Billionaire's Stubborn Slave Wife
Chapter 157: Mistakenly Drinking the Drugged Soup

"Lauren. can I do it here?"

With a smile on her face, Emily pointed to the chair next to Lauren.

Lauren nodded her head. And did not leave too much attention on Emily's body, his eyes stayed on the lotus flower blooming in the pool.

"Lauren, all this time I've been wanting to replace a chance to have a good chat with you, but I really don't have such an opportunity, and today I finally have the time to ask you. Do you have any misunderstanding about me ah? I recently felt that you look at me in the eyes. Filled with a lot of strange feelings."

Lauren calmly put down the cup in her hand, then raised her phoenix eyes and looked at Emily.

"Emily. have you ever done anything to make me misunderstand you?"

Emily shook her head.

"Of course not. You're my best friend, I wouldn't do something wrong to you. lauren, maybe you saw today's newspaper, but I have to tell you, what was in the paper, wasn't my intention. I didn't want to be with Matthew and deprive you of the happiness that was meant for you."

Lauren nodded, keeping a bemused smile on her face.

"Emily, for what was in the newspaper today, I also saw it, in fact I really didn't expect it. The media would say so much about the relationship between you and Matthew, but the pursuit of happiness is everyone's right. If you really like Matthew, you can completely let go and choose your own happiness. Don't worry, no matter what time it is, as long as the two of you are in love, I will not be a threat between you and him."

These words of Lauren were somewhat out of Emily's expectation. She originally thought that, when she saw the content on the newspaper, Lauren would lose her mind and do something crazy. Lauren's reaction, once again, ruined Emily's plan.

"Lauren, your diamond necklace is beautiful, Matthew must have given it to you, right?"

Emily's sharp eyes noticed that Lauren's neck had an extra necklace that she had never seen before.

"Is it strange that he gave it to me, only in exchange for my kiss?"

Lauren's face turned red all of a sudden at the origin of the necklace, she couldn't forget what a passionate kiss Matthew had just brought to her. A kiss that almost made her blood flow backwards. "Are you saying that he gave you this necklace after you kissed him?"

I don't know why, when I heard Lauren talk about this matter, Emily's heart. It actually produces even her own a little unexpected jealousy.

This realization made her face pale. Had she really fallen in love with Matthew, with the man from whom she was stealing the token?

"Emily, are you okay? Did something come to mind?"

The sudden change in Emily's face took Lauren by surprise. For this good friend whom she hadn't seen for several years, her heart had been unable to guess what she was really thinking inside, especially since Emily was still a woman who didn't show anything on her face.

"I'm fine, Lauren, get your own tan, I'm going to go upstairs and read the paperwork."

Not daring to look up, afraid that Lauren might guess what was inside her, Emily ran towards her room without looking back.

Back in her room, Emily buried herself under the covers, but in her mind, she kept thinking of Matthew's figure.

Oh my God. This man is only the object of the task that his grandfather has given him to complete. Why does he keep surfacing in his mind, the man he loves is not Asahi? Why is the figure of Asahi now, in his own mind, more and more blurred.

Emily blushes in horror, unable to believe that she really has a crush on Matthew... Oh my God, Emily, what the hell are you doing?

Matthew is your friend's man, do you really want to do something wrong to Lauren?

The more Emily thought about it, the more her head hurt, and she knew that she needed time now. Sort out her feelings and then decide what she wants to do next.

Emily went into the bathroom and turned on the cold water switch to wake herself up, only then could she determine what to do next?

Just out of the bathroom, before her head was cleaned, Emily heard a knock on the door.

She hurriedly pulled on her robe. Opened the door of the room. Seeing Lauren standing right in her doorway.

"Lauren, what did you want to see me about?"

Without knowing what she was going to do, Emily was unsure of how she was going to face Lauren, the woman who had always considered her a friend. "Emily, you dropped your stuff, and I am bringing it back to you."

Lauren raised the object in her hand.

When she saw what Lauren was holding, Emily turned pale with fear. She couldn't help but blame herself for her carelessness in taking what her grandfather had given her.

It was left outside. Luckily it was Lauren who found it, she really dared not imagine. If the person who picked up the bag was Matthew, what kind of things she would face. "Emily, is this package very important to you? Why are you so nervous?"

The change on Emily's face made Lauren realize that the package, for her, must have had extraordinary significance.

"This was left to me by my grandfather when he was leaving, and it contains some of my grandmother's belongings. I was told to take good care of it, but I didn't expect that I would be so careless. lauren, thank you. If you hadn't picked it up,... If grandpa knew that I lost it, grandpa would have blamed me."

Lauren shook her head and smiled at Emily.

"It just happened to fall at my feet, so I brought it to you. Well, I'll go to my room and rest, I have a lot of work to do tomorrow."

Lauren turned around and walked towards her room.

Emily, who had closed the door to her room, hurriedly took off the robe she was wearing and changed into a set of home clothes, then took the things her grandfather had given her and headed for the kitchen. "Miss. Shangguan. are you hungry, I can make some pastries for you."

When she saw Emily walk into the kitchen, Wang's mother was a little nervous, after all, Matthew had confided that he would take care of Emily.

"Wang Ma, you don't have to be so nervous. I am not a tiger. Will not eat you up, you are so nervous every time you see me. I just want to learn some soup making skills from you. Then make soup for my grandfather to drink. Give his old man a surprise."

With a natural expression, Emily stated her purpose.

When she saw the hot boiling soup, her face, a smile appeared.

"Wang Ma, are you making soup for Matthew? It smells so good?"

"Yes, it's a soup specially made for the young master, with some tonic herbs in it. Recently, the young master has been very busy with his work. The body is also very weak, so I plan to give him a good tonic, has been boiling all afternoon, immediately can be served to the young master to drink."

Emily nodded her head.

"Wang Ma, can you bake some cookies for me to eat? I'm really feeling a little hungry right now, so don't worry, I'll watch this pot of soup for you."

Wang's mother nodded without any doubt and turned around to bake cookies for Emily.

"Ouch."

Wang's mother had just turned around when she heard Emily let out a cry of pain, and she hurriedly turned around to see Emily's right hand, which was red and swollen.

"Oh my God, Miss. Shangguan, what's wrong with you? It must be very painful, right?"

Wang's mother's face changed greatly in fear. She was afraid that she would be punished by Matthew because of her negligence.

"Wang Ma, I'm fine, can you fetch me an ice cube, I want to ice it, maybe it will reduce the swelling."

Wang Ma hurriedly turned and ran out of the inside of the kitchen to replace the ice cubes in the ice cold.

Emily took the opportunity to pour all of the things that her grandfather had given her into the soup pot. For fear of arousing the suspicion of others, she stirred the soup a few more times until she was sure there was nothing out of the ordinary, and only then did she cover the lid with confidence.

As long as the plan can be successful, it is worth it to be burned.

"Miss. Shangguan, hurry up and apply ice, the swelling will soon go down."

Emily nodded, took the ice cube from Wang's mother, and sat down on a chair to the side.

"Wang Ma, check if the soup is ready, I'll bring it to Matthew."

"But your hand, isn't it very painful? You'd better rest so you don't hurt your hand."

Emily smiled and shook her head, handing the ice cubes to Wang's mother.

"I happen to have some things to discuss with Matthew, just serving it to him in passing, besides, there's nothing wrong with my hand, it's already much better after the ice packs I just applied, so you can leave it to me."

Emily's insistence made Wang's mother impatient, so she had to put the bowl of soup, put it in the mopping tray, and handed it to Emily.

Emily walks towards Matthew's room with a smile on her face.

"Matthew, I'm here to bring you soup."

Emily just finished, she saw Lauren sleeping next to Matthew, her face, instantly turned a little pale. The hand holding the tray, some trembling. But still stiffened her head and walked to Matthew's front. "Emily, thank you, you are a guest in the mansion, let the maids do these things, don't do it yourself in the future, if you get burned. I will be very embarrassed."

Emily showed an awkward smile. Standing is not, sitting is not looking at Matthew.

"Do you have something else to say to me?"

Matthew was a little surprised to see that Emily had no intention of leaving.

"No... no, I just want to see you finish the soup and take the bowl out."

Matthew shook his head.

"You go back and rest first, I will send it to the kitchen myself after drinking. After all the dangerous things that happened today, you should go back and rest. Don't work on it, leave it for tomorrow." Emily sighed secretly, there is no way. Only a reluctant heart, reluctant to walk out of the room.

Lauren opened her eyes and saw Matthew sitting beside her, she didn't feel strange at all, he had been in front of her like this so often in recent times that Lauren had gotten used to his presence. "Do you want to rest for a while, your body is still a little weak."

Looking at Matthew's still somewhat pale face, Lauren was a little distressed and vacated the seat beside her, letting Matthew lie on it.

"You drink this bowl of soup, it's a tonic specially made by Wang Ma, it's good for your body."

Matthew brought the soup that Emily brought over. Put it in Lauren's hand.

"It's better for you to drink it. You're a sick person now, it's good for your health to drink more tonic."

Matthew shook his head.

"I am a sick person, so I can only eat some light food. This bowl of soup is too tonic, I am afraid that my condition, which has just improved, will tend to worsen, so drink it."

Lauren nodded and took a shallow taste.

Just a sip, it feels a little wrong, the bitterness in the soup, so Lauren's eyebrows, tightly wrinkled together. The expression on her face is very unnatural.

"What's wrong? Is it too salty?"

Matthew only had this guess, after all, Wang's mother is still very competent in soup making skills. Unless too much salt was put in to make Lauren produce such a pained expression. "Take a taste, is something not quite right?"

Lauren brought the bowl to Matthew's mouth and Matthew gently tasted it, also feeling an unspeakable bitterness.

In his mind, the slightly tense expression on Emily's face just now came to mind.

Does this matter have something to do with her?

Matthew, thinking of this, snatched the bowl out of Lauren's hands.

"That is, if it's not good, don't drink it. I feel like there might be something inside the soup, I'll give it to the electric test."

Matthew picks up a bag, then pours the soup in the bag and calls Seung in.

"Cheng, give this bowl of soup to Denshi, and remember, make sure to leave the mansion without a trace, so that no one can raise any suspicion about your movements, okay?"

Matthew admonished Seung.

Seung nodded understandingly and turned to leave.

"Are you really sure. There's something wrong with this bowl of soup?"

"I'm not afraid of one thing, but I'm afraid of one thing. Now that you have a baby in your body, I can't have any flashbacks happen to you, so be careful when you eat in the future. If there is something wrong with the taste. Be sure to spit it out like you just did, understand?"

Matthew was really scared. Today's events will happen again, it seems that he has to strengthen the security in the mansion.

"You can tell me. Who brought this bowl of soup over?" Lauren suddenly remembered the question.

"It's Emily, she's the one who just brought it over."

Lauren remembered that she had found the bag, in recalling the nervous expression on Emily's face at that time, although there is no 100% proof to be sure, but Lauren has 80% certainty, Emily and this matter can not be unconnected.

"What are you going to do if Emily did this thing?"

The corners of Matthew's lips rose slightly, hooking up a cold smile.

"If she really did it, then it proves that the old man has already launched his operation, so I must be doubly careful, and in less than three days, Emily will definitely take action."

Lauren nodded.

"What the hell is going on here? Why is every one of you so mysterious, Matthew, can you tell me. what purpose does Emily have in approaching you?"

The expression on Lauren's face was somewhat painful. Being hidden by the man you love is a fatal blow to a woman.