Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 117 - Injured

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The night passed uneventfully.

The next morning, Luo Xi woke up in Ye Chuan's arms, his strong arm wrapped around her, his hand cupping her…

Ye Chuan's eyes were closed; he seemed to be still asleep.

Luo Xi pursed her lips, trying to move his hand, but he suddenly poked her.

"Y-you, you, you…" Luo Xi quickly turned around as if she was electrocuted and saw that Ye Chuan was awake, a playful glint in his dark eyes.

"Can you blame me? I didn't sleep well last night," Ye Chuan said innocently, seeing her puffed-up cheeks.

"Jerk, there's a handprint!" Luo Xi said coquettishly, noticing the mark on her… backpack.

Ye Chuan sighed. "But I’m still uncomfortable."

"..." Luo Xi looked at Ye Chuan's deliberately pitiful expression, then at the "injured," inflamed, and swollen "wound" on his… you know… 

"Does it hurt?" she asked softly.

Ye Chuan nodded. 

He was injured, after all — shouldn’t it be treated?

“Can you take a look for me?”

Luo Xi hesitated for a moment, then reached out. and began to unwrap the wound. The moment the dressing came off — slap! — her face was firmly smacked.

"?!" Luo Xi's eyes widened, staring at the "wound," which had "worsened" to a purplish hue, the veins bulging.

“Why is the wound so serious? I-I'll help you reduce the inflammation, okay?”

“You know how?” Ye Chuan raised a brow. Had she practiced using medical tools just for him?

“Hmph, forget it then!”

…

Outside the room.

"Time to wake up," Mother Luo called out softly, breakfast already prepared.

Soon, the door opened, and Luo Xi and Ye Chuan emerged.

"I bought you baozi and cheung fun(buns and rice noodle rolls)," Mother Luo started to say, then noticed her daughter rush into the bathroom without even greeting her.

"She probably really needed to use the restroom," Ye Chuan explained.

"Then Xiao Chuan, come wash up in the kitchen," Mother Luo said with a smile.

After washing up, Ye Chuan and Luo Xi sat down at the dining table. For some reason, Luo Xi seemed a bit nervous, avoiding her mother's gaze.

"What's wrong, XiXi?" Mother Luo asked, noticing her daughter's behavior.

Was she feeling unwell?

"Nothing, Mom… I'll have some soy milk," Luo Xi said, reaching for the soy milk.

"This soy milk is good, nice and thick," Mother Luo said. Just then, Luo Xi started coughing violently.

"XiXi, are you alright?"

"I-I'm fine, Mom, I just choked a little."

Ye Chuan handed Luo Xi a napkin. "She's probably hungry, that's why she's eating so fast."

As he said this, he felt a small foot step on his.

Ye Chuan continued smiling and asked casually, "Auntie, where's Uncle?"

"He went to work. His old boss offered him a job…" Mother Luo said with a gentle smile.

"Now that I'm better, he can't keep working at the barbecue stall day and night. A proper job is better."

Ye Chuan remembered the middle-aged man who had approached Father Luo. He hadn't expected him to give up the barbecue stall so quickly.

"What about the equipment?"

"He'll probably sell it sometime," Luo Xi said.

"That's good."

As Ye Chuan was eating, his phone vibrated.

He glanced at it; it was a message from Qiao Xin.

Qiao Xin: Good morning, are you free for coffee?

Ye Chuan: Busy.

Ye Chuan: I'll send you the medicine today.

Qiao Xin: Okay, we'll meet another time.

Luo Xi, curious, peeked at Ye Chuan's phone, resting her chin on his shoulder.

"Chuan Chuan, do you have any plans today?"

"Not really," Ye Chuan replied casually. 

He planned to give the spirit essence to Lilith later and then spend the day at home.

Maybe do some more renovations.

"Then come shopping with me," Luo Xi asked.

"Sure, but I need to go home first, you can wait for me here," Ye Chuan readily agreed. 

After all, Luo Xi had worked hard this morning, practically sucking face until her mouth was numb. (TL: This is a somewhat vulgar way of describing kissing. If you know,you know)

"Hee hee."

Mother Luo smiled warmly, watching Ye Chuan and Luo Xi's affectionate interaction.

After all, she had watched them grow up together.

Even when they were little, she had always thought they were a good match.

If Ye Chuan's parents hadn't passed away so early, she might have even suggested arranging a marriage between them.

After asking Luo Xi to wait for him, Ye Chuan returned home.

Not to change clothes or anything, just to feed Lilith.

He opened the door; the living room was empty.

Ye Chuan checked the logs and found that Bai Qianshuang had started another round of cultivation and had even broken through to the mid Golden Core realm!

"Breaking through to Golden Core in this world, she's quite amazing," Ye Chuan said, impressed.

But the stronger Bai Qianshuang was, the safer he was.

If anyone messed with him, he could just have her blow them up.

A thousand kilometers of destruction powered by a single bag of chips.

"Yo, young man, you're back?" Compared to Bai Qianshuang, who was in deep meditation, Lan Xiaoke was the first to notice Ye Chuan's return.

She poked her head out of the wall. "Good morning!"

"Oh? You're at late Qi Refining now?" Ye Chuan noticed Lan Xiaoke's rapid progress.

Lan Xiaoke nodded vigorously. "Chuan Chuan, about that five thousand…"

Seeing Lan Xiaoke rubbing her hands together expectantly, Ye Chuan chuckled. 

"I'll give you ten thousand, since you're leveling up so fast."

"Thank you, Master!" Lan Xiaoke cheered, floating around Ye Chuan, massaging his legs and back, almost climbing onto him to give him a… backpack massage. 

Ye Chuan just chuckled. He had just earned over a million last night.

He wasn't short on money!

After transferring ten thousand to Lan Xiaoke, she zoomed around the apartment like a deflated balloon, overjoyed.

"Keep up the good work."

"Yes, sir!"

Ye Chuan ignored Lan Xiaoke and returned to his room.

Sitting on the edge of his bed, he looked down at the jade pendant on his chest. "Lilith, are you awake?"

No response.

He picked up the pendant, and before he could do anything, it glowed purple, and Lilith's figure appeared before him.

She yawned, her petite body floating in mid-air as if sitting on an invisible chair, her legs crossed. 

"Why did you summon me?"