At that moment...
Xiao Yu pulled Housekeeper Li to his feet.
Shaking his head with a chuckle, he said, "You're all overreacting."
"I offered to tell her fortune myself. How could I not help?"
"All right, get up first."
Once Housekeeper Li had risen, overflowing with gratitude,
Xiao Yu turned his palm over and took a pill out of the Dragon and Phoenix Ring.
"This is called a Lifespan Pill. It can unconditionally extend someone's life by one year."
"You might not understand."
"Let me explain in detail."
"For example, suppose an elderly man has terminal cancer, has his final rally, and is about to die."
"After he takes this pill, his physical condition will be 'frozen,' and he'll live for a year in perfect health, full of energy."
"After a year, the illness will return, and he'll die immediately."
"But during that year, he can still continue treating the illness through outside means."
"If he's cured, he'll survive after the year is up."
"However, he can't rely on hospitals or ordinary treatments."
"Miss Cen Yao's problem right now is that she has an 'unknown hereditary terminal illness.'"
"A hereditary terminal illness that kills her at thirty."
"That's why she became an orphan."
"Modern medicine can't cure this illness."
"Even I wouldn't dare say I can cure it easily."
"Much less promise a hundred-percent cure. I'm not that much of an immortal."
"So... please take this Lifespan Pill first and keep yourself alive for another year."
"After that, I'll gradually try to treat you."
Li Hengyu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Master Xiao. This Lifespan Pill must be extremely rare. I truly don't know how to thank you."
Li Tingzhou was much more direct.
"Master Xiao, whether you can save her or not, this old life of mine