*FROM PAST*
"Su Xian you are the Chief commander of Authority Lu Man Man's army!! you better act with dignity"
to his words, Su Xian wielded his sword to Zong Shen's neck who stood there frowning but did nothing to his provocation. Su Xian then apologized and excused himself from their argument. a sudden realization dawned upon Zong Shen when he saw the retreating back of Su Xian that he was testing him just now he passed at Su Xian test but Zong Shen lost the last will of trusting anyone around him.
*Back to present*
Su Xian continued treating him paying no heed to Zong Shen after completely stabilizing him Su Xian Pushed him back to lay on the couch for rest
"Stop throwing tantrums a short nap won't do any harm to your research since you already got the pills you can continue your research after taking a nap" saying he tucked Zong Shen neatly ignoring Zong Shen's annoyed expression
Zong Shen squirmed in the blanket a little and sat up straight, Su Xian gave a big sigh lifted his hand as he knocked Zong Shen unconscious, he then laid him on the couch and again tucked him properly, then he turned to Shi Xiaoya who was standing there pursing her lips not to smile at him, he instructed her
"It will take almost 3 hours for him to wake up prepare a light congee and medicine for him also inform him this old man will nag him to death if he won't take meals and naps in between his research"
Then he turned to the entrance leaving he stopped at the and turned slightly "take care of that kid, he is stubborn as a mule but we can't ignore him, also inform him I won't be here for a while"
Shi Xiaoya "yes sir! will do!" she turned to Zong Shen shaking her head she smiled a little before leaving the room a white snake came appeared behind the couch eyeing the Unconscious Zong Shen and then surveyed the room a little and then disappeared into thin air making it look like it was not there in the first place.
as Su Xian predicted, Zong Shen woke up from his sleep and started cursing loudly at Su Xian, Shi Xiaoya who heard his cursing from outside stood up and instructed the kitchen to get him something to eat before she went inside to inform him of Su Xian's departure.
"Master Zong Shen, the commander said to inform you that he will be leaving for a while, he didn't specify the location but said he would be back after a short while"
right then a servant came inside with a tray full of a hot meal she arranged them in front of Zong Shen before taking her leave, Zong Shen squinted his eyes in irritation he didn't like to eat right after he woke up but they always force him to eat and take his meals on time, he grunted and stood up to leave but halted at Shi Xiaoya's words
"Master, I kindly advise you to complete your meal and take your medicine, the commander has specifically informed me not to give you these pills if you won't eat and take medicine," she said with a big smile infuriating Zong Shen further, the pills in her hand were the jade bottle given by Official Zun, he needs them to cure the curse seal on the people they experimented with.
he sat down grumpily then started eating in front of Shi Xiaoya's supervision, then obediently drank the medicine under her strict eyes, after completing this he asked her to handover her the pills, Shi Xioya nodded her head after seeing him eating and gave him the pills. then without a word, she took the tray and left
Zong Shen's mouth twitched at her surveillance clutching the pills he sat in his chair he instructed loudly the leaving Shi Xiaoya "Miss Shi send someone to brew me a tea I want to drink it every hour from now on"
Si Xiaoya waved her hand at him in leaving, Zong Shen nodded his head he started to analyze the pills.
at another busy street, the crowd swarming here and there making the busy street quite lovely, a tall pavilion looking like a restaurant has its name boldly written 'Xìnxī gōnghuì cāntīng'* is bustling with the customers. on the top floor, Ye Qiran stood while slightly leaning on the railing observing the restaurant full of customers.
Back when Ye Qiran was training under Huan Mei and Xiuying she figured that having information at hand is a rich source of income then she started a guild mindlessly she waited until the rumors about her empty guild started and when the guild became a little famous with the rumors, she started a restaurant in that pavilion with the same name.
The people living in the realm were surprised and got curious about her restaurant many of them went to her restaurant for mocking her but they failed miserably because of the praises they heard
'The food although expensive it's worth it'
this single line is the code for getting the information they want from the guild and the info they get is never wrong.