Chapter 58: Success

Jiang Rong helped her mother, who was crying inconsolably, into the house.

 She said anxiously, “Dad, think of a way! My sister can’t get into trouble!”

She had just talked to her sister’s boyfriend on the phone. Her sister’s boyfriend was the son of a wealthy family in Beijing.

 If her sister could marry him, their Jiang family would become rich and powerful.

Maybe she could also marry into a wealthy family through her future brother-in-law’s connections.

Although their Jiang family had some influence in Yuncheng, it was no match for those families in Beijing.

“What can I do? I don’t even know what your sister did or who she offended?” Jiang Rou’s father was also about to go gray with worry.

 Director Wu’s words were still ringing in his ears.

 Not only would his eldest daughter suffer, but their family would also be implicated.

“What did you and your sister do?”

Jiang Rong stammered for a long time before saying, “Sister knew that I was bullied at school. She just helped me get revenge.

Besides, maybe my uncle going to jail is also related to that person.” It was because she had her uncle fire Ling Yao that her uncle got into trouble.

 She always suspected that Ling Yao was involved, but she couldn’t understand how. Ling Yao was just a country girl. How could she have done it?

Jiang Rou’s father was shocked, “Who is that person? What did you do to her?”

“It’s that Ling Yao who my uncle had fired before. She’s just a country girl with no background.

We just paid someone to throw some sulfuric acid on her to scare her. It’s not like she’ll die.” Jiang Rong didn’t think it was a big deal.

When she was in middle school, she had done things even worse than this. She just had to pay some money to settle it.

Besides, why did Ling Yao change so much and become so beautiful? So, she just wanted to ruin her face and make her an ugly monster for life.

“You’ve killed me.” Jiang Rou’s father trembled with anger. If that Ling Yao really had no background, how could she have gotten Xu Lihai put away?

 How could the officers come and arrest his eldest daughter? Even Director Wu said that they had offended a big shot this time.

“Do you know where that Ling Yao lives now?” Jiang Rou’s father asked. The only way to save their Jiang family was to get her forgiveness.

“I only know that she’s now studying at No. 2 High School.”

“Tomorrow morning, you’ll come with me to No. 2 High School and apologize to that Ling Yao.”

 He wanted to see this Ling Yao and see what kind of person she was.

“I’m not going.” Asking her to apologize to Ling Yao? Was she crazy? Would she still be able to hang out at school after that?

“If you don’t go, get out of my house today!” Jiang Rou’s father shouted angrily. If it weren’t for their sisters, would things have become like this?

“I’m not going. You can kill me, but I won’t go. Wuwuwu…” Jiang Rong cried and ran upstairs.

“You… you…” Jiang Rou’s father was so angry that he almost fainted. He was now regretting it.

 He regretted being too lenient with his daughters over the years. It made them lawless, and now they had made a big mistake.

Ling Yao was refining pills in the space, doing it again and again. Gradually, she entered a state of trance.

 Her movements were as natural as flowing clouds and water, as if she had become one with the entire space.

Her fingers gently flicked, and one by one, herbs were accurately thrown into the cauldron, without a single mistake.

As time passed, a faint medicinal fragrance wafted out of the cauldron.

Ling Yao smelled the fragrance and felt a surge of excitement, but she didn’t relax her vigilance.

The more critical the moment, the more careful you had to be. Otherwise, the pill could explode.

“Ding ding ding!” A series of clear sounds came from the cauldron, like large and small pearls falling on a jade plate, or like heavenly music, clear and short, lingering in her ears.

Ling Yao opened the cauldron. Inside, three crystal-clear pills lay, like three brilliant jewels, emitting an alluring fragrance.

She reached out and carefully picked up one pill, holding it to her nose and smelling it.

A radiant smile spread across her face. This was the first time she had successfully refined pills since she started practicing alchemy.

She put the pill in her mouth. It immediately turned into a sweet medicinal liquid that flowed down her throat.

 Ling Yao quickly felt a force spreading throughout her body.

This force surged like a raging river, surging and nourishing every cell in her body.

Ling Yao closed her eyes and quietly felt the flow of this force. It was as if she was in a magical world.

After a while, Ling Yao opened her eyes. Her eyes sparkled with excitement and enthusiasm. This pill not only changed her constitution but also showed her potential.

She believed that with this successful experience, she would refine pills more smoothly in the future.

She put the remaining two pills into a bottle and stored them. She planned to give one to her mother tomorrow.

But to avoid her mother noticing, she planned to secretly put the pill in her mother’s usual cup.

After finishing breakfast, Ling Yao went out of the house while Ling Xuemei was out dispensing medicine.

She secretly put the pill into Ling Xuemei’s usual cup and then added some brown sugar and ginger to cover the taste of the pill.

After doing all this, Ling Yao walked out of the house and called to Ling Xuemei, who was dispensing medicine, “Mom! I’m going to school.”

“Be careful on the road.” Ling Xuemei handed the medicine to the patient and instructed him to take it according to her instructions.

After seeing the patient off, Ling Xuemei went into the house. She habitually picked up her cup and took a sip.

She realized that the water tasted different today. It was sweet. She looked down and saw that there was brown sugar and a few slices of ginger in the cup.

She smiled. This brown sugar ginger water must have been made by Yaoyao.

After finishing the entire cup of brown sugar water, Ling Xuemei was about to refill it when she heard someone calling her from outside. She put down the cup and went out.

She didn’t finish until the afternoon.

“What’s going on today? Why do I feel like I have endless energy?” She muttered in confusion.

Normally, after working for a whole morning, even without eating, she would be tired and hungry. But today, she felt full of energy, and she was also stronger.

Just now, the workers from Longteng Pharmaceutical came to deliver medicine to her. She easily lifted the entire box of medicine with one hand. It shocked the workers.

She shook her head. Since she couldn’t figure it out, Ling Xuemei didn’t think about it anymore. After all, it wasn’t a bad thing for her.

After morning class, Ling Yao was called to the principal’s office by the teacher. Someone was looking for her.

When she arrived at the principal’s office, Ling Yao saw Jiang Rong and her father, Jiang Linshen, sitting in chairs, their eyes red from crying.

“Principal!”

The principal saw Ling Yao and immediately smiled. He pointed to the Jiang family father and daughter, “Ling Yao is here. They’re looking for you.”

 Yesterday, Longteng Pharmaceutical donated another batch of medicine to their school’s infirmary. He knew that this was all thanks to Ling Yao.

Ling Yao nodded and turned to look at the Jiang family father and daughter, “What do you want?”