Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 855 - 115 Date, The Truth_4

An Jie pursed his lips, his face slightly pale, and said solemnly, "This is also the reason I came here today. I know that my poisoning has caused great losses to Fragrant Full Building. No matter how great the losses are, I am willing to take full responsibility."

"Oh? Is it you taking responsibility, or is your An’s House taking responsibility?" Xia Zheng raised his eyebrows.

An Jie was slightly startled, "This, this matter, I hope not to let my mother know, I, An Jie, will take responsibility."

His words meant he hoped they would not spread the news of Luomeiyan’s poisoning.

Lin Yuan glanced at Xia Zheng and caught the "just as I thought" look in his eyes.

"You can take responsibility, but now, the people of Yecheng are convinced that our Fragrant Full Building’s food is poisoned. Even if you settle this loss, what about next time? Or shall I say, what should we do in the future?"

This was the problem that Lin Yuan was most worried about.

An Jie was taken aback; he had thought of this, just not the best solution yet. In fact, he knew in his heart that the best solution was to expose the person who did the poisoning and clear Fragrant Full Building’s name. But that person was his wife; how could he bear to do that?

Xia Zheng tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, "We can keep your wife’s poisoning a secret, but I have one condition."

"You say," An Jie quickly responded, willing to agree to any condition as long as it did not mean handing over Luomeiyan.

"I want to see her!"

After their son and daughter-in-law’s wedding, An Yixiang used the excuse of her son’s frail health to "request" that Luomeiyan stay in the residence to look after her son’s daily needs. For Luomeiyan, this was the first time she had left the An’s House since marrying into the family, and looking at the familiar streets and vendors outside, she suddenly felt as though she was in another world.

An Jie quietly watched her shining eyes and for the first time realized that he had failed her.

Fragrant Full Building was still roughly as he remembered, only much more desolate.

Watching Luomeiyan’s flickering eyes, An Jie knew she felt somewhat guilty and couldn’t help joking, "Did you not expect that your little action would turn Fragrant Full Building into this? In the future, I should take you out more, so you can do the same to all of the Jin family’s competitors!"

An Jie couldn’t help but smile.

Luomeiyan stared at him as he forced a smile, feeling both sour and uncomfortable in her heart.

Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng were already waiting for them in the elegant room. Seeing Luomeiyan again, she was still as gentle as before, making it hard to imagine that such a ladylike woman would poison her own husband.

Once both were seated, Luomeiyan couldn’t help but speak first, "You wanted to see me to ask what poison I used, right?"

Lin Yuan smiled faintly and shook her head, "No, we already know that you did not poison anyone."

At this revelation, even An Jie couldn’t help being surprised, had they not just been saying...

Lin Yuan smiled again, "Little girl, are you still eating? Come out, please."

As she spoke, Xiao Linshuang’s disgruntled complaints, accompanied by suspicious chewing noises, resounded, "I’ve only just started on my second plate, mmm, big sis, it’s not that I’m biased, but the food from Drunken Immortal Residence really does taste better than what you make!"

Upon seeing Xiao Linshuang, Luomeiyan’s eyes widened in disbelief; wasn’t this little girl the one she had encountered while making tea that day? No wonder she couldn’t figure out how she had been exposed; it turned out to be because of her?

Seeing Luomeiyan’s astonished look, Xiao Linshuang giggled, wiped the juice from the corner of her mouth, kicked her chubby legs, hopped onto a chair, and slowly said, "Pretty sister, you are really smart. If I weren’t so greedy, loving to eat everything, I would never have discovered how you poisoned him!"

"Wait, what exactly is going on?" At this point, An Jie felt completely bewildered; one moment there’s poisoning, the next there isn’t—who’s telling the truth?

Lin Yuan smiled, gesturing for him to calm down and softly explained, "Actually, Young Master An, you were not really poisoned, at best, it was just food poisoning."

Food poisoning?

"That’s right, food poisoning." Of all the people present, only An Jie did not understand Luomeiyan’s method; Lin Yuan specifically explained to him, "Generally, when we talk about food poisoning, we mean that someone has poisoned the food. But that’s not always the case. Some ingredients become toxic if they are not cooked properly or if they spoil, like potatoes and green beans. However, some foods are naturally incompatible and become toxic when consumed together, causing adverse reactions or poisoning in those who eat them. And, Young Master An, that is how you were poisoned."