My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 745 - 0745: The Elixir Was Stolen

Chapter 745: Chapter 0745: The Elixir Was Stolen

"Hey, don’t get the wrong idea, I just don’t take advantage of people; it’s not that I have a health issue."

Seeing the strange look in Barmaid Tang Ming’s eyes, Tang Ming immediately declared solemnly.

"Alright, then thank you," she said.

Barmaid Tang Ming gave an awkward smile, her expression somewhat downcast. She had always thought that Tang Ming had already taken her body, but now that Tang Ming suddenly said he hadn’t touched her, she even felt a bit disappointed. Was she really that undesirable, unable to arouse any reaction from this man even in that state?

Barmaid Tang Ming shook her head, trying not to overthink, and raised her red wine glass, "What should we do now?"

"Let it be, since the other party didn’t specify what to do, let’s just play along," Tang Ming replied, also raising his glass, and cautioned, "And from now on, don’t contact that person again, even if he has so-called evidence. Now neither the bar owner nor I are holding you accountable. I’ve already paid for the damage to the bar, and the police won’t hassle you."

"Okay, I’ll listen to you," she replied.

Barmaid Tang Ming smiled, clinked glasses, and slowly brought the glass to her lips, thinking her decision to be upfront with Tang Ming this time was truly wise.

"Crack."

Just as Tang Ming was about to drink, her hand suddenly weakened, the glass fell to the ground and shattered, and she felt the room spinning.

"What’s wrong?"

Tang Ming looked at Barmaid Tang Ming in confusion, only to see the beautiful woman before him turn pale and collapse towards the floor.

Tang Ming quickly caught Barmaid Tang Ming.

"I... I..."

Barmaid Tang Ming struggled to open her mouth but couldn’t speak; her breath was incredibly weak.

"She’s been poisoned."

Tang Ming examined her and his expression turned grave. Barmaid Tang Ming had been given a slow-acting poison, and it was highly potent. Without immediate treatment, her life would be at risk.

At that moment, Tang Ming’s mind was spinning rapidly as he pondered what exactly was happening.

It was now certain that the person behind Barmaid Tang Ming was Sun Zhuangjia. He was the one who had arranged for her to date him, but now she was poisoned instead. If that guy wanted to kill him, he should have poisoned him, so why was Barmaid Tang Ming the one poisoned?

Could it be a setup, intended to have Barmaid Tang Ming die in his arms and then have the police investigate him? That didn’t seem right. At their level, people rarely called the police. Moreover, since Barmaid Tang Ming had been given a slow-acting poison ahead of time, an autopsy would reveal the truth, and he couldn’t be framed.

"I’ve got it."

A moment later, Tang Ming’s eyes brightened, realizing what Sun Zhuangjia’s intention was.

Confirmed in his guess, Tang Ming immediately helped Barmaid Tang Ming to sit under the table, a position that just avoided the surveillance from the people opposite, then cut his finger with glass, letting his blood drip into the unconscious Barmaid Tang Ming’s mouth and helped her swallow with some water.

The main ingredient of the Detoxification Pill was Tang Ming’s blood. Although he didn’t carry the Detoxification Pill with him at the moment, his blood was the best Detoxification Pill.

After swallowing the blood, Barmaid Tang Ming quickly recovered and soon came around.

"Ah, what happened to me?"

Finding herself lying in Tang Ming’s arms, Barmaid Tang Ming was startled and blushed.

Now knowing that nothing had happened between her and Tang Ming, she felt a bit overwhelmed by such intimacy, but looking at Tang Ming’s handsome face, she couldn’t bring herself to push him away. It seemed it wouldn’t be too bad to have something happen with this young and promising man.

"It’s okay, you were poisoned just now. I administered a Detoxification Pill to you, and you’re fine now," Tang Ming said with a smile.

He helped Barmaid Tang Ming to a chair and then returned to his own seat.

"How could I be poisoned for no reason?"

Upon hearing this, Barmaid Tang Ming became confused.

"You weren’t poisoned without reason; the person who sent you has given you a slow-acting poison, which just happened to manifest after we met."

Tang Ming narrowed his eyes and swept around the table, secretly taking a few bones into his hand and starting to fiddle with them.

"So it was him. Am I okay now, or could it resurface?"

Barmaid Tang Ming looked at Tang Ming with a tense face, thinking someone was trying to kill her and was quite frightened.

"Don’t worry, I’ll give you another Detoxification Pill. After you take it tomorrow, you’ll be fine."

Tang Ming looked down at the sphere he had created by kneading the bones, noticing its color was a bit off.

Then Tang Ming placed the sphere on the ground, rubbed it underfoot, and made it dust-laden, turning into a black pill that resembled an Elixir.

"This will do."

Tang Ming picked up the pill inconspicuously and handed it to Barmaid Tang Ming, "This is the Detoxification Pill. Eat it tomorrow morning, and you’ll be completely detoxified."

"Okay, okay, thank you so much."

Barmaid Tang Ming nodded repeatedly, taking the pill with both hands nervously. Then, noticing wine stains all over her clothes, she said apologetically, "I’ll go clean up in the restroom, please wait a moment."

"Go ahead, I’ll keep eating." Tang Ming nodded and then bowed his head to continue eating.

Barmaid Tang Ming held the Detoxification Pill and stood up to leave the private room, pondering where to place such an important item, as it was related to her life and had to be kept safe.

No sooner had Barmaid Tang Ming left the private room than she bumped into a hurried figure, who, without uttering an apology, dashed away.

"How are you walking; are you blind?"

Barely keeping herself from being knocked over, Barmaid Tang Ming couldn’t help but curse loudly, before realising something was missing in her hand.

"Ah!"

Barmaid Tang Ming screamed in terror as she realized, "Where’s my Detoxification Pill, what happened to it?"

When she looked for the person who had bumped into her, they were nowhere to be found, having already run off.

"What should I do now, that was the pill that could save my life!"

Barmaid Tang Ming panicked completely and hurried back to the private room, crying to Tang Ming, "Tang Ming, someone stole my pill, am I going to die now?"

"Stolen?"

The corners of Tang Ming’s mouth slightly lifted; everything was going as he had anticipated, Sun Zhuangjia really had come for the Detoxification Pill.

"Yes, didn’t you say I needed to take the Detoxification Pill tomorrow to fully detoxify? Now that the pill’s gone, what should I do?"

Barmaid Tang Ming was almost crying.

"It’s okay, it’s okay, the Detoxification Pill I already gave you has cleared the poison from your body; I just gave you an extra one to be safe. It’s not important if it’s gone."

Tang Ming casually wiped his mouth.

"So that’s it, you really scared me to death."

Barmaid Tang Ming breathed a long sigh of relief.