25: medicine

After a song ended, Qi Li leaned against the piano on the stage, her face covered in fine sweat.

The sweat even melted her makeup, revealing her delicate, somewhat pale, beautiful face.

"Alright, audience friends, the first session ends here. For the next session, I've prepared even more new songs for everyone!" she said to the audience in a relatively steady tone.

The audience was somewhat in an uproar.

"Wasn't the first session supposed to be thirty minutes? It's only been a little over twenty minutes and it's already over?"

Qi Li obviously couldn't explain the audience's questions.

She had already endured the abnormalities in her body and returned backstage.

No one in the audience saw Qi Li falter, nearly falling with a stumble.

"Sister Qi Li, what's wrong with you?!" her female manager asked, supporting Qi Li with a panicked expression.

"Take me to the lounge," Qi Li panted, her sweet breath coming in gasps, her face somehow flushed crimson.

"Okay, okay, okay, Sister Qi Li, hold on!"

The manager suppressed her inner doubts and helped the swaying woman towards the exclusive lounge.

Along the way, many people backstage noticed the abnormality and looked on curiously.

Inside the lounge, the manager placed Qi Li on the sofa, then immediately said, "I'll get a doctor!"

Qi Li, on the sofa, hugged her arms, biting her lip, her bun already somewhat disheveled.

"No need for a doctor, I'm here," a man said softly as he entered Qi Li's exclusive lounge.

"Director Lin Fan!" Seeing the newcomer, the manager was overjoyed. "This is great, you've come at the perfect time! Please quickly see what's wrong with Sister Qi Li!"

The manager had known Lin Fan for some time, having worked with Qi Li.

She also knew that Lin Fan's medical skills were absolutely formidable!

"This might be a bit troublesome," Lin Fan frowned slightly. "You go out first, I need to perform acupuncture, and I can't concentrate with someone next to me."

"Okay, okay, okay!" The manager nodded repeatedly, not sensing anything wrong with Lin Fan's request.

This was the Protagonist Halo's intelligence-reducing effect... "Later, no matter what sounds you hear inside, don't come in, and don't let outsiders barge in."

Lin Fan instructed the manager.

"Understood!" The manager nodded.

Watching the manager leave, Lin Fan smiled as he sat beside Qi Li.

He picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and asked, "How do you feel?"

"Did you have Wu Liang drug me?!" Qi Li wasn't foolish; to achieve her status in the entertainment industry at her age, she was smarter than many.

What Wu Liang said to her on stage made her realize she had been drugged.

And Lin Fan, appearing at this opportune moment, was undoubtedly the instigator behind it!

"I know this isn't right, but we're out of time," Lin Fan didn't deny it; his words were an admission.

"Qi Li, do you know? Above our world, there's another world, a world far more exciting than this one."

Lin Fan's eyes revealed longing. "The Aphrodisiac Pill I gave you can maximize the development of your Cauldron physique."

"After tonight, both of our strengths will greatly increase, and reaching the Upper Realm will just be a matter of time!"

"By then, we'll go to the Upper Realm to punish evil and promote good, becoming a pair of immortal companions. How wonderful would that be?"

"Lin Fan," Qi Li clutched a corner of the sofa, her breathing becoming increasingly erratic, but her eyes were remarkably clear. "I'm so disappointed in you!"

"Hahaha, it's alright. When you can no longer resist the medicine and fall into my arms, I'll make you satisfied."

Lin Fan unhurriedly sipped his bitter tea. He believed that with the bedroom arts from the Immortal Doctor's Secret Tome, he could make Qi Li completely infatuated with him.

After all,

He had used it on many women before, and all of them had become deeply infatuated with him... Backstage lounge area.

Li Quan was gripping Wu Liang's neck, his face cold.

After noticing Qi Li's abnormality on stage, he immediately thought of Wu Liang's earlier unusual behavior and found him.

Under Li Quan's forceful interrogation, Wu Liang, being a coward, confessed everything.

"Lin Fan?" After learning all the information, an unexpected thought arose in Li Quan's mind.

He hadn't expected Lin Fan to use such methods against Qi Li!

"Ding~ System mission issued: Save Qi Li."

Mission success: Reward Silver Lottery Card.

Mission failure: Qi Li's chastity lost.

Description: Qi Li is in danger. Currently, no one can save her except the Host.

Friendly reminder: Qi Li is currently in her exclusive lounge.

"Lounge." With a target, Li Quan didn't hesitate, running directly towards his destination.

And along the way, Li Quan also contacted Ye Tian: "System, can that Senior Ye from today come out again?"

Li Quan understood that Lin Fan's strength was at the Earth Rank Early Stage.

This Realm was far beyond his ability to contend with; even if Man Niu came, it wouldn't be enough.

Therefore, only that Senior Ye from today could appear again; otherwise, if he went, he would most likely just be delivering himself to his doom.

Ye Tian had long anticipated this.

There was no other way. With the Protagonist, who was the ceiling of combat power, present, if he didn't appear, no one could save the situation.

However, he couldn't come out for free. Ye Tian had to arrange an appearance fee for himself, as it was his second appearance in one day.

"Ding~ Summoned character Ye Tian is willing to assist the Host, but the other party requests that the Host must personally kill Lin Fan within one week."

"Make me kill Lin Fan? Why did Senior Ye make this request?"

"Ding~ After the Protagonist dies, the other party can obtain the world's luck."

"Is that so?" Li Quan was still a bit puzzled. "Then Senior Ye should have the strength to kill Lin Fan himself, right?"

"Ding~ People from outside this world cannot kill the Protagonist of this world."

"I see." Li Quan understood, then nodded seriously. "Since that's the case, I accept Senior Ye's request!"

Anyway, he and Lin Fan were destined to fight to the death, and seven days would also motivate him.

"Ding~ Main mission generated."

Mission: Kill Lin Fan.

Mission duration: 7 days.

After a brief exchange,

Li Quan arrived outside Qi Li's lounge.

In the corridor, Qi Li's manager paced back and forth, occasionally wringing her hands, only hoping Qi Li would recover soon.

One had to know that there were still over a hundred thousand live audience members outside, as well as tens of millions of netizens watching the concert online!

If it was ruined, it would likely bring a severe blow to Qi Li.

Just as the manager's mind was filled with more and more worries, a figure brushed past her, heading directly to Qi Li's lounge.

"Li Quan!"

"Hey! Director Lin is performing acupuncture on Sister Qi Li, don't disturb them!"

As she spoke, the manager moved to stop him, but it was already too late.

Li Quan's hand was already on the doorknob.

'It's over. If Sister Qi Li's treatment is interrupted because of this, I'll never forgive myself.'

The beautiful female manager's face was filled with regret.

And under her gaze, the door opened, revealing the scene inside the room.

There,

Qi Li lay weakly on the sofa, her long hair disheveled, her noble gown partially torn, a large expanse of her fair, rosy skin exposed to the air!

And the other person in the room, Lin Fan,

had taken off his shirt and was unbuckling his belt.

After the door opened, the gazes of Li Quan and the manager froze him.