"Mr. Qiao, you want to retreat after Miss Qin's death. Do you really think that this is a good idea? Or do you think that Miss Qin would want you to do that?"

"Mr. Qiao, if you don't know the answer, then I'm telling you. Miss Qin would never want you to do that! Because I know Miss Qin is a good and decent woman. Even if she are separated from you, she would not want you to lead a bad life, and she would definitely want you to live well after she dies!"

Qiao Shaoting seemed indifferent to what Watson had said.

He just waved his hand, with a bit of fatigue between his eyebrows, "Well, you've done your speech, so go away, I have work to do."

"Mr. Qiao!"

"Ding ding ding."

Suddenly a sharp ringing of the mobile phone rang. Qiao Shaoting picked up the phone, and then his face changed.

The call was from the Qiao Palace, saying that Old Mrs. Qiao was going to commit suicide.

...

Qiao Shaoting arrived at the Qiao Palace as quickly as possible.

Before he could see Old Mrs. Qiao, he was greeted by Fang Liyuan.

Fang Liyuan was wiping her tears, "Shaoting, Old Mrs. Qiao couldn't accept that you are going to resign. I tried to persuade her for a long time but to no avail. I asked Old Mrs. Qiao to take a rest, but she got a bottle of paraquat out of nowhere, saying if you want to resign, she might as well die!"

When Qiao Shaoting heard this, his heart sank.

Paraquat!

Old Mrs. Qiao had gotten hold of this stuff!

Paraquat was colourless and tasteless, but if you drank a little of it, it could kill you!

And the most terrible thing was that it was almost irreversible.

For other poisons, after you drank them, you could be saved, but paraquat had no cure.

It caused fibrosis in the lungs, leaving the person to die in agonising pain!

Qiao Shaoting ignored Fang Liyuan and ran over.

Soon, he saw Old Mrs. Qiao.

Old Mrs. Qiao was sitting on the sofa with a small bottle in her hand and a determined look on her face.

Qin Xiaorou was begging Old Mrs. Qiao.

But Old Mrs. Qiao was not moved in any way.

When Qin Xiaorou saw Qiao Shaoting coming, guilt flashed in her eyes.

She had been careless.

She had thought that Old Mrs. Qiao would not act that fast, and she was going to tell Qiao Shaoting in the evening, but she did not expect that Old Mrs. Qiao would get a bottle of paraquat within half an hour.

"Old Mrs. Qiao, what are you doing?" Qiao Shaoting said in a raised voice, "Put down the bottle you are holding! If you drink this stuff, there is no cure! And it won't kill you right away! Step by step, your lungs will become fibrotic and day by day, your breathing will become more and more difficult until you can't breathe and suffocate yourself!"

He hoped to tell Old Mrs. Qiao the seriousness of the situation, so that she would be scared and would stop thinking about it, but to his surprise, Old Mrs. Qiao remained unmoved.

Old Mrs. Qiao stared at Qiao Shaoting, "I got this medicine because I knew it was so powerful! Then I'll let you see my death! And there's nothing to be done about it!"

...

Qiao Shaoting had spoken for a full twenty minutes, but Old Mrs. Qiao still refused to back down.

Finally she was not interested in talking to Qiao Shaoting.

Old Mrs. Qiao opened the bottle cap, "If you do not retract your decision to resign within five minutes, then I will immediately take the poison!"

"Shaoting! Just promise Old Mrs. Qiao!" Fang Liyuan cried out, "Do you want to watch Old Mrs. Qiao die in front of you! Do you want to be the sinner of the Qiao Family!"

(To be continued)