Chapter Thirty-Two: The Sickbed's Endless Longing for Collection

  Tang Jie sat on the bed, holding a steaming bowl in his hand, staring at the black and murky medicinal residue inside. His face was scrunched up like a bun that had been pinched countless times, with an indescribable bitterness.

  "Can't I not drink?" Tang Jie looked at Nia in front of him with a straight face and smiled apologetically.

  Niya tied her golden long hair into a knot, like a golden horse tail hanging behind her back. A white-colored tight-fitting vest outlined the beautiful curves of her upper body, and a belt around her waist perfectly divided her figure into a golden ratio. Her slender legs were wearing a pair of brown long pants.

  These trousers are made of carefully selected hemp silk, which is close-fitting, breathable and highly elastic. Not only are they comfortable to wear, but also perfectly show off the curves of a woman's hips.

  The woman dressed for her own pleasure, this was already Nia's most decent dress on the ship.

  Nia, without powder or rouge, with a plain face towards the sky, has an elegant appearance that exudes a charming and alluring charm.

  Looking at Tang Jie's bitter face, Nia slightly pursed her lips and thought it was a bit funny: Is he still afraid of drinking bitter medicine?

  Niya deliberately put on a stern face and stared at Tang Jie: "Do you know how much effort I wasted to finally come up with this medicine?"

  Tang Jie smiled wryly: "I don't know..."

  Niya put the bowl down on the wooden table next to her with a clatter, counting off on her fingers as she spoke to Tang Jie: "Do you know how many Bichu fish we have to catch in the sea every day for your sake?"

  Tang Jie raised one hand: "May I interrupt for a moment?"

  "What?" Nia blinked several times.

  "What is Bhikkhuni?"

  "Bichusa is a fish in the sea, it's only as big as our thumb, its meat is bitter and rough, very hard to eat, but its roe is a top-grade medicine that even wealthy priests are willing to pay a high price for. The roe of this fish, just the size of a small fingernail, can sell for three gold coins. Do you know how many roes one Bichusa can produce?" Nia pinched her own pinky and ring finger's nail with her thumb, only revealing a tiny bit of the nail tip, and said to Tang Jie in an exaggerated tone "Just this little, just this little bit! Do you know how many Bichusa roes are in this bowl of medicine?"

  Nia exaggeratedly gestured with both hands: "So many, want so many! Do you know how busy we are catching this fish? You actually don't know what's good for you? Hmph!"

  Niya wrinkled her nose and spoke with a hint of girlish coquettishness.

  Tang Jie looked at her extremely rare appearance and suddenly remembered that she was just a seventeen-year-old girl!

  In his world, she was just an underage little girl!

  Usually seeing her cold and strong side, Tang Jie suddenly felt his heart skip a beat when he saw this little girl's expression.

  People in a passionate love affair, whether it's the man or woman, are most sensitive to changes in each other. Tang Jie gazed at Nia, his eyes filled with adoring and appreciative glances, how could Nia not feel it?

  Her cheeks flushed involuntarily, and she glared at Tang Jie, trying to appear even more intimidating. Unfortunately, her face was as lovely as a peach blossom, with pink cheeks that made any attempt at ferocity turn into a faint scowl, rendering it completely harmless.

  Tang Jie smiled and stretched out his hand to grab Niya's hand.

  Niya's hand trembled as she tried to pull back with force, but Tang Jie, this bandit, wouldn't let her escape.

  With just one pull, Tanger took Niya and she fell into his arms, half resisting and half yielding.

  When Nia fell down, although her body was soft and her movements were light and gentle, when she bumped into Tang Jie's body, it still hurt him so much that his face twisted in agony, as if a thousand pounds had been added to his body.

  Niya was startled and hurriedly struggled out of Tang Jie's arms, frantically looking at his body.

  Tang Jie was just exhausted, and there weren't many wounds on his body. He only had excessive lactic acid secretion all over his body, and his airways were not unobstructed. A slight touch would cause a sharp pain like being cut by a knife, but outwardly he looked no different from usual.

  Niya pulled open Tang Je's clothes with both hands, carefully and slightly frightened looking at his body, wanting to see his injuries, but couldn't find anything wrong, her expression was somewhat disappointed.

  Why didn't I learn some healing techniques from the beginning?

  Even if it's just a little bit, it won't be as useless as it is now.

  Nina felt somewhat self-pitying and resentful.

  Tang Jie looked at her furrowed eyebrows and deliberately said to her in a serious tone: "Nia, don't be sad for me! Even if I'm all soft and mushy now, I still have one place that's hard!"

  "Ah?" Nia was somewhat bewildered, but she quickly came to her senses, her face flushing with embarrassment. She subconsciously stretched out her hand to hit Tang Jie, but as soon as her fist went out, she remembered that he couldn't be touched anywhere on his body and could only stop in mid-air, pouting and falling back down.

  It's really frustrating, wanting to hit him but can't bear to, and not hitting him is unbearable with that smug face of his.

  Nia gave him a fierce glare: "You just know how to bully me!"

  Tang Jie burst out laughing: "If I don't bully you, who will I bully? Besides, with my current appearance, if people see me, they'll definitely say that someone's bullying me!"

  After finishing speaking, Tang Jie made a sly smile and winked at Niya: "How about it, do you want to touch the hardest place on my body?"

  Niya is a woman who grew up among men, and Tang Jie teased her like that, it's really unbearable!

  She turned around and grabbed Tang Jie's vital part with one hand, gritting her teeth and saying: "I didn't think he was that hard either?"

  Tang Jie was about to be caught, his whole body felt like he had been electrocuted. He just wanted to tease Niya a bit and didn't want to see her looking worried and unhappy, especially since this guy was born with a mischievous personality and liked to make some adult jokes.

  As a result of teasing back and forth, Nia blew her top!

  Tang Jie felt that his weakness had been grasped by Nia, and he was so nervous that he stuttered: "I, I didn't mean there, it's, my liver..."

  "What's with the liver?" Nia didn't understand.

  Between men and women, when the man is rampant, the woman is shy, and when the woman is arrogant, the man is gentle. One attacks and one receives, which is also balanced.

  Niya started blushing easily in front of Tang Jie after developing feelings for him, so Tang Jie increasingly enjoyed teasing her. But those who come out to play will eventually have to pay the price.

  This time, Tang Jie felt utterly humiliated and ashamed.

  A blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty, in front of you, grabs your old two with one hand, and coldly says: "I see he's not very hard either!"

  How are you?

  There are many kinds of men in this world, and their temperaments are also varied.

  Some men can tolerate others saying they are ugly, some men can tolerate others mocking their poverty and shabbiness, and some men can tolerate others ridiculing their crudeness and rudeness.

  But in this world, there is no man who can tolerate others mocking his sexual impotence, and even saints are no exception!

  Tang Jie raised an eyebrow: "Haven't you guys ever heard of the joke about liver cirrhosis?"

  Niya looked puzzled: "What is liver cirrhosis?"

  Nina's words nearly drove Tangie crazy and made her collapse.

  Even if this world has magic that can cure illnesses, haven't you heard of something called cirrhosis? Please don't look so innocent when asking this question.

  Also, could you please loosen your grip on my arm?

  Are you going to pull out radishes with such a tight grip?

  Tang Jie felt that his joke just now was like throwing a wink at a blind man, and unexpectedly, he had instead attracted Niya's attention. His whole body was filled with a sense of powerlessness and defeat.

  Tang Jie shook his head, his face filled with sorrow. "Damn it," he thought to himself, "I've spent my whole life amidst the flowers of pleasure, only to lose my integrity in the end."

  "Never mind that, can you trouble yourself to hand me the medicine? I'll drink it, what's wrong with that?" Tang Jie said with a knowing expression.

  Nia suddenly came to her senses and found that her hand was still tightly grasping Tang Jie's vital part!

  She let out a cry, her face flushing all the way down to her chest, and hastily released his hand, jumping up like a startled deer.

  She nervously handed the medicine bowl to Tang Jie, watching as he took it with both hands. Her mind was a jumbled mess, like a tangled ball of yarn, and her eyes involuntarily drifted down to his lower body.

  Tang Jie didn't notice her gaze, but instead had a brave and resolute expression, his eyes closed, he tilted his head back and poured the bowl of black medicine into his mouth in one gulp.

  But he didn't notice, Nia whispered softly beside him: "Why does it get bigger and smaller, softer and harder?"

  "Hmph!!"

  Tang Jie spat out a mouthful of medicinal broth, choking and rolling his eyes back, coughing non-stop.

  Why is this girl always so muddle-headed?

  Niya was startled and hurriedly helped him pat his chest gently: "How did it all spray out? Do you know how much effort I wasted on those medicines?"

  Tang Jie pointed at Nia, coughing until his face turned pale: "You, what did you just say?"

  Nia was taken aback: "Just now? I didn't say anything!"

  She suddenly covered her mouth and exclaimed in disbelief: "Did I just say that out loud?"

  Tang Jie looked at Nia with a bewildered expression: "What did you think?"

  Nia felt like her face was on fire, she quickly stood up and wanted to escape from here as fast as possible.

  It's all over, how did I end up saying such embarrassing things?

  How can I face him again?

  Niya felt as if the world had come crashing down around her, and she was so ashamed that she didn't dare to look at Tang Jie.

  Tang Jie grasped her hand and said with a smile on his face, "Don't go, don't go. Repeat what you just said, I didn't quite catch it."

  Seeing Nia's shyness, Tang Jie was even more energetic. The offense and defense between the two people changed as quickly as the weather on the ocean, it was endless.

  Nina was caught by Tang Jie, she only needed a strong shake to throw off Tang Jie's hand.

  But she herself didn't know why, this man's hand was like it had magic power, once he touched her, she would feel hot and weak all over, her body as if under a spell, unknowingly softening and falling into his arms.

  Tang Jie smiled and pulled Nia into his arms, leaning close to her round and shiny earlobe and whispered: "You've seen it all, but you're still shy?"

  Niya's whole body trembled with anger, and she stammered to Tang Jie: "You, you say that again, I'll never speak to you again!"

  Tang Jie saw that she was really embarrassed, so he stopped teasing her and smiled: "You're really willing to ignore me?"

  Nina's heart only wanted to exert herself on this bad person, pinching and scratching him, but he was so delicate that she couldn't bear to touch him. This blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman had a burning fire in her heart, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

  "A person like you should pray to the sea god Tira to let you fall into the sea and drown!" Nia said viciously to Tang Jie.

  But the two of them, at this moment, were leaning against each other, their bodies extremely close. Niya's words, though harsh, were accompanied by her alluring fragrance and gentle breath, making it sound like they were flirting with each other.

  Tang Jie laughed and said: "You're really ruthless, aren't you afraid that in the future you'll become a widow and spend the rest of your life guarding an empty house with no one around?"

  Niya gave him a cold glance and scolded: "Who said I want to marry you? How shameless!"

  Tang Jie gently wrapped his arms around Niya's extremely flexible waist, and with the other hand slowly wandering on her surprisingly curvy body, he chuckled and said: "Oh? Really don't want to marry me? Then I won't marry you!"

  Niya was furious, grabbing Tang Jie's hand and turning back to shout: "How dare you!"

  Connie turned around, only to see Tang Jie's teasing eyes. She suddenly realized that she had been fooled by this scoundrel again. This time, Connie was really furious. She let out a soft cry and tried to struggle free from Tang Jie's arms.

  Tang Jie's muscles were pulled and torn by her, causing him to let out a loud cry of pain.

  Niya was tense again, not daring to move anymore, obediently curled up in Tang Jie's arms like a small cat, afraid that any movement would cause him pain.

  Fortunately, Tang Jie didn't make any further moves. He just wrapped one arm around Nia lightly and gently stroked her soft long hair with the other hand.

  Nia had never seen what her mother looked like since she was a child. What she got from her father, Bal, was always encouragement and flogging, even when he was at his most gentle, the big-bearded Bal treated her as a man, urging her to move forward towards an unattainable goal.

  Nina knew how to tie a complex sailor's knot, knew how to navigate a ship in the most treacherous winds, and knew how to kill an opponent quickly in battle and save herself.

  But what is gentleness, what is consideration, and what is entanglement?

  Nina never knew.

  Nia, who had just tasted the flavor of love, was immersed in this sweet and cloying honey pot every day, every minute, and every second.

  Even if I can see him for a moment more, even if I can hear him say one more word, the sky and sea will be bluer than ever today.

  Niya felt Tang Jie's tenderness and had unknowingly become a little infatuated.