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.

you really that interested?" Danielle

You’re the one who’s lived the longest with Luna Stalk...!" Then, realizing his slip-up, he clamped his mouth shut.

promised to find a cure for her, but where

of Danielle, noticing her silence. "Little girl, are you... poisoned into silence?" He chuckled, unsure if he should take her lack of response

out of her thoughts, annoyed by the man who kept

to cure

gave him a look as if he were crazy. If she knew how to cure it, why would she still be poisoned?

sighed dramatically, a touch of regret in his voice. "Ah, well, Luna Stalk has no cure. How could

might be wrong about that,"

up, but David quickly stepped forward to support

needed to sort out. The next time the poison acted

though