“Daddy~ Wah~~” Nuan Nuan cried uncontrollably in Ye Jingchen’s arms.
“Oh dear, my good child, your crying breaks my heart,” Liu Ruhua walked over and gently wiped Nuan Nuan’s tears.
“Nuan Nuan, don’t cry. Second Brother is just sick, he’ll be fine,” Ye Jingming also came over to comfort her, his expression also filled with worry.
“Here they come, they’re out!” Ye Jingzhi shouted to everyone.
“Dean, how is my son?” Everyone swarmed forward.
“Mr. Ye has had his stomach pumped and is awake. Let’s all go to the ward first!” The Dean’s expression was somewhat strange as he emerged.
“Daddy~”
Nuan Nuan stretched out her little hand towards Ye Jinghuai on the gurney. Seeing this, Ye Jingchen had no choice but to place her next to Ye Jinghuai.
“Daddy’s okay, Nuan Nuan, don’t cry.” Ye Jinghuai, pale-faced, reached out to wipe her tears.
“Alright, let’s discuss it in the ward first,” Ye Jianming said sternly at this moment.
Upon arriving at the ward, the Dean removed his mask with a look of speechlessness.
“Dean, what exactly is wrong?” Liu Ruhua asked nervously.
“Cough, Mr. Ye, these aphrodisiacs shouldn’t be taken casually. You all should advise him more. Taking the medicine is one thing, but drinking so much alcohol on top of it. If there are any issues in the future, feel free to come to the hospital!” The Dean’s words struck the ward like thunder.
Instantly, everyone in the ward, except for Nuan Nuan, was dumbfounded.
“What?” Liu Ruhua felt as though she might have misheard.
“And also…” the Dean turned to look at Ye Jinghuai.
“Mr. Ye, your body is quite healthy, there’s no need to take more medicine. This time it was just drug poisoning combined with excessive drinking. After the stomach pumping, you’ll be fine. Just pay attention to your diet for the next few days.”
After speaking, the Dean left with a distressed expression, feeling as though he might be silenced if he stayed any longer.
Ye Jinghuai on the hospital bed had a dreadful expression, veins bulging on his forehead.
“I say, Second Brother, you too. We’re all men, why are you afraid to seek medical help for any embarrassing conditions!” Ye Jingming covered his mouth, trying hard to suppress his laughter.
“Second Brother, as the Dean just said, you’re very healthy. Besides, you have Nuan Nuan now,” Ye Jingxing was also barely holding back his laughter.
“Second Brother, you wouldn’t have actually found a stepmother for Nuan Nuan, would you?” Ye Jingzhi suddenly remembered what he had overheard in the garden.
“Cough, that’s enough. Don’t tease him anymore,” Ye Jingchen couldn’t help it and used a cough to cover it up.
“Jinghuai, what happened today?”
Ye Jianming naturally knew that his son wouldn’t just randomly take medicine. Of course, everyone was deliberately teasing him now, but as a father, he couldn’t bring himself to mock his son further.
“It must have been that glass of medicinal wine!”
Ye Jinghuai calmed his expression and thought, only that glass of wine came to mind.
“What medicinal wine? You actually drank it?” Liu Ruhua was completely bewildered.
Ye Jinghuai felt a deep sense of helplessness and recounted the events.
“I’ll have someone investigate immediately. Who dares to tamper with things at our Ye family banquet!” Ye Jianming was furious.
“Oh, and Jingzhi, what did you mean by stepmother just now?” Liu Ruhua suddenly recalled what Ye Jingzhi had said.
“It was when Nuan Nuan and I were playing outside,” Ye Jingzhi then honestly recounted everything he had heard.
“Delusional! Wanting to be a stepmother and marrying off Nuan Nuan! The heir to Ye Corporation, they really dare to have such ambitions,” Ye Jingxing said with disdain.
“Was it that woman in the lounge today?” Ye Jinghuai asked Ye Jingzhi with a somber expression.
“I didn’t see the person, I was blocked by branches. The voice sounded a bit like it.”
“That bad person!” Nuan Nuan suddenly said angrily.
“Almost forgot, Nuan Nuan was a little warrior today!” Ye Jingzhi then told everyone about Nuan Nuan’s heroic deeds today.
“Is this what they call a general’s daughter?” Ye Jingxing stepped forward and stroked Nuan Nuan’s little head.
At this moment, Nuan Nuan’s hair was slightly dishevelled from her shoving with Shen Yunyi.
“Nuan Nuan, tell Third Uncle why you think she’s a bad person,” Ye Jingming felt Nuan Nuan’s reaction was a bit excessive today. He crouched down and looked at Nuan Nuan on the bed, asking.
“Little Uncle said stepmother is a bad person! Nuan Nuan heard them talking about being a stepmother, bad person!” Nuan Nuan said proudly, puffing out her little chest.
Everyone turned to look at Ye Jingzhi.
“Can’t you teach her something good?” Liu Ruhua went up and hit him.
“Ouch~ But Nuan Nuan asked me, and I couldn’t not answer! What I said wasn’t wrong!” Ye Jingzhi rubbed the spot where he was hit, looking a little wronged.
“Mom, Little Fifth is right. Isn’t that woman a scheming villain? She certainly didn’t expect Second Brother to be poisoned and faint. She thought it was the medicine taking effect and intended to do something, didn’t she!” Ye Jingming’s eyes flashed with darkness.
“I was just afraid Nuan Nuan would get hurt! If he hadn’t said that, Nuan Nuan wouldn’t have reacted so strongly. What if that woman retaliated?” Liu Ruhua said with lingering fear.
“Nuan Nuan can protect Daddy.” Nuan Nuan straightened her body, looking valiant.
“Yes, thank you Nuan Nuan for protecting Daddy today,” Ye Jinghuai said with a smile.
“If what Nuan Nuan says is true, then it’s indeed the same person,” Ye Jingming stood up and looked at everyone.
“Jinghuai, what are your plans?” Ye Jingchen asked his brother.
“Let’s see what Dad finds out first!” Ye Jinghuai pondered.
The group waited in the ward for a while before the results came.
“Master, Madam, young masters, and little miss, hello.” The person who arrived was the butler, Uncle Wang.
“Uncle Wang, tell us what’s going on first.”
“Yes, the medicinal wine the Second Young Master drank did have problems. However, it wasn’t tampered with. I’ve investigated. The effect of this medicinal wine from the Shen family is indeed to strengthen yang. The Shen family’s stock price previously plummeted due to problems with the wine they sold. I heard their capital chain is broken, and they wanted to use the banquet today to attract investment and alleviate their financial crisis.”
“Isn’t this just selling fake wine? Don’t they test the wine before producing it?” Ye Jingzhi said mockingly.
“Indeed, I just went to retrieve the medicinal wine the young master drank. The medicinal ingredients are problematic. They wanted to achieve the same effect with low-cost ingredients. Shen Guohua himself doesn’t know what reactions drinking that wine will cause. They truly just wanted you to try it so you would invest in him.”
“And his daughter?” Ye Jinghuai asked calmly, like the quiet before a storm.
“That was his wife’s private suggestion to their daughter. They originally intended to find someone for an arranged marriage today. They thought you had drunk too much, and so they had ulterior motives.”
“This family, no wonder their company is going bankrupt!” Ye Jingming’s lips curved into a sarcastic smile.
“Doing business without integrity, and then trying to resort to crooked means behind people’s backs, even if they can secure their position for a while through an arranged marriage, what does it matter?” Ye Jianming detested people who didn’t work diligently.
“Mom, Dad, Second Brother, since the matter is clear, leave it to me! I will ensure he spends his life in prison.” Ye Jingming pushed up his glasses, smiling genially.