I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 221 Xi Yu_1

Chapter 221: Chapter 221 Xi Yu_1

After the Empress had dismissed everyone, she sat alone quietly on the Dragon Throne. For some reason, her right hand still unconsciously touched her forehead, as if the tender and lingering touch still lingered...

A moment later, the Empress spoke to the air beside her, "Thirteen."

"Your servant is here."

A shadow flickered and arrived, kneeling in front of the Empress.

"Follow the Saintess, if she does anything against my will, kill her!"

"Yes!"

The Empress pondered for a moment, then added, "Li Muyun has the Sen Luo Eye; the Saintess is no match for him. After they arrive in Yuhang, if she fails to accomplish her task, have her immediately proceed to the Qian Ling Mausoleum. Do not let any further complications arise."

"Yes!"

After Shadow Thirteen had vanished, the Empress slowly stood up and paced to the window. Gazing at the bright moon hanging in the night sky, her eyes reflecting the pale moonlight began to ripple slightly...

Meanwhile, you quietly exited Zhao’er’s room. Wu Qiyi and Lin Panxia had already gone upstairs, only Xi Yu was silently sitting on the sofa, sipping red tea and idly watching television.

"Why are you drinking tea so late at night? It can have a significant impact on the quality of your sleep."

You sat down on the sofa next to Xi Yu, poured a cup of hot water for her, and handed it to her.

Truth be told, you’ve seen all that Xi Yu has done; as a personal secretary to Wu Qiyi, her workload is massive and far exceeds that of an ordinary person. If you were in her shoes, you likely would have quit long ago.

"Thank you."

Xi Yu smiled gently, accepting it politely and took a small sip, saying with a smile, "I’ve gotten used to drinking red tea at night. Now I can’t sleep without it."

You chuckled and said, "You must have stayed up late often before, right?"

"Mhm."

"When I was in my final year of high school, I was the same. I had poor grades and a bad memory, my concentration easily scattered. To get into Jiang University, I hardly slept more than three to four hours a day for that year."

Xi Yu nodded and said with a smile, "The college entrance examination is a hurdle everyone must go through in their lives."

You and Xi Yu chatted away like two old friends.

"Speaking of which, you should be around our age, right? Why aren’t you in school now?"

Xi Yu smiled and said, "Miss didn’t tell you, did she? I graduated a long time ago."

"Graduated?" You looked at Xi Yu with some surprise.

"Yes, I graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology three years ago."

"A genius, that’s what you are."

Xi Yu took another sip from the cup of hot water you poured, smiling as she said, "Compared to you and the miss, my abilities are nothing special."

Being praised by a stunning beauty like Xi Yu gave you a bit of vanity, and you replied with a smile, "Not at all, I was just lucky to have acquired some special skills. But on another note, why do you call Er Ya ’Miss’? You’re not from the Wu Family."

In front of you, Xi Yu didn’t seem to want to hide anything, speaking quite straightforwardly, "I was an abandoned child; the Shangguan Family took me in when I was very young. The old lady and the miss have shown me kindness as heavy as mountains."

"Oh, I see." You nod seriously, not wanting to delve too much into Xi Yu’s past, after all, that is someone’s personal privacy.

Xi Yu glanced at the time and said to you, "Master Li, let’s talk about the cooperation on Dan Medicine."

"Sure." You nod.

Xi Yu organized her thoughts and asked, "How many types of Dan Medicine can Master Li concoct?"

You thought about it but didn’t answer. Instead, you asked, "Who is this Dan Medicine intended for?"

"Intended for? Master Li, do you dabble in many kinds of Dan Medicine?"

"Yes." You reached out, plucked a grape from the coffee table, popped it into your mouth, and swallowed it whole, seeds and all. "There indeed are many types of Dan Medicine, mainly depending on the target audience. It depends on whether you’re planning to sell it to ordinary people as health supplements, or to the sick as medicine, or as luxury products to the wealthy."

Xi Yu laughed, "What does Master Li think?"

"Of course, luxury products. Just look at Hermès producing a limited edition, and selling a dozen or so of them can cover the annual sales of a medium-small brand." You stuffed another grape into your mouth and, really, the grapes tasted quite good.

"It seems Master Li is quite the connoisseur. It’s a waste for you to study in the Department of Cultural Heritage."

You shrugged, "Don’t say that, I’m actually quite lazy. Plus, my desire for money isn’t exceptionally strong. In my opinion, having enough is good enough. Once you have too much money, you end up spending all this time each day thinking about how to spend it, which is a headache."

Xi Yu seemed to agree with your view, smilingly saying, "I hope Master Li can concoct two types of medicine."

"What medicines?"

"Lifesaving medicine and beauty medicine."

"Oh—" You suddenly understood, "I got it, in this world, the easiest money to make comes from the sick and from women."

"Indeed." Xi Yu nodded, saying, "We won’t talk much about the sick, as in order to save their lives, as long as they have money, they’d rather spend all of their savings; as for women, well, they are natural consumers, going to great lengths to maintain their beauty."

"That’s true." You looked up and thought, saying, "There are three kinds of beauty medicine, right? If made into a series, they should have a very good effect. First use the Detoxification Pill to cleanse toxins from the body, then use the Solid Yuan Pill to promote physiological circulation, and finally, the Pure Yuan Pill to maintain appearance; if used continuously for several courses of treatment, turning a fifty-year-old woman into a thirty-year-old would not be a problem."

"No, no, no, absolutely not."

"Huh?" You were a little stunned and immediately asked, "If not that, then what should we do?"

Xi Yu smiled and said, "Master Li, your method is good, and hearing it even made my heart flutter, but you have to know, women are the species most prone to seek novelty and tire of the old in this world. Once they achieve the state you mentioned, they will want to go from thirty to twenty years old, and from twenty to sixteen."

"Uh, really?"

You couldn’t help but look Xi Yu up and down.

Xi Yu appeared confident and was not the least bit embarrassed by your examining gaze, continuing, "You just need to make them look a few years younger and ensure their skin appears smooth—that’s all. As for what’s inside, that doesn’t matter at all. Also, the Dan Medicine must have a duration of effect, meaning, you can’t concoct medicine that’s too potent or too pure. Just maintaining what I mentioned before is enough."

Seeing you didn’t quite understand, Xi Yu went on to explain, "This kind of Dan Medicine is just like cosmetics. You should know that all the effects claimed in cosmetics adverts are false; they last only for a few hours after application, or even just for dozens of minutes. Even if women are aware of this, they still flock to them, because they don’t do it for themselves, but just to attract the opposite sex for those fleeting few hours or minutes."

"Oh, I see."

You suddenly realize.

"Now, as for the lifesaving medicine, unlike the Beauty Pill, the quality of this lifesaving medicine has to be perfect, because a person might only need one pill in their life."

You nod, smiling and saying, "I understand."