CHAPTER 132: CHAPTER 132 POISONED

The number of viewers in the live stream soared dramatically.

[Miss, please take my knee!]

[Little Squirrel: Can’t escape, just can’t escape!]

[...]

Under An Yan’s supervision, Little Squirrel picked all the hard-to-reach fruits from the tree.

Then, with tears brimming in its eyes, it watched An Yan walk away with a bag full of fruits.

Little Squirrel stood on the tree, one hand holding onto a branch and the other reaching towards the direction An Yan had left... As if it wanted to grasp the fruits that were gone!

[SOB SOB SOB... An Yan, you’re not human! How can you treat Little Squirrel like this!]

[You could at least leave the kid a few pieces!]

[...]

After walking for a bit, An Yan turned around and saw Little Squirrel’s pose, and her heart softened. "Come here!"

Little Squirrel paused for a moment, then raised a paw to wipe away its tears and swiftly chased after her.

Using all fours, it clung to An Yan’s trouser leg and scrambled into the bag she was carrying.

This time, it didn’t dare to eat a single fruit, obediently and meekly allowing An Yan to carry it back to the camp.

An Yan checked the fire in the stove and surveyed their belongings. Only after confirming that their things hadn’t been tampered with this time did she feel at ease enough to come out.

With two water bottles in hand, she unscrewed the caps and began to pour out the water.

The viewers watching the live stream were all taken aback.

[Isn’t she being too cautious? Is she afraid that the team from earlier poisoned them?]

[Might be paranoia. Those people did look inside their tent, but I watched them with my own two eyes, and they didn’t touch their water bottles at all!]

[Right, but I’m not against Miss doing this. After all, they are competitors. Even if it’s not poison, adding something like croton would be enough to make them suffer.]

[...]

Just when everyone thought An Yan was making a fuss over nothing, the squirrel that was nearby ran to An Yan.

It bowed its head and drank the water stored in a tree leaf.

GLUG! GLUG!

By the time An Yan turned towards the sound, it had already flipped onto its back, belly up.

The viewers:

[???]

[Look, look, look, did you see that? The squirrel is dead, isn’t it?]

[Saw, saw, saw, I saw it, it’s definitely dead. It’s not moving at all.]

[So there’s really poison in the water?]

[Damn it, did the program crew see this? Did the program crew see this? This is a severe violation, isn’t it? That team wanted to kill someone!]

[...]

In the camera shot, An Yan picked up the squirrel and poked its face with her finger. "Trying to scam me?"

The viewers:

[Isn’t she the idiot here? It was poisoned by the water you poured! What do you mean it’s trying to scam you!]

[It’s just a squirrel; what kind of ill intent could a squirrel have! If you can save it, then save it. If not, don’t slander it.]

In just a few minutes of screen time, Little Squirrel had already accumulated thousands of fans!

Now everyone was focused on Little Squirrel, their hearts aching immensely.

[Hurry up and save it!]

[Quickly notify the program crew, find it a doctor!]

[...]

「The program crew.」

The director, looking at the squirrel held by An Yan, blankly asked the assistant director next to him, "This, this, this is Wang, right?"

"Yes. Look at that tuft of white fur on its head; it should be."

Several members of the program crew gathered around.

"It really is!"

"Is it pulling another scam?"

"I can’t believe it’s a repeat offender!"

The assistant director slapped the director’s arm. "You’re not the last one to be conned! Thinking about it that way, don’t you feel much better?"

Director: "..."

A few days ago, when the program crew came here to scout the area, a sickly Little Squirrel had dragged its body over to them.

It didn’t come close, just stood at a distance, staring pitifully at the food in their hands.

The director thought it looked cute, so he foolishly fed it a piece of biscuit, and then it flipped over and collapsed on the ground.

The director was so scared he thought it had been poisoned. He immediately called for a doctor. After a thorough examination, the doctor guessed it might be malnourished!

The director’s saintly heart instantly flared up. For the next few days, he took care of Little Squirrel as if it were his own grandchild, feeding it the best food and drink. He thought about taking it back to the city as a pet for his grandson when they left.

But when it was time to go, Little Squirrel was gone!

The director subconsciously got the drone to zoom in its camera.

An Yan shook the squirrel; when it didn’t move, she flipped her hand and pulled out a needle. Then she pinned the squirrel to the ground!

The silver needle plunged into the squirrel’s body with a THWIP.

SQUEAK—

A piercing scream followed.

Just when everyone thought she had killed the squirrel, it actually stood up. Its eyes glared at An Yan, and it held its chest with its tiny paws. It looked just like a little girl who had been molested by a rogue!

An Yan stood motionless, locking eyes with it.

Little Squirrel’s formidable aura slowly weakened under her stare.

Finally, with a pitiful and plaintive gesture, it pointed at the fruits she had brought back and squeaked frantically!

An Yan considered this, then said, "You mean to say, because I picked your fruits, I have to compensate you?"

Little Squirrel nodded.

An Yan laughed, looking at the needle she had just pulled from the squirrel. The darkened tip indicated there was poison in Little Squirrel’s body! She brought the needle to her nose for a light sniff and determined that the poison likely came from some type of fungus!

An Yan reached out and touched Little Squirrel’s tail. "Do you know you’ve been poisoned?"

Little Squirrel couldn’t understand her words, its eyes fixed unwaveringly on her bag. If it wasn’t mistaken, there should be lots of delicious food in the bag; it really missed the fragrant nuts it had eaten before!

An Yan opened her bag to show it. It was completely empty.

Little Squirrel was stunned. Why was it that among humans, the people who came last time had everything, but this person had nothing?

Seeing its shocked expression, An Yan couldn’t help but want to laugh again. "You’re nearly dead, and you’re still worried about eating!"

"Alright, you’re lucky to have encountered me—it’s a fortunate chance for you!"

An Yan took out several types of medicine from her simple medical bag and mixed them. After a moment’s thought, she also got up to pick some herbs, roots, and other plants from nearby.

She mixed them all together, crushed them with a stone into a paste, combined this with the medicine, and fed the concoction to Little Squirrel.

After about ten minutes, the squirrel lying on the ground suddenly jumped up and began excitedly hopping around An Yan!

Its excitement was palpable even through the screen.

Barrage:

[It’s so lively; looks like the poison has been cured.]

[So, was Little Squirrel really poisoned by Bai Zhi and her team?]

[That can’t be right. I was watching very closely with wide eyes, and no one touched An Yan’s water bottle!]

[Nobody touched the water bottle, but did you forget? Jiang Xiaoze threw mosquito repellent into the tent!]

[Are you saying the mosquito repellent could be poisonous?]

[Jiang Xiaoze, is she that malicious?]

[Nonsense! How could our Xiaoze do something like that? You weren’t even there, so don’t make wild guesses, okay?]