CHAPTER 133: CHAPTER 133: THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH POISONS

[No matter how the poison got there, they would never expect that our lady is actually a doctor! And a very skilled one at that!]

[Anyway, it’s not normal for poison to appear in such a place. Doesn’t the production team care?]

[Right, it was Little Squirrel that drank the water, but what if it was a person who drank it?]

[Production team, come out quickly, do you think Miss An Yan has no fans? Let me tell you, Miss An Yan has fans: me!]

[And me!]

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The audience was causing an uproar in the bullet screen comments, but on the screen, Miss An Yan wasn’t affected at all and continued to stroke the squirrel’s tail!

Little Squirrel seemed to know she was its lifesaver and sat very obediently in her palm, letting her stroke it.

The furry tail became fluffier the more she stroked it.

This scene filled many pet enthusiasts with envy!

After stroking the squirrel’s tail for a while, Miss An Yan handed it a fruit it had nibbled on before. "Eat up, and then go back to find your owner."

This Little Squirrel wasn’t afraid of humans and could even understand simple human intentions. It must be a domesticated pet!

But Little Squirrel didn’t eat. It held the fruit in both hands and brought it closer to An Yan’s face.

"You want me to eat it?"

Little Squirrel nodded.

This human is very strong; following her will mean never having to go hungry again.

An Yan stroked its tail again. "I don’t want to eat fruit that you’ve nibbled on!"

Little Squirrel: "..."

A drone flew over, and a staff member’s voice came from it. "Miss An Yan, did the squirrel get poisoned by drinking water?"

An Yan shook her head. "No."

The drone was silent for a moment. Then the staff member’s voice asked, "Then why did you pour out the water from the kettle?"

An Yan replied, "Because I noticed the kettle doesn’t retain heat. I wanted to drink freshly boiled hot water, so I poured out the cold water!"

Everyone: "..."

Fans of Jiang Xiaoze:

[See, I told you our Xiaoze couldn’t have possibly poisoned Miss An Yan!]

[Xiaoze is too innocent to harbor any bad intentions.]

[...]

The staff was speechless too. They had been unfairly scolded by netizens for several minutes! Several whole minutes!

The screen remained still for a few seconds before the director’s voice came from the drone. "Then what’s the deal with the poison in Little Squirrel?"

"It must have accidentally ingested some kind of toxic fungi," An Yan answered.

The director’s voice asked, "Don’t animals naturally have the ability to discern poisonous substances?"

An Yan looked surprised for a moment and glanced up at the drone. "Who said that? Oh, Director, you might have been misled. In fact, animals do not possess the innate ability to discern toxic substances. It’s merely that the animals we humans have observed are the ones that possess this ability. After all, those that can’t discern have already been poisoned to death! And this Little Squirrel is probably a pet that has lived with humans since birth. Although I don’t know why it turned up in the forest, it clearly doesn’t have this ability. The only commendable thing is that it’s not foolish. After being poisoned once, it immediately understood that it shouldn’t eat unfamiliar things. That’s why it was guarding that fruit tree."

[So you picked all the fruit, no wonder Little Squirrel was so upset!]

[All I can picture is Little Squirrel standing on a branch, reaching out its little paws... The poor thing, it’s so tragic!]

[No wonder it’s trying to get itself adopted! It’s trying to secure a long-term meal ticket for itself.]

[I’m up for it. Miss, if you don’t want to keep it, can you give it to me?]

[...]

The director finally let out a genuine sigh of relief.

As long as the guests weren’t causing trouble, it was fine. If one team had really poisoned another, they would have had to call the police, no matter what. After all, with the cameras rolling live, if they did nothing, it would mislead viewers into thinking that poisoning someone was no big deal.

「After about ten minutes, Anan returned with Mo Shiyan and Meng Rui.」

The three of them came back with their hands full.

They had gathered a large bag of fungi alone, and Meng Rui was even holding two wild chickens!

Film Emperor Mo Shiyan was carrying three rabbits!

When he saw Little Squirrel, Meng Rui’s eyes lit up. "Sister An Yan, you actually caught prey too? But it looks so small. Would there even be much meat if you killed it?"

Little Squirrel stiffened, completely dismayed.

An Yan caught its reaction and laughed. "No, it was poisoned, and I saved it. So it came to repay my kindness!"

"Ah?" Meng Rui blinked. "Has Little Squirrel gained Spiritual Wisdom? It can even show gratitude? So, are we actually in a world of cultivators?"

An Yan was speechless. This kid has such a wild imagination!

"Is it possible that it was originally someone’s pet? That it’s sticking around because it feels safer with humans?" An Yan suggested.

Meng Rui’s face turned red. "Oh! Right! Pets are used to living with humans. Being close to humans is an instinctual response."

Meng Rui, now excited, put down the wild chickens and dashed over to Little Squirrel, extending his hand. "Shake hands!"

Little Squirrel gave him a disdainful look—it certainly wasn’t about to shake hands with a human who wanted to kill it for its meat.

But its paw seemed to have a mind of its own.

At that command, it reached out automatically, a total conditioned reflex.

Meng Rui immediately lit up with excitement. "It’s true! It really can understand human speech! Sister An Yan, can you give me this squirrel?"

An Yan smiled and said, "But I’m not its owner!"

"Oh, right. Then where is its owner? Can we find its owner and buy it?" Meng Rui was really fond of the furry little fellow.

Anan took over the conversation. "This island is quite large. We are currently in the Southern Part, and indeed, there are traces of human activity to the north. But it’s unclear who they are. The crew tried to greet them before, but unfortunately, they never found them! The guess is they came here for a short stay, treating this place as a vacation spot."

Meng Rui was extremely disappointed. "Then they were too careless, leaving without taking Little Squirrel! Little Squirrel, what’s your name?"

"If you can’t talk, let’s call you Mute!" Meng Rui teased.

Little Squirrel: "SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK..."

Meng Rui asked, "Did it just curse at me?"

[Little Squirrel: You’re the mute, your whole family is mute!]

[The translation before was great! Don’t translate it again next time!]

On the screen, Meng Rui was earnestly lecturing Little Squirrel. "You can’t curse people, okay? Cursing is uncivilized behavior..."

At first, Little Squirrel watched him curiously. But as it continued to watch, its attention drifted. This person is so boring, just blabbering on and on. I don’t understand a thing he’s saying!

Having lost interest, Little Squirrel turned to find An Yan, but Meng Rui caught its tail, forcibly holding it down to make it listen to the lecture.

Its eyes betrayed a sense of having lost all hope.

[Little Monk Tang, please let the little squirrel go!]

[It’s a hard life for a squirrel, just trying to find a steady meal ticket, and yet it has to listen to the Tightening Spell, haha...]

[...]

One boy and one squirrel tormented each other until the water in the pot began to boil——