So, not wanting to take the pill was impossible, she just felt it was too precious to accept without merit.
Now that her daughter had put it that way, and her future son-in-law hadn’t objected, she’d truly treat it as a betrothal gift.
The couple exchanged a glance, each taking a pill in hand, their eyes brimming with excitement as they swallowed them.
Their decades-long bond was deep, and now, each taking a Rejuvenation Pill meant they’d have over a decade more to share together.
After swallowing the pills, their appearances and conditions transformed dramatically in an instant.
Lin Wanqiu had always maintained herself well, never looking her true age of over fifty.
Now, with one pill, she radiated vitality, appearing just over thirty, so youthful she and Gu Qiuyi truly resembled sisters.
More than the change in looks, it was the sensation of shedding decades of burden from their bodies, the wear and tear of aging had built up gradually, people adapt to that slow decline, but the pill’s effect erased twenty years of accumulated strain in a flash, making the relief stark and powerful.
Gu Yanzhong marveled at his much-younger wife, unaware he too now looked like a man in his mid-thirties.
Both were astonished by the other’s transformation, rediscovering the nostalgic thrill of their early love and the days when they’d just started a family.
Tears welled up in Lin Wanqiu’s eyes as she looked at her husband, choking up, “Honey, you’ve gotten so much younger, it’s like when Nannan was just born.”
Gu Yanzhong, equally moved, said, “You too, dear, you don’t look like Nannan’s mom, more like her sister.”
Lin Wanqiu touched her smooth, taut face, amazed, “Have I changed that much? If we run into old friends, how do we explain this?”
Gu Yanzhong chuckled, “Just say we tried a new medical beauty product, still in the confidential phase, not yet on the market.”
Lin Wanqiu couldn’t help asking, “Will they believe it? What if they ask us for a sample or to connect them with someone?”
Gu Yanzhong shrugged, “Whether they believe it is their problem, if they do, we’ll say we signed a confidentiality agreement and can’t share details, if they don’t, what can they do? At our age, we live for ourselves and our kids from now on, no need to care about others’ opinions.”
Lin Wanqiu felt a weight lift, smiling, “You always see things more clearly.”
Gu Yanzhong then turned to Ye Chen, sighing with emotion, “Chen’er, great kindness needs no thanks, Uncle Gu won’t give you empty words.”
Ye Chen nodded, smiling, “Uncle Gu, just don’t be formal with me.”
Gu Qiuyi chimed in, “We’re all family, what’s there to be formal about!”
Gu Yanzhong suddenly asked Ye Chen with some concern, “Chen’er, if Uncle Ye asks me about this tonight, what should I tell him?”
He knew Ye Zhongquan had always coveted a Rejuvenation Pill.
Yet even as Ye Chen’s grandfather, Ye Chen had never given him a full one.
Ye Chen might still harbor some resentment toward the old man, though it had lessened over the past two years, it hadn’t fully faded.
Ye Chen didn’t hide it, smiling, “Uncle Gu, when you see him, you won’t even need to say anything, he’ll figure it out himself.”
He added, “My grandfather isn’t a bad person, just hasn’t shown me much kindness over the years, some of his past actions weren’t quite up to par, but I’m not ignoring him either, I just don’t want to raise his expectations too high, rest assured, Uncle Gu, I’ve got my own plans.”
