Chapter 88

Su Mo had just returned when the Sea Doctor personally brought over the herbs.

The attendant beside him, face tense, said: "Miss Su, these are all the Sea Doctor's treasures; he dug them up today for you."

Su Mo's expression froze, and she kept thanking the Sea Doctor.

The Sea Doctor glanced at the chatty little attendant beside him, then smiled at Su Mo: "These are meant to save people; using them on someone useful is the purpose of my growing them."

Su Mo took them and thanked her again.

"If you trust this old man, Miss Su, even if you return to the North Wing later, you can have someone contact me. I will surely use all my learning to help you detox."

Su Mo nodded: "Good."

"Um..." the Sea Doctor rubbed his hands, wanting to speak but stopping.

Su Mo smiled: "Sea Doctor, if you have something to say, just say it."

"Actually, it's nothing; before dinner, I accidentally ingested Miss's poison by the pool, and I still don't know the exact components, so I can't make a detox pill."

Su Mo smiled, told him the poison's components, and handed him a detox pill.

The Sea Doctor took it, gave it a light sniff, somewhat excitedly asked: "Miss Su, do you have any other poisons? I'm not interested in anything else, just these herbs, poisons..."

Su Mo smiled, took out some poisons and antidotes from her space, and handed them over together.

She also gave him a Beast World edition of the Compendium of Materia Medica.

"The records of the herbs' effects are more detailed here; Sea Doctor, you can read it when you have free time."

The Sea Doctor eagerly took it: "Thank you, Miss Su! I'll head back now; you should rest early."

On his way back, the Sea Doctor was blocked by Fei Yan and Mo Xiao.

He looked at the two people before him, puzzled, and asked: "Do you two have something?"

Mo Xiao politely said: "It's nothing; I just wanted to ask the Sea Doctor, where can we find the plant you mentioned at dinner that can detox the Wife Master?"

The Sea Doctor frowned, thought a moment: "It's probably really hard to find; when I was young, I only saw a similar plant in the Tiger Clan; perhaps you could go look there."

Mo Xiao nodded: "Thank you."

"You're welcome; if there's anything I can help with in the future, just come find me."

Fei Yan and Mo Xiao thanked him again, then watched the Sea Doctor leave.

——

After returning to her room, Su Mo began studying those few herbs.

"Ding——"

Xiao Jiu excitedly said: "Host, these are all rare Beast World medicinal materials! Quickly throw them into the lab for research, to see if they work on the poison in your body."

Su Mo raised an eyebrow: "Since they're good stuff, I might as well put them in the Spirit Spring Space; if they can grow, selling them in the parallel world could earn a lot of points."

Xiao Jiu helplessly said: "At times like this, you shouldn't be thinking about earning points; these rare medicinal materials might not even grow in the Spirit Spring Space, so let's first research the detox."

"It's fine; we're not lacking this short while."

Saying that, Su Mo threw the stuff into the Spirit Spring Space.

Then she casually checked the points in the System Space: "Wow, have I really accumulated this many points lately?"

"Over fifty thousand points!"

Xiao Jiu: "The toxins and antidotes produced by the lab have been steadily sold to the parallel world; lately the affection levels of the villain fiancés have risen quickly, and you've also gained a lot of goodwill from passersby, so your points are high."

Hearing that, Su Mo opened the panel and took a look.

The affection levels of the several fiancés have all turned positive.

Ranking highest is Fei Yan at 87, then Mo Xiao at 85, Yue Ying at 80, Ye Yuan at 65, and Cang Lan at 55.

Below that: Lu Ren Jia 60 points.

Lu Ren Yi: 40 points.

Su Mo frowned: "Who are Lu Ren Jia and Lu Ren Yi respectively? Their affection is even higher than Cang Lan's?!"

That's a bit outrageous...

Xiao Jiu: "Um, I'm not entirely sure either... The system only shows people closely related to you; others are collectively called passersby. You can think: besides these few, who else do you interact with closely? It shouldn't be hard to guess."

Su Mo's head was a mess, countless faces flashing in her mind.

She shook her head: "I don't want to think about it; it's not important."

"Any new weapons lately? I'd like to exchange a few."

Xiao Jiu: "You can check in the System Mall; if something fits, you can exchange it right away."

Su Mo scrolled through the panel, frowned: "None are high-end; taking these out wouldn't even kill that Jin Tong."

Xiao Jiu: "He's been poisoned by your special concoction; his days lately probably aren't great either, so you can relax for a while."

"That's true; survive one day at a time! Later I'll give those fiancés some strengthening medicine, hopefully helping them level up quickly—then we won't have to fear that dead pervert!"

Su Mo lay on the bed, yawned, just about to sleep, when Yue Ying pushed the door open and entered.

He had just taken a shower, his hair not yet dry, his robe hanging loosely on him.

As he moved his steps, his attractive abs could be faintly seen.

Su Mo's eyes suddenly lit up, and her drowsiness faded a bit.

She turned her body, narrowed her eyes at him, and walked toward him with a seductive step.

Her clear gaze, unblinking, fixed on his faintly visible abs.

【Damn it, each one seems to know I like this, trying every way to flirt with me???】

Yue Ying came to the bedside and sat down, his gentle, watery eyes looking at the person on the bed.

Heaven knows, he really wants to press her onto the bed and kiss her fiercely.

Since the last time he confessed and kissed her a few times in the Dragon Tribe, he hasn't had a chance since.

But thinking of his evening promise to her not to overstep, he has to suppress that urge.

The Wife Master holds grudges; if he breaks the agreement first, she will surely never believe his words again.

So the person who breaks the agreement tonight absolutely cannot be him.

At least not right now.

Yue Ying's bewitching eyes gazed at her; he reached out to push aside the stray hairs on her cheek, his voice alluring as he said, "Wife Master, shift inward a bit."

Su Mo only felt an itch on her cheek, she turned her head to avoid it: "I don't like sleeping inside."

"I'll sleep outside; it's more convenient to protect you."

Yue Ying spoke with a straight face, but what he really thought was, sleeping outside would prevent her from escaping in a moment.

Su Mo was puzzled.

【This is the East Sea; what danger could there be? Forget it, I don't want to argue with him about this~】

She shifted inward a bit.

Yue Ying lay down accordingly.

Not in a hurry to sleep, he just stared at her, his gaze hot and utterly undisguised.

If you won't let me touch, at least let me look, okay?

Su Mo turned her head and glanced at him.

【Dead Fox's face is full of desire and longing…… He's looking at me like that, how can I sleep? It's deadly!!!】

【Forget it, I'll just turn over and face away from him】

Before Su Mo could move, a hand suddenly appeared at her waist.

She frowned at the hand lying across her waist, and the next second her whole body was pulled over.

Before she could speak, she heard Yue Ying say in a wronged tone, "I can't sleep, can't kiss, is a hug really too much?"

Su Mo raised an eyebrow: "【You better just hug…】"

After a minute she asked: "How much longer?"

Yue Ying angrily exhaled heavily; in that brief moment, she had already become impatient???

"Mo Xiao can hug, Fei Yan can hug, Ye Yuan can too—so why can't I? You always know how to anger me, why not anger those few instead? Knowing I have you in my heart, you recklessly trample my true feelings…… You're all my beast husbands, why do you always favor some and neglect others?"

Su Mo heard his nagging complaints in her ear and couldn't help but frown.

【Do I really play favorites that much? No way…… Forget it~】

She stopped struggling.

She leaned into his embrace.

【What soap did Dead Fox use today? This scent is so familiar…】

Yue Ying secretly raised his eyebrows—playing the victim really works!

He actually used those precious toys of the Wife Master today, which he had secretly stolen from the Dragon Clan.

He held the person in his arms tighter, feigning hurt as he said, "Just a hug, and you still want to bargain with me……"

Su Mo blinked: "Loosen up, you're almost strangling me~"

"Oh!"

Yue Ying responded happily and adjusted his posture.

Su Mo found a more comfortable position, and lowering her gaze she saw his robe's sash come undone.

Revealing a stretch of captivating solid color.

She furtively extended a finger and poked.

【Wow, the feel is nice!】

Poke again!

Then she gave another grab……

【A sly fox, suddenly being this obedient really takes some getting used to~】

Yue Ying clenched his teeth, preventing the muffled groan at his throat from escaping.

Just the hand placed on her waist unconsciously grew hot.

Now he's become smarter, adopting the mindset of 'if you can't beat them, join them,' learning those tactics of the High Priest.