Chapter 457: Chapter 457: Exceptionally Explosive

Zhao Xinlian always felt that she’d been acting strangely lately. Perhaps it was the time spent with Chen Wei—she would find herself saying the wrong things at the wrong times, uncontrollably.

But once the words left her mouth, like water spilled on the ground, could they really be taken back just because Zhao Xinlian wished it?

"Are you asking me for help?" Chen Wei turned around and asked.

"Yes! I’m begging you to stay with me. I’m scared, okay? Now you’re satisfied, right?" Since she’d already lost face, Zhao Xinlian didn’t care anymore and decided to just let everything fall apart.

Let Chen Wei think whatever he wants!

"Ah, seriously, there’s no helping you. I’ll let my senior sister know so they won’t worry," Chen Wei sighed and took out his phone.

"Are you really going to stay and keep me company?" Zhao Xinlian asked, surprised.

"What? You don’t want me to? Then shall I leave?"

"Hey! Don’t!" Seeing his reaction, Zhao Xinlian quickly reached out, grabbed Chen Wei’s wrist, and held it tight, stopping him from leaving. "I didn’t say I didn’t want you to."

"Relax, I was just teasing you. I’m not going anywhere," he reassured her.

"..." Zhao Xinlian let go of his hand and shot Chen Wei a coquettish look.

This guy had her completely wrapped around his finger!

She had no idea how to handle him.

Zhao Xinlian once thought that in her interactions with Chen Wei, she had always held the upper hand, firmly in her grasp. Now, it seemed the truth was the complete opposite.

If Chen Wei hadn’t deliberately toned down his brilliance during those three years, she wouldn’t have been able to seize any initiative at all, not even once.

The more she thought about it, the more she realized how terrifying this guy was!

That night, the two behaved with mutual respect.

Zhao Xinlian was still nervous. Alone together, man and woman, she feared Chen Wei might lose control of his desires and do something to her.

As it turned out, she was overthinking it. Chen Wei had no such intentions at all.

In the end, he simply lay down on the couch and fell into deep sleep.

The fact that he didn’t do anything actually bothered Zhao Xinlian more than if he had done something.

Slap slap slap!

She raised her hand and lightly slapped her cheeks a few times to keep herself awake.

Zhao Xinlian didn’t want to continue this fall from grace.

Suddenly, a cool breeze blew in from the outside window.

Glancing at Chen Wei, Zhao Xinlian hesitated but eventually opened the cupboard and took out a blanket.

She tiptoed, making her steps as light as possible, to Chen Wei’s side and carefully covered him with the blanket, afraid of waking him up.

Then she returned to the desk and continued to clack away on the keyboard, processing various documents.

Morning came.

The secretary opened the door just in time to see Chen Wei lifting Zhao Xinlian in his arms and placing her on the couch, covering her with the blanket.

Standing up, he glanced at the secretary and gestured towards the desk, "The documents you need are all there."

"Okay! Sorry to disturb!" The secretary quickly walked to the desk, picked up the documents, and left immediately, not wanting to intrude any further.

Zhao Xinlian’s all-nighter wasn’t in vain. All the documents were approved in one go, and the Anti-aging Cream was allowed to hit the shelves.

Of course, the process moved so quickly partly because Chen Wei had lent a hand.

As the master of one of the four great National Medical Saints, the medicines he formulated had saved countless lives without a single mishap, and were absolutely trustworthy.

Once the Anti-aging Cream was on sale, its strong effectiveness, combined with Liu Meng’s fan-based promotion, led to constant feedback of sold-out stock.

So much so that Chen Wei had to temporarily take over from Zhao Xinlian, mobilizing several other factories he owned to step up production.

For a time, the Anti-aging Cream went viral throughout River City and then spread like a virus throughout the entirety of Great Xia.

The words "Anti-aging Cream" frequently topped trending search lists, turning into the darling of major beauty bloggers with a hundred percent positive recommendations.

Having skin that looked several years younger in just fifteen minutes, and with the certification of multiple safety insurance organizations, who could resist?

Let’s not talk about women, even men couldn’t resist it.

Yearning for youth wasn’t just a woman’s privilege.

Because this product was so popular, companies even chose to use it as a reward to motivate employees, leading to employees moving their homes to the company and voluntarily asking to work overtime!

However, Zhao Xinlian was completely unaware of all this, for she was still in her dreams at that time.

From the smile on her face, it was not hard to tell that she had a good dream, dreaming that the Anti-aging Cream had been explosively popular upon launch, earning millions in revenue on the first day.

Reality proved that Zhao Xinlian’s dream was too conservative.

Revenue in the millions?

It had long since broken the billion mark and was heading towards tens and hundreds of billions!

If it wasn’t for the production efficiency that couldn’t keep up, it would have been even faster.

"Third Senior Sister? Why would she call me at this time?" Chen Wei looked at the caller ID and wondered.

"Hello, Senior Sister, are you looking for me?" Chen Wei asked.

He then heard the other party’s voice in a hurry, "The Anti-aging Cream! Liu Meng told me that you were the one who created it, right?"

"Yeah, is there a problem?" Chen Wei still didn’t understand the purpose of Lin Huayin’s call.

"Wei, how has your senior sister treated you usually?" Lin Huayin deliberately played coy and asked.

"Very well," Chen Wei replied.

"In that case, your senior sister has an unreasonable request. Will you help or not?" Lin Huayin asked again.

"I wouldn’t hesitate to climb a mountain of swords or descend into a sea of flames!" Chen Wei patted his chest with a thumping sound, promising solemnly.

"No need to be so dramatic, I’ve been to several places and can’t buy the Anti-aging Cream anywhere; have someone send me a few bottles."

"Eh..." Chen Wei paused for a few seconds, double-checking, "That’s all you need?"

"That’s all!"

"Okay, I got it. I’ll have someone send a box over to you," Chen Wei thought it was some major issue.

"Muah, love you, I haven’t spoiled you for nothing," Lin Huayin hung up the phone satisfied.

But this incident shows just how popular the Anti-aging Cream really was.

It also caught the attention of other companies.

Senmei Group.

An established company in Great Xia, controlled by a consortium from Sakura Country, owning seventy percent of this cosmetics research and development company.

"What’s going on? What exactly does Zhao Corporation do? Why have Senmei’s sales dropped again and again! Today we haven’t even sold ten bottles!" Mr. Yamada, speaking in not very fluent Great Xia language, questioned Lin Haishan, the president of Senmei Group.

It’s no wonder Mr. Yamada was so angry; at this time usually, sales would be at around a hundred thousand bottles.

But right now, it had dropped by a factor of ten thousand!

If Mr. Yamada wasn’t angry, that would be strange indeed.

"Mr. Yamada, a product called the Anti-aging Cream suddenly appeared in Great Xia, and everyone has run off to buy that. Compared to the Anti-aging Cream, the effects of our cosmetics are just too weak," Lin Haishan explained.

"Weak effects? Are you joking with me? There aren’t many products worldwide that can match up to this Beauty Cream—one can count them on one hand!" Mr. Yamada felt that Lin Haishan must be joking with him.

And that joke was anything but funny.

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