The little female is incredibly sweet and soft, healing the five evil beasts right from the start.

Chapter 196 Giving away
Bluefish: I heard that no matter what conditions the other party offers, the Empire is determined to obtain the purification reagent and will try to make contact with M!
Jiang Mian couldn't help but smile when he saw the message from Qingyu.

She was truly grateful to Qingyu for sharing the news about the Empire with her, letting her know that the Empire would soon grant her a release order.

If I agree to any conditions, then giving her a release order should be a piece of cake.

Jiang Mian: It's fine.

Bluefish: Your reaction is so lukewarm! This is a purification reagent that will benefit the entire new interstellar space!

Jiang Mian: So how should I react?

Bluefish: Okay, that's the kind of person you are.

Qingyu shared the news about the purification reagent with her, and then asked Jiang Mian again if she really didn't want to skip the Imperial Research Institute. As always, Jiang Mian refused, so Qingyu had no choice but to stop talking.

In every conversation, Qingyu would ask her if she wanted to go to the Imperial Research Institute.

Searching: M, is that you?
Jiang Mian was slightly taken aback when she saw Xunmi's message. When the painless beast transformation suppression drug was released last time, Xunmi also asked if M was her.

Jiang Mian: No.

Jiang Mian replied no again.

Searching: My sixth sense tells me it's you.

Jiang Mian:......

Bai Feng: Who is M? I wonder if the big shot knows him?
Jiang Mian: I don't know him.

Jin: What kind of bullshit purification reagent is this? It's been decomposing for so long and it still can't break it down!

Jiang Mian: Keep it up!
This is natural, because Jiang Mian obtained one of the medicinal plants in that cave, and Jiang Mian has already had Zhou Bai propagate more of this medicinal plant.

Lin Xuan is also leaving.

Jiang Mian was going to see her off, and planned to bring a beastman with him.

So in the group.

Jiang Mian: Who wants to go out with me?

Rong Fei: Baby, I'm free.

Chi Lin: How come you're always number one? I even set a special notification sound effect for this group!

Chi Lin: Honey, I'm free too! I'm super free!
Lin Yu: I'm free.

Imperial edict: Whom do you wish to see?

Li Yan: ...I'm free.

Even if you're not free, you should say you are!

Jiang Mian blinked lightly: "Zhao Ci, let's go out together."

Rong Fei: Why? Baby, aren't I number one? Why didn't you come to me?
Lin Yu: ...Headache.

Chi Lin: I have the most words, can't you see me, wife?

Imperial edict: Very well~
Li Yan: ...

Jiang Mian: Hehe.

I'd rather not say why.

So Jiang Mian took the imperial edict with him to see Lin Xuan off.

This farewell was only for Lin Xuan's departure; it wasn't to deliver the imperial edict to her. (Exile Star Airport)

"Sister, you're so kind! You know I love your imperial edicts the most, and you even brought them to give to me!" Lin Xuan hugged Jiang Mian with eyes full of emotion.

Imperial edict: ?
So that's why you chose him?

The imperial edict was not happy.

Jiang Mian was hugging Lin Xuan, but she could already feel Zhao Ci's resentful gaze fixed on the back of her head, as if it were a physical thing.

"Oh dear, we've already hugged, so let me hug your Zhaoci as a way of returning your embrace to him!" Lin Xuan said righteously, and if it weren't for her eyes gleaming like a wolf as if she were about to pounce on Zhaoci, people would almost believe her.

Lin Xuan quickly released Jiang Mian and was about to hug Zhao Ci, but Jiang Mian reacted quickly and grabbed her tightly, stopping her from hugging Zhao Ci. She said with a forced smile, "It's enough that you can see him. If you want to hug him, really don't even think about it. And hugging me is enough. If you want to hug my man, don't even dream about it."

Zhao Ci stood frozen in place, genuinely believing that Jiang Mian would allow another woman to hug him. When he saw Jiang Mian grab him, his heart pounded with anxiety.

Lin Xuan failed to hug anyone, so she could only pout and didn't rush over again.

She crossed her arms in front of her chest and complained, "Seriously, don't be so stingy. I'm leaving soon, just let me hug him, and then I'll let my orc hug you too."

Jiang Mian clicked her tongue lightly: "I'm telling you, don't even think about it... My man is not someone you can lay a finger on!"
However, she didn't finish her sentence.

A figure appeared in front of her without her noticing, gently hugged her, and then left.

That was the familiar, cold smell of burning welding machinery.

Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, watching as the red fox youth, Xuan Ji, walked back behind her as if nothing had happened.

Her later comment about having her orc hug Jiang Mian was actually a joke, because she knew Jiang Mian would never agree. But she didn't expect Xuan Ji to actually hug him.

Jiang Mian was also stunned. The other person had really come over and hugged her just now. It was really strange, wasn't it?
After hugging Jiang Mian, Xuan Ji acted as if nothing had happened, as if he wasn't the one who had just hugged her, and quietly stood behind Lin Xuan again.

Zhao Ci frowned deeply. He had been preoccupied with whether Mianmian no longer loved him and hadn't noticed that the orc had come over and hugged Mianmian.

The air was quiet for a moment.

Lin Xuan quickly reacted and broke the silence: "Look, my orcs have hugged you, so you should hug your orcs too."

“I will only hug my own mistress.” Zhao Ci’s eyelashes trembled slightly, a dark glint flashed in his purple-gold eyes, his voice was extremely pleasant, but his words were somewhat piercing, “Even if my mistress asked me to hug other women, I would never do so, after all, I only favor one person, unlike some strange people who hug people indiscriminately.”

Whom did he mean by "certain people" in his words? It was obvious: he was deliberately mocking the young man with the red fox-like face who had just hugged people indiscriminately, intentionally trying to provoke him.

Perhaps it also expressed his displeasure that the other party had hugged Jiang Mian in front of him earlier.

The handsome fox-man with two red fox ears and long red hair reaching his waist stood quietly behind Lin Xuan, not uttering a word or refuting anything, appearing completely detached.

Lin Xuan's other orcs looked at each other for a while, then glanced at Xuan Ji.

If they hadn't all seen this guy hug Jiang Mian, they would have doubted that the other party was truly innocent.

"Okay, okay, no more hugging, the starship is about to take off, I have to leave." Lin Xuan hugged Jiang Mian again, "We can contact each other via the quantum computer when you have time."

"Mmm." Jiang Mian hugged her back.

Lin Xuan left, taking her partner and several orcs with her. Before boarding the starship in the distance, she waved to Jiang Mian again and left.

Jiang Mian watched as Lin Xuan and the others disappeared from sight.

I felt a touch in my palm beside me.

Zhao Ci gripped Jiang Mian's fingers tightly and said softly, "Don't look anymore, he's already gone."

Jiang Mian turned her head to look at the imperial edict and saw that his eyes were downcast, looking sad and aggrieved, yet beautiful and captivating.

(End of this chapter)