Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

The sizzling sound of grilling meat echoed in the courtyard.

The fish was grilled until golden brown on both sides, sizzling and dripping with oil. The aroma of the fish was mixed with a strange... sour smell.

It smelled like a stinking ditch; it was absolutely awful.

Dongyang had just finished cleaning the knives when the stench made him gag repeatedly. He retreated far away and stared in horror at the fish roasting over the fire.

Guan Xun was different. Not only did she not react, but she also leaned closer and fanned the scent with her hand, taking a sniff.

Ok……

ripe.

She replaced the grilled fish with a fresh one, reached out and tore off a small piece of fish, blew on it, and then put it in her mouth.

As if his mouth were stuffed with sand, he made a gritty sound as he chewed, and Guan Xun's brows furrowed tightly.

As she expected, it was as unpalatable as ever.

However, she didn't care much. She had already gotten used to eating this kind of food during her previous training. Compared to food without spiritual energy, she preferred this kind of beast meat.

Dongyang stood at a distance, his hand covering his mouth and nose. Seeing Guan Xun calmly stuffing meat into his mouth, he immediately exclaimed in horror, "Little Xun?!"

He agreed to help deal with it because he thought his sister would be scared away by the smell. But the current development was completely unexpected. How could he stay calm?

The meat from the purchasing agency is only sold to some large families for raising spirit pets. Those spirit masters wouldn't even touch it. My sister is just an ordinary person, and it would be troublesome if something went wrong after she ate it.

Thinking of this, Dongyang felt a sudden wave of fear. He didn't care about anything else and ran over quickly, snatching the grilled fish from Guan Xun's hand.

"You can't eat it! Can't you smell the stench?"

Dongyang's expression looked more ferocious than usual. Guan Xun knew it was out of concern, but...

She still wanted to say that they were meddling too much.

He's definitely a sister-obsessed fanatic.

She was about to say something when Dongyang's actions completely stunned her.

He neither threw away the grilled fish nor returned it to her. Instead, he held his breath deeply, as if he had made a great decision.

With a death-defying resolve, he closed his eyes tightly and took a big, hard bite into the grilled fish.

Guan Xun: ? ? ?

Wait a minute, so all this confusing stuff was just to eat her, this beast?

However, this is not the case.

"Let me test if it's poisonous first." Dongyang's face was as black as ink, his mouth was stuffed with meat, and his speech was somewhat slurred.

Guan Xun squinted her eyes and stared quietly at the grilled fish in his hand. Although she was also surprised by his puzzling behavior, she felt more sorry for the grilled fish that had been eaten.

"what……"

Guan Xun's lips parted slightly, and he lowered his eyes speechlessly, muttering to himself.

Three, two, one...

“Ugh…Ugh…”

She had just finished counting in her mind when the sound of vomiting immediately followed.

Well, you deserve it.

Guan Xun nodded to himself, resting his chin on his hand, watching with great schadenfreude as the figure ran out of the courtyard entrance to vomit.

The sounds of vomiting continued again and again. The person standing at the entrance could not straighten his back at all, which shows how uncomfortable he was vomiting.

It's best not to force yourself if you can't. You've already thrown up your dinner, so you'll probably be hungry now.

Besides, she ate it first, so what's the point of others testing it for poison later?

If it's truly poisonous, both of them will die.

Dongyang finally recovered a bit, leaning against the wooden railing, looking completely dehydrated: "It shouldn't be poisonous."

"It tastes awful, ugh... ugh!"

"I... I... I can't bring myself to eat it."

"vomit……"

It took Guan Xun several attempts to finish a sentence, and he finally couldn't help but burst into laughter, laughing until tears welled up in his eyes.

How could someone be so funny? She really couldn't hold back her emotions.

"Aren't you going to have a drink of water? How long are you going to keep throwing up?" Guan Xun said, glancing at him as he brought the freshly grilled fish to his mouth.

These words made Dongyang mistakenly believe that his vomiting had affected Guan Xun's appetite, so he could only walk a few more steps away and keep his distance.

The taste of this beast meat is already quite good. When she was training in the past, she was not strong enough to kill monsters on her own at the beginning. When she was so hungry, she even ate rotten meat.

Rotten flesh, the rotten flesh of a demon beast—you can imagine how it tastes.

If this happened now, Dongyang would faint from the smell.

As Guan Xun stuffed the last bite of meat into his mouth and extinguished the flames, Dong Yang finally walked in.

"...Have you finished eating?" His face was pale and bloodless, even his lips were as white as paper.

This vomiting really upset him.

Poor thing.

Guan Xun shook her head. She reached into her clothes and pulled out a green and red fruit, which she threw towards Dongyang.

"then."

She wasn't so lucky to catch monsters every day, and she was hoping that Dongyang could find some for her at the trading post.

He can't die.

She had picked the fruit from the trees on the outskirts when she returned; there were only two or three, and she felt a pang of regret.

"Xiao Xun, this...this can't be eaten."

Dongyang looked at the fruit in his hand and his face turned ashen. He had personally witnessed someone who went with his father to catch monsters die from poisoning after eating one of these fruits because of his craving.

The surface of this fruit is indeed covered with a highly poisonous layer; eating it directly will cause immediate poisoning.

Every poison has an antidote; simply wiping the surface with leaves from the same tree will remove the poison.

She actually learned this from a high-level demon beast.

"The antidote is the leaves of the tree that produces it; I've already wiped them off."

Guan Xun then pulled out a larger fruit from his clothes, took a bite, and proved with his actions that it was edible.

Dongyang stared stiffly, and only after seeing that Guan Xun had finished eating the entire fruit without any damage did he ask hesitantly, "How did you know?"

“Talent.” Guan Xun shrugged and turned to go inside.

Dongyang didn't think his younger sister was joking. Her talent was believable, after all, he also had the talent to identify herbs at a glance.

He thought for a moment, then opened his mouth and took a bite. Instead of the expected sweetness and astringency, a refreshing sweetness spread in his mouth, and the flesh was soft and chewy, making him feel very full.

“It’s really edible!”

His stomach was already empty, so he quickly ate the fruit clean.

 …

The next morning.

The sky was just beginning to lighten when Guan Xun was awakened by a cacophony of clattering and clanging.

A mouthwatering aroma of stewed fish filled the room, and her eyes lit up slightly. It seemed that Dongyang had indeed gone to town to buy fish.

"You're awake? Didn't you say you wanted to eat fish last night? I took advantage of my free time and went to town early this morning to buy you several fish, as well as some rice."

Dongyang scratched his head and pointed to the fire pit in the courtyard, where a small, dark blue fish was being grilled: "I was worried you'd get tired of eating too much last night, so I left one for you to grill."

Judging from Dongyang's embarrassed look, it wasn't that he was worried she would get tired of eating too much; he was clearly worried she would have an accident, which is why he hid the fish.

Oh well, it'll all end up in her belly anyway.

Before the fish was even cooked, she sat down and drank some fish soup. Although it wasn't very effective, it was still good for her health.

"Aren't you going to drink?" she asked, seeing Dongyang standing to the side.

"I'll eat at the acquisition office later, you can eat."

"vomit!"

The sound of retching was quite inappropriate, and Dongyang immediately covered his mouth and nose and rushed out of the courtyard.

"I won't be back until tonight, remember to eat!"

Guan Xun: ... ...