Chapter 49: Poisoning plan exposed? Suspicions from Liang Yong

The journey of over a kilometer took Su Yang a full half-hour to complete.

Along the way, snow mixed with gale-force winds made it impossible to open one's eyes, and every step was a struggle.

To complete the task arranged by Qi Ming, he loaded coal into his backpack along the way.

When he climbed the rope ladder onto the deck, he noticed Qi Ming was not steering the ship.

"Where is everyone?" Su Yang wondered.

He immediately pushed open the cabin door and went to the second floor; as soon as he descended, he heard bursts of complaining.

"Is the food not ready yet? I haven't eaten all day, I'm starving to death." Liang Yong leaned against the kitchen door, wailing.

"So cold, so cold, didn't anyone burn coal in the boiler room?" Jiang Yao rubbed her small hands.

"Where is my iron? Who stole my iron?" Wei Liang roared at the workbench.

"You don't have a damn bit of iron, that was brought back by me!" Nan Xue Qing scolded.

The only two people inside the ship not arguing were the Captain, Qi Ming, and the gunman, Liu Wei Cheng.

The two sat at the table, looking at each other in silence.

One was mute, and the other didn't know how to communicate with a mute.

At this moment, Tian Yi came out of the kitchen aggressively, holding a spatula, and scolded, "Opening your mouths to cry of hunger, closing them to cry of cold, can you people have some dignity?"

Saying this, she looked at Liang Yong, whose shoulder was bandaged, and said irritably, "Urging, urging, all you know is urging, if you're so capable, you do it!"

Liang Yong gave a sheepish smile; he didn't know how to cook, he could barely make instant noodles.

"It's just that my stomach is growling from hunger, besides, I did so much work today, is it too much to ask for a bowl of rice?"

"Who on this ship hasn't worked? Su Yang not only risked his life helping to kill neutral creatures, he was almost bitten by an ice wolf."

"He does the most work, and he hasn't even returned yet; can't you learn from others?"

Liang Yong was stunned by the barrage of words and said unconvinced, "Can a navigator be as tired as an engineer? Do you know how hard it is to move coal?"

"Fine, fine, you're the hardest worker, you can eat more later." Tian Yi rolled her eyes irritably.

Liang Yong wanted to say something else, but caught a glimpse of Su Yang's figure, "You're back?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's gaze converged.

Su Yang dragged his exhausted body onto the bench, tossed his backpack on the ground, and said weakly, "Yeah..."

"How was the harvest? Did you get anything good?" Liang Yong sat beside him, full of curiosity.

"Not bad, got quite a bit of iron and lead ingots." Su Yang closed his eyes to rest.

Liang Yong opened his backpack, examined the harvest, and nodded, "Not bad, you brought back so many materials."

Seeing him rummaging through his backpack, Su Yang was not panicked in the slightest.

He had long since hidden the poison on his person, and the bones had been completely consumed, leaving no trace of a flaw.

"I'm hungry, how much longer until dinner?" Su Yang sat up straight and looked at Tian Yi.

"Soon, five minutes at most." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Tian Yi hurried back into the kitchen.

"I'll go help." Su Yang stood up.

Arriving in the kitchen, Tian Yi was using a spatula to flip the seal meat.

There was no rice here, nor noodles.

To fill their stomachs, they could only use the simplest and most primitive cooking methods.

"Can't wait?" Seeing Su Yang enter, Tian Yi's eyes curved with a smile.

"Just seeing if there's anything I can help with." Su Yang glanced at the seal meat in the cabinet, estimating there to be about fifty catties.

"Thanks to your help today, otherwise we wouldn't have had dinner." Tian Yi wiped her sweat, having no suspicion of Su Yang's enthusiastic actions, "No need to help, you go outside and sit and wait."

"Then I'll wait for you to finish so I can help carry it out." Su Yang said.

Hearing this, Tian Yi felt a slight joy in her heart.

Often, a girl's refusal is not her true intention.

Even if she didn't want to let the already hardworking Su Yang help, hearing him take the initiative to assist made her heart happy.

"How was the harvest today?" Su Yang brought it up.

"Hmm... not bad, later I helped the priest dig up corpses and got quite a few good things." Tian Yi responded.

"For example?" Su Yang became interested.

"Guess." Tian Yi blinked playfully.

I guess your mother's head.

Su Yang smiled on the surface, but cursed internally.

But to provide emotional value, he still said, "Gun parts?"

"Wrong." Tian Yi shook her head.

"Military sword?" Su Yang guessed again.

"Close enough." Tian Yi smiled, revealing two shallow dimples.

"Axe?"

"Yeah, dug up two axes, two bottles of laudanum, and one bottle of antidote." Tian Yi explained.

Antidote?

Su Yang raised an eyebrow.

What a coincidence, he had just made the poison, and Tian Yi had found an antidote in the corpses.

Does that mean he can't poison them?

Just as Su Yang was pondering, Liang Yong suddenly burst in.

"I'll come help too."

Tian Yi's eyes narrowed, and she glared, "What are you joining in for? Is the kitchen somewhere you can just come whenever you want? Get out!"

Liang Yong looked at Su Yang, who was standing to the side as if nothing had happened, then at the furious Tian Yi, feeling his body and mind suffer a massive critical hit.

"Then why can he stand here?"

"This is my territory, I let whoever I want in." Tian Yi said as a matter of course.

Liang Yong's mouth twitched; he felt he was being treated unfairly.

It really lived up to the saying: can you do whatever you want just because you're handsome?

At this moment, Su Yang nodded at him with a smile.

Liang Yong felt even more unbalanced and said with dissatisfaction, "I'm standing right here today, I'm definitely helping with this!"

"So thick-skinned." Tian Yi cursed under her breath.

Hearing these words, Su Yang suddenly came up with a plan, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

Soon, the seal meat was roasted, and Tian Yi used plates to pack the meat piece by piece.

"Carry it out." Tian Yi signaled.

Su Yang took the initiative, taking one plate in each hand to the dining room.

Because Liang Yong's right hand was injured, he could only help with one hand.

"Dinner's ready!" Tian Yi shouted.

Hearing this, everyone rushed to the dining table like starving ghosts.

"Finally can eat, I've been hungry all day." Jiang Yao touched her shrunken little belly.

"This is my first time cooking seal meat, I don't know if it's good." Tian Yi gave them a warning first.

"As long as it fills the stomach." Qi Ming said.

"There are three more portions inside, you two help carry them out." Tian Yi looked at Su Yang.

Just what he wanted.

Su Yang nodded and stood up, walking into the kitchen with the poison in his palm.

He immediately opened the bottle quickly and poured the liquid inside onto the seal meat.

In an instant, the colorless and odorless poison merged with the grease.

Su Yang hid the empty bottle behind the cabinet; just then, Liang Yong walked in.

"What are you looking for?" Liang Yong asked curiously.

"I saw there didn't seem to be enough chopsticks outside, so I'm taking a few out." Su Yang said.

Chopsticks?

Liang Yong looked suspiciously at the two plates in his hands.

His intuition told him that Su Yang was highly likely to have done something.

When all the meals were taken out, the eight people sat around together, preparing to enjoy dinner.

"Everyone worked hard all day today, I'll use water instead of wine to toast everyone." Qi Ming stood up and raised his cup.

"Wait!" Liang Yong suddenly interrupted.

Everyone cast suspicious glances.

Liang Yong narrowed his eyes, staring at Su Yang in front of him, "Let's switch, you eat my plate."

Saying this, he swapped the plates, pushing the plate of poisoned seal meat in front of Su Yang.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with this meat?" Tian Yi frowned.

"I don't know if there's a problem, I'm just afraid there's a traitor playing tricks behind our backs." Liang Yong sneered, "Great hero, do you dare to eat it?"

"What do you mean? You suspect Su Yang poisoned the food?" Tian Yi said with displeasure.

"I'm just taking out insurance for myself, I don't mean to target anyone." Liang Yong said slowly.

"You..." Tian Yi was about to stand up for Su Yang.

Su Yang took it first and smiled, "Sure."

Then, in front of the seven people, he took a bite of the poisoned seal meat, chewed it up, and swallowed it.

"The taste is really good, worthy of a chef's skill."

Su Yang gave a thumbs up with an appreciative look. ===== CHAPTER 50 =====