Chapter 224: The True Function of the Physique Advancement Potion

Lai Lai Kaen watched Ye Ye Qingfeng's retreating figure and muttered in his heart: This kid...

After his silhouette vanished completely, he lowered his head to glance at the tea leaves in his hand.

Hm? It's actually high-end tea leaves?!

As the manager of Victoria Housekeeping, while Lai Lai Kaen couldn't claim mastery over most things, he had at least some involvement with nearly all of them.

He also possessed some understanding of the tea ceremony.

The high price of this jar of tea leaves was one thing, but actually getting hold of it was the real difficulty.

Although he personally had no interest in tea leaves, they made an excellent choice for entertaining guests or gifting to the Mayor.

He truly is thoughtful.

【Ding! Lai Lai Kaen's Favorability increased by 10%】

【Current Favorability: 15%】

Clearly, this caused Lai Lai Kaen's first impression of Ye Ye Qingfeng to rise, compounded by the bonuses from his speech, conduct, and appearance.

Lai Lai Kaen's first impression of Ye Ye Qingfeng could easily reach eighty-something points, or even ninety.

This didn't stop him from feeling dissatisfied with Ye Ye Qingfeng; as for the reason, it was very simple: When exactly did he hook up with Ellen!

He knew absolutely nothing about this matter; if he hadn't seen it today, perhaps...

"What about Rina?" Lai Lai Kaen asked, his face gloomy as he looked toward Rina.

"Ara~ Since I've already accepted his gift, it wouldn't be very nice of me to leak secrets, would it?" Rina said, flipping through the book in her hands without lifting her head.

"No, I'm asking about Ellen." Lai Lai Kaen wasn't sure whether Rina truly didn't understand his meaning or was just pretending, so he pressed the question again.

"Then go ask Ellen; how would I know?" Rina lifted her head and shrugged her shoulders, indicating her helplessness.

Afterwards, she drifted away without looking back, leaving Lai Lai Kaen alone in place, utterly bewildered.

Having only roughly glanced at the contents of the book, Rina already felt her culinary skills had greatly improved; as for those messy matters, let Lai Lai Kaen worry about them.

Before Phaethon and Ye Ye Qingfeng arrived, she intended to thoroughly digest these ten cooking books.

Rina could already imagine the applause and cheers everyone would give when she presented her dishes; just thinking about it made her excited!

The only drawback was that Phaethon himself would be unable to taste this delicacy.

"Little Miss Miss Kelin, do you know anything about Ye Ye Qingfeng..."

Seeing he couldn't get any clues from Rina, Lai Lai Kaen turned his gaze toward Miss Miss Kelin.

"Um... Miss Miss Kelin doesn't know anything!" Miss Miss Kelin panicked and interrupted Lai Lai Kaen's speech, then bowed in apology and ran away, "Mr. Lai Lai Kaen can go ask Ellen!"

"......"

Lai Lai Kaen watched Miss Miss Kelin run off and sighed helplessly; if he could, he really didn't want to question Ellen, as it felt like prying into the relationship of a young couple, which was quite awkward...

However, in order to investigate Ye Ye Qingfeng clearly, Lai Lai Kaen steeled himself and looked in Ellen's direction.

Ellen, who had been standing here just moments ago, was nowhere to be seen; after scanning the area, he still couldn't find her silhouette.

This did fit his rigid imprint of Ellen; she had probably run off to the lounge to lie down.

In that case, there was no rush... he would observe her more carefully the next time they met...

Meanwhile, Ye Ye Qingfeng chased after the direction they had left, soon spotting them not far away.

Under Eous's guidance, the group proceeded—

"Ye Qingfeng, does your wound need bandaging?"

As they neared the exit, Anbi suddenly stopped in her tracks, turned around, and stared straight at Ye Ye Qingfeng.

This immediately drew the attention of everyone present, who all looked on with concerned expressions.

"It's just a minor injury; it's almost healed, so let's hurry up and go," Ye Ye Qingfeng said with a perfunctory smile to brush it off.

"Is that so..." Anbi murmured, saying nothing more.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and continued toward the exit.

Ye Ye Qingfeng slowed his pace to follow at the very rear, slowly raising his injured left hand; on his smooth palm, where was that scratch mark?

Ever since coming over, he had felt an itch in his palm; subconsciously raising his hand to check, the scene before his eyes left him bewildered.

The originally slender scratch was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, but his current situation could be described as being attacked from both front and back.

Ahead stood the members of the Cunning Hares and Eous, watching him from not far away, while behind him, the four from Victoria were watching his back.

Standing in place for a long time at this moment would inevitably arouse everyone's suspicion and overthinking.

Ye Ye Qingfeng could only temporarily set aside his doubts and follow Eous toward the exit.

Only after Anbi asked about the wound and everyone's attention shifted completely did he finally have the chance to examine the injury.

The result was startling: the wound had completely recovered, without even a trace of a scar visible.

There were two possibilities for this situation.

First, Ellen's saliva had healing properties; but that possibility was best left to the imagination.

Second, the Physique Advancement Potion!

From the Physique Strengthening Potion at the beginning of his transmigration to the current Physique Advancement Potion.

Ye Ye Qingfeng guessed that the effects of the Physique Strengthening Potion had reached their limit, which led to the subsequent creation of the Physique Advancement Potion.

The literal meaning of "Physique Advancement Potion" was also quite clear.

It allowed one's physique to advance, which resulted in the effect of accelerating wound healing.

Delightful!

Just as Ye Ye Qingfeng was pondering in his mind, he unknowingly left the Bale Building.

"Ye Qingfeng, are you coming back to the video store with me, or...?" Eous ran to Ye Ye Qingfeng's feet and tugged at his pant leg.

"Let's go back to the video store; Nico and the others probably won't finish in a day or two, so I'll just stay at your place for two days?" Ye Ye Qingfeng blinked at Eous, "Brother Zhe won't mind, right?"

Far away at the video store, Zhe was just about to refuse when Ling suddenly reached out and tugged at the hem of his clothes; when he turned to look—

Between them, Ling tilted her head playfully, pressed her palms together, and with lips slightly parting and closing, voiced a silent plea.

"Big brother~ I'm begging you!! You're the best!"

"Fine! No! Trouble!" Wise gritted out, word by word, through clenched teeth.

"As expected of Wise; an elder brother-in-law truly understands reason!" Ye Ye Qingfeng said with a grin.

"Don't call me elder brother-in-law!! I haven't agreed to anything between you and Ling yet!!"

Wise slammed his fists on the table and roared.

It was believable that in the near future, once Wise and Lai Lai Kaen met, they would certainly have much to discuss regarding the matter of killing Ye Ye Qingfeng...

Seeing Ye Ye Qingfeng and the Shopkeeper chatting so happily, Billy felt it improper to disturb them; after asking about the exit from the Hollow, he led the two members of Cunning Hares away.

Primarily because their current location was very close to the Hollow's entrance, merely a minute or two's journey, and following the direction Eous indicated, the group soon left the Hollow.

Ye Ye Qingfeng and Wise remained in place bickering, though calling it bickering was inaccurate as it was truly just Wise growing flustered on his own.

This was unavoidable; compared to Ye Ye Qingfeng, Wise was still far too concerned with face and principles.

By the end of it, Wise was hoarse from speaking; he departed in resentment to find water to drink, thus bringing down the curtain.

Subsequently, Ling controlled Eous to guide Ye Ye Qingfeng out of the Hollow, and after offering a final reminder, she severed the connection: "See you later, Ye Qingfeng!"