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.
Angie 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 Stephanie 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.
Lord Orrin 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 Angie’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.”
Lord Orrin, equally moved, said, “You too, dear, you don’t look like Nannan’s mom, more like her sister.”
Angie touched her smooth, taut face, amazed, “Have I changed that much? If we run into old friends, how do we explain this?”
Lord Orrin chuckled, “Just say we tried a new medical beauty product, still in the confidential phase, not yet on the market.”
Angie couldn’t help asking, “Will they believe it? What if they ask us for a sample or to connect them with someone?”
Lord Orrin 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.”
Angie felt a weight lift, smiling, “You always see things more clearly.”
Lord Orrin then turned to Charlie wade, sighing with emotion, “Charlie, great kindness needs no thanks, Uncle Orrin won’t give you empty words.”
Charlie wade nodded, smiling, “Uncle Orrin, just don’t be formal with me.”
Stephanie chimed in, “We’re all family, what’s there to be formal about!”
Lord Orrin suddenly asked Charlie wade with some concern, “Charlie, if Uncle Wade asks me about this tonight, what should I tell him?”
He knew Lord wade had always coveted a Rejuvenation Pill.
Yet even as Charlie wade’s grandfather, Charlie wade had never given him a full one.
Charlie wade might still harbor some resentment toward the old man, though it had lessened over the past two years, it hadn’t fully faded.
Charlie wade didn’t hide it, smiling, “Uncle Orrin, 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 Orrin, I’ve got my own plans.”
