Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 59 - Some Ye Family Secret Recipe

-Night-

Water,

Lots of water.

Steam filled the bathroom as Ye Chuan showered, occasionally using the showerhead to rinse his mouth, singing along to the music on his phone.

Since discovering his phone was waterproof, Ye Chuan usually brought it with him to the shower. Only in the bathroom could he unleash his inner karaoke king.

Just then, a familiar ringtone echoed, the music volume lowering automatically.

Ye Chuan, who was shampooing his hair, glanced at his phone and saw that it was a video call from Luo Xi. He answered.

"Hello? Want to hear Daddy sing?" Ye Chuan hummed after answering the call. "Hard to leave, hard to let go, want to hold you tighter~"

The other end of the line was eerily silent.

Hearing no response from Luo Xi, Ye Chuan thought she had hung up. He rinsed the shampoo from his face and looked at his phone again. 

Three pairs of eyes were staring back at him.

Ye Chuan: "..."

His singing abruptly stopped, only the sound of the shower remained.

On the other end of the video call, Luo Xi's pretty face was flushed red, seemingly wanting to say something but unable to. 

She lowered her head like a quail, while Father Luo and Mother Luo looked on.

The atmosphere was awkward.

Although the camera only captured Ye Chuan from the chest up, the sight of him naked on the video call made him twitch his lips.

"ChuanChuan, why are you answering my call in the shower?" Luo Xi's voice trembled slightly.

She felt a sense of secondhand embarrassment.

"I didn't know your parents… Auntie, Uncle," Ye Chuan greeted them, then immediately turned off his camera. "Let me get dressed first."

He could probably guess what this was about.

The pill he gave them must have worked, so Luo Xi called him.

"Okay, we'll call you later."

After Luo Xi hung up, Ye Chuan quickly dried himself and changed into clean pajamas.

Back in his room, Ye Chuan called Luo Xi back.

This time, only Luo Xi and Mother Luo were on the video call.

"Ye Chuan, have you eaten?" Mother Luo asked.

"Yes," Ye Chuan smiled. "Auntie, did the medicine work?"

"Yes, it was very effective!" Luo Xi said. "My mom felt much stronger immediately! ChuanChuan, do you have any more of that medicine?!"

Deer Blood Pill…

Ye Chuan thought of his pill furnace and nodded. "Yes, I should be able to make another one tomorrow."

Hearing that Ye Chuan had more medicine, both Luo Xi and Mother Luo's faces lit up with joy.

Ye Chuan asked about Mother Luo's condition, and after confirming that she had indeed improved significantly, he nodded. 

"I'll bring it to XiXi tomorrow."

"Thank you. Come over for dinner tomorrow night," Mother Luo said, not knowing how to repay Ye Chuan.

"Mm… it's fine, XiXi's birthday is in a few days, I'll come over then," Ye Chuan said, glancing at Luo Xi with a smile.

Hearing that Ye Chuan remembered her birthday, Luo Xi gave him a "you still have a conscience" look.

…

"Alright, see you tomorrow~" After chatting for a while longer, Luo Xi hung up.

Ye Chuan's contact name in her phone was "My Son," which Mother Luo naturally saw, but she just smiled without saying anything.

Luo Xi cleared her throat and turned to Mother Luo. "Mom, I'll bring the medicine tomorrow. After taking it a few more times, you'll definitely be fine."

"Don't worry, it's not that easy to recover," Mother Luo shook her head.

She was already very grateful for the significant improvement; a full recovery to her previous health was unlikely.

Her body had been weak for so long, the damage was already done.

"I'll take you to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow," Father Luo said. He had been standing behind the phone during the video call.

"Tomorrow? Okay," Mother Luo nodded.

"I suspect that medicine might be a stimulant or some kind of potent drug with serious side effects. It's better to get a checkup," Father Luo said, shaking his head.

He was more cautious. Although he was happy to see Mother Luo's improvement, he was worried that it was a stimulant creating a false sense of recovery, and taking it repeatedly might be life-threatening.

Hearing this, Luo Xi quickly explained, "ChuanChuan took it too, and he's much better now, his skin is even fairer."

"I believe in science," Father Luo said, silencing Luo Xi.

"But I believe in ChuanChuan…" Luo Xi muttered softly.

"Alright, why are you both so worried? It's a good thing that I'm feeling so much better," Mother Luo smiled.

Luo Xi and Father Luo nodded.

"I'm going to the stall. XiXi, you stay with your mom, you don't need to help out tonight."

"I'll go too."

"It's fine."

With that, Father Luo left.

After the door closed, Mother Luo looked at the rusty metal security door, then turned to her daughter. 

"XiXi, your dad is just worried about me, he didn't mean to say he doesn't trust Ye Chuan."

"I didn't say anything," Luo Xi blinked innocently.

"Heh, your protectiveness is practically overflowing, almost arguing with your dad," Mother Luo chuckled.

"N-no, ChuanChuan is my good brother!" Luo Xi explained, then nodded firmly. "That's all!"

"You're both in university now, it's fine to date."

"..."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm afraid he doesn't like me," Luo Xi mumbled softly.

"You won't know until you try."

"Mom, why are you so nosy today?" Luo Xi blushed and stood up. "I'm going to take a shower!"

"You're not going to call him while you're showering, are you?"

"Of course not!"

…

-Meanwhile-

After ending the call with Luo Xi, Ye Chuan checked his phone. He opened the Ten Thousand Realms Landlord app and went to the Pill Refining page.

Spending six thousand yuan on ingredients, Ye Chuan refined another Deer Blood Pill.

He ground it up and mixed it with some Banlangen.

Yep, the authentic Ye family secret recipe.

Although it tasted awful, it was very effective. However, just one Deer Blood Pill wasn't enough to cure Mother Luo's illness. 

It only replenished Qi and blood, treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

But even so, it was much more effective than the medicine Mother Luo had been taking before.

It was medicine from the cultivation world, after all.

But the number of recipes he could currently make was limited. Ye Chuan thought for a moment, then got up to find Bai Qianshuang.

He'd see if his money tree could produce some new recipes.