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"Your Stupid ring didn't work again!" Lei Xing barked at Doctor Lou.

Doctor Lou frowned but before he could say anything, two guards immediately came over to the area, "Your highness, are you alright?"

Lei Xing blinked at them in surprise, then knit her brows and said,? "I'm fine" as she quickly got up and left pulling the pouting old man's arm along with her.

Once they rounded the corner, Doctor Lou shrugged his arm free and went, "My ring did nothing wrong. It's you who was careless! Hmph!" He held his beard then looked away and mumbled, "I saved you and can't even get a thank you from either of you brats."

Lei Xing knit her brows and pouted herself, feeling aggrieved. She took a deep breath to calm herself and then flatly said, "I was drugged...and the ring didn't detect it."

"It did! It's your fault for not looking." Doctor Lou said as he cast her a haughty side glance.

Lei Xing frowned and defended, "I looked and it was fine...It's not working, check it." She finished as she angrily removed the ring and shoved it in his direction.

Doctor Lou quickly grabbed the ring and then stroked it gently with a pout and grumbled, "My ring is perfect...It wasn't harmful until you added the seyu..." He then glared at Lei Xing and barked, "Look up your arms!"

Lei Xing frowned and did not move, but Doctor Lou just continued glaring at her and motioning for her to check her arms. Eventually, Lei Xing begrudgingly complied and rolled up one of her sleeves and saw random red dots scattered on her arm. She went wide-eyed and rolled it up as far back as she could and then knit her brows and checked the other arm to see just four almost equally spaced dots.

{...Pincushion! Shit! Those as***les!...}

She frowned and touched her back as she remembered the pricks she was feeling in the crowd and then she looked at Doctor Lou, who was still petting his ring while frowning at her.

"This is -"

"Hmph! I told you it wasn't my ring...You should apologize to it." Doctor Lou said with a pout and haughtily looked away. He was very unhappy, his grievances were mounting. He had still not received his thank you yet or even a warm welcome. And now his ring was being falsely accused too.

Lei Xing stood there for a while just staring at her arm with a frown.

{...I am really in trouble this time...}

Then she blinked and went wide-eyed as she remembered another very important thing. She latched onto Doctor Lou's arm and quietly but urgently said, "I need the morning-after pill."

Doctor Lou raised an eyebrow at her and Lei Xing corrected, "birth control...I mean contraceptive...please." She added the last line after realizing how crass and demanding she was being.

"Why?" Doctor Lou asked with a frown.

Lei Xing raised her eyebrows in confusion, "What do you mean why?" Before Doctor Lou could speak, she added, "Actually do you have anything like this ring that prevents pregnancy?"

"I do." Doctor Lou proudly responded.

"You do?" Lei Xing went wide-eyed with glee, "Great, sell it to me."

"Can't." Doctor Lou swiftly responded.

"Why not?" Lei Xing asked with a frown.

"I don't have it." Doctor Lou responded looking off to the side.

Lei Xing knit her brows, "You just said you did."

"I have it...but I don't have it." Doctor Lou haughtily said, raising his head, still looking off to the side.

{...He must still be upset -_-)'...}

Lei Xing sighed and said, "Thank you for helping me...and it's good to see you." She finished trying to humor and cajole the old man.

Doctor Lou looked at her then smiled, "You're very welcome...and it's good to see me too." He finished with a chuckle.

Lei Xing restrained the urge to roll her eyes and said, "Great, how about selling the contraceptive...ring? Is it a ring? Either way, can I have it?"

"I don't have it." Doctor Lou repeated.

Lei Xing frowned and then sighed in exasperation. She was really not in the mood for mind games, "Fine, just give me regular contraception then...something strong." She added as her face reddened. Her memories from last night had finally fallen into place and...She realized had been very busy last night.

{...Who knows how many times we - he - Arrrgghh >_

Lei Xing covered her face with her hands and groaned into them, feeling incredibly embarrassed with her behavior last night. From what she remembered it was more like a battle with them rolling all over the place and she even...

{...I never thought I could be like that, not even with a hundred kilograms of ecstasy running in my system. I'm pretty sure someone would die with that much s- whatever! T_T)...}

"No."

On hearing that word, Lei Xing immediately came out of her lamentation and went "What?" in confusion as she dropped her hands.

"It would be unfair to Xiao Kai." Doctor Lou informed pursing his lips.

Lei Xing knit her brows, "Xiao Kai?... Who the hell is Xiao Kai? And what do they have to do with this? Just give it to m- "

Doctor Lou's face suddenly lit up, "Oh Xiao Kai you're awake? Did you sleep well? I was just talking to Xing Xing about you..." Lei Xing immediately froze as she heard the light sound of footsteps slowly approaching behind her.

"Ah, it seems Xing Xing forgot your name...It is really bad of her not to remember, her own husband's name too." Doctor Lou finished narrowing his eyes at Lei Xing, who immediately went wide-eyed on hearing his words.

Lei Xing's mind went blank, she felt panicked and started blinking repeatedly as the redness on her face quickly intensified. Her hands clutched at her clothes and the footsteps loudly drummed in her ears and it felt like looming doom was coming up behind her.

In the end, in the face of fight or flight, Lei Xing chose flight and bolted...Proving that she was indeed a chicken, a little chicken.

"Ah, Xing Xing, the bathroom is the round door on the left. There are clothes in there for you too...Don't soak in the hot springs too long. We need to eat!" Doctor Lou shouted after her and then chuckled and turned to the Emperor, who was frowning at her disappearing back, "I didn't think she had it in her, but she is really very cute when she is shy. You should have done this much sooner..." He said as he pat the Emperor's chest and then he stroked his beard with a happy smile.

The Emperor glanced down at him but did not say anything.

Doctor Lou seemed to be in a great mood and chuckled again then he knit his brows, "What should we eat? Tell me, anything and everything is available...Well, except for -... Oh! I know the perfect thing! I've been saving it for a rainy - I mean perfect day." Doctor Lou finished and then scurried off, but quickly turned back and put the ring in the Emperor's hand, "Return this to Xing Xing for me." and then he happily ran along, leaving the Emperor standing there, still frowning in the direction Lei Xing disappeared in.

Meanwhile, Lei Xing had found her away to the bathroom, her mind had picked up on Doctor Lou's directions and her legs had complied without her realizing it. But since she was there, she took advantage of it and quickly refreshed herself and jumped into the hot springs. The water felt nice against her achy muscles, she relaxed and took a deep breath.

{...At least I'll be safe here for a while...But why the hell did I run?! I must have looked like an idiot! T_T)...}

{...*You did look quite idiotic...}

{...SHUT UP! >_ {...*Don't worry, you looked very cute running like a chicken. he won't abandon you for something so minor...Well, probably not hehehe~...}

{...Do you think he heard? He didn't, right?...}

{...*Heard what?...}

{...The contraception stuff...}

{...*...}

The bracelet did not respond and Lei Xing soaked in silence for a while and held her head as she began groaning again.

{...*Why do you want contraception?... Last night, when you were sick, he treated you like you were some sort of precious doll that would break and now you're like this without reason...I wanted him to throw you in the water to check if you would float up, I hear that happens but he was too stubborn and instead - !...}

The bracelet let out a long depressed sigh and Lei Xing frowned.

{...Why don't you go jump into -...}

She heard the sound of the door open and froze. She dipped herself into the water, leaving half her face up like a toad and scanned the room. Then she went wide-eyed when she saw the Emperor surface from behind the half curtain. She froze and blinked up at him and he returned her gaze with a cool stare.

Lei Xing's mind shortly kicked into gear and she sprinted backwards only to meet the rocks and a wall. So she stuck herself next to the little protruding rock at the back of the pool. She brought up a hand to cover her chest and the other hand to cover her face and faced the wall as an array of lamenting expressions flew across her face.

{...WHY THE HELL IS HE HERE?!... Doesn't he know this is a private space?! GET OUT! >_

Yet she could not find her words. Instead, she just tried to blend in with the rocks hoping he would disappear.

The Emperor simply stood there looking at her back for a while and then turned away. And Lei Xing heaved a sigh of relief as she heard his departing footsteps and remained in place trying to calm her nerves as she waited to hear the closing door

When she didn't hear the door, she turned and peeked and then jumped and swiftly faced the wall again, somehow further shrinking into the rock.

{...WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!?????(( ???))????...}

She internally screamed as she listened to the sounds of the disturbed water getting closer and closer, as he came in and made his way towards her.