Wasteland Queen: My Harvest Power novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55 Drugged Pastries

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Then there was Helen, who couldn’t be relied on at all. If she hadn’t been indulging Stella, there was no way Stella would have dared go this far.

But today, Sheila was here to play mediator. Naturally, she couldn’t speak badly about the child’s own mother in front of her.

“Reina,” she said gently, “your mother’s had a hard life too. She lost her uterus at a young age, so it’s understandable she has some resentment. And with your younger siblings still small and needing care, it’s not like she can look after you properly all the time.”

Today, Sheila had come under instructions from her husband and Helen to act as a peacemaker. The goal was simple-convince Reina to let go of her grudge and move back home like before. Also, no more opposing her mother.

“Your mother’s got a sharp tongue, but she’s soft-hearted. After she loses her temper, she always regrets it Look, she even spent a lot of points buying flour to make pastries for you. She asked me to persuade you properly too.”

Reina only smiled faintly and said nothing.

“A mother and daughter shouldn’t hold grudges,” Sheila continued. “Reina, you’re already eighteen and the eldest. You should be more understanding of your mother.”

As she spoke, she patted Reina’s hand and suddenly froze. The girl’s hand was so rough, it was almost like a man’s hand.

Reina said flatly, “She lost her uterus because she had Stella and Colton, didn’t she? If she’s resentful, she should take it out on them. Why am I always the one she targets?”

Layla, who had been listening quietly, chimed in as well. “Yeah, Aunt Helen should be mad at Stella and Colton instead. Why blame Reina?”

She had often heard her aunt curse Reina and call her a bringer of misfortune. Helen also said that Reina’s birth was a disaster for the family.

At the time, she had thought it strange since Reina went out every week to earn money for the family, so how could she be a disaster?

Now that she thought about it, maybe the real bringers of misfortune were Stella and Colton. After all, they were the ones who caused their mother to lose her uterus,

Children’s logic was simple and direct, and they believed whoever they were told to believe.

Sheila was left speechless for a moment, then forced an awkward laugh. She lightly tapped her daughter. “Don’t interrupt when adults are talking.”

Layla pouted and walked off to the side.

When her mother wasn’t looking, she quickly grabbed a pastry and ate it.

Then another. And another.

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Chapter 55 Drugged Pastries

Before long, the entire small bowl was empty.

Suddenly, she felt dizzy and very sleepy.

Thud! The little girl collapsed right onto the floor.

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Sheila turned around and screamed in shock, rushing over to pick her up. “Layla! What’s wrong? Layla”

Reina immediately pressed the call button. “Help. Someone here fainted after eating pastries!”

Soon, the entire ward area erupted into chaos. Rumors spread rapidly that someone had brought pastries laced with sleeping pills into the hospital, and a child had accidentally eaten them and been rushed for emergency gastric lavage.

Security soon arrived. They took the pastries for testing and questioned Reina.

Reina gave her statement calmly and without hesitation. “Someone probably tried to harm me. My cousin just happened to get caught in it.”

The officer frowned. “Can you be more specific? Who tried to harm you?”

Reina replied, “You should ask my aunt. She brought the pastries. She also said my mother personally made them for me. Luckily, I had just eaten and wasn’t hungry, so I didn’t eat them.

“Also, my mother is Helen Foster. She just argued with me two days ago. She tried to take my points to pay school fees for my siblings. Maybe she even wanted to drug me and sell me to the Catgirl Club.”

The officer’s pen paused. He looked at her with a complicated expression. “Miss, statements like that carry legal responsibility. You can’t just make things up.”

“Whether it’s made up or not,” Reina said calmly, “you can investigate. Check whether my mother or sister recently bought sleeping pills. Then, check my sister Stella Foster’s smartwatch messages and see if she’s discussed selling ability users.”

Even now, Reina still remembers it clearly. In that dream, it was her younger sister who personally

contacted the informant,

So, she had every reason to believe that Stella’s smartwatch must contain similar chat records about this kind of transaction.

The officer was stumped.

This family situation is a bit complicated.

But in this era, people harming their own relatives for profit wasn’t exactly rare.

Still, crimes had to be handled. Otherwise, the base would descend into chaos.

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