Even though Zhou Yu hadn't produced any conclusive evidence that she was the one who administered the poison, it was no longer important whether he did.
Because once the medicinal stains left on the blanket and the medicine that had not yet been given to the elder today were sent for examination together, everything would be settled once the results came out.
And the one responsible for managing the inner chambers of the entire Su family was her, Zhang Rufeng.
Old Liu was also a servant she had hired!
A brief investigation would reveal that all of this was inextricably linked to her.
It was only a matter of time.
In fact, none of this mattered. The reason Zhang Rufeng acted this way was entirely due to her husband's attitude towards her.
How could she not see it?
Su Qishan was clearly abandoning her!
"Uncle Su, she's asking you for help, aren't you going to help her?"
Zhou Yu looked at Su Qishan with a half-smile, a hint of mockery on his lips.
The big fish had not yet taken the bait, and he still needed to work harder.
However, Su Qishan's subsequent attitude completely surprised everyone.
"If it was truly Rufeng... who poisoned my father, then no matter what, I will not cover for her. Justice must be served; the mastermind who harmed the elder absolutely cannot be tolerated!"
Hearing her husband's reply to Zhou Yu, Zhang Rufeng felt her heart turn to ash.
Although she understood perfectly that at this point, it was necessary for Su Qishan to sacrifice her to save himself, and that this was the most appropriate survival tactic for those in power.
But when Zhang Rufeng thought of the vows her husband had once made to her, she felt as if she had fallen to the bottom, plunging into an abyss.
Heh heh--
Men were all like this.
When they needed her, they would sweet-talk her; when they no longer needed her, they would cast her aside.
Su Qichuan and his son wore playful expressions upon hearing Su Qishan's words, but neither of them spoke.
Su Yuyan, standing by the bed, also showed a hint of surprise on her pretty face.
She hadn't expected her father to abandon his stepmother so decisively.
Perhaps this was a perfect example of "birds of a feather flock together in times of peace, but fly in different directions when disaster strikes," applied to a couple.
"Well said! I support Uncle Su's statement of punishing his own family with all my heart!" Zhou Yu applauded.
Su Qishan was indeed a ruthless person.
Discovering that the pawn, Zhang Rufeng, could no longer be used and might even implicate him, he immediately wanted to distance himself.
From this, it could be seen that his position as the head of the Su family was not entirely without merit.
At least he possessed ruthlessness.
Those in power, if not ruthless, would be subject to many restrictions.
Just then, the servant who had gone to fetch medicine for Old Master Su also arrived at the doorway.
"Old Master, shall I bring the medicine in now?" the servant asked.
"Why is it you? Where is Old Liu?" Old Master Su frowned.
If he had heard correctly, the servant who had answered in the courtyard earlier was clearly Old Liu.
But now, the servant bringing the medicine was someone else.
"It's like this, Old Master. Liu Fu said he had an upset stomach, so he went to take care of it. He asked me to bring the medicine to you," the servant replied.
He was not lying; every word was true.
Although he could clearly sense the strange atmosphere in the room, making him tremble, he still forced himself to stand there.
Something major was bound to happen in the Su family today!
Not only had the second master and second young master returned to the old residence, but Zhou Yu was also present in the room. What shocked the servant even more was that Zhang Rufeng, who usually carried herself with authority, was now sitting on the ground with vacant eyes.
"Quickly go and chase Old Liu back! We can't let him escape!"
Su Qishan shouted his command towards the courtyard.
"Yes, Master!"
Bodyguards in the courtyard responded and immediately went to find him.
Among these people, one person was the fastest.
This person moved with three swift steps, rushing out of the Su family's inner courtyard gate first.
"This Old Liu, could it be that he knows he's been exposed and is trying to run away?"
Su Xingyang quietly asked his father, Su Qichuan.
It had been more than half a year since he last returned to the Su family's old residence, so he had no idea there was a person named Old Liu in the household.
Su Qichuan, after a moment of contemplation, replied, "He's definitely not going to escape. The question is, will we be able to see him alive?"
"Dad, what do you mean?" Su Xingyang asked, puzzled.
Su Qichuan did not reply to his son but looked towards his father, Old Master Su.
At this moment, Old Master Su nodded at his second son.
Having received the approval, Su Qichuan also commanded towards the courtyard, "You all go and search for him too. But remember, you must keep him alive! Do not let that servant named Old Liu be silenced by others!"
"Yes, Second Master!"
Several bodyguards in the courtyard responded again.
Su Qishan, upon hearing these voices, furrowed his brows.
Did the Su family's old residence still have bodyguards that Su Qichuan could use?
Why was this happening?
Weren't all the Su family's bodyguards supposed to obey only his orders?
For a moment, Su Qishan felt bewildered.
"Qishan, aren't you feeling very strange?"
Old Master Su looked at his eldest son, a smile growing on his lips.
All the bodyguards in the inner courtyard of the Su family's residence indeed obeyed the orders of Su Qishan, the family head. However, a small portion of them were "undercover agents" whom he and his second son, Su Qichuan, had deliberately placed.
Old Master Su would never use these people unless it was a critical moment.
"Dad, you..."
Su Qishan stared blankly at his father.
Only at this moment did he realize how formidable the former head of the Su family before him was!
It was not surprising.
If Old Master Su had no capabilities, how could he have elevated the Su family to a second-tier family in Yunhai City?
"It seems I have overlooked too many things," Su Qishan sighed.
Zhang Rufeng was usually responsible for hiring servants and bodyguards, and he had completely handed over this seemingly insignificant power to his wife.
He had never expected that Su Qichuan and Old Master Su would collude and play tricks behind his back.
This was something Su Qishan had absolutely not anticipated.
Or rather, it was the smooth sailing over the years that had made him, the head of the Su family, too careless.
"Big brother, if you could have managed our Su family properly, Dad and I would not have had these thoughts. But everything you've done over the years has been extremely disappointing," Su Qichuan said.
He had seen Old Master Su only a handful of times over the years.
But during these brief encounters, he and Old Master Su had reached an agreement.
To place some of their own people among the bodyguard ranks in the Su family's inner chambers!
"Su Qichuan, your words are quite pleasant! Don't think I don't know that you've always had your eye on my position as head, haven't you? Otherwise, why would you and Father collude to plant so many informants in the inner chambers?" Su Qishan said sarcastically.
Ever since he became the head of the Su family, he had suspected more than once that this brother wanted to replace him.
Otherwise.
He would not have banished Su Qichuan to Jiangnan City.
Although Jiangnan City was good, being the most economically developed region in Long Country, how easy was it to run a branch of the Su family there?
And this was precisely the outcome Su Qishan desired.
He wanted to ensure that Su Qichuan would no longer have any capital to dare compete with him for the position of family head.
"Big brother, you are mistaken."
Su Qichuan looked at Su Qishan and said word by word, "I swear, from beginning to end, I have never intended to pull you from this position."