nycdaug Chapter 165 Oolong
Chapter 165 Oolong
Tao Qingshan had already gone to find Brother Gao and told him the whole story.
Upon hearing this, Brother Gao remained calm and asked, "Have you investigated who was poisoned?"
"Not yet. We rushed over as soon as we heard that Li Mu had been arrested, but we haven't had time to investigate yet."
"Going to the police station won't help, go to the hospital first!"
Upon hearing this, the group felt that Brother Gao's words made sense, so they quickly followed him to the hospital.
Upon arriving at the hospital, after making some inquiries, they finally found the chef relative who had been poisoned.
The man was still lying in bed, pale-faced, with someone by his side.
Brother Gao took a look and realized, what a coincidence! It was someone he knew!
"Chef Sun?"
Brother Gao stepped forward and politely asked, "Chef Sun, what happened to you? How did you suddenly get food poisoning?"
When Chef Sun saw Brother Gao, he looked somewhat embarrassed and stammered, "Oh, it's all my fault. I wasn't watching my brother-in-law. He ate some wood ear mushrooms from who-knows-where and got food poisoning. I was wondering the same thing—how could wood ear mushrooms be poisonous?"
Brother Gao feigned surprise: "Oh? Is that so? Where do those wood ear mushrooms come from? Do you know?"
Chef Sun's eyes darted around, not daring to look directly at Brother Gao: "This... I don't know either, maybe he bought it from outside."
Brother Gao sneered, "Chef Sun, we're all sensible people, so stop hiding it. Those wood ear mushrooms, were they delivered by Li Mu?"
Chef Sun avoided eye contact, not daring to act like a big shot in front of him. He had heard from Manager Liu that Brother Gao was a retired soldier with some connections in the city, and he was someone he couldn't afford to offend.
He had no choice but to admit, "Yes, it was Li Mu who delivered it. But I don't know how the wood ear mushrooms could be poisonous!"
Brother Gao looked at him sharply: "You don't know? Did Li Mu test the wood ear mushrooms before sending them over?"
“They checked it. He said they checked everything and we only accepted it because there were no problems.”
"Then the problem lies with you! I know Li Mu; he would never do such a thing. Someone on your side must have sabotaged him to frame him!"
Upon hearing this, Chef Sun quickly protested, "No, no, how could we possibly frame him? We have no grudge against him! Are we that kind of person?! You need to provide evidence for your claims!"
After listening, Tao Qingshan guessed that this person had a grudge against Li Mu, and it was almost certainly him who was behind it!
"Show evidence? Fine, then we'll investigate thoroughly and see who's lying!"
Brother Gao dialed the landline by the bedside, made a call, said a few words, and then hung up.
"I've already had someone retrieve the surveillance footage from the municipal canteen to see who tampered with the wood ear mushrooms. Also, what did you do with the wood ear mushrooms Li Mu delivered? You need to give me an explanation!"
Upon hearing this, Chef Sun's expression changed drastically, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
This time, I've really messed up.
Brother Gao does have some connections in the city; investigating him would be a piece of cake.
He stammered, "I...we don't know either. The wood ear mushrooms were delivered and then left in the kitchen. Nobody touched them."
"is it?"
Brother Gao squinted at him and asked, "Do you have security cameras in your kitchen?"
Chef Sun was stunned. There were indeed surveillance cameras in the kitchen, but they were installed to prevent employees from stealing. He never expected that they would become evidence against him.
He was speechless. At this moment, Li Jianjun and Tian Xiaohu also arrived at the hospital. They had heard that Brother Gao had found the poisoned chef's relative, so they quickly followed.
Upon hearing Chef Sun's words, they became furious and rushed forward to beat him up.
"What are you doing?! What do you want to do?! I'm the head chef of the municipal canteen! How dare you touch me?!"
Seeing that things were going badly, Chef Sun quickly started shouting loudly.
Li Jianjun and Tian Xiaohu were brought back to their senses by his shouting. Passersby peeked out to watch the commotion, but they knew they couldn't cause trouble in a hospital.
Brother Gao stopped them and gestured for them to calm down.
"Don't be impulsive. Now is the time to discuss the evidence. Don't let him turn the tables on us."
Li Jianjun and Tian Xiaohu suppressed their anger and glared at Chef Sun.
Chef Sun felt uneasy under their gazes and unconsciously shrank back into the corner of the bed.
"I'll just ask you one question: has anyone else touched these wood ear mushrooms? You have to tell the truth, or you might lose your job!"
Chef Sun, with a clear conscience, said, "No one has touched the wood ear mushrooms! You can check! If anyone has, I'll cut off my head and let you kick it around like a ball!"
Everyone was stunned when he said that.
Chef Sun was really going all out to distance himself from the situation.
However, his words also reminded everyone that the problem wasn't with the wood ear mushrooms. Everyone else ate them without any issues, so why was he the only one poisoned? Unless, he wasn't poisoned when he ate them, but rather beforehand.
Thinking about this, everyone suddenly had a new idea.
Brother Gao asked, "Chef Sun, let me ask you one more question: before your brother-in-law ate the wood ear mushrooms, did he eat anything else?"
"How would I know what he ate? But he ate lunch in the cafeteria, so I have no idea what he ate."
After Chef Sun finished speaking, his eyes darted around, and he started arguing with him.
Li Jianjun and Tian Xiaohu went to the doctor to ask, "Doctor, what did the patient in bed 506 eat in the cafeteria for lunch?"
The doctor glanced through the records and said, "He ate the usual cafeteria food for lunch, including braised pork, stir-fried vegetables, and rice. Nothing special."
"Is it possible that he ate some food he brought with him?"
"How would I know?! Poisoning is poisoning, nothing can be found in the tests."
Li Jianjun persisted: "Could it be an allergic reaction?"
“The symptoms of allergies are different from those of food poisoning. This is a typical case of food poisoning. Moreover, pesticide residues were detected in the vomit, so it cannot be an allergy.”
The two were completely dumbfounded; they couldn't find the source of the poison anywhere. This was truly bizarre.
They returned to the ward and told Brother Gao what the doctor had said.
Brother Gao didn't know what was going on either, and his brother-in-law just woke up: "Where have I ended up?"
He was somewhat bewildered to see so many people surrounding him.
"Brother-in-law, what happened? Why am I in the hospital?"
Before Brother Gao could speak, Chef Sun quickly interjected, "You don't know yet? You have food poisoning! You ate some kind of wood ear mushroom from who-knows-where, and you've been vomiting and having diarrhea. It scared us to death!"
Upon hearing this, the brother-in-law's face changed drastically: "Wood ear fungus? When did I eat wood ear fungus? I didn't eat any wood ear fungus today!"
When everyone heard this, they were stunned.
You didn't eat wood ear mushrooms? Then what's with the pesticide residue in your vomit?