Chapter 737

Ye Chen did not know what kind of look he had left for Ito Nanako at that time.

After all, he did not have a mirror with him then to see what his own expression looked like.

However, he did remember his feelings at that moment.

Watching her being repeatedly struck by her opponent, he truly felt heartache.

So, come to think of it, what Ito Nanako saw at that time must have been his look of heartache, right?

Thinking of this, he also felt a bit awkward. He sighed and said earnestly, "Don't be so foolish in the future. You can give your all in a competition, but don't put yourself in a dangerous situation for the sake of a little extra obsession."

Hearing Ye Chen's words of concern, Ito Nanako felt as excited and joyful as a young woman. She nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand, Ye Chen-kun!"

Ye Chen looked at her and could still see the bruises and wounds at the corners of her eyes. He couldn't help but urge her, "In your next match against Aoxue, you must remember to ensure your own safety. If you truly feel you are no match for Aoxue, then it is not shameful to decisively admit defeat. But you must never force it or hold on stubbornly, because Aoxue's current strength is truly above yours, and by quite a margin. If you push yourself too hard, I'm afraid you will get hurt."

Hearing this, Ito Nanako nodded gently and couldn't help but ask, "Ye Chen-kun, Nanako has a question that has been buried in my heart for a long time. I would like to ask you to clear it up for me. I wonder if it is presumptuous?"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "Go ahead. If it's something I can tell you, I won't hold anything back."

Ito Nanako hurriedly said, "My mentor and I have also followed and studied Qin Aoxue's matches. We have watched videos of her previous matches, and it feels like her current strength has suddenly made a huge leap, clearly exceeding the normal rhythm of training progress. So I would like to ask Ye Chen-kun, why does Qin Aoxue have such rapid and significant progress? Is this progress related to Ye Chen-kun?"

Ye Chen asked with a smile, "What if I said it has nothing to do with me?"

Ito Nanako shook her head, "Please forgive Nanako for being rude, Ye Chen-kun, but if Ye Chen-kun says it has nothing to do with this matter, then Nanako does not believe it!"

Ye Chen nodded and said frankly, "You guessed right, it is indeed related to me."

Ito Nanako said, "Thank you for your frankness, Ye Chen-kun!"

As the two spoke, they had already strolled to the entrance of Tang Chen Yi Pin. Ye Chen looked at her and said, "Alright, go back and rest early, and prepare well for your next match."

Ito Nanako felt a bit reluctant, but she still nodded obediently. She placed her hands in front of her, bowed deeply, and said, "Thank you for your words tonight, Ye Chen-kun!"

Ye Chen nodded with a smile, waved his hand at her, and said, "Thank you for the milk tea, I'm leaving."

After speaking, he stepped into the gate of Tang Chen Yi Pin.

Ito Nanako followed behind and watched for a long time until his figure completely disappeared from her sight. Only then did she sigh softly, turn around, and leave.

……

At this very moment.

Jin Ling International Hotel.

Kobayashi Jiro had just finished showering in his room. He leisurely poured a glass of whiskey, sat on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at the night view of Jin Ling with great self-satisfaction.

The reason he was in such a good mood was that the Jin Ling International Sanda Competition had broken records for attention in China, which in turn caused the popularity of Kobayashi Stomach Powder to skyrocket.

According to feedback, sales had suddenly increased seven or eight times, which was simply far beyond his expectations.

At this rate, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical would soon reach a new level!

Thinking of this, he felt refreshed and couldn't help but drink a few more sips of the strong liquor in his glass.

After these few sips, his stomach felt burning hot.

Immediately after, a bit of pain began to arise.

Kobayashi Jiro's expression changed slightly, and he immediately reached out to grab his own Kobayashi Stomach Powder.

In fact, Kobayashi Jiro had always had a hidden stomach ailment.

He was naturally fond of alcohol, loved drinking the most, and especially loved strong liquor, so his stomach had long since developed some underlying issues.

Last year, his stomach ailment became increasingly serious, and the doctor urged him that he must quit drinking. In order to solve his stomach problem, he relied on his professional knowledge in pharmacy and specifically read a large number of ancient Chinese medical books, researched many prescriptions, and finally formulated Kobayashi Stomach Powder.

As a daily medicine that could relieve stomach discomfort, the efficacy of Kobayashi Stomach Powder could be said to be very successful. But this kind of stomach powder was like a medicinal plaster; a plaster could greatly relieve joint rheumatism, but to say it could cure it completely was almost impossible.

Stomach powder was actually the same.

It was impossible to rely on stomach powder to cure a serious stomach disease. It was like a person whose knee joint cartilage had worn away and was in pain all day; in this situation, applying a plaster could only temporarily relieve the pain and at most have a swelling-reducing and anti-inflammatory effect, but it absolutely could not make a person's damaged knee cartilage recover.

In other words, even if such a patient applied plasters for a lifetime, it was impossible to cure the damage to their knee joint.

Kobayashi Stomach Powder was the same.

The Kobayashi Stomach Powder that Kobayashi Jiro formulated based on ancient Chinese prescriptions, although it had a great relieving effect on his stomach ailment, had never been able to cure it completely, so much so that Kobayashi Jiro now had to take several packs of Kobayashi Stomach Powder every day to relieve his stomach discomfort.

Just as he had picked up two packs of Kobayashi Stomach Powder and was preparing to take them with whiskey, a knock on the door suddenly rang out.

He put down his wine glass and the stomach powder, walked to the door, and through the screen of the electronic eye, saw that his assistant was standing outside the door, so he reached out and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, he looked at the assistant outside and asked, "It's so late, what's the matter?"

The assistant immediately handed a pack of medicine to him and said nervously, "Chairman, today a local pharmaceutical factory in Jin Ling suddenly launched a stomach powder called Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder, and they even specifically invited the hottest female star in China right now, Gu Qiuyi, to be the spokesperson. Now this medicine has set off a frenzy of panic buying across the country!"

"What the hell?!"

Kobayashi Jiro frowned and said coldly, "Damn it, a Chinese pharmaceutical company actually dares to imitate the flagship product of our Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. This is truly too much!"

When Kobayashi Jiro said this, he didn't think at all that Kobayashi Stomach Powder itself was plagiarized from ancient Chinese prescriptions.

He took the Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder, examined it for a few moments, and said disdainfully, "There are at least a dozen products imitating our Kobayashi Stomach Powder in China, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, but none of them can compare with us. This Nine Mysteries Stomach Powder must be the same; it's just trash, not worth mentioning."

The assistant said, "But this medicine is unusual this time! It is endorsed by Gu Qiuyi, and Gu Qiuyi has never endorsed any substantive products before. This is the first time, so the fan effect is extremely powerful. Her fans alone have already generated a terrifying purchasing power!"