Elder brother's garrison

She put in quite a bit of effort to avoid being seen by the ship girls and Nanxing's family.

When Xiaobai arrived at the bathroom door on the upper floor, before she even went inside, she heard a sound of vomiting coming from inside.

That vomiting sound was very familiar; it belonged to Li Mu.

But compared to the elegant and poised pear wood on the dining table, the vomiting sounds from the bathroom sounded utterly pathetic, even tinged with weakness.

Xiao Bai quietly pushed open the bathroom door and went inside.

The bathroom sink was running, and the water was making a splashing sound.

On the smooth, flat bathroom floor, an elegantly dressed woman knelt down in a disheveled state, vomiting uncontrollably into the toilet behind an open door. Her exquisite handbag lay scattered on the floor, its zipper undone, revealing various bottles and jars inside.

Xiao Bai's gaze swept over the woman's bodycon skirt, looking at her feet in high heels, her snow-white calves, her swollen knees, and her thighs slightly sunken by the hem of the skirt. He then looked up along her beautiful figure and saw her hugging the toilet, her black hair loose, almost obscuring her face.

The vomiting continued.

It sounds heartbreaking.

Xiao Bai found it hard to connect the person in front of him with the talkative and cheerful woman at the dinner table.

Chapter 3380? Doctor Bai's miraculous healing skills are amazing!

Is this what a retired admiral looks like...?

Xiaobai stood quietly in the corner of the bathroom, watching Limu vomiting in a disheveled state over the toilet.

Limu's vomiting reflex came in waves, and in fact, she hadn't actually vomited anything since Xiaobai came in. In Xiaobai's view, Limu was just dry heaving while hugging the toilet and looking at the water inside.

After vomiting for a while, Li Mu would rest for a while. At that time, the only sounds in the bathroom were the rushing water and Li Mu's heavy breathing.

Xiao Bai waited silently for a while. Several minutes passed, and finally, Li Mu's vomiting intervals became longer and longer, and it seemed to finally end.

After vomiting, Limu slowly lifted her head off the toilet. She wiped the water stains from the corners of her mouth and sat on the floor for a while, lost in thought.

Xiaobai's gaze fell on the sink with the tap running on. She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then walked to the sink and gently turned off the tap.

The rushing water then stopped.

As if sensing something, the pear tree in front of the toilet turned around and looked at Xiaobai.

Xiaobai and Limu stared at each other.

Pearwood's gaze was unexpectedly calm.

Xiao Bai scratched his head sheepishly.

"Um...water...can't be wasted..." Xiaobai pointed at the faucet and said softly.

“…” Li Mu’s lips curled up slightly, and she nodded slightly, “Hmm…you’re right.”

After saying this, Limu swayed and stood up, holding onto the toilet.

"I drank too much just now and felt a bit unwell, so I came to the bathroom to throw up." Li Mu went to the sink, turned on the tap again, washed his hands and face, and then turned the tap back on and said to Xiao Bai, "This time it's not a waste of water."

“…Aunt Limu, you didn’t drink any alcohol just now.” Xiaobai said, looking at Limu’s cheeks. “Only Uncle took a sip of alcohol at the table.”

"...You've got it wrong."

“I’m not mistaken.” Xiaobai shook her head, looked at Limu’s cheek, paused for a moment, and then said, “Aunt Limu…you…were infected by the aura of the deep sea, right?”

"..." After hearing Xiaobai's words, Limu stared at the sink in silence for a while, then slowly looked Xiaobai over. "Did your aunt send you?"

Xiao Bai didn't say anything, but just smiled slightly.

"Sigh..." Li Mu sighed, holding her forehead, her whole body felt weak as if she had lost all her strength. "I thought I had kept it a good secret."

"Aunt Limu, you really kept it a secret very well. I had no idea before," Xiaobai said honestly.

Xiaobai's words are indeed true.

Before, Limu looked so healthy and energetic that no one would have thought she was a sickly person who had been infected by the aura of the deep sea for many years.

When Xiaobai thought about how she had just acted out a whole facade, she felt a little admiration for her.

"..." Pearwood shrugged noncommittally. "So... you're here to treat me?"

"Hmm." Xiaobai smiled and extended her hand to Limu. "Aunt Limu, may I have your hand?"

Pearwood looked at her washed hands and placed them in Little White's palm.

Xiao Bai took Li Mu's hand in his, gently pressed his thumb against the back of her hand, lowered his head slightly, and activated the Admiral Network to infiltrate Li Mu's body to check her physical condition.

While Xiaobai was examining Limu's body, Limu wasn't idle either; she started talking to Xiaobai.

“Now I understand. I was wondering why those two suddenly came to my place and asked me to treat them to dinner, and even took me to meet their daughter’s girlfriend.” Pearwood looked belatedly realizing something. “Now I understand, they were after me.”

"..." Xiaobai smiled and released Limu's hand.

"How is it?" Li Mu asked, rubbing his wrist.

“Auntie, the deep-sea aura within you is quite old,” Xiaobai said. “Did you accumulate it when you were an admiral?”

"uh-huh."

“With normal admiral work, as long as you take precautions, you shouldn’t accumulate such a large amount of deep-sea energy in your body,” Xiaobai asked. “Besides, Auntie, you’re a high-ranking admiral with an admiral network, right? Admirals with admiral networks have a certain resistance to deep-sea energy. How did you end up like this?”

Is this a question that needs to be answered?

"Just curious," Xiaobai said, blinking.

“…” Li Mu sighed, raised her hands in surrender, and turned her gaze to the side, saying, “Okay, okay, when I was young, due to a decision-making error, my ship girls were exploring the sea and encountered deep sea and were badly damaged and left behind. In order to save them, I led the ship girl team to search the sea for three days and three nights. When I came back, I found that my body was not good enough.”

"Did you find it?" Xiaobai asked.

"Of course we found it." Li Mu crossed her arms, a slight smile playing on her lips. "This is the thing I regret least in my life."

Xiao Bai nodded gently upon hearing this.

"So, can my illness be cured?" Li Mu asked casually. "It doesn't matter if it can't be cured, we've lived through so many years anyway."

"Well, although it's been a while, the degree of deep-sea aura infection isn't actually that serious for me." Xiaobai reached into her clothes and took out a bottle of ink and a brand-new calligraphy brush. "Speaking of which, Auntie, you take pretty good care of your health. Even though you've been infected with deep-sea aura for so long, you're still very energetic. It's completely different from the deep-sea aura infection patients I've seen in the hospital."

“I still have the Admiral Network, don’t I?” Riki said, looking at the ink that Shiro had taken out. “Oh… this bottle of ink is what I mentioned before, the thing that can cure deep-sea aura infection?”

"Yes."

"I've never heard of this before. Is it a relatively new product from the last two years?"

"More or less." Xiaobai picked up the brush, unscrewed the ink bottle, dipped it in the ink, and then smiled at Limu. "Aunt Limu, pull your clothes up."

"Huh? What?"

"The location of your deep-sea aura infection is in your lower abdomen."

"...How did you notice that?" Li Mu was somewhat surprised, but she still looked down, pulled up her shirt, and revealed her flat stomach.

Aunt Limu takes really good care of herself. Although she is getting on in years, her body is still fair and firm, and she looks like a woman in her twenties or thirties.

Perhaps... this is because living with ship girls all the time keeps one's mindset young, plus having the money to maintain and beautify oneself?

After thinking it over, Xiao Bai picked up his brush and wrote a few tally marks on the pear wood's lower abdomen.

“Your character…” Pearwood looked down at the character on her stomach, her expression turning somewhat strange.

"This is runic script."

"Oh... I'm sorry, it was a misunderstanding."

"That's fine, Aunt Limu, put the clothes down now."

"Is this okay?"

"Hmm." Xiaobai said as she walked to the sink to rinse the calligraphy brush, and put the ink bottle and the washed brush back into her arms.

Limu looked down at the words on her stomach with some confusion. She touched her stomach in bewilderment, and after a while, she raised her eyebrows.

"Hmm...? It seems so... Eh." Riki touched her stomach in surprise. "What happened...? Just a few words and my stomach pain is gone, and I feel so much lighter! What did you do?"

Limu looked as if he had discovered a new world, and was quite shocked.

Xiao Bai smiled as she looked at Li Mu.

"If Aunt Limu thinks it works, then that's the best."

"Hey, hey, hey... this is no joke. When I went to the hospital for a checkup, they kept telling me that this was an incurable disease..."

"Medicine is also advancing."

"I feel like I've gone down the wrong tech tree."

Li Mu murmured softly as she gently put down her clothes, touching her belly through them with a somewhat absent-minded expression.

Li Mu couldn't believe that the illness that had plagued him for more than ten... even twenty years could be cured by Xiao Bai's medicine in just a few seconds.

This is too...

As Li Mu pondered this, a sense of absurdity suddenly welled up within her, along with a strong feeling of grievance.

No.

This disease is so easy to cure...

What was the purpose of all the suffering I've endured over the past twenty years?

This feeling of both joy and frustration... what should I do...?

Limu held her forehead, feeling that she needed to calm down.

“Auntie, your body has been infected by the aura of the deep sea for more than 20 years. Some of your internal organs have now completely merged with the aura of the deep sea, so even I can’t cure you right away,” Xiaobai said to Limu. “The runes I wrote on your body will probably have to stay on you for a few more days to have some effect. During this time, you’d better not wash them off… If you accidentally wash them off, you can ask Sister Nanxing to tell me what happened, and I will come back to re-add them to your body.”

"..." Li Mu rubbed his forehead, glanced at Xiao Bai with a complicated expression, and nodded slightly.

Xiao Bai laughed.

"Aunt Limu, I'll head back now."

"……it is good."

Xiao Bai bowed to the pear wood and left the bathroom.

The sound of Xiaobai's footsteps echoed as she left from the bathroom doorway.

Limu rubbed her forehead, watching Xiaobai's departing figure with a complicated expression. She lowered her head, pondering for a long time. First, she looked at her hands, which were covered in water droplets, and then at the bottles and jars that were almost full in her bag.

Pearwood remained silent.

Pearwood covered her cheeks.

The pear wood was lying on the sink.

After a while, Li Mu took a deep breath, quickly unzipped her bag, her eyes resolute, and strode to the trash can in the bathroom.

Li Mu forcefully lifted the bag, which was full of bottles and jars, and then, with all her might, slammed the bag into the trash can.

"Son of a bitch!"

"The debt is nowhere to be found!"

An expensive handbag filled with bottles and jars was slammed into the trash can with a loud thud that echoed throughout the bathroom.

It feels so refreshing.

Chapter 3381 A Beautiful Day

When Xiaobai returned to the private room, the atmosphere among Nanxing's family was still somewhat tense. No one was eating; they were just sitting quietly in their respective seats, waiting for Xiaobai's return.

The Nanxing family remained still, while Chao Yahe could only sit in his spot, looking extremely uncomfortable and tormented.

Seeing Xiaobai return alone, Nanxing's mother quickly turned around, her eyes full of hope.

Xiao Bai smiled and gave Nanxing's mother an OK sign.

Nanxing's mother's face immediately lit up with a delighted smile.

Watching the interaction between the two, Nanxing's father breathed a sigh of relief, a look of ease appearing on his face.

Xiao Bai returned to his seat, and Nan Xing, who was next to him, picked up his chopsticks, picked up a meatball, and held it to Xiao Bai's mouth.

Xiao Bai blushed slightly, but after thinking for a moment, she opened her mouth and took the food that Nan Xing handed her.

Xiao Bai felt that since he had already helped Nanxing's family so much, it didn't seem like it was too much to ask Nanxing to feed him in front of their parents.

Xiao Bai chewed on a meatball and secretly glanced at Nan Xing's parents.

Just then, the private room was suddenly pushed open with a loud bang.

Pearwood returned to the dining table in a flurry of activity.