"Hmph, I don't need to see it, I can tell what it is just by smelling it." Yu Ning pouted and leaned closer.

"How dare you spout such nonsense..." The old doctor was quite angry at her attitude.

Before he could finish speaking, Yu Ningyao revealed the toxic ingredients inside.

"It contains Aconitum carmichaelii, Arisaema heterophyllum, and Aconitum carmichaelii, all of which are poisonous!"

The old doctor choked up.

Unconvinced, he pulled out a new medicine and asked Yu Ningyao to guess what it was.

Yu Ningyao relayed the message.

The old doctor looked at her as if she were a monster.

"It's true that I only recognize the poisonous ones, but not the non-poisonous ones." He seemed a little dazed.

"Do you know how to detoxify?" he couldn't help but ask.

"I'm not even two years old yet, I haven't learned it." Yu Ningyao shook her head.

The old doctor was deeply shocked.

Before she was even two years old, she already knew so many poisons.

What about all those years of diligent study?

With a dejected look on his face, he took the pulses of the Shen brothers and, after confirming that they were alright, waved his hand and said, "If you two aren't poisoned, I'll be going now."

After saying that, he left dejectedly, forgetting even to collect his consultation fee.

It was the Shen family who caught up with him and gave him the money.

As soon as the old doctor left, everyone surrounded Yu Ningyao.

Yu Ningyao thought to herself, "Oh no, I overdid it. How am I going to cover this up now?"

"My darling, you're such a lucky star in our family. If it weren't for you, your uncles would have been in big trouble." Shen Dafu picked her up and held her high in the air, his face full of joy.

"Dad, be careful not to hurt your back. I'll do it, I'll do it." Shen Youqian was not to be outdone and tried to snatch Yu Ningyao from his arms.

Upon hearing this, Shen Youxian shoved his older brother aside, his round face beaming like a crease on a steamed bun.

He grinned at Yu Ningyao and said, "Big brother, you've had too much to drink. What if you drop our little darling? Let me do it. I haven't had any to drink. I'll hold our little lucky star."

"Go away, go away. I'm the eldest uncle, I'll hug her first!" Shen Youqian just wanted to kiss his eldest niece who had saved his life.

Seeing their attitude, Yu Ningyao finally felt relieved.

That's great, they didn't press her about why she knew so much.

He kept calling her "Little Lucky Star," his affection for her overflowing in both words and actions.

Lin Yunzheng watched the three men arguing and coughed lightly, "Alright, alright, tonight we'll cook a big meal to reward our little lucky star. But right now, the most important thing is to find out who tried to poison you."

These words made everyone serious.

"Yuanbao, why don't you take your younger siblings to play in the backyard? Your cousins ​​have come from afar, so you're the hosts and you'll have to take good care of them." Mu Wentang smiled and told her son to take the children away.

"Yes, Mother," Shen Yuanbao replied.

He smiled and waved to Yu Ziheng and the others: "Cousin, come on, I'll take you to see it. We've built a huge pond in our backyard. There are lots of beautiful koi in it, all bought by Grandpa at a high price. They're so beautiful."

Yu Ziying's eyes lit up instantly when she heard about koi fish.

Hehehe, here comes the chance to sweep away all my cousins' New Year's money!

In an instant, all five children from the Shen family and the four children from the Yu family rushed to the backyard.

After the children left, the adults began to discuss the poisoning incident.

“You have money, tell me, what exactly happened?” Shen Dafu looked at his son seriously.

"I don't know either," Shen Youqian said, completely bewildered.

“The Zhang family and I have already finalized the business deal, so he has no reason to harm me.”

Shen Youxian thought for a moment and added, "You drank so much wine before and weren't poisoned, which means the poison must have been put in the last pot of wine. I happened to be there and knocked the wine over, which is why I didn't drink it."

"Yes, yes, yes." Shen Youqian nodded.

“The Zhang family has no reason to harm you, so who could it be? Has our family offended anyone recently?” Shen Jinzhu asked.

Shen Youqian thought for a moment, then said, "Perhaps it's the Xu family. After all, the Zhang family has always done business with them, and this year they suddenly switched to us, so they might be unhappy about it."

"Even if you're unhappy, you can't poison someone to death. That's a life-threatening situation." Mu Wentang said with lingering fear.

"Should we report this to the authorities?" Liu Fuyu suggested.

"Without evidence, and having already left the restaurant, reporting to the authorities would be useless," Yu Kangjing advised.

"Why don't we go to the restaurant first and investigate whether the Xu family members have been there today? Then we can focus on them. Give the waiter some money, and he'll definitely remember carefully. We need to be quick, or their memories might become unclear."

"Also, send someone to keep an eye on the Xu family. If they did something like this, there will definitely be more to it. If all else fails, we can pretend to be poisoned and try to bait them."

"No wonder he's an official; he's smarter than us roughnecks." Shen Dafu patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"Father-in-law, you flatter me." Yu Kangjing was secretly pleased, but he still had to be humble on the surface.

He felt sweeter than if he had drunk honey when he saw his wife looking at him with admiration.

Shen Dafu immediately followed Yu Kangjing's suggestion and sent someone to investigate. Afterwards, the group of people in the room happily drank tea together and discussed what to eat that evening.

During the conversation, Shen Youqian couldn't help but sigh, "Yaoyao is such a smart girl. You should have brought her back a long time ago. She's not in good health, so no matter how much it costs, I, as her uncle, will pay for it."

"Brother, that's not actually how it is."

Now that there are no children around, Shen Jinzhu told the truth.

Shen Youqian and Shen Youxian were shocked to learn that the child was not their biological child.

"But the way I look at it, that child looks quite a bit like you two," Shen Youxian said, glancing at Yu Kangjing several times.

Fearing he would be wrongly accused, Yu Kangjing quickly revealed the blood test for kinship as well.

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but sigh, "The world is full of wonders."

“Since you’ve taken this child in, then raise her well. Such a bright child is bound to achieve great things in the future. Don’t treat her badly just because she’s not your biological child.” Lin Yunzheng looked at her daughter and son-in-law with a serious tone.

Shen Jinzhu and Yu Kangjing said in unison, "Mother/Father-in-law, please rest assured. We treat Yaoyao as our own daughter."

……

In the backyard, the children were all wandering around the newly repaired pond.

Shen Yuanbao threw in some fish feed, and all the fish swam over.

"Isn't it beautiful?" he proudly showed off his koi.

"Beautiful." Yu Ziheng nodded politely.

"Come on, you can feed them too." Shen Yuanbao wanted to hand them the fish food, but Yu Zizong took a step back and shook his head in refusal.

Yu Ziying seized the opportunity to say, "Big cousin, playing like this isn't very interesting."

Shen Yuanbao looked at him curiously: "Cousin Ying, then what do you think is interesting?"

Yu Ziying had been waiting for him to say those words.

He said excitedly, "How about we have a competition? Let's form teams to catch fish, and whoever catches the most fish wins."

“Perfect, cousin, you can be the referee. That way, there are four of you on your side and four of us on our side.”

“Okay.” Shen Yuanbao also thought that playing like this was more interesting than simply feeding the fish.

"Do you want to play?" He turned to look at his younger siblings.

The Shen family children had no objections, and so the matter was settled.

Shen Yuanbao hesitated for a moment: "Should we have one less person on our side? After all, my cousin Yaoyao is only a little over a year old, and she can't be of much help to your team. It wouldn't be fair if they won."

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