Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 78 - 78 78 Joint Effort_1

78: Chapter 78 Joint Effort_1 78: Chapter 78 Joint Effort_1 Lu Chuan swallowed hard.

Even after his years of cultivation, which had turned his heart to stone, at this moment, he was struggling to maintain control.

This woman knew men all too well!

Chu Mengyao, who was beside them, saw what was happening and her face changed drastically.

She hurriedly pushed Lew Qingqing away, “How can you be so shameless!”

Lew Qingqing frowned and looked at Chu Mengyao, “Are you sick?

I’m talking to him, what does it have to do with you!”

Chu Mengyao fumed, “The recipe for the Youthfulness Retention Pill belongs to Blooming Beauty.

Aren’t you ashamed to try snatching it with such despicable means!”

Lew Qingqing sneered, “As long as I can get the recipe, what do lowly tactics matter?

Besides, this was a matter of mutual consent.

You’re in such a hurry, it’s as if I’ve stolen your man.

What’s your relationship with him anyway?”

Chu Mengyao immediately became flustered, “I’m just doing this for our company!”

Lew Qingqing turned her head towards Lu Chuan and threw him a coquettish look, “Do you accept the terms I just mentioned?”

Lu Chuan took a deep breath and smiled, “Sorry, I’m not interested in a tramp like you.”

Chu Mengyao quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Lew Qingqing’s expression froze, and the smile disappeared from her face, replaced by hysteria, “So you’re refusing the face I’m giving you, huh!”

Lu Chuan chuckled, “You overestimate yourself.

The face you’re offering is worth pennies to me.”

Lew Qingqing gritted her teeth with rage burning in her eyes, “You just wait, you’ll regret this later!”

She then turned to Chu Mengyao, “I’ve already cut off the supply of herbs for the Youthfulness Retention Pill.

Aren’t you worried?”

Chu Mengyao was calm, “You mean you bought up all those herbs?

I’m really sorry, we’ve already stockpiled a year’s supply in advance.

It’s a pity that you bought so much with nowhere to use them, and letting them go bad would truly be a waste.”

Lew Qingqing was on the verge of exploding.

She had used a third of the company’s liquid assets to buy those herbs.

And Chu Mengyao didn’t need them at all!

Now she was stuck with them!

“If you go back to the medicinal herb market now and return them, you might be able to reduce some of the losses,” Lu Chuan said with a smile.

Lew Qingqing clenched her fists and glared at Lu Chuan and Chu Mengyao with murderous intent, “I’ll settle the score with you later!”

Then she hurriedly turned and left to return the herbs.

Watching Lew Qingqing storm off, Lu Chuan was in high spirits.

He turned to Chu Mengyao and asked, “She was seducing me just now, why did that make you so anxious?

Could it be…

you’ve fallen for me?”

Chu Mengyao rolled her eyes, “Don’t flatter yourself.”

Lu Chuan asked, “Then what was all the rush about?”

Chu Mengyao said, “Because I know you’re a lecher with no integrity.

There’s a high chance of you being successfully seduced.

I was worried you would actually give her the pill formula, so I was in such a hurry.”

Lu Chuan’s face turned embarrassed, “Don’t paint me in such an awful light.”

Chu Mengyao took a quick glance at him and wiped the sweat from her palms onto her clothes.

The atmosphere then fell into silence, becoming somewhat delicate.

To avoid the awkwardness, Chu Mengyao changed the subject, “That Long Hao…

he might be coming back soon.”

“Before he went on his trial, he set his goal to return after breaking through.

That day, I heard he was on the verge of a breakthrough…”

Lu Chuan raised an eyebrow, “What’s his current strength?”

Chu Mengyao looked at Lu Chuan for a while, as if she didn’t want to crush his spirits and didn’t speak immediately.

But eventually, she calmly said, “Before he left for the trial, he was already a Grade 8 Grandmaster.”

Lu Chuan’s gaze intensified.

He had previously guessed Long Hao’s strength and knew that as Long Tianya’s son, he would certainly not be simple.

But he hadn’t expected Long Hao’s strength to be so formidable!

Before the trial, he was already a Grade 8 Grandmaster, so after returning, at least he would be Ninth Grade!

After breaking through to Qi Cultivation Level 7, Lu Chuan could at best contend with a Grade 6 Grandmaster, that is, reach the level that Cao Xiong once held.

And behind Long Hao was the even more powerful Long Tianya!

The pressure was suddenly on!

Chu Mengyao, sensing the change in Lu Chuan’s eyes, said, “I know your talent is no less than Long Hao’s, but surpassing him will take time.

Before that, preserving your life is more important than anything.”

“So you might as well give up the idea of opposing him and keep your distance from me.”

Lu Chuan laughed, “So you have so little faith in me?”

“I…” Chu Mengyao started to explain.

Lu Chuan cut her off, “I won’t give up.

The stronger he is, the more excited I become.

Regardless of his strength, he will end up being trampled under my feet!”

Chu Mengyao didn’t know what to say for a moment and sighed softly.

The secretary brought over ten Falling Cloud Herbs.

Lu Chuan stood up to receive them and gave Chu Mengyao a smile, “Wait and watch me stand atop Cloud City.

That day isn’t far off!”

He then turned and left.

Chu Mengyao stared blankly, and after a long time, she clenched her fists, seemingly making some decision.

…

At the entrance of the medicinal herb market.

Lew Qingqing was powerless with rage.

“Lu Chuan, huh?

Just you wait.

Sooner or later, I’ll make you kneel before me as my slave!”

At that moment, a figure passed by.

Hearing Lew Qingqing’s words, he stopped and asked curiously, “You have a grudge against Lu Chuan too?”

Lew Qingqing turned her head to look, and upon recognizing the person’s features, her face showed surprise.

“Are you…

Xiao Yun, Eldest Young Master Xiao?”

A smile appeared on Xiao Yun’s face.

“Yes, it’s me.

If I remember correctly, you’re the CEO of Lotus Beauty Cosmetics, right?”

Lew Qingqing nodded.

“Young Master Xiao, what did you mean just now?

Are you and Lu Chuan enemies?”

Xiao Yun’s gaze turned icy in an instant as he said angrily, “I swear I’d dig up his family’s graves!”

Lew Qingqing’s eyes lit up.

“Young Master Xiao, I had the same idea.

How did Lu Chuan provoke you?”

Xiao Yun recounted his grievances with Lu Chuan.

Lew Qingqing also shared the incident with the Youthfulness Retention Pill.

The two felt a sense of regret for not having met sooner, and together they cursed Lu Chuan’s ancestors thoroughly.

Xiao Yun said, “Miss Lew, since we both want to take care of Lu Chuan, why don’t we join forces?”

Lew Qingqing asked, “Do you have a way to deal with him?”

Xiao Yun revealed a sly smile.

“Of course.”

Lew Qingqing quickly asked, “What’s the plan?

Tell me about it!”

Xiao Yun glanced at Lew Qingqing’s figure, his eyes full of greed, and said with a laugh, “I’ve booked a presidential suite in a nearby hotel, how about we go there for an in-depth and superficial exchange?”

Lew Qingqing immediately understood what Xiao Yun meant, the corners of her mouth curved slightly, and she hooked her arm around his.

“Let’s go.

I happen to want to let off some steam too.”

…

Lu Chuan returned to the medical clinic with the Falling Cloud Herb.

He found Mu Nanqing and said, “Sister-in-law, I need to refine some important elixir pills, which will take a while.

You don’t need to call me for meals, and I won’t be coming home tonight either.”

Mu Nanqing nodded.

“Xiaochuan, make sure you take care of yourself, don’t push too hard.”

Lu Chuan said with a smile, “Don’t worry, sister-in-law, I’m in great shape.”

Mu Nanqing blurted out, “How would I know if you’re in great shape when I’ve never tried.”

After speaking, she quickly covered her mouth.

How did I end up voicing my thoughts!

Lu Chuan stared at Mu Nanqing in astonishment.

“Sister-in-law, you…”

Mu Nanqing’s face flushed to the root of her neck as she quickly turned away.

“I was just kidding, don’t take it seriously.”

Then she hurried away.

It took Lu Chuan quite a while to come back to his senses, murmuring to himself, “When did sister-in-law become so humorous?”

Without dwelling on it any longer, he entered the elixir refining room and started making the Spirit Melding Pill.

The next morning.

Lu Chuan walked out of the refining room, his face showing exhaustion.

“Busy all night long, I refined three Spirit Melding Pills.

Hopefully, that will be enough for my breakthrough.”

He went to the hall and saw that the clinic had opened, with Zhou Siming and others busily treating patients in an orderly manner.

Seeing Lu Chuan coming, Mu Nanqing hurriedly brought him a steaming bowl of noodles.

“Xiaochuan, you mustn’t have rested all night, right?

You must be starving, eat this bowl of noodles quickly.”

Lu Chuan, smiling, accepted it.

“I love eating the noodles you make, sister-in-law.

It’s so good to have you here.”

Mu Nanqing smiled gently.

“Eat up, I can make more if it’s not enough.”

Lu Chuan sat down in a corner of the hall with the bowl of noodles and gobbled it up.

After filling his stomach, Lu Chuan was just about to rest and then attempt the breakthrough.

At that moment, several people carried in a dark-skinned, muscular strongman.

A beautiful woman followed behind, shouting, “Hurry, someone come and treat my cousin!

If anything happens to him today, I won’t let you off!”

The patients in the hall quickly made way, intimidated by this arrogant woman.

Lu Chuan turned his head to look and saw that the beautiful woman was none other than Lew Qingqing, causing his eyebrows to furrow immediately.

Zhou Siming approached and said, “Miss, don’t panic, we will do our best to save your cousin.”

Lew Qingqing cursed loudly, “What do you mean, ‘do our best’?

Are you saying that my cousin might not make it?

You dare call yourselves doctors when you can’t even cure a person?”

Zhou Siming’s expression darkened.

“Miss, we haven’t even seen what’s wrong with your cousin yet, you don’t need to yell like this, do you?”

Lew Qingqing glared at Zhou Siming.

“My cousin is sick, I’m worried, and I like to scream!

Isn’t there someone called Lu Chuan here who claims to be a Divine Doctor?

Call him out to treat my cousin right now, I don’t trust anyone else!”

Lu Chuan walked over, his expression icy as he looked at Lew Qingqing and asked, “Are you here to make trouble?”

Lew Qingqing shouted, “What kind of way is that to talk!

My cousin’s almost breathing his last, and you say I’m making trouble.

Is it because I have a history with you that you’re refusing to treat my cousin?

Is this what your clinic calls a commitment to ‘hanging the pot to help the world’?”

“Let everyone here bear witness, this guy won’t see to the life or death of my cousin just because he doesn’t like me.

They talk about the duty to heal and save lives, but when push comes to shove, they are indifferent to a patient’s death, what kind of doctors are they!”

Lu Chuan was speechless and quickly said, “Enough, stop it.

I’ll treat your cousin, okay?”

Lew Qingqing urged, “Then hurry up, you must cure my cousin.

If anything happens to him, I’ll never let you off!”

Ignoring her, Lu Chuan walked over to the muscular man, squatted down, and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”