187 Cuck-Ka-Doodle-Doo (1/2)
Beep
While Cao Mao was waiting for a customer behind a stall, his phone rang. He picked it up to see who the caller was.
It was Ju Chen.
Cao Mao answered the phone, ”What up?”
[We need your help. Can you come to the Ma Clan's inn real quick?]
”Huh? What's wrong? Something happened?”
[Yeah. Ma Xingjuan and Pang Lingming have been injured. We need a hand.]
Cao Mao had a deep frown on his face. He packed his items into his spatial rings and closed the shop. Then, he leaped over the top of buildings, rushing toward the inn.
10 minutes later, Cao Mao reached the battle site, where the white-masked old man and Pang Lingming had fought.
The inn was already shabby when Cao Mao first visited. Now, its condition was worse than several buildings in the slum district.
On the ground floor, no one was there.
Cao Mao expanded his senses. Then, he located six people on the third floor. He rushed there, hoping that Ju Chen would be unharmed.
When Cao Mao reached the third floor, he followed his sense toward his room.
In the lounge area of the suite, which Cao Mao had rented the Ma Clan, he found Pang Lingming, Ma Shoucheng, Ma Moxi, and Ju Shoufen. But he sensed the presence of Ju Chen and another person in the master bedroom.
Cao Mao was surprised when he saw Ju Shoufen here.
”Senior Ju?”
Ju Shoufen snorted when she saw Cao Mao, ”Brat, you've come at the right time. Go see the girls in the bedroom. They need your help.”
Ma Moxi stood up and yelled, ”I don't approve of this method! There must be another way to heal her!”
Ma Shoucheng rolled his eyes, ”Are you going to do your cousin instead?”
”I didn't mean that I will DO THAT to her. Isn't there a pill that can cure the poison?”
Ju Shoufen shook her head, ”I used to work as a garden master for the myriad cauldron sect for decades. I can guarantee you. That poison is special. It can't be cured with common antidotes or medicines. Unless a man satisfies her sexual need, she won't recover.”
”So you're giving your daughter to THIS GUY!?” Ma Moxi pointed his finger at Cao Mao's face while he turned to Ma Shoucheng.
Cao Mao raised his eyebrows as he was confused about what they were talking about. Still, he was annoyed when someone pointed a finger at his face and spoke in a loud voice. He entered the lounge and stood behind Ju Shoufen. Then, he leaned closer to the elder and asked her.
”What's going on here?”
Ju Shoufen didn't answer. She gave Ma Shoucheng a meaningful look, so the latter could do it in her stead.
Ma Shoucheng had a bitter smile on his face. He explained, ”An asshole from the imperial army fed Xingjuan a deadly aphrodisiac pill. We tried to drive the poison out, but it was useless...”
”Huh?”
”Just get in the bedroom, and you'll know the rest! Don't make me change my mind!”
Getting yelled at by Ma Shoucheng without knowing the reason was vexing. Cao Mao clicked his tongue and walked to the bedroom.
But Ma Moxi jumped out of his seat and stood before the door, ”You can't enter.”
”MOXI!!” Ma Shoucheng was furious, ”SHE IS MY DAUGHTER! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO INTERVENE WITH MY DECISION!!”
Ma Moxi yelled back, ”YOU CAN'T GIVE YOUR DAUGHTER TO A STRANGER! THIS IS XINGJUAN'S FUTURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!!”
Ma Shoucheng and Ma Moxi continued yelling at each other for a whole minute. Their exchange got on Cao Mao's nerve as he was left out of the loop.
Fortunately, Ju Shoufen stopped being lazy and explained the situation through a telepathic voice transmission. Only Cao Mao could hear her voice.
'Ma Shoucheng's daughter has eaten your aphrodisiac pill, you little shit!'
Ju Shoufen bought several orc strength pills from Cao Mao when they were still at Yeet City. Thus, she was aware of the characteristic of this aphrodisiac poison.
In fact, the elder had eaten one to test its effect. She ended up having to stay in-door for a day to concoct a special antidote. Even after taking the cure, she had a hard time controlling her sexual urge for a week afterward. Ju Shoufen was always pissed whenever she saw Cao Mao's face, which reminded her of the dark past.
'I intentionally told them that I couldn't cure it, so we can have an excuse to make her your wife. Use this opportunity to form ties with the Ma Clan, so we can bring them to our side. We don't have many chances to get several war veterans to be our allies. Don't waste my effort, you dipshit!'
Cao Mao was enlightened. He grinned and nodded in admiration that Ju Shoufen was so thoughtful.
Now that Cao Mao understood a part of this little incident, he gazed at Ma Moxi, who was still blocking the door into the bedroom. He thought of common novel plots and questioned what would have happened had no one interfered with Ma Moxi's fate.
Since Ma Moxi was a harem protagonist, he might have been destined to be Ma Xingjuan's husband, even though it was deemed immoral in many modern cultures. Although the pill was made by Cao Mao, Ma Xingjuan might have suffered from a similar poison and ended up in the same situation. After all, there was no way that Ma Moxi and Ma Xingjuan would be together as a husband and wife without a forced development since they were technically relatives.
Realizing that he could cuckold the protagonist, Cao Mao's Godzilla twitched in excitement.
Without caring about Ma Moxi's opinion, Cao Mao waddled to the bedroom.
”BASTARD! STOP!”
Ma Moxi lost his reason and threw a hook punch at Cao Mao's face. His fist glowed in golden light as it was enhanced by gold element Qi.
Cao Mao's reaction speed got better after living in this world for over a year, including the time in the Isolation Training Space. He leaned backward in reflex even though he was caught off guard.
The punch missed the target.
Cao Mao's muscle memory kicked in. He grabbed the back of Ma Moxi's right shoulder and the latter's right wrist. Then, he twisted the wrist and threw the protagonist to the ground.
Once again, Cao Mao put Ma Moxi on a hammerlock.
But this time, Cao Mao had already brought out KQ when he was rushing to the inn. The katana was in a scabbard, hanging behind his back.
Since KQ was here, Cao Mao ordered her to use her new ability.
A strand of Xie Tian's dragon Qi entered Ma Moxi's right arm!