281: Chapter 281 What is this?

"Huh?"

Zhang Xiaofu was a bit confused.

This kind of thing truly touched upon his blind spot of knowledge.

Wu Xiaoxiao became more and more excited as she spoke, "Xiao Fu, do you remember your Aunt Zhou? You know, Old Li's wife! After she ate it twice, her little face became so tender, just like an eighteen-year-old!"

"Aunt Zhou... eighteen years old..."

Zhang Xiaofu recalled in his mind.

If he remembered correctly, that Aunt Zhou had to be at least forty years old this year.

Because her relationship with her husband hadn't been good these years, even though she spent a lot of money on skincare, there were still quite a few wrinkles on her face.

Could eating these dumplings twice really make someone as young and beautiful as an eighteen-year-old?

How is that possible?

However, looking at Wu Xiaoxiao's serious expression, he also hesitated a bit.

After thinking for a moment, he reached out to take the takeout box, "Let me try. If even Aunt Zhou can become eighteen again, wouldn't I go straight back to being eight years old?"

"Stop messing around!"

Wu Xiaoxiao slapped Zhang Xiaofu's hand away.

She then hugged the takeout box tightly to her chest again, "This thing is rare and hard to come by! Most of the time, you can't buy it even with money, so I'm not letting you waste it!"

As she spoke, she was about to pick up a dumpling and put it into her mouth.

She was afraid that if she ate too slowly, Zhang Xiaofu would really snatch it away.

But before the dumpling could enter her mouth, her hand was grabbed with great force.

Looking up, she saw that Lin Xiao was standing beside them, not knowing when he had arrived.

"Um, Aunt... Sister Wu."

Lin Xiao had originally wanted to call her aunt, but felt it didn't seem appropriate, so he changed his words on the spot, "It's best if you don't eat these dumplings."

"Why?"

Wu Xiaoxiao looked at Lin Xiao in confusion.

Seemingly thinking of something, she frowned slightly, "You aren't trying to help him snatch it, are you?"

"I mean, none of you should eat it."

Lin Xiao sighed softly and reminded her tactfully, "The filling for these dumplings isn't very good."

Wu Xiaoxiao picked up her chopsticks and poked one of the dumplings open.

Looking at the meat filling revealed inside, her eyes were full of confusion, "Isn't this just pork and cabbage?"

Lin Xiao had originally not wanted to be too blunt, fearing they wouldn't be able to handle it.

But under the temptation of becoming younger, how could Wu Xiaoxiao easily give up?

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Xiao spoke frankly, "It is cabbage, that's correct, but the meat isn't pork. It's... cough, human meat."

"What did you say?"

Wu Xiaoxiao was startled and almost threw the takeout box away.

But she seemed to remember that she had spent a lot of money on these dumplings, so she caught herself at the critical moment and just carefully placed the takeout box behind her.

She then asked suspiciously, "Lin Xiao, I know you and Xiao Fu are friends, but you don't have to say such things to scare me just for his sake, right?"

Even Zhang Xiaofu looked surprised, "Brother Lin, what are you saying? You can't make jokes like that!"

"Sigh."

Lin Xiao knew that if he didn't produce some evidence today, he was afraid no one would believe him.

He took the chopsticks from Wu Xiaoxiao's hand and started poking randomly at the dumplings in the takeout box.

Wu Xiaoxiao watched with some heartache.

However, thinking that regardless of the shape, as long as it could be eaten, it should still have an effect.

That was why she didn't stop Lin Xiao's actions.

Lin Xiao quickly broke all the dumplings apart and kept rummaging through them.

Very quickly, he discovered something.

"See for yourselves."

As he spoke, he picked out a piece of broken bone.

"What is this?"

Zhang Xiaofu couldn't see clearly, so he leaned in closer.

Yang Yong also curiously squatted on the ground, looking carefully.

But they looked for a long time and couldn't identify it.

Only Wu Xiaoxiao's complexion changed drastically after observing for a moment.

"This, this couldn't be, it couldn't be..."

"Yes, an infant's finger bone."

Lin Xiao nodded.

Once these words were spoken, everyone retreated a few steps.

Even Wu Xiaoxiao stood up, her eyes full of horror, her lips trembling, "This, how is this possible?"

Although she said that, in her heart, she already believed it.

She had previously studied some medical-related knowledge.

She had also seen anatomical diagrams and models of humans of various ages.

At that time, she had listened to the lectures seriously, so when she saw this bone, she immediately associated it with an infant's finger bone.

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, just silently placed the bone on the ground beside them.

Then he continued to use the chopsticks to rummage in the takeout box, picked out a few more similar bones, and pieced them together next to the previous bone.

Soon, the shape of a finger appeared.

Zhang Xiaofu and Yang Yong's complexions were also constantly changing, turning green and then pale.

Lin Xiao quickly took out the plastic bags he had just bought and stuffed one into each of their hands.

"Ugh—"

The first to vomit was Wu Xiaoxiao.

Thinking that she had almost eaten these dumplings just a moment ago, she really couldn't hold it back.

Next was Yang Yong.

For the young man, this kind of thing was simply too shocking.

He vomited into the plastic bag.

The unluckiest one was probably Zhang Xiaofu.

His reaction was a bit slow; he couldn't open the plastic bag for a long time, so he just vomited directly onto the ground!

Seeing this, the other two vomited even more violently...

Lin Xiao kindly patted their backs.

"Brother Lin, why, why aren't you vomiting?"

Zhang Xiaofu asked with difficulty.

"Heh, just a small scene."

Lin Xiao waved his hand casually.

This is nothing compared to what I've seen.

The shock when discovering those messy corpses before was no less than this.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind them.

"Oh my, oh my, what are you all doing?"

A neighborhood committee auntie wearing a red vest walked over quickly.

Looking at Zhang Xiaofu, who had vomited all over the ground, she scolded, "You're so young, how can you mess up the street appearance like this?"

The three of them, with pale faces, looked at the auntie resentfully.

The auntie glared, "What's wrong? Are you still unconvinced? Do you know how hard our sanitation workers work to clean every day!"

Zhang Xiaofu endured the discomfort in his stomach and complained, "Just tell us what you want!"

"A fine!"

The auntie put her hands on her hips and took a small notebook out of a small bag, "Don't worry, we don't just fine people randomly; there are rules and regulations. This money isn't paid to me, it has to be paid to the relevant department..."

"Just tell us how much!"

Zhang Xiaofu was already extremely annoyed.

"Two hundred!"

The auntie wrote in the small notebook, then tore off a slip and handed it to Zhang Xiaofu, "Remember to go pay the money within a week."

Zhang Xiaofu accepted the receipt.

After being interrupted like this, he actually felt less nauseous.

Just when they thought this matter was over.

The auntie suddenly saw the broken bones on the ground.

"I'm telling you, you young people nowadays, wasting food is one thing, but how can you litter..."

But just halfway through her sentence, she seemed to recognize the shape the broken bones had formed.

Her pupils gradually dilated, and her eyes became fearful.

"Wait a minute, this, what is this..."