The fishpond was originally fine, with no problems at all. The owner had been operating it for almost ten years without any issues.
But today, employees from the Origin Project came for a team-building event, and all the fish in the pond died.
What does this indicate?
It strongly suggests that one of the employees harbored ill intentions and deliberately poisoned the fish, killing them all.
But the problem is... who would do such a thing?
Everyone present had no grudge against the owner and no reason to poison the fish.
The owner didn't care about their numbers.
He had the area cordoned off and shouted, "Confess! Who poisoned the fish? Speak!"
Of course, no one admitted it.
The owner wasn't patient and immediately called the police.
When the police arrived, they began to inspect everyone present, but found no poison on anyone.
Until...
The police then proceeded to search their belongings.
It was while checking the fish bait that the police discovered something amiss! They found that the fish bait used by Su Wanran was poisoned!
According to the police investigation, the fish bait used by Su Wanran contained a special illegal drug imported from abroad. This drug could make fish addicted, causing them to frantically bite the bait, making it much easier to catch them.
However, the dosage of this drug was extremely difficult to control. Even a slight excess could lead to a large number of fish dying.
If the dosage was significantly exceeded, it could result in the entire fishpond dying.
Due to its high toxicity, this drug had been banned in the country.
After hearing the police's description, everyone present looked at Su Wanran in astonishment. Who would have thought that Su Wanran would do such a thing?
"No way, is Director Su playing this recklessly for a 100,000 yuan prize?"
"You're an idiot. Director Su definitely isn't doing it for money. She wants to show off in front of us, to suppress us."
"Heh, suppress? Now that all the fish in the pond are dead, she's accused of poisoning. She'll probably get three to five years?"
"Less than that, it'll be ten to eight years!"
Listening to their random chatter, Su Wanran was extremely anxious.
She said urgently to the police, "Officers, please believe me, I really didn't poison the fish. The bait I used was prepared beforehand, it was perfectly normal bait. I really didn't poison it."
The police, however, did not believe her.
The evidence was overwhelming. A few words from her couldn't negate it.
Su Fei'ang walked over and said, "Officers, I also believe my sister isn't that kind of person. There must be some misunderstanding. How about this, I'll take responsibility for all the losses in the fishpond. Whatever the compensation, I'll pay! Just don't arrest my sister."
The police looked quite displeased and angrily rebuked, "What are you saying? Do you think it's all about compensation? Intentional poisoning is a crime involving public endangerment, and it carries a prison sentence!"
Prison?
Hearing these words, Su Wanran became even more panicked.
She had only been in charge of the family for less than two days, and now she was facing imprisonment for poisoning. Who knew who would take over the family then.
No, this felt wrong.
Su Wanran looked at Su Fei'ang, feeling something strange. Su Fei'ang's behavior today was too peculiar. Why was he always defending her?
During this period, Su Fei'ang had been the closest person to Su Wanran.
If anyone was deliberately framing her, it had to be Su Fei'ang.
Su Wanran suddenly realized. She glared at Su Fei'ang and questioned, "Su Fei'ang, did you deliberately put the drug in my fish bait? Did you frame me by poisoning it?"
Su Fei'ang was instantly enraged. "Su Wanran, what nonsense are you talking about? I'm trying to help you in good faith, and you suspect me of framing you? Hah, it's like a dog biting a kind benefactor. Fine, fine, I won't meddle in your affairs anymore. Do as you please!"
Without evidence, even if Su Fei'ang was framing her, Su Wanran had no recourse.
In any case, Su Wanran was definitely going to be taken away.
Lu Ming, standing not far away, fell into deep thought.
Although he had anticipated something would happen, he never expected it to be so bizarre and strange.
Lu Ming also hadn't guessed that Su Fei'ang would resort to poisoning to frame Su Wanran.
The immediate priority was to find evidence of Su Fei'ang's poisoning.
But as Lu Ming was contemplating, something even more unexpected occurred – Su Ru stepped forward voluntarily!
"Officers, please wait."
In front of everyone, Su Ru walked up to the police and handed them her phone.
She said, "Officers, the poison in the fish bait was indeed not put there by Su Wanran. I have a recorded video here that captures the entire process of Su Fei'ang poisoning the fish. Please take a look, officers."
This...
Not only the police, but also Su Wanran, Su Fei'ang, and all the employees were stunned.
The situation was developing differently than they had imagined.
Lu Ming was the most shocked.
In Lu Ming's view, Su Ru, like Han Yun before her, wanted to manipulate Su Fei'ang like a puppet, letting Su Fei'ang take the blame while she plotted behind the scenes.
But he never expected Su Ru to be different from Han Yun.
At least Han Yun had stood by Su Fei'ang's side from beginning to end.
Su Ru, however, treated Su Fei'ang more like cannon fodder, exhausting his value to the utmost. Once Su Fei'ang had no further use, she didn't hesitate to kick him aside.
Su Ru was truly like a venomous snake, utterly ruthless.
Su Fei'ang was completely dumbfounded. His eyes widened, staring at Su Ru in disbelief, his gaze seemingly asking: Didn't we agree? To join forces and take down Su Wanran. Why did you change your mind at the last moment and help Su Wanran? What exactly do you want? Which side are you on?
A foolish person like Su Fei'ang only now realized he had been sold out.
After watching the entire video, the police were also shocked.
It felt as if Su Ru had known from the beginning that Su Fei'ang would poison the fish, and had prepared to record the video early, capturing the entire process without a single second missed.
Now, Su Fei'ang had nowhere to hide.
The police said to Su Fei'ang, "Come with us."
"No!!!"
Su Fei'ang suddenly lunged, and before the police could react, snatched a police officer's gun. This escalated the situation considerably.
Everyone else backed away.
The police immediately drew their weapons, aiming at Su Fei'ang. If he made any move, they would shoot.
Comically, Su Ru was still playing the role of a good person at this moment.
She shouted sternly, "Fei'ang, what are you doing? You just lost the position of family head, what's the big deal? We can start over, step by step. There will be opportunities in the future. Is it necessary to poison, snatch a gun, and shoot Su Wanran? What exactly do you want?!"
Huh?
Something's wrong.
Poisoning and snatching a gun, yes, but shooting Su Wanran... that hadn't happened, had it?
It felt as if Su Ru was afraid Su Fei'ang wouldn't remember, deliberately reminding him.
Indeed.
At this moment, Su Fei'ang had completely lost his reason. First, the family head position was gone, then his poisoning was exposed by his accomplice. Now, he felt cornered, his head about to explode, throbbing with pain.
"Why is this happening?"
"Why did I end up like this?"
"Su Wanran, Su Wanran, it's all your fault!!!"
"Su Wanran, I want your life!"
The situation was becoming increasingly dire.
Lu Ming roared, "Su Fei'ang, calm down! Don't move! If you put the gun down, you can still save your life. Although you poisoned the fish, there were no casualties, so the sentence won't be severe. But if you shoot, you'll be shot on the spot. Su Fei'ang, think carefully!"
This was a most genuine warning.
But at this moment, Su Fei'ang couldn't listen to anything.
He roared, "Shoot me? You're not going to kill that scoundrel Su Wanran, but you want to shoot me? Fine, then we'll all perish together! If we die, we die together!"
Saying that,
Su Fei'ang aimed the gun at Su Wanran, preparing to pull the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Multiple gunshots rang out. The police shot and killed him before Su Fei'ang could fire.
The bullets pierced Su Fei'ang's body, and blood spurted out.
Su Fei'ang, who moments ago had been full of life and shouting threats, now lay like dead wood, shattering at the slightest touch.
With a clang, Su Fei'ang fell heavily to the ground, no longer breathing. The eldest son and grandson of the Su family had died under the dark muzzle of a gun.
Tragic, lamentable, regrettable.
But absolutely not pitiable!
"Fei'ang!!!" Su Ru was the first to rush forward, holding Su Fei'ang's body and crying dramatically.
Her cries were heart-wrenching, as if she and Su Fei'ang had a very close relationship.
After a period of weeping, Su Ru suddenly turned her face to glare at Su Wanran and angrily reprimanded, "Su Wanran, you're too cruel. You've already taken the position of family head, you've already seized control of the company's power, why do you still have to be so merciless? In this vast Su family, you can't even tolerate your own brother? Su Wanran, your heart is so cold. Su Wanran, you drove your brother to his death!"
These words were incredibly damaging.
Su Fei'ang had brought about his own demise, but the blame was ultimately pinned on Su Wanran.
She couldn't escape it even if she wanted to.
In fact, Su Wanran had done nothing throughout the entire process. She had simply been fishing honestly. Everything else was Su Ru's machinations behind the scenes.
The problem was, others didn't see Su Ru's wickedness, only Su Fei'ang's painful death.
And Su Fei'ang's accusations against Su Wanran before his death!
Therefore, even though Su Wanran hadn't driven Su Fei'ang to his death, others would believe she had. Facts no longer mattered; what mattered was what others thought.
With her masterful performance, Su Ru used a team-building event to completely smear Su Wanran.
At this point, Su Fei'ang's value had been truly exhausted!
Not far away, Lu Ming felt a chill to his core. Su Ru's series of tactics even made Lu Ming exclaim inwardly: Ruthless, decisive!
There were very few people in the world who could make the Dragon Warlord feel fear.
And Su Ru was one of them.
This woman was like a venomous snake, cold and deadly!