Spoiled By the Young Master After Reborn In the 80s
Chapter 711: Seven hundred and nine, proof

Chapter 711: Seven hundred and nine, proof

Everyone nodded. The lotus seeds used to make porridge, having been processed, belonged to the nut category and were therefore very hard.

Zhang Xiaoling picked up a lotus seed and squeezed it hard in her hand, immediately crushing it into small fragments. She then picked up the cockroach, "Our eight-treasure porridge is cooked for a long time, so even lotus seeds, which are so hard, can be cooked until they fall apart. But what about this cockroach?" She pried open the cockroach’s wings to show everyone, "Do you see anything?"

The crowd glanced at the cockroach in Zhang Xiaoling’s hand, "Is it because it didn’t get cooked down?"

"Maybe this cockroach ran into the jar when it was being sealed?"

"What does this imply?"

Zhang Xiaoling smiled slightly, "Haven’t you noticed that aside from its exterior, there is no porridge fluid inside the wings of this cockroach?"

"It seems to be true?" Some people leaned forward to look closely.

"Our porridge was made yesterday morning. If the cockroach was in the porridge, after soaking overnight, it’s impossible that there would be no porridge fluid under its wings. Moreover, think about it, cockroaches are alive. If it fell into the porridge, wouldn’t it struggle? If it struggled, how could the area beneath its wings be so perfectly clean."

Zhang Xiaoling turned to the young woman, "Shouldn’t you give us an explanation for this problem?"

Everyone also looked at the young woman.

The young woman’s eyes flickered with a hint of panic, but she still tried to speak evenly, "I only know that the cockroach was found in the eight-treasure porridge. How would I know about anything else?"

"When you want to frame us, could you please use your brain?" Zhang Xiaoling sneered at the young woman, "I don’t know where you got this cockroach from, but it’s absolutely impossible for our factory to have cockroaches. Of course, I can be so certain because we have planted a kind of Herbs around our factory that repels mosquitoes and cockroaches."

Luo Shu always emphasized the importance of food hygiene to her, especially the harm pests could bring to food products. So whether it was back in Guantong Lane or now in the new factory, they always planted Astrocybe around the workshop. Naturally, the Astrocybe was also a gift from Luo Shu.

Astrocybe emits a smell that animals find extremely repugnant, but humans cannot detect. Thus, no animal would approach the vicinity of the factory within a radius of up to two hundred meters, including cats, dogs, chickens, and ducks.

"I did not frame you," the young woman argued.

"Whether there was a framing or not, we can do a test," Zhang Xiaoling confidently suggested.

"How shall we test it?" The surrounding crowd looked at Zhang Xiaoling with curiosity.

"The Herbs planted around our factory, apart from preventing pests, also prevent other animals from approaching. If any of you can make an animal, whether it’s a cat, dog, chicken, duck, goose, or even cattle, sheep, pig, and of course, if anyone can find a cockroach, that’s fine too. If anyone can get them to stay at our factory entrance for ten seconds, we’ll give out one thousand yuan as a reward."

"Really?"

"Just ten seconds?" The crowd looked eager to try. One thousand yuan was no small sum!

"Of course!" Zhang Xiaoling nodded affirmatively.

People exchanged glances and rushed out towards the factory.

Zhang Xiaoling, Luo Shu, and some workers from the factory, as well as the remaining audience who had not followed, all stepped out of the factory and came to the factory entrance.

Soon, they saw people coming out of the village, carrying cats, holding chickens, and leading sheep.

However, when they were about a hundred meters from the factory, whether it was poultry or cats and dogs, all refused to take another step and struggled not to go any further.

Some people, not giving up, came very close to being bitten by the animals.

Zhang Xiaoling, looking at the young woman whose face had turned deathly gray, asked coldly, "Do you have anything to say now? Better tell the truth, otherwise, when I report this to the Public Security Office, it will be too late for regret."

The young woman bit her lip, desperately trying to think of a plan, but couldn’t come up with anything for a long time.

"I think I don’t need to say much, everyone should already understand the truth of the matter, right?" said Zhang Xiaoling, looking at the people present.

"What on earth did you have against their factory to use such a despicable method? Aren’t you afraid of your conscience bothering you?"

"I almost got sick to my stomach just now, and I still feel unwell, all because of you."

"You look pretty and nice, but why is your heart so wicked?" At this point, everyone’s accusations were directed at the young woman.

The young woman bit her lip and remained silent. She knew she had aroused public outrage but could not reveal the truth.

Luo Shu gestured to Zhou Yan, who quickly came running over.

"Some documents will be delivered here soon; go get them," Luo Shu said.

"Okay," Zhou Yan nodded and ran off.

The crowd returned to the auditorium. The young woman was also brought back in by two security guards of the factory.

"What do you think they will do with that young woman?"

"As for me, I definitely wouldn’t let go of someone who dared to damage my reputation."

"It’s unclear what grudge she holds against the food factory."

"Such matters are definitely to be settled by the Public Security Office."

"How can such a person live with their conscience? This factory belongs to the Guard’s Wives, whose men are out there defending the country, and yet they still get slandered like this."

The crowd was now all looking forward to how the food factory would handle the situation. They had absolutely no sympathy for the young woman.

Zhou Yan hurried in and handed the documents to Luo Shu.

Luo Shu took the documents and passed them to Zhang Xiaoling beside her, "Take a look."

Zhang Xiaoling took the documents with surprise, opened them, and saw that they contained a file.

She took out the file, flipped through a few pages, and her face showed utter astonishment, "Luo Shu, how did you get this?"

"Someone just delivered it," Luo Shu said with a smile.

Though Zhang Xiaoling had many questions, she knew that it was time to deal with the matter at hand. She walked up to the central seat in the auditorium, facing the audience, "Ladies and gentlemen! I have something to tell you. We have now found out why the other party placed a cockroach in our food and framed us."

Zhang Xiaoling looked at the young woman, "Zhao Dujuan, do you want to tell them, or shall I?"

Zhao Dujuan looked at Zhang Xiaoling in disbelief, not understanding how she knew her name. Her invitation had been bought from someone else, and even the name on it was not her own.