Chapter 379 — Grabbing the Trash
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"Don't talk! I need to find where that prodigal son stepped the pill to pieces!" Fatty Lai roared, rummaging frantically through the trash bag for something.
Forget it, let him search. If he could find it, that would be his good fortune. Wei Zhao shook his head. Though it had been crushed by Kang Jingming, the medicinal effect was the same.
Liu Tianyi was stunned too. He had never expected Fatty Lai to come up with such an idea—to actually go looking for the pill Kang Jingming had trampled to bits!
"Found it! Found it!" Fatty Lai suddenly fished out a blackish clump from the trash bag, then held it up in his hands excitedly as if it were a priceless treasure: "Wonderful, I finally found it, hahaha!"
"Haha, congratulations, Brother Old Lai!" Liu Tianyi walked over and patted Fatty Lai on the shoulder.
"Get lost!" Lai Fatty shot Liu Tianyi a sour glare, then added, "And don't even think about trying to snatch my Life-Prolonging and Toxin-Cleansing Pill -- I'm not giving it to you!"
"I'm not trying to snatch it..." Liu Tianyi knew he had angered Lai Fatty by not telling him about Wei Zhao earlier, but he couldn't be blamed for that -- Wei Zhao had never given him permission to go spreading his business around, so how could he dare?
"Huh? Why is this pill so big? I don't remember it being this large before!" Lai Fatty suddenly frowned in confusion, clutching that lump of black matter and hurrying over. "Little brother, would you mind having a look? Is this the one...? Wait -- why does it stink? Could it be that pills are supposed to smell? Bitter medicine is good medicine?"
"... Wei Zhao glanced at the black lump in Lai Fatty's hand, then shifted back a step. Tang Zhi leaned in for a closer look, but Wei Zhao pulled her back.
"What's wrong?" Tang Zhi was puzzled that Wei Zhao would not let her go near.
"It's the pill, all right -- but it's stuck to a lump of dog shit." Wei Zhao told Lai Fatty, "Scrape off the lighter-colored bit on the left. That's dog shit. That's why it stinks."
"What?!" Lai Fatty's eyes went wide as saucers, sweat pouring down his face. "Dog shit...?"
Still, Lai Fatty gritted his teeth. Even if there was dog shit on it, he was going to dig that pill out!
A cold sweat broke out on Liu Tianyi's forehead. Stuck to dog shit? This Lai Fatty was having the worst luck imaginable!
But Lai Fatty didn't see it that way at all. On the contrary, he felt himself extraordinarily lucky. So what if it had touched dog shit? Finding it at all was the miracle -- that alone was the greatest stroke of fortune anyone could ask for. A bit of dog shit? Who cared!
Carefully, Lai Fatty scraped off the side that bore no dog shit. Though he hadn't gotten it all -- a little still clung to the mess -- he didn't dare scrape any further! He couldn't exactly have his old man eat dog shit!
Lai Fatty tossed the dog-shit half back into the trash bag, then cradled what remained with both hands. Having no container to put it in, he fished out a box of cigars, opened it, dumped every cigar into the waste basket, and placed the salvaged pill inside.