The little female is incredibly sweet and soft, healing the five evil beasts right from the start.

Chapter 89 Collection
The temperature was still a bit cool in the morning, and the city was shrouded in a gray haze.

Fortunately, Jiang Mian's windbreaker also had a warm function, so it was alright.

There are still fifteen minutes until six o'clock, and Jiang Mian has already arrived at the city gate.

She generally doesn't like to be late when she makes appointments with people, and will arrive a little early.

Just as Jiang Mian was about to find a place to squat and wait for Mr. Zhou, a figure loomed in front of her.

"Jiang Mian?" A clear and unique voice rang out in front of Jiang Mian.

Jiang Mian paused, then subconsciously looked up and saw a young man wearing a black windbreaker, with a handsome face, extremely fair skin, black hair and eyes, and wearing black-rimmed glasses.

Like the city lord Zhou Qing, both seem to be extreme clashes of black and white, appearing minimalist and clean.

“Mr. Zhou?” Jiang Mian asked.

"Yes, it's me. Now that you're here, let's set off now." Zhou Bai nodded decisively.

As he spoke, he put on an oxygen mask.

Jiang Mian paused for a moment, then put on an oxygen mask as well.

As Zhou Bai led the way out of the city, Jiang Mian quickly caught up with him and asked, "Mr. Zhou, how did you know I was Jiang Mian?"

Logically speaking, the two of them should have never met before, and Zhou Bai shouldn't know her. She had just wanted to send him a message, telling him what she was wearing today so that he could find her quickly when he arrived.

She didn't expect the other party to arrive so quickly, and even find her with such precision.

"I guessed based on the clothes you were wearing." Zhou Bai's voice remained cold and emotionless, conveying a polite but not overly warm or distant tone.

If not, he can simply move on to the next person.

I didn't expect the first person to ask to ask the right question.

At the city entrance, there were always scattered groups of people. They were all lying on the ground because they had no money to rent a house anymore. People were constantly coming in from outside, and others were leaving the city when their time was up.

So even at this early hour, there were still many people around the city entrance. Jiang Mian was indeed surprised that he found her among so many people.

However, upon closer inspection, it became apparent that there were very few women, and even fewer dressed like her in a windproof outfit, seemingly preparing to go out. Therefore, it's not surprising that the other party recognized her at a glance.

Actually, there was another reason that Zhou Bai didn't mention: the woman had an outstanding temperament. He saw her at first glance in the crowd, and only later guessed that she might be Jiang Mian based on her clothing.

The three of them left the city together.

Zhou Bai took a car out of his hub ring.

"Get in the car," Zhou Bai said, opening the driver's seat and getting in.

Jiang Mian turned around and called out to Zhao Ci, "Zhao Ci, get in the carriage."

Zhao Ci nodded and sat down in the back.

Jiang Mian sat in the passenger seat.

The car was quiet throughout the journey.

A location on the outskirts of White Moon Forest.

Red moon grass grew densely, covering a large patch.

Zhou Bai took out a collection tool from the hub space: a simple stick resembling a twig, a white glass bottle, and a pair of gloves, and handed it to Jiang Mian: "The Red Moon Worms are on the leaves of the Red Moon Grass. Scrape them off and put them in this glass bottle. Once you've collected enough to fill one glass bottle, come back and ask me for a new one."

"Okay." Jiang Mian accepted it.

"By the way, just collect them here outside. Don't go inside; it's not safe inside," Zhou Bai instructed. "Also, the Red Moon Worms have hallucinogenic effects, so be careful not to get pricked by their spikes."

"Understood," Jiang Mian replied naturally.

They naturally understand that the Red Moon Bug has a poisonous stinger inside its body. When these bugs feel threatened, they extend the stinger from their body towards their tail and pierce the enemy's body. That's why gloves are worn when collecting them.

Zhou Bai had already begun squatting down beside the grass to collect the red moon worms.

Jiang Mian looked at Zhao Ci behind him: "Zhao Ci, just stay nearby and keep watch. Protect me if there is any danger."

After all, he was working for someone else, so there was no need for Zhao Ci to also work for someone else.

"Very well," Zhao Ci replied.

Perhaps because he was wearing a mask, his voice sounded somewhat muffled and hoarse when he responded.

During estrus, body temperature is naturally higher than usual, and wearing a mask can make it feel stuffy and hot, or even cause unexplained restlessness.

Jiang Mian didn't think too much about it and focused on squatting down to collect the Red Moon Insects.

Her movements were swift and decisive, as if she were very skilled at collecting these items.

When Zhou Bai glanced at her casually, his gaze paused slightly, and he assumed that Jiang Mian must have worked as an assistant to many pharmacists before, which was why she was so skilled.

He naturally didn't consider the possibility that Jiang Mian was also a pharmacist, or even a senior pharmacist.

Admittedly, which pharmacist would want to be another pharmacist's assistant? Wouldn't that be beneath their dignity?
Zhou Bai quickly looked away.

Zhao Ci watched as Jiang Mian diligently collected the red insects.

Her hair was neatly tied up high, her dark eyes were clear and extremely serious, her ears were white and beautiful, and she exuded a unique temperament.

This was the first time Zhao Ci had ever seen Jiang Mian working so diligently.

Yes, it's very appealing.

Her rosy eyelids were half-closed, her gaze falling on her slender wrists, which were not covered by gloves. They were beautiful and distinct, fair and translucent with faint blue veins visible.

As he watched, his ears turned red.

The imperial edict hastily shifted its gaze.

Jiang Mian's legs went numb from collecting the materials, and the surrounding air became scorching hot. As her movements slowed down, she silently glanced at Zhou Bai, who was still tirelessly collecting materials.

Her eyebrows twitched slightly. Doesn't this Mr. Zhou feel tired? He must be a working god.

Jiang Mian is tired and wants to take a break and relax.

Unexpectedly, a figure appeared beside him, and a long, slender, fair hand with faint golden glitter took the tool for collecting red moon insects from Jiang Mian's hand.

Zhao Ci's soft, hoarse voice came: "Give it to me, you go and rest first."

Jiang Mian paused for a moment; in fact, she had just been planning to take a break and relax.

But she turned her head to look at Zhao Ci. Why was he helping her?
This doesn't seem to fit his attitude towards her.

Even if the imperial edict has changed its opinion of her, they should still keep to themselves and not interfere with each other.

The other party shouldn't be offering help or needing help.

It's strange how they're suddenly being so nice to her.

Zhao Ci noticed that she was staring at him. He paused slightly, then turned to look back at her, his eyelids half-closed and red: "Are you surprised that I would help you?"

Jiang Mian paused, quite surprised.

Zhao Ci looked at her for a while and then spoke softly, "You can trouble me more often in the future."

He looked away after saying that.

(End of this chapter)