Chapter 124 - 1124: Banquet (3) Why Is Xuanshuo Here?

Chapter 124: Chapter 1124: Banquet (3) Why Is Xuanshuo Here?

Shan Minghui pursed her lips. She walked up to Andrew and whispered, "Did you get the specially formulated bath liquid from your student?"

Andrew immediately looked away, lowering his head and turning his face to avoid looking at her. "No," he stubbornly denied.

Shan Minghui scoffed.

Jiang Mingzhu approached Shan Minghui and asked softly, "Dean, have we signed the contract this time too?"

Shan Minghui nodded. "The Weilan Female is a good child. The academy opened a fast-track channel for her patent approval, and in return, she brought the academy in to make money together."

Jiang Mingzhu looked back at Andrew. "Did you get something good from Weilan?"

"That is *my* student!" Andrew retorted, tilting his chin up.

Jiang Mingzhu frowned. "Speak to me like that again, and I’ll beat you up!"

Andrew took a half-step back, tilting his head slightly as he shot her a look that said, *How could you be like this?*

Jiang Mingzhu and Shan Minghui didn’t care about his arrogant, punchable expression. They only wanted to know how he had managed to get the Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid.

Meanwhile, Gu Weilan was whispering to Zhan Heng, "Your data looked the best. You agreed to let the professors use it, right? You didn’t feel embarrassed having your data displayed in front of the distributors, did you?"

Zhan Heng chuckled softly. He reached out and wrapped an arm around Gu Weilan, pulling her close. "What if I did feel embarrassed? How is my Female Master going to comfort my fragile, wounded heart?"

Seeing the uncontrollable smile in his eyes, Gu Weilan wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at him. "Hmm, so what would you like me to do?"

Just as they were enjoying this intimate moment, they felt a burning gaze fixed upon them. When they turned to look, they saw only Shen Mianzhou and his Mother, along with the five males she had brought with her.

Gu Weilan narrowed her eyes and murmured to Zhan Heng, "Don’t you think that figure looks a bit familiar?"

Zhan Heng followed her gaze and thought for a moment. "Xuanshuo?"

Gu Weilan pursed her lips and gave a soft affirmative hum.

"Don’t be upset," Zhan Heng said, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. "I’ll go take a look."

Gu Weilan gave a slight nod as Shi Lingfeng walked over. He took her slender, fair hand, intertwining his fingers with hers. "What’s wrong? You were all smiles just a moment ago. Why the sudden frown? Whoever made you uncomfortable, I’ll go teach them a lesson!"

Gu Weilan’s smile returned as she looked at him. "It’s nothing. Just an uninvited male who showed up at the banquet. Zhan Heng went over to deal with it."

Shi Lingfeng raised an eyebrow slightly, looking past the rim of his monocle at Zhan Heng’s retreating back.

Today, Shi Lingfeng was dressed in a style reminiscent of European old money—an elegant rogue. His blue-black hair had grown out slightly, which he had styled into a half-tied wolf cut. He wore a lantern-sleeved shirt with ruffled trims under a tailored vest, accessorized with a monocle. The monocle’s chain draped neatly into the small chest pocket of his dark green vest. As the sunlight bathed him, the Beastman looked incomparably handsome, like a noble, refined young lord who had just stepped straight out of a comic book.

Gu Weilan couldn’t help but reach out, gently pinching his chin to make him look at her. Pressing a soft kiss to the corner of his lips, she whispered, "Go see how many Beastmen are willing to do this deal with us. I’m going to chat with the other females!"

The corners of Shi Lingfeng’s mouth turned up into a smile. After she left, he continued to watch her retreating figure, subconsciously touching the lingering warmth on his lips with his fingertips.

Not far away, the Shi Family Grandma couldn’t help but roll her eyes. Her great-grandson was simply too embarrassing to look at!

Meanwhile, when Gu Weilan walked over to Liu Ruoxi and the rest of her friends, Zhuoma asked, "Weilan, didn’t your Beast Husband named Xuanshuo terminate his match with you? Why is he here talking business with Laura’s Beast Husband, seemingly using the name of your latest patent?"

Gu Weilan frowned. Just as she was about to look for Xuanshuo, Zhan Heng returned and whispered, "It’s taken care of. I had the robot butler escort him out."

Gu Weilan’s expression was a bit grim.

Seeing her dark expression, Michelle pulled her lips from her juice straw and said softly, "Don’t be angry, Weilan. There are plenty of ways to deal with annoying Beastmen."

Gu Weilan smiled faintly and nodded. "Mm, I’m not angry.

"Let’s not talk about that annoying male anymore. I came over to give you all some party favors!

"Originally, this small banquet was conceived as a private family dinner for us sisters to get together. The goal was to let everyone know that my patent had been approved through the academy’s channels, and I just wanted to share a meal and celebrate with you all.

"Later, my ambitions grew. I thought I should at least let you all know a bit more about the good stuff I patented. Then I figured I should also let my Beast Husbands’ families and their business partners know a little as well...

"As a result, the banquet ended up a bit larger than expected."

Liu Ruoxi and the other females were quite moved by this. Jin Taoyao, who was more articulate, chimed in, "If you had only invited us, we wouldn’t have understood exactly what kind of amazing item you patented!"

Liu Ruoxi and the others also sincerely congratulated Gu Weilan again.

Gu Weilan then pulled out clear tote bags filled with party favors from her Space Button. "Your gift is a ten-dose set of the Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid," she told the females.

She handed each of the five females a bag containing a large bottle with ten doses of the liquid, explaining, "Because the raw materials are quite expensive, I can only give you a ten-dose set.

"I’m not the type to feign generosity beyond my means. Take it back, soak in it for ten consecutive days, and feel the difference.

"Actually, even just ten days of use can improve bloodline purity and Fertility to some extent.

"I know Taoyao and Laura really want cubs of their own bloodlines. Give it a try. Perhaps you’ll get some unexpected results."

Zhuoma hurriedly stuffed her bag into her Space Button. She was a little excited. "Weilan, you’re the best! If I want to order a full set, you’ll let me cut the line, right?"

Jin Taoyao’s eyes darted around. She knew that Gu Weilan was closer to Liu Ruoxi, Zhuoma, and Michelle. She and Laura were only invited because Gu Weilan felt that there were only a few females in the Pharmacy major altogether; inviting the others but excluding them would look like they were being isolated. Jin Taoyao was more quick-witted. She figured that with this classmate relationship, she might be able to leverage the situation and make the Golden Crow Clan value their branch of the Jin Family a bit more.

Thinking of this, she immediately interjected, "We don’t want too much either. I just want to customize a set for myself, one for my Mother, one for my father, and one for each of my two favorite Beast Husbands."

Jin Taoyao deliberately lowered her voice, yet made sure that Liu Ruoxi and the others present could still hear her. "And I don’t want the kind produced on the academy’s assembly line.

"I heard a rumor! Weilan, the Incubation Pod Cultivation Liquid that the professors ordered from you a while ago was all specially formulated by your own hands!

"The ones you formulate yourself must be slightly different from the ones off the academy’s production line. I want to order the Bloodline Purification Medicine Liquid that you specially formulate by hand too!"

Liu Ruoxi widened her eyes in shock. "There’s a difference like that? Then I want it too!"

Although Laura was arrogant, she knew that anything Jin Taoyao had her eye on must be a good thing! Even if Jin Taoyao was only from a branch family of the Golden Crow Clan—one of the Nine Top Beast Clans—their foundation was still far stronger than her Honey Badger Beast Clan’s! So, she too looked at Gu Weilan with burning eyes. All her previous complaints—about Gu Weilan being stingy for only gifting them a third of a set just to string them along into buying the full thing—completely vanished.

Just as they were deep in their lively conversation, Shen Mianzhou’s Mother received a message from Xuanshuo. Her cheeks flushed with excitement as she scanned the area, searching for Gu Weilan.