Chapter 161 - The White Foxs Saving Its Master from Being Poisoned (1/2)

Ling Zhang affectionately rubbed the tip of his nose against the white fox cub’s nose and said, “Be good. I’ll get you something to eat after I finish my lunch.”

The white fox cub let out a soft cry in response, as if having understood Ling Zhang’s words, which melted Ling Zhang’s heart and gave Ling Zhang an almost overwhelming desire to give up the meal.

He flicked a glance at the dishes on the table, all of which were of appetizing looks and delicious smell, making his mouth water.

Ling Zhang took up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and was just about to send it into his mouth when he saw that the white fox cub suddenly started sniffing in this direction crying urgently.

After a brief trance of surprise, Ling Zhang put down the chopsticks. “What’s wrong? Are you terribly hungry? I’ll feed you immediately after I finish lunch. I’ll be quick. Just hold on for a few moments.”

With that he picked up that piece of meat intending to eat it, but the white fox cub started crying urgently once again, and the cries were even sharper and somewhat brittle. Its sparkling black eyes were staring at Ling Zhang with manifest anxiety in them.

This time Ling Zhang was really amazed. He put down his chopsticks again. “You want this piece of meat?”

And then his brows were furrowed. “But the raiser told me that it’s inadvisable for you to eat this kind of food for the moment.”

He thought that he should finish the meal as soon as possible and then feed the white fox cub.

However, the white fox cub was very anxious. Seeing Ling Zhang was about to send that piece of meat into his mouth, it abruptly rose to its feet in the cotton-padded jacket and leaped towards Ling Zhang, crying urgently.

Ling Zhang was taken aback, subconsciously dropped his chopsticks and quickly went to catch the white fox cub.

Unsurprisingly, still young and unable to jump far, the white fox cub hit its head on the edge of the table and fell to the ground, groaning in pain repeatedly.

Heart aching badly for it, Ling Zhang hurriedly picked it up, checked it carefully and asked in an anxious tone, “Did it hurt? Are you injured?”

After being picked up by Ling Zhang, the white fox cub curled up in his arms, occupied both of his hands, raised its head and softly cried at him. The cries sounded not as urgent as the previous ones.

Ling Zhang, no longer in the mood for lunch, carried the white fox cub outside and informed Liu Yi and some others, “Get it something to eat. I think it’s starving.”

Liu Yi and other security guards had become accustomed to feeding the white fox cub. They nodded and spared one of them to prepare fox food.

At this time, the white fox cub was quietly lying on Ling Zhang’s hands and no longer crying, as if aware that somebody was preparing food for it.

Relieved, Ling Zhang pulled a wry face and observed, “It’s a short-tempered little guy.”

However, he was still somewhat surprised. In fact, the little fox cub had just had a small meal in the morning. According to the dietary habits it had developed during the past half a month, this was not its usual mealtime. Even if it was really hungry, it wouldn’t behave so anxiously. ‘Was it because it had grown somewhat and needed an extra meal?’ Ling Zhang wondered.

At this time, Yuwen Tong, who had left the inn earlier this day to pay a visit to somewhere, returned. Seeing Ling Zhang standing at the doorway with the white fox cub in his arms, he was somewhat surprised. “Why are you standing there? Have you had lunch?”

Heedless of the disagreement they had had in the morning, Ling Zhang told him about the white fox cub’s reaction a while ago.

Yuwen Tong looked at the white fox cub thoughtfully and commented, “It is said that white foxes are highly intelligent animals.”

Ling Zhang was puzzled. “So they have low tolerance to hunger?”

Yuwen Tong shook his head, entered the room and looked at the meal on the table. Then he took up and sniffed at those dishes one by one while his eyes gazing at the white fox cub.

Meanwhile, Ling Zhang was just standing beside the table carrying the white fox cub. Seeing what Yuwen Tong was doing, he immediately understood, a grave expression on his face. The white fox cub, in particular, craned out of his arms and watched Yuwen Tong with vigilant eyes.

It was noteworthy that the white fox cub tended to give Yuwen Tong the cold shoulder. Never once had it shown such interest in Yuwen Tong’s every move.

When Yuwen Tong took the chopsticks…

A brittle cry was suddenly heard. The white fox cub warily eyed the chopsticks in Yuwen Tong’s hands, crying in intense anxiety.

Yuwen Tong’s face slightly changed. He raised the chopsticks, sniffed at them and eventually put them down.

Ling Zhang looked at the pair of chopsticks. “Is there anything wrong?”

Yuwen Tong replied, “I don’t smell anything particular, but it’s also possible that the strong smell of these dishes is concealing that of whatever on the chopsticks.”

After saying this, he raised his voice telling w.a.n.g Dashan to get Xie s.h.i.+.

w.a.n.g Dashan standing at the doorway had seen what was going on inside the room. In the knowledge that this was a serious matter, he immediately left and brought Xie s.h.i.+ to the room.

Xie s.h.i.+ walked inside and was informed of what had happened. He took the chopsticks away and, after the duration of drinking a pot of tea(approximately 10 minutes), returned and told them in a grave tone of voice, “There’s poison on the chopsticks. It’s colorless, odorless and was applied to the chopsticks and then dried, which was why Childe Ling failed to detect it. This poison has a very high level of toxicity and takes immediate effect after coming into contact with anyone’s throat. Someone did this to the chopsticks with the intention of killing Childe Ling.”

With a deep frown on his face, Ling Zhang held the white fox cub tighter. If it weren’t for this little fox, he would have been dead for quite some time.

His security guards always checked the food before delivering it to him, and of course they checked the chopsticks as well, but even Yao Yi might not be able to detect a poison of this kind, not to mention these security guards. Only Xie s.h.i.+, who was well acquainted with detoxication, was capable of detecting its presence.

“Find out who did this!” Yuwen Tong had an icy look on his face, an intense aura of thinly disguised murderousness about him.

His bodyguards quickly took action and soon ascertained whose hands the chopsticks had gone through, and then who applied the poison. It was a waiter of the inn, but…

That man had died after taking poison, which was the same as the kind of poison found on the chopsticks.

Yuwen Tong was angry, unprecedentedly angry, and his anger soon affected the whole city.

The inquiry started from the waiters of the inn. His bodyguards managed to get a lot of key information within two hours.

Their checking into this inn had not been scheduled in advance. Yuwen Tong never told anybody beforehand where he would be staying. He always informed his bodyguards of which inn they would check into for accommodations shortly before check-in.

Either someone had been waiting in the city for them to walk into the trap, or there were moles in the group.