Only when she arrived safely at the Gu family home did Su Qinglan let out a sigh of relief.

She had just changed out of that gown and thrown it away when something small flew into her arms.

"Mommy!"

Gu Yize is out of school.

As soon as he saw her, he was so affectionate that he even had to run with his hugs.

She knelt down and took Ze in her arms, rubbing his head tenderly, "Did you have fun at kindergarten today?"

"Happy! I even met Arashi-san on my way back and she gave me another cake." Ze happily shook the box in her hand, another serving for two.

There was one for her this time, too.

Su Qinglan looked at the cake box and couldn't help but think of the way Gu Lan gave her directions in the hospital that day, vaguely leaving a doubt in her mind.

She didn't believe it when she said that Gu Lan didn't have any thoughts about Gu Jin Chi.

The move to help her that day was yet also sudden, in short, Gu Lan as a person made her feel weird.

"Go change out of your clothes and wash your hands and rinse your mouth before you can eat the cake, so you don't get sick from the germs in your stomach."

Su Qinglan took the cake and hurried the little one back to her room to change.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, she opened the box, which contained two pieces of delicate matcha cake, and the refreshing aroma of tea hit her.

But as far as matcha cakes go, this one has way too much matcha powder sprinkled on top.

In her confusion she could not help but have a whim, and pinched off a sharp corner of both cakes and placed them on the windowsill by the door where pigeons often foraged.

The smell of food soon attracted two feral pigeons, who grabbed a share of the cake and fluttered away again.

Su Qinglan breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that she was overthinking, maybe it was just the matcha powder that was accidentally put in too much.

But just as she was about to return to the house, two muffled sounds of landing rang out, and the two pigeons struggled along the road outside the yard wall, and within two clicks they were gone.

The cake had really been put inside!

Her pupils clenched as her eyes widened, that woman was really not as simple as she appeared to be.

After quickly folding back into the house, she stowed the two cakes together in the trash and hid them under the table.

When Zee came out, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled when he saw the two empty cake boxes, "Mommy, where's the cake?"

Su Qinglan adjusted her state of mind and put on a guilty smile, "I'm sorry Little Ze, Mommy was clumsy just now and accidentally spilled the cake."

"I've already asked Aunt He to buy today's snacks, so I'll buy a present tomorrow and go with you to apologize to Sister Lan, okay?"

Zee was a sensible child, and although he was a little lost, he nodded obediently, "It's okay, as long as it wasn't mommy who fell."

"This time, Arashi-san's matcha flavor is too strong, I clearly said I don't like matcha flavor ......"

Little children can't hide their words, although it was only a small mumble, it was still accurately heard by Su Qinglan.

I'm afraid this one was intentionally made as a matcha one to mask the flavor of something.

And worried that they wouldn't like it, so they overdosed the medicine for a one-bite kill?

She broke out in a cold sweat at her own guess; if she hadn't been alert earlier, both she and Ze would have fallen unconscious on the floor by now.

After coaxing Gu Yi Ze down with other cakes, Su Qing Lan immediately contacted Gu Jin Chi.

After hearing her tell the story, Gu Jinchi's accent was clearly suppressing his anger, "Who did this?"

"The cake is from Gu Lan." Although Su Qinglan couldn't accept that just one side was going to poison someone like this, it was true.

After hearing this name, Gu Jinchi's reaction was a bit strange, "She wouldn't do that, the road might have passed through someone else's hands or not."

Su Qinglan froze.

Their mother and son's lives almost ended today, she only said that the cake was sent by Gu Lan, she didn't say that the person who poisoned the cake was Gu Lan, and Gu Jinchi is rushing to absolve her?

Perhaps she was being sensitive, but there was indeed some unpleasantness in her heart over this little matter.

"I didn't say Gu Lan made it." Her voice cooled down, "But the cake itself was also put with a large amount of matcha powder, so if it wasn't to cover up the flavor, why put so much in?"

The poison was mixed in the cake, and there is no other possibility but that it was tampered with when it was made.

"Then there's also the possibility that someone else did it, don't jump to conclusions before the results of the tests that went to the test come out." Gu Jinchi's tone was also a bit grave, it was obvious that he didn't want this to be Gu Lan's doing.

It was also unwilling to believe that this matter was done by Gu Lan.

Maybe she didn't know what kind of plot there was between him and Gu Lan, but she was the one who had just almost died there.

Instead, he was the first to be excusing another woman, and the last time she mentioned it, Gu Jinchi's reaction to the name Gu Lan was still very cold.

It had only been a few days since they had arrived in K, and the name Gu Lan had quietly and unobtrusively interfered in their lives like a wandering spirit.

Even the voice on the phone the other day, how could she not think more.

"Qinglan, you're too sensitive." Gu Jinchi lowered his voice, she couldn't guess what was going on in his heart right now.

Does it feel like she's targeting women he's had a history with, or does it feel like as long as nothing happens it's a minor issue.

This wasn't like the Gu Jinchi she knew either.

"You're the one who's too sensitive, and you're the one who's in a hurry to excuse others." Su Qinglan unconsciously reddened her eyes and hurriedly hung up the phone before her voice changed.

She was easing the soreness that rose and fell in her chest, trying to hold back the tears in her eyes, when she heard a careful thud from Zee.

"Mommy?"

Su Qinglan instantly panicked, and in order to not let Gu Yize see that she was crying, she quickly turned her head away and wiped her tears.

But the reddened eyes betrayed her.

Seeing that she was in a bad mood, the little one's mood also lowered, "Mommy, did you and Daddy have a fight?"

"No, Little Ze don't worry, mommy won't fight with your daddy." Su Qinglan held back her soreness and kissed his little face.

Still, Zee couldn't be happy, and he seemed to be hearing a lot of things he shouldn't be hearing out of curiosity.

After hesitating for a while, Xiao Ze cautiously looked at Su Qinglan and swallowed and asked, "Is there anything in the mommy ...... cake that will kill you if you eat it?"

Su Qinglan froze.

Turns out he heard it all.

She didn't want to affect a small child's trust in bystanders or cast any shadows on Zee.

But this time, Gu Lan was trying to get Gu Yi Ze killed as well!

Without the mother and son duo, perhaps she could logically be with Gu Jinchi?

Impulsiveness made her miss a few moments of sanity, "Tell Mommy, did Gu Lan give you that cake herself?"

Ze nodded, "Yes, and Arashi-san wore a very pretty gown today, with beautiful similar sleeves on her arms, and I'd like to see Mommy in something like that."

"Mommy would look the prettiest in a dress like that."

Lace hand sleeves?

If she was wearing gloves, then her fingerprints wouldn't have been left on the cake box.

To make an even bolder assumption, if there's no way to prove that she made the cake, then the whole poisoning thing doesn't hold water.

Even if both of them, mother and son, died here, they probably wouldn't get the justice they deserved.

No wonder Gu Lan dared to send this poisoned cake over by herself, even if it was poisoned in real life, as long as they were dead, the only witness, Ze, would be gone.

What a vicious woman, to think that she's even counting on her son.

Ozawa is still just a five year old.

"If you have the chance, Mommy will wear it for you to see." In order not to scare Xiao Ze, Su Qinglan could only fake a smile and digress.

But Xiao Ze was Gu Jin Chi's son, and what was going on in his little head, how could an ordinary person guess.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he poked Su Qinglan's heart, "Mommy, is Sister Lan trying to get rid of us so she can get to the top?"

Typical junior-on-top drama, right down to this little guy flat out.

Su Qinglan felt a bit of a nest for a moment and choked for a moment before helplessly saying, "And where did you learn that?"

"It's on TV." Ze answered seriously, "All those bad women trying to kill other people's wives and children and then marrying them themselves."

"As much as ...... I'm sad about the fact that Arashi's sister is a bad person, I love Mommy more."

"I'm beginning to dislike her." The mouth said he didn't like it, but the little one's eyes were red.

That had, after all, been the sister who had been so good to him.

Children are very dependent on affectionate people, especially those five years when she, as a mother, wasn't there for him when he was at his youngest and most vulnerable.

Perhaps it was because she hadn't known that Xiao Ze had a mother before that Gu Lan had tried to get close to Gu Jin Chi by pleasing the little child.

But now that she's back as a mother, their mother and son are the motherly stumbling block to her being with Gu Jinchi.

The little one rushed to wipe her tears with her little hands before they could collect them, "Mommy, don't cry, I was wrong, I shouldn't have brought the cake back."

Su Qinglan only felt that the heart is more difficult, she does not want Xiao Ze over the wind and grass, but the fact seems to not allow.

If it's just a man with a child, that child doesn't pose a threat, but instead is a stepping stone to pleasing the man.

But add a woman to the mix, and both pairs are stumbling blocks.

"Little Ze, none of us were wrong in this matter." Su Qinglan gently held him in her arms and kissed the little face.

"What's wrong is the people who want to harm us, Mommy will protect you, and when you're older, it'll be your turn to protect Mommy."

Ze nodded vigorously and wiped a handful of tears from her eyes carelessly, "Arashi-san disappointed me so much, she turned out to be a bad woman!"

"Don't worry Mommy, I'll never take food from anyone again."

Even though he was trying very hard to hold it back, the tears were still sparse.

How upset can a five year old be when he experiences betrayal, even still perceived betrayal by a loved one.

Above all, it's still the fact that he almost died and almost lost his mommy.