Chapter 17 Drugs in the Seasonings
Tsk, they wouldn't really spike the Malatang, would they?
Chef Zhang, you're a disgrace as a chef!
I had been a little worried the whole way. He Tingzhou looked at me with a meaningful gaze. "So nervous? Could it be... there's something precious of yours hidden in the kitchen?"
I shot back at him. "What? I'm just worried about my own health! Should I go get a urine test or something? What if that Malatang really had some prohibited stuff added?"
He Tingzhou couldn't hold back a laugh. "Do you know how much that stuff is worth? Adding two grams to a bowl of Malatang that costs less than thirty? Is he doing charity?"
It was pretty sarcastic, but it did make some sense.
I relaxed a little but still stepped on his foot. "If you're comforting someone, do it right. Stop with the weird tone."
He Tingzhou deliberately hissed. "My toes are about to get stepped off."
I snorted. "It doesn't matter if they fall off, as long as nothing else does."
He Tingzhou's expression shifted several times. Finally, he pinched the back of my neck and made me walk properly without talking so much.
In the lab, the technician saw He Tingzhou arrive and immediately came forward. He was brief and to the point. "There is indeed a problem. The seasonings have issues."
He Tingzhou frowned. "The seasonings? All of them?"
The technician nodded then shook his head. "The ones that have been opened and used aren't a big deal. At most, some additives were added. It's illegal but not fatal. But the unopened ones..."
He pulled out several packets of MSG and edible salt. He opened the packaging and poured them out for He Tingzhou to see. "What's inside isn't just seasoning anymore."
I looked at the granules. They were almost indistinguishable from edible salt.
But He Tingzhou's face changed. He took the test report, and his expression darkened bit by bit. "As expected, these seasoning packets aren't edible salt. They're drugs."
My heart skipped a hard beat. If the seasonings were tampered with, the chef probably knew. Then...
He Tingzhou looked up and waved to the officer who had followed. "Tell the interrogation room that Chef Zhang has a problem!"