My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 141 - 0141: Why Aren’t They Dead Yet?

Chapter 141: Chapter 0141: Why Aren’t They Dead Yet?

"Yes, we’ve got to force him to close the door."

The fat man was also eager for the snack bar to close again because the tactics this store used against Xia Wei’er and her mother were utterly despicable — they deserved to die!

After school in the afternoon, Tang Ming told Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli to head back to the villa first while he went to have a big meal by himself.

Although Liu Mengting and Li Xiaoli didn’t know what Tang Ming was up to, they still didn’t keep him, and the two of them took the driver’s car and left first.

"Meng Meng sister, are you really at ease letting Tang Ming go to the snack street?"

Li Xiaoli asked with implication.

Liu Mengting was resting with her eyes closed in the car, hearing this, she opened her eyes and teased, "If you can’t bear to part with Tang Ming, just say so directly, instead of beating around the bush. Besides, weren’t you the first one to agree with Tang Ming helping Xia Wei’er? How come now you can’t bear it?"

"I’m not unable to bear it; I just don’t like the idea that Tang Ming, who is supposed to be your bodyguard, now seems to have become a servant at Xia Wei’er’s house."

Li Xiaoli said, pouting her lips.

Liu Mengting smiled and said, "Alright, in a few days, I will stop letting Tang Ming go to the snack street so freely. Not letting him go now seems like I am being inconsistent and unreliable. After all, he’s my bodyguard, and causing conflicts when we meet often isn’t good."

At the snack street’s cold drink shop, there were no customers inside at the time; almost anyone who entered was driven away by the owner.

When Tang Ming and the fat man appeared at the shop entrance, a sinister smile flashed through Boss Lei’s eyes. Today’s reopening was solely for Tang Ming; no other customers mattered, only Tang Ming who was today’s sole protagonist!

"What would you two like to order?"

There were just three people in the shop, all of whom were Boss Lei’s confidantes, and he himself was standing at the cash register.

"Of course, we came to participate in the eating challenge."

Tang Ming said with a smile, "Have you forgotten me so soon?"

"Recognized, the big shot who came and ate up everything in the buffet area at our store? How could we forget."

Boss Lei’s smile bred hatred within.

"As long as you remember, it’s still the same rule then, free to eat in the buffet area, right?"

Tang Ming asked, pointing towards the buffet area.

"Of course, our big eater challenge means free eating in the buffet area, but the items inside have been switched up."

Boss Lei smiled while leading Tang Ming and the fat man to the buffet area.

Tang Ming and the fat man glanced towards the platters, and indeed, all the previous cold dishes had disappeared, replaced with new varieties that looked quite peculiar.

The items were bizarre, specifically remade by the cold dish chef under Boss Lei’s instruction, including cold dishes with mustard, chili, and garlic ginger-- all extremely odd to the taste.

The main reason for this change was to use these sharp, unique flavors to mask the taste of the poison.

Most deadly poisons that are colorless and tasteless only exist in novels today; most lethal substances have a color and smell, or their color and smell are subtle. To ensure Tang Ming would surely die, a variety of poisons needed to be added, making him consume more of the food containing deadly toxins.

Thus, Boss Lei came up with this tactic, and one other benefit was that if Tang Ming indeed died, it could be argued that eating too much of these stimulating foods led to his death from food poisoning.

"How about it? Our big eater challenge, do you think you can handle eating these special cold dishes?"

Boss Lei said, indicating the strange cold dishes on the platters with a smile.

"Scared my ass."

The fat man said and was about to reach out and take a cold dish to eat it.

Tang Ming quickly stopped him, then said nonchalantly, "Fat man, I’m the one participating in the challenge, just watch me eat; don’t eat anything yourself."

"Brother Ming, it’s fine for me to eat some."

The fatty said, "Actually, I’d like to try these unique cold treats and see how they taste too."

"Fatty, don’t you listen to what I say?"

Tang Ming’s expression changed, and his tone became stern.

The fatty was stunned but nodded, "Yes, Brother Ming, you eat. I’ll watch over you."

"Mhm."

Tang Ming turned to Boss Lei and asked, "Can we start eating now?"

"Of course, you can."

Boss Lei smiled and pointed to the cold treats behind him.

Due to their unique preparation and expensive ingredients, these cold treats were quite costly. Buying the poison wasn’t cheap either, but compared to the one million, it was a drop in the ocean. As long as he could kill Tang Ming, not only could he get the million, but he could also remove a thorn in his side and restart suppressing the Xia Family’s dessert shop. The money would return soon enough, so Boss Lei didn’t mind at all.

"No small investment, no big return, my million is almost in hand!"

Boss Lei sneered in his heart and walked away.

Tang Ming started eating rapidly, and later, the fatty even helped him hold the plates. In no time, all the cold treats on the shelf were devoured. Half an hour later, all the desserts in the buffet area were gone.

Tang Ming shouted towards the cashier, "Any more?"

"Yes."

Boss Lei was puzzled as to why so much had been consumed and the poison hadn’t taken effect yet, but he gritted his teeth and continued to have the kitchen make more cold treats.

Loading you with more will kill you! He figured the fellow’s constitution was not ordinary and might require a bit more time to die! Boss Lei thought so to himself.

In the kitchen, several chefs were constantly making more, while Boss Lei’s confidant was alone in another room, tirelessly adding poison. Soon all the purchased poison and ingredients were completely gone.

This time, Boss Lei was flabbergasted, Tang Ming, why hasn’t he died yet?

Tang Ming and the fatty stood up when there was nothing left to eat, walked to the cashier, and Tang Ming belched and asked, "All the cold treats are gone, does this mean I have succeeded in the challenge?"

"Yes."

Boss Lei was terrified, several kilograms of poison all eaten by Tang Ming, and he was still perfectly fine.

"If so, where’s the prize?"

Tang Ming slammed his hand on the table and demanded.

"Prize?"

Boss Lei was scared out of his wits, facing a man several kilograms of poison couldn’t kill—could he dare to provoke him? Only now he realized why Chen Shao didn’t dare confront Tang Ming directly and had let him make a move instead. It turns out that not only was Tang Ming tough to deal with, but he was also no ordinary person.

"Hey, Brother Ming is asking if there’s a prize."

Seeing Boss Lei distracted, the fatty bellowed dissatisfiedly, "What kind of lousy competition is this? Win and still no prize."

"Yes, there is one."

Boss Lei was frightened enough, he quickly counted out two thousand from the drawer and said, "The prize is two thousand."

"That’s more like it."

Tang Ming was instantly delighted. After eating so much and swallowing the poison, he was still making money—truly a windfall.