Chapter 132: Ruby
He was particularly delighted to discover that Silent Knight Base still had access to flowers that could be used to make natural fragrances.
He immediately began chatting with the shopkeeper, casually asking where the flowers were grown.
Unfortunately, the shopkeeper didn’t reveal anything useful.
In the end, Li Han could only buy several perfumes before moving on to examine the other plants and flowers.
After finishing his shopping, he started walking back.
Along the way, he suddenly noticed a man sitting by the roadside and sobbing.
Curious, Li Han approached him and gently tapped his shoulder.
The man slowly lifted his head.
He had beautiful blue eyes, silver hair, and delicate, almost fragile-looking features.
One glance was enough to tell that he came from a wealthy and influential family.
Li Han couldn’t help asking, "What happened? Why are you crying?"
The man wiped away the tears glistening in his eyes but didn’t answer.
Li Han stared at him for a moment.
For some reason, he found the man’s appearance strangely beautiful.
Then an impulsive thought suddenly entered his mind. "Do you have a place to live?"
The man paused before sadly shaking his head.
A suitcase lay abandoned beside him.
Looking at it, Li Han’s impulsive thought grew even stronger.
In fact, most of the decisions Li Han had made in his life had stemmed from impulsiveness.
Yet he had never corrected this habit because, surprisingly, most of his impulsive decisions had turned out well.
So he smiled and said, "I’m Li Han. Can you introduce yourself?"
The man stared at him for a moment before answering, "I’m Michael."
Li Han smiled. "Hello, Michael. I have a place nearby. Would you like to come with me?"
Michael shook his head. "No."
Li Han quickly took out one of the perfumes he had bought.
"Look. I’m willing to give you all of these."
Michael paused when he saw the perfume. He frowned before shaking his head. "I don’t like perfume."
"Then what do you like?"
Michael’s gaze subconsciously shifted toward a famous restaurant nearby.
Li Han followed his gaze and spotted a snail noodle restaurant. "All right. Let’s eat first. I’ll treat you to snail noodles."
Michael hesitated before giving a faint nod. He picked up his suitcase and followed Li Han.
Meanwhile, Lu Yucai was practicing walking properly.
The door suddenly opened, and Fu Lin walked inside.
The moment he saw Lu Yucai, he unexpectedly bowed deeply.
Lu Yucai was stunned. "What are you doing?"
Fu Lin slowly straightened up. "I’m sorry."
Lu Yucai frowned and glanced around, his eyes darting from one side of the room to another as though he were looking for something.
Fu Lian continued, "I must have said a lot of foul things during my panic attack when I wasn’t completely aware of myself. Please forgive me."
Lu Yucai was about to respond when Valer walked into the room.
He glanced at Fu Lin and then at Lu Yucai.
"Since you’re discussing something important, I’ll leave first."
"No, it’s nothing important," Lu Yucai said.
But Fu Lin had already turned around and walked away.
Lu Yucai paused before looking at Valeri. "Close the door."
Once the door was shut, Lu Yucai’s expression became serious.
"Keep an eye on Fu Lin. I think he’s going to make some rash decision."
Valer paused. "Why do you think so?"
Lu Yucai looked toward the floor-to-ceiling window.
"His gaze. It’s too calm."
He narrowed his eyes.
"That kind of calm can only come when someone has completely made peace with something... or when they’ve become completely irrational."
Valer nodded. "I understand."
Lu Yucai turned toward him. "What about the other matter I asked you to take care of?"
Valer immediately handed him a bag. "Everything is inside."
Lu Yucai took it and gave a faint nod. "Thank you."
Ni Mengxue was completely unaware of what was happening outside.
She was entirely focused on making the stabilization agent.
And she didn’t stop after making one batch.
She began mass-producing it.
Only after she had produced hundreds of doses did she set fifty aside to be sold at her own base.
By the time she finally left the laboratory, an entire week had passed.
During that week, she had survived almost entirely on stir-fried vegetables.
For some reason, she even felt slightly feverish. ’Did I develop a fever from working nonstop?’
She looked down at her own body with disgust. "I really need to start exercising. This body is too weak."
As she walked past the market, she suddenly spotted Melanie.
But there was someone beside her whom Ni Mengxue recognized.
She murmured under her breath, "Shu Tian."
Melanie, on the other hand, was smiling shyly at her new boyfriend.
The heartbroken woman from a week ago seemed to have disappeared completely.
After everything that had happened, Melanie had decided to move on.
’So what if those men were trash? That doesn’t mean I have to stop loving.’
Four days after arriving at Silent Knight Base, she had encountered Shu Tian.
At the time, he had been arguing with the guards at the entrance, desperately trying to gain entry into the inner area.
He kept insisting that he had developed an important scientific concept and that the city lord would definitely invest in his research once they heard about it.
Melanie had always had a weakness for scholarly men.
Shu Tian gave off an intelligent, academic aura, and she had been immediately attracted to him.
So she had paid the entrance fee for him.
Shu Tian had been stunned. No one had ever helped him like that before.
He had quickly become touched by her kindness and developed feelings for her as well.
Even though they had only been dating for two days, their relationship had already progressed to holding hands and kissing.
They had even begun discussing when they should register their marriage.
Now, as Melanie and Shu Tian strolled through the market, Ni Mengxue suddenly called out.
"Melanie!"
Melanie turned around. The moment she saw Ni Mengxue, she waved enthusiastically.
"Come over!"
Ni Mengxue walked toward them.