“Comrade Ning, your sudden and continuous weight gain, increased appetite, and the other physical symptoms you’re experiencing are all consistent with poisoning. It appears more like chemical poisoning rather than simple drug poisoning.
I recommend that you investigate possible sources of contamination in your living environment. Otherwise, if the poisoning continues, treatment will remain very difficult.
Over time, it won’t just cause obesity and weakness—it could become fatal.”
Ning Lu clenched her fists.
“Thank you, Doctor. I’ll investigate it carefully.”
Yan Bingqin was furious, but she knew that when someone secretly poisoned you while you weren’t paying attention, finding evidence was extremely difficult.
“Lulu, it’s true. About a year and a half ago, there was a period when both of us suddenly became extremely hungry all the time. Later, the appetite eased somewhat, and we gradually lost a little weight. But then another period came when we became ravenous again.
The person poisoning us must have been cautious at first, but later grew bolder and bolder.”
Ning Lu nodded.
“Mom, the only people who have close access to us are Uncle’s family. I suspect either Auntie or Ning Yue. But we don’t have any evidence right now, so we can’t alert them. Let’s go home first and observe the situation.
I will make whoever poisoned us pay the price.”
The more the mother and daughter thought about it, the angrier they became. They hurriedly left the hospital and boarded a bus home.
Meanwhile, in Ning Family Village…
At the eldest Ning family’s house, Village Chief Ning had been detained for several days. Because his self-staged grain theft was considered a serious offense, he had been stripped of his position as village chief.
The entire village was outraged.
Everyone demanded that Ning Tiedan compensate the villagers for the stolen grain.
Almost every day, people came to the Ning household to curse at them and cause trouble.
Wei Xiaomei suffered terribly while trying to protect her son and daughter, exhausting herself arguing with people day after day.
Ning Yue, because of her affair with her cousin’s fiancé, had also become the target of village gossip and barely dared to leave the house.
The family spent every day at home cursing Yan Bingqin and Ning Lu.
Only after dark did Ning Yue dare to go out and secretly meet Lin Anguo.
Now both of them hated Ning Lu intensely. Somehow, that only made their love seem more precious in their own eyes. Whenever they met, they clung tightly to each other, eager to become intimate immediately.
When Ning Yue heard that Ning Lu had extorted more than three hundred yuan from the Lin family and even smashed up their house, she was shocked and furious. Tears welled up in her eyes.
“Anguo! Wasn’t that money supposed to be saved for marrying me? How could you give it all to her? What are we supposed to do about our wedding now?”
Lin Anguo hurriedly wrapped his arms around her, kissing and comforting her.
“Yueyue, I actually wanted to discuss our marriage with you. Everyone looks down on us now because they don’t understand love.
The people who aren’t loved are the truly pitiful ones. What do they know?
Yueyue, Ning Lu has become completely crazy. She’s still trying to provoke me because she wants me to choose her. But the one I love is you.
I know you don’t care about money. Let’s just get married. After we’re married, I’ll make it up to you. The crazier Ning Lu acts, the more we should prove to her that we’re true love and make her furious!”
Hearing him say that he loved only her and had chosen only her filled Ning Yue with satisfaction.
But she didn’t want to get married without money, without a wedding, and without a bride price.
That would be worse than a chicken’s life.
Lin Anguo sweet-talked her endlessly.
“Yueyue, let’s go register our marriage tomorrow and make Ning Lu furious. Even if she kneels in front of me afterward, I won’t spare her a second glance. We’re true love!
Besides, I’m certain I’ll pass the college entrance exam next year. When I do, I’ll give you my entire monthly salary.”
Previously, Ning Lu had begged a college student for study materials and borrowed many resources for Lin Anguo. His grades had improved dramatically, and many people believed he would become the first college student in the village.
Some villagers had already started calling him “the college student” as a joke.
Ning Yue wavered.
Besides, news of her affair had spread throughout the village. Even if she didn’t marry Lin Anguo, people would continue talking behind her back, making it difficult to marry anyone else.
She might as well marry Lin Anguo and use their “love” to prove everyone wrong.
As for money…
Ning Yue asked, “Anguo, if I can get the money back from Ning Lu, can we use it as my bride price?”
Lin Anguo was busy kissing her cheeks and nose, completely carried away.
“Mhm… sure…”
Ning Yue immediately brightened and kissed him back.
“Anguo, then let’s register our marriage tomorrow!”
She was confident she could get the money from Ning Lu.
Her second aunt’s family was acting arrogantly now and had brought such misery upon her own family.
But what if Yan Bingqin and Ning Lu died?
After returning home that night, Ning Yue lay awake in bed thinking about it.
She had secretly fed Yan Bingqin and Ning Lu fattening pig feed for a year and a half, and neither of them had noticed.
So what if she poisoned them one more time?
She could pour it into their well.
She had heard that Yan Bingqin and Ning Lu were hospitalized in the county town. Once they returned home, they would definitely need water.
And then…
No one would ever find evidence.
Once the mother and daughter were dead, wouldn’t all their money go to the eldest branch of the Ning family?
Thinking of this, Ning Yue smiled with satisfaction.
Ning Lu had dared to harm her family, so she would make Ning Lu pay the price.
The next day, Ning Yue and Lin Anguo went to the Civil Affairs Bureau and registered their marriage.
They also bought wedding candies and handed them out around the village.
The two of them were shameless.
They loudly proclaimed to everyone:
“Actually, Anguo never liked Ning Lu in the first place. She was the one who kept chasing after him. He only agreed to give her a chance because he pitied her. But love can’t be forced. Both of us feel very sorry about what happened.
Anyone who has truly experienced love will understand.”
“That’s right. In my heart, the only woman I’ve ever loved is Ning Yue. Ning Lu tried to seduce me, but I only love Ning Yue. My wife could only ever be Ning Yue. No matter how much Ning Lu begs me, it won’t change anything.”
Unfortunately, except for a handful of shameless people, everyone else spat on the ground and refused their candy.
Ning Yue’s face darkened.
Finding an opportunity when no one was watching, she slipped over to Ning Lu’s well and poured herbicide into it—the same herbicide she had bought while registering her marriage.
Then she hurried away.
Before she could get home, she ran into Lin Anguo.
“Yueyue, my mother is sick again. As a man, it’s inconvenient for me to take care of her. Now that we’re legally married, you’re her daughter-in-law. Hurry home and help look after her. She’s your mother too.”
Ning Yue was extremely displeased.
She enjoyed being loved by Lin Anguo, but she had never agreed to take care of his mother.
Before she could say anything, Wei Xiaomei suddenly appeared.
“What?! You two got married?! Who gave you permission to get married?!”
Ning Yue quickly pulled her into the house.
“Mom, listen to me! Anguo is definitely going to get into college next year. Marrying him won’t be a loss.
It’s only because Ning Lu took all his money that he couldn’t afford a bride price.
I’ve already taken care of Ning Lu’s family. As soon as they come home, they’ll be dead. Then all that money will be ours. And Uncle’s compensation money will belong to us too!
We can hold the wedding later.
Besides, everyone in the village keeps calling me a homewrecker. Now that Anguo and I are legally married, let’s see who still dares say that.
As for Ning Lu, if she dares look at my Anguo again, then she’ll be the one trying to seduce her own brother-in-law. She’ll be the shameless one.”
The moment she finished speaking, Lin Anguo’s voice came from outside.
“Ning Lu, you’re back?”
Ning Yue rushed outside and saw Ning Lu and Yan Bingqin returning home carrying bags.
Her heart immediately began racing.
She quickly dragged Lin Anguo away toward the Lin family home under the excuse of visiting her mother-in-law.
At the same time, she silently prayed that heaven would bless her plan and successfully poison Ning Lu and her mother—the two women she hated so much.