The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

"So Mary Sue? I don't believe it!" Tian Tian shook her head and shouted.

Would a big shot who drives a Koenigsegg drop you off at your place? Shouldn't the normal plot be heading straight to a hotel?

"Fei Fei, you don't have to feel embarrassed. Even though he's a bit older, the fact that he's rich can't be ignored," said Jiang Nuanqiu, patting Sun Xuefei on the shoulder with a serious face.

"What do you mean a bit older? What are you all thinking? He's younger than me, okay!" Sun Xuefei hadn't asked Tang Rao's age, but he looked to be at most twenty, just like someone starting college.

"What? Not an old man? A rich young master? My god, Fei Fei, why did you come back?!" Jiang Nuanqiu looked as though she was lamenting the fact that steel hadn't turned into iron.

I'm saying, silly girl, with such a good opportunity, directly snagging a wealthy young master, that'd be great.

"Stop talking, Nuanqiu, I really don't want anything to do with that kind of young master. These types of people tend to have the messiest private lives—I can't accept that," said Sun Xuefei, shrugging her shoulders.

Despite saying that, Sun Xuefei didn't actually think that Tang Rao was the kind of person with a disordered private life.

"Did you get his phone number?" Jiang Nuanqiu continued asking.

"Uh, he gave it to me on his own initiative; it wasn't me who asked for it," said Sun Xuefei with a righteous face, portraying herself as not the vain type of woman.

"Hehe, our Fei Fei is still powerful. Alright, in a few days we should call this young master to arrange a meet-up. Even if it doesn't develop into that sort of relationship, being on familiar terms as friends is also good," Jiang Nuanqiu said with a smile.

Sun Xuefei felt somewhat helpless; that's just the way Nuanqiu was. Sometimes she could be calculating, deliberately approaching and pursuing certain things.

But that's all it was. Sun Xuefei was clear in her heart that Nuanqiu was still Nuanqiu, with dreams, ambitions, and a heart full of passion and perseverance.

...

"Thump thump thump!" At not even 7 a.m., Tang Rao was awoken by a series of frantic knocks at the door.

"Who's courting death? I'm getting mad, Tang's in charge here!"

"Thump thump thump!" Tang Rao's roaring had no effect whatsoever, the knocking continued.

"Oh my temper, just stop it!"

"Thump thump thump!"

"Bang!" Tang Rao leapt out of bed and rushed to the door, pulling it open.

"Lei Li! I knew it was you. Are you insane?" Seeing Lei Li standing at the door, Tang Rao felt like he was going to go crazy.

Auntie, auntie, what grudges do we have, to get me such a bodyguard.

"I've rested well, you can continue to teach me steps," Lei Li said sternly. She'd been thinking about Tang Rao's dodging movements for most of the night, and by morning, she couldn't hold back anymore, so she knocked on the door.

"Get lost, if you disturb my sleep again, I will stop teaching!" Tang Rao roared and slammed the door shut.

What kind of person is this... do I owe you something?

For someone who gets grumpy when woken up, not beating Lei Li up was already a display of humanitarian spirit from Tang Rao.

Back in bed, Tang Rao tossed and turned for another ten minutes before finally sitting up.

Damn it, can't sleep anymore.

So annoying...

"Snap!" Tang Rao dressed himself and opened the door one more time.

Lei Li still stood there rigidly, her teeth clenched, a look of determination on her face.

"I'm really scared of you now," Tang Rao rolled his eyes, which could rival the height of Sui City Tower.

"Don't just stand there, go to the backyard, wait five minutes," said Tang Rao, feeling resigned.

Lei Li didn't say a word, a flicker of joy in her eyes, as she dashed off without a trace.

This time, Tang Rao only trained for fifteen minutes, roughly half of yesterday's amount. After all, it was early morning; one shouldn't feel all wilted after training.

Of course, Lei Li still didn't manage to grab the tissue from Tang Rao's waist.

"Your progress is not bad, keep it up." Walking out of the big warehouse, Tang Rao glanced at Lei Li and said.

Look at that defeated expression, my Young Madam, can you be a bit more resilient!

Upon hearing Tang Rao's comforting words, Lei Li's expression also looked a bit better.

"Xiao Rao, come, have breakfast with Li Li." Back at the villa, Bai Yushu was already eating.

However, Tang Rao's gaze was not on the breakfast, but on the row of wooden boxes on the table.

There are a total of eleven, each box exuding Spiritual Energy.

"Kid, your nose is really like a dog's. Take all of these, the two-hundred-year-old ginseng I collected for you yesterday. They've been appraised, all genuine stuff." Bai Yushu saw Tang Rao's eyes fixed on these wooden boxes and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Hehe, thank you, Mom!" Tang Rao didn't say another word, and directly hugged the eleven wooden boxes and rushed into the kitchen.

"This kid, I don't know what trick he's up to." Bai Yushu shook her head.

"Li Li, come eat with me." Bai Yushu looked at Lei Li and said with a light laugh.

"Mhm." Lei Li wasn't shy about it, although the eldest daughter wasn't as devoted as the second daughter, they were all family after all.

Anyway, neither the second daughter nor the eldest daughter ever treated her as an outsider.

"Li Li, Xiao Rao hasn't caused you any trouble these past few days, has he?" Bai Yushu asked.

"No." Lei Li shook her head while eating a bun.

Not only had Tang Rao not caused her any trouble, but he was also helping her.

"Eldest daughter, has Tang Rao... always been hiding his skills?" Lei Li suddenly asked.

"What do you mean?" Bai Yushu was slightly startled.

Lei Li was silent for a moment before she spoke: "Let's put it this way, if I were to fight Tang Rao, I'd lose within two moves if it's just a spar; if it were a fight to the death, I would die in one move."

Bai Yushu's mouth fell open slightly.

She knew about Lei Li's capabilities, although not really a strong fighter, among ordinary people, she definitely was a formidable person.

When did Xiao Rao become so powerful? She hadn't heard anything about him practicing martial arts.

"Well, you can think of it that way." In the end, Bai Yushu still nodded, Xiao Rao had his own secrets, and she didn't want to meddle too much or probe.

"Understood, eldest daughter." Lei Li didn't continue asking, some things are better left unasked.

...

In the kitchen, Tang Rao took out all the old ginseng and threw it into the pressure cooker.

Using a pressure cooker, he could turn all the ginseng mushy in about ten to twenty minutes.

Of course, during the cooking process, Tang Rao did not let any of the escaping Spiritual Energy go to waste, absorbing it all with the Gathering Spirit Technique.

The second step then was to grind the mushy old ginseng into a paste.

In the kitchen, Tang Rao saw the Medicine Furnace Mrs. Chen had found.

With this Medicine Furnace, Tang Rao didn't need to hold the ginseng paste in his hands to Solidify Pill.

The palm was too small, he could at most solidify two Spiritual Medicines at a time. The Medicine Furnace was better, he could throw all the ginseng paste into it.

Five minutes later, all the Spiritual Energy in Tang Rao's Dantian was exhausted.

However, he was comforted by the fact that he had successfully created ten pills.

Although these Old Ginseng Pills didn't match the quality of the previously used twin old ginseng, each pill adding three doses of Spiritual Energy was still possible.

Ten pills equaled thirty doses of Spiritual Energy.

"Tsk tsk tsk, joyful." Tang Rao squinted his eyes, a face full of excitement.

Tomorrow Jiang Langyue will send over another hundred two-hundred-year-old ginseng, and with these hundred two-hundred-year-old ginseng, Tang Rao has absolute confidence that he can successfully complete the Gathering Spirit.