Chase Game

In an instant, Ling Yi understood Wang Yun's intention.

Zhou Jie then shouted at the top of his lungs, "The free disaster relief food is here!"

"We have oil, meat, and all sorts of pastries here, which are much tastier than plain porridge and flatbread!"

"First come, first served! First come, first served!"

Upon hearing that the relief food next door was so luxurious and abundant, the disaster victims who were queuing up could not contain their excitement.

"Did I hear that right? There's even meat?"

"Exactly, it's much better than this plain porridge and flatbread!"

"How about we go over there?"

"Go, go, hurry up! They might be gone if you're too late!"

"..."

The long queue instantly broke apart.

Meng Dong frowned, somewhat speechless, and said, "Wang Yun and Zhou Jie are really something else, having to compete for this too..."

He turned to Ling Yi and asked, "What do we do now? Should we continue distributing porridge?"

Ling Yi was also very unhappy. This guy is stealing my karma!

He said coldly, "Wang Yun also wants to be this philanthropist. I'll see if he can succeed."

Seeing that Ling Yi had no intention of leaving, Meng Dong waited quietly.

Scattered people also came to their place to collect porridge, but they were mostly women and children who couldn't squeeze into the next line.

Even without the blessing of good deeds, Ling Yi still gives these people porridge.

In fact, for these disaster victims who have been starving for a long time, drinking some plain porridge and slowly nourishing their stomachs is the right thing to do.

As for Wang Yun's side, perhaps because cooking porridge would take too long, they did not prepare plain porridge, only dry rice.

Some of the disaster victims were thirsty and wanted to get a bowl of plain porridge from Ling Yi, but Ling Yi turned them all away.

This behavior aroused dissatisfaction among the disaster victims, but it also added another wave of bad karma to Ling Yi's record.

You are the most adorable people if you can help me accumulate good karma!

Unfortunately, he could have barely managed to raise his karma pool to double 100 by distributing porridge, but now that Wang Yun is interfering, things are a bit uncertain.

After a while, his good karma reached 87 with difficulty, while his bad karma rose to 70.

Few people came to collect his porridge anymore.

However, Ling Yi calculated the time and said in a low voice, "It should be about time."

Meng Dong asked, somewhat puzzled, "When is it about time?"

Ling Yi smiled mysteriously and said, "Just watch, there's going to be a good show next door soon."

Meng Dong cast a questioning look at the neighbor next door.

Sure enough, a commotion soon broke out next door.

"Ouch, my stomach! My stomach hurts so much!"

"Ouch! Eating your meat gives me a stomachache. Did you poison me?!"

"Ugh! That's disgusting, you threw up all over me..."

"Poisonous! Poisonous! Everyone, don't eat it! This meat is poisonous!!"

"I knew there was meat in the disaster relief supplies! Turns out it's poisoned meat, meant to kill us poor souls!"

A powerful outpouring of grief and resentment erupted among the disaster victims.

Ling Yi shook his head, thinking to himself, "How much evil karma must this be..."

Meng Dong, who was standing to the side, was shocked and for a moment thought that this was Ling Yi's doing.

But then I thought it was impossible. They had been feeding the porridge for so long without any problems, but Wang Yun's side had problems as soon as he arrived.

That must mean there's something wrong with the disaster relief grain that Wang Yun and his men are providing!

But what exactly is the problem? Could Wang Yun have really poisoned her?

Ling Yi slowly explained, "Think about it, what would happen if a group of people who have been starving for a long time suddenly started eating a lot of oily and fatty foods?"

With Ling Yi's guidance, Meng Dong instantly saw the light after the clouds had parted.

"So it's 'refeeding syndrome'!"

"Yes, this is it."

"When a person is starving for a long time, the body loses a lot of electrolytes (phosphorus, potassium, magnesium) and reserves are extremely low."

"When you suddenly eat a lot of high-sugar, high-fat, and high-protein foods, your body will quickly synthesize energy and instantly draw phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium from the blood into your cells."

"This can lead to severe hypophosphatemia, hypokalemia, and hypomagnesemia, manifesting as arrhythmia, heart failure, respiratory failure, confusion, convulsions, and even sudden death!"

Ling Yi's gaze shifted to the several disaster victims lying on the ground, clutching their stomachs, and he continued:

"Their severe abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea are signs that their digestive system is 'on strike'."

Looking into Ling Yi's cold eyes, Meng Dong swallowed hard and blurted out involuntarily, "You... knew all along..."

Ling Yi withdrew his gaze, sat down in the carriage, and showed no emotion on his face.

He said softly, "These are all common sense, but when people are extremely hungry, they don't care about such things, and they wouldn't believe it even if I told them."

"And...it was their own choice."

After hearing Ling Yi's explanation, Meng Dong could only sigh. He had initially focused only on Wang Yun's competitive behavior and hadn't thought of this point at the time.

He guessed that Wang Yun was the same way, only thinking about giving better than what they were giving, and for a moment ignoring whether the disaster victims could bear it.

Listening to the complaints and curses of the disaster victims, Ling felt only regret that so much malice was directed at him.

Wang Yun, the target of these grievances, was already overwhelmed with work.

The disaster victims surrounded him, demanding an explanation.

Wang Yun had realized his mistake, but he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Jie spoke at this moment.

"Bullshit! I was just being kind and giving you a handout, and you ungrateful bastards not only don't appreciate it, but you even dare to bite back."

Wang Yun immediately facepalmed. What a terrible teammate! Who starts arguing with someone right off the bat?

Zhou Jie's words instantly aroused the rebellious mentality of the disaster victims.

"You sons of bitches, you poisoned us and now you're blaming us."

"You son of a bitch, I'll fight you to the death!"

Of course, the person who said he was going to fight was quickly taken down.

However, this also shows that the emotions of the disaster victims have indeed reached a breaking point.

Zhou Jie was getting impatient and angrily said, "Fine, you say it was poisoned, right? Then I'll eat it and show you whether it was poisoned or not!"

He grabbed a roast chicken and started taking big bites.

This scene made the disaster victims somewhat suspicious.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Jie continued to embellish the story, saying, "Think about it, what else did they eat before consuming our food? What if those things were poisonous?"

Besides Ling Yi's congee, what else did they eat?

Could it be that……

The disaster victims turned their attention to Ling Yi, only to see him also holding a bowl, drinking porridge and eating a flatbread.

He laughed and said, "You guys continue, I'm still waiting to see the show."

Zhou Jie's attempt to frame him failed, and he stopped talking.

The disaster victims were all bewildered. If there was no problem on either side, then who was at fault?

At this moment, Ling Yi stood up, cleared his throat, and drew everyone's attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen, think about it, I've been drinking this porridge for so long, isn't there absolutely no problem with it?"

"It seems so..."

"I drank two bowls and didn't feel anything was wrong."

"..."

The disaster victims whispered among themselves, then Ling Yi continued, "Think again, did you start feeling unwell after eating the meat from over there?"

"It seems so..."

"I actually feel nauseous as soon as I smell oily food."

"But it's meat! We might as well eat it!"

Ling Yi shook his head: "Everyone, I treated you all as friends with sincerity, yet you betrayed me. Now, all I can do is offer you one last piece of advice—"

"You've been starving for so long, your qi and blood are depleted, and your stomachs are weak. You can only eat some light food to help your bodies recover."

The disaster victims suddenly realized what was going on and exclaimed, "So that's how it is!"

Of course, a few people complained about things like "why didn't you say so sooner?"

Ling Yi believed that even if he had said it earlier, these complainers would not have believed him at all.

After this explanation, Ling Yi received both good and bad thoughts.

However, there is still a short distance to go before the karmic pool is filled.