Chapter 158: Mass Food Poisoning

Shen Chutang looked up the admission score lines for the universities everyone wanted to apply to over the past few years and posted them right on the blackboard at the back of the classroom, letting them know how far they still were from their goals.

"My requirement for you is that every single exam score must be five points higher than the previous one, until your scores are enough to reach their admission cutoffs from these past few years."

Lv Wentong looked somewhat troubled. "Boss, raising it by five points every single time—isn't that a bit too difficult?"

Shen Chutang packed up her things. "That just shows you still have a lot of room for improvement."

With that, Shen Chutang left. Soon, a crowd of people rushed to the back of the classroom to check the score lines of their dream universities, silently calculating how many more points they needed to improve in order to get in.

It was already noon. Just as Shen Chutang was about to go get lunch, she ran into the principal.

"Teacher Shen, going to lunch? Let's go together."

Before Shen Chutang could reply, she saw a teacher running over in a rush. "Principal, this is bad! A group of students are suddenly vomiting and having severe diarrhea. It looks like food poisoning!"

Mass food poisoning among students was no small matter. The principal immediately went to check on the situation, and Shen Chutang naturally followed behind.

The ones who suffered food poisoning this time were several students from Class F—a total of eight people. Right now, all the students were receiving preliminary treatment in the school clinic, and their condition had been slightly stabilized. However, the teachers were still worried and planned to send them to the hospital for a thorough checkup.

Zhu Yongmei had contacted the students' parents right away and now wore a look of utter anxiety.

The principal hurried into the clinic. "How could they get food poisoning out of the blue? Did they eat something from the cafeteria?"

If that really turned out to be the case, the cafeteria would have to be shut down immediately to prevent more students from falling victim.

Since it was prime lunchtime, there were naturally quite a few people eating.

One of the students stated that they hadn't even been to the cafeteria for lunch yet, so it wasn't because of the cafeteria food.

Zhu Yongmei frowned. "Then what on earth did you eat? How could all of you get food poisoning like this?"

Clutching their stomachs, the students stammered and couldn't give a clear answer.

Shen Chutang stepped forward. "Let me take a look."

Shen Chutang placed her fingers on the students' wrists and carefully felt their pulses. It was indeed a sign of food poisoning. The school doctor had given them emergency treatment, but it was only a temporary relief.

One of the students had a pale face and grayish-blue lips; he was likely going to need his stomach pumped.

Just as Shen Chutang was about to pull out her silver needles, she heard Zhu Yongmei's shrill voice ring out beside her ear, "I knew it! It must be because they drank Shen Chutang's special tea that this happened!"

In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to Shen Chutang.

The teacher who had just called the principal was also there and frowned, saying, "That can't be right. The students in my class all drank that special tea today, and they are completely fine."

Fang Zhihe also nodded. "That's right, I drank it too. Aren't I completely fine?"

However, Zhu Yongmei retorted, "They didn't eat the food from the cafeteria, yet they all got food poisoning. If it's not from drinking the special tea, what is it? I had strictly forbidden the students in my class from drinking that special tea before, but today I finally allowed them to drink it once, and disaster struck immediately. It must be because of the special tea!"

The principal intervened, "Teacher Zhu, everything requires evidence. Don't make wild accusations."

Zhu Yongmei's voice grew louder and louder. "How am I making wild accusations? I was never in favor of letting all the teachers and students in the school drink that so-called special tea in the first place—it's an unregistered product with no manufacturer, no brand, and no quality certificate. What if it makes people sick? They are all senior high school students, and their health is crucial! Look at what happened now—they're in trouble!"

Right at that moment, the parents of the students rushed in. As soon as they entered and heard mention of "special tea," they immediately kicked up a fuss.

"What is going on? How did my son get food poisoning out of nowhere? And what is this Teacher Zhu was just saying about some unregistered product?!"

"Exactly! Your school must give us an explanation!"

Shen Chutang stepped forward to explain, "The special tea was made by me. It has the effect of refreshing the mind and clearing the head, so there is no problem with it."

Since Zhu Yongmei had managed to catch Shen Chutang in a compromising position, she naturally wasn't going to let her off so easily. She continued, "You say there's no problem, but does that make it true? Teacher Shen, even if you study medicine, you can't just casually concoct medicine for students to drink!

They say every medicine is three parts poison—do you dare guarantee that the stuff you fed the children has no problems at all?"

Upon hearing that Shen Chutang had actually been feeding medicine to their children, the parents instantly lost their composure.

"What kind of situation is this? I sent my children here to study, yet you're feeding them drugs!"

"If anything happens to my child, none of you will be able to escape responsibility!"

"Oh dear, my poor son! His little face has lost all color. Is this how you teachers treat my son?!"

Among the students, a boy named Liu Yuan clutched his stomach, cold sweat pouring down his entire body. "Mom, I feel so awful..."

With that, he began to vomit again.

Shen Chutang hurriedly stepped forward. "Let me check."

Qian Huazhi violently shoved Shen Chutang away. "My child doesn't need your fake kindness! You're the ultimate culprit!"

Zhu Yongmei chimed in as well, "That's right, Teacher Shen, don't stand around getting in the way. After harming the students to this extent, what else do you want?!"