21: Chapter 21 Gutter Oil

"What's wrong?"

Everyone else was startled by Lin Xiao's words and temporarily put down their chopsticks.

Today's meal was very rich, with a table full of meat and vegetable dishes, plus fragrant soup.

It was the result of Nanny Liu's hard work all day.

More than half of it was food that Lin Yu liked.

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Lin Yu was immediately unhappy.

"Lin Xiao, what do you mean by this? Nanny Liu worked hard all afternoon; it's one thing if you don't eat it yourself, but why stop Mom, Dad, and my sister from eating?"

"I didn't stop you."

Lin Xiao rolled his eyes at Lin Yu.

"You'd like to stop me, but could you?"

Lin Yu snorted coldly, as if intentionally acting against Lin Xiao, scooped a large spoonful of soup, and put it directly into his mouth.

After drinking it, he smacked his lips.

Lin Xiao just smiled, saying nothing.

At this moment, everyone in The Lin Family except for Lin Yu heard Lin Xiao's inner voice.

[Laughing to death, eating nothing but gutter oil, and he's actually savoring it?]

[That Nanny Liu long ago secretly sold all the good imported oil in the house, replaced it with gutter oil, and thinking that we wouldn't go into the kitchen, she didn't even bother to hide it, just putting it in the cabinet under the stove.]

[Tsk tsk tsk, she wasn't discovered before, and this time she bought even lower quality stuff; there's even "duck neck" sediment in it!]

Hearing this, their expressions all changed.

The fragrant food in front of them now all became hard to swallow.

Only Lin Yu was devouring the meal regardless, without noticing anything unusual at all.

Noticing that the others weren't eating, he even kindly persuaded them: "Dad, Mom, Second Sister, don't listen to his alarmist talk; we're a family having a proper meal, he's just making a fuss."

Nanny Liu had worked for The Lin Family for two years; although The Lin Couple were still willing to trust her, they still dared not gamble.

Thinking back, the food during this period did indeed seem a bit different from before.

The taste had an extra strange fragrance.

They subconsciously thought it was because Nanny Liu's cooking skills were good and didn't think of other possibilities.

What if that oil really had a problem; wouldn't they be...

In short, before figuring out the truth, they were afraid none of them could eat anymore.

"I'll go get a small bowl."

Lin Baixuan casually found an excuse and walked toward the kitchen.

At this time, Nanny Liu was focused on playing with her phone in the corner of the kitchen, not noticing at all that someone had walked past her.

She also didn't notice that someone had approached the stove.

Before long, amidst the expectant gazes of The Lin Couple, Lin Baixuan returned with an ugly expression.

She was holding a bucket of golden oil in her hand and asked indifferently: "Dad, Mom, the oil you used to ask people to buy from abroad shouldn't look like this, right?"

There were no labels on the outer packaging of this oil bucket, and the bucket itself was shoddily made of thin plastic.

Most importantly, there seemed to be some black sediment inside the oil.

Even if they were fools, everyone realized something was wrong now.

Su Xiumei was trembling with anger and slammed her chopsticks onto the table.

"Nanny Liu!"

"Huh? Ma'am, what's wrong?"

Hearing the noise, Nanny Liu hurried out.

When she saw the bucket of oil on the table, her face instantly turned gray.

"This, this..."

Nanny Liu was so scared she sat on the floor right there and didn't speak for a long time.

"What exactly is going on?"

Lin Qingshan was also furious.

Nanny Liu knew she couldn't hide it, so she confessed tremblingly.

It was about the same as Lin Xiao's earlier inner voice.

Nanny Liu had inadvertently learned the price of those imported oils and developed greed.

She secretly sold those oils at a price slightly lower than the market price, then went to those shady places in the market to buy this gutter oil.

To put it bluntly, even among gutter oils, this oil was the lowest quality.

Those unscrupulous merchants also gave her some large bags of seasoning, saying that as long as she added these seasonings to the food, it would suppress the bad smell of the gutter oil itself and make the food taste better.

Under the temptation of huge profits, Nanny Liu was moved.

Just like that, she bought many buckets in a row.

And the bucket on the table right now was the very last one, and also the worst quality; even the filtration was cut corners, leading to quite a bit of sediment inside.

Fortunately, this bucket was just opened today, and only this meal was cooked with it.

Except for Lin Yu, no one in the family ate any of it.

Lin Yu, already halfway through Nanny Liu's confession, couldn't hold it back anymore and ran off to vomit.

While vomiting, he kept gagging himself, wishing he could throw up everything in his stomach.

After returning, he kicked Nanny Liu over and shouted angrily: "Our family never mistreated you; how can you, this old woman, be so vicious! See if I don't beat you to death!"

Saying this, he was about to continue with punches and kicks.

In the end, it was Su Xiumei who intervened, stopping Lin Yu from continuing to hit her.

Considering the two years of friendship, Su Xiumei did not send Nanny Liu to the police station.

She just made her pay a large sum of money and then get out of The Lin Family.

The food on the table had already been dumped by other servants, but everyone was still sitting at the dining table, staring at each other.

They were truly disgusted; hungry and nauseated, they didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Why don't we go out to eat?"

Lin Yu rubbed his flat stomach and suggested.

"Ordering takeout is also fine; I know a very clean place for spicy crawfish."

Lin Xiao offered a different opinion.

Lin Yu rolled his eyes at Lin Xiao unhappily and said disdainfully: "No matter how clean takeout is, how clean can it be? Isn't it still gutter oil?"

Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, noncommittal.

He didn't ask for anyone else's opinion and just took out his phone to place an order.

Lin Qingshan sighed softly, "Eat whatever you want; your mother and I won't eat for now."

Saying this, he and Su Xiumei stood up, went to the living room, and started eating the fruit on the table.

Lin Baixuan also had no appetite and silently returned to her room upstairs.

Lin Yu left the house on his own, thinking that if he went to a five-star Hotel himself to pack some food, he should be able to win the favor of his parents and sister.

Lin Xiao, on the other hand, waited for his takeout.

Before long, two big bags of takeout arrived.

Smelling the aroma of the crawfish, Lin Xiao happily started eating at the dining table.

[I used to work part-time at this shop; from farming to cooking, all the steps in between for the crawfish here are very strict, the kitchen is very clean, and the oil used is all big brands; although it's a bit expensive, it's worth it for the safety.]

[Oh right, the taste is also not bad!]

Hearing Lin Xiao's inner voice, plus seeing him eating so deliciously.

Finally, The Lin Couple also started swallowing their saliva.