Boss Luo woke up in a filthy, smoke-filled environment. Even when he stepped out of his room, the entire living room was shrouded in a faint gray mist.
The smell of burnt... and even bitter things filled every corner.
Xiaoya was standing on a small step stool, holding a nonstick pan and performing... acrobatics. The pan in her hands was like a magician's hat, billowing black smoke like crazy.
"What are you... doing?"
The girl was startled and fell straight off the step stool. The nonstick pan in her hands also dropped to the floor, spilling its contents—a pool of black, sticky matter that looked like sesame paste.
"I'm trying alchemy! You scared me to death!" The girl hurriedly got back up and painfully scooped up the black, sticky substance from the floor bit by bit.
"Alche... what?" Boss Luo opened his mouth in surprise.
Did this Page World have something like that?
"Yeah! Alchemy!" The girl unhappily held up what was in her hands. "I spent ages consulting an online friend last night and begged them for ages before I finally got this recipe."
Boss Luo glanced at the walls, which had already been blackened by thick smoke. After a long silence, he nodded and asked, "What's it used for?"
"It can grant eternal youth... and help with development!"
"Development?" Boss Luo blinked, looked at the girl's still-growing body, and shook his head. "Your development seems fine to me."
"I say there's a problem, so there's a problem!" the girl snorted. "My hair isn't long enough! My legs aren't long enough! And my chest... Anyway, I need to develop! I need alchemy! Don't bother me!"
With that, the girl ran back to the stove again and grabbed another handful of strange things. Just as she was about to put