“I’m back in my room. You heard everything, didn’t you?” Qin Chengxi spoke softly into the phone.

“How many candies did she take?” Dong Yueyun asked hastily.

“All of them. Mom, did you put poison into the candies?”

“Silly child, why do you not trust me? Do you think I’d be so cruel? And, even if I was so cruel, I still understand the logic behind taking a life. Do you think I’d poison candies?”

“Then, tell me what ...