The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 235

Chapter 235: Chapter 235: She Was Too Careless

Shen Lu was very cautious. "Hmm? Are you mistaken about something?"

Although the investigation into the pharmaceutical company explosion had fizzled out due to a lack of useful clues, Shen Lu still didn’t dare to let her guard down.

Better safe than sorry. If she slipped up now, she’d never forgive herself.

Zeng Xiaodao let out a small laugh. "Don’t worry. They can’t trace it to me, and even if they do, you won’t be implicated."

Zeng Xiaodao understood her caution.

Shen Lu pursed her lips. ’She really wanted to ask Zeng Xiaodao what was in the clothes he’d sent someone to retrieve.’

’But if she asked, wouldn’t that be an admission that she was the one who saved him?’

’What a dilemma.’

But Zeng Xiaodao misunderstood her inner conflict, thinking she was just worried. He pulled a thick stack of Star Coins from his pocket.

"This is 50,000 Star Coins. It’s all I could scrape together. Please, take it, Boss Shen."

Shen Lu shot him a speechless glance. ’If I take this, isn’t that a tacit admission?’

’What is this guy thinking?’

"Zeng Xiaodao, you’re putting me in a very difficult position."

"If you’re going to save people without wanting to be recognized, you should probably wear a mask next time, Boss Shen," Zeng Xiaodao said. "I was still somewhat conscious when you rolled me over. I saw your face right before I passed out completely."

Shen Lu was speechless.

’Fine. I guess I was too careless.’

"You were really completely out after that?"

Shen Lu asked, uncertain.

’Then Zeng Xiaodao wouldn’t know about her turning him into a little girl, would he?’

"I was." Zeng Xiaodao nodded. "When I woke up, people told me a man named Ye Fan had brought me in. I did some checking and found out he’s your security guard. I figured you didn’t want your identity revealed, so I haven’t mentioned it to anyone."

Since they were being this open, Shen Lu decided not to hold back.

"So, what exactly did you find at the pharmaceutical company?"

"Boss Shen, it’s better not to be too curious about some things."

"I don’t want the fifty thousand. Come on, just tell me."

Zeng Xiaodao’s eyes shifted. "Then what was Boss Shen doing at the industrial park so late at night?"

"I asked you first." Shen Lu frowned, slightly irritated. "If you don’t want to talk, then don’t. Just take your money and go."

"Alright." Zeng Xiaodao relented. "It wasn’t anything important, really. Just some insignificant experimental data."

’He had gone to such great lengths, risking so much to sneak into the pharmaceutical company. He’d hoped to find some key evidence—or at least a few clues.’

’But unfortunately, he’d come up empty-handed.’

’The files he’d risked his life to retrieve contained nothing but perfectly normal experimental data. There was nothing wrong with the expired nutrient liquid, either. It was as if he had been mistaken about everything.’

Zeng Xiaodao was bewildered.

’He had been so sure his grandmother died from drinking the expired nutrient liquid. But if the pharmaceutical company was clean, had he been suspecting the wrong people all along?’

Shen Lu was surprised too. ’That can’t be right.’

’Expired nutrient liquid isn’t an ordinary product; only pharmaceutical companies have the facilities and qualifications to produce it. If the company isn’t the problem, then what is?’

For a moment, both of them fell silent.

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