13 Fairy Doctor Part-3 (1/2)
After the snow-white hand came into contact with Yang Lei's hand, it froze briefly before it withdrew quickly. A moment later, a pretty face appeared from the other side of the cliff and stared at the astonished face of the crouching young man.
Staring at the gorgeous face that had suddenly popped up from the underside of the cliff, Yang Lei's jaw dropped. However, he quickly recovered and calmed down. He realized that the lady before him was the Fairy Doctor.
In the wilderness, the two people continued to stare at each other, making for a strange scene.
”Can… can you pull me up?” The Fairy Doctor broke the awkward atmosphere with her bashful, yet gentle voice. She blushed and waited for Yang Lei's response.
Yang Lei blinked his eyes and nodded as though it was nothing for him to help. He took the slender and small hand that the Fairy Doctor had extended and effortlessly pulled her up from below the cliff.
Her fragile body curved beautifully in midair as she landed lightly onto the cliff's edge with Yang Lei's help. ”Thank you,” the Fairy Doctor whispered after she landed and quickly released Yang Lei's hand.
Her fine fingers awkwardly fixed her black hair as she swept her eyes over Yang Lei and said softly, ”You… you are the one who wanted to bring your brother along?” She tilted her head and said, ”You know, I saw you staring at me before…”
”Um…” Yang Lei wanted to point out that she had started staring at him first but thought that it wasn't polite to say that. He coughed and cupped his fists, saying, ”Thank you for helping my brother get a spot.”
”Ah, that was nothing,” the Fairy Doctor shook her head. She looked at the herb on the ground and said, ”It seems that you wanted to pick this medicinal herb. Do you know what it is?”
Yang Lei smiled. This question was for babies. He knew the answer, but even if he didn't, there was Yao Lao to help him. He began to speak slowly, almost as if he was reading off a textbook, ”This should be White Orchard Fruit, a middle-grade medicinal herb which usually only grows by the edge of a cliff. There are quite a lot of them. Unfortunately, they are the favorite food of a bird type Mystical Beast and are usually eaten once matured, so they can be considered as one of the rarer ingredients among the middle-grade medicinal plants.”
Yao Lao interrupted, ”If this matured White Orchard Fruit was to be sold at a medicinal shop, it should be worth around four thousand gold coins.”
Hearing this, Yang Lei added, ”It should be worth around four thousand gold coins.”
The Fairy Doctor was surprised, ”You study medicinal plants?”
”Nah, I just know a thing or two,” Yang Lei said vaguely as he shrugged. As Yao Lao's disciple, senior brother of Xiao Yan, how could he not know this?
”Well, this White Orchard Fruit is yours,” the Fairy Doctor crouched down and gently plucked the fruit before tossing it to Yang Lei, ”You found it, so you keep it.”
Seeing this, Yang Lei scratched his head. Dang it, he had wanted to give it to her. With his stealing ability, there was nothing he couldn't steal. Why would he fight with her for a measly White Orchard Fruit? But since the Fairy Doctor had offered it to him, he might as well take it, lest he hurt her feelings.
As Yang Lei slowly pocketed the fruit, the Fairy Doctor told Yang Lei with a slight hint of impatience, ”The group should have recovered to their peak now. Let's head back, shall we?”[Something's off… She is acting suspicious!] The system's voice rang out in his head.
”Right, something's off!” Yao Lao felt as if he was left out and decided to lie.
”Wait, I want to search for more herbs!” He acted like he had noticed nothing.
When the Fairy Doctor heard this, she froze and revealed an expression of panic, ”I-I already searched for it. There's no more herbs, only some weeds.”
”It won't hurt to look would it?” Yang Lei replied, ”You know, I love herbs…” At this moment, his attraction to the Fairy Doctor was suppressed by his caution. He looked over the cliffside and secretly popped a pill just in case.
Squinting, his eyes swept over the rocky cliffside and stopped at a section where sparse branches were growing. Unlike the other places, where the branches were growing randomly, this part seemed to have been arranged by a person.
Although whoever had arranged the branches had done so that the branches looked almost natural growing there, it could not escape the clever eyes of Yang Lei, the system, and Yao Lao.
Suddenly, Yang Lei's face contorted as he retreated instantly. Around him, a cloud of white powder swirled. ”What the h*ll?” he cursed as he retrieved a vial from his inventory space and tossed it at the Fairy Doctor before he collapsed on to the ground unconscious.
However, Yang Lei's vial had shattered on the Fairy Doctor's body and released a light-red cloud. Alarmed, she jumped back, but it was too late. She waited a while but nothing happened. It was a dud…
”Sigh,” she looked at the unmoving Yang Lei and dusted the powder from her hands. She looked conflicted and sighed, ”I told you to leave but you didn't listen to me.”
She took out a piece of rope and bent over him to tie his hands up.
Suddenly, Yang Lei's eyes flew open and he grabbed the rope from her and swiftly bound up her hands. He growled, ”You scheming b*tch! If it wasn't for my intuition, I would have been done in by you!”
Although she was caught off guard and had her hands tied up, the Fairy Doctor was quick to react. She fiercely kicked at Yang Lei.
However, Yang Lei was not to be underestimated. He grabbed her foot with his left hand and smirked. But he didn't stop there. Like a snake, he used his right leg to sweep the Fairy Doctor's free leg. Following that, both of them fell onto the ground, with Yang Lei pressing down tightly on the Fairy Doctor.
Immediately, he felt like he was in heaven due to the superb softness of her body. He stared at the red-faced Fairy Doctor squeezed her a*s and pressed his body closer to hers.
”Let me go!” The manly scent her opponent was emitting made the Fairy Doctor lightheaded as she felt her body weaken.
”Why did you attack me?” Yang Lei pressed.