Chapter 165: Song Ruyu Visits
“Song Tiantian, you used to slack off and leave early every day to eat when you were working. I didn’t shortchange you a single cent of your salary! According to your logic, I should be considered to be working overtime now. I haven’t even returned to my own resting place and have been at the workplace the entire time. I haven’t rested for twenty-four hours, so you should give me overtime pay.”
Dr. Bai, with messy hair, came out and spoke to Song Tiantian.
“Doctor, have you become so unconcerned with your appearance now?”
Song Tiantian remembered what Dr. Bai looked like when she first met him. Although he wasn’t wearing a suit, he still appeared to be a successful elite, not like he was now, looking so slack.
“Doctor, I remember you used to love research. You’ve been in closed-door cultivation for so long, have you researched any new products?”
Song Tiantian continued to ask Dr. Bai.
Dr. Bai paused his hand as he reached for food and said to Song Tiantian somewhat sheepishly, “I’ve been sick recently, so I haven’t researched new products. If I don’t research new products, can I eat? My health was already poor, and now I have no food to eat, I fear my health will only worsen.”
Song Tiantian looked at Dr. Bai’s appearance and said to him, “Doctor, although your diploma is from correspondence, your talent is real. You can’t waste your talent. Eat! This was all prepared for you. Only when you’re full will you have the energy to conduct experiments. The Pet Beast Center isn’t just mine; it’s half yours too.
If no new products are developed, the Pet Beast Center might not last long before it goes bankrupt.”
Song Tiantian decided to entrust the development of Cold Fragrance Number Three to Dr. Bai.
After all, Dr. Bai was half responsible for Cold Fragrance Number Two, and even Cold Fragrance Number One used some of Dr. Bai’s potions.
Creating a new potion from scratch was still very difficult.
“No, you’re the boss now, aren’t you! I’m just a security guard, responsible for security!”
Dr. Bai said to Song Tiantian while eating.
“Dr. Bai, have you forgotten your passion? I remember when you were at the Pet Beast Center, no one managed you, but you still loved doing experiments. How is it that now you have no passion at all?”
“I haven’t forgotten. I’ll try to work hard, but don’t have too much hope for me.”
Dr. Bai did not completely refute Song Tiantian.
Song Tiantian was the first person to strongly support his experiments.
On the path of research, Dr. Bai had never received any positive encouragement. Basically, everyone advised him to stop researching, thinking he simply didn’t have the talent for it.
Everyone believed his strength was immense and that he should guard a region to maximize his value.
In fact, if Dr. Bai were willing, the Fierce Beast Secret Realm in Qingshan City would not have become like this.
Dr. Bai could suppress those secret realms and prevent those fierce beasts from running wild.
But Dr. Bai was unwilling.
“By the way, Doctor, I heard your fiancée Song Ruyu is coming. Do you want to tidy up a bit and dress up to meet her? She’s waiting for you in Qingshan City and is said to be arriving in a few days.”
Song Tiantian had already found out that Song Ruyu had arrived in Qingshan City, so she gave Dr. Bai a friendly reminder.
After all, she was Dr. Bai’s fiancée, and she had previously wanted to break off the engagement. Dr. Bai definitely needed to dress up a bit to not look so disheveled.
Dr. Bai suddenly turned his head and glanced at Song Tiantian.
Dr. Bai looked at Song Tiantian’s face, his expression natural, without a hint of unhappiness.
Looking at Song Tiantian’s clear eyes, Dr. Bai couldn’t explain why, but a sense of melancholy inexplicably arose in his heart, making his chest feel heavy.
The delicious food, at this moment, seemed to have lost its taste.
It tasted bland, and Dr. Bai felt somewhat uncomfortable.
The difference between Dr. Bai when he was angry and when he wasn’t was truly evident.
After all, Dr. Bai’s face instantly darkened. Even if Song Tiantian had low emotional intelligence, she could tell Dr. Bai was not very happy.
Song Tiantian guessed in her heart that Dr. Bai might not have a good relationship with his fiancée.
“Doctor, do you feel like the Fruit Tea doesn’t taste good? Or is it that you’re still unwell and have lost your sense of taste?”
Dr. Bai put away the food Song Tiantian had given him. He was in a bad mood now, and eating anything would be a waste. He would eat it later when he felt better, and perhaps the taste would be different.
After doing all this, Dr. Bai sat on the ground and extended his wrist to Song Tiantian.
“I heard your medical skills have been quite impressive recently. Why don’t you take my pulse!”
Song Tiantian had indeed learned to take pulses recently.
Song Tiantian placed her hand on his wrist, very curious about what the pulse of a Nine-star Beast Tamer would be like.
Dr. Bai’s pulse was deep and not obvious with a light touch; only a heavy press could be felt.
Even though Song Tiantian had only recently started studying medicine, she knew Dr. Bai’s body was extremely weak.
Dr. Bai’s injuries had never healed.
Last time he was pinned in the secret realm, no one knew how long he was pinned there.
Song Tiantian speculated that the incident had caused significant damage to Dr. Bai’s body.
The moment Song Tiantian looked up, she met Dr. Bai’s eyes.
No words were spoken, but at that moment, Song Tiantian understood the look in Dr. Bai’s eyes. Dr. Bai had long known his condition, which was why he had become so slack.
“Can you cure it?” Dr. Bai asked Song Tiantian faintly.
“Doctor, aren’t you overestimating me!”
“I’m not overestimating you. The Misty Illusion Realm’s Restricted Area was so dangerous, yet you managed to reach the core area to save me. That’s enough to prove your uniqueness. I believe you might be able to heal my injuries too.”
“That’s different. Going into the Restricted Area, I had my means of survival. But this is about healing, which are two different matters.”
Song Tiantian was about to say something else when her mobile phone rang.
It was Song Ranran calling.
After Song Ranran became the Security Captain of the Pet Beast Center, Song Tiantian had given her her mobile phone number.
After all, having a phone made communication much more convenient.
“Tiantian, that Song Ruyu has arrived. She specifically asked to see you.”
Song Tiantian found it strange, wondering why Song Ruyu insisted on seeing her.
“Doctor, your fiancée is here. See if you want to go meet her. If you don’t, I’ll go entertain her first.”
“Then let’s go together!”
“Are you sure? Like this, without even combing your hair or changing your clothes?”
Song Tiantian said as she took out a comb.
The clothes didn’t necessarily need changing, but the hair definitely needed to be combed. Otherwise, this messy hair made him look truly haggard.
Dr. Bai was already weak, and if he looked so unkempt on the outside as well.
It wouldn’t be good if Song Ruyu felt she could break off the engagement again, suppress Dr. Bai again, and by extension, suppress her and the Pet Beast Center as well.
