When asked for Feng Xi Wu's thoughts at this moment, it was merely out of curiosity about how people of this era viewed the products of technological society.
Unexpectedly, Feng Xi Wu's answer surprised her.
Feng Xi Wu said, "You are too bold, Ah Wan."
"Hmm?"
This answer made Lu Qing Wan raise an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"Do you know that if you hadn't brought me in, no one in this world would have known about such an existence?
Even if you told someone yourself, they would think you were crazy, hallucinating?"
Feng Xi Wu looked around at the unfamiliar machines, his tone unusually serious.
"Innocence is no protection when one possesses treasure. If these things attract covetous eyes, do you know you won't even be left with a whole corpse?"
"I know!"
Lu Qing Wan smiled frankly. "So, didn't I bring you in?
I made a bet with myself, betting that you wouldn't covet my things, betting that you would be worthy of my trust."
Feng Xi Wu gazed into her eyes with tender affection. "Aren't you afraid of losing the bet?
Of bringing ruin upon yourself?"
"Afraid, how could I not be afraid?
I'm afraid you'll betray my trust and eye my possessions, and even more afraid the world will treat me like a demon and condemn me."
Lu Qing Wan frankly confessed her worries, then smiled brightly and said, "But you are the lover I chose!
You are the only person I've ever fallen in love with in my life. If I'm to fall, I'll accept it at your hands."
Her eyes sparkled, as if stars had fallen into them. "My mom—no, my mother—said that many people marry the wrong person, and many people get to grow old with their loved ones.
We can't predict others' lives, we can only be responsible for our own as much as possible."
As she spoke, she seemed to get into the mood herself, stood up, and twirled in front of Feng Xi Wu.
Her expression was incredibly carefree. "If you like roses, don't shy away because they have thorns.
Similarly, if I fell in love with you, should I shrink into my shell because there's a one in a billion, or even smaller, possibility of betrayal?
Others might, but I, Lu Qing Wan, will never be one of them."
Feng Xi Wu's eyes lit up as he listened. "I should thank your mother, for raising such a brave princess consort whom I genuinely admire."
"Thanking my mother is fine, but save the sweet words for when you come back to me."
Lu Qing Wan sat down on the swivel chair, slid over to Feng Xi Wu, and grabbed his wrist to take his pulse.
Upon seeing this, Da Bai, standing nearby, felt guilty and his ears perked up. Yet, he still greedily bit Feng Xi Wu's index finger, unwilling to let go.
Feng Xi Wu picked Da Bai up. "My man, does your stepfather's blood taste good?"
Da Bai's body suddenly became airborne. Da Bai's short four paws flailed wildly in the air, his pair of watery cat eyes staring at Lu Qing Wan, looking extremely innocent.
Lu Qing Wan grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and shook him. "No selling cuteness, it's no use!"
She scowled, looking genuinely angry.
Da Bai's cat eyes darted around, and he meowed twice. Feng Xi Wu only saw Lu Qing Wan playing tricks with a small cat.
Little did he know, Da Bai was completely betraying him at that moment. "Daddy's blood tastes good. His blood has a fragrance, and Lord Cat finds it very comfortable to drink~
Anyway, he needs to detoxify, and Lord Cat drinking his blood is also helping him!"
With his palm-sized cat face facing Lu Qing Wan, he meowed arrogantly.
Lu Qing Wan quickly grabbed one of his whiskers. "Alright, since you like his blood so much, have a little more.
Tonight, if you don't clear the remaining toxins from him and make him walk like a normal person, I'll dissect you and research another black cat, and name it Da Bai!"
Meow~
Da Bai let out a miserable cry and tried to scamper away, but was grabbed by the tail and pulled back by Lu Qing Wan, who then pressed him onto Feng Xi Wu's lap.
Perhaps pets take after their owners. Upon realizing escape was impossible, Da Bai decided to give up.
He lay on Feng Xi Wu's lap, four limbs facing the sky, hugging Feng Xi Wu with both paws and sucking his finger with gusto.
Feng Xi Wu's lips twitched. "Is this what you call clearing the remaining toxins for me?"
He had a feeling that Lu Qing Wan, despite her grand pronouncements, just wanted to trick him into feeding his blood to the cat.
"Da Bai is the guardian spirit of the Xuanyuan Space Laboratory. Its one cat power is equivalent to all the machinery in this room and hundreds of imperial physicians in the land."
Lu Qing Wan looked at him with a proud expression. "I will give you a treatment shortly, lasting four hours. Will that interfere with your important matters?"
She knew that since Feng Xi Wu had decided to go to battle, he would not want to waste time. But this was the fastest and most effective method she could think of.
Indeed, when Feng Xi Wu heard it would take four hours, he frowned. "What is the significance of this treatment, and must it be carried out here?"
"Yes, it must be here."
Lu Qing Wan told him with an exceptionally firm attitude. "Not only the treatment, but also the detoxification, must be done in the space laboratory.
Once you leave the special environment of the space laboratory, even with Da Bai here, with your current physical condition, forget going to battle. You would collapse the moment you stood up and walked for more than fifteen minutes."
Feng Xi Wu looked at Lu Qing Wan's serious expression, his eyes slightly narrowing. "Then four hours it is.
Please keep me informed of any news from outside. If Li Jin and the others have anything that absolutely requires my personal attention, you must inform me."
He wanted to get out of the wheelchair and walk like everyone else, but if there was something more important than his own health, then it could only be fate.
Lu Qing Wan solemnly agreed, then moved Feng Xi Wu to the sickbed, connected the IV drip, and activated the treatment instrument.
It was a device similar to a lie detector. It connected to various acupoints on the human body based on different pressure points, using external force to help absorb the medicinal liquid from the IV drip.
It was also the result of joint research between Lu Qing Wan and several national masters.
She hadn't expected her colleagues to use it yet, but now it was being used on Feng Xi Wu.
At the same time, she took out a fumigation medicine furnace and placed it under the sickbed. The specially designed sickbed would absorb the special medicinal effects into the patient.
These were all extremely advanced medical techniques. For one person to benefit from even one of them would be considered incredibly lucky, yet Feng Xi Wu was receiving all of them first.
Once everything was settled, Lu Qing Wan told Feng Xi Wu, "You can take this opportunity to sleep. I will wake you when the time comes."
Feng Xi Wu nodded slightly. Lu Qing Wan picked up Da Bai and brought him to Feng Xi Wu. "Keep an eye on your daddy. If anything unexpected happens, call me immediately."
Although Da Bai was mischievous, he knew when to behave. He didn't cause trouble now.
The cat's head rubbed against Lu Qing Wan's palm, and he obediently replied, "Got it!"