"What about medicinal cuisine? I heard you need to pre-order it here... With my speed, I'd probably have to rally all the staff around me to even have a chance."
Meng Huai told her, "You don't have to worry about that. I'll prepare a menu for Master Bao according to three meals a day. We can arrange for someone to pick it up, or I can contact a delivery person to send it to your film crew. After all, with your status, Sister Taoran, coming here every day wouldn't be convenient."
Otherwise, her fans might wear down the doorstep of her shop!
"That would be wonderful, thank you!"
Bai Taoran hadn't expected Meng Huai to be so considerate and thoughtful.
"Then what is this medicinal bath? How should I do it?"
Meng Huai explained to her, "As for the medicinal bath, you'll have to wait a couple of days. Once I've prepared the medicinal agent, you can just add it to your bathwater. It's very convenient!"
"Thank you so much!" Bai Taoran thanked Meng Huai again, her expression filled with excitement.
"You don't need to be so polite, Sister Taoran. Next time you come, you can bring Brother-in-law along. I can check his pulse too."
"Okay, okay."
As Bai Taoran was leaving, she settled the payment for a full course of medicinal cuisine and the medicinal agent for the bath. Afterward, she transferred an additional one hundred million.
When Meng Huai saw it, she said, "Sister Taoran, you've transferred too much!"
Bai Taoran waved her hand and said, "Consider the extra as a consultation fee! I'm leaving now, bye-bye!"
Without waiting for Meng Huai's reply, she left, demonstrating a clear understanding of social etiquette. Having navigated the industry for so many years, if she needed someone to teach her such matters, she wouldn't have reached her current position.
Meng Huai watched Bai Taoran depart and shook her head helplessly.
At this moment, Xie You saw that the person had finally left. He slowly ambled towards the front desk.
He was contemplating how to talk to Meng Huai about this matter. Should he bring up money directly?
However, before he could figure out what to say, Meng Huai noticed his unusual behavior.
"Xiao You? What's wrong? Is something up?"
All the carefully planned words vanished from Xie You's mind, and he blurted out, "Um... the Pochen Soup at noon was quite delicious."
...
What are you doing?! As soon as Xie You said that, a voice in his head began to scold him!
Meng Huai looked visibly stunned, then she smiled and said, "If you like it, I can make it for your employee meal again tomorrow."
Xie You cleared his throat a couple of times and finally stated his purpose clearly, "It's like this, after drinking the Pochen Soup, I felt that my damaged senses had recovered a bit. I wanted to ask if you have anything that works better than this Pochen Soup."
Xie You added, "After all, my sensory damage is quite severe. Cough, cough, I can pay for it."
Meng Huai thought to herself, your family has fallen on hard times, and you're even working in my small shop. Do you even have money to buy it?
Meng Huai asked, "You? Sensory damage?"
No wonder. Every day he only took a few bites of each dish, never focusing on one particular dish. She knew it was etiquette. But how many people could resist the allure of delicious food!
She had noticed it during lunch today. Xiao You had two bowls of Pochen Soup, which was a first for him.
It turned out the effectiveness of the Pochen Soup had made him break his usual routine.
Meng Huai took out a vial and tossed it to Xie You, saying, "Drink this vial and see how it works. The Pochen Soup had a diluted version of the medicinal agent in it. Since the Pochen Soup was effective for you, this medicinal agent should work even better."
Xie You looked at the vial, which seemed capable of treating his sensory damage, and was casually tossed to him. This shop owner was truly extraordinary!
He said, "How much is it? I'll transfer it to you."
Meng Huai looked at Xie You as if he were a fallen nobleman trying to hide his destitution, putting on a brave front.
"It's nothing valuable. I'll deduct it from your wages later!"
Then, fearing he wouldn't accept her 'kindness,' Meng Huai left directly.
Xie You looked at the vial in his hand and thought, how many shifts would he have to work to pay off this vial? It would have been much better if I could just pay for it!
Thus, Xie You, who had intended to buy the vial and leave, couldn't bring himself to say 'I quit' out of embarrassment!
After work, Xie You tightly clutched the vial and returned to his room. After locking the door, he pulled off the cap and poured the entire vial into his mouth.
He harbored no doubt about the vial's effectiveness or whether it would cause any problems.
Repairing damaged senses was not an easy task, and the process was incredibly painful.
Xie You curled up on his bed as the medicinal agent began to work, like a needle weaving together fragmented senses.
If he had undergone the gradual conditioning with the aura from the medicinal cuisine restaurant or used the diluted Pochen Soup, the process would have been slow but naturally painless.
As Xie You struggled, his communicator lit up. He was too weak to check it, so he missed Meng Huai's late reminder.
Meng Huai: I forgot to mention, if the sensory damage is severe, it's better to consume the medicinal agent in several doses.
Meng Huai hadn't expected Xie You's sensory damage to be so severe, and she didn't consider it a problem. However, when she remembered, she sent a reminder, but unfortunately, it was too late.
But even if she had reminded him earlier, Xie You probably wouldn't have been able to wait for gradual recovery.
If there was a way, he would want to resolve it as soon as possible! How could he possibly hold onto the vial and drink it in several sips?
Xie You had already fainted from the pain. Because there was no movement, the servants dared not disturb him. Even when his father, Emperor Xie Yelin, returned and casually asked about Xie You, someone replied, "His Highness the Crown Prince must be too tired and has gone to rest."
These words sounded like a provocation to Xie Yelin, and he roared, "What is there to be tired about this kid! He's not busy."
Xie Yelin thought to himself, *I'm* the one who's been busy lately!
However, Xie Yelin then recalled that this kid had been going out early and returning late recently, and he wondered what he was up to.
"If he's resting, don't disturb him. Keep your voices down."
Thus, due to Xie Yelin's good intentions, Xie You lay unconscious in his room, unheeded...
It wasn't until the next morning that he woke up, saw the empty vial, and remembered that he had fainted from pain yesterday.
Then, he attempted to mobilize his mental senses.