Chapter 343: Request

“Follow me.”

“Thank you!”

Lin Zhen, who had been waiting on the roadside steps for a long time, immediately stood up.

Ten minutes was short, but it was enough for Lin Zhen to confirm whether Dr. Leng Xiaoyu was willing to help.

‘I hope she is, or else this morning will have been wasted…’

Lin Zhen prayed inwardly.

He lifted the door curtain.

Together with his companions, he followed Lukasi into the clinic.

The next second.

A faint, pleasant herbal fragrance wafted over them.

Lin Zhen looked around as he walked.

The outside of Little Fish Clinic looked ordinary, but the inside was nothing like the Carapace Race’s usual decoration style. Instead, it resembled ancient Chinese architecture from the Earth Era.

Antique and elegant, with carved beams and painted rafters.

The center of the first floor was a large waiting room.

On several rows of long benches, patients sat or lay down, waiting for treatment because the doctor was on her lunch break.

At the end of the waiting room was a staircase to the second floor. Beside the stairs was a wooden door with a sign reading “Consultation Room.”

It was most likely where Dr. Leng Xiaoyu received patients.

But right now, the consultation room was not only dark but also locked.

When Lin Zhen went up to the second floor, through the window he saw paper, pens, and simple diagnostic tools neatly arranged on the wooden table inside.

Lukasi led them all the way to the fourth floor, without stopping on the second or third floors.

But as they passed, Lin Zhen observed carefully.

He noticed that the entire clinic, from top to bottom, had no high-end medical devices like those in the Imperial Hospital. He couldn’t even see a single basic treatment capsule.

‘Is this really a clinic…?’

Lin Zhen found it strange.

He thought that this place was more like an antique-style teahouse than a clinic that heals the wounded and rescues the dying.

Creak, creak…

The loose wooden floorboards groaned under their feet.

Lukasi stopped in front of a wooden door at the end of the fourth-floor corridor and gently knocked twice.

Tap, tap.

“Come in.”

A girl’s voice—soft, but with a serious and earnest tone—sounded from behind the door.

‘Dr. Leng Xiaoyu… is a young girl?’

Seeing Lukasi push the door open and signal them to hurry inside, Lin Zhen didn’t have time to think further and stepped into the room.

The room wasn’t large. The floor was covered with an expensive, thick carpet.

A five-meter-long wooden table faced the door, almost cutting the room in half.

Various thick books were piled on the table like a small mountain, completely blocking the view of the back half of the room.

The aroma of food mixed with the room’s faint, elegant fragrance wafted from behind the books, smelling especially intoxicating.

But where was Leng Xiaoyu? Behind the “book wall”?

Just as this doubt arose in Lin Zhen’s mind.

“Hey-ha.”

A dozen exquisite dishes on the table, and a short-haired girl with gray hair and black eyes, appeared in their sight one after another.

The “book wall” on the table was pushed open with effort from the middle.

She had an oval face, silkworm-like eyes, a delicate nose, and red lips.

This gray-haired girl’s features were extremely refined.

Except that they were still a bit immature, she was absolutely a galaxy-level beauty.

In Lin Zhen’s eighteen years of life, only Yun Ruoxi, Blue Lulu, and one or two senior and junior students he had seen at the academy could rival her.

A flash of surprise passed through Lin Zhen’s eyes.

“Mom, mom!”

“She really is a woman who could be my mother!”

“I declare, a new wife is born!”

Leng Xiaoyu held her cheek with her left hand, raised the chopsticks in her right hand, and shook them lightly in the air.

Lukasi understood and reached outside to close the door.

Only then did Leng Xiaoyu speak calmly and ask:

“Pure-blooded humans… are rare guests in Luoding City. What business do you have with me? Please don’t tell me that even you tourists have heard of my superb medical skills and have come to see me for treatment.”

“My reputation isn’t that big yet.”

Lin Zhen was somewhat surprised.

Throughout this journey, since they changed their clothes, Leng Xiaoyu was the first person who could identify their identity at a glance.

Seeming to notice their shock, Leng Xiaoyu chuckled and said: “Don’t overthink it. You’re wearing personal terminals on your hands.”

“On Shell Star, only nobles, officials, and foreign tourists wear them. The nobles and officials in the nearby cities all know me, so you can only be foreign tourists.”

“Doctor Leng’s analysis is correct. We are indeed pure-blooded humans from other star systems,” Lin Zhen replied.

Leng Xiaoyu picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks, stuffed it into her mouth, and chewed expressionlessly.

Her cheeks puffed up like a hamster’s as she mumbled indistinctly: “Just get to the point. I’m busy, so I can only see you during my meal. I hope you won’t waste my time.”

“Doctor Leng heals the sick and saves the dying, unmatched in benevolence. We came to you because we want to save someone!” Lin Zhen said seriously.

“So you really are here to see me about a medical case. Tell me, where is the patient? And what are the symptoms?”

Leng Xiaoyu asked while eating, chewing rapidly, her chopsticks almost blurring into shadows.

“It’s not about treating a disease, but about saving a life,” Lin Zhen corrected.

Leng Xiaoyu paused her chopsticks, looked up, and swallowed the food in her mouth.

“Saving a life? Interesting. So you need my help with something? Tell me, how can I help you save someone?”

“Doctor Leng, have you heard of Chatosi?” Lin Zhen asked.

“I’ve heard of him. He’s the Star Bandit who tried to kidnap the heir of Marquis Licha, got his ship shot down, and is still on the run, right?”

Leng Xiaoyu grabbed a fish, gently bit the tail, turned her head to the left, and slurped the entire fish into her stomach in one go, leaving only a white fishbone.

She threw the fishbone back onto the plate and licked her fingers with relish.

“That’s right.” Lin Zhen’s eyelids twitched slightly.

‘Her technique for eating fish is way too skilled.’

‘Compared to a certain blue-haired catgirl who once choked on a fishbone, she’s more like a member of the Lulu Race!’

“10 points!”

“If eating fish had ranks—King, Leng Xiaoyu!”

“Heaven’s mercy, Little Fish is eating little fish!”

“Catgirl chokes on fish, 2333. The possibility of Blue Lulu being mentally disabled increases again!”

“Dumb beauty cat!”

“Before he failed here, he abducted my friend. After learning he was stranded on this planet, I gave up the opportunity to participate in the Academy Tournament and rushed over non-stop, just to catch him and find out from his mouth where my friend went.”

Lin Zhen didn’t need to act.

He only needed to show a fraction of his longing for Yun Ruoxi, and his voice carried a hint of sincere choking and pain.

The three beside him also nodded, their eyes dimming a little.

“Isn’t the Galactic Security Office after him?” Leng Xiaoyu grabbed another chicken leg and bit into it. “He can’t escape. Just wait for news obediently.”

“What if he has companions?” Lin Zhen suddenly said.

“And besides, will the information the Security Bureau obtains really be shared with us from another galaxy?”

“What do you mean?” Leng Xiaoyu narrowed her eyes.

“I want you, Doctor Leng, to act as an intermediary and contact the Security Bureau, so that the four of us can join the team chasing Chatosi!”

Lin Zhen clenched his fists.

“I volunteer! I must catch that bastard!”