Seeing Li Qiong standing there stunned, her expression shifting rapidly, Zhao Nuanyue knew she had guessed the truth.
Li Qiong was big-hearted and naive, but that didn't mean she was stupid or incapable of putting the pieces together.
"Yes. Guo Dongmei was the one who instructed Wang Yuan to use the poison. If my master, Sun Haoran, hadn't discovered it in time and given Uncle Gu an antidote, Uncle Gu wouldn't have just suffered from a fever for over a month. He would have grown weaker over several months and then died," Zhao Nuanyue said slowly. "You were in Nianqiao Village, so you probably don't know, but the Li family that Guo Dongmei relies on are mortal enemies of Elder Gu. They would love nothing more than for him to die. Guo Dongmei made her an offer, using a mix of threats and promises to coerce Wang Yuan. And so, she went through with it."
Li Qiong was dumbstruck, standing frozen where she was.
