NOVPUBSeeing that Wu Bin remained indifferent, Ma Baoguo, anxious at the side, had no choice but to continue raising the stakes in his persuasion:
"Wu Bin, the power of the Ding Family is very strong, far beyond your imagination."
"Ding Xin has received the punishment he deserves, there’s no need to take things to such extremes. After all, we’ll still have to see each other in the future."
Wu Bin picked up his teacup and took a sip, still remaining silent.
Seeing that Wu Bin had made up his mind to turn against Ding Hu, Ma Baoguo couldn’t sit still anymore.
He said to Wu Bin, "I’m really sorry, Wu Bin. I just remembered that I have a bit of an issue in my security room, so I’ll head back first."
As soon as Ma Baoguo spoke, Jiang Lin immediately followed suit.
Seeing the two stand up, Ding Hu was very satisfied.
"It’s good that you two know your place. Get lost, and don’t let me see you again."
Ma Baoguo nodded repeatedly, feeling a sense of relief washing over him.
The pressure from Ding Hu was too strong, and he didn’t want to get involved in the grudge between Ding Hu and Wu Bin.
Just as the two were about to get up and leave, Wu Bin suddenly spoke up:
"Ding Hu, you’re really not afraid that I’ll faint and you’ll have to pay?"
Ding Hu let out a sneer upon hearing this.
"Go ahead and faint. Faint once, and you’ll know whether I’m scared or not."
No sooner had Ding Hu’s words fallen than Wu Bin suddenly collapsed on the ground, foaming at the mouth and periodically convulsing.
Seeing this scene, Ding Hu was momentarily stunned.
This kid really fainted just like that?
Isn’t this a bit too dramatic?
Watching Wu Bin convulse endlessly on the ground, Tang Xin asked with a serious expression, "What do we do, Brother Hu? This kid doesn’t seem to be faking it."
Ding Hu burst into loud laughter.
"Even if he’s really fainted, what of it?"
Ding Hu pointed at the surveillance camera.
"What has happened is clear as day on the camera footage."
"I didn’t hit him, he fainted on his own, what does this have to do with us?"
Ding Hu felt that Wu Bin was too impatient; he thought that lying on the ground would make everyone else back down and comply.
Too naive!
This is a society ruled by law, with cameras everywhere.
Seeing Tang Xin looking at him, hesitating to speak, Ding Hu seemed to guess what he was thinking.
Ding Hu said to a subordinate beside him, "Call an ambulance for our dear classmate Wu Bin, so no one can say I stood by and did nothing."
"Right away, Brother Hu."
One had to say, Ding Hu did have some brains.
The law always favors the weaker side.
Though Wu Bin fainted of his own accord and it had nothing to do with them, if they simply watched him die without even calling for an ambulance, they could never justify it.
Ding Hu actually wanted to see how long Wu Bin could keep up the act.
The doctors aren’t fools; they won’t let you get away with spouting nonsense just because you’ve fainted.
As soon as the doctors arrived and conducted an examination, it’d be easy to tell whether Wu Bin was faking or not.
Just then, Wu Bin, who had been lying on the ground, regained consciousness, still feeling slightly dizzy.
Seeing Wu Bin sit up, Ding Hu mocked, "Classmate Wu Bin, why aren’t you continuing to lie on the ground?"
Wu Bin ignored Ding Hu and turned towards the camera, his face showing pain as he pointed at the hotpot on the table and said, "This hotpot... is poisoned!"
Upon hearing Wu Bin’s words, Ding Hu’s face immediately turned ugly.
Clever boy, trying to frame me for poisoning the hotpot, huh?
Ding Hu scoffed, "Classmate Wu Bin, you can eat anything you like, but you can’t just say anything you want."
"I always put food safety first in my restaurant business. How could this hotpot possibly be poisoned?"
"If you defame me in front of all these people, I can sue you."
I don’t believe you for a second!
If there wasn’t any poison, why did I just see Smurfs!
If Wu Bin hadn’t had a strong recovery ability, he’d definitely still be lying on the ground convulsing right now.
Taking advantage of his still somewhat clear-headedness, Wu Bin decisively activated his skill.
Ding.
[Iron Chain Connection effect has been activated]
[Please select targets]
Wu Bin didn’t hesitate at all and immediately selected all the underlings who had just eaten hot pot with him, even including Ma Baoguo and Jiang Lin.
There was no helping it, they had all eaten the hot pot together.
If only he had been poisoned, it would have been too easy to become suspicious, wouldn’t it?
So pulling Ma Baoguo and Jiang Lin down with him was purely a necessity.
It made perfect sense!
Right after the [Iron Chain Connection] was activated, Wu Bin instantly felt his mind getting blurry again.
He suddenly started smiling stupidly at the camera, murmuring ’Pikachu’ as well.
This worried the viewers in the live streaming chat to no end.
"Brother Wu isn’t pulling a stunt, is he?"
"I don’t think so, look at his eyes, he can’t even focus properly, it looks like he really is poisoned!"
"Yeah, and look at his mouth, it’s turning purple."
Even the viewers noticed something was off with Wu Bin’s complexion.
Wu Bin originally wanted to say a bit more, but as soon as he opened his mouth, a Smurf jumped out fiercely and slapped him hard.
The strong hallucinatory effect made Wu Bin involuntarily start nodding and clapping, keeping the beat for the dancing Smurf.
To outsiders, Wu Bin at this moment didn’t look much different from a fool, especially with that look in his eyes, it definitely wasn’t feigned.
Ding Hu panicked as well.
The kid actually really had an accident!
Despite being psychologically prepared, witnessing Wu Bin having a fit right in front of him still made Ding Hu extremely anxious.
Could it be that there really was a problem with the hot pot?
As Ding Hu was thinking this, more and more people began to collapse on the ground, foaming at the mouth.
What was more terrifying was that those who were falling were all Ding Hu’s underlings!
"Blockhead, what are you doing lying on the ground, get up!"
Ding Hu kicked the underling closest to him, trying to get him to stand up quickly.
But no matter how he kicked, the blockhead not only didn’t get up but instead started convulsing even more violently on the ground!
Ding Hu looked to his other underlings and discovered they were just like the blockhead!
Ding Hu’s heart sank immediately.
All was lost, it was all over now.
If it had only been Wu Bin lying on the ground convulsing and foaming at the mouth, Ding Hu was confident he could completely cover up the incident.
Dealing with a mere fragile college student, Ding Hu had plenty of means.
But with so many lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, it had become a group poisoning event!
Could it be that their hot pot really had a problem?
Taking a pair of chopsticks, Ding Hu walked over to the hot pot and stirred it, only to find that there were a lot of mushrooms in it!
Ding Hu immediately asked, "Tang Xin, where did these mushrooms come from?"
Tang Xin hurriedly explained, "These mushrooms are a specialty from my hometown, wild mountain mushrooms, you can’t buy them through regular channels."
After a moment of silence Ding Hu asked, "Where is your hometown?"
Without hesitation, Tang Xin said, "Yunnan."
Hearing this, Ding Hu’s heart skipped a beat, finally understanding where the problem lay.
Ding Hu exclaimed angrily, "Why would you add these damn wild mushrooms, don’t you know these mushrooms are poisonous!"
Tang Xin said seriously, "Impossible, if there was poison, it could only mean the wild mushrooms weren’t cooked properly."
"But they were eating hot pot, it’s surely cooked, even if there’s an issue with me, the mushrooms definitely wouldn’t be a problem!"
