As soon as Jack finished speaking, my heart skipped a beat.
For the first time, I felt annoyed by Jack's calmness. He was too meticulous and even noticed these details that few people noticed. If he was dealing with an enemy, I would only feel happy, but when his meticulousness was directed at me, I would only feel fear. I felt irritated and overwhelmed.
"Really? That's quite a coincidence!" I gave a stiff smile.
Jack looked at me with a frown on his face. I looked at him as if I were a judge and a prisoner, hoping that he would quickly say what he wanted to say.
He said: "But I believe in intention rather than coincidence!"
Having said that, I knew that Jack probably knew the truth, so I had to continue denying it. In fact, I was almost unable to bear it anymore, so I immediately decided to learn to throw a tantrum and act like a cheating person like the fat man.
I stared into Jack's eyes and said bluntly, "Who knows? I'm not that snake. If you have the guts, go find that snake. Otherwise, Xiao Ding is still suspicious of me. Why would I attack Xiao Ding if I'm fine? I treat Xiao Ding like my own brother, so how could I attack him? Even if I wanted to, it shouldn't be now. Why would you do such a thing in front of all of you?"
Jack saw me acting like a rogue and said coldly, "Quibbling!"
I didn't know what to say next. After all, I rarely play dirty. I thought about Jack's eyes just now and thought I could use this to distract Jack.
I looked at Jack and said, "Why do I feel like I'm not making excuses? I'm also so anxious. Why did you look at Xiao Ding with eyes that showed you didn't like him?" After a pause, I continued, "If you really don't like Xiao Ding, you can tell me, and I will let Xiao Ding stay away from you. This will also avoid hurting each other that day, right?"
I have to admit that what I said was a bit venomous and harsh, but I suddenly thought of one thing, that is Jack's identity. We don't know how many secrets Jack has hidden. Instead of Xiao Ding getting into trouble that day, it would be better to cut off the source of danger directly, so I said such words regardless of the consequences.
Sure enough, I saw Jack frowning, and I was suddenly delighted, but I didn't know how to answer my question.
I looked at Jack's calm and silent expression, and was secretly delighted with my own cleverness. I actually thought of diverting his attention, and at the same time solved the doubts in my mind. More importantly, it was possible to eliminate Xiao Ding's dangerous factors from the root. Thinking about it, I felt that I was killing three birds with one stone. I really thought my idea was great.
Jack remained silent. After a long while, he glanced at me and said, "Even if I said I disliked Xiao Ding because of his scent, you would think I was just making excuses."
Jack's words echoed my own thoughts. Even if what he said was true, that he disliked Xiao Ding because of his scent, I wouldn't agree with him. After all, my goal was to make Jack forget what I had done. But Jack had exposed me directly, and I didn't know what to do next. However, it did resolve one issue: Jack didn't dislike Xiao Ding, he just disliked his scent.
But in my heart I already believed what Jack said, because when I thought about it carefully, I understood from Jack's reaction when he saw the blood. Jack really didn't like the smell, not that he didn't like Xiao Ding. Otherwise, Jack wouldn't have taught Xiao Ding to analyze the problem so seriously today. All these reasons made me let down my guard against Jack.
Jack seemed to know that I would not admit what I did and he had lost interest in asking further questions, so he said directly: "Even if you don't admit it, I believe my guess."
Jack's determination made me feel very annoyed, after all, he was so difficult to deal with.
"In that case, I want to know why you dislike this smell so much? Is there any story behind it?" I stared into Jack's eyes persistently and asked another tricky question.
After Jack heard what I said, his eyes became unfocused and he seemed to be thinking about something.
I felt like I had asked a question Jack didn't want to answer, and I suddenly thought, "If you don't know how to say it, don't think about it," but Jack had already spoken.
"It's not a big deal. It's just that the scent of these smells a bit like the snake's blood, so I'm worried that Xiao Ding is possessed."
Because Xiao Ding fainted just now, everyone was scared by his condition. Everyone put down what they were doing and the place was in chaos. Now that I stopped, I felt hungry.
Just at this moment, the fat man walked in, just frowned, and didn't want to pay attention to us. It was obvious that he was still angry about Xiao Ding's matter.
I couldn't say anything, after all, this was caused by my negligence. I felt the feeling in my stomach and finally went out for lunch.
I don’t know if it was because the fat man was uneasy, but I clearly felt that there was some uncooked rice in the dinner he made. After thinking about it, it seemed a bit troublesome to put it back and cook it separately, so I just ate the rice in my hand.
Fatty sat in front of the fire and suddenly thought of Xiao Ding in the tent. He asked us, "When will Xiao Ding wake up? Should we leave some food for him?"
I didn't know how to answer Fatty, because no one knew when Xiao Ding would wake up. We just knew that Xiao Ding would wake up, but there was no exact time.
I thought about it, then shook my head and said, "I don't know, but I shouldn't leave any for Xiao Ding. After all, by the time Xiao Ding wakes up, it won't be known what time it is, and the food will have gone cold by then."
What I said was indeed a fact, because no one knows when Xiao Ding will wake up. There is no time range for the statement that he will wake up naturally when he is happy. After thinking about it, I said to him: "Don't worry, Xiao Ding will not be affected by the toxin so quickly!" In fact, I said this not to curse Xiao Ding, but to state a fact.
The fat man seemed to think what I said made sense, and he nodded and said, "In that case, I will throw away all this food!"
I saw Xiao Ding's actions and immediately stepped forward to stop him, saying, "Don't be impatient, haven't you eaten yet?"
The fat man immediately shook his head and said, "No, I have no appetite."
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