Chapter 66: Qin Kelian Hunts Jiang Ran Again
It was currently 3 PM in the afternoon.
Jiang Ran was sitting in the living room typing on his keyboard, dealing with various customer inquiries and growing increasingly annoyed. Suddenly, there was a knock at his door.
"Coming, coming!"
After finishing with one customer, Jiang Ran quickly dashed to the door of Room 304 and opened it.
Standing outside was Qin Kelian, the younger sister of the Demoness sisters from Room 303.
"What's up?"
This was only the second time Qin Kelian had come looking for him, as far as he could remember.
"Oh, I recently brewed some new teas and wanted you to try them."
Qin Kelian flashed a sweet smile and gestured with both hands holding small metal teapots.
"Oh, I see. Come on in then." Jiang Ran led Qin Kelian to the sofa, asking her to wait while he went back to his laptop to request some time off from his supervisor.
After getting approval, Jiang Ran brought out several disposable paper cups and placed them on the coffee table.
Qin Kelian then poured tea from both pots into separate cups for Jiang Ran.
One cup contained a bright red liquid that looked strikingly like blood.
The other held a pale green brew.
As Qin Kelian poured, Jiang Ran admired her beautiful face and the alluring figure wrapped in her black stepmother dress.
Of course, Jiang Ran harbored no improper thoughts - after a brief appreciation, he turned his attention to the two cups of tea.
Seeing the pale green one, he asked, "Is this green tea?"
Qin Kelian shook her head. "This is qing tea. Not exactly green tea, but you could say they're cousins."
Then Jiang Ran noticed the blood-red tea.
He froze momentarily before bending down to examine the crimson liquid in the paper cup.
"Is this red tea?"
Qin Kelian gave a faint smile. "Red tea isn't this red. This is blood tea - you could call it red tea's distant relative."
"Wow, I'm learning something new today."
Jiang Ran scratched his head and unceremoniously picked up the qing tea for a sip.
Hmm. It tasted like tea leaves - nothing particularly special.
The only unusual thing was the sudden message in his mind:
[Ding! Detected host has consumed drugged tea! System has neutralized! Points consumed: 100!]
Same as last time - which had turned out to be the system malfunctioning.
So Jiang Ran ignored it this time.
After tasting the qing tea, Jiang Ran picked up the blood tea.
As he brought it to his lips, a faint metallic scent of blood reached his nose.
Honestly, he hesitated - this blood tea seemed really weird, especially with that bloody smell.
But looking down at Qin Kelian's sparkling, expectant eyes, he took a sip anyway.
It tasted better than the qing tea - sweet with a tea fragrance.
He couldn't help taking another sip.
Similarly, the system notification appeared twice more in his mind:
[Ding! Detected host has consumed drugged tea! System has neutralized! Points consumed: 100!]
"How is it? How do you feel?" Qin Kelian asked eagerly after seeing Jiang Ran drink both teas containing her sister Qin Yi's newly developed sedatives.
Jiang Ran replied, "The blood tea tastes better than the qing tea."
Qin Kelian pressed, "And then?"
Jiang Ran: "Then... nothing else."
Disappointment flashed across Qin Kelian's face.
Her sister's new sedatives had failed again on Jiang Ran.
Thinking she was upset because he lacked tea knowledge to give proper feedback, Jiang Ran laughed awkwardly. "Sorry, I don't know much about tea so I can't give more detailed opinions."
Qin Kelian forced a smile and shook her head. "It's fine, really." Then she picked up both teapots and left abruptly.
Jiang Ran was left thoroughly confused by her sudden departure.
Meanwhile, in the live stream room:
Ultimate Rich Kid: "This lab rat Jiang Ran is so lucky! Getting tea served by such a beauty! And to think such top-tier beauties live in that apartment! Even prettier than some celebrity girls I've dated!!!"
Domineering Female CEO: "What? Getting interested, Rich Kid? Want to drink her tea too?"
Ultimate Rich Kid: "With looks and body like that, who wouldn't be? And if a beauty offers you tea, why refuse?"
Domineering Female CEO: "Do you know what's in that tea?"
Ultimate Rich Kid: "Love?"
Domineering Female CEO: "......"
Little Dragon Girl: "Hahaha, you're hilarious Rich Kid! Even Female CEO is speechless. Let me explain - that girl is Qin Kelian, and her tea contains sedatives."
Ultimate Rich Kid: "Sedatives? No way! If there were drugs, how's Jiang Ran still standing there fine?"
Little Dragon Girl: "He's special - naturally immune to sedatives."
Ultimate Rich Kid: "People like that exist???? Wait... why would this beauty Qin Kelian drug Jiang Ran? Unrequited love? But a girl like that could have any man she wants with just a finger snap!"
Little Dragon Girl: "Why the sedatives? Check the apartment resident profiles provided by the organizers in the live stream."
Ultimate Rich Kid: "Okay, give me a minute."
About ten minutes later:
Ultimate Rich Kid returned: "HOLY SHIT! She has an equally hot sister too?!"
Little Dragon Girl: "Seriously? That's all you got from the profiles? Just focused on the women?"
Ultimate Rich Kid: "Hahaha, just making an observation! Though these sisters are stunning, they're absolutely ruthless! Drugging men to turn them into human meat paste and canned products... gotta admit, I'd probably fall for it too..."
Fairy Sister chimed in: "Exactly. These demoness sisters had a 100% success rate until now. Just last round, elder sister Qin Yi used drugged beer on lab rat Murong Fu, then drugged tea on gaming addict Qin Fei. Now their perfect record is ruined by Jiang Ran's immunity."
Ultimate Rich Kid: "So hardcore! I love it! Can we contact the organizers? I'd pay any amount to spend a night with these sisters."
Middle-aged Uncle joined: "Kid, you've got guts. Go ahead and try if you don't mind becoming canned meat."
Ultimate Rich Kid: "But what if... my wealth and charm win them over and they fall for me?"