Susu was caught completely off guard. Not knowing what the liquid was, some splashed into her eyes. She cried out, dropping the box in her hands, unable to open her eyes at all!
Qin Tianyi, hearing her cry, was the first to rush over. Chen Ma, who was sleeping in the servant's quarters downstairs, was also woken up and came out to see what was happening.
Susu could see nothing, her breathing rapid. She flailed her hands blindly in front of her. Sensing someone approaching, she cried out in fear and choked, "Tianyi, is that you?"
Qin Tianyi saw the bright red liquid all over her face and thought she was bleeding from an injury. His heart skipped a beat. He strode over, hugged her, and asked, "It's me. What's wrong? I'll take you to the hospital right away!"
Susu's voice trembled as she said, "It was that delivery just now. My eyes... I can't see..."
Chen Ma, coming out, was also terrified by the scene. The young mistress's face was covered in blood, there was blood on the floor, and an open box with a clown doll stained with blood.
Qin Tianyi also looked down at the box and the doll and immediately thought of the bomb packages he'd seen on TV. Fearing the box and doll might explode, he quickly kicked them away.
When the clown doll was kicked, it suddenly made a sound, "You're dead! You're dead..." repeating the same few words, followed by a strange laugh.
Susu was so scared she broke out in a cold sweat. Qin Tianyi held her and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here." Then he immediately shouted, "Xiao Lin!"
Xiao Lin, who was sleeping in the garage, had heard the commotion but dared not enter the villa without Qin Tianyi's command.
Upon hearing Qin Tianyi's shout, he immediately rushed in, "Young Master, what happened?"
Qin Tianyi shielded Susu and stepped back a few paces, saying, "Check the box and the doll on the floor for any mechanisms."
Xiao Lin cautiously approached the box and doll on the floor. With his experience as a soldier, he squatted down and carefully inspected them as if disarming a mine. After his inspection, he said, "Young Master, it's fine. This doll has a built-in recorded voice device, and there are no other mechanisms."
"Good. Then you go get the car immediately. I'm taking Susu to the hospital; her eyes can't see." Qin Tianyi said, extremely anxious.
Xiao Lin dipped a finger into the red liquid on the doll, sniffed it, and said, "Young Master, this is just ordinary chicken blood. It must have splashed into the young mistress's eyes, blurring her vision temporarily. Washing it with cold water should fix it."
As he spoke, he turned off the clown doll's voice device and carefully picked up the doll, handing it to Qin Tianyi.
Qin Tianyi, still holding Susu with one arm, took the doll with the other. He examined it closely, and his heart still clenched. His eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. Who had done this?
This was clearly a warning and a threat to Susu, and they had brazenly sent it to their home!
"What's the deal with this package? Who received it?"
Chen Ma stood on Susu's other side and quickly replied, "A courier delivered it this morning. It was addressed to the young mistress, so I signed for it without thinking. I got busy later and forgot about it. The package should have been on the shoe cabinet, untouched."
Susu felt her eyes were less blurry. She tried hard to open them and said, "Tianyi, I'm fine now. What splashed on my face and in my eyes was probably the chicken blood from that box. I'll just wash it in the bathroom."
Qin Tianyi asked worriedly, "Are you really okay? Does your face or eyes hurt? Are you injured anywhere else?"
Susu was no longer as scared and relaxed, saying, "It doesn't hurt or itch, and no other parts are injured. When the doll and blood popped out when I opened the box, it was too sudden, which scared me."
"Who would play such a prank? It's detestable!" Chen Ma indignantly began to clean up the chicken blood on the floor.
Xiao Lin asked with concern, "Did the young mistress offend anyone?"
Susu and Qin Tianyi simultaneously thought of one person: Shu Yan. But they felt it was unlikely.
Qin Tianyi instructed Xiao Lin, "Check the outer packaging of the delivery again. I'll take Susu back to her room to wash up."
Xiao Lin acknowledged, and seeing their expressions, he knew they had someone in mind.
But they tacitly didn't say anything, and he didn't want to pry.
Qin Tianyi picked Susu up and went directly to the bedroom on the second floor.
Susu didn't care about being shy and tightly gripped his clothes, still trembling with lingering fear, "Was it Shu Yan? But she's locked up, how could she mail a package?"
"Don't be afraid, it's probably not her. She can barely protect herself while in custody." Qin Tianyi couldn't think of anyone else at the moment and comforted her, "This person just wants to scare you."
"Who could it be? Someone from the Shu family? Shu Yan's parents?"
Qin Tianyi responded, "Perhaps."
Susu still couldn't understand and asked, "What are they threatening me for? If they wanted to threaten someone, they should have threatened the investigating officers. All the evidence pointing to Shu Yan's murder is now in the police's hands, and I can't influence this matter. Should we call the police?"
Qin Tianyi had already carried her into the bathroom, "Don't think about these things anymore. I'll help you clean up and change into clean clothes. I will investigate this matter."
Susu was placed into the bathtub by him, allowing him to undress her.
He carefully and gently washed her face with warm water. Susu felt that her face was no longer sticky, and her eyes could see clearly.
She took the towel from his hand and said, "I can see now. I'll do it myself."
Qin Tianyi pressed her down and said, "Don't move around. Let me wash you. Why are you shy in front of me? When you were drunk and messy before, and vomited all over your clothes, didn't I help you clean up then?"
Susu felt something was wrong and said, "Didn't you say Chen Ma helped me wash then? How could it have been you?"
"You believe anything I say. Chen Ma is old, how could she still wash you?" Qin Tianyi retorted, helping her wipe the bloodstains on her neck.
Susu was momentarily embarrassed and didn't know what to say. She hadn't expected that Qin Tianyi, who was so cold and distant before, would have stooped to clean up her drunken mess.
After the bath, Susu changed into clean loungewear and wanted to discuss the terrifying delivery with him.
However, Qin Tianyi told her to rest well and left the bedroom to find Xiao Lin.
He returned to the entrance on the first floor and saw that the floor had already been cleaned. Xiao Lin was still fiddling with the dirty doll, the exquisite coiled-spring box, and the outer packaging of the delivery.
"Any new findings?" Qin Tianyi came beside him, his brow furrowed.
Xiao Lin immediately put down what he was holding and said, "Young Master, I haven't found anything yet. The express delivery slip on the outer packaging has no sender's address or name, and this slip is not very official. It's impossible to tell which courier company handled it."
Qin Tianyi deduced, "It's likely they didn't use a courier company but paid someone to impersonate a courier to deliver it."
He then looked at the box that resembled a music box. It was clearly not a cheap item. Such exquisite craftsmanship was likely custom-made at a great expense somewhere.