Chapter 243 - 38: The Last Lunch_3

After a while, when Wen Yu opened his eyes, Ye Nan’s family prayer ceremony was still not over.

Wen Yu shook his head and slowly began to speak.

"Brother Ye, prayer requires sincerity, but you and your wife lack it. You’re not even as sincere as your child. This isn’t good!"

Perhaps not hearing the teasing in Wen Yu’s words, Ye Nan spread his hands and gave Wen Yu a bitter smile.

Wen Yu picked up the spoon from the bowl, scooped a large spoonful of soup, and slowly brought it to his mouth.

Ye Nan and his wife silently watched Wen Yu’s actions. As they saw the spoon getting closer to his lips, their hearts pounded in their chests!

Then, Wen Yu abruptly put down the spoon, addressing the couple in front of him.

"Your heartbeats seem a bit off. Are either of you sick?"

"No, no."

The couple quickly shook their heads.

"Oh..." Wen Yu nodded knowingly and once again picked up the spoon.

Xiao Xue, who was standing by, also noticed that the atmosphere was a bit off. She silently watched Wen Yu and the increasingly nervous Ye Nan couple before her, who were now covered in cold sweat.

"By the way, are you sure you’re not sick? Why do your hearts beat so fast when I’m about to eat?"

The spoon had just reached his mouth when Wen Yu stopped it again!

The entire dining table fell into silence. Wen Yu quietly played with the spoon in his hand, looking at the savory, aromatic soup in front of him, and shook his head lightly.

"This soup... it wouldn’t be right for me to drink it all myself. There are so many ingredients in it. Why don’t you try it, Xiao Ye?"

Xiao Ye was what Wen Yu called Ye Nan’s child.

Seeing Wen Yu pushing the soup towards his child, Ye Nan instantly panicked.

"We won’t drink it! We won’t drink it! I’ll dump it out right now!"

"Hey, hey, hey, Brother, don’t be hasty, don’t be hasty."

"What were you two talking about in the kitchen just now? It couldn’t have been about the ingredients in this soup, could it?"

Wen Yu had overheard what Ye Nan’s wife said earlier. He initially hadn’t paid much attention to such trivial matters, but when the food was served, the couple’s behavior seemed strange.

Their usual prayers had become perfunctory. Then their hearts began to race, and a series of subtle actions like leg shaking and fist clenching all told Wen Yu that something was amiss today.

"So, the problem is in this soup, then?"

Hearing Wen Yu’s words, Ye Nan and his wife instantly fell silent.

Clearly, Wen Yu had already detected the abnormality from these small details.

"Do you know? In the apocalypse, there’s a very important principle: never eat food given by strangers!"

"After the apocalypse began, my strength grew very quickly, so I made a mistake!"

"I thought that people with low strength wouldn’t pose any threat to me anymore. Unfortunately, there are far too many things in this world that can harm people!"

"I experienced it once some time ago. This is the second time!"

"Today, you two have given me another reminder. Here’s a toast to you both!"

After speaking, Wen Yu raised his water glass, gesturing as if to make a toast.

Of course, there’s no way he would actually drink it!

Then, Wen Yu’s suppressed voice rang out.

"Explain! If you have a good reason, I won’t kill you!"

After a while, no one at the table spoke. Perhaps because the atmosphere felt extremely oppressive, Xiao Ye suddenly burst into tears with a "WAH!"

Wen Yu shook his head and said directly, "Xiao Xue, take the child to the inner room. I need to have a chat with Brother Ye."

Xiao Xue immediately stood up, grabbed the storybook from the sofa, and, picking up Xiao Ye with her other hand, headed towards the bedroom.

For a moment, only Wen Yu and the Ye Nan couple remained at the table.

Wen Yu gently stroked Cyclops’s fur, quietly looking at Ye Nan.

Perhaps Wen Yu’s gaze exerted immense pressure on Ye Nan, for he finally broke the silence.

"It was the new leader of the Mighty Tiger Battalion! He gave me the poison and ordered me to kill you!"

Hearing Ye Nan’s explanation, Wen Yu nodded.

"I’ve always considered you my neighbors. Yet, he tells you to kill me, and you just do it?"

"If I didn’t use the poison, my whole family would die!"

Wen Yu scoffed.

"If you fail to poison me, your whole family will die anyway!"

Hearing Wen Yu’s words, Ye Nan’s attitude abruptly changed!

It was a transformation from simple honesty to furious rage! It was an emotional collapse!

"What could I do? What could I do? If I didn’t use the poison, my family would be dead for sure! Dead for sure, do you understand?"

Listening to Ye Nan’s roars, Wen Yu simply nodded.

"So, you decided to try poisoning me, clinging to the thought of ’what if I succeed?’"

Ye Nan didn’t answer this question directly, instead, he kept mumbling things like, "We’re doomed."

Seeing Ye Nan’s reaction, Wen Yu slowly shook his head.

"Forget it."

Ye Nan’s choice... there was no mistake in it, at least not from his perspective.

Compared to refusing Wanping’s command and having his whole family killed, it was better to take the poison and try to kill me.

This was his only choice!

In fact, for a weakling like Ye Nan, there was never truly a right to choose!

Wen Yu slowly stood up and called towards the inner room, "Xiao Xue, let’s go."

Then he turned, looked at Ye Nan, who was holding his head and weeping bitterly. Wen Yu’s face showed no emotion.

"Brother Ye, I won’t kill you, nor will I harm you. We were neighbors for a time; let’s just leave it at that."

After saying this, Wen Yu walked out the door.

Behind him, Xiao Xue glanced at Ye Nan’s wife, whose face was etched with fear, and then at the emotionally crumbling Ye Nan. She shook her head and followed Wen Yu out of the room.

「Downstairs.」

Wen Yu turned to look at the place he had lived.

"I really didn’t expect to encounter such a drama just as I was about to leave. Tsk, tsk."

Behind him, Xiao Xue slowly spoke.

"Isn’t it quite normal? What surprised me was that you didn’t kill them."

Hearing Xiao Xue’s words, Wen Yu shook his head.

"What difference would it make if I killed them? And what difference if I didn’t? To me, it’s all the same!"

"That’s true."

"Let’s go. By the way, you don’t have acrophobia, do you?"

Xiao Xue looked at Wen Yu in confusion. After a moment, it finally dawned on her.

Before Xiao Xue could say anything, Star’s figure instantly magnified. Then, Wen Yu directly lifted Xiao Xue and hopped onto Star’s back.

"Destination: Yanjing."

"ROAR!"

With the roar, Star spread its wings and soared into the sky!

Feeling everything below grow smaller and the strong wind rush against his face, a sense of exhilaration welled up in Wen Yu’s heart!

This is what he should be doing—not cooped up in a tiny room, feeling the so-called warmth of home, but soaring high like a Giant Dragon.

In the sky, amidst Wen Yu’s joyful laughter, a clear, trembling voice spoke.

"Slow down... It’s too fast... And, I just found out I have acrophobia..."