An hour later, Wei Quanmin understood the whole story. He learned that Gu Changqing's death was due to a failed kidnapping attempt, and that Gu Changqing himself had been injured and died.
Zhang Liunian's injuries were no less severe than Gu Changqing's. It was just that Zhang Liunian was lucky enough to survive. If he hadn't, he would have died too. In that case, Zhang Liunian would have been the murderer, not Gu Changqing.
Therefore, Zhang Liunian was not arrested in the end. Upon hearing this news, Gu Lou became so enraged that he smashed the teacup in his hand.
"Since the police found him not guilty, I'll take care of it myself." Gu Lou stood up and began arranging for people to assassinate Zhang Liunian.
Considering the guards outside the ward, they couldn't kill Zhang Liunian in a straightforward manner.
This time, he spent a large sum of money to bribe a nurse at the hospital and gave her a bottle of an unknown poison, instructing her to administer it into Zhang Liunian's body. As long as the drug was successfully administered, Zhang Liunian would die quietly.
However, what they didn't know was that Zhang Liunian had experienced such things before. In his previous life, he was a wealthy man, and many people had tried to harm him in such ways.
Therefore, he was very cautious about infusions. At seven o'clock in the evening, another nurse, holding a bottle of medicine that was not there last time, intended to give him an infusion. Zhang Liunian immediately asked Jiang Qingqing to call for the doctor.
The nurse panicked. "This is a nutritional fluid that the doctor just prescribed for you. It's to replenish your body. Just lie down, there's no need to bother the doctor."
"Is that so? The doctor prescribed it, yet I had no idea. Moreover, I didn't pay for it, and the medicine is already here. Also, why does this bottle only have 'nutritional fluid' written on it, with no indication of the place of origin?"
Zhang Liunian pointed at the label on the bottle, his eyes turning cold. Such a three-no-name nutritional fluid would typically not appear in a hospital unless it was poison disguised as nutritional fluid.
Thinking of this, Zhang Liunian immediately took the bottle into his hand. This was the most compelling evidence.
Upon seeing this, the nurse suddenly remembered something and quickly stepped forward to snatch the medicine back. However, Zhang Liunian was too strong and didn't give her any chance.
"How would I know why there's no place of origin? The saline water before was the same. Don't make a fuss." The nurse glared at Zhang Liunian reproachfully, still trying to snatch the bottle.
"What's going on?" Just then, the attending physician entered with several assistants, followed by Jiang Qingqing, who had gone to call them.
Zhang Liunian immediately presented the nutritional fluid in his arms. "This nurse said that you prescribed this medicine for me. However, I remember having an infusion of nutritional fluid this afternoon, and it wasn't this type. I suspect someone is trying to harm me, and this bottle of nutritional fluid is the evidence."
Upon hearing this, the attending physician first looked at the nutritional fluid in Zhang Liunian's hand and found that it was indeed not the hospital's usual nutritional fluid. He then looked at the nurse.
The nurse lowered her head, stammering for a long time and unable to say a word.
It was obvious that the nurse was up to no good!
"Either you confess clearly and tell us where this nutritional fluid came from, or we will have to take forceful measures. To be clear, I have never prescribed this type of nutritional fluid, nor does the hospital have it." The attending physician looked at the nurse. He recognized her; she was an old staff member who had worked at their hospital for many years. He never expected her to try to harm someone.
"Doctor, this is just a misunderstanding. I was just being kind. Seeing how badly he was injured, I wanted to help him by giving him an extra bottle of nutritional fluid, hoping he would recover faster." The nurse realized she was in deep trouble but still wanted to salvage the situation.
"You are not a rookie, you wouldn't make such a basic mistake. Since you're not going to be honest, let's report this to the police!"
The attending physician, seeing that the nurse would not confess, chose to let the police handle it.
Zhang Liunian curled his lips upon hearing this, while the nurse suddenly knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Doctor, please don't call the police, don't call the police. I really didn't intend to harm him. This is truly just a bottle of nutritional fluid, it's good for the body, especially for someone with depleted qi and blood like him."
"Why don't you inject it into yourself to replenish your body?"
"..."
The nurse dared not speak. She was paid to do this. She knew that such a thing was definitely not good, otherwise, why would someone pay her to give it to Zhang Liunian.
Seeing her reaction, Zhang Liunian sneered, "Look, you also realize this bottle of nutritional fluid is not a good thing. You yourself wouldn't dare to use it, yet you insist that I do. This is intentional homicide."
"I did not..."
"Whether you did or not, it will be clear once the police arrive."
Seeing that Zhang Liunian was determined to turn her in, the nurse immediately tried to run. However, before she could dash out of the ward, she was caught by the two people guarding the ward entrance.
The rest went smoothly. The police came to understand the situation, sent the nutritional fluid for specialized testing, and eventually discovered that it was something lethal. The nurse was then arrested by the police.
As for the mastermind, the nurse did not reveal their identity.
But Zhang Liunian could tell with his toes that it must be the Gu family, because Gu Changqing was dead.
"Comrade Zhang Liunian, I apologize. It's our lack of strict supervision that allowed someone with ill intentions to take advantage. I apologize to you and promise that all your expenses here will be waived. You can stay for as long as you need treatment, free of charge." After seeing the police off, the attending physician wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and proactively apologized to Zhang Liunian.
If Zhang Liunian hadn't discovered the problem in time, he might not have survived the night, and their Pengcheng Hospital would have been implicated.
"This is not your fault. If someone wants my life, they will find ways, whether it's by finding a nurse or someone else." Zhang Liunian had no intention of blaming the hospital because it was a public institution, and there was no possibility of them intentionally aiding or abetting the crime.
After the doctor left, Jiang Qingqing stepped forward and hugged Zhang Liunian's arm. "Liunian, if it weren't for your quick thinking this time, something else might have happened. Let's not stay here; let's go back to the provincial capital. This place is too dangerous."
The entire Gu family wanted Liunian's life. Jiang Qingqing couldn't stand to stay here for another moment; she wished she could grow wings and fly away with her man.
Zhang Liunian put his arm around her shoulder and patted it. "Danger exists for people living in this world. No one knows what will happen in the next moment. If fate wants to take your life, even hiding at home is useless. But I have good fortune on my side and will be fine."
Is the provincial capital safe if Pengcheng is dangerous?
It's the same. Danger exists everywhere.
Here there is the Gu family; in the provincial capital, there is also Zhu Laosan waiting.
Thinking of Zhu Laosan, Zhang Liunian's heart became heavy. However, when he saw the barefoot man arrive with his daughter, he was pleasantly surprised.
"Is she your daughter?" Zhang Liunian looked at Yi Wanghua standing behind the barefoot man, somewhat excited.
The barefoot man looked at his ordinary-looking daughter, not understanding. "Yes, what's wrong?"
The barefoot man could tell that Zhang Liunian was very happy to see his daughter, but how could that be?
His daughter had never left Pengcheng, and Zhang Liunian had never left the province. This was his first time leaving the province, so how did he know his daughter?
"Nothing. We just hit it off immediately, and I want to bring her to work for me. I wonder if you have any thoughts on this." With his good assistant persona activated, Zhang Liunian was direct.
Upon hearing this, the barefoot man turned to his daughter. "Xiao Hua, what do you think?"