Jin Tong thought to himself: I came here to join in the fun and catch adulterers in the act, not to be a laborer.
But leaving is impossible now.
With a sullen face, he hadn't expected that his gossip attempt would end up with physical labor. He dawdled as he squatted down and laboriously pulled the person up.
Jiang Bai lent him a hand and asked, "Are you staying at the medicinal cuisine restaurant now?"
Jin Tong gritted his teeth and nodded.
Jiang Bai said, "Then let him stay with you for one night, and we'll talk about it again when he wakes up."
Jin Tong was not tall, but he carried a man who was eight feet tall with broad shoulders and a thick waist on his back. He exerted so much force that his face became contorted with rage.
Jiang Bai watched from behind. The man's legs were dangling on the ground. It couldn't be described as being carried; it was more like being dragged away.
Fortunately, the medicinal cuisine restaurant was not far from the alley. Jin Tong settled the person on his bed, looked at Jiang Bai, and asked with his eyes what to do next.
Jiang Bai figured that since this person had drunk her spiritual liquid, his life should not be in danger.
She instructed, "I'll write you a prescription later. Go directly to the clinic to get the medicine, brew it, and give it to him. If he's sober, tell him about his current condition."
“Okay.” Jin Tong nodded.
Jiang Bai patted him on the shoulder: "You've worked hard. Apply for the money to buy the medicine from the accountant. Consider today as overtime and give you double pay."
Jin Tong beamed, "Thank you, Manager Jiang."
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The man woke up to find himself lying in bed in unfamiliar surroundings.
His mind went blank for a moment, then he immediately sat up and looked around warily.
The wound on his chest was pulled, and he hissed in pain. He reached up to cover it and realized that his shirt was gone. His upper body was now naked, wrapped in clean bandages.
Hearing the sound, Jin Tong poked his head into the doorway and said, "You're awake!"
As he spoke, he turned and went out again. After a short while, he returned with a bowl of medicine and said, "He's finally awake. This medicine has been cooled down and reheated, then cooled down again. It's been through so many ups and downs. If he hadn't woken up soon, the medicine wouldn't have been effective."
The man stared at him suspiciously, refusing to take the bowl offered, and instead asked skeptically, "Who are you?"
"Who I am is not important. It was my master who saved you and temporarily placed you in this room." He then cupped his hands forward, signaling the man to drink the medicine.
Seeing that the other party was still dawdling, Jin Tong said impatiently, "Drink it! Would we harm you? If we wanted to kill you, we would have just ignored you. Why did we have to wait until you woke up to feed you poison? Are you stupid?"
Upon hearing this, the man took the bowl of medicine and drank it all in one gulp.
After he finished drinking, he coughed a few times because it was so bitter, and Jin Tong immediately stuffed a few candies into his mouth.
The man asked, "Was that woman I saw earlier your wife?"
Jin Tong raised an eyebrow: "You're not from around here, are you?"
"How did you figure that out?" the man asked nervously.
Jin Tong: "My mistress Jiang Bai's name is known to everyone in the entire county. How could there be any local who doesn't know her?"
"Besides, you're so handsome. It's impossible that I've never noticed you if you lived here."
The man became even more nervous upon hearing this.
He hesitated before asking, "Sir... do you have homosexual tendencies?"
"Homosexuality? How could that be?" Jin Tong screamed like a squeaking chicken. "I like girls, sweet and soft girls, men stink!"
man:……
Jin Tong: "I just pay attention to good-looking men and secretly compare them."
The man glanced at Jin Tong; he was indeed flamboyant and meticulous about his appearance.
He said with a heavy heart, "A real man should focus on his career. Looks are like flowers in the water and the moon in the mirror; they will disappear sooner or later. What kind of person would you be if you valued this too much?"
Jin Tong rolled his eyes.
He then asked, "Where are my clothes?"
Jin Tong tossed over a set of clean clothes: "These are mine, you can make do with them. Yours had a big slit in it and was covered in blood, I was too lazy to clean it up, so I just threw it all away."
The man silently put on his clothes.
Jin Tong said, "Judging from your strong voice, your wound looks almost healed. Then hurry up and leave. Give me back the bed. I need to sleep. I have to go to work tomorrow."
The man was reminded by his words and realized that it didn't hurt as much when he swung his arm to put on his clothes as before; it really did feel much better.
After dressing properly, he got off the bed, clasped his hands together, and expressed his gratitude to the golden boy.
"I am deeply grateful for your great kindness and virtue. If we have the opportunity to meet again in the future, I will repay your kindness with gratitude and never forget you, even unto death."
Jin Tong pouted: "No need, thank our boss instead. I'm just someone who gets paid to do the work."
The man didn't say much, silently repeated Jiang Bai's name a few times in his mind, and quietly left.
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Jiang Bai went to discuss the detailed profit-sharing ratio with Ren Yunzhou.
Ren Yunzhou was surprised that Jiang Bai was asking for 73% of the price, and his face scrunched up like a bitter gourd.
He said, "I think that given our friendship, a fifty-fifty split is about right."
"Fifty-fifty?" Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow, a hint of malice flashing in his eyes. "You only contribute one person, and you have the nerve to argue with me on a fifty-fifty basis?"
Ren Yunzhou smiled wryly, knowing the other party was ruthless, but he didn't expect them to be this ruthless.
He pleaded with the person opposite him, "More, otherwise I can't even afford to feed all these people. How about 60/40? You get 60%, I get 40%."
Jiang Bai clicked his tongue, shook his head and said, "No, it's 70/30, I get 70% and you get 30%."
"Fine, fine, fine," Ren Yunzhou said, as if he were facing an ancestor, unable to hit, scold, or threaten him, so he had no choice but to compromise, "Seventy-three it is."
After the two checked that the terms on the contract were correct, they signed and pressed their fingerprints. Ren Yunzhou waved his hand, as if shooing away a fly, and said, "Go away, go away, I don't want to see you anytime soon."
Jiang Bai shrugged and walked away humming a song.
When she reached the alley where she had met the injured man the day before, a screaming female voice reached her ears.
She was stunned; she had never seen anything like this where two people were paired up.
She slowly walked into the alley, and after walking a dozen meters, the noisy sounds from the main street behind her disappeared, as if she had entered another world, and even the air became cold and gloomy.
Jiang Bai looked around but didn't see anyone. He panicked and turned to leave.
Just then, a pair of large hands suddenly covered her mouth with a white cloth. The cloth must have been coated with sleeping potion. Jiang Bai struggled for several seconds before her consciousness went dark.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a dilapidated temple, with two thug-like figures in front of her.
When the two men saw that she was awake, they chuckled and said, "Sorry, young lady, someone told us to tie you up."
"But don't be afraid, if you cooperate, we won't do anything to you."
"Now, all you need to do is tell me, what is your secret to healing your skin?"
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