Go back? There's no going back.

After receiving Su Wei's response, the queen's beautiful eyebrows finally relaxed again, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corners of her lips again. She waved to him gently and said, "Be careful."

"……okay, I get it."

Su Wei suppressed the increasingly confused thoughts in his mind. Although he was a little uncomfortable, he waved to the other party politely before turning around and leaving the room.

While stuffing the box containing the elixir into the black handbag that came with it, Su Wei walked down the stairs at the end of the corridor to the hall.

After leaving Tianbao Pavilion, he did not stop for a moment and walked quickly towards the street corner where he had previously parted with Lord Fox Fairy.

Although he did not see any similar-looking figures around, Su Wei felt that the fox fairy should still be waiting for him nearby.

"Huh... Fox--Hmm!?"

Su Wei took a deep breath and was about to call out to the other party, but his open mouth was tightly covered by a pair of hands reaching out from behind.

The slender wrist wrapped in bandages was unexpectedly strong, and the cry that had been brewing for several seconds came to an abrupt end. Su Wei struggled in vain and could only groan twice, turning his head to look behind him.

Then, he caught sight of the stunningly beautiful face of the Fox Fairy.

Watching from close range, Su Wei quickly noticed the half-ashamed, half-annoyed look of panic on the adult's face.

Obviously, she was very angry about his behavior of wanting to shout in the street just now.

"Master Fox Fairy, we have medicine."

After a while, when the Fox Fairy let him go again, Su Wei handed the bag in his hand to her: "Take a look, is this the one?"

"..."

Hearing the voice, the Fox Fairy took the bag that Su Wei handed to him in a daze.

Feeling the heavy weight in the bag, she blinked her eyes and stared at the complacent young man in front of her for a long time in a trance. Then she lowered her head slightly and looked at the medicine box lying quietly in the bag.

"……Thank you."

After a long time, he silently closed the bag again, and the nine furry tails behind him swayed gently and inadvertently. The fox fairy hesitated for a moment, and finally moved his lips slightly as if he mustered up some courage.

I don’t know if it’s because I seldom speak, but even though it was just three simple words, my pronunciation sounded a little non-standard.

"You're welcome. We're just getting started. Are you...?"

After receiving the thanks from the Fox Fairy, Su Wei, who was about to put his hands on his hips tactically, was suddenly stunned and his eyes widened.

Not a written thank you…but…a verbal thank you?

Su Wei stared at the fox fairy in front of him, who had lowered his head in panic and even his ears turned red. He was silent for a moment, and a harmless smile appeared on his face: "Sorry, I didn't hear you clearly just now, what did you say?"

As he said this, Su Wei put his hand into the pocket of his coat and secretly activated the voice recording function on a certain communication magic device.

However, as soon as this function was turned on, the fox fairy in front of Su Wei raised his head again.

At this moment, the adult no longer had the shy look on his face. Instead, he puffed up his cheeks and glared at Su Wei with a rather unhappy look.

Obviously, Su Wei's poor acting skills just now could not deceive this adult.

"Sorry, it was just a joke."

Sighing, Su Wei took the communication magic device out of his purse, pressed the screen-off button in front of Master Fox Fairy, and then put it back into his bag: "It's turned off. I really didn't hear you clearly just now. What did you say?"

"..."

The next second, their eyes met, and Su Wei saw a look of contempt in the eyes of the Fox Fairy.

Then, as he felt something step on the instep of his foot, he silently took a breath of cold air.

...彳庍口巴.

It seems that there is no chance this time.

I'll record it and use it as my ringtone when I get the chance.

Chapter 30: The Future Pillars of the Empire

After a while, it became completely dark.

Pushing open the door in front of him and returning to the brightly lit ward, Su Wei went straight to the bed and fell down.

"Well, you still don't need it?"

His whole face sank into the soft bed sheet for a moment, and Su Wei turned his head to look at the Fox Fairy who was sitting on the bed in a daze, holding the Holy Spirit Medicine Box.

"This herb has just been picked. If we wait for another three to four days, the efficacy will be better..."

He was stunned when he saw the notebook the other party handed to him.

Ah, according to Su Wei's common sense, shouldn't the things that have just been picked have the best medicinal effect?

Forget it… Lord Fox Fairy must know more about this than I do.

"So that's it."

Knowing the reason why the other party was still hesitant at the moment, Su Wei also smiled and said, "Well, it's up to you to decide when to use it."

"Also, this bed is actually quite big. I'll just sleep on the small half on the left. If you feel sleepy and want to rest, you can lie down on the rest of the bed."

After saying this, Su Wei silently dragged his tired body, which had been busy for most of the day, and squirmed on the bed for a while, then buried his face in the pillow again.

After leaving Tianbao Pavilion, he made a special detour to buy a bouquet of flowers to be given to the First Princess. He was almost exhausted now, and his eyelids were drooping.

"Ok?"

However, after a few seconds, Su Wei suddenly felt a pair of hands gently pushing his shoulders.

He turned his head again and looked at the owner of these hands.

For some reason, after getting the spiritual medicine, the fox fairy did not show much joy on his face. Instead, he pursed his lips and looked at Su Wei with his eyes that seemed a little nervous.

"Do you have any other questions?"

Seeing this, Su Wei took the initiative to ask.

"..."

"You...really won't regret helping me?"

Looking at the notebook that the other party carefully handed to him, Su Wei was stunned at first.

Soon, he realized what the other party meant by "regret".

Not long ago, after confirming that the holy medicine could heal her injuries, the fox fairy whispered to him that once the treatment began, she would temporarily lose her current strength.

Her magic circuits were completely contaminated, and the effect of simple treatment was close to zero. To treat this kind of injury, she could only find a way to completely separate the power from the body... This was also the fundamental reason why she chose this holy medicine.

This also means that for a period of time in the future, she will not be able to provide any decent help to Su Wei.

For some reason, even though he had already told Su Wei the information in person during the discussion in the afternoon, Lord Fox Fairy asked again at this moment.

In fact, even while waiting for Su Wei's answer, the expression on her face seemed more and more uneasy.

"I... already know that you are a trustworthy human being. Regardless of the injuries on my body, I can still function for several more years. As payment for the past rent, I will still be able to provide you with the best assistance I can."

"So, if you regret it, it's still not too late to take this medicine back and return it..."

“…I said.”

Looking at the Fox Fairy who seemed to have not figured out the situation yet, Su Wei sighed, and his originally tired eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Are you kidding me now?"

Noticing that Su Wei's tone suddenly became unfriendly, the fox fairy sitting beside the bed twitched his ears and subconsciously shrank his neck.

"I gave you this herb not because you can help me in the future, but because you saved me before. It comes from your own charm, not the so-called power."

"…What a pity! I thought that even if we are not friends now, we should be acquaintances that you can trust a little. But it seems that I was just being too sentimental. It turns out that you still regard me as an outsider who only values ​​your strength…"

"I did not mean that……"

"And what did you mean by that?"

Sitting up from the hospital bed, Su Wei pushed away the notebook handed to him by the Fox Fairy with an unhappy look on his face and shook his head in disappointment.

"..."

I don’t know if it was the first time that Su Wei treated me in such a tone, but the Fox Fairy suddenly became at a loss.

Under Su Wei's disappointed gaze, she lowered her head, clutched the corners of her clothes tightly with both hands, and said nothing.

"Forget it, I'm just an outsider, and this herb no longer belongs to me. You decide how to use it. If you don't want to use it, just throw it away."

Seeing the fox fairy becoming soft and gentle after being treated harshly by him, Su Wei sighed.

To be honest, he also thought it was a pity that this adult would lose his current strength after recovering from his injuries.

But, it’s not such a serious pity.

On the contrary, Su Wei subconsciously...somehow still had some expectations.

He had a feeling that the weakened Fox Fairy after treatment would probably arouse the strange... uh, inexplicable desire to bully her in his heart even more than it did now?

To be honest, before meeting this fox fairy, Su Wei didn't know that he was also a bad guy with a beast lurking deep in his heart.

"...?"

However, just as Su Wei was slightly immersed in a somewhat strange fantasy, he suddenly felt a piercing gaze fixed on his face.

He shuddered all over and suddenly came to his senses, and found that the fox fairy in front of him had been staring at him with suspicion since some time ago.

"I suddenly feel that there will be other dangers after treatment."

Holding the pencil and writing a few strokes on the notebook, she turned the notebook towards Su Wei.

"What danger do you mean? I don't quite understand."

Feeling somewhat guilty for some reason, Su Wei forced a smile.

However, after hearing Su Wei's question, the Fox Fairy did not lower his head to write again. Instead, he hummed softly and stared at Su Wei intently.

"..."

Su Wei turned his head silently.

"Why are you looking away?"

The notebook broke away from the fox fairy's hand, took off shakily, and fluttered in front of Su Wei and unfolded again.

…The socially anxious man became unexpectedly strong at strange times.

"So do you still need the medicine? Don't waste your time on me, okay?"

Su Wei tried to take back control of the communication.

"Ah, I'm getting angry all of a sudden."

"I am not angry."

Su Wei took a deep breath and looked at the Fox Fairy with deep eyes: "So, have you decided? Do you still want treatment?"

"..."

The four eyes met, and the brief period of dominance of the Fox Fairy was finally suppressed again.

After a moment, she caught the notebook that flew back into her hands, silently wrote a word on it, then stood the notebook upright, covering her face, and turned the pages towards Su Wei.

"want."

“…Yeah, that’s good.”

Seeing this, Su Wei also breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile.

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The next two days passed in a flash.

After waiting day and night, Su Wei finally arrived at the day when he was discharged from the hospital.

After returning from Tianbao Pavilion the day before yesterday afternoon, Su Wei has been staying in the hospital for the past two days and has not gone out again.

During this period, he felt a little uneasy because the princess seemed to be very busy and had not come to the Third Hospital again.

The flowers I bought two days ago were not given away until the moment before I was discharged from the hospital.

It even began to wither.