"Master, are you sure you are confident in what you said to the madam?" Bai Rong asked as she trailed behind Mo Han with her hands tightly clutching onto her robes.
Mo Han stopped.
He sighed without turning around to look at her, "Do you believe I can find her?" It was a question to test if Bai Rong was on his side or not.
A second turned to a minute, and the silence remained. Mo Han didn't think much of it and continued walking, his robes dragging behind him, yet the weight of everything he had to decipher was too much to drag him back.
"No matter what, I am with you in this! We will definitely find her." Bai Rong yelled. She clutched his sleeve, cheeks puffed in a pout, eyes glimmering with tears—and Mo Han froze
When was the last time he was told that?
His mother? His sister? His grandma? His father? But what happened? Each one of them left him alone to fend for himself, he once had love, but those love was quick to disappear from his sight.
When he tried to accept everything as it was, and love someone else. It vanished before his eyes.
Mo Han sighed, turned around and patted Bai Rong on the head. It wasn't entirely his choice to tell her that he would bring the little girl here, but after I saw the screen flash before my eyes, I knew it was the system again.
'That damn system!' He embraced Bai Rong in his arms, patting her as he glared at the little fluff ball snickering at the corner like a pet that just had it's way.
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MISSION
① Save the little girl trapped by Ye Mo Feng, and earn a
confidante, an alchemist, and a great reward.
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Three rewards in one, if he gains a confidante, then it would be no other person than the rabbit Demon Ye Hua. Mo Han was leaning towards it, because the pleasure house was a place soaked in information.
Which must mean that, he has to pay a visit to his brother tonight.
'That burdensome prick'
He gritted his teeth as he took Bai Rong hands and approached the room, the maiden was standing in front of, waiting for them. She had a blank look on her face but Mo Han was sure that she had some hostility towards him because of the favorability numbers above her head.
'There was such a thing?'
His brows creased forming a frown, as the maiden announced his presence but without waiting for the maiden to finish talk, the door slid open revealing a very beautiful maiden with soft feature staring back at him.
... Mo Han was surprised and yet blinded by the beauty before him.
"Wow it was like you said, Lian Zhu, he is very pretty." The girl beamed as she stared at Mo Han awed.
Bai Rong seeing this took a step forward and shielded Mo Han, her gaze piercing cold as she stared at the woman before her.
"Do me a favor, and step aside. We are not here for you." Her voice was low and dark, and the lady seemed to have taken a hint and gave a wry smile, stepping aside to let the duo come in.
She herself didn't know why she reacted that way, but the scent coming off from Mo Han...
"I am sorry, she isn't always like that. What brings the son of the Ye family to this wretched and unsightly place?" a soft voice echoed in the air drawing the people's attention to the man leaning against the window, turned and looked at Mo Han who had stepped inside.
He wore a green robe, with a soft girlish appearance, his hair set loose and it looked like he was dressed loosely to attract anyone in the room, even Mo Han.
But the latter just stared hard and cold at the man in front of him.
He thought he was going to be talking to an old rickety man, but it turned out to be a young man around his age. But why did he live in seclusion and much less in the brothel?
Mo Han caught unto the answer real quick, because his appearance could topple nations if not this one, or was it really that?
He raised his sleeves to his nose, his facial expression squeezed at the scent that travelled in the air, was it herbs? He never liked the hospital so he found the smell pungent to inhale but strangely relaxing.
'How did he know my identity?'
"I see that you have been informed of my arrival? Perhaps from her..." Mo Han gazed at the beauty standing at the side, pouring steaming tea into the cup.
She froze but refused to look up.
"Ah, you are quite mistaken. Yu Luo, is but a courtesan with no such powers but I could smell your beautiful scent from far away, one only I could get a whiff of as the only alchemist this city should be grateful to have." He paused as he stood on his feet and took a sit on the stool.
"I believe, you have come here for your meridians and your physique?" his once smooth voice turned deep as he gestured for the stool at the other side of the table.
Mo Han was surprised, was he able to tell just by looking at him? He didn't sit immediately and just narrowed his eyes at the alchemist, his body tense.
"He sound's shady master." Bai Rong whispered beside him and Mo Han thought she was right.
Bai Rong didn't like the way the Alchemist was looking at Mo Han, like a prize he won on an extremely lucky day. Without even knowing it, she didn't know when she started claiming Mo Han as her own.
Mo Han sighed and took a sit, the one call Yu Luo, rushed forward and poured a cup of tea for Mo Han. He watched the green liquid swirl in the cup and the crease in between his brows only tightened the knot.
It made him remember his school days, where he would have to stress a class for a work the teacher forced upon them.
[How are you so calm in such situations.]
The fluff ball asked as it bounced up and about Mo Han, but the latter refused to answer. He lifted his head and looked at the alchemist.
"If I want you to fix them, what do you want in return?"
"Your heart."
The alchemist was quick to answer, without batting an eye at the blatant word that slipped out of his lips. Mo Han's eyes widened, and Bai Rong slammed her hand against the desk, baring her fangs.
"Don't make me do something you would absolutel-"
"Step back, Rong'er, I am perfectly fine." Mo Han chuckled as he placed a hand on Bai Rong's head, she stiffened, a flush creeping up his cheeks.
He seemed to have remembered something. When Bai Rong stepped back, he flashed the Alchemist a wide smile, that sent goosebumps down Lian Zhu and Yu Luo's body.
'Maybe I should provoke them' He sneered internally.
"Are you perhaps into men, my lord?" He asked, as he pulled down one side of his robes, revealing his slightly toned body. Lian Zhu flinched and then flushed crimson, how was he mistaken to such extent?
"No! No! you must be mistaken. In exchange for the pills I am going to cook for you, I would like to have you as a disciple." Lian Zhu immediately said, shaking his head repeatedly to dismiss Mo Han's thought.
"Where did that come from now?" Mo Han yelled, protecting his body with his hands.
How oddly similar to his teacher back on earth. They all had the same enthusiasm to teach him but for an Alchemist to want a student like him. Mo Han found it weird and oddly suspicious.
Without wasting any time, he grabbed the cup of tea and downed it one gulp, his cheeks flushed.
"Ah-! Lord Mo Han, you shouldn't have!" Yu Luo who was reluctant to speak for a while, suddenly gave him an awkward look.
Bai Rong who didn't like this, stepped forward. "And why shouldn't he? It's tea isn't it?"
"Um...well... I..."
Mo Han was feeling dizzy and hot as Yu Luo beat around the bush. But the only thing that caught his attention was the blood rushing to a certain area.
[Hehe, Someone is cooked~]
The little fluffball giggled as it danced around in the air, heightening the fear in Mo Han. He hoped it wasn't what he was thinking.
This was bad.
"You drank the Scented Bloom Wine. It's an Aphrodisiac that works almost immediately. I suggest you stay the night." Lian Zhu, giggled, amused of the situation.
[Ding!]
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[ WARNING SCREEN ]
| You've consumed [Xiangchen Hua Drug: Grade A++]
| A rare aphrodisiac known as "Scented Bloom Wine" has entered your bloodstream.
Effects: Instant arousal, 24-hour duration, hyper-sensitivity, fatal backlash if unrelieved.
Side Effect: Prolonged resistance may cause your body to explode.
Solution: Engage in sex with a compatible female partner.
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'Shit, I am f**ked'