Chapter 50

He saw Qiao Suisui enter, spat out the towel in his mouth, looked at her shocked face, and raised an eyebrow with a smile.

"Did the little boss come to bring me a quilt?"

Qiao Suisui didn't know how he could smile, just as she didn't know how this man could jump and walk like nothing was wrong after suffering such a serious gunshot wound from the moment she entered until now.

"Are... are you okay?"

She had given the medical kit in her storage grid to the Pioneering Team not long ago, so she could only find some substitutes now.

"You wait, I'll go find tools to help..."

"No need."

Ka'er stopped her, stared into her worried and nervous eyes, and gave a wicked smile.

"Come here."

Qiao Suisui thought he wanted her to help, after all, the wound was on his lower back and it wasn't convenient for him, so she walked over as told.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she got close, Ka'er threw away the tweezers, dug his fingers into the wound to pry it open and stir, and then quickly and accurately dug out a bullet.

*Clang—*

The blood-red bullet fell onto the floor, making a sound in the room that was hard to ignore.

Qiao Suisui saw the scene before her, and her face turned white.

"You... how could you..."

"Me, how could I what?"

Ka'er mimicked the way she spoke and laughed out loud.

"Never seen it before? I thought you were Sikesaisi's female, you would have seen such small scenes at least. After all, this drizzle of mine is truly a drop in the bucket compared to the wounds he has suffered."

Qiao Suisui smelled the bloody scent filling the room and only felt her throat churning, a wave of stomach acid rising.

She couldn't even speak in time, covered her mouth, and ran to the bathroom, retching uncontrollably.

Although this couldn't be considered a particularly bloody scene, seeing the whole process of Ka'er digging out the bullet made her feel as if that finger was stirring into her own lower back. Recalling Gaimailun's white intestines from a few days ago, her nausea became even more severe.

Ka'er wrapped his wound casually and got up to check on Qiao Suisui. At this moment, he stood at the bathroom door and watched her kneeling in front of the toilet, supporting her pregnant belly. Her palm-sized little face was pale, and her eyes were constantly shedding tears due to physiological reactions, the corners of her eyes a crimson red, looking so pitiful that it made one want to bully her even more.

He made a "tsk" sound. Seeing her like that, his original intention to tease her now turned into some inexplicable irritability.

Ka'er didn't want to think deeply about where this emotion came from, only attributing it to the fact that females were all weak, and he hated weakness.

Qiao Suisui supported herself on the ground with her palms, feeling that she had no strength in her whole body. She slowly got up to rinse her mouth, wanting to return to her room, but saw Ka'er blocking the bathroom door, his tall and sturdy frame standing there, looking at her with raised eyebrows.

"Please move."

She really didn't want to entangle with him. She didn't know if it was because she was close to labor, but she had felt very tired lately, her belly was starting to get heavy, and her appetite wasn't as good as before. She had asked the system, and the system indicated that it had already blocked all her pregnancy discomfort symptoms, but because she was carrying quite a few in this litter, it was best to ensure rest and a happy mood.

Ka'er saw her fading complexion and also put away his smile. An inexplicable sense of displeasure welled up, and he just stood there without moving.

"What? If Sikesaisi were injured, would you vomit like this too? I really sympathize with him; the female he worked so hard to snatch is not considerate at all."

Qiao Suisui frowned, not understanding why he was always picking on her. She raised her eyes to look at him, her dark, bright eyes somewhat wet at the moment. There was no deterrence at all, but the anger in her eyes was conveyed vividly. Unfortunately, her eyes were born both charming and pure, the corners slightly upturned. When she looked at people like this, she was like an innocent little fox, making one's heart itch.

Ka'er looked at her, the words he originally wanted to say stuck in his throat. He swallowed, his Adam's apple rolling up and down, his expression somewhat awkwardly difficult to detect.

"If you have nothing else, move aside. I'm not feeling well and want to go back to my room."

Qiao Suisui was rarely so impolite to people, but it was clear that Ka'er had really annoyed her.

Yet the latter was completely unaware. He moved aside, but followed behind her like a tail, following her all the way to the stairs.

"Do you always look at him like that?"

"What?"

"Just like that, do you always show that expression when looking at Sikesaisi?"

Qiao Suisui didn't understand and thought he had a problem, so she ignored him and went straight upstairs.

Ka'er wasn't annoyed either. He stopped following her and just watched her back quietly until she disappeared around the corner of the stairs. After a long while, he turned and returned to his room.

Qiao Suisui went back and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, only waking up fully when Luka returned and went upstairs to check on her.

A warm, large hand gently rubbed her waist. Luka kissed her forehead and asked in a low voice, "Are you not feeling well? Why did you sleep so early today?"

She thought about it but still didn't tell Luka about Ka'er teasing her. After all, he was the first guest; if she told Luka about this, given his personality, he would definitely drive the person away. She wasn't going to refund the money she had already received.

"I just felt a bit tired, it's nothing."

Luka picked her up and placed her on his lap, touched her head to confirm she didn't have a fever, and kissed the top of her hair.

"Shall we go for a check-up tomorrow? I'll accompany you."

"Have the matters at the Imperial Court been resolved?"

He shook his head, "But I think there will be results soon; there have been some changes recently."

Luka briefly told her about the situation in the royal family over the past few days. Geerba Sanshi had died and was confirmed to have died from poison. With the emperor of a member state dying so suspiciously, the Federation, which had been watching from the sidelines, took the opportunity to intervene and unexpectedly chose to support Laiboli.

"Then Niao..."

Luka said, "If I'm not mistaken, the poison was administered by Niao."

Qiao Suisui was startled but not too surprised. She had already doubted the accusation that Laiboli had poisoned the emperor because everything was too logical and the evidence was too conclusive. Based on her understanding of Laiboli, if he had really poisoned him, it would be impossible for him to leave behind evidence.

"Niao is the Sun's first child and has been cultivated with high expectations since childhood. But until the appearance of Lan Ze, the candidate for the successor changed. He has actually always been unwilling to accept this. Originally, he intended to find an opportunity to get rid of Lan Ze, but Laiboli's actions disrupted his plan, so he could only take this opportunity to use Laiboli's rebellion and then his own act of quelling it to logically become the new Sun."

Qiao Suisui continued Luka's line of thought, "But he ignored a variable."

"That's right, he didn't expect that Laiboli could actually gain the support of the Federation's high-level officials. To be honest, this is something I didn't expect either." Although Luka knew that Laiboli had always been hiding his ambition and had only acted as an idle social butterfly from childhood to adulthood, he knew Laiboli's ability. Among all the members of the royal family, in terms of social skills, means, eloquence, and vision, Laiboli was the outstanding one of this generation.

Hearing this, Qiao Suisui quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Deep down, she did not want anything to happen to Laiboli.

"Suisui, I want to ask you a question." Luka lowered his eyes, deliberating for a long time.

"What?"

"To what extent do you care about Laiboli?"

(End of this chapter)