Chapter 294: Wanting to Hear Your True Thoughts

"How is this possible?!"

Jiang Baobao's heart skipped a beat, and she slammed on the emergency brakes.

The car let out a harsh screech, nearly scraping against the curb.

Jiang Baobao's palms were instantly covered in cold sweat; she hurriedly pulled over to the side to stop the car and asked again, "Are you sure the test results aren't wrong? That pill couldn't possibly have nothing wrong with it!"

Liu Xin'ai's expression was also puzzled. After thinking for two seconds, she asked, "Are you sure Cheng Hao only took this one type of medicine? Could it be some other medication..."

"No, it's impossible. If there were other medicines, Grandma would have told me!" Jiang Baobao's tone was very firm, yet tinged with uncontrollable anxiety and frustration. She immediately asked again, "So what was that pill for? Did it contain any substances harmful to the human body?"

"No." Liu Xin'ai shook her head and explained in a low voice, "The ingredients in that pill are just normal sedatives. They can stabilize a person's emotions and have some sleep-aid effects. Aside from that, there is no harm whatsoever."

"This..." Jiang Baobao's eyes flickered for a moment, filled with confusion.

Liu Xin'ai also fell silent. After a long while, she said in a low voice, "If there are other medications or things consumed, I can help test them, but for now, I'm afraid our lead has hit a dead end..."

Jiang Baobao let out a heavy sigh and slammed her hand against the steering wheel.

Liu Xin'ai hurriedly offered comfort: "Baobao, don't be anxious yet. Since the other party had the nerve to harm your uncle, they must have made foolproof preparations and will certainly be very cautious. When you investigate further, you must be careful..."

"I know." Jiang Baobao nodded, a flash of unwillingness crossing her eyes: "Xinaijie, I will find a way to continue the investigation. If there is anything you need to help test, I will call you again..."

"Okay." Liu Xin'ai agreed. Knowing she needed some time to calm down, she offered a few more words of comfort before hanging up the phone.

Jiang Baobao sat alone in the car, not moving for a long time.

She leaned silently against the seat back, closed her eyes in exhaustion, and subconsciously listened to the noisy traffic on the road nearby, though her mind was already a tangled mess.

How could there be no abnormalities at all?

The last test results clearly showed that her uncle had been harmed by drugs to end up like this!

The fact that drug content could still be detected in his body meant he must have taken this medicine recently!

But if it wasn't the kind Grandma taught her about, then which kind could it be?

Or could it be that even Grandma...

Jiang Baobao's brows were tightly locked. Just as she was lost in aimless, confused thoughts, the next second—

"Knock, knock, knock—"

Jiang Baobao heard her car window being suddenly knocked on and snapped her eyes open.

Thinking it was the police coming to warn her not to park there, she subconsciously rolled down the window and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I... Li Beijue? You... why are you here?"

Jiang Baobao stopped mid-sentence, looking at the person outside the window in disbelief.

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment, and he immediately replied with a natural expression: "I just happened to be driving by and saw you parked on the side of the road. Is your car broken?"

"No." Jiang Baobao hurriedly denied it.

Immediately after, she saw Li Beijue raise his eyebrows slightly, his expression seeming to ask why she had parked the car on the side of the road for no reason.

Jiang Baobao's gaze flickered for a moment; she couldn't find a suitable excuse for the time being.

Seeing Li Beijue staring straight at her, she inexplicably felt a bit awkward.

Why did it feel like she could run into Li Beijue everywhere she went lately?

She just wanted to have some peace and quiet right now...

Why hadn't he left yet?

Jiang Baobao grumbled inwardly, quickly racking her brain for a way to get Li Beijue to leave.

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly heard the person in front of her ask: "Did you run into some trouble?"

Jiang Baobao was stunned at the words and subconsciously shook her head again.

"It's nothing, I just happened to take a phone call, so I pulled the car over."

She finally found a suitable excuse and looked speechlessly at Li Beijue's hand resting on her car window, signaling for him to move it.

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment. His face looked calm, but he had already been thinking for a long time about how to ask the person in front of him out.

Their eyes met subconsciously. Just as Jiang Baobao was about to speak, she heard Li Beijue continue: "There's a park nearby. Mobai said before... he was very interested in the toys at the park entrance. Do you want to go take a look?"

Jiang Baobao paused at the words, a flash of doubt crossing her eyes.

Mobai wanted the toys at the park entrance?

How come she had never heard him mention it?

Jiang Baobao frowned and thought for two seconds. Remembering that Li Beijue had been getting along quite well with the little ones lately, she didn't overthink it and decisively pushed the door open to get out of the car.

She then agreed: "Let's go take a look, then. It just so happens we're both nearby."

As Jiang Baobao spoke, she curiously looked around.

"Follow me." A hint of a smile flashed in Li Beijue's eyes as he took the lead and walked with her toward the other side of the road.

They hadn't walked far before a large plaza appeared before their eyes.

Sure enough, there were quite a few small vendors selling all sorts of trinkets, all neatly lined up together.

There were indeed many stalls selling toys. Almost every vendor had placed their most eye-catching toys in the most prominent spots. Various cartoon characters or small cars that could run and jump were flashing with colorful lights and playing music, all blending together; it was truly a bit... noisy.

Jiang Baobao stared for two seconds, her expression suddenly becoming somewhat subtle.

"Are you sure... Mobai wants this type of toy?"

Li Beijue's expression was also a bit stiff. He wanted to nod in agreement, but looking at the colorful display in front of him, he couldn't bring himself to perform that simple action no matter what.

He had only glanced at them briefly from his car while passing by before; he hadn't expected these toys to actually be...

The two of them stood foolishly in front of a "singing and dancing" display of toys, the scene looking inexplicably comical.

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment, and he finally bit the bullet and nodded.

"He did say he wanted this kind... let's just buy one..."

As he spoke, Li Beijue kept a straight face and strode toward the toy stall.

Jiang Baobao had no choice but to follow, caught between laughter and tears.

The two of them quickly scanned the toy stall before finding a small car that looked barely acceptable.

"Let's go with this one." Jiang Baobao's head ached from the surrounding music, so she hurriedly stood up with the toy car.

Li Beijue also quickly took out his phone, and while paying, he cast a complex look at the person beside him from the corner of his eye.

He had not intended to come here to buy toys.

He only wanted to know... what exactly she was hiding in her heart.

Whether she was willing to tell him...