"S-Stelle, Sister Stelle... are you going to drink that?" Bailu asked, staring in shock at what she was seeing.
Seeing Bailu's reaction, Stelle paused too. "Huh? Yeah. I heard it's a Luofu specialty drink. I've been on the Luofu for so long and never tried it, so I thought I'd give it a go."
"Th-That's right. Well, Sister Stelle, brace yourself. The flavor of this 'Soda Mung Bean Milk' is... really unique."
"Is that so?" Stelle looked at the green drink in the can, suddenly feeling hesitant.
"If I only take a little sip, it should be fine, right?" Since she'd already opened it, Stelle steeled herself and made up her mind.
With an audible gulp, Stelle bravely took a sip.
Xiao Xi and Bailu watched her closely. After drinking, Stelle stood motionless for several minutes.
Just as Xiao Xi was about to ask if she was all right, Stelle's eyes took on a vacant, out-of-body look. Suddenly, she toppled straight over.
Xiao Xi and Bailu were both startled by Stelle's extreme reaction. "Stelle! Stelle! What's wrong? Are you okay? Wake up!" Xiao Xi hurriedly caught her as she fell, then laid her flat on the ground.
"Bailu, sorry for the trouble, but could you examine Stelle carefully? Her condition... something's clearly wrong." Xiao Xi turned to Bailu and asked anxiously.
Xiao Xi wasn't particularly skilled in medicine. Whenever she treated injuries, she usually relied on the healing power of the Path of Hope. But Stelle's condition wasn't like an injury, and Xiao Xi wasn't sure her usual method would work.
"No problem. Leave her to me." Bailu remained fairly calm in the face of the situation. After all, she'd been a doctor on the Luofu Xianzhou for many years and had seen all kinds of difficult cases. To Bailu, Stelle's condition was a minor issue.
Bailu first checked how Stelle's pupils reacted to light, then felt her pulse. After that, she reached a conclusion. "It's nothing serious. She just received too much stimulation in a short time. Her brain's put her body into temporary hibernation to protect itself. Sister Stelle will wake up in a little while."
"Good." Xiao Xi relaxed, but couldn't resist voicing her thoughts. She picked up the can of "Soda Mung Bean Milk" that had knocked Stelle out, feeling a strange urge to try it herself. "Just how awful does this stuff have to taste to make someone pass out?"
As it turned out, people never learned their lessons when it came to food. Their curiosity was boundless, and they had far too much energy to put it into action.
Take the first person who got a lollipop stuck in their mouth and couldn't pull it out, and had to go to the hospital for help. When they kindly posted the story online, the result wasn't that everyone learned from their experience and stopped trying such things.
Instead, people exclaimed, "I didn't know you could eat it that way!" "How did they get it stuck? I bet I could do it without a problem." "That looks like fun!" Then, driven by curiosity, they tried the same thing themselves, leaving hospitals packed with people who'd gotten stuck for the exact same reason.
And now, our Miss Xiao Xi had clearly failed to learn from Stelle's experience, too. Xiao Xi hadn't been interested in the so-called "Soda Mung Bean Milk" before, but now she wanted to try it. In a situation like this, all one could say was: please don't use your rebellious streak for something like this!