latelenovela Chapter 266 He is the murderer
Chapter 266 He is the murderer
Butler Zhao's eyelids twitched slightly, and he sneered, "Miss Shen's excuse is really far-fetched. You picked these flowers yourself, how could others know which pot you would choose?"
Shen Lan glanced at him with a gloomy look in her eyes. "The flowers filled the entire yard at the time, leaving no room to step. Any normal person would know that I would have chosen the pots of flowers that were right next to me. I would have just picked the one that looked the best."
"Also, I couldn't move the pots of flowers I picked to the third floor by myself. I remember a few servants helped me move the flowers to the stairs. They should also be suspected."
Butler Zhao fell silent.
Xiao Yun immediately asked someone to retrieve the surveillance footage of that day and find out the people who helped move the flowers. He also retrieved the surveillance footage of the courtyard and circled out the servants who were near the pots of flowers.
While searching for the person, the researchers also analyzed the composition of the poison.
This poison is a nerve-disrupting drug. Taking it will cause nervous disorders and neurasthenia.
It is obvious that this poison is aimed at Xiao Yun.
The old lady had a serious expression and her eyes swept across the faces of everyone present.
Few people knew about Xiao Yun's sequelae. Apart from her and Butler Zhao, there were only a few servants who had worked in the Xiao family for many years.
The scope of the murderer was suddenly narrowed down.
The researchers have made a new discovery: the spatula, wok, and the wall of the millet porridge casserole have the strongest drug reaction.
This discovery directly eliminated Shen Lan's suspicion.
She is only responsible for cooking, and other people are responsible for cleaning the cooking utensils.
The suspicion was cleared, and Shen Lan felt relieved. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Butler Zhao: "This is what we call evidence."
Butler Zhao's eyes were dark, and his gaze was like a knife, as if he wanted to scrape a layer of skin off Shen Lan.
This sight made Shen Lan extremely uncomfortable. Before she could say anything, a tall figure suddenly stood in front of her.
Xiao Yun half-closed his eyes, and there was an unfathomable depth in his eyes.
"Uncle Zhao, what are you looking at?"
Butler Zhao's eyes seemed to be burned. He quickly lowered his eyes and said slowly, "I'm wondering who poisoned me. It's so abominable."
Xiao Yun didn't answer. He stared silently for a few seconds before looking away.
Butler Zhao's stiff body suddenly relaxed. The young master's gaze was too oppressive. For a moment, he thought he was being seen through.
The murderer's area was circled out, and combined with surveillance video, a person was quickly identified.
This person turned out to be Xiao Yun’s previous chef, Master Yu!
Everyone was shocked.
Master Yu came to the Xiao family when Xiao Yun was 5 years old. He has been in the Xiao family for more than 20 years and is the most experienced employee except for Butler Zhao.
When Xiao Yun was poisoned, he was the first to notice that the food tasted different and stopped it in time, thus avoiding a disaster.
Later, everyone else in the kitchen was dismissed, and only Master Yu stayed.
Both Mr. Xiao and Xiao Yun treated him very well. Even though Master Yu was old and his sense of taste had deteriorated, and the food he cooked was not as good as before, Xiao Yun had never thought of firing him and continued to provide him with good food and drink and a high salary.
After Shen Lan came, Master Yu had almost no workload and his salary did not change, which was equivalent to receiving a salary for free.
Xiao Yun felt that he had done his best for him and really couldn't understand why he would poison her and frame Shen Lan.
"Tell me, why did you do this? Who ordered you to do this?"
There was no expression on Xiao Yun's face and his tone was light and indifferent, but the more so, the more creepy it made people feel.
Butler Zhao's eyes were filled with pity, his brows furrowed. "Old Yu, you are confused! Has the Xiao family treated you badly? Has the young master treated you badly? Why are you doing this?"
After Master Yu was pulled out, his face was pale and his eyes were dull.
After hearing what the two said, he snorted.
"The young master is very good to me, but he is too good to me. Now I can't find a job with the same salary on my own."
"Then why did you..."
Chef Yu suddenly became agitated, his face flushed, and he shouted at the top of his lungs, "I'm getting old, and my sense of taste has been deteriorating, but it's still within the normal acceptable range. But a few days ago, I couldn't taste anything for no apparent reason. A chef without a sense of taste is like a soldier without a weapon. I won't be able to cook for you anymore."
As he spoke, he suddenly looked at Shen Lan with complex hatred in his eyes.
"Young Master actually doesn't have any requirements for the taste of food. Even if I have lost my sense of taste, based on my past experience, the dishes I cook can barely get by. But with Shen Lan, Young Master doesn't like my dishes as much anymore."
When Shen Lan first came to the Xiao family, he was glad that he could be lazy.
Until the day Shen Lan asked for leave to return to the Lu family, he cooked for Xiao Yun as usual. Seeing that the young master was eating reluctantly and that someone who valued food so much didn't finish his meal, he suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
There are three masters in the house. Xiao Ren rarely goes home. The old lady is used to eating vegetarian food and has her own chef. Only the young master keeps eating the dishes cooked by him because of their past friendship.
Now that he was about to be replaced, his sense of taste suddenly disappeared, and housekeeper Zhao kept repeating in his ear, "The Xiao family doesn't keep idle people," Master Yu suddenly found himself in a dead end.
"My son is a loser, and all my savings have been squandered. Now my family is relying on me to support them. I can't lose this job."