"...Forget it. Who cares about you? Hurry up and make the medicine I want."
Herta ordered Ruan Mei around without the slightest courtesy.
If she listened to Ruan Mei's empty promises, Ruan Mei would definitely use her—maybe even dump the blame on her afterward.
Better to snatch the finished product once Ruan Mei got results.
"Sounds like they're discussing something pretty bad in there."
Keqing and Ganyu, who had come to pay their respects, trembled as they listened to the conversation inside.
"More than pretty bad... I'd say it's extremely bad..."
The reason the two of them had come to pay their respects was simple: Shenhe and Xianyun had told them to.
In this household, Ruan Mei was also one of the people they absolutely could not afford to offend—especially since the current Ruan Mei was practically a different person from the one in Liyue.
Herta came out then, carrying a bag full of medicine with a satisfied look on her face. She glanced at the two women peeking around the doorframe, but didn't speak to them.
She couldn't be bothered to acknowledge everyone she saw.
The two of them then cautiously entered the laboratory.
"Um... Miss Ruan Mei, do you have any medicine that could make Liu Bai become fascinated with us?"
"...Do you take me for a wishing well?"
Ruan Mei's words were utterly merciless.
Even if she had something like that, why would she waste it on two little nobodies like them?
Though they were embarrassed after being scolded, neither of them felt that they had asked the wrong question.
It was only human nature, after all.
"Then is there... any medicine that does something similar?"
"Wearing fewer clothes works better than anything."
As a doctor, Ruan Mei gave them the best possible solution.
"...Though it doesn't