The little female is incredibly sweet and soft, healing the five evil beasts right from the start.

Chapter 203 Leaving
"Mmm," Jiang Mian responded softly.

The experience of using a waterbed was so bad, it was like a first-time experience. It was incredibly shaky.

……

On the day Jiang Mian and her beastmen finished packing their things and prepared to leave, she glanced at this white city and felt somewhat dazed, realizing that she had unknowingly been here for several months.

The purification reagent has already been implemented in Baicheng.

Plants with added air-purifying agents all have the function of purifying the air.

Therefore, the air quality remained the same in both the inner and outer cities.

If these plants, infused with the purification agent, are planted on a large scale on the exile planet, one day the planet will become clean, the air will become clean, the climate will become normal, and it will become a normal planet.

That day will eventually come.

Jiang Mian went to the airport on the exile star with several beastmen, and Zhou Bai came to see her off.

"This is a farewell gift." Zhou Bai adjusted his glasses with one hand, took a gift box from his pocket with the other, and handed it to Jiang Mian. "Looking forward to seeing you again."

Jiang Mian accepted the gift, looked up at Zhou Bai's clear and handsome face, and gave a slight smile: "Okay."

"By the way, the headquarters of Chang'an Medicinal Herbs Company is on the Imperial Capital Star." Zhou Bai looked at her and spoke softly, seemingly still in a businesslike manner. "Your shareholder status has already been entered into the company. You can freely enter and exit the company with your ID. Of course, if you want to join for research, you can join at any time."

As one of the shareholders, one is essentially one of the owners, just not the one in charge. However, having a certain number of shares gives one a certain degree of decision-making power.

"Okay." Jiang Mian nodded with a slight smile again, but she already had plans and would not go to Chang'an Pharmaceutical Company for the time being.

Zhou Bai stared at her for a while, then slowly opened his arms to her. Before Jiang Mian could react, he gently hugged her, saying politely and respectfully, "Have a safe trip."

He hugged her gently for a while and then left, as if it were just a normal farewell hug.

Beneath the black-rimmed glasses, a pair of eyes as black as ink were utterly calm, as if they had no other thoughts in them.

So Jiang Mian didn't think much of it, and just smiled and waved to him: "Goodbye."

But she seemed to have forgotten that Zhou Bai was a person with a strong sense of propriety and detachment, and that he was incapable of hugging people.

After all, he and his uncle hadn't hugged each other in a thousand years.

Oh, it's not that I haven't held him before. When Zhou Bai was still wearing open-crotch pants, Zhou Qing held him.

Just as Jiang Mian turned to leave, another voice sounded behind her: "Master..."

Upon hearing this voice, Jiang Mian paused slightly, turned around, and saw Qi Xu. A hint of surprise seemed to flash in her eyes. After all, a few days before leaving, Jiang Mian had told him not to come anymore and had settled all the fees.

In the following days, Qixu did not come over again, but unexpectedly, he knew that she had left today and came to see her off.

Jiang Mian's eyes first showed surprise, then joy; she was happy that the other person had come to see her off.

"Qixu, did you come to see me off?" Jiang Mian's beautiful eyebrows curved slightly.

Despite having watched it many times, Qixu still couldn't help but be moved by her smile and voice, a bittersweet feeling spreading through her heart, as if it were swollen with a sour taste.

"Mmm," Qixu responded softly, as if a gust of wind could blow it away.

His voice was always so sweet and light as the wind.

As she spoke, Qi Xu took a pink gift box out of her pocket and handed it to Jiang Mian: "Master, this is for you."

"Thank you." Jiang Mian naturally accepted it with delight.

"Have a safe journey," he said softly again. "Yes, you take care too," Jiang Mian replied with a slight smile.

After she finished speaking, neither of them spoke, and the air seemed to fall silent.

Qi Xu looked at her, looking at her like that for the first time, unwilling to look away.

He used to always look down at her chin, but now he stares straight into her eyes.

He still wore a mask on his face, and his pink lop-eared rabbit ears drooped down, always making him look harmless.

The air was somewhat quiet, so Jiang Mian assumed that Qi Xu had nothing more to say and smiled gently as she spoke first: "Then I'll be going. I hope we'll have the chance to meet again in the future."

Just as Jiang Mian was about to turn and leave, Qi Xu spoke softly, her pink eyes filled with an inexplicable bittersweet emotion: "Master, can I have a hug?"

Jiang Mian paused for a moment, then nodded: "Of course."

Before Qi Xu could make a move, Jiang Mian went over and gently hugged him.

Qi Xu's hands stiffened at her sides as if numb, unable to reach out and hug Jiang Mian back, because Jiang Mian hugged her briefly and then left.

She waved to him and said, "I'm leaving."

This is truly goodbye.

Qi Xu nodded almost imperceptibly: "Yes, goodbye, Master."

In truth, he didn't know if they would ever meet again.

Jiang Mian had already walked to the side of the five orcs, and they left with her.

Qi Xu watched her departing figure until she could no longer see it.

His life was not his own, and he was used to obeying those who controlled his fate. He did not pursue anything, but merely eked out a living under the abuse of those cruel masters.

Despite being abused by those people, he actually learned a lot of things, but he never thought of using those things to save himself, because he had been completely tamed into a beast slave.

Even as his sister remained alive, the tamed man began to harbor a rebellious spirit and started using what he had learned to change things.

But in the end, nothing changed.

The only variable is that Jiang Mian granted him the status of a free orc, meaning no one could control his life anymore.

He can make his own choices.

……

On the other side, Jiang Mian had already boarded the starship. When he saw the message on his personal terminal, he paused slightly. The reason was simple: the message was sent by someone from the Jiang family in the capital.

The original owner didn't delete these people, and Jiang Mian never bothered with these zombies. Unexpectedly, one day these zombies became active again.

Jiang Liang: I'll arrive at your exile star in half a month and come pick you up to take you back to the capital.

Jiang Mian searched her memory and finally found out who Jiang Liang was—he was the original owner's second brother.

Jiang Mian: I've already taken a starship to the Imperial Capital Star. It should take about half a month to arrive.

Jiang Liang: ?
Jiang Liang: The starship will rest at the service area, and we will meet there.

Jiang Mian: Oh, no need.

　There's one more chapter, I haven't written it yet. I'll finish it and post it later. I don't have any drafts saved up, I'm so sad (ω).
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