Chapter 25 Do You Want It or Not If Not, I'll Drink It Myself
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 25
Chapter Title: Do You Want It or Not? If Not, I'll Drink It Myself
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The porcelain bottle naturally contained the Water of Life.
However, it was from the 500ml Water of Life Vivi had traded to him after being diluted again by Yue Ling.
This bottle was 100ml. Drinking about two-thirds of it would be enough to completely cure Shen Yingying's illness and extend her life to 150 years.
For the initial version of the Water of Life he had obtained, achieving the same effect only required about 5ml.
As for the remaining one-third in the bottle, Su Yi treated it as a reward for the Shen family's utmost efforts in helping him.
If Su Yi had said that this was an ancestral medicine that could cure leukemia…
Shen Mingshu would have chosen to let him use it on his daughter without a second thought.
After all, he had seen Su Yi's abilities with his own eyes. In half an hour, he was able to make a terminal leukemia patient who was beyond saving recover to the early-to-mid stage.
This was enough to prove that he indeed had a knack for dealing with this disease.
But the moment Su Yi opened his mouth, it was all about it being guaranteed to cure all diseases, prolonging life, and the like... It sounded a bit too much like a quack doctor. This instead made him somewhat skeptical. For a moment, he hesitated, not knowing whether he should let Su Yi administer the medicine.
And his younger sister, Shen Mingyue, upon hearing this, was even more blunt.
"Hospitals even have various departments. What kind of medicine can guarantee to cure all diseases, and even prolong life?"
This highly charming beauty frowned, her eyes full of distrust.
She was just short of writing the words "you quack doctor" on her forehead.
"That's why I said that you have to believe me. If you don't believe me, then it definitely can't be cured."
Su Yi shrugged his shoulders, paying no mind to their suspicions.
Of course, using the Water of Life wasn’t his only method to save the little girl.
Simply having Yue Ling cast a slightly more advanced healing spell again would be the easiest way to do it. Even if outsiders were watching from the side, they wouldn't be able to figure out how she did it. They would only inexplicably find that the little girl's illness had been cured.
But if he did that, how could he sell his Water of Life to outsiders?
How could he quickly make money to accumulate his initial capital?
"We have professional medical laboratories under our name. If you don't mind, I hope to test it first before using it. It’ll be done very quickly."
Shen Mingshu proposed a compromise.
"There's no need for so much trouble. I know what you’re afraid of."
Su Yi shrugged his shoulders, directly pulled out the cork stopper, picked up the porcelain bottle, and poured a mouthful into his mouth.
He directly downed one-third of it, and the remaining amount was probably just enough to cure the little girl's illness.
Actually, ever since Yue Ling mentioned the effects of the Water of Life, he had already drunk some of it himself.
After drinking it, his skin had indeed improved a lot. Some minor, painless ailments on his body before, such as mild myopia and rhinitis, were all cured as well.
Other than that, he didn't really feel anything else.
To this, Yue Ling's explanation was that he was now in his twenties, precisely the age when a person's energy was most vigorous and at its peak in life. He was currently free of illness and disaster.
So it was very normal for him not to feel anything special when drinking a small amount of the Water of Life.
When drinking this dosage of the Water of Life, the physical sensation should be most obvious in the elderly and the sick.
"Here, don't worry about whether it's useful or not first, it's definitely not toxic."
Su Yi placed the porcelain bottle on the table and wiped the corner of his mouth.
"In the short term, this is all I can provide of this special medicine. If you believe it, use it. If you don't, it wouldn't be a problem if I drank it all right in front of you, right?"
"Mr. Su, have you thought it through? Even if you can’t eradicate Yingying's illness, the things I gave to you before won’t be taken back, nor will I hold you accountable for anything else."
Shen Mingshu confirmed once again.
To put it bluntly, he was reminding Su Yi that if he wasn't confident, he could say so directly, and there was no need to slap his own face until it was swollen to look fat out of fear of the Shen family's retaliation.
"Since I said it can be cured, then it can be cured. If it can't be cured, I’m right here, at your disposal."
Su Yi said confidently.
He had personally tried this thing himself, and he indeed hadn't felt anything exceptionally miraculous about it.
But the fact that his mental energy had been unusually good these past two days was enough to disprove many of his doubts.
"Good! Then I’ll trust you one more time. After this matter is completed, the five hundred million I promised you previously will remain unchanged, and I’ll add another two hundred million as remuneration for purchasing this miraculous medicine of yours!"
Shen Mingshu was also a decisive person. After speaking, he picked up the porcelain bottle and walked towards the inner room.
Behind him, Shen Mingyue's lips moved slightly, but in the end, she didn't say anything more.
She also knew about Shen Yingying's condition. Although she didn't trust Su Yi, who looked somewhat like a quack doctor, the fact that a large number of cancer cells in Shen Yingying's body had vanished into thin air a few days ago couldn't be faked.
As such, even though she still didn't believe the man inwardly, a sliver of hope couldn't help but rise in her heart.
What if?
As for the old master of the Shen family, he hadn't spoken a word from beginning to end.
Only after Shen Mingshu took that bottle of medicine inside did he say to Su Yi, seemingly unintentionally:
"Young man, can this kind of medicine truly guarantee to cure all diseases and prolong life?"
"Whether it's true or false, you'll know upon seeing it in a moment."
Su Yi answered politely.
Seeing his confident appearance, a glint of sharp light also appeared in the old man's cloudy eyes, and he said in a deep voice:
"Can you manufacture similar medicines?"
"I can, but the production volume is definitely very low. Doing this isn't profitable. I might as well just run my own business properly."
Su Yi pretended to be troubled.
"How could it not be profitable!"
The old man immediately perked up.
"How about this? If your medicine’s truly effective, I'll have Mingshu invest another billion for you to open a medical company. You don't need to give our Shen family any shares either, just guarantee the medicine supply for the four people in our family when needed. What do you think?
As for the extra medicine, it doesn't matter if the production volume’s small, we can sell it for a bit more. As long as your medicine’s effective, this old man here also has quite a few connections. If those old undying geezers know that such a good thing actually exists, there won't be a shortage of benefits for you, kid."
The old man looked at least over seventy, but his mental prowess was actually still very good. At a glance, one could tell that he maintained himself quite well normally.
But this kind of big shot clearly hadn't lived enough yet. Just now, upon hearing Su Yi say that this thing could prolong life, the old man wanted to try it.
But firstly, he didn't know if what Su Yi said was true or false.
Secondly, his granddaughter needed this medicine more right now. If there was extra medicine, of course he also hoped he could live a bit longer, but if this was the only portion, he naturally wouldn't snatch his own granddaughter's life-saving medicine.
Now, hearing Su Yi say that this thing could still be manufactured, he naturally became interested.
What difficult or not difficult? Wasn't it just a matter of money?
In his view, if Su Yi's medicine truly had this kind of effect, let alone money, even if he wanted a certain degree of power, it would absolutely not be a problem.
"Then thank you for your support, Old Master. Let's just watch and see."
Su Yi smiled and pointed at the door.
Shen Mingshu wasn’t an indecisive person. Since he had already taken the medicine inside, he probably wouldn't delay for too long.
However, this time it was a bit beyond Su Yi's expectations. They waited downstairs for over half an hour before Shen Mingshu walked down from upstairs.
He was holding a cute, delicately carved and jade-like little girl in his arms.
It was precisely Shen Yingying.
The first time he saw this girl, Su Yi only felt that she looked very pale and sickly.
After having received Yue Ling’s healing spell that night, the little girl's face visibly became much rosier, and she gained a bit of vitality in her steps.
But at that time, her condition still looked inferior to a normal child of her age.
But now…
Shen Yingying was held in Shen Mingshu's arms, her face rosy and her eyes bright.
Anyone who saw her would have to praise her as a beautiful porcelain doll. She truly looked endearing.
One couldn’t imagine at all that just a few days ago, she was still a cancer patient who had practically been handed a death sentence by the hospital.
If one were to say that complexion was too mystical a thing and they couldn’t discern something like that intuitively…
Then her head full of long, jet-black hair braided into pigtails was simply too obvious.
Due to receiving chemotherapy for a long time, Shen Yingying hadn't had a single strand of hair on her head before.
But now, looking at her jet-black, smooth, long hair that was almost longer than she was, anyone with discerning eyes could tell at a glance that it couldn't be a wig.
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T/N - Oh wow, that’s quite a deal. I was right that the Shen family will be the MC’s ticket to more opportunities. Now he’s fished Shen Senior, his medical company is now basically in the bag. And with magic actually existing in Blue Star, research might actually reproduce the Water of Life someday. If not, at least scientists should be able to derive other products and medicines from it.