freenovelworld Chapter 117 * A world where only Ricard is injured has been achieved.
Chapter 117 * A world where only Ricard is injured has been achieved.
After leaving the safe house, Nicholas took Ricard to sit and rest on a chair in the backyard. Kognan leaned against the door alone, feeling uneasy and helpless—Bai Yeshu's attitude made him feel the danger.
Suddenly, the sound of high heels approached from afar, and a blonde woman came up to him, making a shushing gesture at Kognam.
……
Sitting in the living room, Bai Yexiu took out a few banknotes from his pocket and handed them to Zuomu, his tone threatening: "Use this money to buy a vial of wound medicine for Rikar at the pharmacy. Keep the rest for your daily expenses. Don't say I told you to buy it. Say you wanted to buy it for him yourself. If he finds out it was me, be careful I don't stab you too."
Saki pursed his lips, took the money, and was about to turn around and leave to run errands when he found that Bai Yexiu was pulling on his clothes.
Bai Yexiu took out another stack of banknotes: "This is your salary for this month. Although you've only been working for one day this month, I'm giving it all to you since you did well tonight. I also gave you a few extra bills. Use them to buy medicine; it's not good to have scars on your body."
Saki's downcast eyes gradually turned into starry eyes, and he went out with a silly grin.
Bai Yexiu was the only one left in the safe house.
Saki went out the door, and soon the sound of high heels came from the entrance.
Bai Yexiu suddenly stood up from the sofa, and when he turned around, he saw Vermouth with a playful expression.
"What are you doing here?!" Bai Yexiu's face flushed red instantly.
Could it be that Vermouth saw his arrogant and prideful demeanor just now?
"Wanting to be kind to others but doing it secretly," Vermouth chuckled.
It seems that what I heard in the UK about Cointreau being soft-hearted was true. On the surface, he's a strict boss, but in reality, he secretly cares for his subordinates—something Gin could never do in his entire life.
"Mind your own business. How can I keep people in check if I don't act ruthless?" Bai Yexiu sat down indignantly and turned on his phone.
Vermouth looked at the door that had just been closed: "I've heard of this Saki. By the way, does he really know how to buy medicine? Did you teach him?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Yexiu stood up abruptly again.
Oh no, he forgot that Saki is just a big kid with no common sense.
After all, Saki grew up in an orphanage and was later sent to a dark and hopeless research group before being released recently. It's fair to say he has absolutely no common sense about normal life and only knows how to fight. Although he looks like a 17 or 18-year-old youth, his real age is 27, but his mental age is still that of an 11 or 12-year-old.
Fortunately, Bai Yexiu had bought a cell phone for Zuomu beforehand. Bai Yexiu quickly called Zuomu, but the other end didn't answer at all. Bai Yexiu was so anxious that he started scratching his head.
……
Once outside on the street, Saki stared blankly at the dazzling city lights, but he quickly remembered the task Bai Yexiu had given him, and three big questions surfaced in his mind—
What is a pharmacy? Where are they located? How do I buy medicine?
Saki was at a loss and was about to ask a passerby when something in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
It turns out it was a black, plate-like object that Lord Jundu had given him before, called a cell phone. He said that when it vibrated, he should take it out and press the button.
Saki pressed the power button.
The phone screen is off, but it's still vibrating.
"..."
Is this how Lord Cointreau taught?
Saki hesitated, then put his phone back in his pocket, grabbed a passerby at random, and timidly asked, "Excuse me, do you know where the pharmacy is?"
A kind passerby pointed in a direction, and Saki walked forward for a while. At the end of the road, he saw a pink sign, but he didn't recognize the words on it. Not far from the pink sign, there was a green sign, and he didn't recognize the words on it either.
But the passerby was referring to the end of this road, right?
Saki recalled the direction the passerby was pointing and hesitated before walking into the pink-signed shop at the end of the street.
The items on the shelves in the store were somewhat "sensual"—the packaging featured scantily clad women, as well as close-ups of some strange items… Saki couldn't help but blush.
So this is what a pharmacy looks like? Are all of these medicines?
A sexy waitress swayed up to him, put her arm around Saki's shoulder, and said in a teasing tone, "First time here? You seem young and full of energy. What do you want? Tell me, or I can recommend some of our popular products?"
The woman's full breasts rubbed against his arm, and Saki suddenly became extremely nervous, stammering, "Medicine...I need medicine..."
Before Saki could finish speaking, the woman looked him up and down with a strange expression, muttering, "I can't believe it, so young, yet..." Then the woman took a small box from the shelf.
Saki didn't understand what the woman meant, and just blankly pulled out a wad of pounds: "Is this enough?"
The woman was shocked.
This stack of pounds is worth many times more than the price of this box of medicine.
“This is enough.” The woman looked at him suspiciously, took a small stack of pounds from the pile, and handed the small box to Saki with her other hand.
Only then did Saki see the picture on the small box clearly—a muscular man wearing only briefs with bulging bulges, and several English words next to the muscular man.
Although something felt off, Saki still took the small box and left, feeling dejected.
After Saki left, the male shop manager walked up to the woman who had watched him leave and said, "That guy seemed a bit strange. Could he be an idiot?"
……
Bai Yexiu had already rushed out the door, regretting that he hadn't had time to set a location for Zuomu's phone before leaving.
Because the safe house is located in a busy downtown area, the lights from various illuminated signs at night make the streets appear bizarre and colorful, and all sorts of people crowd the streets, naturally increasing the difficulty for Bai Yexiu to find people.
But Bai Yexiu didn't notice that across the street, Zuo Mu left the street heading towards the safe house.
……
In the backyard, Nicholas went to pour water for Ricard, leaving Ricard alone sitting on a chair, staring at the wound on his thigh, lost in thought.
Saki walked up to Ricard and handed him the small box, about to say something. Just then, Nicholas returned with a bowl of water, his gaze immediately fixing on the small box in Ricard's hand—
"This is……"
Ricard and Saki both turned their gazes to Nicholas's face.
Nicholas, still young at heart, blushed suspiciously after seeing the pictures and English text: "Why did you buy this...?"
Upon hearing this, Ricard looked down, his expression gradually turning to shock. He then looked at Saki with a complicated expression, his lips opening and closing repeatedly, unable to utter a single word.
He's almost 30, so while he wouldn't blush like that young Nicholas would when he saw this, but—
Why would Saki, whose mental age is only 11 or 12, specifically buy him a powerful and stimulating drug?!
The air fell silent for a moment.
Saki looked at the two stunned people in front of him—he didn't dare to speak. Judging from the scene, had he done something wrong?
But just a second later, Cognan's voice came from afar.
"Nicholas, do you know where the first-aid kit is in the safe house... Ugh, are you all here?"
Kognam looked at the three people surrounding him and stepped forward, puzzled.
He saw clearly the small box in Ricard's hand.
"Huh?" Kognam asked in confusion, looking at Ricard tentatively and suspiciously.
Now there was silence among the four of them, their minds racing with the sheer volume of information.
"Oh!" Vermouth appeared beside them at some point, and upon seeing the small box, she also covered her mouth in surprise.
At this awkward moment, Bai Yexiu arrived—
He couldn't find Saki on the street, so he thought of intercepting him at the door, but when he turned his head, he saw five people standing in the backyard.
Instead of intercepting Saki, they encountered this silence.
Bai Yexiu immediately recognized what the small box in Ricard's hand was.
In the end, we were still a step too late.
Bai Yexiu rubbed his forehead in regret.
Seeing the complicated looks from the others, and with Bai Yexiu present, Ricard instantly realized what was happening and shoved the small box into Zuo Mu's hands: "I don't want it."
Now Nicholas and Kognan's attention was focused on Saki again. Saki naturally felt a little embarrassed and secretly looked at Bai Yexiu for help.
“Zaki is still young, how can you give him something like this?” Bai Yexiu immediately stepped forward, pulled Zaki, who was holding the small box, and turned to walk into the safe house.
"No, I didn't!" Ricard frantically tried to chase after him to explain, but was ruthlessly shut out.
The backyard fell silent once again.
When Ricard turned around, what devastated him was the complicated gazes of Nicholas and Kognam, and the amused expression on Vermouth's face.
"That's not how it is, listen to me..."