Chapter 517 Listen to My Explanation.
The hallway air turned icy in an instant.
Jasper's brow furrowed as he glanced at Adeline, his eyes filled with mixed emotions.
He remembered clearly—when Adeline got home that evening, Lauren had forced Lily to drink the coffee that was meant for Luna.
Wait, the laxative was in Luna's drink?
Jasper wasn't the only one taken aback; Luna, standing right next to him, was equally stunned.
Luna bit her lip, glaring at Adeline. "So you spiked my drink to give me diarrhea from the start!"
Adeline chuckled, her gaze cold as ice. "So what?"
Adeline crossed her arms, her voice dripping with arrogance. "Last night, my buddy Ethan got hurt trying to stop you from offing yourself, and you didn't even say thanks. Jasper even threatened us, saying if anything happened to you, we wouldn't get away with it. Then you invite me over for dinner the next day? I thought it was a setup, so I struck first. What's wrong with it?"
Adeline touched her chin thoughtfully. "But I didn't expect Lily to drink the coffee meant for Luna."
"Otherwise," Adeline's lips curled into a sly smile, "the one stuck in the bathroom right now would be Luna."
Luna's eyes widened, trembling with rage. She threw herself into Jasper's arms. "Jasper, look at Adeline! She's so cruel. I invited her to dinner with good intentions, planning to apologize and call a truce, but instead..."
Luna sobbed in Jasper's arms. "Jasper, you know my health is worse than Grandma's. If I had drunk that laxative-laced coffee, I might not have made it through the night. It's terrifying. If Grandma hadn't been allergic to peanuts tonight, she would've eaten that poisoned cashew shrimp. And if I had drunk that coffee, I would suffer, too. Adeline planned to take out both me and Grandma in one meal."
As Luna cried in Jasper's arms, his eyes darkened. "Adeline, you really went too far."
After a moment, he sighed, picked up the phone, and called Ryan. "Go to Emerald Crest Estate and bring the drink Grandma left."
After a pause, he added, "And bring the unopened health coffee too."
Ryan nodded. "Got it!"
Just as Jasper was about to hang up, Adeline quickly chimed in with a smile. "And grab the phone and phone stand from the kitchen corner."
Adeline's words made a flash of malice cross Luna's eyes as she lay in Jasper's arms.
So Adeline had set up that phone in the kitchen to spy on her! Luna's lips curled into a sneer. Adeline was clever, but also really dumb.
Since Luna planned to frame Adeline for drugging, how could she let Adeline's phone record the evidence?
Luna had already deleted the video. She even destroyed the original files on the phone.
Luna didn't believe that broken phone could still have any evidence!
Thinking about this, Luna felt even more smug.
She couldn't wait to see what kind of "evidence" Adeline could come up with when Ryan brought the phone over!
Ten minutes later, Ryan rushed in with several drinks, the phone, and the phone stand.
Even though Jasper had only asked for two drinks, Ryan noticed that Blake and Lauren's drinks were also unfinished and brought them along too.
The doctor took the drinks for testing. Finally, he came out with the Americano. "Jasper, only this one has a laxative. The test results show the drug components match the laxative Lily took. The other three are clean. Especially the unopened latte, which not only has no drugs but also contains many supplements beneficial to the elderly."
After speaking, the doctor handed the results to Jasper and left.
Holding the test results, Jasper frowned slightly.
Luna leaned in to take a look, then continued to curse at Adeline. "You did put a laxative in my drink! Adeline, with my health, a laxative could be fatal! You're really vicious!"
As Luna cursed, she also threw the plate of poisoned cashew shrimp she had prepared at Adeline's head. "You give me a laxative and poison Grandma. You're truly evil!"
"Adeline," Jasper suddenly spoke up from behind Luna, his eyes cold as he stared at Adeline. "What's the deal with the cashew shrimp?"
If Adeline really intended to harm Luna with a laxative and poison Lily, why would she put supplements beneficial to the elderly in the latte for Lily? It didn't add up.
Moreover, Jasper had been puzzled earlier at the dinner table. Adeline knew Lily was allergic to peanuts, yet she had blatantly put more peanuts than cashews and shrimp in the dish as if she wanted everyone to see.
"What do you think, Jasper?" Adeline smiled and shook the phone in her hand. "The answer you want might be in this phone."
Jasper frowned and gave Adeline a look, signaling her to turn on the phone.
Seeing Adeline's confident demeanor, Luna couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
Luna had already deleted the parts of the video that were unfavorable to her! She wanted to see what tricks Adeline could pull!
Luna was still smug one second, but her face turned pale the next. Because the video Adeline played showed Luna picking up the phone and deleting the video!
Luna's face turned deathly pale! What the hell!
Adeline smiled and continued to rewind the video to before Luna deleted it.
In the video, Luna, who claimed to be allergic to shrimp, not only tasted a piece of shrimp but also put a small packet of drugs from her pocket into the cashew shrimp! Then she smiled and put the dish back, turning to delete the video on the phone.
The hallway fell eerily silent.
Luna's hands clenched into fists at her sides.
"Jasper," she spoke hoarsely, "let me explain."
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