On the Ark.

Lappland watched Lin Ye's departing figure and flicked its tail.

She always felt like she had forgotten something, but she couldn't remember it.

Lin Ye then carried his suitcase and returned to the fourth floor of the office building alone.

Actually, when he returned here, he still harbored a small hope, wondering if he would see Skadi. After all, his office was also Skadi's residence on Rhodes Island. Thinking back to his previous meetings with Skadi, especially the first one which was always at night, it wasn't impossible this time.

So when Lin Ye stood in front of his office door, he paused for a few seconds, deliberately coughed twice, and then swiped his card to enter.

After all, his previous meetings with Skadi had all been somewhat awkward. If the first time was accidental and the second was unforeseen, then the third time was truly inexplicable. So, if Skadi was indeed inside, Lin Ye had given her time to react, even if it was only a few seconds; at least he had given her time.

Lin Ye opened the door and turned on the lights with great anticipation.

Unfortunately, Skadi wasn't there.

With a slight sense of disappointment, Lin Ye put down his luggage, but just then, a woman's voice came from the doorway: "Who are you?"

Lin Ye immediately looked up and saw a girl with long cherry-blossom hair wearing a blue coat standing at the office door.

It wasn't Skadi; ​​it was a girl I'd never seen before, but her eyes were very special, like pure blue crystals.

“I remember there are no men staying on this floor,” the girl added.

Lin Ye then realized that this was another "resident" on the fourth floor of the office building. He immediately stood up and introduced himself: "I'm new here... or rather, not really new. I came a few months ago. My name is Lin Ye. I'm a psychological counselor and also the floor owner, no, the administrator of this floor."

"A building manager?" the girl asked, somewhat surprised. "When did this floor get a building manager?"

Lin Ye smiled and said, "This happened just a month or two ago."

"Is that so?" the girl said softly. "It seems this happened after I went on my mission. Does anyone else know?"

"Others?" Lin Ye thought for a moment and said, "If you're asking about the other guests on this floor, then Skadi and Saria know."

“Miss Saria doesn’t count.” The girl shook her head. “As for Miss Skadi…”

“Skadi is still my assistant,” Lin Ye said with a hint of pride.

This surprised the girl even more: "Your assistant? Miss Skadi is your assistant?"

"Yes."

The girl's surprised expression greatly satisfied Lin Ye's vanity.

"And you? What's your name?" Lin Ye asked the girl again.

Upon hearing the question, the surprise on the girl's face vanished visibly, replaced by indifference.

"My name is Blue Poison," the girl said, then turned and left.

Lin Ye was taken aback.

What's going on? Judging from the girl's reaction, she seems angry? But he didn't say anything that would make her angry, did he?

Feeling bewildered, Lin Ye immediately chased after her, reaching the corridor where he saw the girl about to enter another room. He shouted, "Hey!"

The girl turned her head and looked at him with some confusion.

"Uh." Lin Ye scratched his head. "Did I say anything offensive just now?"

"Offensive? No."

"Why do I feel like you're a little angry?"

"Angry?" The girl frowned. "I'm Blue Poison."

"Hello, Blue Poison." Although Lin Ye felt a little confused, he still greeted the girl.

The girl frowned even more: "I am Blue Poison, haven't you heard of me?"

"Uh, no, but I know now." Lin Ye rummaged in his pocket and pulled out a packet of beef jerky. He then walked up to Lan Du, smiled, and handed the jerky to her. "A small gift, no... wait, let's be friends?"

Blue Poison's eyes changed little by little.

Chapter 296 So now, you have the first person who dares to approach you.

At 3 a.m., the lights were still on in the Rhode Island counseling room.

Lin Ye brewed Lan Du a cup of tea he had brought back from Kalan (not catnip). The water was a little full, so Lan Du carefully held the cup in her hands, glancing at the list of members of the psychological counseling room on the table, and murmured, "Miss Skadi really is your assistant."

"Right? I already told you yes, so it definitely is," Lin Ye said with a smile. "I wouldn't lie to you."

“But I still find it hard to believe,” Blue Poison said softly. “That Miss Skadi would actually do such a thing.”

"...I feel like there's something off about your tone. What do you mean by 'would you actually do something like this'?" Lin Ye was speechless. "Is it strange that you work here? This isn't some illegal coal mine or an underground brothel."

“That’s not what I meant.” Blue Poison shook her head, then looked puzzled. “By the way, what is an underground brothel?”

Lin Ye suddenly started coughing.

"Cough cough, it's nothing, it's nothing." He quickly shook his head. "I just wanted to say that this is a very proper psychological counseling room."

"Can Miss Skadi also provide psychological counseling?" Blue Poison asked. "Won't she really kill her patients?"

"What you're saying is... how could that be... it doesn't seem impossible, huh? Haha, just kidding." Lin Ye said with a smile, "In your heart, is Skadi really that scary? She's clearly a very gentle person."

“Gentle?” Blue Poison said softly. “This is the first time I’ve heard someone use the word ‘gentle’ to describe Miss Skadi. It feels quite strange.”

“There’s nothing magical about it. I’m just stating the facts,” Lin Ye said. “It’s just that a small number of people may have formed a biased and incorrect judgment about her due to some minor misunderstandings. Then this small group of people passed on their judgment to others, and that’s what rumors are. Miss Skadi was hurt by rumors, and so were you.”

Blue Poison looked up at Lin Ye with some confusion: "Me?"

“Yes.” Lin Ye nodded.

"Why do you say that?"

"Your behavior just now made it easy to see," Lin Ye said. "Even you yourself avoid mentioning your name, as if you were some infamous figure, like Voldemort or something?"

Who is Voldemort?

“That’s not important.” Lin Ye sat down, facing Blue Poison. “What’s important is yourself. So what exactly is your situation? Can you tell me?”

Blue Poison slowly lowered her head: "You can ask other people."

“Then what I’ve heard is very likely just a rumor,” Lin Ye said. “Judging from your tone, the people of Rhodes Island seem to be very afraid of you. To be honest, I don’t quite understand it, because to me you’re a very normal person. So what’s really going on? Can you tell me?”

Blue Poison gently rubbed her fingers against the water glass. Instead of answering directly, she asked, "Why do you care about such things?"

"Because I'm a psychologist, is that even a question?"

"Do you consider me your patient?"

"Putting aside the issue of being a patient, I just feel that you shouldn't be like this. Who would just give their name and then walk away?" Lin Ye said. "If you don't want me to talk to you about this as a psychologist, then let's find someone else. I'm the floor manager here, you know. Since you live on this floor, you have to listen to me."

Lin Ye said the second half of the sentence in a joking tone, which made Lan Du feel much more relaxed.

Finally, after hesitating for nearly a minute, Blue Poison slowly spoke: "They say I am a poison."

Lin Ye was taken aback: "What?"

Blue Poison bit her lower lip and repeated, "They say I'm a poison."

"...Poisonous substance?" Lin Ye was very surprised. "Why would you say that?"

“Because of my race, and my abilities,” Blue Poison said. “My blood contains a deadly poison that can easily take a person’s life.”

Lin Ye was even more surprised.

Its entire body is filled with deadly poison? Is there really such a race?

After his initial surprise, Lin Ye asked again, "Then, can your poison be passed on to people you come into daily contact with?"

Blue Poison shook his head: "No."

"Oh." Lin Ye nodded. "And then?"

Blue Poison was taken aback: "And then?"

"Yeah, and then?" Lin Ye looked at Blue Poison with some confusion. "Didn't you say that the people of Rhodes Island are all afraid of you? Is it just because your body contains a deadly poison? But didn't you say that you wouldn't transmit it to people you come into daily contact with?"

"Yes, yes."

"Then why would others be afraid of you?"

Blue Poison was somewhat bewildered by Lin Ye's question.

Yes, why would anyone be afraid of her?

No, no, that's not right.

Blue Poison shook her head, looking at Lin Ye with great surprise: "Aren't you afraid?"

Lin Ye was somewhat puzzled: "Why should I be afraid?"

"My blood is poisonous."

Lin Ye said dismissively, "Your blood is poisonous, not mine. What am I afraid of?"

Blue Poison was immediately speechless.

However, Lin Ye wasn't stupid. Looking into Lan Du's eyes, he slowly realized what was happening.

"Could it be that others don't believe the toxin in your body won't spread through everyday contact?"

Blue Poison's blue pupils dimmed slightly: "Yes. I would say no normal person would believe that someone with a deadly poison in their blood could control the spread of the toxin."

Lin Ye touched his chin.

He finally found the key to the problem.

The reason Blue Poison is ostracized lies in the toxins within her body, making her situation far more serious than Skadi's. After all, Skadi's "infamy" is ultimately unfounded, while Blue Poison's toxins are real. People fear Skadi because of rumors, but they fear Blue Poison because of her own safety.

No wonder, in Lin Ye's opinion, Blue Poison, a girl whose personality was much better than Skadi's, received the same treatment as Skadi on the island.

With this in mind, Lin Ye gradually formed a plan.

Then he asked Blue Poison, "Have you explained this to anyone else?"

Blue Poison shook his head: "It's no use."

"You haven't even explained, how do you know it's useless?"

"I've told everyone before that they don't need to stay so far away from me, but it's no use. Everyone wants to stay as far away from me as possible," Blue Poison said with a forced smile. "Let alone being willing to come close to me and listen to my explanation."

"Talking about this is useless. The simplest way is to let someone touch you, and you'll know if you'll get poisoned."

"Nobody dares to approach me, how could that be..."