“Doctor, my dog just licked some unknown powder by the roadside. After we got home, it started vomiting and having diarrhea, and its condition is very bad! Can you please help me check what this stuff is?”
Song Qiaoan looked anxious as she took out the pre-packed powder from her pocket.
“Will my dog die? Please, doctor, help me test it. I’m willing to pay any amount!” she pleaded through tears.
At the moment, the hospital wasn’t busy. The doctor looked at the wide-eyed little dog in her arms, which didn’t seem to be in serious condition, and, unable to refuse her desperate pleas, nodded and took the sample to the lab.
Song Qiaoan rubbed the puppy’s head while waiting outside for the results.
Zhou Xiaoman treasured this dog very much, so she didn’t dare let it actually lick the powder it was all just an act.
The white puppy stuck out its tongue, happily drooling. Song Qiaoan pinched its nose and silently thought to herself that her acting had better be good otherwise, with this little thing looking so energetic, no doctor would have believed her.
Over an hour later, the test report came out. The doctor called her into the office with a serious expression.
“Where did you get this powder?” he asked in a heavy, interrogative tone.
Song Qiaoan’s heart skipped a beat. It really was suspicious. She put on a shocked expression and repeated the story she had prepared in advance:
“I was walking my dog this morning, and it licked this off the roadside by itself. Not long after, it started vomiting and having diarrhea, so I thought something was wrong and scraped some to bring here.”
Holding the dog, she looked anxious. “Doctor, what is this exactly? Will my dog die?”
“This is a prohibited chemical drug with a strong aphrodisiac effect. Substances like this, which endanger personal safety, have long been banned by the state. How is this still circulating?” the doctor frowned deeply.
An aphrodisiac drug?!
Song Qiaoan widened her eyes. No wonder Wang Shichang had been so generous, casually lending them the 100,000 yuan for study abroad it turned out he had such filthy intentions.
It didn’t take much imagination to figure out who Zhang Meilan planned to use it on.
Luckily, she had been cautious. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable just thinking about it made her feel sick.
“This type of drug mainly affects humans. I’m not sure about its effects on animals, but if the intake is small, it probably isn’t fatal. You can take the report to a livestock clinic and ask a veterinarian,” the doctor added.
“Alright, thank you, doctor.” Song Qiaoan left the hospital holding the puppy, her eyes completely cold as she looked at the report.
Drugging people? Who doesn’t know how to do that?
She had been worrying about how to deal with them now they had handed her the weapon themselves.
Then she would turn the tables and let Zhang Meilan personally experience the effects of this aphrodisiac.
After returning the puppy, Zhou Xiaoman hugged and rubbed it affectionately. “Did you have fun going out with Sister Qiaoan? Did you miss Mommy?”
Song Qiaoan laughed and asked, “I remember your boyfriend works at the police station, right?”
“Yeah, why?”
“I have a small favor I want to ask the police. Could you introduce me to him sometime so I can meet him?”
Zhou Xiaoman nodded blankly. “Uh… what kind of small favor?”
“A murder case. I want to ask him about it.”
“What?!!” Zhou Xiaoman’s eyes widened in shock.
Song Qiaoan gently closed her jaw for her and waved. “I’m leaving. Bye.”
Zhou Xiaoman’s boyfriend was a police officer. Although she didn’t know him personally, someone chosen by Xiaoman should have decent character.
As for the case involving Wang Shichang’s cousin murdering someone, she needed to pass some information to the police.
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Zhang Meilan stayed with her son while he received two IV drips. Injections worked faster, and his fever soon subsided.
She originally planned to send Song Jiabao back to school after the fever broke, but he insisted he still felt weak and refused to go.
“Mom, just let me rest for one day. I just recovered from a fever, I have no strength at all.”
“The college entrance exam is at the end of the month. Where do you see students taking random days off?”
Song Jiabao bit into an apple and shrugged nonchalantly. “Isn’t there Song Qiaoan taking the exam for me? Why should I worry? You should be keeping an eye on her instead.”
Ever since Song Qiaoan agreed to take the exam for him, Song Jiabao had been living a carefree life skipping classes, going out to play, or sleeping in class, completely stress-free.
Unlike before, when he still felt anxious and guilty despite not studying.
Now, he felt completely unburdened.
“If that damn girl messes up your exam, I’ll skin her alive!” Zhang Meilan said angrily whenever Song Qiaoan was mentioned.
“What if she deliberately writes nothing to get revenge on us?” Jiabao worried.
“Don’t worry. Your father and I already thought of that. The invigilator was paid off by your father and will keep an eye on her the entire time. She won’t have any chance to cause trouble.”
Everything had been arranged.
Even if she wanted revenge, she would have to consider the consequences.
After all, they had paid her if she didn’t do the job, they would not let her off.
Smiling in satisfaction, Zhang Meilan felt in an excellent mood thinking about her son entering university smoothly.
Her sister’s son had entered university a few years ago and constantly bragged about it. Whenever she learned that Jiabao’s grades were poor, she would mock them openly and subtly. That smug attitude had long irritated her.
What was so great about that?
Once Jiabao got into university, she would definitely get her revenge.
Back home, Song Weiwei rushed forward excitedly. “Mom! My job transfer has been approved I can start work next month!”
“Really? Let me see!” Zhang Meilan took the documents excitedly and checked them carefully. Everything was properly stamped and signed.
“Perfect! This is great!”
When the political “wind” of rectification came, at least her children would already have a way out.
Now all she had to do was wait.
Wait for the exam, wait for Weiwei to start work, wait for Wang Shichang to get Song Qiaoan…
Then she and Song Jianren could leave smoothly and avoid the coming storm.
They could always come back after things calmed down.
“When do you start work? You should prepare properly,” she said, holding her daughter’s hand.
“The 15th of next month.”
“Good date! Don’t be nervous, dear. I asked around Qiaoan’s job is very easy. You’ll definitely do better than her.”
“I know.” Song Weiwei wasn’t nervous at all.
A government job in this era was an iron rice bowl. Once the procedures were completed, even if she performed poorly, she couldn’t be easily fired.
She would be supported until retirement and receive a monthly pension for life that was true security.
That was exactly why she had wanted Song Qiaoan’s job in the first place.
“Your job is settled, now there’s only your marriage left.” Thinking of this, Zhang Meilan sighed. “So, how are things with Zhang Hao? When is he breaking up with his girlfriend? You can’t keep dragging this on forever.”