Lin Fan explained, "Firstly, you drank a small amount before, so most of the medicinal effect was used for detoxification."
"Secondly, your skin is naturally good, so the change isn't obvious."
"Drink another cup, and you'll maintain your best condition."
Gao Lu eagerly said, "Hurry, pour me a full cup!"
Lin Fan finished the tea in his cup and refilled it with medicinal wine, about three liang.
Gao Lu grabbed it, raised the cup, and drank it all down.
No girl dislikes beauty; how could she not be anxious?
A stream of warmth went down her throat and into her lower abdomen. The fiery sensation quickly spread throughout her body, and fine beads of sweat emerged.
Gao Lu pulled out a tissue and wiped her hand, which turned somewhat black.
She stood up and went straight to the inner room.
Lin Fan knew this girl was going to look in the mirror.
"Ah!"
"Spider!"
"Help!"
Suddenly, Gao Lu's scream came from the inner room.
A six-eyed wolf spider!
No wonder she smelled something foul; it turned out Ma Mingyuan had been here.
Lin Fan immediately got up and rushed into the inner room, but the door was locked.
Without hesitation, he kicked it open and charged in.
It was a small lounge. At first glance, Gao Lu was not visible.
Lin Fan turned and saw the bathroom light was on.
Gao Lu, holding a bath towel to cover herself, stood on the toilet with a terrified expression. Seeing Lin Fan enter, she pointed to the vanity and cried, "There, there, a big spider!"
Lin Fan followed her finger and saw a six-eyed wolf spider on the vanity, poised to attack Gao Lu.
"Beast, cease your aggression!"
Lin Fan slapped it down, killing the venomous spider, then flushed it down the toilet.
"Alright, it's over."
He smiled at Gao Lu.
In her panic, Gao Lu hadn't wrapped the bath towel around herself but had merely used it to cover herself haphazardly.
A expanse of snowy white was exposed, dotted with water droplets, glistening in the soft light.
Especially her voluptuous curves, which made Lin Fan stare.
"Do you want to stay and shower together?"
Gao Lu's voice was enchantingly seductive.
Lin Fan, however, shook his head and waved his hands, "No, no."
He had important matters to attend to and no time for idle chatter.
"Alas~"
Gao Lu sighed softly, "Go to finance and get the money."
Lin Fan nodded and turned to leave.
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Luofeng Village, Xue Family Courtyard.
Zhao Jingui sat on a stool, while Xue Deyou, with a fawning smile, poured him tea.
Xue Yinger, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, walked over like a zombie.
"Lin Fan hasn't returned yet?" Xue Deyou asked.
Xue Yinger didn't speak, her expressionless gaze fixed on the distant clouds.
Zhao Jingui, with a grim face, said coldly, "It's getting late. Are you giving money or a person? Give me an answer!"
Xue Deyou cautiously said, "Jingui, don't rush. Just wait a little longer."
"Hmph!"
Zhao Jingui snorted, "You actually believe he can come up with twenty thousand?"
"Lin Fan said it himself. He shouldn't be joking with us," Xue Deyou replied.
Zhao Jingui chuckled, "Heh, you think he owns a bank?"
"He just runs a small clinic. It's true that business is good, but his prices are too low. He hasn't made much money in the past two years, and building the house pretty much used it all up."
"That sports car before wasn't bought by him, was it? Otherwise, why would that young girl drive it away?"
Luo Qiqi, bored in the countryside, had gone home to play.
As she left, she also took Lin Fan's car.
"Lin Fan personally promised my daughter!"
Lin Fan's character is well-known throughout the villages. Xue Deyou naturally believed him.
Zhao Jingui sneered, "You guys actually believe him?"
"He's deceiving your daughter, trying to take advantage of her."
"Let me be blunt: if your daughter's purity is compromised by him, I won't want her!"
Xue Deyou thumped his chest, "Don't worry about that. I'm watching her closely!"
Zhao Jingui stood up, impatiently saying, "I don't have time to waste with you. Either give me the money, or I'll take my people and leave. You choose!"
Xue Deyou also stood up, "When will the betrothal gifts be given?"
Zhao Jingui frowned, "Don't you have to let me test her first?"
"If she's not a virgin, why should I give you so many betrothal gifts?"
Xue Deyou thumped his chest again, "I guarantee..."
"Your guarantee is useless!" Zhao Jingui roared.
Then, he softened his tone and said, "I'm taking my people today. If nothing unexpected happens, I'll give you the money in three days and we'll have an engagement ceremony."
Xue Deyou rolled his eyes, "Alright."
He looked at Xue Yinger and said commandingly, "Yinger, go. Go with your father-in-law."
"She can't go!"
Wang Honglian ran out from the kitchen, grabbing Xue Deyou's arm and pleading, "Husband, you know what kind of person Jingui is. If he takes our daughter away, she won't survive!"
Xue Deyou, with a stern face, yelled, "Why won't she survive? They eat well and drink well. Isn't everything better than our family!"
"Husband, you know what I mean! I absolutely won't let our daughter go!" Wang Honglian said firmly.
"This is rebellion! When did it become your turn to make decisions in this house?"
Xue Deyou raised his hand and slapped Wang Honglian across the face.
Wang Honglian stumbled, almost falling, but still said firmly, "Even if you beat me to death today, I won't let you sell our daughter!"
"Then I'll beat you to death today!"
Xue Deyou picked up a wooden stick from the ground and struck towards Wang Honglian's head.
Xue Yinger quickly shielded her mother with her own body, "I'll go, I'll go with him!"
Hearing this, Xue Deyou immediately dropped the stick and excitedly said, "That's more like it. The sooner she goes, the sooner they can send the betrothal gifts."
Xue Yinger didn't even look at Xue Deyou. Holding her mother, she whispered in her ear, "Mom, find an opportunity to leave here and never come back."
"What about you?" Wang Honglian whispered.
Xue Yinger gave a tragically beautiful smile, "Mom, don't worry. I'll take care of myself."
She turned to Zhao Jingui and said coldly, "You know what your purpose is in taking me away. So I have a condition."
"What condition? Say it."
"Give my mother fifty thousand yuan first."
Zhao Jingui readily agreed, "Okay. But if you don't behave, your father and mother will owe me another hundred thousand."
Xue Yinger said expressionlessly, "I'm asking you for money, not preparing for them to pay it back."
"Fine, fifty thousand first."
Zhao Jingui didn't hesitate.
This girl's beauty and figure, if taken to the county town, would likely be snatched up by wealthy men.
Without a house worth a million, a car worth two hundred thousand, and betrothal gifts of three to five hundred thousand, it was unthinkable!
His own money was nothing compared to her value, so why hesitate?