A SUBSTITUTE BRIDE

– Who prepared this medicine?

Lyana turned to the butler and asked sternly,

– Why did you add so much safflower?

The butler looked at Lyana and frowned slightly. He said,

– I weighed the ingredients of the medicine myself and prepared it myself. I followed Dr. Walter’s prescription exactly.

Lyana’s expression turned darker. She frowned slightly. She trusted the butler. He would never do anything to harm her grandmother.

She looked at Vincent and said:

– Someone wanted to harm grandma by swapping the medicinal ingredients in the medicine cabinet!

The butler didn’t know much about medicine. All he knew was to select the medicinal herbs according to the labels on each compartment of the medicine cabinet.

Vincent turned to look at the butler and said coldly,

– Lock down the medicinal room. Investigate who has been in and out recently.

‘ When Julie heard Vincent’s words, a trace of panic crossed her face. However, she quickly stabilized.

– Sister-in-law, aren’t you still in the medicine room?

Julie smiled coldly, looking at Lyana with strong suspicion.

Once again, Julie’s words caught everyone’s attention.

After all, Lyana was the only one who regularly entered the medicine room. If she switched the herbs in the medicine cabinet on purpose, no one would notice.

Vincent looked calmly at Lyana. His face was expressionless and she couldn’t tell what he was thinking.

She gave a deadpan smile and looked at Julie with contempt.

– What a joke. If I wanted to poison someone, why would I use such a crude method? Why would I let everyone know that I was the culprit? Am I that stupid?

– Sister-in-law, you only joined the Sanchez family for a few days, and this happened.

Julie laughed and said with disdain,

– Does this really have nothing to do with you?

Lyana smiled coldly at Julie, her beautiful eyes filled with anger.

– I didn’t expect Miss Julie to be so good at making fiction. You look like you could be a screenwriter!

– Sister-in-law, why did you change the herbs in the medicine cabinet?

Julie asked Lyana, her expression stony.

Lyana ignored Julie and picked up the bowl of medicinal lees. She wanted to see what kind of ingredients had been used.

At first, Grandma only had a cold and fever. Why did she get poisoned after taking the medicine?

Could it be that some of the medicinal ingredients conflicted with each other?

This was the case.

She had to admit that the culprit was a pretty smart person.

Lyana narrowed her eyes and looked up at Julie. If she remembered correctly, Julie also studied medicine and had already received a doctorate.

– In the cold medicine, there was a foreign dose of safflower. There should have been no problem with the combination of these and my medicine, but because the dosage of safflower was incorrect, grandma was poisoned.

Lyana said coldly, a slight frown on her face.

Upon hearing Lyana’s words, everyone was stunned.

She walked over to the table and looked at the cup of tea Matriarch Sanchez had been drinking from. There was the faint smell of Chinese medicine emanating from the tea cup. She brought the cup to her nose. Sniffing carefully, she caught the smell of safflower.

– There are traces of safflower in this cup.

Lyana’s gaze fell on Julie’s face, and she handed the cup to the servant.

– Go investigate if this cup has ever been soaked in a safflower solution.

Julie paled. She remained silent.

Lyana did not name names. Instead, she continued,

– This person is very smart. They know that Grandma’s pulse will go haywire when she takes the medicine. It may look like she has a cold or fever, but if she takes medicine containing safflower, she will be poisoned. She could go into a coma,

but if it’s serious, she’ll die.

Vincent’s eyes were filled with ice. His hands were clenched into fists as he swept his gaze over everyone present. It was as if he was a wild beast about to capture his prey. His gaze was stifling, the fear striking everyone who met his eyes.

Dr. Walter leaned over and looked carefully at the two portions of the medicinal dregs. He nodded thoughtfully.

– Indeed!

At this point, Doctor Walter no longer dared to despise Lyana. He felt that this young girl was quite capable.

Julie coughed twice. Looking at Lyana with resentment, she raged,

– Lyana, why did you hurt Grandma? Grandma loves you so much. She treated you so well. Do you still have a conscience?

– Julie, after you left the medicine room yesterday, did you enter the medicine room?

Lyana looked closely at Julie. Yesterday, when she spoke to Laura, she had vaguely sensed that someone was outside.

Julie frowned. She said angrily,

– Lyana, you’re trying to frame me. I’m telling you, Grandma has raised me since I was young. How could I do such a thing?

Holding the fruit knife, Lyana walked over to Matriarch Sanchez. She giggled when she heard Julie’s words.

– You know very well whether you did it or not.

– I didn’t.

Julie made her point loud and clear. Seeing Lyana pick up the fruit knife, she took two steps back in fear. When she saw that Lyana was not about to rush toward her with the knife, she hurried forward to stop Lyana.

– Wh-What are you going to do with the knife?

– I’m going to save Grandma’s life. You’d better go somewhere else. Don’t interfere with my work!

Lyana reached out and pushed Julie’s arm away.

Julie hurriedly grabbed Lyana’s hand, her eyes full of vigilance.

– You won’t need a knife to save Grandma!

– Let go of me!

Lyana looked at Julie, almost speechless and frustrated. Without hesitation, she ruthlessly dislocated one of Julie’s arms.

The pain was so great that she screamed, instantly turning pale.

Lyana approached the bed. Seeing Vincent looking at Matriarch Sanchez with concern, she comforted him.

– Grandma will be fine. I’m going to start letting some of Grandma’s blood now…

– You’re spitting nonsense! Who treats patients like that?Belongs © to NôvelDrama.Org.

Right now, Julie had more on her mind than pain. She couldn’t even be bothered to scream about it any longer. Instead, she screamed,

– I’ve already called 120. The ambulance will be here soon!

Seeing that Vincent trusted Lyana, Julie was so worried that tears began to stream down her face.

– Second brother, you must not believe what she says. She has always been a suspect in this incident. We can’t let her torment grandma anymore, unless she can prove her innocence.

Vincent did not speak. He looked down, apparently in thought.

– I don’t need to prove anything, if we miss the optimal window for treatment, it will be a big problem for grandma.

Lyana looked at Vincent and said calmly, – Besides, Julie is clearly full of nonsense. She’s not thinking about how to stabilize Grandma’s condition. Instead, she wants to sow discord at this critical time. She probably has other intentions.

Vincent looked at the butler and said impassively,

– Grab her and get her out of here!

Julie thought Vincent was going to throw Lyana out of the room. She looked at Lyana arrogantly, but when the butler approached her, she was completely stunned.

– What are you doing? Why are you tying me up? The second brother asked you to throw Lyana away, not me!

One of Julie’s arms had been dislocated and she was in great pain. Seeing that the butler was still trying to tie her up, she turned red with effort and anxiety.

The butler did not speak. Instead, he quickly tied Julie up. Although she was Matriarch Sanchez’s goddaughter, the words of the second young master were the imperial edict.

‘ As Julie was led out of the room by the butler, she turned in irritation on Lyana.

Grandma trusted Lyana!

Vincent trusted Lyana!

Even Laura, who loved Vincent, was beginning to trust Lyana!

How was this fair?

Why did everyone believe Lyana? Why not her?

When Julie was removed, the room was silent.

Vincent looked at Lyana and said coldly,

– If you don’t move now, I will believe for the moment that this has nothing to do with you. If you take a step now, but don’t save grandma, you can’t live either!

Lyana’s dark eyes were fixed intensely on Vincent. She knew very well that he was testing her.

Moreover, she knew he wasn’t kidding. If she couldn’t save Grandma, he would kill her without hesitation.

She gripped the fruit knife firmly in her hand. Lowering her gaze, she opened her grandmother’s hand without hesitation.

Blood spurted out instantly, staining the crimson sheets. It was an appalling sight!

Lyana used an action to answer Vincent’s question.

If Grandma lived, she would live. If Grandma died, she was ready to die with Grandma!

Everyone was amazed by Lyana’s actions.