Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 217-1 Vivian choked back tears. "Matthew just has some minor injuries, he’s fine. But you... you’re so seriously ill and still worrying about your brother?"

Danielle forced a smile. Ever since she learned about this poison, she had gotten used to the constant torment it caused her body. It was nothing new, but recently, the toxins had become increasingly uncontrollable.

"I’m fine," Danielle said.

Everyone in the room stared at her, especially David, whose eyes were filled with uncontrollable concern.

"Little girl, this poison seems to have been in your body for a long time. How have you been controlling it?" Jason asked, eyeing her as if she were a rare specimen. If there were a laboratory nearby, he’d probably want to study her.

Danielle looked at the old man with the sly grin, her expression flat. "Just... controlled it, that’s all."

Jason blinked, caught off guard. "Controlled it? How exactly? Tell me more." He rubbed his hands together, eager like a student waiting to hear a story.

Howard, Vivian, and David exchanged glances, wondering why this felt less like someone trying to cure a poison and more like someone here to gossip.

really that interested?"

Stalk...!" Then, realizing

she thought about the poison and then remembered her master, her heart sank. Why hadn’t she heard anything from him? He promised to find a cure for her, but where was it? In this age of instant information, her master stubbornly refused to own a phone and insisted

in front of Danielle, noticing her silence. "Little girl, are you... poisoned into silence?" He chuckled,

do?" Danielle finally snapped out of her thoughts, annoyed

if you know how to cure the Luna Stalk poison?"

a look as if he were crazy. If she knew how to

"Ah, well,

wrong

to get up, but David quickly stepped

sort out. The next time the poison acted up, she had to be ready. Also, there were those masked figures and the

agreed, though he