The Interstellar's Expert Plant Tamer

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Xie Sen tried desperately to control his own movements, but his body seemed to have a mind of its own, completely out of his control. He stared at Maine. “You’re so good. Why don’t you dodge?”

Maine didn’t understand what he meant, and stayed in place without moving. He was letting him get closer and closer, and eventually their lips met.

The first thought in Xie Sen’s mind was, his expression was so cold, but his lips were so soft, and the next thought was, it’s over! He didn’t know if the word ‘over’ was because of his first thought, or because he had taken advantage of Maine as he lost consciousness and fell on top of Maine.

The moment Xie Sen fell over, Maine quickly moved to retrieve his dagger. Only then did he realize that he had been subconsciously moving it backwards as Xie Sen had approached.

He stared at the unconscious Xie Sen. His eyes changed and cooled, and finally his eyes fell on Xie Sen’s neck. He reached out, rubbed his fingers along the wound Xie Sen had made against the dagger, and wiped the blood that had flowed onto his fingers. He held up his finger for a moment, then slowly put it in his mouth. The taste of blood stimulated his taste buds. He frowned slightly, and his eyes cleared up a little. They were no longer full of darkness.

“Wake up!” He wrapped his arms around Xie Sen, and patted his face, as he tried to wake him up. His jaw tightened up as he thought about the various toxic moving plants in the forest. He put Xie Sen flat on the ground, and checked the exposed parts of Xie Sen’s limbs and neck to make sure there were no bites or cuts from the plants. There was nothing except for scrapes on his palms, so his face eased up.

He grabbed Xie Sen’s scraped left hand. When he thought of the scene where he pushed Xie Sen away, his eyes were cold. He picked Xie Sen up horizontally, and walked towards the forest outside.

“Chirp” A crisp bird call came. The next moment, a small black bird the size of a hand flew to Xie Sen’s chest, and tilted its head to look at him.

The feathers on the bird’s head were fluffy white, but it was injured. It’s left side was stained with blood. The feathers were tangled into a ball and drooped down, while the right half of the fluffy feathers formed a sharp contrast. It was wretched and comical.

Maine frowned. He remembered that when he fought the beast, it had pecked after the beast. He gently barked, “Go away!”

The bird cocked its head, “chirp,” and rolled on Xie Sen’s chest. Its round black eyes gazed at Maine again.

Maine looked at Xie Sen, who was sleeping with his eyes closed. He didn’t want to waste time, and couldn’t spare his hands anyway, so he simply ignored it.

Xie Sen was jostled awake. He opened his eyes, and saw Maine was holding him half in his arms. He was wrinkling his eyebrows, as he grabbed his arm with one hand, and pulled on his left sleeve with the other as he undressed him.

However, Maine was really unskilled. His hand was swung around by Maine, but he couldn’t successfully remove his clothes.

Xie Sen hurriedly said, “I’ll do it myself.”

Maine moved a little, looked down at him and then slowly let go of him.

Xie Sen’s eyes scanned the room which was his. He pulled off the loose suit jacket, and looked at Maine’s left shoulder.

Maine had already taken off his dark blue blazer and was wearing only a thin white shirt which, at this point, was mostly stained with blood. It looked extraordinarily gruesome.

Xie Sen stood up, and said with a serious face, “Go to the hospital first.”

Maine didn’t respond, just looked at him. “What just happened to you?” He frowned. “It’s not the first time.”