My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 596: One Pill at a Time

Chapter 596: Chapter 596: One Pill at a Time

Seeing Liu Mengting fetching her bag, Li Xiaoli asked curiously,

"What are you doing?"

Liu Mengting’s face turned red as she took out a box of medicine, took out a pill, and swallowed it with some water,

"This is emergency contraception. I’ve taken it now; it’s up to you whether you want to or not."

After taking the medicine, Liu Mengting stood up and headed upstairs.

"Oh, oh, oh, Sister Meng Meng is really thoughtful." Li Xiaoli nodded repeatedly, picked up the box to examine it, and then called out anxiously,

"How do you take this thing?"

"There’s an instruction leaflet, read it yourself," Liu Mengting replied without looking back, and then there was silence.

"Alright then."

Li Xiaoli pouted and started to study it seriously.

Back at the villa, Tang Ming looked at Xin Badao, who was meditating and practicing his cultivation in the yard, and said with a smile,

"Wow, having not seen you for a few days, I can see your cultivation has improved rapidly. In a few days, you’ll probably reach the peak of five-star!"

"Hehe, thanks so much for the cultivation technique, Master Poison. I am truly grateful."

Xin Badao quickly got to his feet, sincerely thanking him.

"Don’t mention it, as long as you follow me closely, I guarantee that your cultivation will keep getting higher," Tang Ming said with confidence, and then instructed, "There’s nothing for you here now, go back to the hotel and focus on your cultivation."

"Okay."

Xin Badao nodded, feeling a surge of joy. He couldn’t deny that the cultivation technique Tang Ming had modified was indeed very powerful. It had even loosened his bottleneck, allowing his cultivation to steadily increase, which was indeed a great thing.

After seeing off Xin Badao, Tang Ming returned to his room to freshen up and prepare for cultivation, but just at that moment, he suddenly heard a scream from upstairs.

"What’s happening?"

Tang Ming’s expression changed slightly as he rushed to the staircase and shouted, "What’s wrong with you guys upstairs?"

"Tang Ming, get up here quick, Xiaoli’s in trouble," Liu Mengting called out anxiously.

Tang Ming rushed to Liu Mengting’s room and found Li Xiaoli pale-faced, clutching her stomach, and rolling on the bed.

"What’s going on? Cramps?"

Tang Ming looked at Liu Mengting, who was at a loss, with confusion.

"I don’t know, we were just sleeping, and suddenly she became like this."

Liu Mengting’s complexion was pale as she responded anxiously,

"Please think of something quickly; didn’t you cure Xiaoli’s illness before?"

"Let me have a look. Xiaoli, don’t move; I’ll take your pulse."

Tang Ming hurriedly held down Li Xiaoli, placing his hand on her wrist, his face turning grim, "She’s been poisoned."

"Poisoned?"

Liu Mengting was startled and weakly asked,

"How could Xiaoli be poisoned?"

"You’re asking me? Who should I ask?"

Tang Ming gave Liu Mengting an irritated look. "Has she eaten anything?"

"She hasn’t really eaten anything..."

Liu Mengting’s voice trailed off, her face flushing, "Only, only that thing?"

"What thing is that thing?"

Tang Ming asked urgently.

"The contraceptive pill."

Liu Mengting quickly took out the box of pills and handed it to Tang Ming.

"Ah?"

Tang Ming’s eyes widened in confusion as he looked at Liu Mengting. "Why did you make her take this thing? Who did she... you know... with?"

"Playing dumb now, aren’t you? It’s all because of the trouble you caused," Liu Mengting said sternly.

"Now’s not the time to talk about that. Hurry up and treat her."

"What does it have to do with me?"

Tang Ming was completely befuddled, but still immediately used his cultivation to draw out the poison from Li Xiaoli’s body and then massaged her acupoints to help restore her condition.

Half an hour later, Li Xiaoli finally calmed down, lying on the bed and looking at Tang Ming with an embarrassed expression.

"Stop staring at me, what’s there to look at?"

Seeing Tang Ming fiddling with the medicine box, Liu Mengting shouted in a mixture of shame and anger.

"I have two questions I need you both to help me understand," Tang Ming said with a strange expression as he scrutinized the two women:

"Firstly, why did Xiaoli take this medicine? Secondly, this is a legitimate pharmaceutical product, which shouldn’t cause such severe side effects if used as instructed. How did Xiaoli get poisoned?"

"I did take it according to the instructions, but why don’t Meng Meng have any issue, yet I’m in such pain?" Li Xiaoli asked, puzzled.

"Ah? She took it too?" Tang Ming exclaimed in shock, disbelief on his face:

"You couldn’t have been forced by that old man Yao Buji... but that’s not right either, it’s effective for seventy-two hours, and it doesn’t seem like you’ve been in contact with any other men these past few days."

"Tang Ming, you jerk, if it wasn’t for what you did to us last night, why would we be worried about accidents happening?"

Liu Mengting yelled furiously.

"Last night? What about last night?" Tang Ming was even more confused as he said:

"After I brought you back last night, I went to sleep in my room. Is there a problem with that?"

"You mean, after you brought us back, you did nothing else and just went to sleep?"

Liu Mengting looked at Tang Ming, dumbfounded.

"Yes? What else could I have done? You had good food last night, and you needed sleep to detox your bodies... Damn, did you think I took advantage of you while you were sleeping?"

Tang Ming finally caught on, his face turning green with indignation. Was he the type to take advantage of people in their time of need?

"Then, did Big Brother Tang Ming take advantage of us or not?"

Li Xiaoli hurriedly sat up and asked seriously.

"Joking, right? I, Tang Ming, always keep myself clean, how could I take advantage of you? Besides, use your brains. I didn’t even accept your body when you offered it to me willingly, would I take advantage of you while you’re asleep?"

Tang Ming reprimanded them irritably.

"Ah, Xiaoli, it’s all your nonsense, now we’ve made a fool of ourselves."

Liu Mengting grabbed a pillow and threw it at Li Xiaoli, feeling utterly embarrassed.

She had spent the whole day on edge, and it turned out to be a complete misunderstanding.

"Sorry, sorry, I was just speculating, I didn’t say for sure that Tang Ming did it," Li Xiaoli, embarrassed, forced a smile and protested:

"It was Meng Ting who was worried about accidents happening, so she suggested taking emergency contraceptives, you’re at fault too, Meng Ting."

"Enough, no one is to mention this ever again, or I’ll silence them forever."

Liu Mengting shouted with hatred.

"This is just ridiculous." Tang Ming shook his head in frustration, turning to Li Xiaoli:

"The second question, how did you take the medicine that it caused such a reaction?"

"I just followed the instructions," Li Xiaoli explained with a piteous pout:

"Didn’t it say to take one pill at a time? I thought with Tang Ming’s physical stamina, going seven or eight times a night should be no problem, and even if we shared some with Meng Ting, I would need at least four pills, right?"

"Oh my god!"

Upon hearing this explanation, Tang Ming was completely dumbstruck. It was a miracle that she didn’t overdose; Li Xiaoli had given him far too much credit.

"Are you stupid?"

Liu Mengting’s mouth twitched, regretting not having instructed Li Xiaoli herself on how to take the medicine, as it nearly caused a fatality.