"How could you know? You little boy, how could you know about what happened in our town?"
Hearing Trevin's words, Johnnie immediately grew angry.
Trevin was frightened by him. He took two steps back and said, "I am also from this town. My parents
joined the army a long time ago."
"What? You're their child?"
Johnnie was stunned and then struggled to get up.
"Don't tell them. I am asking you not to tell them!"
He pounced to Trevin like a ghost.
Trevin had never experienced such a thing before. Scared, he took a few steps back.
Nicole grabbed Johnnie by the collar and pulled him back abruptly. Then, she kicked him into the pit.
"If you want to be buried alive again, just continue. I don't mind doing what I did just now."
Nicole was serious, which sent Johnnie into a panic.
"Killing people is against the law."
"It seems that you know this as well. I don't have time to talk to you now. We have plenty of time to talk
about it after I find Samuel."
After Nicole finished speaking, she asked Blair to keep an eye on Johnnie. Then she followed Trevin to
find Samuel.
Blair left Lucas behind and called Nicole to the other side.
"This is the antidote pill I prepared after arriving here. We already had a taste of Zama's poison.
Gabrielle and I have done some research on it and made the pill ourselves. Let Samuel eat it when you
find him. Our priority is to save his life even though I am still not sure whether this pill works or not. "
"OK."
Nicole had unconditional trust in Blair.
She put away the antidote pill given by Blair before leaving with Trevin.
Trevin took Nicole to the other side of the cave.
"Actually, Blue Star Herb is not far away. It's right in front of the cemetery, but people who are not
familiar with this place often can't find it."
Nicole's heart ached again when she heard Trevin's words.
Samuel came here without a stop for her voice after he woke up. If something bad happened again,
she really didn't know what to do.
Seeing Nicole's nervous expression, Trevin whispered, "Mrs. Green, you don't need to worry. This
place is not far from where Johnnie was buried alive. Mr. Green will be fine."
"I hope so."
The two of them arrived at the cemetery soon.
Only then did Nicole realize that this place was not far from the cave where they had fallen. However,
this cemetery was surrounded by miasma, so she could not see the direction clearly.
"Why is there a cemetery here? What about those that we just passed by?"
"This is the burial ground for the more respectable here. Those we saw before are for the common.
Blue Star Herb became a specialty of the graveyard after many years' cultivation. There is a miasma
between the two graveyards. Usually, very few will know this place if they are not native."
As Trevin explained, he continued leading the way.
Suddenly, Nicole saw a person lying in the middle of two tombs, holding a blue grass which shone with
silver light under the moonlight.
"Samuel?"
She sprinted over.
Trevin said nervously, "Mrs. Green, don't touch the herb. One can only touch it under certain
circumstances. It’s covered with poison all over."
Nicole was instantly stunned by this words.
"So Samuel was poisoned by Blue Star Herb?"
"It should be."
Nicole instantly understood.
Samuel was anxious to find Blue Star Herb. Johnnie took advantage of this and made him fall into a
snare.
How vicious Johnnie was!
"Then what should we do?"
"Pass it to me."
Trevin quickly stepped forward and took out a special tool. He took the herb from Samuel's hand with
its help.
Only then did Nicole see that Samuel's entire palm had turned black.
She quickly stepped forward and stuffed the antidote pill given by Blair into Samuel's mouth, forcing
him to swallow it.
Samuel was blue in face. His body was cold. If Nicole hadn't felt his breath, she would have gone
crazy.
She looked at Samuel worriedly, not daring to move his body. She just held him and waited quietly for
the medicine to take effect.
After Trevin put away the herb, he looked at Nicole and whispered, "Mrs. Green, should we call Doctor
Hawk over to take a look?"
"No need. I still have something to ask Johnnie."
Nicole's eyes were fixed on Samuel.
After about ten minutes, the darkness of his face slowly diluted and went back to normal.
Nicole hugged him the moment he opened his eyes. She choked, "I swear I will throw you out if you
dare to do this again."
Samuel paused for a moment before regaining his consciousness.
He patted Nicole's back and whispered, "I'm fine."
"Fine? You were poisoned! Do you really think you're iron-made?"
Samuel suddenly remembered something and pushed Nicole away at this moment.
"Where's the Blue Star Herb? Don't touch it!"
"Mr. Green, it is here. I put it away. Mrs. Green didn't touch it."
Trevin hurriedly said.
Samuel looked at him, and then turned to the herb. He let out a sigh of relief finally.
"You saved me?"
"I don't have that kind of ability. Doctor Hawk gave Mrs. Green a pill."
Trevin said with a smile.
Nicole stepped forward to support Samuel. She whispered, "Blair guessed that Zama's poison is so
unique that it cannot be detoxified easily. He thought this might have something to do with Blue Star
Herb, so Gabrielle and he studied the poison for a long time and finally came up with an antidote pill for
you to eat. "
"I got it."
"I buried Johnnie alive," Samuel said, panting.
"I've dug him out. I think there's something fishy about what happened back then. Perhaps it's not what
Zama said. It's not Green family that wronged her. It's Johnnie. Of course, this is all my guess. We still
have to listen to what he said."
Nicole expressed her opinion.
Samuel was slightly stunned, but did not say anything. He held Nicole's hands and walked forwards.
Johnnie was about to go crazy when saw Samuel standing in front of him unharmed.
"How can you be fine? It is very difficult to detoxify Blue Star Herb. How can you still be fine?"
Seeing Johnnie's crazy appearance, Nicole sneered and said, "He is Alice's son. Of course he will be
fine."
"What? Alice passed onto you all her skills? That bitch! Did she forget the rules of the town? The
medical skills are not allowed to spread out! You are her son, that’s true. But she had you with a man
outside the town. How can she teach you about medicine?"
Johnnie got frisky.
Although Samuel did not agree with some of Alice's actions, he still stepped forward and kicked
Johnnie into the pit again when he heard Johnnie insult his mother like this.
"You want to die again, don't you?"
Johnnie hurt, but he still struggled. However, he calmed down immediately when he recalled Samuel's
cruelty.
"What do you want to do?"
"Tell me, are you behind the tragedy in this town?"
Samuel's cold eyes shot straight at Johnnie.
Seeing that he had no chance of escaping, Johnnie shrugged his head and said, "Yes. I want to
revenge on the entire town! I did it! Alice, that bitch, had a child with another man. She even wanted to
leave our town and run away with that man. She did not remember that she was my woman at all! So I
quietly followed her out of the town. I met a man. I heard that he was on some kind of mission. I told
him that there was a plague in the town and it was rampaging. People were dying. I asked him to
quickly report to the higher officials. To prove that what I said was true, I poisoned the well where
everyone was drinking water. In an instant, everyone went sick. When the officials came and saw it,
they confirmed that it was plague. At that time, the medical conditions were too poor for it to be
contained. It went too fast. Purge was the only option."
Hearing this, Samuel clenched his hands tightly.
"Is the leader surnamed Green?"
"Maybe. I don't remember. He looks quite handsome."
Johnnie was already fearless.
Samuel was so angry that he really wanted to go forward and kill him, but he was stopped by Nicole.
"Didn't Alice know about this?"
"How could she know? She was pregnant when she left, and she was busy flirting with that man. She
came back after the accident had happened, but so what? I watched her kneel in front of the cemetery
and confess to everyone. If that man hadn't appeared, I would have taken her and the little bastard
away! And you will not be born."
"What were you talking about?"
Samuel seemed to have just understood Jonnie.
"You said I’m a bastard?"
"What? Didn't your mother tell you that she had you before marriage and in an affair?"
"Nonsense!"
Samuel grabbed Johnnie's neck.
Could it be?
If what Johnnie said was true, then how could he be the child of Alice and his father?
Weren’t he and Vincent two IVF babied raised by Alice and their father?
From the timeline, Alice found his father after the town was destroyed. However, Johnnie said that Alice
was pregnant before the town was ruined.
What exactly was going on?
Could it be that Alice had given birth to another child except Vincent and him?
Samuel was lost in thought.
Nicole knew this feeling.
The first time she found out that she wasn't the child of Bush family, she was really depressed that she
didn't know what to do.
Seeing Samuel like this, Nicole gently patted his shoulder and said softly, "Perhaps there are still some
twists and turns in the middle. We do some research after. You are Alice and our father's child. This
should not be wrong. Otherwise, Laurel will not admit any of this."
Samuel looked at Nicole, not knowing how to respond.
Johnnie was stunned for a moment, as if he had realized something. He suddenly said fiercely, "What?
Are you not the son of Alice and Aaron Austin?"
"Who is he?"
Samuel was sensitive enough to grab the name, but Johnnie refused to say a word.
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