Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1401 636: Blood for Blood_2

The way Xiao Qianshou poured tea was indeed strange, he had to cover up the rash on his hand.

Du Wenming picked up the teacup and said, "Senior, are you injured?"

Seeing Du Wenming holding the cup, Xiao Qianshou showed a faint smile, "Yes, I'm injured, and it's quite serious. I see you seem to be injured too."

Xiao Qianshou deliberately glanced at Du Wenming's hand, wanting to see if the pus on the cup had stuck to his hand.

By infecting Du Wenming with the disease, the Hundred Demons Workshop would surely think of a way to cure it.

Du Wenming indeed had scars on his hand: "I was injured by the Drachma Calligrapher, those wastes at the Dark Star Bureau couldn't harm me."

Xiao Qianshou stared at Du Wenming for a moment, he seemed to see something, "Why does Zhou Badou always find you, did he leave a mark on you?"

"He did leave a mark at first, but I found someone to remove it. After going to the Outside Provinces, it wasn't so easy for him to find me, the last two times he must have tracked my whereabouts through other means."

"The mark was removed?" Xiao Qianshou was somewhat skeptical, "Who helped you remove it?"

Du Wenming answered honestly, "It was He Jiaqing, a good up-and-coming from your Taoist Sect."

Xiao Qianshou nodded repeatedly, "That young man indeed is good, how did he help you remove the mark?"

Du Wenming hesitated, not understanding why Xiao Qianshou was asking so meticulously.

But there was no secret to it, Du Wenming answered directly, "He first looked at me for a moment, then reached onto me, and just took the mark out, it only took a little over ten seconds in total."

Xiao Qianshou slightly frowned, "Reached in and it took ten or so seconds?"

"Yeah," Du Wenming nodded, "That kid is pretty quick with his hands."

"Hmm, pretty quick!" Xiao Qianshou nodded again, "Little Du, you need to be more careful."

"What do you mean by that..."

Xiao Qianshou fiddled with the tea leaves in the cup using the lid, blowing on the tea lightly, "No special meaning, just a reminder to be more cautious in the future.

When He Jiaqing removed the mark for you, it's normal for him to take another look, in our line of work, scouting is an important task, taking a bit longer is no problem, it could last three to five months no issue,

but when it comes time to act, you can't be slow, it taking over ten seconds to gouge a skin is concerning, I think this kid's talent isn't great, it might be tough for him to make a living in this field."

Gouging skin refers to stealing wallets.

The moment He Jiaqing removed the mark from Du Wenming, Xiao Qianshou referred to as gouging skin, and the prior observations as scouting.

Taking over ten seconds to remove the mark, Xiao Qianshou thought it was too long.

Was he saying He Jiaqing didn't do a good job, or was he implying something else?

Du Wenming wanted to ask more, but saw Xiao Qianshou picking up his teacup.

Xiao Qianshou was about to send him off, so Du Wenming had to get up and take his leave.

After Du Wenming left, Xiao Qianshou opened a wooden box containing ten sealed glass bottles, each bottle containing a hand soaked inside.

At the wrist stump was a metal sphere, Xiao Qianshou opened a bottle, touched the sphere, and it emitted a hissing shrill sound, steam spewed out from it.

The fingers of the hand twitched one by one, signaling completion of debugging.

Xiao Qianshou picked up the hand, sighed, "These things from the Inner State sure are flashy, let's just make do with them."

...

Du Wenming returned to the villa, hearing waves of laughter from the hall inside, he could pretty much guess the situation inside.

In situations like this, Du Wenming didn't want to get involved.

Circumventing the hall, Du Wenming went directly to Pei Yurong's bedroom, Pei Yurong had drunk quite a bit, her emotions were slightly fluctuating.

She reached out, wrapped her arms around Du Wenming's neck, passionately said, "Would you dance with me?"

Du Wenming was not particularly in the mood to dance, but the words Xiao Qianshou had just said made him very worried.

He Jiaqing had moved too slowly, what was really happening here?

Pei Yurong turned off the lights and lit a candle, indicating that there was no way to avoid the dance.

No matter how reluctant he felt, he had to appear willing as this was no time to spoil Pei Yurong's mood.

The candlelight flickered, the waltz melody of "Sleeping Beauty" resonated in the bedroom, Du Wenming held Pei Yurong's hand, gracefully twirling on the soft carpet.

His steps were elegant and precise, each turn carrying a gracious poise, while Pei Yurong, whose face was usually stern to the point of being authoritarian, at this moment, displayed an exceptionally rare tenderness.

Seeing her in a good mood, Du Wenming took the opportunity to make a request, "I need a laboratory, to prepare for the next step of the research."

Pei Yurong nodded, "Sure, I'll help you choose the lab location tomorrow, I'll also assign you a team of assistants, ensuring you can complete the research smoothly."

Du Wenming knew this meant placing people to monitor him.

Pei Yurong was also very interested in the research results regarding the Boundary.

It's okay, he could endure all this, as long as he could get the money, the equipment, survive the deadly disease for five more days, everything else could be tolerated.

Speaking of the disease, Du Wenming felt something strange.

After returning from Xiao Qianshou, he felt his symptoms had lessened considerably.

It wasn't a feeling of suppression, but a feeling of being cured.

Seeing the improvement in his condition, Du Wenming's spirits rose significantly.

Pei Yurong blew out the candle, and waves of laughter echoed from the room.

...

Candy stood at the door, hesitating for a moment, didn't knock.

Crabapple Fruit stepped up, hesitated for a long time, still didn't knock.

Chen Changrui sighed, he knocked on the door.