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"Of course, I believe that my little Xiulong was looking for me to play the hero in this scenario." The man said, sounding as though the very idea of him being a hero was just plain silly but the look in the boy's shining blue eyes when he'd helped the little punching bag had been well worth the play acting.

He glanced over at Po Zei for a moment then smiled, nodding, "Yes, I would like for the two of us to share your best. What do you think, Po, male or female?" As though he even had to ask where the pale man's interested lay, he knew for a fact that over dressed, painted faced tarts were the sort that Po hated the most since they reminded him to much of Tian Mi. The very way that his man prickled had Qiang Di chuckling before he turned back to the madame once more.

"How about I offer you up an extra bit of coin to hire your little pet there?" He motioned to Qiu Shui with a hand, "I am not the sort to send something as tempting as my Xiulong home on his own. As such I'd rather keep him safe and no reason not to let him spend time with the only one around that if of his age." He wasn't about to leave him with anyone else in this place, if anyone were going to taint the boy after all it wouldn't be a prostitute from this brothel, it would be Qiang Di himself.

Qiang Di didn't seem at all surprised that the offer of money seemed to catch the interest of the Madame. Whether they were the lowest rung on the ladder or the one in charge these sorts of people were all the same. He watched her as she first neaten up the boy's clothing to make him see presentable before he headed off with the money that she had been given and he couldn't help but to chuckle.

"Alright, Xiulong its seems that you will be able to play with your little friend here after all." He said, Po Zei would also be able to look after the brats wounds as well since the kid was currently his to do with whatever he pleased to a point. It almost amused him that she was telling him to bring him back with nothing wrong with his body when he was getting him already in second hand condition. Ah well, not as though he were going to be playing with him, that was what his little boy was going to be doing. It would be good for Xiulong to start learning early how to deal with people who were below him... and these types of people were as far down as one could be if you asked Qiang Di.

He motioned to those around him, "Come on, lets bring his new little pet home. He only has so long to play with the brat so we should let him enjoy that time. Sound good Xiulong?"

The blue boy gave a nod, starring up at his Master with adoring eyes as the man tossed the boy over his shoulder once more before the group of four headed out of the brothel and made their way across town to the bath house.

Qiang Di felt the boy on his shoulder shifting a bit and he tilted his head slightly to listen to the sounds of his breathing a heart beat, able to tell by the sounds of them that the boy was coming to. He gave a bit of a grin, "You alive now, Pet?" He asked of him, sounding a bit amused at his current silence, "You just relax, we will be home shortly." He didn't fill in any reason for why he was going home with the group of them since that wouldn't be nearly as much fun as a full explanation would. Instead he'd leave it up to the boy's imagination to fill in.

Po looked over at his Master before giving a chuckle, "Tian Mi isn't going to be pleased seeing you bring home another child." He said, sounding rather pleased at the thought, knowing that the woman was going to flip out most likely being the jealous little cat that she was. It was bad enough that she had to compete with Xiulong and Po for their Master's attention. If she thought that there was going to be another person added to the battle she was going to be so pissed. Po was going to enjoy it so greatly to see her enraged over it given his great dislike of the woman.

Xiulong looked between the two men as they spoke before his attention went back to Qiu Shui who his Master was carrying and speaking with as though he'd woken up. He hadn't been able to pick up the same clues that Master Di had, then again he wasn't nearly as close to Qiu Shui as his Master was so it wasn't a shock that he wasn't able to see and feel the changes in his breathing. Instead he slowed his steps down just a bit so that he was behind Master Di so he could look up at the boy who was was hanging over his Master's shoulder like a sack of rice. Hard to tell if he were alright or not but he figured that they would be home soon enough and they could look him over.

As they reached the bath house a pretty, half dressed woman appeared and raced over to them, "Master Di!" She cried in delight, looking up at him with wide, glittering eyes before said eyes landed on the one over his shoulder. Her nose wrinkled as though she'd caught the scent of something foul before her hands were resting on her hips, "Master... what is that thing?" She demanded, her tone going from sweet like sugar to dripping with jealousy.

Po's lips turned up into a smirk before he held his arms out, "I can take him if you wish to deal with her." He offered, taking Qiu Shui from their Master before motioning to Xiulong, "Come along, boy, you can assist me." He said as they headed inside leaving Qiang Di to deal with the prickly, hissing cat woman as he laughed in delight over the whole situation. His Master was sure to be displeased with his amusement but he would leave that for later he figured.

Po gave a chuckle when the boy set to shrugging out of his robes which was good, it made his own job that much easier as he went to fetch his things from one of the rooms so that he could tend to the wounds of the other boy. Along with his pack of supplies he got a basin of warm water and a stack of cloths to help to clean Qiu Shui, "Here to serve? I know, Master Di spent a good amount of coin on you." The Doctor said, "Though its not me that your here to serves its little Xiulong instead."

He made a motion at the blue haired boy to follow along with him before he settled down alongside a bedroll that he'd kicked over, "Sit here with your back to me." He ordered Qiu Shui then looked to Xiulong, "And you will sit here and do as I tell you to do, it will get this over with more quickly and then you will be able to play with your little friend."

Xiulong nodded, moving to sit down next to Po giving the other boy a smile as he was handed the stack of cloths to hold onto.

Xiulong watched in a somewhat fascinated manner, not seeming to be at all bothered by the blood given the people that he lived around. Violence and all that came with it was common place for his family of sorts. As such instead of looking away he was able to do as he was commanded to do, to hand him the cloths, to set aside the used ones, then helping to pat dry Qiu Shui's back before Po nodded.

"This might feel odd." He told Qiu Shui as he got out a jar of thick salve that smelled quite strongly of the various ingredients in it. That strong scent filled the area as he popped it open and took some of it out on his fingers and set to spreading it over the wounds. Once his back was covered the man then set to wrapping the bandages around Qiu Shui's midsection, "Alright, now you will need to turn around and show me your hands." He said, giving his next orders to the boy.

Xiulong gathered the red stained bandages up to bring them over to place them in the basket that was next to the door. It would be picked up later by the one who came in from time to time to do the laundry. Once they were tossed into the basket he headed back over to sitting with the other two, once more watching as Po closed the salve he was using, returning it to his pack before he found another, "Different stuff?" He asked.

The white haired man nodded as he opened the container, this one having a slightly sweeter scent to it, "This one is for burn wounds, the other is more for open wounds." He explained to the pair before he carefully set to putting the salve on, having to take it slow because rubbing the wounds would only risk making it worse, "I am sure its painful but you need to be strong, no one ever gains anything by being weak." Po told Qiu Shui quietly.

Once he was done spreading the salve on Qiu Shui's wounds he nodded, "Alright, we won't wrap these ones as it will work better them to let them air out given the sort of the wounds these ones are." He told him, he covered the second jar of salve and then replaced it in his pack. He rose to his feet before looking between the pair, "Do try to behave yourselves, keep in mind that he is to go back in the morning so try to get at least a little sleep."

He nodded to the pair before he turned to head out of the room, now that he'd dealt with the young one's wounds he was going to find Qiang Di and make sure that Tian Mi wasn't still chewing his ear off. Likely the man needed saved from the man eater.

Xiulong watched Po left before his attention went back to Qiu Shui and he gave him a smile and a nod, "How are you feeling?" He asked of him, wondering how the boy was doing after all that had happened between what when Xiulong first found this boy and now. So much and yet still they had the rest of the night to play... well aside from what time the dark haired boy needed for sleep.

Xiulong crossed his arms behind his head and then seemed to get a rather thoughtful look on his face, "Doing, hrm." He seemed to think hard on that one before he finally gave a shrug. He had no idea, what did one do with someone that was bought for them for a time? He was sure that if Master Di was around that he could ask the man what he should be doing but he was going to be busy for a while with Tian Mi and Po Zei and the fact that the pair seemed to enjoy fighting over him. There were days he'd admit that he wanted to get in on the fights since he was sure there must be a good reason to fight for him but he had no idea what it could be.

"I have no idea! Are you even feeling up to doing anything?" He asked, reaching out to smooth his hands over what the other boy was wearing before he helped to straighten it and pulled it around him carefully, trying the strap around his waist, "If you like we can walk around the bath house, so long as we avoid the riffraff as Tian Mi calls them or we can just play in here since its nice and quiet."

He found himself reaching out to touch Qiu Shui's hair in a curious manner, it looked as though it would be quite soft and he couldn't resist running his fingers through it, "Ooo, you have such pretty hair." He murmured, finding that it felt as nice as it looked up close.