Chapter 303: Chapter 243: Pastries, Sweet and Delicious

Pharmacist’s Wish wrapped her arm around Yan Qing’s neck, holding him closely.

She seemed quite nervous, her body slightly trembling, yet her grip was firm.

Before Yan Qing could react, Pharmacist’s Wish released her hold and stepped back.

Her expression was calm, though she looked away when speaking: "So this isn’t gratitude."

"...You’re right."

Yan Qing’s mouth twitched: "I feel like I’ve been molested by you."

Suddenly pouncing and then abruptly retreating, Yan Qing felt his chest being pressed down, experiencing for the first time what it’s like for a maiden to be assaulted by a lecher.

Pharmacist’s Wish’s face turned a shade of red, but she continued in her own rhythm: "A scumbag like you, a degenerate, a lecher, everything you do is for yourself, never for us, right?"

"Right."

"I didn’t hug you out of gratitude, but because when I wanted to hug Rabbit Heroine just now, she said my armor poked her, so I really wanted to hug someone now. By coincidence, you’re her brother, so I simply treated you as a substitute for her."

"I understand, a substitute meal."

"Substitute meal? That’s right, that’s exactly what I mean." Pharmacist’s Wish sniffed: "This hug isn’t for you, it’s for Rabbit Heroine, don’t get it wrong."

Yan Qing was silent for a moment, "According to what you said, you should be paying me then."

"Okay."

What, really giving? Even with a mask, can I still sell for a price? For the first time, Yan Qing received such valuable recognition, comparable to the incredulous looks of friends during urination.

"But not money, rather teaching." Pharmacist’s Wish slowly said: "Since you have time to dine with Red Snake at noon, you should be able to spare half an hour to spar with me."

She glanced at Yan Qing: "You should understand what I’m saying."

Yan Qing was a bit embarrassed, had he gotten so bad that Pharmacist’s Wish couldn’t ignore it? But he was aware enough, in the battle at the dungeon, he won entirely by stats, without any skill, it was all brute strength, not to mention his attack, even his defense relied completely on the Mountain Heart-Protecting Mirror to hold up. If it weren’t for Bingzi Pepper Forest granting him safe attack distances, his defense barrier would have been shattered long ago.

Though he possessed the Naraku Curse Secret Technique, proficient in severing limbs, with 11 points of true damage, the occurrences of triggering ’sever limb’ were few and always late, fundamentally because of his lacking combat ability and inability to focus attacks on a single area.

Mind you, the constables at the Divine Marquis Mansion were mere demons, their mobility and adaptability far below that of regular messengers!

Yan Qing vaguely felt that he couldn’t continue like this, as life is like love, coming like a tornado, coupled with the bizarre gameplay of the Thief’s House, he’s either not fighting, or fighting equals or peak battles, with few opportunities for fish pond games.

Yet the Thief’s House, whether for its safety or rewards, was too tempting for Yan Qing to let go of. The only answer was to adapt to the conditions of the Thief’s House, raising his knowledge level. While playing fish pond games for a lifetime isn’t bad, becoming a master of realistic games offers vast horizons.

Now that Pharmacist’s Wish proposed special training, it’s like finding a pillow when sleepy, kindling wood meeting fire, kidney stones encountering ultrasound, aligning perfectly with Yan Qing’s intentions. He’s not the shy type, clearly seeing Pharmacist’s Wish wanting to repay a favor without entangling relations too much, creating a purely transactional relationship, making him straightforwardly nod: "Okay."

Yan Qing noticed Shang Xinlei beside him, eyes wide seemingly wanting to say something, quickly connecting thoughts, he first spoke: "But Red Snake has to join too."

Pharmacist’s Wish slightly startled, looking at Red Snake, then at Yan Qing, with a hint of pity in her eyes, as if seeing two idiots huddling together. She hadn’t observed Shang Xinlei’s combat scenes, but if even someone as lacking as Yan Qing saw Shang Xinlei as needing tutoring, it suggested these two belonged to the same tier.

"No problem."

Shang Xinlei was dumbfounded: Not mates? Do I seem like I want to join you guys?

"Since you agreed, I’ll take it as approval for the application earlier."

Yan Qing was startled: "What application?"

"When I came out of the Magma Pool and you helped me remove the armor, remember I asked you a question?"

Yan Qing desperately searched his memory; there was indeed such a moment. He asked Pharmacist’s Wish if she dared act so recklessly again, her reply: ’What’s it to you? I only listened to you for this mission, why, do you want to be my leader and command me?’

No, wasn’t that a sarcastic remark? Was that a question!?

"Seems you’ve remembered." Pharmacist’s Wish smiled slightly: "Henceforth, I’m yours, leader."

"Wait wait!" Yan Qing was dumbfounded: "You just said we’re starting from scratch, not indebted, how come—"

"Indeed starting from scratch, but our starting point isn’t just as teammates. We’ve shared this secret, can we really return to how it was before?" Pharmacist’s Wish said slowly: "Besides, I’m your martial instructor next, there must be a title, right?"

She gestured, clearly mouthing ’Yan Qing.’

Disaster Organization!

Yan Qing was enlightened, no wonder Pharmacist’s Wish wanted to settle past debts before proposing special training, what repayment, what transaction, she actually aimed to secure a role in the Disaster Organization! She saw through Yan Qing’s pitifully poor fighting skills needing training; who else in the Thief’s House fits this position better than her?

Though Yan Qing has powerful underlings, if they could aid his practice, would he have delivered such a poor performance tonight?

"We are indeed teammates at the Thief’s House, promises made can’t be denied." Pharmacist’s Wish smiled at the corner of her eyebrows, with a hint of mischief, waving her hand: "Good night, leader."

She glanced at Shang Xinlei, "Goodnight, Red Snake."

Watching Pharmacist’s Wish with brisk strides returning to her room, after a brief silence, Yan Qing suddenly dashed rapidly towards his own room door.

But was still grabbed by the shoulder by Shang Xinlei.

"What happened under the dungeon?"

"Killed some people, saved some people, you saw it all."

"What else?"

"What else do you want? Look, my left shoulder is still injured. Just now Black Wolf seemed to have gone too hard, and my wound split open—"

"Stop pretending, your wound has already scabbed over." Shang Xinlei grabbed his left hand and took back the Green Grass Bracelet: "Why did Black Wolf say she’s with you? What secrets are there between you two?"

Yan Qing’s mind raced, trying to weave a perfect response:

"Not telling you." Weaving failed.

"Why won’t you tell me?"

"Because it would be too troublesome."

Yan Qing actually didn’t want to pull the thieves into the Heavenly Disaster organization; firstly, there’s a limit on the number of people, even just adding smaller numbers would fill it up; secondly, if Shang Xinlei found out Pharmacist’s Wish joined the organization before her, it would make things quite complicated.

Better to keep it hidden and find a chance to kick Pharmacist’s Wish out later.

"Are you not telling now, or never going to tell?"

"Now, probably."

"Did you hypnotize or brainwash Black Wolf?"

"No."

"Could Black Wolf’s mind just suddenly break?"

"No."

"Were you poisoned and have to... mate to cure it?"

"No."

"Is Black Wolf’s chest big?"

"Yes."

Shang Xinlei gave Yan Qing a full-force kick on the butt, making a loud sound. Yan Qing hurt so much he almost jumped up, and without hesitation, kicked back left, but by then Shang Xinlei had already run off to the front of her room door and entered in one swift motion.

"Wait for it, you’re eating crap tomorrow!" Shang Xinlei gripped the doorknob and looked at Yan Qing with resentment.

"Wait, let me say one thing."

Shang Xinlei paused from closing the door, curious to see if a dog’s mouth could actually spit out ivory.

"Red Snake, even though you’re not as good as Black Wolf now, as long as you train with me, you’ll catch up to Black Wolf one day, don’t feel inferior!" Yan Qing encouraged.

Shang Xinlei was completely dumbfounded, staring blankly at Yan Qing, her face turning beet red with anger.

"I’ve changed my mind."

She gestured a middle finger at Yan Qing, "You’re eating dog crap tomorrow! Dog crap!"

Watching Shang Xinlei slam her door shut, Yan Qing scratched his head in confusion. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Did I say something wrong? Her current hardware and software capabilities are no match for Black Wolf’s. Black Wolf is a Three-Turn Peak Heavenly Gang Earthly Sha Great Messenger, capable of crushing the Pillar of the Country Duke in hard strength, while you, who haven’t even reached the Third Transformation and are some minor Second Transformation, training with me is the only chance to catch up with Black Wolf, right?

Sigh, Red Snake’s purity is just too low.

At this moment, Shang Xinlei suddenly opened the door again, storming over angrily. Yan Qing assumed a fighting stance, ready to face the challenge, but instead, Shang Xinlei slapped an exquisite lunchbox into his face without a word before retreating back to her room, and this time it seemed she really returned for good.

Yan Qing opened the lunchbox, inside were some pastries, slightly deformed from being slapped, just some ordinary mung bean cakes and water chestnut cakes.

He tasted one, savoring it, and felt... just ordinary pastries. But having been busy all night, Yan Qing was indeed a bit hungry and took them back to his room, finishing them all in no time.

Sweet and quite delicious.