Chapter 2034 — Indeed Complicated — "It Is Nothing Serious; Jingjing Will Treasure It!" Han Jingyi Said with a Nod.

"All right, whatever you say. This is an auxiliary cultivation method for alchemists, and this is the formula for condensing alchemical fire. Try cultivating both of them. Start with the auxiliary method, then try condensing your alchemical fire." Wei Zhao handed Han Jingyi the materials Bai Lingtou had given him. "Scan yourself a copy onto your tablet. Carrying these around is too conspicuous. I got them from someone else."

Until Han Jingyi had achieved something, Wei Zhao did not want anyone to know too much.

"All right. Jingjing will scan them in a little while!" Han Jingyi nodded.

"Then that settles it. Han Jingyi, study them on your own for now. I am heading back first," Wei Zhao said.

"Brother Wei Zhao, from now on, just call me Jingjing. That is my nickname; everyone in my family calls me that!" Han Jingyi said. "Han Jingyi sounds too formal!"

"All right, Jingjing it is." Wei Zhao had no objection. He nodded, said goodbye, and left.

By the time he returned home, the young mistress and Xiaoshu had not yet gone to bed. Wei Zhao had not really been delayed for long. He had merely eaten with Han Jingyi and Han Xiaochao, passed along the things Bai Lingtou had given him, and offered Han Jingyi a few instructions.

"Wei Zhao, how did it go? Can Han Jingyi refine pills?" Gu Mengyao hurried over to ask when she saw him return.

In truth, she was even more anxious than Wei Zhao. Tang Yun had already left, and she did not want Feng Xiaoxiao to be unable to come back as well.

"How could we know so soon?" Wei Zhao gave a wry smile. "Alchemy is not that simple. We will have to wait before we can tell!"

"I see. I suppose I was being too impatient." Gu Mengyao smiled sheepishly, then turned to look at Xiaoshu.

"Sister Yaoyao, why are you looking at me?" Shen Yushu asked, utterly bewildered. "Have I grown a flower on my face?"

"Pfft..." Gu Mengyao was nearly knocked senseless by Shen Yushu. "Did you not have something to say to your stand-in bro?"

"Me? Something to say?" Shen Yushu blinked. "No, I do not."

"How could you not? Have you forgotten? Ahem!" Gu Mengyao glared at her in mounting frustration.

"No, I have not. Sister Yaoyao, what on earth are you talking about?" Shen Yushu stared at Gu Mengyao, completely confused.

"This!" Gu Mengyao reached straight into Shen Yushu's clothes and gave her a couple of quick pinches...

"Ah! Sister Yaoyao, that is cheating..." Shen Yushu shrieked, then suddenly understood. "You mean the underwear! Right, Stand-in Bro, where are the underwear Sister Yaoyao and I bought?"

Gu Mengyao was left speechless. I was too embarrassed to ask, so I told you to do it. At this rate, you would have done better to let me ask myself. What a mess!

"The underwear? I had completely forgotten about them since you did not mention them!" Only then did Wei Zhao remember. After picking them up, he had put them in the trunk of the car. But Han Jingyi and Han Xiaochao had been in the car ever since, and then Xu Shilan had shown up. Wei Zhao had been even more embarrassed to take the underwear out in front of Xu Shilan, and before long, he had simply forgotten all about them.

He slapped his forehead and said apologetically, "I will go get them for you right now."

With that, Wei Zhao turned and walked out of the villa. He retrieved the box of underwear from the car and placed it on the coffee table in the living room.

"Um... Stand-in Bro, when you packed our underwear, did you happen to see anything unusual?" Shen Yushu asked.

"Huh?" Gu Mengyao nearly had the urge to strangle Shen Yushu on the spot. Wei Zhao had put the box on the coffee table without saying a word and was already about to turn and return to his room, yet one sentence from Shen Yushu had reminded him of everything!

"Something?" Wei Zhao paused, then turned back. In front of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, he opened the box, took out the electric toy, and asked, "Do you mean this?"

"Er... yes..." Shen Yushu immediately realized that she had done something incredibly stupid. Under Gu Mengyao's murderous stare, she could only take responsibility for it herself. "I bought it, actually. It has nothing to do with Sister Yaoyao..."

Gu Mengyao rolled her eyes when she heard that. Was Shen Yushu trying to protest too much? "It has nothing to do with Sister Yaoyao"? It had never had anything to do with me in the first place! Yet the way you put it, it sounds as though you are taking the blame for me!

"You were the one who bought it!" Gu Mengyao snapped.

"I... I never said Sister Yaoyao bought it. I said I bought it myself..." Shen Yushu protested innocently.

"You... you, you, you..." Gu Mengyao glared at her, her chest heaving with anger. She snatched the electric toy from Wei Zhao's hand. "I should have thrown this thing away back then!"

"But... Sister Yaoyao, you said it would be bad to throw it away just anywhere..." Shen Yushu said weakly. "And if I got a boyfriend someday, I could use it to practice beforehand..."

"Practice your big head!" Face burning, Gu Mengyao wished she could find a crack in the floor and crawl into it. She tossed the electric toy onto the coffee table and said to Wei Zhao, "It is yours now!"

"Mine?" Wei Zhao pointed at himself in astonishment. What in the world would I need this thing for? But seeing the young mistress's face flushed with extreme embarrassment, he gave a wry smile, picked it up, and said, "All right, I will take it... I hear Zhang Naipao practices something called the Chrysanthemum Manual. I can give it to him later."

Wei Zhao had more or less figured out what was going on. Shen Yushu had certainly been the one to buy the thing, while Gu Mengyao was innocent. She had merely flown into a rage out of embarrassment because she was afraid of being misunderstood. So, after picking up the electric toy, Wei Zhao successfully shifted the target of their quarrel onto Zhang Naipao.

"Pfft... Give it to Zhang Naipao?" Shen Yushu blinked, then burst out laughing. "His Chrysanthemum Manual does not mean that, does it? It sounds more like an ancient cultivation method. Back in ancient times, 'chrysanthemum' did not have that meaning, did it?"

"Xiaoshu, could you please stop? What do you mean, this meaning and that meaning? Why is your mind so filthy and complicated?" Gu Mengyao was already embarrassed enough without Xiaoshu prattling on endlessly.

"How does Sister Yaoyao know that my mind is complicated? Then your mind must be complicated too," Shen Yushu said.

"What do you mean, my mind is complicated? Wei Zhao is giving it to Zhang Naipao to mock him, saying he is no good, and telling him to pass it on to his girlfriend. It is an insult. Do you understand? You are the one thinking about filthy things!" Gu Mengyao explained.

"Good grief, Sister Yaoyao, your mind really is complicated. I never would have thought of such a deep meaning..." Shen Yushu said in amazement.

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