Chapter 29: Tremendous Effect
Then, the two arrived at the area where the students were, the fragrance growing even stronger. The two perked up and instantly became alert.
“This fragrance… smells so good!” He Rui, a big rough guy, couldn’t find the right words to describe the fragrance. “No wonder the little ones are sleeping so soundly. Don’t say it, I’m starting to feel sleepy too.”
Lin Xi nodded to himself. Luckily, they had been through countless battles with strong mental power, otherwise they would have collapsed too.
After walking a bit further, He Rui looked at Lin Xi in confusion. “Why do I feel like my mental power has stabilized? This time I took leave because after we went to encircle the star beasts last time, my mental power became a bit unstable when we got back. I was planning to go home to rest and recover for a while…”
Lin Xi looked up at He Rui after hearing this. “Take a few more deep breaths. Opportunity is right in front of you, remember to seize it!” Saying that, he patted He Rui’s shoulder.
This guy was honest and straightforward. This time he really got lucky. Luckily he didn’t take leave to go home. Mental power couldn’t be recovered that easily, could it?
He Rui looked baffled. “What do you mean?” However, he obediently took several deep breaths of the fragrance.
“Use your identity pass to turn off all the surveillance in the north district of the starship.”
“? Why?” He Rui was puzzled.
Lin Xi glanced at He Rui, and He Rui immediately did as told.
Meanwhile, in the command room, Ximi and the others were watching where Lin Xi and the two were going when the surveillance suddenly went black.
“What’s the situation? Why did it go black?”
“The chief instructor turned off the surveillance. I don’t have permission to turn it back on.” The technician sat in front of the surveillance, looking surprised at the permissions displayed above.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what the chief instructor was doing.
“Turned off.” He Rui told Lin Xi.
“Mm.”
Lin Xi led He Rui towards the rest area of the botany department students, lowering his head to send a communication to Shi An’an.
“Hello, Brother Lin?” Shi An’an had already made several bottles, with only the last bottle of rose-scented essential oil left. Seeing the communication from Lin Xi, she was a bit puzzled.
Smelling the increasingly rich fragrance and hearing Shi An’an’s voice, Lin Xi thought to himself, “As expected!”
“An’an, which room are you in?”
“Hm? In room 506, does Brother Lin have something?”
“Mm, something. Wait for me in the room, I’m coming over right now.” Lin Xi quickly hung up the communication and hurried towards room 506.
He Rui hurried to catch up behind, thinking hard but helplessly, under the influence of the strong sedative fragrance, his wooden head was completely useless.
“Knock knock knock…”
Smelling the various fragrances wafting from the door crack, Lin Xi wrapped his entire mental power around himself, afraid of succumbing like those students and falling asleep.
He Rui’s mind had stopped working by now, struggling to keep his eyes open, ready to see who Lin Xi was looking for.
“Click.” The door opened.
A thick wave of fragrance hit them in the face.
“Thud!”
As soon as Shi An’an opened the door, she saw a burly figure collapse straight down, startling her.
When she saw Lin Xi beside him, she breathed a slight sigh of relief. “Brother Lin, he…”
Looking at He Rui snoring loudly on the ground, Lin Xi’s heart at this moment couldn’t be expressed in words. So embarrassing, too embarrassing!!!
Taking a deep breath, Lin Xi forced a stiff smile. “Don’t mind him, he’s just asleep. Can I come in and sit?”
Hearing this, Shi An’an unconsciously blocked the doorway. “Sorry, Brother Lin, my roommate is sleeping in the room. It might not be convenient.”
Shi Lele was sleeping. No matter who came, even if it was her eldest brother or older sister, she couldn’t let them in. She had to protect Lele’s privacy.
Lin Xi wasn’t angry; instead, he appreciated Shi An’an’s thoughtfulness.
Back when he was in school, or even just entering the legion, he had encountered many situations where roommates brought friends into the dormitory.
He deeply understood how awful that experience was.
“Alright then, are you done with your work? Have you finished making the things?” Lin Xi asked.
“?” Shi An’an looked at Lin Xi in confusion, not knowing how he knew she was making essential oil.
Lin Xi smiled helplessly and pointed around. “Now, the entire starship is filled with fragrance. You probably don’t know, but what you made is too powerful. It knocked out a lot of people.” He pointed at He Rui on the ground. “Including the chief instructor of this military training.”
“Ah!” Shi An’an finally realized and immediately returned to the room to activate the protective shield her second brother had given her, enveloping the entire room. Instantly, no more fragrance leaked from the room.
She then stored all the finished essential oils into her space, and put away the tools one by one.
Only then did Shi An’an come out of the room, full of self-blame.
“Brother Lin, sorry, I was wrong.” Shi An’an hadn’t realized at all that her sedative essential oil could knock people out…
Lin Xi smiled. “You probably don’t realize how powerful you are. It’s not your fault.” He hadn’t expected this little sister to have such great ability.
“Can I know what you were making?” Lin Xi asked gently. “Of course, it’s your privacy, you don’t have to say. Rest assured, before coming I promised your eldest brother I would protect you. I’ll handle this matter for you.”
Shi An’an scratched her head. “It’s… not really a secret. I was making sleep-aid essential oil.”
“Essential oil?” Lin Xi raised his eyebrow, full of surprise. His mom also bought a lot of essential oil, but the scent wasn’t like this at all, and the effect wasn’t this strong.
“Mm, I decided to make it on a whim. Recently, classmates have been addicted to star net on the starship, many have depleted their vitality, and their bodies have been affected, so I thought of making some sleep-aid essential oil…”
At this point, Shi An’an felt a bit embarrassed. “On one hand, I plan to give some to people I know, on the other hand…”
Shi An’an didn’t dare look at Lin Xi. “See if… I can… give to classmates who need it…”
“Give?” Lin Xi suddenly remembered the first time he met this little girl, her appearance when she received the pocket money her eldest brother transferred to her.
“Cough, of course not for free. My raw materials are very precious! Whoever needs it has to pay!” Shi An’an said righteously.
How could she give it away for free? It wasn’t her who made them addicted to the virtual world. Whoever wants it has to pay!
Looking at Shi An’an’s righteous expression, Lin Xi held back a laugh. “Cough, then if Brother Lin wants to buy, can An’an sell it to me at a discount?”
The opportunity was right there. If Lin Xi didn’t seize it, he’d be a fool!
Shi An’an perked up immediately. “Of course I’ll sell! Brother Lin, rest assured, you’re my first customer. I’ll give you… 10% off per bottle!”
Lin Xi continued, “In the future, I’ll introduce you a lot of customers.”
“Uh, 15% off!”
“Maybe, I can even buy in large quantities in the name of the legion!”
Shi An’an gritted her teeth. “20% off, can’t go lower!!!” Making essential oil was too laborious and used a lot of materials!
Lin Xi achieved his goal and nodded with a smile. “Deal!”
