at was going on?!
Everyone was shocked. All eyes turned to the man who had collapsed.
Clutching his throat, he began to retch violently, vomiting everything he had just eaten.
“Ugh!” Another person dropped to the ground, vomiting just as badly.
It was as if some invisible switch had been flipped. Everyone gathered there collapsed one after another, retching uncontrollably.
The answer was obvious. Ray had poisoned them.
Bruce was furious and alarmed at the same time. ‘Serves you right for being so greedy,‘ he thought. ‘This has to be food poisoning.‘
They never should’ve accepted anything from Ray. Now, they were paying the price.
But one thing didn’t make sense to him. Ray had clearly eaten with them, and he’d even been the first to eat. So why was he fine?
“Did you poison them?” Bruce shouted.
By now, the others had all lost consciousness.
Ray smiled. “I wouldn’t call it poisoning. I just let them eat some apple seeds.”
Bruce froze for a moment, then blurted out, “Cyanide poisoning!”
Ray looked surprised, then laughed. “Such a quick reaction. Have you spent a lot of time thinking about poisoning your wife?”
“How could you possibly get that many apples?” Bruce couldn’t wrap his head around it.
Apple seeds contain cyanide, yes–but to reach a lethal dose for a human, how many apples would that take? Dozens of pounds? A hundred pounds?
In times like these, how could he even get his hands on that many apples?
Ray smiled lightly. “Bought them before. I’m a law–abiding citizen–I don’t do looting.”
That was a thinly veiled jab at Bruce’s attempt at forceful occupation of the villa.
Bruce didn’t bother to feel embarrassed. Instead, he pressed on. “Then why are you fine?”
Ray glanced at the people sprawled on the ground. Cyanide was extremely fast–acting; their bodies were already going still.
Smiling, he said, “Because I only sprinkled powdered apple seeds into their dipping sauces.”
To make sure they’d use the sauce, he hadn’t put a single grain of salt into the hot pot. After one bland bite, anyone would instinctively reach for seasoning.
Bruce suddenly understood. “You’re really vicious. And patient, too. You actually cut open apple cores one by one, extracted the seeds, and ground them up. Why not just use the toxic hall instead?”
Ray shook his head. “No matter how strong the seasoning, it can’t mask the smell of toxic water. Apple seeds, on the other hand, are easy to hide.”
Of course, the real reason was simpler–he had too much time on his hands.
What else was there to do every day besides watching shows, playing cards, and working out? He had to find something to pass
the time.
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So he’d come up with something as painstaking as poisoning with apple seeds.
Bruce stared at him blankly. He couldn’t imagine what kind of mindset Ray had been in while doing all that prep work.
It was clear Ray was not idle, and he was absurdly well–stocked.
He had used a hundred pounds of apples, just like that? Didn’t he know that nowadays, even a single fresh apple could buy a woman’s company for a night?
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