CHAPTER 147: CHAPTER 147: THE REAL CULPRIT

Xin Lin pushed the door open.

Noble Lady Shi was looking worried, with some dishes on the table. Silly Chu was cowering in a corner, his face full of resistance.

"Sister, Grand Doctor Chu is being naughty; he refuses to eat."

Little Xinzhuo pouted, complaining about Silly Chu.

"Why aren’t you eating?"

Xin Lin walked forward and asked.

"Don’t want... medicine... won’t eat... won’t eat."

Silly Chu pushed away the bowl in front of him.

Xin Lin frowned, glanced at the bowl, then at Silly Chu, and understood something.

She stood on tiptoes, softly rubbing Silly Chu’s head.

"This isn’t medicine; this is food. Eat this to get strong so you won’t get bullied."

Upon hearing this, Silly Chu’s eyes lit up "ding," and he started grabbing the food with his hands, wolfing it down with no manners to speak of.

Noble Lady Shi wanted to speak out to stop him, but Xin Lin stopped her with a look.

"Little Lin, you really have your ways. Grand Doctor Chu only listens to you. Is this what they mean by the bond of kinship?"

Noble Lady Shi was overwhelmed with emotion.

Frankly speaking, it had been less than a day since Xin Lin and Grand Doctor Chu recognized each other. Noble Lady Shi had known Grand Doctor Chu for a long time, yet Grand Doctor Chu was much closer to Xin Lin.

"Kinship is secondary. He may be simple-minded, but he knows who is good and who is bad. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have followed me. His refusal to use a bowl must have a reason. He’s been poisoned with the deadly Three Corpse Poison, deep into his bones, and he won’t live longer than three months."

Xin Lin said.

The color drained from Noble Lady Shi and her son’s faces.

Silly Chu paused halfway through his meal and looked over at Xin Lin.

He then looked at the steamed bun in his hand, hesitated, and broke it in half to offer one part to Xin Lin.

The chubby bun still had his several greasy fingerprints on it.

Xin Lin didn’t mind, took the bun, and bitten into it.

Silly Chu grinned, beaming with happiness.

Father and daughter shared the meal, each taking bites with bare hands, and soon they had completely devoured everything on the table.

Noble Lady Shi watched, her eyes becoming unavoidably moist.

She wrapped her arms around Little Xinzhuo and sat aside, silently watching the father and daughter.

"Silly Chu, besides not letting you sleep in a bed, how else did Chu Yuan bully you?"

Xin Lin ate as she asked.

"Eat... medicine... won’t eat... neck..."

Silly Chu picked up a bowl and mimed the action of being strangled.

He was forced to take medicine.

"Who prescribed those medicines?"

Xin Lin asked further.

"Chu... brother..."

Silly Chu’s mouth was still full of food, mumbling his answer unclearly.

"Noble Lady Shi, what is the full name of the Second Young Master Chu from Chu Mansion?"

Xin Lin’s tone shifted as she asked Noble Lady Shi.

"Little Lin, are you suspecting Second Young Master Chu, Chu Tianyi? How could that be possible? He is Grand Doctor Chu’s own brother!"

Noble Lady Shi’s face was full of disbelief.

Before the incident with Grand Doctor Chu, Chu Tianyi was also employed at the Imperial Hospital, a man of both literary grace and refinement. Compared to the aloof Grand Doctor Chu, Chu Tianyi was undoubtedly more popular with the people.

Although Chu Tianyi’s medical skills were not as peerless as Grand Doctor Chu’s, he was still a famous physician in Longteng Country.

How could he stoop so low as to harm his own brother?

"Chu Tianyi... brother... take medicine..."

Silly Chu hurriedly nodded, again miming the action of being strangled while being forced to drink medicine.

Noble Lady Shi was speechless.

"Grand Doctor Chu was seriously injured and became foolish. Who gains the most from this? Naturally, it’s Second Master Chu. First, taking over his brother’s wife and then taking over everything his brother had, even going so far as to poison him to death. This Second Master Chu should be called Chu Beast."

Xin Lin’s expression was dark.

That beast, today he watched with his own eyes as he entered Chu Mansion right in front of her.