Sheng Yingpu and Cheng Hao were completely bewildered, not understanding what Shi Xi meant.
After a three-second pause, Sheng Yingpu, who had dealt with Shi Xi before, was the first to react.
"We'll add money."
"Okay." Shi Xi raised an eyebrow, looked at Sheng Yingpu, and held out her hand. "Pay for the rescue."
They didn't trust him, and likewise, he didn't trust them.
Sheng Yingpu stared at Shi Xi's palm. The other woman had pale skin, and he could see the faint blue veins beneath. He paused for a moment, then realized what she meant, his face showing embarrassment. "There's no signal here… can I buy on credit?"
Shi Xi shook her head, looking at him with an air of self-righteousness. "Of course not. I don't know you. What if you deny it?"
Sheng Yingpu: "..." Does he look like the kind of person who would renege on a debt?
Shi Xi gave him a cool glance, as if she knew everything, and said, "If you don't have money, don't try to act big."
Judging from his attire, he's not short of money. Doesn't he have anything valuable on him?
Sheng Yingpu took out a bright green jadeite bracelet. "Here, take this as collateral."
Seeing this, Cheng Hao disapprovingly tugged at Sheng Yingpu and muttered, "Sheng Yingpu, this is what your mother left for her future daughter-in-law..."
Sheng Yingpu shook his head slightly at him. "It's just a mortgage."
And if he were to wear it, it should fit him well.
Shi Xi wasn't deaf, so of course she heard their conversation.
Suddenly, she felt the bracelet in her hand getting hot. She looked at Cheng Hao and asked, "Don't you have anything else?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Hao patted his pockets and finally took it out—
A crumpled wad of toilet paper.
He scratched his head sheepishly, "...This is all I have."
Sheng Yingpu paused for a moment, glanced at the simple-minded Cheng Hao, and skipped the topic, taking the initiative to introduce him to Shi Xi:
"Sheng Yingpu."
Cheng Hao put the toilet paper back in his pocket. "I'm Cheng Hao."
Shi Xi's eyes revealed understanding.
In this interstellar world where omegas are extremely rare, Chi Zaiqing, with her excellent looks and family background, is a heartthrob with many suitors.
For example, the person in front of us.
Sheng Yingpu, an S-class Alpha, is Jiang Yichen's military doctor friend and one of Chi Zaiqing's admirers. He has always secretly loved Chi Zaiqing.
As an admirer of Chi Zaiqing, he came from a well-off family and was naturally not short of money.
Cheng Hao, an S-class Alpha, is Jiang Yichen's adjutant. He looks a bit simple-minded but has good combat skills. He is loyal and is Jiang Yichen's most trusted subordinate.
Shi Xi put Sheng Yingpu's bracelet away, nodded to the two of them, and said, "Gao Buran."
"Five hundred per person per night."
Knowing that Shi Xi had agreed to let them enter the cave, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Shi Xi said to the two people who were about to walk forward, "My young master is sleeping, please be quiet."
Sheng Yingpu and Cheng Hao exchanged a glance and simultaneously slowed their pace as they entered the cave.
After the two settled down temporarily, Shi Xi stared at Cheng Hao's injuries and suddenly asked, "Do you need treatment?"
Sheng Yingpu asked, puzzled, "You have a way?"
A minute later, Shi Xi, holding the herbs, looked at Cheng Hao and asked, "The medical fee is 20,000 yuan. Will you treat me?"
Cheng Hao was taken aback: "You also know medicine?"
Sheng Yingpu immediately nodded: "Treat it!"
He wanted to see how this pile of grass could cure diseases and to test the man's true abilities.
If he can really cure Cheng Hao, he might be able to save the Marshal as well.
Cheng Hao frowned and said, "Sheng Yingpu, I feel like you're selling yourself, just so we can survive."
Sheng Yingpu chuckled and slapped his forehead. "Don't talk nonsense."
Cheng Haochong rolled up his trouser legs and cuffs, and Shi Xi tossed him a black fruit before sitting down on the spot.
"I ate it," he said to Cheng Hao.
Cheng Hao hesitated for three seconds, picked up the fruit, and took a bite.
It's sour, astringent, and numbing all at once.
It tastes awful.
And he felt like he had lost his sense of taste.
"Finish eating." Shi Xi glanced at Cheng Hao, whose expression wasn't very good.
Cheng Hao's resistance was futile, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and eat it. As a result, he became more and more sleepy and eventually collapsed to the ground.
"What did he eat?" Sheng Yingpu asked in confusion. He could tell that the fruit Shi Xi gave him must have an anesthetic effect.
"Lemons," Shi Xi said. "They have a numbing effect, but you can't eat too many, or you'll easily become an idiot."
Sheng Yingpu glanced at Cheng Hao, pursed his lips, and said nothing more.
After answering the question, Shi Xi began to focus on treating Cheng Hao's wounds.
Sheng Yingpu sat beside Shi Xi, watching her calmly clean, disinfect, suture, and apply medicine...
While bandaging her, he took off his coat, tore it into strips, and handed them to Shi Xi.
Shi Xi took it, bandaged it up, and tied it into a perfect bow.
Then, seemingly out of nowhere, she pulled out a lemon and said, "When he wakes up, if he feels pain, he can take a bite."
After saying that, Shi Xi tossed him a red fruit, "Eat it, it has no side effects."
Sheng Yingpu: "...Thank you."
"What happened to him?" Having gained basic trust, Shi Xi went straight to the point, pointing to Jiang Yichen, who had been unconscious the whole time.
The man lying quietly on the ground had short black hair, a high nose with furrowed brows, thin lips, and an elegant demeanor. He was dressed in a dark gray coat with impeccable taste.
His face was cold and aloof, and even when he was asleep, he exuded the chilling aura unique to those in power.
Like a sleeping lion, it is not to be underestimated.
Sheng Yingpu looked up at Shi Xi, making sure she meant no harm, and after a moment's hesitation, he said to her—
"He's been poisoned. Can you cure him?"
Shi Xi squatted down next to Jiang Yichen and gave him a quick check.
Jiang Yichen's condition was far more complicated than Cheng Hao's. He had no external injuries, but his pulse was thin, weak, and extremely unstable.
—This is not a good situation.
Shi Xi thought to herself.
"Can the cold medicine I picked save him?"
The image of the little yellow chick, happily lounging on its crib in his mind, rolled over. "Yes, just feed him that white grass; it's very nourishing."
Shi Xi nodded and said to Sheng Yingpu, "It can be cured."
"But it'll cost extra, fifty thousand."
Sheng Yingpu smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you."
...
"Swallow it, it's very nourishing."
When Jiang Yichen tried to spit out the thing in his mouth for the fifth time, Shi Xi couldn't help but stop him in a cold voice.
Take your medicine, and look at the mess you're making.
Jiang Yichen frowned slightly and was forced to swallow it.
Sheng Yingpu's eyes were filled with surprise... He observed Shi Xi out of the corner of his eye, wondering who this person was that could make the marshal listen to him!
"Alright, go to sleep."
With the matter resolved, Shi Xi yawned and went back to her original spot to sleep.
Sensing the familiar presence, Chi Zaiqing immediately pressed herself against Shi Xi, whispering, "Aran... don't run around..."
Shi Xi assumed he was still afraid and let him be.
On the contrary, Sheng Yingpu showed a surprised expression when he heard this.
These two don't seem to have a simple relationship like that of a young master and his bodyguard.
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