Substitute Bride to the Crippled Billionaire
Chapter 73 Good Stuff

Chapter 73: Chapter 73 Good Stuff

"I can’t handle spicy food very well," Su Qingnuan said with a bitter smile.

Fu Yihan chuckled inwardly but kept his expression neutral.

"Watch some TV, then go to sleep," Fu Yihan said.

Su Qingnuan nodded quickly. "Okay."

Fu Yihan maneuvered his wheelchair and headed into his room.

Watching his retreating figure, Su Qingnuan felt momentarily confused.

Why is he here? Just to give her food?

Though, the grilled skewers really weren’t bad. A bit on the spicy side, but their flavor was top-notch.

After eating her fill, all the worries clouding her mind seemed to dissipate.

Su Qingnuan, in a cheerful mood, watched some TV, took a bath, and lay down to rest.

The saying "eat well, sleep well" truly couldn’t be more accurate.

She fell asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow. When she woke, it was already the following morning.

Glancing at the time, Su Qingnuan got up in a hurry, tidied up, grabbed her backpack, and dashed outside.

"Ma’am!" Ah Qi called out to Su Qingnuan, his tone serious. "The Eldest Young Master instructed me to take you to school."

Su Qingnuan paused and turned her head to look at Fu Yihan’s room.

The door was shut—he must not be awake yet.

"Alright."

She still remembered what Fu Yihan had said last night: not to disgrace the Fu family.

Su Qingnuan’s health had recovered fully, and so Lian Yi no longer needed to accompany her.

Gu Xiaoxiao was not too thrilled about this development.

"You’re nowhere near as fun as Lian Yi," Gu Xiaoxiao remarked.

Su Qingnuan lightly tapped her on the forehead and sighed, "You’re here to study, not to have fun."

"Does it matter?" Gu Xiaoxiao lifted her hand, playfully tilting Su Qingnuan’s chin. "Learning while having fun—isn’t that the best way?"

"It is," Su Qingnuan nodded in mild agreement and smiled. "I’ll pass along your longing to Lian Yi. Now get to class."

Gu Xiaoxiao pouted but said nothing further.

In the afternoon during training, the teacher at the podium was replaced by an elder with graying temple hair.

Having grown accustomed to Shen Lin’an’s refined demeanor, many of the girls in the department were disheartened, though most remained outwardly indifferent.

After class, Gu Xiaoxiao leaned close to Su Qingnuan’s ear and whispered, "What’s going on? Shen Lin’an isn’t leading us anymore?"

"No idea," Su Qingnuan replied matter-of-factly. "Maybe he had a change of heart."

"That easily?"

"Who knows?"

"..."

After finishing her classes at school, Su Qingnuan was on her way home when she began rummaging through her backpack.

Seeing her movements through the rearview mirror, Ah Qi asked, "Ma’am, did you drop something?"

"Huh? Ah..." Su Qingnuan kept her head lowered and mumbled, "Nothing important. It’s fine."

The thing the Elder had given her last night—why was it missing?

She must’ve left it at home. After all, she’d noticed nothing of the sort when packing her bag earlier today. It must still be inside.

With that in mind, Su Qingnuan stopped searching and sat quietly.

The car pulled up at the Fu family residence.

Su Qingnuan hurriedly got out and walked inside.

As she passed through the living room, she noticed quite a few people sitting there, the atmosphere considerably tense.

She slowed her pace, treading lightly.

"Qingnuan!"

Su Qingnuan immediately straightened her posture and glanced toward the living room.

"Auntie," she responded obediently.

"Come over here," Yun Meifeng said with a smile.

Su Qingnuan walked over.

Besides Yun Meifeng, Fu Yixing and several servants were also present in the living room.

"Sit here," Yun Meifeng said, gesturing to the spot beside her with a warm smile.

Su Qingnuan smiled softly and took a seat.

"Qingnuan," Yun Meifeng pointed to items on the table and smiled. "Is this yours?"

Following her gaze, Su Qingnuan froze momentarily.

It was a small vial with English writing on its surface. At a glance, she couldn’t make out what it was.

Su Qingnuan’s English was decent. After a brief inspection, she understood.

"It’s not mine," she shook her head and replied.

Yun Meifeng smiled faintly as though in thought and turned to the servant behind her.

"Did you hear that? The Young Mistress says it’s not hers."

"We clearly saw that the Young Mistress dropped it," one servant stepped forward, speaking with a tinge of grievance.

Su Qingnuan paused and looked at her in confusion.

"You saw me drop it?" she asked.

The servant nodded firmly, eyes filled with certainty. "This morning, when you left, it fell from you."

"..."

Recalling whether she had dropped anything that morning, Su Qingnuan came to a negative conclusion.

She was certain she hadn’t dropped anything today.

"This isn’t mine," Su Qingnuan said, frowning.

Yun Meifeng shot a sharp glance at the servant, her gaze growing more severe. "Do you know the consequences of accusing your master in the Fu household?"

"Thud—"

The silence broke as the servant dropped to her knees, bowing low to the ground.

"Madam, I swear I saw this, and I wouldn’t dare utter a single lie!"

Her panicked demeanor left Su Qingnuan stunned as well.

This wasn’t even that serious—why was she so afraid?

"Auntie," Su Qingnuan asked cautiously, "What’s the matter with this vial? Has someone already used it?"

Yun Meifeng brushed aside strands of hair at her temples and sighed. "You don’t know, but traces of this substance were found in Yixing’s water cup. If he had actually consumed it, the consequences would’ve been..."

"..."

Su Qingnuan hadn’t expected such a twist.

The drug was one that stimulated excitement. If Fu Yixing had taken it, the woman in the household would likely be left in utter disaster.

Frowning slightly, Su Qingnuan said gravely, "If that’s the case, then we must find out who brought this drug here."

"Exactly!" Yun Meifeng said with a faint smile. "That’s why we asked the servants—they claimed you had dropped it. So we waited for you to return and asked you directly."

She dropped it?

Su Qingnuan glanced at the row of servants behind her and chuckled.

"As I recall, there are security cameras in the living room. If I dropped it, wouldn’t checking the footage resolve the matter?"

"That’s right!" Fu Yixing said with a sly smile as he looked at her. "Checking the footage will settle it."

The living room cameras were managed by the butler.

Calling the butler over, the group followed him into the monitoring room.

The monitoring room contained over a dozen screens showing different feeds. Only one was focused on the living room.

"This one," Fu Yixing said, pointing to that screen. "Pull up today’s footage and play it."

"Understood."

Starting from 6 a.m., numerous individuals were seen passing through the living room, but none dropped anything.

It wasn’t until Su Qingnuan passed through that a small object fell to the ground as she walked.

"Pause!"

The frame froze, and Fu Yixing pointed to the object now lying on the tiled floor. "That’s it."

Su Qingnuan stared wide-eyed at the footage, scrutinizing the object for a while before hesitantly asking, "Are you sure this is the vial?"

"It is!" The servant who had spoken earlier nodded hastily, her urgency apparent. "I picked it up, opened it, and that’s what it was!"

"..."

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