Come Catch Me, Bitch

Lin Xiaowei was unhappy. "I'm a mage, not a doctor."

Li Yao said, "You can treat ALS but not cancer? Are you looking down on cancer?"

They were both terminal illnesses—who was she putting on airs for?

Lin Xiaowei said, "...Actually, the set of potions I gave you can basically cure most diseases. Human medicine has developed very slowly. To this day, the conditions it can cure are limited to a few categories, such as acute bacterial infections. Even for the common cold, human medicine still hasn't figured out the exact mechanisms of onset or a treatment plan. The most common treatment method is actually to suppress the condition and stimulate the body's own immune system to fight the disease. The potions I gave you are basically the ultimate development of that theory."

Li Yao pondered for a moment. "Do you just not want to help me?"

Lin Xiaowei said, "..."

Lin Xiaowei said, "Can you understand human language?"

Li Yao said, "I do, I do. Explain it more specifically."

Anyway, he still hadn't really understood.

Lin Xiaowei explained, "...Forget it. Give me the information. Once I finish analyzing it, I'll give you an answer."

Li Yao said, "I need it tonight!"

Lin Xiaowei said, "Do you think you're the client or something?! You need it tonight? Look at you, getting all demanding! Why don't you just fly into the sky?"

After saying that, Lin Xiaowei's avatar went gray.

Li Yao's eyes widened. Was she really going to be that disrespectful?!

He began looking forward to when Lin Xiaowei would return to Earth. By then... holy shit, she was already Legendary. No, he had to secretly build up a big move. When she came back, he had to be even more awesome than her and grind her face into the ground! He put away his phone and apologized, "Cancer is still relatively complicated, after all. I can't give you a definite answer today."

Chen Xi said, "It's okay. I understand."

Just having hope was already wonderful. She hadn't expected too much.

Li Yao nodded and stood up to leave. "I hope what happened today can be kept confidential." With that, he swept his gaze over everyone present.

Li Shishi stood and told her subordinates, "Keep this confidential! Understood?"

The sudden shift into a stern demeanor left Chen Xi stunned. Are you really this changeable? Chen Xi also looked at the Black-Clothed Man. The Black-Clothed Man nodded gravely. "So, can you untie me now?" He was still tied up! Li Yao waved a hand. "Let's go."

The Black-Clothed Man said, "..."

Very soon, only Chen Xi and the Black-Clothed Man remained in the enormous living room, staring at each other. Still tied up, the Black-Clothed Man looked awkwardly at Chen Xi. "Miss, could you..."

Chen Xi turned and left, leaving the Black-Clothed Man there to ponder.

—Did I do something wrong?

On the way back, Li Shishi kept staring at Li Yao with the curiosity of someone examining an alien. "Can you really cure terminal illnesses?"

Li Yao's face darkened. "Didn't we agree to keep it confidential?"

Li Shishi smiled. Fine, she wouldn't ask.

Some things were better left unknown.

They were going to work together anyway. There was no rush~ After a while, she grew a little bored. "It's the National Day holiday. Do you have any plans? I'll treat you to a trip."

Li Yao thought about it, then shook his head. "Wherever you go, it's always people mountain, people sea. Boring."

Li Shishi said, "I can charter a plane and book out the whole place."

Li Yao said, "..."

Was being rich really that amazing?!

Yes,

Being rich was fucking amazing.

Yet Li Yao still refused. "Money is a good thing. I hope I can have it too. Of course, I'll definitely become very rich someday, but some things can't be solved even with money." Besides, he was currently holding back his energy to cultivate hard. Otherwise, if Lin Xiaowei came back stronger than him, that would be fucking awkward. The one getting ground into the floor would definitely be him.

Li Shishi agreed with Li Yao's words.

Otherwise, why would she be trying so hard to befriend Li Yao? When the car returned to the parking lot of Li Shishi's company, Li Yao hopped out, waved, and left.

Sitting by the car door, Li Shishi rested her chin in her hands and watched Li Yao walk farther and farther away... Her assistant quietly came to the business van and waited silently beside her. After a long while, Li Shishi said, "A Ke, this junior is really interesting."

Her assistant, A Ke, said, "Oh."

Li Shishi glanced at her assistant again. "You're just too boring."

With that, Li Shishi jumped out of the car. Her aura transformed completely, and she became once more the decisive, forceful woman who commanded the group and seemed to bring a gust of wind wherever she walked. "Is the test report ready?"

The assistant raised her head. "It's ready. It's completely harmless, and it really can greatly increase cellular activity. It can even repair damaged cells. But we can't decipher the molecular structure of its main ingredients. In other words, we can't produce it ourselves."

Li Shishi nodded. "Understood."

After taking a taxi back to his studio apartment in University City, Li Yao entered cultivation after showering. Although a lot had happened today, none of it could stop him from continuing down the path of cultivation.

He could clearly make a living off his face, yet he still worked this hard. I'm awesome!

Li Yao gave himself a thumbs-up.

As for Chen Xi's matter, he would deal with it tomorrow.

Saitama Sensei had said it: leave today's problems to tomorrow's me.

Tomorrow's me, sorry for the trouble.

The National Day holiday lasted seven consecutive days. Several of Lin Xiaoxi's dorm mates had arranged to travel together, one of college students' favorite things to do.

But Lin Xiaoxi refused.

She still remembered what Li Yao had told her, so she didn't want to squander her time. This thing called youth was merely the self-exile of fools: committing absurdities in the name of youth, making a complete mess of themselves during the best years of their lives, as though they couldn't prove they had lived otherwise.

Heh, foolish.

Was studying hard and improving herself not youth? Lin Xiaoxi pushed aside her books and notes, rubbing her brow.

During the school holiday, all of University City had become quiet. Many shops had temporarily closed as well, making it inconvenient for Lin Xiaoxi even to eat.

But it didn't matter. Lin Baiwan wasn't short on money! She could order takeout!

She had already ordered McDonald's to be delivered to her dorm.

Being rich was great.

Basking in that happiness, she found Li Yao's words increasingly reasonable.

Thinking of this, she organized the materials at hand and prepared to return to her dorm.

During holidays, the school did not close the dorms in order to accommodate students who lived too far from home, which was convenient for Lin Xiaoxi. The last time Dad had specifically come over to give her a beating, and she was still unhappy about it, so she definitely wasn't going home for the holiday. Of course, studying was important too. It absolutely wasn't because she was sulking and didn't want to go home.

On her way back with her messenger bag slung over her shoulder, Lin Xiaoxi was in a good mood.

It was just that the weather was chilly.

She couldn't help wrapping her clothes more tightly around herself.

Mid-Autumn Festival had passed, and the weather would only get colder from now on. Lin Xiaoxi thought so, then realized something was wrong. Why the hell is it getting colder and colder? That's not right!

A sense of foreboding rose from the bottom of her heart.

Lin Xiaoxi trusted her instincts very much, so she took off running at full speed! Fuck you!

She was the five-hundred-meter sprint champion!

Come catch me if you can, bitch! Second update, I'm awesome!