He thought bitterly to himself, “The Gu couple must have taken Rejuvenation Pills, and judging by this, it’s not half a pill each—probably a full one apiece.”
For so long, he’d dreamed of getting a Rejuvenation Pill. Despite all his efforts to impress Ye Chen, he’d only managed to snag half a pill at the auction.
And at his age, half a pill was all he got.
Meanwhile, Gu Yanzhong and Lin Wanqiu, barely in their fifties, how did they each score a whole Rejuvenation Pill?
It wasn’t just unfair, it was unnecessary.
To him, a near-starving man, Ye Chen had only let him eat half his fill, while Gu Yanzhong and his wife, who’d never gone hungry, were stuffed to the brim by Ye Chen’s generosity.
The thought left Ye Zhongquan feeling even more sour.
But he didn’t dare show it in front of Ye Chen, so he forced a smile and greeted them, “Oh, Yanzhong, Wanqiu, you two look amazing, this isn’t middle age, you’re practically young again!”
Ye Changmin, green with envy, hurried over to Lin Wanqiu and asked with a smile, “Wanqiu, how do you and Brother Gu maintain yourselves? Share your secrets with me! I spend a fortune on upkeep every year, but compared to you, the results are nowhere close.”
Lin Wanqiu faltered, unsure how to respond.
She and her husband had agreed that if outsiders asked, they’d brush it off with some vague excuse about an unlisted new cosmetic treatment.
But the one asking was Ye Chen’s aunt, with Ye Chen right there, lying now would feel awkward.
So she glanced at Ye Chen, stammering, “Well… it’s… it might not be easy to explain in a sentence or two…”
Ye Changmin pressed eagerly, “Oh, come on, what’s the big deal? If it’s inconvenient to say, just point me to the right contact, I’ll pay whatever it takes for results like yours!”
Ye Zhongquan sighed inwardly, “Changmin, oh Changmin, you don’t know how pricey those Rejuvenation Pills are, if you did, you’d never say that, even selling the entire Ye family might only get us one.”
He shot Ye Changmin a look to stop her from digging further, then subtly traced the words “Rejuvenation Pill” on the back of her hand with his finger.
When Ye Changmin realized what he’d written, her jaw dropped.
She knew about the Rejuvenation Pill—her father had told her about it.
It was the thing the An family bid over 300 billion USD for at the auction and still couldn’t win.
Her mind reeled, how could the Gu family afford it? Even the Ye family couldn’t, yet the Gu couple both had one.
But then she glanced at Ye Chen beside her and it clicked.
The Gu family couldn’t possibly have the means to buy Rejuvenation Pills, but Ye Chen had always been good to them, these pills must’ve come from him.
That realization left Ye Changmin feeling a pang of gloom.
She was Ye Chen’s aunt, by rights, their bond should be the closest.
But she’d been too arrogant before, offending Ye Chen in Jinling, straining their relationship ever since, now it seemed she’d missed her shot at a Rejuvenation Pill.
Ye Changmin felt a wave of melancholy, if she’d known her nephew was this capable, why had she strutted around in front of him and his mother-in-law?
Ye Chen, standing aside, caught the sour looks on his grandfather and aunt’s faces, smirked faintly, and said, “Grandpa, Auntie, let’s not chat out here in the courtyard, it’s chilly, how about we head inside?”
