The middle-aged woman's relative was quite discerning. Cone snails were different from other cone snails.
Most cone snails were shaped like chicken hearts, with one end wide and the other sharply narrowed. Cone snails, on the other hand, narrowed by a smaller margin. They looked like bullets, not like cone snails, but more like ordinary non-venomous snails.
The Oliva emicator had a lot of similarities with the Cone snail in terms of appearance and color. It was easy for people who didn't know much about them to confuse them, but they were not the same creature at all.
Zhang Zian was confident that there was an Oliva emicator in the lunch box, and not a poisonous cone snail.
When Snowy first heard him interrupt, she was looking forward to him putting something on the table that could reverse the situation, but he actually flipped the table!
If this creature was not a cone snail, then the previous rebuke would be complete nonsense, and the other party would be the one in the wrong.
Jiang Feifei was stunned. Her head was buzzing, and her heart was beating fast. She really hoped that what Zhang Zian said was true. If that was the case, she would not need to apologize at all, and she would not need to be afraid of the police.
The middle-aged woman did not give up so easily. She said with a straight face, "You talk big! You said my relative is an idiot, but I think you're more like an idiot! You said that this is an Oliva emicator, but do you have any proof? Can you prove it? Who doesn't know how to spout nonsense? You said that it's an Oliva emicator. Okay, then do you dare to hold it in your hand? "
Compared to Zhang Zian, she obviously trusted her relative more.
Her words were full of provocation, and she pointed the spearhead at Zhang Zian.
The onlookers were skeptical, because Zhang Zian had said a very professional term — Oliva emicator. No one was sure if his judgment was correct.
"Young man, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!" someone advised.
"Yeah, don't try to show off. If this is a real cone snail, you might die if you hold it in your hand!" Someone was afraid that he was just showing off.
Someone else wanted to be the peacemaker, trying to save face for both parties. "Forget it, let's both take a step back and let it go."
Snowy did not know what to do. Although she trusted Zhang Zian, it was too risky. What if …
The netizens who usually teased him couldn't sit still anymore.
"Store Manager Qiu, just be a good Qiu and don't try to show off!"
"I'll give you 99 points for acting cool. You don't need the remaining one point. As long as we know it's an Oliva emicator, it's fine."
"I want to say, 'I'll take care of your wife,' but Manager Qiu doesn't even have a wife. You should at least find a wife before you act cool!"
Zhang Zian wanted to let it go, but if he gave in just like that, he would probably be ridiculed by the netizens in the live broadcast room for the next year. Moreover, he felt that the middle-aged woman had gone too far. Even if she wanted to defend her rights, she still had to follow the basic laws.
He chuckled, and without waiting for the crowd to react, he quickly put his hand into the water, bent his fingers, and scooped up the beautiful snail in the palm of his hand, lifted it out of the water, and showed it to the crowd, clear water dripping from the gaps between his fingers.
"Wow!"
Snowy was so startled that she turned her head away, not daring to look.
Jiang Feifei closed her eyes.
The rest of the crowd exclaimed. A few warm-hearted people even wanted to slap Zhang Zian's arm to shake off the snail in his hand.
The middle-aged woman's expression changed drastically. She didn't think that Zhang Zian was that stupid, but he had actually caught the snail. If he was poisoned to death by the Cone Snail, she might not be able to escape responsibility.
However, Zhang Zian's expression was as calm as usual, as if the thing in his hand was just an ordinary button.
"The Cone Snail and the Oliva emicator look very similar in appearance and color, but the biggest difference is that the whorls on the shell of the Cone Snail are slightly protruding outwards. You can clearly feel it when you hold it in your hand, and you can also see it if you observe it carefully. But the shell of the Oliva emicator is smooth. If anyone doesn't believe me, you can come and touch it. "
He raised his hand to the crowd, but no one dared to touch it. When he raised his hand in front of someone, they stepped back.
Even so, everyone observed that the shell of the Cone Snail was indeed smooth.
Suddenly, it stuck out a light pink tentacle from the mouth of the snail and poked Zhang Zian's palm.
"Ah!"
This time, even the few men screamed like little girls. They all looked terrified, thinking that Zhang Zian had made a mistake and that the young man was definitely going to die.
A few seconds later, Zhang Zian was calm and unharmed. Not even the skin on his palm was broken.
The tentacle was very soft. It only touched his palm a little, then changed direction after encountering some obstruction.
Now, everyone could more or less guess that the Cone Snail was probably not a Cone Snail. Just as Zhang Zian said, it was a non-venomous Oliva emicator.
Zhang Zian found it a little funny that everyone was still in shock.
He said, "You don't have to be so scared. Even if it is a Cone Snail, its toxicity is not as strong as other Cone Snails. Basically, it can't kill an adult. The toxicity of a Cone Snail is related to the width of its mouth. The wider the mouth, the more toxic it is. In other words, the more heart-shaped a Cone Snail is, the more toxic it is. The Cone Snail's mouth is very narrow and shaped like a bullet. Its toxicity is only a speck among Cone Snails. Moreover, it is not a Cone Snail at all. "
It was only then that everyone was completely relieved. Unknowingly, a layer of cold sweat appeared on everyone's forehead.
However, because the netizens in the live broadcast room were not there, they could not feel the tense atmosphere and were the first to react.
"Cone Snail: That hurts!"
"The word 'hurts' coming from Manager Zhui's mouth. It sounds especially harsh …"
"Isn't it? Look at his despicable face! He has successfully pretended to be awesome again … "
Facts spoke louder than words. The middle-aged woman was suddenly speechless. She was so embarrassed that she could not show her face.
When the onlookers saw that the situation had reversed, they all began to criticize her.
"You're really too much. You didn't figure things out first, and then you accused others … You almost made us the bad guys!"
"Fortunately, she met this young man who knows what he's doing. Otherwise, this young lady would not be able to clear her name!"
"Don't say anything else. Hurry up and apologize to her. You've wronged her for no reason …"
"When you go back, tell your half-baked relative to stop talking nonsense next time. Don't you want to die from anger?"
The middle-aged woman understood how Jiang Feifei felt just now. She was ridiculed by everyone, and her face turned pale. However, she really could not open her mouth to apologize. After all, what she said just now was too harsh. She did not leave a way out for the other party, nor did she leave a way out for herself.
Anyway, they had only met by chance and did not know each other. She simply lowered her head, took her child, squeezed out of the crowd, and left the fish market dejectedly.
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