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Chapter 56: Was the surveillance footage deleted?

Su Yan's words stunned everyone present, even Su Qing herself was taken aback, her mind filled with doubt.

She lit a calming incense for the old man, how did that harm him?

"Young Miss, what nonsense are you talking about?" The old butler asked Su Yan, looking completely bewildered.

Butler Su firmly believes that anyone in the world could harm the old man, but Su Qing would not.

Upon hearing the butler's question, Su Yan gave a sarcastic sneer, "I'm talking nonsense? Pick up the incense burner and let Grandpa smell it, then you'll know whether I'm talking nonsense or not."

Seeing Su Yan's confident demeanor, the housekeeper felt a sense of suspicion.

Although he didn't believe Su Qing would harm the old man, he was puzzled by what was special about the incense burner that made Su Yan so certain. So, he picked up the incense burner.

After examining the incense burner several times, Butler Su finally handed it to the old man.

After hearing Su Yan's words, the old man had some guesses about the incense in the incense burner, but he still held onto his expectations.

He carefully took the incense burner from Butler Su's hands and gently sniffed it.

Upon smelling the familiar scent from the incense burner, the old man's heart turned ashen, and his expression changed drastically.

"Grandpa, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell again?" Seeing that the old man's expression had turned sour, Butler Su immediately inquired about his condition.

The old man shook his head, then waved to Butler Su, "It's nothing."

"Oh, right, Xiaoyan and Xiaoqing, please stay a moment. Everyone else, please leave now."

Upon hearing this, Butler Su's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the Second Miss was really plotting against the Old Master?

No, no, no, that can't be it. The old man left the two of them alone; he must have wanted to clear up the misunderstanding.

With various speculations in mind, Butler Su led Shen Baisu, Xu Xiang, and Dr. Luo out.

Thus, only the three members of the Su family—grandfather, grandfather, and grandson—remained in the ward.

After everyone else left, the room fell into a long silence. Finally, Su Yan spoke first, and she sneered, "Grandpa won't favor Xiao Qing this time, will he?"

When Old Master Su heard her question, he merely glanced at her coldly, and then asked in a deep voice, "Besides the two of you, who else knows about the existence of the Illusion Grass?"

Upon hearing the old man's question, Su Yan gave a sarcastic chuckle, "Who else?"

"Even now, does Grandpa still favor Su Qing?"

"Besides the three of us, who else would know about the existence of the Illusion Grass?"

"The incense burner was placed on the bedside table by Su Qing, wasn't it? The incense was lit by Su Qing for you, wasn't it? The Illusion Grass was added to the incense burner, wasn't it? All the evidence clearly points to Su Qing, yet you still refuse to doubt her."

"Grandpa, she's trying to harm you! Why do you insist on trying so hard to exonerate her?"

"Fine, if you don't want to believe that she added the Illusion Grass to the incense burner, then you can suspect me. After all, if it's not her, and it's not you, then it can only be me. You can suspect me."

"Anyway, in your heart, I will never be as good as Su Qing, and you will always favor Su Qing."

As Su Yan spoke, she recalled many past events and became so emotional that she poured out many things she had never dared to say before.

Seeing her like this, the old man felt very distressed. "Xiaoyan, calm down. I didn't say it was you. Why are you so agitated? I just wanted you to think about who else might know about the existence of the Illusion Grass."

Before this, Su Qing had no idea that there was such a thing as Illusion Grass in this world. However, after the old man mentioned the words Illusion Grass, Su Qing remembered it.

That was a secret medicine passed down through the Su family. Its appearance and color were extremely vibrant, resembling an enlarged version of a lingzhi mushroom. The Illusionary Grass could be either a medicine or a poison.

If used correctly, the Illusion Grass can cure all poisons, but if used incorrectly, it can take a person's life.

Using the wrong Illusion-Leaving Herb can cause a person to fall into a deep sleep and then leave this world without realizing it, just like the old man's situation tonight. The instruments can detect that his vital signs are declining, but he himself cannot feel any pain.

Not only tonight, but the old man also fell ill because he accidentally ate the Illusion Grass. Although he took remedial measures in time afterward, it was still to no avail.

Therefore, the old man knew better than anyone else that he was going to die.

However, unexpectedly, he suddenly felt better this afternoon, which is why he asked Dr. Luo to draw blood for testing, because he also wanted to know his current condition.

He wanted to know what kind of changes the body would undergo due to the disease caused by the Illusion Grass, so that Su Qing and Su Yan could better understand the Illusion Grass.

However, he never expected that before he could even see the test results, he would be harmed by the Illusion Grass again.

After hearing Grandpa Su's explanation, Su Yan's expression remained grim. "What's there to think about? I haven't told anyone about the Illusion Grass."

"I think you should let Su Qing think about it carefully. I think that Miss Shen seemed to know there was something in the incense burner. If Su Qing hadn't told her, she wouldn't have noticed anything."

As soon as Su Yan said this, Old Master Su immediately looked at Su Qing, his eyes filled with a questioning look.

Rather than suspecting his two granddaughters, the old man was clearly more inclined to believe that someone else had added the Illusion Grass to the incense burner.

Meeting the old man's gaze, Su Qing stated firmly, "It's not her."

“After I put the incense burner in Grandpa’s room, and until Grandpa had his accident, my junior sister never came to this room.”

Instead of questioning this and that, why not check who went into Grandpa's room after I left?

Upon hearing Su Qing's words, Su Yan's eyes immediately turned cold. "After you left, I was the first one to come in. You even saw me come in with your own eyes. If you have any doubts, just say so. There's no need to beat around the bush."

As she spoke, Su Yan looked directly at the old man and said, "I came here before you fell asleep. I only asked you who put the incense on, but I didn't touch the incense burner at all. After that, I left before you fell asleep."

"Then, just now, after hearing about your accident, I came in with everyone else."

"From beginning to end, among the three of us, only Su Qing came into contact with the incense burner. Is there any doubt that someone put the Illusionary Grass there?"

The old man nodded, and after a moment of contemplation, he asked Su Qing to summon Butler Su.

"Check the surveillance footage and see who came to my room between the time Xiaoqing and Xiaoyan left and when you found out I was in trouble."

After agreeing, Butler Su immediately went to check the surveillance footage.

However, not long after, Butler Su called to say that the surveillance video at the old man's door had been deleted.

After hearing this, the old man's eyes darkened.

It seems someone wants him dead, or there's a plan behind it.

"Fine, very well, you came to my house to harm me and even deleted my surveillance footage, huh? You better not let me catch you!" The old man was so angry that his beard was crooked.

"Go, find all the people on duty in the monitoring room today! Find out exactly who entered the monitoring room today. If you can't find out, fire them all! What's the use of keeping them if they can't even keep track of the surveillance footage?!"

The old man was so angry that he yelled a long string of words at Butler Su on the other end of the phone, and then immediately hung up.

After the call ended, the room was briefly quiet. Shen Baisu broke the silence, "Do you need any help? I have a friend who can recover deleted surveillance videos."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room turned to look at Shen Baisu.