It wasn't an apple that hit Newton.

I know why you won't drink it.

So Li Cheng brought over another bowl of his family's secret garlic extract and sat down by the bedside, earnestly persuading, "But I swear on my word, this stuff isn't poop, it just smells a bit like it—it's actually garlic extract."

"Garlic extract?"

"Yes, allicin in garlic has a good antibacterial effect and is very useful for external wounds. However, it is less effective when taken internally, but it is not completely useless."

After a very scientific explanation, Lavoisier reluctantly accepted the answer.

"Okay, I'll drink it."

She took the small bowl and drank it all in one gulp. She had to admit that the taste was really bad. The moment it entered her mouth, a strong, fishy smell exploded on her tongue and swept through her entire oral cavity.

Lavoisier's face contorted in pain, and it took him a while to recover before he muttered, "It's even fishier than yours."

Hey! These two things are completely incomparable, aren't they?

A bead of cold sweat slid down Li Cheng's forehead. He had to admit that when girls got open-minded, boys were truly ashamed of themselves. They even dared to mention the taste of that stuff.

For a moment he didn't know what to say, so he could only take the empty bowl, get up and say goodbye: "I'm leaving, you get some rest."

"Don't go yet."

Lavoisier swiftly grabbed Li Cheng's sleeve: "I have a request."

"any request?"

Li Cheng stopped and looked at her quietly.

He would naturally try his best to meet his girlfriend's requests, especially since she was currently a patient. As long as it wouldn't affect the final harem ending, he wouldn't refuse.

"It's about you and Newton..."

Lavoisier paused for a moment before frowning and continuing, "Could we not do it in your room today?"

Although it was a bit embarrassing to talk about, she felt it was necessary to mention it for the sake of her health—who knows if she would lie down on her own or be forced to if it happened again tonight.

Hearing that this was the only requirement, Li Cheng smiled easily: "Don't worry, I will definitely pay attention."

However, given his past record, Lavoisier remained unconvinced and instead said quietly, "I thought so too last night..."

Li Cheng: "......."

You might not believe it, but last night Newton seduced me first.

"Ahem, that was an accident," he emphasized awkwardly. "It won't happen again, it won't happen again. I'll find another place."

However, through his own experience, Lavoisier has come to a profound understanding of the universal truth that all men are heartless and will not be so easily fooled by a single word from Li Cheng.

"Words are no proof."

"Then what do you suggest we do?"

"Mmm...give me a kiss."

Li Cheng readily agreed to such a simple request. After confirming that the door was tightly closed and no one would suddenly barge in, he leaned close to the bedside, lowered his head, and kissed the lips that were pale and no longer moist due to illness. At the same time, he skillfully used his tongue to pry open the lips.

However, along with this action, Li Cheng discovered—

be cheated!

He forgot that Lavoisier had just drunk a bowl of Li's secret garlic extract, and that his mouth still had a lot of unidentified residue. When he swirled it around with his tongue, the aftertaste was incredibly lingering...

"vomit!"

The sweet kiss he had envisioned with the beautiful girl suddenly turned into a stenching hell. Caught off guard, Li Cheng gagged. Luckily, he managed to pull his tongue out and move it halfway away, preventing him from gagging mouth-to-mouth.

Shouldn't kissing your girlfriend bring happiness? Why has it turned out like this...?

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"hehe."

Lavoisier nodded in satisfaction, a smile creeping onto his face: "That should make a deeper impression on you."

"Ugh... Hah..."

Li Cheng wiped his mouth with his hand, and said somewhat annoyedly, "Aren't you afraid that doing this will leave me with psychological trauma and make me afraid to kiss you in the future?"

"Then do you still dare?"

Lavoisier made a demonstrative pursing of his lips.

Seeing this, Li Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "Dare! I'm telling you, I'm the best at oral hygiene. If you don't believe me, let's try it now!"

If you don't even dare to eat your girlfriend's semen, what right do you have to say you love... Okay, Li Cheng really doesn't dare, but a little garlic extract is no problem.

Chapter 239 New Gossip in Lincoln

Fortunately, Lavoisier was understanding and didn't actually make him undergo a dental cleaning.

That said, as a modern good man who is always ready to get his girlfriend's attention, Li Cheng once considered a very lewd and violent question when he was bored—assuming the two are in love, after the woman has completed a fill-in-the-blank question with tenderness, should they kiss?

If I agree, it feels a bit strange, as if I'm indirectly giving myself oral sex.

But if I don't agree, it seems like I'm being hypocritical and a jerk. You yourself are disgusted with him, how can you have the nerve to ask your girlfriend to do mental arithmetic?

After a philosophical debate, Li Cheng finally came to the conclusion that this was not a unified issue at all, but rather a matter that could only be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, because different individuals have completely different levels of acceptance.

To give an extreme example.

Suppose male A is exceptionally gifted, possessing a silver spear that tastes like sweet tofu pudding, while he himself is a savory tofu pudding fanatic and completely intolerant of sweet tofu pudding. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, female A, says she doesn't care whether the tofu pudding is sweet or savory...

Stop, if this continues, it won't pass the review again.

In short, after two days of rest, Lavoisier fully recovered from her low-grade fever and was finally able to move into the castle, entering into a strange cohabitation with Li Cheng.

Meanwhile, the results of the Lincoln mayoral election were also announced. As mentioned earlier, Smith was unwittingly pushed into the new mayor by David and the other two elders. As expected, the Garcia family reneged on their promise and declared the mayoral election invalid.

But you started by making a big fuss about running for a new mayor, causing a huge uproar, and now that the results are out, you're denying it. Isn't that just blatant cheating?

Spread by unscrupulous individuals, the citizens of Lincoln, upon learning the "truth," were outraged. Taking advantage of this public outcry, David and the other two old men demanded that the Lincoln city steward act as a third party to determine the impartiality of the matter.

With an easy handle handed over to someone else and victory seemingly within reach, Li Cheng disregarded any embarrassment and wrote directly to Veronica, intending to have the princess indirectly intervene.

Some things can't be exposed to the light of day. It's fine if they're not weighed out, but once they are, they're unstoppable.

The butler heeded Veronica's well-intentioned advice. He first analyzed the legality of the Garcia family's rule over Lincoln from a historical perspective, ruling that they were acting illegally. Then, he analyzed the openness and rationality of the mayoral election from a legal perspective, concluding that the election was valid because there was no behind-the-scenes manipulation and one person, one vote.

The ruling was fair and transparent, and no one could find fault with it.

After all, England was still under royal rule, and the Garcia family had no choice but to reluctantly acknowledge the validity of the mayoral election. Smith, upon taking office, cleverly reciprocated by emphasizing that Lincoln was an independent commercial city and resolutely opposed any aristocratic rule. He also took the opportunity to eliminate most of the Garcia family's pawns in Lincoln.

The matter should have ended there; the citizens could have gone home or gone to work.

But at this moment, a Mr. Lyon, who wished to remain anonymous, inadvertently revealed the mysterious inside story he had learned to his friend during a drunken boast at a banquet, thus triggering a second widespread impact.

It is said that all of this was caused by a junior member of the Garcia family abusing his power, publicly harassing a popular actress and mocking her, which angered a man of extremely mysterious origin.

The mysterious man was no pushover; he retaliated by secretly setting up this entire scheme, causing the Garcia family to unknowingly fall into the trap. Although it sounds easy, the intricate plotting behind it was beyond the comprehension of outsiders; it was truly breathtaking, and even he, an outsider, could see the exquisite danger within.

This kind of cathartic, exhilarating storyline has always been popular with the general public, especially when the villains are the universally disliked Garcia family. Doesn't that sound incredibly satisfying?

And so this version of the truth quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys.

Coincidentally, although this version is almost entirely based on Mr. Lyon's own imagination and who wishes to remain anonymous, it happens to have a certain degree of accuracy and is indeed the answer closest to the truth.

But that wasn't the end of it. A penniless, down-on-his-luck screenwriter, upon hearing the truth, sensed a business opportunity and decisively adapted this hot topic into a play, which he then sold to Anne, who was supposedly the lead actress.

Suddenly, the previously deserted Little Hollywood Theater experienced a surge in popularity, with citizens scrambling to buy tickets and lining up in groups to give money to Annie.

Incidentally, there is one line in the play that is particularly popular among the public.

“It’s getting cold; it’s time to get the Garcia family out of Lincoln City.”

Abbreviation: Garcia, get out of here.

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Lincoln.

In a well-regarded local restaurant, to the accompaniment of soft music, a handsome couple sat at an elegantly decorated mahogany table, quietly listening to the man opposite them gossip with great enthusiasm.

That's about it.

Wearing a brown soft hat, the man, who was said to be extremely well-informed, rubbed his hands together and smiled, "If you would like to hear any other gossip, sir, just give me another three, no more than two shillings..."

"No need."

Li Cheng tossed him a few coins expressionlessly, indicating that he could leave.

The man left excitedly—it was rare to find someone who could earn money just by gossiping about the streets; such a foolish and rich opportunity was purely a matter of luck.

After the man left, Lavoisier nudged him with his elbow curiously: "Was everything he said true?"

Li Cheng was silent for a moment: "...It's a bit fake, but not completely fake."

The two came to Lincoln under the guise of work, but they also had the intention of meeting in Lincoln privately. Therefore, instead of rushing to see Chairman Smith (now called Mayor) or Principal David, they first found a quiet restaurant to have a meal and picked up a street urchin to gossip.

Then Li Cheng realized he'd become a gossipmonger!

Not only did he become the mastermind behind the scenes, but he was also the mastermind behind the murder who acted out of anger for a woman.

While this kind of behind-the-scenes advice and subsequent decisive action might seem like a mastermind operation, it has absolutely nothing to do with that idiot Annie! What kind of moron would get so angry over a fool?!

But even if he doesn't admit it, it's useless. As the saying goes, "three men can make a tiger," and with three thousand, or even thirty thousand people around, the truth has probably been spread as Godzilla.

Li Cheng is numb now, truly numb.

He recalled the untouched draft script and silently shed a tear—he had originally planned to write the script to bribe Annie, but now he had become the script himself.

Chapter 240 This is the best and the worst of times

It's just neighborhood gossip, just neighborhood gossip...

After a period of self-psychological adjustment, Li Cheng emerged from his withdrawn state and spent a leisurely day shopping, eating, and watching a play, thus fulfilling his purpose of accompanying Lavoisier on his date.

Although it was a pleasant experience, we must not forget our business.

The next day, Li Cheng went to see the new mayor, Smith, in the mayor's office at the city hall.

Because many Garcia family government officials who were originally in important departments were dismissed, coupled with the handover and the busyness of getting used to the work itself, Smith's sleep time has been greatly reduced, and he has even moved into the government building to save time.

When Li Cheng saw him, this middle-aged man, who had been somewhat overweight, suddenly appeared to have lost a lot of weight in just a few moments.

"Mr. Banana, you've finally arrived."

Despite sporting dark circles under his eyes, Smith's energy and spirit remained undiminished, even surpassing his previous level, exuding a subtle confidence.