The Devil Doctor's Spicy Love
Chapter 128: The one known as the complaint box (2)

Chapter 128: The one known as the complaint box (2)

Bojing and Shilin stepped into a place which didn’t look like any less of a forest. The forest canopy had blocked all the light from the outside. Only a trace of dim light was scattered here and there, illuminating the forest just enough to make out the path to walk on.

"Are we still in the lab, Senior Lu?" Shilin couldn’t help but ask. It felt as though they were now a part of a whole other ecosystem, separate from the modern world.

"Of course!"

"...I never thought there would be a forest in the lab."

"It’s not a r-real forest. It’s something that Ren Xuanjie has recreated f-for his work and research. There is also a re-replication of a desert and a m-mountain on the other side. He needs all kinds of en-environments."

Shilin tilted his head. "That’s actually-"

"Who’s there?"

A sharp, unforgiving voice came from the back. They turned around and saw a figure walking towards them, his footsteps creaking on the forest’s floor. As he stepped into the gloomy light, they saw a man half-naked, wearing slightly torn and roughed up but comfortable pants. His toned upper body glistened due to sweat.

Shilin noticed a tattoo right above his left breast bone. Another tattoo was below his right shoulder. They were small and didn’t overly consume his skin with its design. The tattoo on his chest was that of a sun, its black rays oozing out menace. The one on the shoulder was a half moon that looked like an ominous half eclipse.

"Who’s he?" Ren Xuanjie asked with his narrowed eyes as he scrutinized Shilin.

Shilin gave a light bow. "I have recently joined to work under Boss Yang. Senior Lu is my mentor."

"Se-Senior Ren!" Bojing waved happily at him.

"Wait, this crybaby got himself a junior!?" Ren Xuanjie’s jaw dropped.

"..."

Bojing burst into tears. "Th-That’s ru-rude, Senior Ren!"

Ren Xuanjie walked up to his side, making Bojing jolt and hide behind Shilin.

"Disgraceful! Why are you hiding behind your junior? And then you point out my rudeness. Of course I will be rude," he glared at Bojing. "Tears make you weak. How will you survive this world then?"

He grabbed Bojing’s head and dragged him out of his hiding place. His muscular arm wrapped itself around his neck. "The wilderness out there will eat you up raw. It doesn’t understand tears. It doesn’t show sympathy. So when will you toughen up, Lu Bojing?"

Shilin extended his arms out to help a gasping Bojing, but Ren Xuanjie warned him. "Hands off, newbie."

Shilin paused and promptly withdrew his hands.

Ren Xuanjie released Bojing who was all suffocated by that point. "I thought I will get to see Lu Bojing version 2.0. All rough and toughened up. You work under Yang Mingshen for God’s sake."

"I-I am so-so sorry for being useless," he sniffled with tears sliding down his cheeks.

Shilin blinked. "I don’t think Senior Lu is weak."

"He cries too much."

"Everybody has a different personality."

"He looks like a delicate flower."

"Often people who have underestimated flowers in the wilderness have lost their lives, Senior Ren. You must know about it more than anybody, right?"

Ren Xuanjie narrowed his eyes. "You don’t even know how to fly yet dare to talk back to your senior? I don’t like you."

"I think you are cool though."

His ears perked up. "Cool?"

Shilin smiled. "I am amazed by the forest here. Senior Lu said there are other environments you have built too. This forest gives such an authentic feeling. I admire your passion and dedication."

His eyes glazed with a shine by his praise. "You have a good eye. Finally somebody who appreciates my work! I like you."

Bojing looked at him, incredulous.

You just said that you don’t like him.

"But that still doesn’t mean that you get to invade my beautiful forest without my permission! Where are your manners? Seriously, you younger generation are becoming way more impolite than I ever was. Do you understand how much contamination you bring when you step in here? Who will take responsibility if my forest dies out?"

"Um actually-"

"And I still haven’t gotten my green tea," his gaze darkened. "Is there a public holiday that I am unaware of? How can people be so lazy?"

Bojing said, "Senior Ren-"

"If there is no public holiday, then I admire the nerve of the staff to just ignore me like that. Nobody has even bothered to greet me. I have been back after months!"

Bojing broke down, making Ren Xuanjie further furious. "Why are you crying now?"

"Y-You aren’t l-listening to me..."

"I am listening but you are not talking. How is it my fault?"

Shilin’s brow twitched.

"Hell I have to go to get my green tea-"

Ren Xuanjie stumbled back as a cup of green tea just breezed across his face right in front of his eyes. A woman stood beside him, who held the cup without any change in her expression.

Her black hair extended till her waist that revealed her slightly muscular arms. She donned a sleeveless white sports shirt that extended till above the belly button accompanied by light blue jeans at the bottom. The jeans perfectly accentuated her long and sturdy legs. Shilin peered closer and noticed a tattoo on her left shoulder. A beautiful star was etched on her skin.

Ren Xuanjie put his hands on his waist. "Did you want to burn my eyes?"

She frowned and shook her head.

"Then hand me the cup like a normal person. On my hand, not in front of my eyes. Also, I don’t see any steam coming off the green tea. It’s gone cold."

"It’s lukewarm."

"Who enjoys lukewarm tea? And why is it lukewarm in the first place?"

"I lost my way."

He shut his eyes. "How many years has it been since you are here?"

"Four years."

"Yet you still don’t know this lab by heart."

"It’s very confusing."

"Your sense of direction is getting worse."

"Sis Zhiyou!" Bojing called out merrily.

She looked at him. She didn’t explicitly show in her expression but her eyes lit up. She handed the cup to Ren Xuanjie and grabbed Bojing’s head to squash it right between her breasts. Then she patted his head.

"Are you doing well?" She warmly asked.

"Hmppf! Hmppf!" Bojing flailed his arms, feeling suffocated a second time in the day, this time being smothered by a woman’s chest.

She then stared at Shilin and just blinked at him.

He bowed. "I am Shilin. I have recently joined as an intern here and am working with Senior Lu."

Bojing escaped from the soft clutches of her breasts and gasped. He looked at Shilin and said, "S-She is sis Zhiyou. She also works here a-and is training to become an infectious disease specialist."

"Nice to meet you, Senior Zhiyou."

She gave a very light nod.

Before Ren Xuanjie could start another rant, Shilin said, "We came to ask Senior Ren if he knows anything about a particular tattoo we want to know about."

He frowned. "What tattoo?"

Bojing took out his phone and showed him a picture of the three letter word She.

"Hey, that’s a cool design."

"Criminals have it e-etched on the back of their necks, Senior Ren. Th-They have even challenged B-Boss," he paled in fear for the criminals.

"Boss must be in heaven then. He loves to bring cocky people to their place," he smiled. "Anyway. Just because I have a lot of tattoos on my body doesn’t make me the expert. But I can tell you about my tattoo artist. He might know something."