wanting to be informed of any news immediately, as he was the mastermind.

Unexpectedly, tonight he received bad news.

Qian Maocai sat in his study, so angry that he picked up the table lamp and smashed it heavily onto the floor.

With a "clang!" a sound of shattering objects echoed in the study.

"Is this Liu Mengyan of the Liu Family an idiot? How could she directly accuse our Qian Family? How does the Liu Family teach their daughters!"

While roaring, Qian Maocai picked up other items from the table and smashed them to the ground.

What Liu Mengyan did made Qian Maocai feel utterly incredulous.

He thought that since Liu Mengyan had already chosen to poison Bai Xiaobai, it meant she had chosen to sacrifice for the family, and since she chose the family, she would stand with the family, and thus with the Qian Family.

She should have taken responsibility for the poisoning herself, or simply said that it was a threat from a cult.

However, Liu Mengyan both poisoned Bai Xiaobai and confessed to the special investigation team that the Qian Family had instructed her.

By doing this, didn't she offend both sides and gain favor from neither? What exactly was she trying to achieve?

Qian Maocai was utterly baffled by this.

At the same time, he also knew that the Qian Family would definitely have to respond to this matter, or rather, the Qian Family needed to give an explanation to the Government and to Bai Xiaobai.

After all, whether something was done is one thing, and whether someone identifies it is another.

If he had done it, but no one identified him, then even if the investigation linked the matter to the Qian Family, he could still claim it was normal business competition.

He believed the Government would not directly fall out with the Qian Family; at most, they would give them a warning.

However, now Liu Mengyan was like a venomous snake, biting firmly onto their Qian Family, and thus the Government would definitely investigate the Qian Family further, and this matter would not be handled lightly.

After all, some of the things the Qian Family did were not very secretive; when the two matters were linked, didn't it align perfectly with Liu Mengyan's confession?

That's right.

Liu Mengyan poisoned Bai Xiaobai!

She administered poison!

Qian Maocai felt that perhaps things weren't as bad as he had imagined.

After all, Bai Xiaobai was poisoned; this was a fact, which meant that Bai Xiaobai could no longer make cardss, could no longer research and develop electric power, and could no longer develop to contend with the Qian Family.

This actually also meant that the development of electric power would be somewhat restricted, and their coal resources would not be phased out so early.

Thinking this, Qian Maocai was no longer so angry.

However, he also had no intention of letting the Liu Family off the hook.

Before dealing with the Liu Family, he still needed to consider how to face the inquiries from the Tianlong Republic Government.

After all, with the matter out in the open, the Qian Family would have to provide an explanation to them no matter what.

Qian Maocai believed that the Tianlong Republic would not consider expelling the Qian Family from the country.

Even if the Qian Family were to leave, other small countries might be afraid to take them in due to fear of retaliation from the Tianlong Republic, but the Luo Lan Empire would still dare to oppose the Tianlong Republic.