Chapter 1082: 1079: Not Cured, But Convinced

"Shoo shoo shoo, if you can't drink then crawl under the table...""Doggy over there, go help out, call the guys on duty from the zoo over, get our big bros hauled back!"

"Shasha! Pin down those Fox Ladies——"

Ansheng pinched Eye King's mouth shut, having zero trust in her whole "I only suck, I don't bite foxes" speech.

If you get bitten by other animals, at most it's a course of rabies shots plus immunoglobulin, throw in a tetanus shot, that already counts as the top-tier package.

But if you get bitten by a King Cobra, then you have to inject antivenom according to toxin concentration. A single bite from an ordinary King Cobra starts at over thirty vials of antivenom, with no upper limit; the current record is someone getting more than two hundred.

That's a full two thousand-plus milliliters of antivenom, with a market price in the two-hundred-thousand range.

If a regular King Cobra is that nasty, if Eye King took a bite out of a Spirit Beast...

The amount of antivenom needed would probably have to be administered by the water-cooler level barrel.

Therefore, when Eye King said he smelled good, Ansheng just straight up kicked her away.

"Where did you all... go drink?"

Shasha nabbed Lin Ying, Lin Bingyun, Lin Shu, and Chen Zhiyu and sent them back to their rooms. Ansheng then asked Jin Wanlin to haul Ah Qing back to his own suite.

Qiu Lingling, who had been lying on the guest bed watching the seaside fireworks with Ah Bai, looked surprised. She got up to help support Ah Qing while asking in confusion:

"You sure you didn't get fed fake booze? Need me to call some people over to help you get your face back?"

"Didn't drink alcohol, just got drunk on tea..." Jin Wanlin wiped the hot sweat off her forehead, heat roiling inside her, with a constant wicked urge to do push-ups and bite someone's neck.

The mushroom cream soup's medicinal effect was a bit too fierce, even she was having trouble holding it back, but Jin Wanlin could still force it down.

"Woof..."

Seeing Qiu Lingling and Jin Wanlin holding Ah Qing into the bathroom to wash her face, Ah Bai subtly shifted his butt, staring wide-eyed at Master Fuli.

No way, bro! How'd it end so fast, I was still waiting for my little master to fall asleep so I could go play the second half!

Where's my beach, my pool, my party?

"What beach pool party, it was just stuffing our faces in the banquet hall, and after we finished, the Spirit Beast Gang bros started doing ring fights..."

Ansheng shrugged, patted Ah Bai on the shoulder and said, "All I can say is, you pick a lucky day, pull out a needle, and poke Qiu Lingling's butt once."

"Awoo..." Hearing that, Ah Bai shook his head like a rattle drum.

How could I, for a moment's pleasure, seize the chance and sneak attack my little master's backdoor? That would violate the ancestral teachings!

Acting like that, wouldn't I be a disloyal, unrighteous cur.

"How is that disloyal or unrighteous?" Ansheng said with relish. "This move should be called offering treasure to your master, it's a great virtue!"

"What beauty product can compare to a Spirit Particle Potion? Even a billion-year-old big sis like Shasha still looks like a teenage girl, doesn't she?"

"Woof?" Ah Bai froze, naturally squatted down with his arms folded, head tilted as if deep in thought.

But he quickly realized this posture was a bit un-doggish, and went back to standing on all fours.

Master Fuli... actually has a point!

With something as good as the Spirit Particle Potion, if I don't bring it home for my little master to share, that might be what's really disloyal and unrighteous, right?

The whole thing about buying a villa and a sports car for my little master can be put aside for now. Priority is to bring the best stuff home and let my little master sample the goods.

As Ah Bai fell into contemplation, night gradually descended. Jiule City's New Year's Eve gala kept going; fireworks and firecrackers roared on until after midnight. Even far away on Qingao Island you could still see some bonfire lights.

And Qingao Island's trial opening, likewise, ended and then moved into rectification.

All the guests invited to the island received a comprehensive survey.

"Qingao Island is just too awesome. Any discomfort is only me dragging down human evolution. The island, perfect!"

Carrying more than sixty jin of ribbonfish on his back, Yang Qingfeng wrote his review on the survey form with absolute conviction. Anyone who dared say Qingao Island's fish weren't good, he'd be the first to disagree.

What other fishing ground lets you hook a humpback whale?

"The vacation trip was amazing, all sorts of pet spectacles one after another, I was so busy playing with the little guys I almost forgot what we actually came here to do..." Lin Kui smiled, glanced at Chen Tianyun, and wrote his comment.

Chen Tianyun's face was full of embarrassment; he turned sideways, not daring to look at Lin Kui's faint, teasing smile.

And what was that "proper business"? Of course, with the wedding date approaching, they were trying to get an heir out.

"Bad review, ruins marital harmony." Yu Zhenghong muttered under his breath while ticking the positive ratings.

Sea Fishing City's resources were just too rich; once he set foot on the island, all he could see was the burning desire for those fish.

If it weren't for needing to go back for the New Year's opening of his tea shop, Yu Zhenghong was ready to stay a few more days.

If the bite is like this in winter, he doesn't even dare to imagine how crazy the fish will be in summer.

"In a fisherman's eyes, there's only the bite. Didn't notice the rest of the crew being horny at all."

Ansheng yawned, blissfully sprawled in Ah Qing's arms, stuck his head out and threw in a jab.

"Pfft... What are you thinking! In the dead of winter, who's going into the sea to swim." Ah Qing laughed and tapped the little fox on the nose.

Among Qingao Island's travel programs, the sea projects took up sixty percent of the lineup.

Like the dolphin tour, which basically means humans lying on the dolphin's back for two laps around the sea.

By then, the ticket revenue would be split sixty-forty, with the dolphins taking forty percent of net profit.

But unfortunately, it was just too cold right now. Even if Ah Qing wanted to do a live review, Qingao Island's sea-project safety officer wouldn't allow it.

"Nngh..." The little fox stretched, smacked his lips, and didn't comment.

Ah Qing's arms were nice and warm, not cold at all.

"When we get home, let's go up the mountain together, sow all that winter break homework, and then go try out those mushrooms!" Boarding the ferry cruise, Ah Qing nudged Xiaolan.

"Sure..." Ansheng nodded lightly, looking at Ah Qing with a bit of curiosity.

He could also drive the Treasure Mushroom, but he basically had no resonance with it.

All he could feel was it borrowing his power, turning into a sky-filling net of mycelium, drowning out the black fungi.

But in theory, Ah Qing was one of the people most compatible with the Fungal tech tree.

Ansheng couldn't help but wonder whether Ah Qing, holding the Treasure Mushroom, could recreate a sliver of the Fungal tech tree's former glory.

Getting off the Qingao Island cruise and back onto land, Yu Zhenghong drove to send Ah Qing home first before heading to the tea house to open up.

Sitting in the black Raptor, Yu Zhenghong, full of spring breeze, rolled down the window, rested his elbow on the sill, not fearing the winter wind at all, humming a little tune.

"Crackle crackle, crackle crackle..."

Just as they returned to the country road into Changxi Town, the sound of gongs, drums, and firecrackers came from a convoy of vans.

Yu Zhenghong wore a strange expression as he looked at the procession, which looked like neither a funeral nor a wedding.

"Is this... some new kind of Fengshui Mystic Skill? Why can't I see the road at all?" Yu Zhenghong turned to Chen Peipei and asked.

"...Look at their banner on the front of the car, looks like it has something to do with Chen Nian's family?" Chen Peipei's expression was odd as she pointed at the front banner in the rearview mirror.

On the bumper of the lead van hung a red banner with six big characters.

[Didn't Get Cured, But We're Convinced]

In Changxi Town, aside from two clinics and a few pharmacies, the only other thing related to healthcare was Chen Nian's mother, who worked at the city's First Hospital.

Given this road obviously led into the village, that pretty much ruled out the clinics and pharmacies.

"Could this be a medical dispute mob?" Yu Zhenghong froze, staring at Chen Peipei in disbelief:

"Isn't Chen Nian's mom in administration? How would a medical dispute even end up on the nursing department?"