Chapter 50 Carl
He saw Qiao Susu come in, spit out the towel in his mouth, looked at her face full of surprise, raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"Is the boss here to give me a quilt?"
Qiao Susu didn't know how he laughed, just like she didn't know how this man, who had suffered such a serious gunshot wound, could jump and walk as if nothing had happened since he entered the door.
"Are you okay?"
The medical kit in her storage compartment was given to the pioneer group not long ago, so now she could only find a replacement.
"Wait a minute, I'll go get some tools."
"Need not."
Karl called her, staring into her worried and nervous eyes, and smiled evilly.
"Come here."
Qiao Susu thought he wanted her help. After all, the wound was on the lower back and it was inconvenient for him to do it himself, so she went over as he said.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she approached, Carl threw away the tweezers, dug his fingers into the wound to open and stir it, and then quickly and accurately pulled out a bullet.
"Dang—"
The blood-red bullet fell to the floor, making a sound that was hard to ignore in the room.
When Qiao Susu saw the scene in front of her, her face turned pale.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Me, what about me?"
Carl imitated the way she spoke and laughed.
"Never seen it? I thought you were Scorsese's female. You've at least seen this kind of small scene before. After all, my little drizzle is nothing compared to the injuries he's suffered."
Qiao Susu smelled the bloody smell in the room, and her throat felt churning and her stomach felt sour.
She didn't have time to say anything, she covered her mouth and ran to the bathroom, retching non-stop.
Although this was not a particularly bloody scene, when she saw the whole process of Carl pulling out the bullet, she felt as if the finger was digging into her lower back. Thinking of Ge Meilun's white intestines a few days ago, she felt even more nauseous.
Karl bandaged the wound casually and stood up to see Qiao Susu. Standing by the bathroom door, he saw her kneeling in front of the toilet with her pregnant belly in her hand. Her palm-sized face was pale, and her eyes were full of tears due to physiological reactions. The corners of her eyes were crimson, and she looked so pitiful that people wanted to bully her even more.
He uttered a "tsk" sound. Seeing her like that, his original intention of teasing her became inexplicably irritated.
Carl didn't want to think about where this emotion came from, he just attributed it to the fact that females were weak and he hated being weak.
Qiao Suisui propped herself up on the ground, feeling completely drained of energy. She slowly stood up, rinsed her mouth, and tried to return to her room, only to find Karl, a tall and burly man, blocking the bathroom doorway, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Please make way."
She really didn't want to get entangled with him. She didn't know if it was because she was about to give birth, but she had been feeling very tired recently, her stomach was starting to feel heavier, and her appetite wasn't as good as before. She asked the system, and it said it had blocked all her pregnancy symptoms. However, since she was carrying a large child, it was best to ensure she rested and was in a good mood.
Seeing her expression fade, Karl also put away his smile. A feeling of dissatisfaction came up from nowhere, and he just stood there motionless.
"Why? If Scorsese got hurt, would you be vomiting like this? I really feel sorry for him. He's so inconsiderate towards the female he snatched away with so much effort."
Qiao Suisui frowned, confused as to why he was always picking on her. She looked up at him, her dark eyes slightly moist now, devoid of any intimidation, though the anger within them was perfectly conveyed. Unfortunately, her eyes were both charming and innocent, with the corners slightly tilted upwards. When she looked at someone like that, she looked like a naive little fox, a source of tantalizing intrigue.
Karl looked at her, and the words he was about to say were stuck in his throat. He swallowed, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and his expression was a little imperceptible.
"If you don't have anything else to do, please move aside. I'm not feeling well and want to go back to my room."
Qiao Susu was rarely so rude to others, which showed that Karl had really pissed her off.
But the latter was completely unaware of it. Although he made way for her, he followed her like a tail all the way to the stairs.
"Do you always look at him like that?"
"What?"
"Just like that, do you always look at Scorsese like that?"
Qiao Susu didn't understand and thought he was crazy, so she ignored him and went straight upstairs.
Karl was not annoyed and stopped following her. He just stared at her back quietly until she disappeared around the corner of the stairs. After a long while, he turned around and went back to his room.
Qiao Susu went back and fell asleep immediately. She didn't wake up until Luka came back upstairs to see her.
Warm hands gently rubbed her waist. Luka kissed her forehead and asked in a low voice: "Are you feeling unwell? Why did you go to bed so early today?"
She thought about it and decided not to tell Luka about Carl's prank on her. After all, he was her first customer. If she told Luka about it, he would definitely chase her away. She wouldn't return the money she had earned.
"I just feel a little tired, it's okay."
Luka picked her up and placed her on his lap. He touched her head to make sure she didn't have a fever and kissed the top of her head.
"How about going for a checkup tomorrow? I'll go with you."
"Has the Imperial Court's affairs been resolved?"
He shook his head. "But I think there will be results soon. There have been some changes recently."
Luka briefly briefed her on the recent developments in the royal family. Gorba III had died, confirmed to have been poisoned. The emperor's death was so bizarre that the Federation, which had been watching from the sidelines, seized the opportunity to intervene and, surprisingly, chose to support Liberi.
"Nanior"
Luka said: "If I'm not mistaken, the poison was given by Neo."
Qiao Suisui was startled, but not too surprised. She had always doubted Liberi's accusation of poisoning the emperor, because everything seemed so logical and the evidence was irrefutable. From her understanding of Liberi, if he had really poisoned the emperor, he would not have left any evidence.
"Neo is the Sun's firstborn child, raised with high hopes since childhood. However, with the appearance of Lan Ze, the original heir candidate changed, and he has always been unwilling to accept this. He originally planned to find a time to eliminate Lan Ze, but the unrest in Liberi disrupted his plans. So he had to take advantage of Liberi's rebellion and then quell it, so that he could become the new Sun."
Qiao Suisui continued Luka's line of thought and said, "But he overlooked a variable."
"That's right. He didn't expect that Libery could get the support of the federal high-level officials. To be honest, I didn't expect this either." Although Luka knew that Libery had been hiding his ambitions and had been an idle playboy since he was a child, he knew Libery's abilities. Among all the royal family members, Libery was the best of this generation in terms of communication, skills, eloquence, and vision.
Hearing this, Qiao Suisui breathed a sigh of relief. Deep down, she didn't want anything to happen to Liberi.
"Sui Sui, I want to ask you a question." Luka lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time.
"What?"
"How far have you come with Libery?"
(End of this chapter)
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