Su Bai hastily pulled on his arm, "Don’t go! This is the only small clinic for miles around. Miss this village and you’ll find nowhere else. Aren’t you afraid the condition of the female you’re holding will worsen? Wen Li paused in his step but ultimately stayed. The slumbering little female seemed to be sleeping fitfully; the slightly furrowed brows and pale complexion were heart-wrenching to see. It was the first time Su Bai had seen a female in all his life, and it was this soft, fair little one. He swallowed and his eyes sparkled. His hand rested on the slightly warm forehead, the soft feeling in his palm seemed unbelievable. Wen Li’s gaze was locked on him, and after his hand lingered for over a minute. "You can take a temperature reading in half a minute by touch; what are you doing?" The man’s cold and stern tone made Su Bai think he’d be punched next and hurriedly grabbed his little worn-out medical box, muttering under his breath, "Why so fierce!" Inside his box were a few vials of black and green potion. He lifted Ruan Li’s eyelids, squeezed her hand, and opened a bottle to feed it into her mouth. Wen Li’s system failed to scan the main components of the potion. Seeing the suspicious act, he quickly locked onto him, "What are you feeding?" Su Bai’s pupils dilated, evidently a little angry, "Of course I’m feeding her medicine! This little female is obviously having a low fever caused by the desert’s temperature changes. If it gets severe, my medicine won’t work!" Wen Li’s grip slightly loosened, watching Su Bai feed the dark potion to Ruan Li, "Alright, wait until she breaks a sweat tonight." He found a small stool to sit on, cat ears and a tail suddenly appearing on him, his tail swaying back and forth, and then his nose twitched, showing a strange expression. He hesitantly looked at Wen Li, stammering, "Hey... why don’t you have any... Beastman scent on you?" How could a male Beastman have no Beastman scent on him? Wen Li raised his eyes to look at him. He had hid in a pile of Beastmen when entering the city, covered in their filthy, stinky scent, which had almost faded, allowing Su Bai to sniff it out. As for why he could sense Ruan Li’s scent? In a pile of dirty, smelly scents, a sudden sweet fragrance appeared; anyone would notice. Wen Li fabricated, "I have a defect in my body, no scent." Su Bai gave an awkward "oh," and asked, "How did you come to the Deserted Star? Why is this little female here too?" He noticed the Smart Brain on her wrist, likely a product of high-end planets. "We encountered a Star Thief attack during space jumps." The two fell silent, awkwardness filling the air. Only the sound of the long furry tail swaying in the air was audible. "Water... water..." A hoarse voice suddenly resonated. Su Bai quickly got up to bring a bowl of warm water and slowly fed it to Ruan Li. Time trickled away, and the sky suddenly darkened. Su Bai glanced outside, "Do you have a place to stay tonight?" The two clearly seemed new to the city. They would likely be scammed for a lot of money leaving his clinic, and maybe the little female might even be taken away. The male seemed a bit dull in the head. "Why not lodge in my shop for a night? One Crystal Core is all it takes," proposed Su Bai. Wen Li looked at his outstretched hand. "For the Crystal Core!" Su Bai’s gaze swept him up and down, "Hey, don’t tell me you don’t have even that!" Wen Li pursed his lips and took out a piece of ammunition. Su Bai looked askance at the item and said, "This will do too." Ammunition was not much use to Beastmen, mainly because they lacked firearms and had never seen things like artillery shells. On the Deserted Star, Beastmen typically used Crystal Cores for transactions since only those with enough superpower could survive in such harsh conditions. During the night, Ruan Li began to sweat, and Wen Li stayed by her side all night. Robots didn’t need sleep, so he concentrated on taking care of her. She muttered several Beast Husband names in her sleep. Early the next morning, Su Bai checked her forehead again and gave her some water, "She’s okay, should wake up soon." Not long after, Ruan Li slowly opened her heavy eyelids, her gaze scanning the strange surroundings. A rundown room, a glaring bare bulb emitting a faint light. Ruan Li’s gaze finally stopped on the two men in the room. One was Wen, and the other was a clean-cut young man, with twitching cat ears on his head and a gently swaying tail behind him. "You..." Fresh chapters posted on novel·fire.net The voice that came out was very hoarse, Wen Li handed her a cup of water. Ruan Li drank to soothe her throat before feeling better. "Why am I here? Where are Bai He and Bai Ci? Did you bring me here?" Ruan Li’s barrage of questions made Su Bai widen his eyes and look at Wen Li, pointing at his nose, "You-you-you! You’ve abducted a female!" Wen Li explained, "You were attacked by Star Thieves while making a space jump. I saved you; Bai He and Bai Ci, I haven’t seen them." Clearly, Ruan Li did not believe his explanation. She regarded Wen Li warily, believing him was as credible as a pig climbing a tree. "My little master, I have no ill intentions." This explanation made the pale Ruan Li want to laugh. She tinkered with the Smart Brain on her wrist, luckily it wasn’t broken, just a weak signal, but she sent messages to Bai He and Bai Ci respectively. Message sending in progress... Ten minutes later, the message was still transmitting. "The signal is weak here, the Smart Brain might not be able to send messages," Wen Li said. Of course, if his super-strong signal source was installed on the Smart Brain, Ruan Li could send a message, but he wasn’t planning to do that. Ruan Li: "What about Xu Mo? What did you do to Xu Mo?" "He won’t die, but the master might make him suffer a little," he said. Ruan Li glared at him angrily, "What do you mean ’suffer a little?’ What are you going to do to him!" Wen Li said calmly, "He’s an experiment subject. Without the master’s gift of life, he wouldn’t even be here." Wen Li smiled slightly, "Little master, if you obey and come with me, the master won’t give him a hard time." Su Bai clicked his tongue, "So what’s your relationship?" "There’s no relationship!" Ruan Li quickly stated. "Then why is he calling you ’little master?’ Strange choice of words, Su Bai thought. "You misheard," Ruan Li said without changing her expression. "Indeed, you misheard," Wen Li echoed. Su Bai widened his eyes, muttering to himself, "Impossible, my ears are sharp." "But you two know each other, are you friends?" "No." If anything, enemies, Ruan Li thought inwardly. "But he brought you here and took care of you all night yesterday." Wen Li said, "We’re friends, she had a tantrum with me." Ruan Li was a bit taken aback by his words but didn’t explain further. Su Bai’s gaze skated uncertainly between them, begrudgingly accepting the explanation. "So what are your plans next? A female is quite desirable on the Deserted Star. Where do you plan to hide her?"