Chapter 2098: Murder Case
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Xia Zhe was much calmer. He had participated in all of Qiao Mei’s experiments on the poisons and knew the effect and impact of each poison like the back of his hand. It was obvious to him that it was Qiao Mei who had poisoned Xia He.
However, Qiao Mei definitely must have her reasons for doing this. Xia Zhe just stood quietly at the side and waited for Qiao Mei to tell them the truth. After everyone else had left the room, Qiao Mei quickly fed Xia He the antidote and told Liu Yang to replace Xia He’s attending doctor with someone who was on their side. News of her condition must not be leaked out.
“When I arrived, Da Zhuang had already subdued Song Dan. However, I’m not sure what Song Dan had done before that. We will only know after Elder Sister wakes up. I haven’t informed Deng Fan about this yet. We can tell him after we figure out what happened,” Qiao Mei said cautiously.
Everyone understood Qiao Mei’s concerns. Xia Wen went back to take care of Mo Zhu for the time being. Xia Zhe and Qiao Mei stayed behind to keep an eye on Xia He and she finally slowly regained consciousness two hours later.
“Elder Sister, you’re awake!” Qiao Mei said happily.
“I’m sorry. I have let my guard down and caused you trouble,” Xia He said, feeling sad.
“It’s not your fault. If you want to blame someone, you should blame those people for having such ulterior motives! Elder Sister, can you still remember what happened?” Qiao Mei asked.
“There’s no need to thank me. We’re all family. There’s no need for us to thank one another for no reason,” Qiao Mei said.
After knowing what transpired, Qiao Mei instructed Zou Ming to lock up Song Dan and the other two people. No one was allowed to visit them and he had to wait for them to make a decision.
At that time, when Song Dan and Da Zhuang got into a brawl, Song Dan was only wearing his underwear and everyone there saw it. Later on, even after everyone knew that Xia He had been poisoned, there were still some people who gossiped about her. Xia He’s reputation was still affected, so it was definitely impossible for the Xia family to settle this matter quietly.
The first thing Qiao Mei did was to make a big fuss about the poisoning attempt and declare publicly that Song Dan wanted to take Xia He’s life. She wanted this matter to be dealt with as a case of attempted murder and not let it develop into a case of attempted rape.
The medical report from the hospital and the people at the scene were clear proof that Xia He had been poisoned. These were witnesses and physical evidence that was favorable for them. Even if Song Dan wanted to deny it, there was nothing he could do.
“I’m guessing that there’s someone powerful behind Song Dan. Those drugs are definitely not something he can buy on his own. He must have gotten them from someone else. Otherwise, with Song Dan’s character, he would have found a place to hide them long ago,” Xia He said.
“Who is Song Dan close to? The Du family? Can it be Du Huai?” Qiao Mei asked.
When the Du family members were arrested, only Du Huai remained at large. Du Huai had made a lot of contributions to the arrest of the Du family members. At that time, Zou Ming and the others did not manage to find any concrete evidence against Du Huai. They did not expect Song Dan to be able to contact him.