Chapter 114 She Wants to Poison the Master
Aunt Zhou heard the roar of the aircraft again, and then saw two men and a woman following behind her neighbor, Miss Zuo, as they stepped off the aircraft.
All three possessed powerful auras, yet they all appeared easygoing, displaying none of the disdain or contempt often associated with high-ranking individuals looking down upon lowly scavengers.
She found Miss Zuo increasingly mysterious. How could a scavenger from District 50 know such important people?
A few days ago, an old man came by in a flying vehicle. He was clearly a cultured person, even more cultured than the administrators.
Then the old man left in his flying vehicle, and now another wave has arrived. It seems I'll have to treat this neighbor even better from now on.
As Zuo Shan pushed open the gate to the courtyard, Modi Lan Dun couldn't help but frown. Why did this new house look even smaller than the old one?
Zuo Shan generously ushered the person into the house and then began to busy himself.
Matt watched her cook intently, and even gave himself an excuse: "Miss Zuo, my young master has allergies, so I have to keep an eye on the ingredients when we eat out."
"Allergies? Oh, I understand. So, may I ask what foods Xiaobai is allergic to?" Zuo Shan asked with a smile.
"Uh, mutated mango." Matt racked his brains for a long time before finally finding the only allergen the adult had. He didn't dare to make it up, afraid that the adult would come after him later.
But he dared not let his eyes wander. If Miss Zuo accidentally gave the master something poisonous, it wouldn't be fatal, but it would certainly harm his health.
Then he saw Zuo Shan scoop out a bunch of thinly sliced white plant roots from a large bamboo basin, which he didn't recognize at first.
While she wasn't looking, he took out the precision testing instrument and secretly pricked one of the patches with a needle.
He muted the voice broadcast, then turned on the screen and was so frightened that he felt a chill run down his spine and almost rushed over to strangle Zuo Shan's neck.
The message reads: "Plant composition analysis results: This plant is a mutant poisonous potato containing cyanogenic glycosides. When combined with water, it may produce potent hydrocyanic acid, which is highly toxic. Ingestion may cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. In severe cases, it may cause loss of consciousness, shock, and other symptoms."
Watching Zuo Shan fish the poisoned potato chips out of the water, wash them again with clean water, and then steam them, Matt scrambled to the adult's side, crying, "M-M-Master, she's trying to poison you!"
"Impossible! Also, I told you to call me Young Master. If you call me that again, I'll punish you by making you go mining!" Modilan glared at his assistant.
"Really, really, young master, I saw her steaming poisoned potato chips with my own eyes. Wasn't that what she was preparing for you to eat?" Matt was so anxious he wanted to die.
"Poison me? What's the reason? She doesn't know my real identity. I'm just a spoiled brat she met online by chance. What benefit would she get from poisoning me?" Moriland Shield stared at Matt with the look of someone looking at an idiot.
"Perhaps someone tempted her with a large sum of money, or threatened her life..."
"Stop! Are you out of your mind? Our meeting with her was purely accidental. Nobody knew our itinerary. Where did this mastermind get the information?"
"I think you've overused your mental energy and your mind has gone haywire." Mortiland said coldly, then got up and went to the woodshed that served as a kitchen.
Instead of listening to your assistant's nonsensical paranoia, it's better to watch Zuo Shan cook. Just smelling the aroma of her cooking is a pleasure.
Zuo Shan turned around and saw him staring at the steaming stove. He laughed and said, "Xiao Bai, why aren't you staying inside to cool off? It's so hot!"
"I love watching you cook." Xiao Bai blurted out. Zuo Shan thought this young man had potential and would definitely win over his girlfriend in the future.
"What I'm steaming in the steamer is cassava chips. Oh, you call them poisonous potatoes here. Don't be scared by the name."
Although it is poisonous, the toxicity can be largely removed by soaking the slices in water for more than six hours. However, the water used for soaking is indeed poisonous and must be discarded.
Once steamed, it's sweet, soft, and chewy—absolutely delicious! If you have enough cooking oil, you can mix it with eggs and fry it into a pancake; it'll be even more fragrant.
However, cooking oil is too expensive, so I can't afford to eat it. Please don't complain that my food here is not oily!
You know, for us scavengers, just being able to fill our stomachs is already a struggle.
"But you've come at the perfect time. I happen to have some excellent ingredients on hand, and I guarantee you'll have a meal you'll never forget!" Zuo Shan said enthusiastically.
"Why is it 'a meal you'll never forget'? Miss Zuo, are you not planning to treat me to a meal again?" Xiao Bai's eyes were filled with a hint of grievance and confusion.
"No, no, that's not what I meant. I just thought that you must live in District 40, and you rarely have the chance to come to our District 48. After this meal, the next time we meet, my kids might already be old enough to run errands." Zuo Shan quickly waved his hand and said.
"What is soy sauce?" Xiaobai asked.
"Oh? Oh, it's just a condiment from before the Great Cataclysm. That's not important. What I mean is, by the next time we meet, my kids will probably be running all over the place."
Zuo Shan mumbled, "Green Algae Star doesn't have soy sauce. I almost gave myself away."
“Miss Zuo, we’re already friends, right?” Xiao Bai suddenly asked very seriously.
"Of course, otherwise why would I invite you home for dinner!" Zuo Shan said with a bright smile.
"Can you tell me who the father of your child is? Abandoning a woman and a child is too much. I can teach him a lesson for you!" Xiaobai said indignantly.
"Ah? No need, no need." Zuo Shan hurriedly waved his hand.
"You still love him? So you can't bear to let me teach him a lesson?" Xiaobai's eyes were gloomy.
"No, no, actually, the child's father died in the mouth of a mutated beast during a mission, so it really wasn't his fault." Zuo Shan quickly told the story she had made up a long time ago, and even squeezed out two tears.
From the moment she took over this pregnant woman's body, she had already thought about how she would tell her baby about its biological father.
She didn't want her child to live in the shadow of being abandoned by their father for the rest of their life, nor did she want the child to feel that she, as their mother, was a failure, having been deceived and abandoned by a man.
However, she kept apologizing to Ah Chen in her heart: "I'm sorry, baby, Mommy didn't mean to curse your daddy to die early!"
I was just so afraid he'd take you away, so I had to let everyone know he was gone, so he'd never know we existed and would never come looking for us.
The baby in her belly seemed to sense her deep unease, and rolled over slightly, conveying a sense of reassurance. It seemed to be telling her: Don't worry, baby won't let daddy find out about me!
Hearing Zuo Shan say that her child was a posthumous child, Mordi Lan Dun felt even more guilty. Such a pitiful pregnant woman had risked so much to save him, but he had betrayed her trust and hadn't even reached twice the promised hundredfold repayment.
“Miss Zuo, if you want your child to have a bright future, you can give it a high-level gene serum before it turns one year old. The probability of it awakening superpowers will reach 50%,” said Modilan Dun.
He felt that since he owed her, he should think more about her and her child. He would feel at ease if they lived well in the future.
"This kind of advanced gene serum must be very expensive, right?" Zuo Shan asked tentatively. In his memory, the success rate of gene serum awakening was only one-third, but this one suddenly increased to fifty percent, so it must be extraordinary.
"It's not very expensive. A relative of mine has a company that produces this kind of gene serum. If you need it, I can give you one for free," Xiaobai said casually.
"How can that be? Xiaobai, since we are friends, I have something to say to you seriously: I never like to take advantage of others."
"Friends are people who help and trust each other. There's no such thing as someone who only takes and doesn't give. Do you understand what I mean?" Zuo Shan said seriously.
“Miss Zuo, what you said makes sense. In that case, I’ll have Matt exchange your well-deserved million-dollar reward for a high-grade gene serum. That way, neither of us will lose out. What do you think?” Xiao Bai said with an honest smile.
"Deal!" Zuo Shan said decisively.
Baby Achen might be a born gene warrior, so she might not actually need this gene serum. She has already awakened her speed ability, so she doesn't need it.
However, there is also Pandora in the family. She lives in symbiosis with two kinds of mutated plants. If she cannot awaken her superpowers in the future, her superpowers may become unbalanced at any time, endangering her life.
Therefore, this medicine is of great importance to her.
Of course, she was actually a little reluctant to use such an expensive potion on Pandora, since there would be many other places where she would need money in the future.
But she still didn't want to give up this opportunity. At least she wanted to get the medicine first. What if her family had more money in the future and would be willing to spend that million?
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