[Earth Era, April 3, 2010] [Western Calendar, Saturday.] [Xia Calendar, Gengyin Year, second month, nineteenth day. Auspicious for visiting friends and relatives; auspicious for making agreements.]
Qin Siyang arrived at the Administration Bureau. After a word with the staff at the entrance, he was respectfully escorted to the office on the third floor.
Li Tianming and Qian Wendao were discussing the Crimson Crystal allocation meeting scheduled for a few days later.
"Old Li, Old Qian, you're both here."
"Oh, Xiao Qin. All better already?"
"Yeah. Dean Chen's medical skills are incredible. He fixed me right up."
Li Tianming sniffed twice and frowned. "Xiao Qin, why do you smell like Feng He?"
Qin Siyang rolled his eyes at Li Tianming. "Obviously. I just came from Dean Chen's apartment, so of course I smell like her. If you smelled someone else on me, then we'd have a problem!"
"No, there's another scent too. What did you take from her?"
After a moment's thought, Qin Siyang took out the little lipstick-shaped tube containing the pills.
"Dean Chen gave me this. He said to take one whenever I get hurt. It'll help with injuries and ailments."
"That explains it."
"Old Li, with a nose that sharp, did you awaken the [Scent Seeker] Sequence or something?"
"Cut the crap. Watch yourself, brat. Don't do anything that could give people the wrong idea!"
Qin Siyang immediately looked offended. "Old Li, what's that supposed to mean? Am I that kind of person?!"
"Who knows? You're certainly not very well-behaved. Whenever we sleep together at night, you keep feeling up my back."
"Huh?"
Qian Wendao exhaled a mouthful of smoke. "Xiao Qin, you've actually felt me up too."
"..."
Qin Siyang suddenly remembered his earlier dream in which the three of them had scrubbed each other's