The Beautiful CEO's Close Bodyguard

Chapter 687: Chapter 0689: Family Doctor

At this moment, inside the Old Mansion of the Nangong Family, Old Master Nangong was examining the latest financial report of the company in his study. Despite his advanced age, which should have been suitable for retirement in the eyes of outsiders, the real business of the family was still in his hands.

"Master, your tea." The servant prepared the tea that Nangong Yinghao usually drank and brought it to the study. Nangong Yinghao nodded, and the servant then consciously withdrew.

While flipping through the financial report in his hands, Nangong Yinghao’s eyebrows involuntarily furrowed. How could it have declined so much when he had not intervened for just a while? Although angry, Old Master Nangong, having seen much of the world, did not make a fuss over it.

"Cough, cough!" After coughing twice, Old Master Nangong subconsciously took the tea that the servant had just brought over. Without looking, he was about to bring it to his lips.

The tea inside was top-quality Longjing, Old Master Nangong’s favorite tea. The clear color of the tea looked even prettier in the reflection of the glass cup. Old Master Nangong lifted the cup, his lips already touching the glass, but then his nose twitched.

Bringing the tea cup close to his eyes, as the tea was brewed in a transparent glass, what was inside was naturally a captivating scene. However, apart from the emerald green tea leaves and the clear tea, there was nothing else in the cup.

His eyes squinted, a quick flash of brightness crossed the clear depths of the Old Master’s eyes. He placed the glass cup on the desk, his eyes intently staring at the cup.

Since the last time Chu Ge had helped him detoxify with the special ’Earth Ganoderma,’ it wasn’t long before Old Master Nangong felt changes in his body. Not only was his body stronger than before, but his sense of touch and smell had also become much sharper; his taste had sharpened as well, and things that might not have been noticed before now seemed magnified tenfold in front of Old Master Nangong, making them hard to ignore.

Old Master Nangong naturally noticed the changes in his body. He had asked Chu Ge what was happening with his body, and Chu Ge just smiled and did not make Old Master Nangong pay attention, thus Old Master Nangong knew there was nothing wrong with him.

That cup of tea; the moment Old Master Nangong came close, he could smell a scent that shouldn’t belong to the fragrance of tea leaves. Oddly enough, it was a scent he had encountered before, the same scent that was used in the previous attempt to poison him.

Old Master Nangong’s sense of smell had become sensitive, and such an obvious scent could not be mistaken. Immediately, he decided not to drink the tea, but now, he started to feel puzzled. noveldrama

Before, someone had also tried to poison him through his food and drink. At that time, only a minor minion was caught, who had committed suicide before much interrogation could take place. Although this had left a knot in Old Master Nangong’s heart, since the person was already dead and a long time had passed without similar incidents, Old Master Nangong naturally lowered his guard, only for today’s unexpected event to occur.

A flash of anger passed through his eyes. Old Master Nangong felt that he had been too lenient last time, making those behind the scenes think he was easy to bully, so much so that they dared to make a second attempt.

Pulling out his chair, Old Master Nangong stood up, placed the financial report and a pile of materials into a cabinet, and locked it. He then took the cup of tea and carefully smelled it again—there was indeed no mistake, the strong scent was exactly the same as the poison used on him before.

He put down the tea cup and picked up the whole pot of tea, indeed, the entire pot carried that scent.

Although the tea itself had a fresh but robust aroma, and was immersed in water, the poison was supposed to be colorless and tasteless, just like water. The only flaw was that when the poison dissolved in the water, some of its scent was released.

But this released scent was not significant, and moreover, mixed in the tea, it generally wouldn’t be detectable by smell, at least not to ordinary people. If Old Master Nangong’s sense of smell had not become much more sensitive, he definitely would not have detected this scent.

He poured a little bit of the tea水 into a potted plant nearby, pretending to make it look like he had drunk some. Old Master Nangong then took the cup of tea along with the full teapot downstairs.

When Old Master Nangong was home, most of the Nangong Family’s children were also home. At the moment, everyone was chatting in the living room when they saw Old Master Nangong come downstairs with a frown, still carrying the teapot and tea cup.

Seeing this, the servants rushed to take the tea cup and pot from him, but Old Master Nangong refused.

"Dad."

"Grandpa."

Seeing Old Master Nangong coming down, the younger family members sitting in the living room stood up to greet him. Old Master Nangong nodded, then walked to the master seat with a displeased face and placed the tea cup and teapot on the coffee table.

"What’s wrong, Dad?" The eldest, seeing Old Master Nangong’s grim expression, took the initiative to ask.

Old Master Nangong scanned the people sitting in the living room without saying a word, then shook his head and told the servant beside him, "Who made my tea today? Call him over."

Everyone was puzzled, not understanding what Old Master Nangong intended to do, yet Old Master Nangong did not explain and instead picked up and began reading the financial newspaper.

With Old Master Nangong remaining silent, no younger family members dared to make noise in his presence, and suddenly, the living room filled with nearly ten people was extremely quiet.

"Master, I’ve brought the person you requested."

The servant quickly brought over a man who looked to be about thirty years old, dressed in the white uniform specially tailored for the Nangong Family’s chefs. Being summoned by Nangong Yinghao, he also appeared quite surprised.

"May I know why Master has summoned me?" the man asked, looking somewhat restrained.

"Did you brew today’s tea?" Old Master Nangong’s eyes were on the newspaper, and he asked directly without looking at the man.

The man nodded and replied, "Yes, Master, I’ve always brewed your tea, prepared according to your preferred strength and temperature."

Hearing this response, Old Master Nangong finally shifted his eyes from the newspaper and glanced at the man. The man twisted his hands together, clearly nervous at being questioned directly by Old Master Nangong for the first time.

People sitting in the living room, also unclear why Old Master Nangong was asking this, curiously looked towards the man, who became even more nervous under so many gazes.

"Where is the family physician? Bring the family physician here," Old Master Nangong shifted his gaze from the man and instructed the housekeeper to call the family doctor.