767 Cone Snail (1/2)

Cone Snails, also known as Cone Shells, were named after their shape that resembled a cone. Just on the coast of China, there were already more than 70 different types of cone snails that were widely distributed. Although they weren't as famous as the Blue-Ringed Octopus or the Portuguese Man O' War, the hidden, poisonous creature did not inflict any less harm to humans each year when compared to them.

The Blue-Ringed Octopus and the Portuguese Man O' War were mollusks with tentacles, and since they looked really disgusting, most people would not take the initiative to touch them. But the shell of a Cone Snail was really beautiful and they looked like a delicate piece of artwork lying on the beach, so people couldn't help but want to pick it up.

The content of the Cone Snail's venom was very complicated, and each type of cone snail had a different kind of venom, so there was no specific detoxification serum.

The little boy's mother had never seen a Cone Snail before, but she had vaguely heard of the poisonous creature. She was badly frightened when she heard of its name, so she snatched over the lunch box from the boy and checked both the front and back of his hands countless of times to make sure that there was no wound before she let out a sigh of relief.

Still shaken up from the scare, she sternly questioned her child where he had bought the creatures from.

The little boy was also scared into a blur. He began to stammer and said that he bought them from the fish market.

So, she held onto the evidence and led her child back to the market in an aggressive and threatening manner. She then scolded Jiang Feifei the moment she saw her.

The sound of her scolding had attracted a number of people who came over to watch, and after they heard of the cause, they all started to blame Jiang Feifei for her careless actions.

At that time, Jiang Feifei was reading a book for revision as she sat by the stall. She was thrown into a blur from the sudden disaster that befell her––she could not even say anything. But she also had no way to say anything since the facts were all right on the table and there was no way for her to deny.

She immediately regretted her harvest the moment she learned that her unintentional mistake had almost led to a disaster. She felt like slapping herself a few times.

Now that things had come that far, she had no other wishes. She just wanted to plead for the middle-aged woman to not call the police, or else she would really be done—if the school were to find out, she would either be punished or, if things were serious, she would be kicked out of school. How was she going to face her parents and family who had spent the money to send her to a university?

The netizens were all scared after Zhang Zian had made clear how the situation came to be. They now believed that a wild harvest wasn't something for everyone. If they were to go on a blind bird pick and picked up a cone snail, then harming themselves was one thing… but if they were to cause harm to others, wouldn't that be considered manslaughter? It was better to remain in the city for the offline meeting, after all.

Snowy was very sympathetic to Jiang Feifei's experience, but the issue was not going to be easy to solve. The middle-aged woman was extremely furious; she would not be easily persuaded.

The same was true for the onlookers. Speaking in terms of reason, they were in support of the middle-aged woman, yet they were also emotionally biased towards Jiang Feifei. That one wrong step on her part had brought her to a situation that was beyond redemption.

If Jiang Feifei had unintentionally sold the Cone Snail to the little boy, even if the police were to arrive, they might just give her a lecture and be done with it. But if the middle-aged woman were to insist that Jiang Feifei had done it on purpose––selling the Cone Snail even after knowing what it is––then things would be different.

The key was if Jiang Feifei could prove that she had not done it intentionally.

Everyone knew that it was almost impossible because the only ones who were there during the purchase were the little boy and Jiang Feifei. The little boy's testimony would also not have much credibility since he had already forgotten what he had said.

Everyone looked at Jiang Feifei sympathetically, but there was nothing they could do to help.

There were one or two people who were more experienced in the ways of life. They quietly signaled with their eyes for Jiang Feifei to fork out more money to resolve the issue, treating it as if it were a lesson.

But where would Jiang Feifei find any extra money––if she had money? She wouldn't be going out on a wild harvest while her schoolmates were all sleeping.

Seeing that the middle-aged woman was about to press the dial button, Zhang Zian stepped closer to her and looked into the lunch box.