Chapter 161: Chapter 161: There Are Poisonous Snakes?!
She looked at Jiang Li.
She felt even more guilty when she found him examining her with a probing gaze.
Her bravado instantly gone, Wen Jiaojiao shrank her neck and said, “What’s wrong? You… did you discover something?”
The broadcast had just started!
Surely her pseudonym wasn’t about to be exposed?!
But Jiang Li simply withdrew his gaze without a change in expression, “Nothing, just a bit of eye strain.”
Wen Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief instantly.
Indeed, her acting skills were still passable.
[Help, Princess Wen, could you act any faker? I already know you’re Jiang Li’s guardian!]
[I’m dying of laughter, does Princess Wen really believe Jiang Li just has sore eyes? It’s pretty obvious she’s been exposed!]
[I’d just complimented Princess Wen on improving her acting skills, well, I take it back, then.]
[The most natural actor here has got to be Jiang Li, right? Princess Wen is so obvious, yet she manages to keep a straight face about it, impressive.]
[No way, Jiang Li’s fans are already praising her acting, what will happen if your sister really gets into the circle?]
Jiang Yan, bored in the back, also started to dig for mushrooms.
But compared to Jiang Li’s effortless gathering, he had a much harder time.
Either he was using too much force and breaking the mushrooms, or he spent ages and only found rotten tree roots.
This made him begin to doubt himself.
They were born from the same mother and raised under the same roof.
How come this girl knew so much, and he knew nothing?
No way, he absolutely couldn’t let the netizens laugh at him!
With that thought in mind, Jiang Yan, invigorated, began searching even more earnestly.
Finally, fortune favored the diligent, and he unearthed a perfect mushroom, immediately taking it to brag in front of Jiang Li.
“See that? The mushrooms you’ve been digging all this time don’t even add up to this one big one.”
And indeed, the mushroom in his hand was bigger than his palm.
Hearing the commotion, Qi Tianyu came over, full of envy.
“Wow, Brother Yan, good job finding such a big mushroom, no way, I’ve got to have a piece of this one today.”
Shu Yan also joined in with the praise.
“Young Master Jiang is so impressive, I haven’t picked a single one yet, looks like I’ll be mooching off Young Master Jiang for breakfast today.”
Just as Jiang Yan was swollen with pride, his self-esteem inflated to its peak, Jiang Li nonchalantly commented—
“That’s a poisonous mushroom.”
“Heh, Jiang Li, don’t be sour just because you can’t get grapes, that’s Chicken Mushroom, isn’t it? I even searched according to how you taught me, unless you admit you taught me wrong.”
“I didn’t teach you wrong.” Jiang Li dusted off her hands and stood up, picking a true Chicken Mushroom from her gathered pile, “Chicken Mushrooms have a greyish-white or cream-colored edge on the cap, with grey-brown in the center, and the color transitions naturally from the center to the edge. The older the Chicken Mushroom, the yellower it gets, and it also has blackish-brown, fine false roots.”
“But the one in your hand, although it looks a lot like an adult Chicken Mushroom, if you look closely, you can see the differences. First off, its color transition is unnatural, the whole thing is grayish, without a cream-yellow gradient. Second, it has some small, greyish-white rings on top, which is the mark of a poisonous mushroom.”
“So, it’s not a Chicken Mushroom, but a highly toxic Gray-patterned Amanita.”
At those words, everyone’s faces turned serious.
Jiang Yan felt as though the mushroom in his hand weighed a ton; he simply threw it onto the ground, smashing it to bits, and then frantically started wiping his hands with leaves.
“Damn, what is this place, growing such a huge toxic thing!”
Wen Jiaojiao, standing to the side, was even paler, patting her chest with lingering fear.
“Thank goodness, thank goodness. I also picked several mushrooms like these yesterday, but later felt they were too old and didn’t eat them. Now that I think about it, I was really lucky.”
Jiang Li turned to her, “You are indeed lucky. If you had eaten those Amanita mushrooms, not even the reincarnation of Hua Tuo could have saved you.”
[Oh Jiang Li, why would you say something so brutally honest? Look how scared you’ve made our princess.]
[I’ve learned a lot, the local people still can’t differentiate between these two types of mushrooms. After hearing Jiang Li’s explanation, it’s like a lightbulb went off.]
[When is Sister Li going to hold a special class to teach us how to identify mushrooms? I’ve been wanting to go up the mountains to pick them.]
[Jiang Li owes too many classes now, mysticism classes, mushroom classes, tutoring classes….]
[I can now confirm that Young Master Jiang is simply not on the same page with the earth. After so much effort, he dug up such a poisonous thing, it’s hilarious.]
Wen Jiaojiao felt even more like she had a new lease on life.
“From now on, I won’t just eat anything.”
Except for what Jiang Li makes.
The food she made was the best Wen Jiaojiao had ever tasted in her life.
Especially that gold soup fish fillet, the taste……
Before Wen Jiaojiao could finish savoring the thought, Jiang Li in front of her suddenly wore a serious expression and grabbed her arm.
“Don’t move.” Her voice lowered as she looked around at the others, “Nobody else move either.”
Wen Jiaojiao was startled but held her breath due to Jiang Li’s solemn expression.
“What’s, what’s wrong?”
Did she say something wrong?
The audience in the live stream was also puzzled.
[What’s going on, why is Jiang Li suddenly so fierce?]
[Are they playing Red Light, Green Light?]
[What’s up with Jiang Li acting so odd? She even scared me, seriously. Su Yinwan from the stream next door is much gentler.]
Jiang Li stared behind Wen Jiaojiao, her face expressionless as she raised her hand.
Wen Jiaojiao looked at the sharpened stick in her hand, and the fierce look in her eyes, and was so frightened that her back stiffened.
“Jiang, Jiang Li, what are you going to do…”
Even if she had been arrogant and rude to her before, she had been trying hard to correct herself. There was no need for physical violence….
Yet Jiang Li had already lifted her hand.
Wen Jiaojiao’s face turned pale as she closed her eyes.
“Jiang, Jiang Li, even if you want revenge… don’t scratch the face please, anywhere else—”
She hadn’t finished speaking when the stick in Jiang Li’s hand shot out like a blade, the next second, pinning itself firmly into the tree trunk behind her.
The speed was so fast and the force so fierce that Wen Jiaojiao could feel the sharp sound as it sliced through the air.
The next second, Shu Yan screamed.
“Ah!! It’s a snake!!!”
Only then did everyone quickly look in the direction she was pointing, and indeed saw a flower snake as thick as two fingers coiled around the tree behind Wen Jiaojiao.
However, the previously menacing snake had now been hit directly in its vital spot by the stick, killed on the spot.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Qi Tianyu drew in a sharp breath of air, “Damn, I’ve been here for so long and didn’t notice. Sister Li, how did you see that snake?”
Shu Yan patted her chest continuously, “That scared me to death, that scared me to death, Jiang Li, you’re incredible. Did you study archery or something? To be able to kill a snake from such a distance with a stick.”