The General is Pregnant: His Majesty Abstinence and Sexual Devotion Every Night

Chapter 233 Another Reason

Niu Wu listened to Xue Ben's long conversation, and seemed to have thought of something. His eyelids twitched, and he almost didn't know how to answer Xue Ben's words. He opened his mouth and stammered:

"Xue, Boss Xue, what do you mean by this?"

Xue Ben couldn't help but reveal a half-smile on his face when he heard this. He looked at Niu Wu and said, "In fact, I began to suspect that Mr. Niu knew something, but didn't want to say it, so he pushed everything onto your missing maid Xiao Cui."

Upon hearing this, Niu Wu showed a look of panic on his face, and it was obvious that he was frightened by Xue Ben's words.

Seeing this, Xue Ben turned his eyes away and changed the subject, continuing, "Of course, I was just joking. After all, Mr. Niu loves his wife dearly and would never gamble with the lives of his wife and children. It's just that I haven't dealt with the ash for a few days. Apart from being deliberate, I really can't think of other reasons. After all, even if Xiao Cui is gone, there must be other servants. It's impossible that all the servants in Mr. Niu's house are so careless. Just now, Mr. Niu said that he would stop using my Xue family's incense and started using the Chen family's incense. Then the incense ash in the incense burner is obviously from several days ago. So where did yesterday's ash go?"

Niu Wu seemed to be stumped by Xue Ben's question, so his eyes flickered slightly and his gaze wandered to the position inside the gauze curtain. There was a figure floating inside the gauze curtain. It was the female doctor who was helping inside and outside.

He coughed lightly, and then said vaguely that such trivial matters were usually handled by servants, and he, as the master, was not aware of such details. Obviously, he did not intend to talk about this topic. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that something was fishy. Before Xue Ben could continue to say anything, Niu Wu directly and straightforwardly called out the female doctor inside. Seeing that the other party looked at him with puzzled eyes, Niu Wu pursed his lips, picked up the incense burner from the table and handed it to her, asking the doctor to see if he could find out what was in it. When the female doctor heard this request, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, wondering whether they regarded her as a doctor or a professional who inspected poisons.

Of course, she only dared to complain like this in her heart. She remained respectful on the surface. She took the incense burner handed over by Niu Wu with both hands, walked aside, and carefully studied the composition of the ash in the incense burner.

This ash is more troublesome to check than Xue's incense made with water, so it takes longer than before.

While the female doctor was still checking the ingredients in the ash, two of the four people were standing a few steps away from where the ash incense burner had been placed. The other two, Gu Junqing and Gu Jiyan, just sat in their seats and did not get up.

Xue Ben was a little tired, so he sat back in his original seat. Niu Wu turned around and saw three people sitting there, exchanging eye contact, but no one knew what they were communicating. He had originally wanted to sit back, but the idea disappeared instantly after seeing these three people. He just stood there honestly waiting for the female doctor's result.

In fact, Gu Jiyan is not a fool. He understood what Xue Ben said just now. Niu Wu in front of him did not tell them the whole truth. Perhaps he knew who was behind it. In other words, Niu Wu might know the main reason why his wife was lying on the bed with illness, but he did not say it. He would rather choose to conceal it than tell them.

This inevitably made Gu Junqing and the other two think too much, but that was all. The three of them believed in their hearts that it was just a means of competition among peers, and did not take it seriously at all, especially Gu Junqing, who was concerned about Yan and the other two. They believed that Xue Ben could handle the matter well.

Seeing Niu Wu standing there, looking embarrassed and not knowing what to say, Xue Ben thought for a moment, then stood up and planned to test Niu Wu's feelings towards his wife.

So he walked to the place where he had just stood, that is, three steps to the right of Niu Wu.

Niu Wu looked at him in confusion, but Xue Ben did not miss the flash of alertness in Niu Wu's eyes when he walked in front of him. He smiled, a gentle smile that seemed to have no aggression at all, and said casually: "How long has Mr. Niu been married to his wife?"

This question was asked so casually that Niu Wu did not even react to the fact that Xue Ben came over just to ask this question. He opened his mouth, a little speechless. Seeing Xue Ben raising his eyebrows and looking at him waiting for an answer, he came back to his senses and said honestly: "Since we got married, my wife and I have been married for thirteen years, and this year is the fourteenth year."

Hearing this, Xue Ben smiled and sighed that time passed so quickly, and then said: "Seeing how much Mr. Niu cherishes his wife, I wonder how touched Mrs. Niu will be when she wakes up."

This was originally just a casual remark by Xue Ben, but he didn't expect to see a flash of stiffness in Niu Wu's eyes, as if he had a different opinion about what he just said, but it was quickly covered up by a smile, and he nodded and said: "As long as Madam can get better, I will be more touched than anyone else."

Niu Wu had his back to Gu Junqing and the others, so only Xue Ben saw the slightly unnatural expression on Niu Wu's face. Xue Ben suddenly wanted to talk to Mrs. Niu to try to get some information from her. But Mrs. Niu was still in a coma, so he couldn't get anything out of her. Xue Ben's eyes moved slightly, thinking about trying to find out something from Niu Wu.

It was just that at this moment, the female doctor who was checking the cigarette ash behind the screen finally came out. Her expression was a little solemn, as if she knew something extraordinary, and there was a bit of disbelief and relief on her face.

Gu Junqing didn't know what she was celebrating, so he asked the female doctor first, "But what did you find out? Why do you look like that?"

The female doctor saw the most handsome and delicate one among the four people speaking, with her beautiful eyes showing unclear emotions. She felt as if her eyes could only hold her. The female doctor suddenly came back to her senses, secretly annoyed herself that it was really rude of her to be distracted in front of a man one day.

After coming to her senses, the female doctor lowered her head, not daring to raise it again, fearing that the three men would notice that her face was a little red. She clasped her hands and replied, "This incense actually contains a chronic poison. The longer you smell it, the more toxic it accumulates. There is nothing to notice when you first use it, but over time, the toxicity accumulates to a certain point and once it explodes, the consequences are disastrous."