Chapter 606 — Ruining His Reputation
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"To make trouble for a school, naturally you make trouble with the students inside it!" Jin Gubang said. "For instance, a building collapses and crushes a few students; or underworld thugs go onto campus and slash a few students; or a degenerate teacher appears, beating or even molesting students — any of these can swiftly destroy a school's reputation!"
"But none of what you describe is very realistic, is it?" Zhao Qibing frowned. "A building collapse? Would you dare do what Wei Zhao did and just go push a building over? As for underworld thugs — are we supposed to send our own men? Wouldn't that drag us into it? And as for some degenerate teacher, forget it; that's basically impossible. No matter how much you pay a man, he won't risk his life to commit a crime!"
"That..." Jin Gubang gave a dry laugh, somewhat embarrassed. "I was only giving examples. As for how to do it concretely, let's all keep discussing it!"
"Young Master Bing, I wonder — this Medicine King, while skilled at saving lives, is he also skilled at laying poison?" Zhong Fabai, who had kept silent all this while, suddenly spoke up.
"Poison? Of course. The Medicine King is versed in every branch of pharmacology; laying poison would be effortless and pleasant for him," Zhao Qibing said with a nod.
"Heh heh, Young Master Bing, why don't we use poison? Once students suffer food poisoning, that is no small matter!" Zhong Fabai said. "Food poisoning can be blamed on the school's poor supervision, or twisted to suggest that the Gu Group is simply too black-hearted, selling students expired and worthless food, which is what caused the poisoning! And if by some mishap Wei Zhao or Gu Mengyao were poisoned to death, that would be killing several birds with one stone!"
"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Old Zhong, you're good — very good!" Hearing Zhong Fabai's plan, Zhao Qibing burst into lavish praise. "This is an excellent idea. Let's do it that way! Medicine King, concoct a poison as quickly as you can, then poison the cafeteria of the Fourth High School!"
"The poison is simple enough. The key question is who will administer it. And after it is administered, will it be discovered? That is the crux!" The Medicine King was of course an expert at poisoning, but that was not what concerned him.
"That is indeed a problem. Oh right — Lao Zhong, isn't your son at No. 4 Middle School? How about letting him handle the poisoning?" Zhao Qibing glanced at Zhong Fabai as he spoke.
"What?" Zhong Fabai stared blankly for a moment, then jumped in alarm! How could he possibly let his own son do something like that? If the matter were exposed, it meant prison! He had only this one son, and the boy was already down a kidney — how could he let him take such a risk? He hastily said, "Bing Shao, that's not really a good idea... asking my son to do something like this..."
"What, you're not willing?" Bing Shao frowned. "Afraid I won't make it worth your while?"
"That's not it at all..." Seeing Bing Shao's anger, Zhong Fabai startled in fear. "It's just — if things don't go smoothly and the police find out..."