Chapter 746 - 746: Discovering Walnuts
The Heiress Strikes Back
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Sharon and Melinda quickly found Melissa. She was carefully comparing a bracken Sharon had given her to the weeds on the ground with a serious expression. Sharon sighed in her heart. This child isnât that annoying when sheâs serious.
âHow is it? How much did you pick?â Sharon smiled and walked over to ask.
When Melissa heard the question, she was like a deflated ball. She pouted and looked disappointed. âI only found a few, but I did not slack.â
Sharon looked at the few thin wild vegetables in the bag in her arms. There were a few dandelions and ferns. âI know you didnât slack. We searched this road yesterday. Itâs already very impressive that you can still find a few fish that escaped the net.â
Melissa had been on this show for so many days, and this was the first time she had been praised by someone else. Her face instantly turned red, and she turned her head away in embarrassment, not looking at Sharon and Melinda anymore, but she still muttered softly, âItâs good that you know.â
Sharon didnât care about her little mutter. She observed her surroundings. âLetâs walk over there and see if we can find anything.â
Hence, the three of them walked very far into the depths of the forest before Sharon stopped.
Melinda looked around curiously. There were only a few short trees and a ground full of weeds. There was no food that Sharon had brought them to pick recently. âWhatâs wrong? Is there anything to eat?â
Sharon didnât answer her and picked up a black fruit from the ground. The skin of the fruit was a little rotten.
âWhatâs this? It looks like itâs broken and inedible. We donât have to pick up this rotten thing and bring it back right?â Melissa looked at the black lump and felt disgusted. Her face was filled with reluctance.
Melinda, who had always agreed with Sharon, also revealed a disapproving look. âSharon, why donât we go somewhere else to take a look?â
Sharon looked at their expressions and sensed their rejection, but she didnât put down the black fruit in her hand. Instead, she peeled off the skin on the surface and revealed the inside of the fruit.
In between, a brown fruit appeared in Sharonâs hand. The veins of the fruit were so deep that it looked like a human brain. Melissa and Melinda also recognized the thing in her hand now, and their expressions changed from rejection to surprise. âThis is actually a walnut.â
âYes, I just saw a few walnut trees from afar. Walnuts usually ripen in July to September. The month is just right now. Letâs just pick up the ones that fell to the ground.â
After she finished speaking, Melissa and Melinda squatted on the ground and picked it up. Sharon, on the other hand, looked around to make sure there was no danger before lowering her head to pick it up.
âAh!â Melissa, who had been focused on picking up the walnuts, suddenly screamed.
âWhatâs wrong?â Melinda was shocked by the voice and quickly turned around to ask.
Melissa squatted on the spot in horror and looked at her hands. Melinda asked her a few times, but she did not respond. Helpless, Melinda could only walk to her side and poke her with her hand. She asked, âMiss, whatâs wrong with you
âMy hand, my handâ¦â Melissa looked up at the person beside her in a daze. Then, she showed her hand to him and saw that her fair and slender hand had turned blackish-purple. âHow did my hand become like this? Have I been poisoned?â
Melinda was obviously frightened when she saw her pair of hands. She stood rooted to the ground and didnât speak for a long time. However, Sharon walked over. âItâs fine. Itâs just that the color of the walnut shell stained your hands.â Melinda raised her hand in front of her eyes. She was focused on picking up the walnuts when she realized that her hand had already changed color.
âWhy didnât you say so earlier? What am I going to do in the future now that my hands have become like this?â Melissa was a little agitated. After all, it would be a joke if word got out that a member of a girl group had such a pair of hands.
Sharon clearly understood her worry. âThe situation is special now. Itâs more important to fill your stomach. Moreover, this color will fade in a few days.â
Hearing Sharonâs words, Melissaâs mood clearly improved, but she still couldnât believe it. âYouâre not lying to me?â
âIâm not lying to you. I swear to God. Besides, my hands are the same.â After saying that, she ignored Melissa and squatted down again to continue picking up the walnuts..