Yun Fujin fell silent.
This mother - son pair was truly pitiful.
It wasn't that they were always so kind - hearted and trying to be overly benevolent at this moment. It was just that when people hadn't been pushed to the extreme, there was no need to be completely ruthless.
Moreover, Yun Fujin suddenly thought that for people who were already on the verge of despair, offering timely help would be more effective than coercion and inducement.
At this moment, outside, Yun Que'er quickly assessed the situation and, coincidentally, had the same thought as Yun Fujin.
Old Li, despite his age, didn't even dare to raise his head in front of Yun Que'er.
After a long while, he sighed.
"Since you already know, there's no point in hiding it."
He stretched out his hands, looking as if he was ready to be captured.
"Indeed, someone paid me. He told me to just put a small packet of medicine in your father's meal."
Finally, he admitted it.
Yun Que'er frowned tightly. "So you just listened to him?"
"I really had no money left." A man's strong backbone was shattered in front of reality. "You just said you have a father too, and I only have this one mother. I know that even if I were extremely wealthy, I couldn't save my mother, but I just wanted her to live one more day, just one more day..."
The man's shoulders began to tremble, and his eye - sockets were red. Obviously, he was crying.
A real man doesn't shed tears easily, which showed how sad he was at this moment.
"And that person told me that he just had a private grudge against Teacher Yun. He said the medicine would just make people have diarrhea. How could I know he..."
Yun Que'er was really too lazy to listen to his sad cries. Her face was full of displeasure.
"Uncle Li, you've lived a long time. I didn't expect you to be so muddle - headed. Since he told you he had a private grudge against my father, didn't you ever think about what if the medicine was poisonous?"
Yun Que'er stared steadily at Old Li. "If it really was poison and something happened to my father on his way back, after calling the police, they would surely trace what my father ate. Then they would thoroughly investigate your cafeteria. Do you think you could escape?"
The man looked up, panicking as he stared at Yun Que'er.
"I definitely didn't mean to really harm your father! And the medicine wasn't poison. Teacher Yun is fine, isn't he?"
Yun Que'er sneered. "Yes, the medicine wasn't poison, but it could make people hallucinate! Do you know why my father fell into the ditch? It was because he had a hallucination. He was somehow misled and thought there was a fire in the back mountain. As a result, someone pushed him into the ditch from behind."
The man was shocked. Wasn't this attempted murder?
It turned out that from the very beginning, that person had been aiming for Yun Motan's life!
"How could this happen..."
"Now it's meaningless to say these things." Yun Que'er said coldly. "I could just choose to call the police and let the police arrest you. You're definitely involved in this matter."
The man's face lost some of its composure and instead showed more panic.
"But I didn't mean to kill him..."
"Whether it was intentional or not, you did it. And you took money to do his bidding. This is irrefutable evidence, and you can't get away with it."
The man's legs trembled, and suddenly he knelt in front of Yun Que'er with a thud.
"Little girl, please. Uncle is begging you! Can you not call the police for now, even if it's just for a few more days? Let me spend more time with my mother, okay?"
Yun Que'er was really speechless in the face of the man's plea.
Although his actions were unforgivable, with the excuse of a reason, he didn't seem so evil.
"If possible, of course I hope to solve this peacefully." Yun Que'er said. "You and your mother are pitiful. I don't want to be completely ruthless. How about this? Let's make a deal. I'll find a doctor for Auntie, and you help me expose this person."
Yun Que'er lowered her head and reached out her hand to Old Li.
"Uncle Li, you're my elder. I really can't bear you kneeling like this. Let's solve the problem first."
Old Li slowly stood up, looking at Yun Que'er in surprise.
"Is what you said true? Can you really find someone to treat my mother?"
"If I didn't have full confidence, I wouldn't have come to see you." Yun Que'er nodded slowly. "But don't think you can escape your guilt like this. When we send that person to the police station, you probably won't be able to get out either. At most, it's a case of surrendering and exposing someone, which counts as making up for your crime and might get you a lighter sentence."
The man thought for a while, digesting what Yun Que'er said, and then nodded vigorously.
"Yes, yes. This is already enough! I've made such a big mistake. How could I dare to expect forgiveness? As long as I can save my mother."
Things went more smoothly than Yun Que'er had expected. Fortunately, this person didn't have any grudge against Yun Motan in the first place. He did this entirely for the sake of his mother, so it was much easier to deal with.
"Then please tell me who made you do this."
"It's a young man, probably twenty - three or twenty - four years old. He sold watermelons in front of our school for two days before. I don't really know him well. One day I got off work late, and he hadn't packed up his stall yet. He called me over and told me all these things."
It seemed that Old Li was really a bit out of his mind for the sake of his mother.
A stranger asked him to do something that might cause someone's death, and he actually dared to do it.
"What does he look like?"
"About this tall." Old Li gestured. "He's extremely thin, as thin as a bamboo pole. He's quite good - looking, but he's so thin that he looks listless. He has a crew cut, a very high nose bridge, and his eyes are quite distinctive. I remember an old person once said that kind of eyes are called... Oh, right, phoenix eyes."
Yun Que'er listened to Old Li's description and carefully recalled.
Strangely enough, there was no such person in her memory.
Yun Que'er's life circle was not large. She spent most of her time in the village.
As far as she knew, the people who had grudges against them were nothing more than Liu Kui and the old village head.
The old village head had already fallen, so he could be temporarily ignored.
As for Liu Kui...
He didn't look like this at all. Could it be that Liu Kui hired this person?
It was possible.
This newly - emerged person made Yun Que'er vigilant.
But the most important thing was to go back and confirm with Yun Motan first.
After temporarily calming Old Li down, Yun Que'er and Yun Fujin rushed back to Yuhe Village.
After confirming with Yun Motan, he really didn't know this person.
Moreover, according to Old Li's description, this man looked very distinctive. Logically, anyone who had seen him would subconsciously remember him.
So this person definitely didn't have an old grudge against Yun Motan. Most likely, he was hired by someone.
Then the scope of suspects would be much larger.