After hearing Mary’s words, Cheng Xiaofan chuckled, shook his head, and said, “I’m sorry, no matter how high the reward you offer, I cannot agree to be your attending physician!”
Upon hearing this, Mary asked, “Are you worried about Melina being unhappy?”
“I can persuade her, she will definitely agree!”
Cheng Xiaofan shook his head and said, “Big star, to be honest with you, my refusal to be your attending physician has nothing to do with Melina.”
“I belong to my hometown, Zhuxi Village. At any time, I cannot abandon my hometown!”
“Let alone a year, even a week is impossible for me!”
Hearing Cheng Xiaofan’s words so final, Mary had nothing more to say.
She just smiled faintly and said, “Mr. Cheng, I really didn’t expect your sense of hometown attachment to be so strong!”
Cheng Xiaofan smiled and said, “There’s no other way, this is my personality!”
Not long after, Melina also came down after her shower.
Seeing Mary and Cheng Xiaofan engrossed in conversation, Melina asked with a smile, “You two, what are you chatting about?”
Mary laughed and said, “I wanted to hire your prince charming to be my personal attending physician for a year, but he outright refused!”
Melina heard this and laughed, “How is that possible? My intimate boyfriend, even I can’t persuade him, so you shouldn’t even think about it!”
Mary chuckled, “So you’ve already been rejected?”
Melina corrected, “I haven’t even asked, but I understand my intimate boyfriend’s personality, so there’s no need to bring it up!”
Mary said, “It’s getting late, let’s have dinner!”
Just as everyone was about to head to the dining room, the person who went to buy medicinal herbs returned.
Cheng Xiaofan took the herbs, opened them, and verified them one by one, saying, “Good, all the required herbs have been procured. After dinner, I will refine the pills.”
He re-wrapped the herbs and put them in his backpack.
Since it was Cheng Xiaofan’s first time at Mary’s home, she wanted to get some wine during dinner as a welcome gift for him.
Cheng Xiaofan immediately stopped her and said, “I need to refine pills for you tonight, so let’s skip the alcohol and just have dinner!”
Mary heard this and said, “That’s too embarrassing, you’re getting busy as soon as you arrive.”
Cheng Xiaofan said, “You are Little Sweet Cat’s friend, which means you are my friend too, so there’s no need to be so formal. Let’s just eat!”
“Right, listen to my intimate boyfriend. Let’s eat!” Cheng Xiaofan’s words made Melina feel particularly pleased, and she immediately chimed in.
After dinner, they rested for a while.
The sky outside had already turned dark.
Cheng Xiaofan immediately stood up and said to Mary, “Please arrange a quiet room for me. I need to start refining pills for you.”
“Remember, while I am refining pills, no one is allowed to disturb me, to prevent me from losing focus and spoiling the pills!”
Melina asked, “Darling, how long will it take for you to refine the pills?”
Cheng Xiaofan pondered for a moment and said, “If things go quickly, I should be able to finish within a night!”
“…” Melina’s mouth formed an “o” shape upon hearing this.
She had thought she might spend the night with Cheng Xiaofan, but now that opportunity had slipped away.
However, at this moment, there was nothing she could say.
Mary asked, “Mr. Cheng, do you need any other tools for refining pills?”
She noticed he only carried a backpack and thought that refining pills would surely require tools. She was ready to prepare whatever Cheng Xiaofan needed.
Cheng Xiaofan shook his head and said, “I refine pills using my internal energy (zhenqi), so I don’t need any tools.”
Mary didn’t understand what zhenqi was and didn’t ask further.
After all, refining pills was a divine art and a secret technique, and some things were not meant to be shared.
She immediately said, “Mr. Cheng, please come upstairs with me. I will arrange a room for you right away!”
Upstairs, Mary designated a room for Cheng Xiaofan and asked, “Mr. Cheng, do you think this place is suitable?”
Cheng Xiaofan pretended to look around and said, “Yes, this is excellent. I will refine the pills here tonight!”
Mary said, “I’ll have someone prepare a late-night snack for you later!”
Cheng Xiaofan immediately said, “Please don’t have anyone bring me any late-night snacks. Once I enter the zone while refining pills, even the slightest disturbance can adversely affect me!”
Mary hurried to say, “Alright, sir, thank you for your hard work. I will take my leave now!”
Cheng Xiaofan replied, “You’re welcome, you may go!”
After Mary left, Cheng Xiaofan immediately closed the door, took off his outer clothes, and leaped onto the bed, stretching out his limbs.
In reality, after massaging Mary, Cheng Xiaofan didn’t need to refine any pills. He had a large supply of detoxification pills stored in his spatial dimension.
The reason he asked Mary to purchase medicinal herbs and claimed he would refine pills for her was purely an excuse to avoid being alone with Melina.
Cheng Xiaofan knew very well that if he stayed with her tonight, something was bound to happen.
He already had two women in his life: his own goddess and Shen Ruobing.
Furthermore, on the island in Great Britain, in his desire to obtain the advanced equipment from the life science research institute and the gold, he had become arrogant and had a physical relationship with Elara.
This time, coming to the United States, he had Mirror. He considered that everything should have a limit and he didn’t want to get involved with other women anymore.
Even though this approach might displease his inner dragon (Long Xin), some things couldn’t always follow the dragon’s will.
To ensure he could report back tomorrow, Cheng Xiaofan immediately flashed into the Shennong Space.
He took out the purchased medicinal herbs from his backpack and, using the power of the space, quickly refined over ten pills.
Cheng Xiaofan placed the pills in a small bottle. His mission at Mary’s place was now complete.
After returning from the space, he took a shower and went to bed.
Before long, Cheng Xiaofan fell asleep.
Roar!
In his dream, he transformed into a golden dragon, lying in a vast wilderness. With a dragon’s roar, he soared into the sky.
From the depths of the vast starry sky, a dragon boat floated over.
Cheng Xiaofan immediately approached it and leaped aboard, returning to his human form.
“Master!” As he stood at the front of the dragon boat, gazing at the starlit sea ahead, he suddenly heard a woman’s voice from behind.
Who else could call him Master here other than Shen Ruobing?
His heart filled with joy. The long night would no longer be lonely!
Turning around, Cheng Xiaofan looked at the woman and was stunned.
The woman who appeared on the dragon boat was none other than Mirror.
How strange!
How did she get here?
Cheng Xiaofan, bewildered, asked, “Mirror, how did you get here?”
Mirror looked around, her expression one of dazed cuteness.
She said, “Master, I am dreaming. I don’t know how it happened, but I dreamt I appeared on this dragon boat!”
“And I never expected to meet Master in my dream!”