After five bigwigs in Beijing's elite circle fell into their trap, I fled.

Chapter 147 Drunkenness and Ambiguity

Riverside villas.

Jiang Shu sat on the rooftop terrace, a medicine cauldron resting in her palm.

Li Yubai walked up from behind and handed her a glass of milk: "Aren't you going to sleep?"

"I'm going to sleep right away." Jiang Shu pointed to the forest stretching out before her. "Can I gather some spiritual energy here?"

Li Yubai patted her head: "My territory is also the territory of the sugar daddy. He can do whatever he wants."

A pleased smile curved Jiang Shu's lips as she opened her palm. A dazzling light shone from her palm, and from the distant forest, wisps of spiritual energy, faintly visible in the moonlight, surged wildly towards her hand…

Li Yubai watched quietly for a while, then couldn't help but lean down, close to Jiang Shu's earlobe, and softly asked, "What are you doing, Mr. Sugar Daddy, gathering so much spiritual energy?"

Jiang Shu pointed to the medicine cauldron: "Give it to that friend in Shanghai tomorrow."

Li Yubai was silent for a moment: "She knows about your ability to control spiritual energy?"

“She only knows that I have a way to obtain spiritual energy.” Jiang Shu did not hide anything. “In fact, apart from the five of you clients who need to use the spiritual energy space, even my mother doesn’t know.”

"That's good." Li Yubai lowered his eyes slightly, his tone solemn. "Don't let this get out of here in the future."

“I understand the danger of possessing a treasure.” Jiang Shu suddenly looked at him. “If the contract expires and isn’t renewed, you probably won’t tell anyone, right?”

“I won’t say.” Li Yubai paused for a moment. “As for the others, I don’t know.”

"...I still have a lot of faith in the character of you guys."

After Jiang Shu finished speaking, she slowly compressed the increasingly dense spiritual energy in her palm into a few drops of bright green liquid and put them into the medicine cauldron.

Then, continue harvesting the next wave of spiritual energy.

"What does that woman need so much spiritual energy for?"

"Let me tell you a secret," Jiang Shu sighed softly. "There is no such thing as a level 10 spiritual medicine in the world. The highest level is level 9. The so-called level 10 is actually based on level 9, where the pill is soaked in spiritual energy for three whole days."

Li Yubai was somewhat surprised: "So, her level ten spiritual medicine can only be refined using your spiritual energy?"

“Yes, that golden apricot blossom totem was also designed by her.” Jiang Shu smiled. “So, you don’t need to worry about her harming me. We complement each other, and if nothing unexpected happens, we will continue to cooperate.”

"Hasn't the patron ever considered making money by refining elixirs himself?"

"I've thought about it, but sometimes I have to go into seclusion for seven or eight days, or even one or two months, to refine elixirs. I can't sit still." Jiang Shu said a little embarrassed. "Since I have a level nine alchemist readily available to work with, I have even less interest in studying! I'd rather use that boring time spent refining elixirs to experience other aspects of life. That's much more interesting!"

Li Yubai nodded in agreement.

“In one night, I collected most of the cauldron’s worth of spiritual energy, which is about one-tenth of the forest’s spiritual energy. That’s equivalent to… the amount of medicinal herbs and spiritual energy I used when sewing fur.” Jiang Shu calculated for him, “enough for her to use for more than half a year.”

"You calculated it so precisely?"

Jiang Shu paused for a moment, then asked in return, "If I don't clearly explain it to you, do you believe that tomorrow all five of you will ask me whether I've given more to you or to Xia Ruo?"

Li Yubai: "..."

In fact, that was exactly the question he wanted to ask.

Jiang Shu saw through his thoughts and chuckled, "I'm not bragging! I've done hundreds of different kinds of 'who to save first in a dive' questions since I was little, so don't worry, when it comes to spiritual energy, no one can surpass the five of you! Especially you, with that huge dog skin, the spiritual energy I expended was more than the other four combined..."

Li Yubai was clearly comforted, and his whole body suddenly softened: "Yes, I know, my sugar daddy loves me the most..."

He said softly, "Then, sir, you're busy. I'll go prepare some late-night snacks for you."

Jiang Shu watched Li Yubai's departing figure, feeling a bit agitated: This one has been appeased, but what if the others come to question her about how much she has put into dog skin than into them?

Having too many pets can be quite a hassle sometimes!
As for hoping that Li Yubai won't deliberately show off this idea...

Based on Jiang Shu's interactions with the five men over several months, this assumption would not hold true even if it were applied to the refined and self-respecting Li Yubai.

Sure enough, less than two minutes after Li Yubai left, there was activity in the pet group:

The Queen's Loyal Dog: [@My Beloved, I didn't hear you clearly. You said that the energy I expended on that pelt was several times that of all of them combined?]

The smug cat: [You scoundrel, did she really say that?] The canary: [Sister, say it again in front of us, okay?]

Beiming Youyu: [I have a thorn in my heart.]

Bliss: [Why is the water being served so tilted, my patron?]

……

On the terrace, Jiang Shu glanced at the group chat and silently set it to Do Not Disturb.

Uncle Fu cautiously appeared on the terrace, carrying fruit wine and a fruit platter.

"Miss Jiang, this is a fruit platter for you, and Mr. Li's fruit wine. You should also drink your milk soon, as it won't taste as good if it's left out for too long."

"Well, thank you!"

Uncle Fu didn't glance at the surging spiritual energy. After placing the items, he retreated respectfully.

Jiang Shu's gaze was still fixed on the dark forest. She grabbed a cup from the side and took a sip.

Sweet and slightly tipsy.

Jiang Shu paused for a moment: "This fruit wine is surprisingly delicious."

When Li Yubai returned to the rooftop with the newly made cherry blossom glass cup, Jiang Shu had already finished the cup of fruit wine.

Li Yubai looked at Jiang Shu's somewhat dazed eyes and felt a little helpless.

The medicine cauldron was already more than half full of medicinal liquid and was placed to the side.

Jiang Shu saw Li Yubai and her eyes flashed with a cold light: "Li Yubai! You betrayed me..."

"Just for fun." Li Yubai squatted down in front of her and held out his hand. "Why are you drinking fruit wine?"

"Mmm, it's delicious." Jiang Shu pounced on him. "I'm just a little dizzy."

Li Yubai picked her up: "I'll take you to rest."

I carried it all the way from the terrace back to the bedroom.

Li Yubai instructed Uncle Fu: "We need to rest now, and no one should disturb us."

Uncle Fu bowed slightly: "Yes, sir."

Li Yubai went into the bedroom, locked the door, and after thinking for a moment, turned off both his and Jiang Shu's phones.

To avoid a repeat of the egregious incidents like Rong Jingchen's, where someone was broken into at night.

He then placed Jiang Shu on the bed, covered her with the blanket, and went to the bathroom himself.

Twenty minutes later, Li Yubai, wearing a bathrobe, took out the Border Collie's pelt, shook the half-asleep Jiang Shu, and said in a cool voice:
"My patron, please send me into your spatial dimension..."

Jiang Shu instinctively reached out her hand.

A few seconds later, the fluffy Border Collie got onto the bed and lay down obediently at the head of the bed.

Jiang Shu rubbed the Border Collie's ears, pulled him into her bed, pressed him down beneath her, and drowsily closed her eyes: "So soft..."

Border Collie: "..."

Three o'clock in the morning.

Everything is quiet.

Still drunk, Jiang Shu unconsciously brushed her hand across the Border Collie beneath her.

A soft light suddenly shone for a moment.

Completely naked, Li Yubai opened his eyes in a daze, and after realizing his situation, he was stunned!
(End of this chapter)