Chapter 36: Brewing Tonic Soup, The Professor Takes the Bait
“Hello, Auntie, what’s wrong?”
There was a moment of silence on the other end, and a simple, honest aunt’s voice came through: “Xiao Yu, did you just have a fight with Man’er?”
“I knew she’d run to you to complain. Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious. I have things under control with Cousin Chen Man, so you can rest assured, Auntie.”
The other side seemed to hesitate, paused, and then said: “Man’er, she’s been crying, saying… you got her fired, and also that you want to kill her…”
Afraid Bai Yu would misunderstand, she quickly added: “I know you wouldn’t do such a thing, Xiao Yu. But I just feel like Man’er might have some mental issues.”
Bai Yu awkwardly rubbed his nose.
Indeed, there was no fault in her logic!
In Auntie’s perception, how could he possibly have the ability to get Chen Man fired? And how could he say he wanted to kill her?
Moreover, Chen Man had a history of lying, which was why Auntie thought that way.
After considering for a moment, Bai Yu spoke: “Auntie, actually, I’ve gotten to know some influential friends now, and I’m doing quite well.”
“Getting her job terminated was indeed something I asked a friend to do.”
“However, this was mainly because yesterday, while I was working, she disregarded the situation and embarrassed me in front of some leaders and friends.”
“I’m afraid I can’t go into specifics.”
“But you can rest assured, Auntie, I have a plan to temper her personality and try to correct this bad habit of hers.”
“As for her job, I will arrange a good one for her.”
This string of information left Auntie a bit bewildered, unable to fully comprehend.
Finally, after a pause, she congratulated him: “It seems Xiao Yu got into a prestigious university, you truly have a bright future!”
“As for the specifics, I’m too old to understand.”
“But Man’er, she has a fiery temper, but her heart is relatively kind. You… you handle it as you see fit.”
Auntie clearly didn’t want Bai Yu to go too far, but she couldn’t say it directly.
Kind-hearted? Not necessarily.
Without proper guidance, she would never change.
Bai Yu simply replied: “Yes, Auntie, don’t worry, I’ll teach her a lesson.”
“Perhaps by Chinese New Year, Auntie will see a reformed precious daughter.”
The reason he spent time dealing with his cousin’s matter was mainly because, even as an orphan in this life, he wasn’t entirely without family. Every Chinese New Year, he would have to go back to celebrate.
Moreover, Auntie’s son, his cousin, and several other peers had received modern education and had good qualities, making them suitable for cultivation.
‘In this era, Ancient Martial Arts Families have already appeared. Families are bound by bloodlines, and they are ultimately a group of close ‘strangers’.’
‘Even relatives I’ve never met before, as long as they meet the quality standards, can be considered.’
‘But it all depends on the situation.’
Afterward, they chatted with Auntie about returning for Chinese New Year and other such topics.
After hanging up the phone, Bai Yu smiled and took out his phone, removed Chen Man’s WeChat from the blacklist, and then sent her a message.
“Little one, enjoy these few days.”
“Learn a few lessons.”
After sending it, he blocked her again.
Around five in the afternoon.
All sorts of ingredients had arrived, and Bai Yu naturally began to work.
He filtered out the impurities from the pig’s blood and duck’s blood. Then, he placed the Yang Spirit Jujubes, bought using Sister Feifei’s meal card, into the blood to soak.
There were many steps, but none of them were difficult to perform.
He was busy for over two hours.
He didn’t even go to the cafeteria.
Finally, he had simmered a large pot.
Bai Yu looked at the steam filling the room and the large, half-meter diameter pot, and sighed: “It’s really tiring to do everything alone!”
“It’ll be ready to eat in half an hour. I can call that guy Zhang Youpeng over now.”
He had asked Zhang Youpeng to take a risk last night, and he had promised to reward him, so he would definitely keep his word.
At the same time, he was very satisfied with his own creation and naturally hoped someone would come to try it and show some support.
“Hey, Yu Ge, what’s up?”
Zhang Youpeng on the other end was genuinely afraid Bai Yu would say something like: Tonight, someone else is going to kill you!
“I made something great, and I plan to let you try it. It’s very effective for body tempering too. Just take a taxi over.”
“The Investigation Bureau?”
“Yes, to be precise, it’s the Market Supervision Administration. Hurry up and come over, it’ll be ready in half an hour.”
“Alright! Thanks, Yu Ge!”
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Youpeng was a bit excited. He was also quite afraid that Bai Yu, after joining the Investigation Bureau, would forget about him.
But now it seemed he was still very loyal!
Inside the room.
The aroma of meat filled the air.
Two large pots, about seventy catties of soup, and thirty catties of meat. He had made it five times the amount specified in the recipe, using ten catties of Yang Spirit Jujubes.
Just by smelling it, his body reacted slightly. Zhang Youpeng exclaimed: “Yu Ge, you’re amazing!”
Bai Yu felt proud. As expected of a brother, he was so supportive.
“Here, try it, see how it works.”
After saying that, he filled two large bowls and started eating heartily.
Bai Yu carefully savored the specially processed Yang Spirit Jujubes; the Qi and Blood were extremely rich!
The effect was several times better than eating ordinary Yang Spirit Jujubes alone.
After a few bites, he could feel his blood flowing faster, and his muscles felt warm and tingly all over.
“Ah~ So comfortable~ So refreshing!”
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
“Knock, knock, knock~”
Bai Yu looked through the peephole: Sister Feifei!
He opened the door.
Liu Feifei looked around, sniffed the air, and her eyes lit up: “What did you make, you kid?”
After considering, Bai Yu felt that Liu Feifei was someone who could help keep a secret, so he said: “I made a tonic soup, want to come in and try some?”
“Sure!”
“Oh right, Sister Feifei, why are you here?”
“My meal card! Didn’t you borrow my meal card? I’m using Sister Wanqing’s card for dinner tonight…”
“Cough, cough, I was too busy, I forgot for a moment.”
Liu Feifei glanced at Zhang Youpeng, whom she had met last night, greeted him briefly, and then buried her face in the pot, taking a deep breath.
“Rich Qi and Blood! I wonder how effective it is.”
“I’ll get a bowl, you try some.”
Liu Feifei took the bowl and immediately started eating.
After about ten minutes, Liu Feifei had eaten quite a bit, and her face was flushed.
She wanted to keep eating, but feeling the heat in her body, she was afraid of overdoing it and stopped.
She muttered softly: “Did you put something in it? Why do I feel so hot?”
“I’m a gentleman, alright! If your body is weak, don’t drink my precious…”
“That’s not right! Even the cafeteria’s tonic soup doesn’t give me such a strong reaction. But this Yang Spirit Jujube of yours feels very unusual…”
“Hehe~ Secret technique, I can’t tell you.”
“You’re into spiritual food research too?”
Before he could answer, there was another knock on the door.
Bai Yu was a bit puzzled, who else could it be? Could someone have smelled it and come over?
But purely from the smell, it was just the aroma of meat.
Bai Yu looked through the peephole and was stunned.
A white coat! Professor Wang Wen, whom he had met at noon.
He thought to himself: It’s over! I’ve run into someone who knows their stuff.
He glanced at the meat and jujubes, which were almost finished, and it seemed like there was nothing to see.
So he opened the door.
Professor Wang Wen didn’t recognize Bai Yu. Seeing the door open, he walked straight in.
He looked at Liu Feifei and thought she was the host, so he asked: “Can I try this food?”
“Uh…”
Liu Feifei looked at Bai Yu, and Bai Yu said: “Yes.”
Seeing this, Professor Wang Wen didn’t stand on ceremony and began to taste it with a spoon.
Honestly, these actions were indeed rather impolite.
But given his status, Bai Yu couldn’t say much.
After tasting a few bowls, Professor Wang Wen immediately commented: “Hmm, the taste is quite good, and it has some effect.”
“It should have used Yang Spirit Jujubes and Bai Ling Ginseng, and there’s also Red Meat Lingzhi in the pot. As for other spiritual materials…”
He frowned, feeling that just these three spiritual materials alone didn’t seem to have such good effects.
So he asked: “Did you use other spiritual materials?”
“No.”
“No?”
He tasted another bowl, his frown deepening. He couldn’t help but ask: “Can you tell me how it’s made? The effect is much better than I expected.”
“It’s a family secret recipe, not for sharing.”
Wang Wen heard this and smiled.
Although he felt comfortable drinking it and it had some effect, he wasn’t particularly eager for it.
At least, this kind of thing wasn’t worth him putting aside his pride.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Wen looked at the remaining half of the soup and said: “Then I’ll offer a thousand contribution points to buy all the remaining soup, how about that?”
A thousand contribution points! That could buy ten times the amount.
“No problem with that!”
If Professor Wang Wen truly managed to research it, he wouldn’t feel it was a pity, as it only cost five intelligence points.
After the deal was struck, Professor Wang Wen acted swiftly, took the pot, and left.
Seeing Professor Wang Wen enter the door next door, he finally understood.
He had indeed come because of the smell!
It’s just that…
“Are professors always this strange?”
Looking again at Zhang Youpeng in the room, after eating two large bowls, he was full and started doing push-ups and other energy-consuming exercises.
As for Liu Feifei…
“Um, Sister Feifei, your face is flushed.”
“It’s fine, I’ll just find a place to cool down.”
