Reborn as a Fake Heiress Marrying the Tycoon novel Chapter 1187

Chapter 1187: Overnight Soup

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Just then, Jin Long and Lin Cheng returned. The moment their eyes landed on Gu Zi and Su Shen, they both let out a visible sigh of relief.

Lin Cheng, however, looked unusually grim, as though the anxiety had hollowed him out. His expression remained taut, and he sat down quietly to the side, clearly too worried about Li Hua to muster even a forced smile.

Jin Long stepped forward, speaking quickly. "You’ve arrived—good. We went to the police station again just now, hoping to see Li Hua and the others. Still no luck. They said we need to wait for approval from higher up."

Su Shen clapped Jin Long on the shoulder, his voice laced with gratitude. "You’ve been running around for us while we weren’t in Guangcheng. Thank you, bro—it’s been a hard few days."

Jin Long gave a hearty laugh. "You helped me through plenty in the past, didn’t you? We’re bros. It’s been, what, half a year since we last saw each other? And now you’re acting all polite?"

Gu Zi stepped forward, her tone gentle but firm. "Jin Long, no matter what, we truly owe you this time. If you hadn’t been here, I honestly don’t know what we would’ve done. But now that we’re back, I want to get a clear picture of what happened that day. Mom, can you remember anything specific?"

Strangely enough, the atmosphere that had been frantic and muddled just moments ago began to settle. Now that Gu Zi and Su Shen were here, it was as if a stabilizing force had returned. An Yun, too, felt her thoughts clearing. She gathered herself and began to recount.

"It was a Friday—very busy. Waves of customers kept coming in. The store in town was under renovation, so everyone had come to help out at the city branch. Even with all hands on deck, we could barely keep up with the crowd.

"Around mid-morning, Gu Shan and Zhang Mei came in. They ordered a portion of crispy shrimp and two bowls of white fungus soup, said they wanted it packed to go. Your sister-in-law even commented how strange it was—the Gu family coming to support our business? But at that time, there was only one bowl of white fungus soup left. She offered to substitute it with a bowl of mung bean dessert, but Zhang Mei wouldn’t have it. She insisted on having two bowls of white fungus soup and pointed to a bowl we had brought over from the town branch that morning, demanding that specific one.

"Who would’ve guessed that bowl of soup would be the root of all this trouble? According to Zhang Mei, Gu Shan had severe vomiting and diarrhea after drinking it and ended up in the emergency room. They called the police, claiming he had gotten food poisoning from our so-called overnight soup. The next day, our store was sealed off, and the police took all of us in for questioning."