Chapter 47 (Chapter Forty)
Chapter Forty-Seven
"Look how excited you are, is the ointment working?" Zhao Zhishan's expression was so obvious; even a fool could tell how satisfied she was with the ointment.
"It's not just useful, it's incredibly useful!" Zhao Zhishan's face flushed with excitement.
"Didn't I tell you before that I have trouble going to the toilet? Sometimes I only go two or three times a week. This morning, after I got the ointment, I used it immediately. Then I thought I'd go back to sleep for a while, but guess what? I hadn't even been asleep for an hour when I woke up because I needed to go. Can you believe how easy it was for me to go to the toilet today? My legs were numb from squatting in the toilet. Can you believe how much I expelled? I won't tell you guys to disgust you. Look at my stomach, it's shrunk by a whole size."
Zhao Zhishan still finds it hard to believe. Although she eats a lot and practices dancing very diligently to maintain her figure, she has always had a small belly due to her constitution. But today, she discovered for the first time that her waist is actually hourglass-shaped, and she was amazed by her own beauty.
Zhao Zhishan couldn't resist lifting her shirt to reveal her slender waist. A woman is all about admiring herself, and this time, she was surprisingly confident, something she had never been confident about before.
Hua Fangling couldn't resist giving it a squeeze: "Hey, it really is! Zhishan's tummy used to feel so soft."
"So effective?" Yao Anhui turned to look at the ointment in the dresser. Should she give it a try?
"Really, really, this ointment is amazing! I feel like I've never pooped this much in my life, and most importantly, it doesn't cause diarrhea or stomach pain. It's just like normal bowel movements." Zhao Zhishan smiled so broadly that her eyes disappeared, and she looked at Yao Anhui as if she were a savior.
"It's good that it works. Take a few more doses back later, but don't use too many. Use them at least every other day." Yao Anhui took out the ointment from the dresser and gave her five more doses.
"Anhui, do we have to keep using this ointment after we start using it? Will it help with constipation?" Zhao Zhishan was happy for a moment, but then she started to worry again. It would be fine for her to keep using it, but it would be too much trouble for Yao Anhui. Besides, who could guarantee that Lu Yuanqing and her husband Guo would stay in the same military region? What if they were transferred in the future? Wouldn't that mean they wouldn't be able to use it anymore? Just thinking about it was worrying.
The problem that Zhao Zhishan was so worried about was a trivial matter to Yao Anhui. As someone with a cheat code, this little thing was not worth mentioning at all.
"Yes, but only if I make it myself." If the recipe is given to someone else to make, it can only help with weight loss/intestinal health and improve physical condition, which is entirely due to Yao Anhui's incantation magic.
Zhao Zhishan's eyes lit up as she looked at the ointment in her hand: "Does that mean I can go to the toilet every day from now on?"
Speaking of this, there's something really funny. They talked about this topic before when they were trying to lose weight. At that time, Zhao Zhishan said that Hua Fangling poops once a day, sometimes even twice a day, and asked them where they got so much poop, thinking that it was abnormal for them to do that.
She never expected that everyone was like this, and that she was the abnormal one. She was stunned at the time. Zhao Zhishan didn't believe it and asked other people, and then found that she really was the only exception.
Then today, after applying the ointment Yao Anhui gave her, the amount of stool she had made made her question her existence.
She did have a small belly, which felt hard to the touch and not soft at all. However, today she spent more than half an hour in the toilet, and when she came out, her legs felt like they had been beaten up. For the first time, her small belly did not protrude, but instead sank down.
There's no scale at home, otherwise she would definitely weigh herself.
"An Hui, it's so wonderful to have met you." Zhao Zhishan almost cried.
"An Hui, can I use it?" Hua Fangling asked from the side.
"What?" Before Yao Anhui could speak, Zhao Zhishan was startled: "Are you out of your mind? What kind of nonsense are you asking? Don't forget who you are now."
"Just ask, it's okay to ask, what if it works?" Knowing that her friend meant well, Hua Fangling was breathless and could barely speak.
"Uh... although they're all made of medicinal herbs, you're pregnant now, so it's best not to use the ointment for now. I'll give you a few prescriptions to regulate your body later, and I guarantee you won't gain weight or become ugly because of pregnancy." Yao Anhui had a few of these prescriptions on hand; they were imperial prescriptions, and their effects were absolutely top-notch.
"That's wonderful!" Hua Fangling exclaimed with delight. "Zhishan is right, I'm so lucky to have met you."
"Okay, stop being so sentimental, I'm not used to you doing this." Yao Anhui's words made everyone laugh.
After sitting there for a while, Hua Fangling and Zhao Zhishan left with the ointment. Zhao Zhishan was busy going back to catch up on her sleep, while Hua Fangling was busy sending the ointment to her friend. She was so annoyed that her friend didn't take it seriously and even spent a lot of money to make a phone call.
Ji Hanyu is Hua Fangling's good friend. She comes from a good family, is good-looking, and has excellent work ability. At a young age, she is already the chairperson of the Women's Federation in G City. Her only flaw is that she is obsessed with looks and has a romantic mind.
That's why she and Hua Fangling are best friends; they're both extremely picky about looks, and their first requirement for marriage is appearance. Ji Hanyu's husband is indeed very handsome, and he's also a researcher at a research institute with outstanding work abilities.
These days, the conditions for conducting scientific research are extremely difficult. There is a severe shortage of talent, and research facilities and resources are very limited. In short, there is nothing available.
In such cases, researchers have to spend even more time and energy, often leaving for months or even longer.
It can only be said that the families of researchers have it particularly tough, but they are also very admirable, as the entire family is managed by the wife.
These conditions made Ji Hanyu marry without hesitation. It can only be said that if Ji Hanyu hadn't been so obsessed with looks, she wouldn't have been able to get married.
Ji Hanyu's work ability is beyond question, but her biggest flaw is that she is obsessed with looks, not only others but also herself.
So when Ji Hanyu's body was deformed after giving birth and she couldn't recover no matter what she tried, she couldn't take it anymore. In addition, her husband's work meant he couldn't be by her side often. A girl who had just become a mother suddenly had to be both a father and a mother. Coupled with the fact that she couldn't accept it psychologically due to her body shape, she soon developed postpartum depression.
Ji Hanyu's ending in the book is tragic. Because she misunderstands that her husband is having an affair, she falls into postpartum depression and is unable to save herself. In the end, she commits suicide in front of her child.
The outcome was that the lesser victims suffered while the enemies rejoiced. Ji Hanyu's husband suffered for the rest of his life, and the child spent a lifetime trying to heal from the psychological trauma.
However, things haven't gotten to the worst yet. Ji Hanyu has just finished her postpartum confinement and is working hard to lose weight. She hasn't yet become insecure because of her body shape changes and is currently full of love for her child.
Ji Hanyu was at work at the moment: "Oh my, busy man, you finally remembered me. How long has it been since you last contacted me?"
"My bad, my bad. I've come to apologize to you. I sent you a package with a gift for my godson and some ointment for you. It's for weight loss and it works really, really, really well. You have to use it." Hua Fangling knew that things weren't at their worst yet when she heard Ji Hanyu's voice, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"How did you know I was on a diet? My dear sister, I knew you cared about me. Thanks!" Ji Hanyu said happily.
"Don't thank me yet, I have something I'd like to ask you about." After thinking for a moment, Hua Fangling decided it was better to be on the safe side.
Hua Fangling had memorized the plot she had written. The reason Ji Hanyu misunderstood her husband was because he was a very capable scientist who was involved in a very important research project. Foreign forces wanted to sabotage it and used various means. Ji Hanyu's misunderstanding was due to the spy's honey trap.
Therefore, Hua Fangling decided to take precautions.
"What do you want to know from me? You're lucky you're not calling me a love-struck fool." Hua Fangling tried to change the plot after arriving here, but she failed.
"Tell me, did I say something wrong? Marrying a man who's not home for most of the year, who wouldn't be love-struck if not you?"
"Okay, okay, I'm just love-struck, alright. Honestly, I don't know how you came up with this word..." Ji Hanyu muttered a few words. Hua Fangling is just a double standard, allowing officials to set fires while forbidding ordinary people to light lamps. She, Hua Fangling, isn't much better, is she? She still married an orphan with no family. It's like the pot calling the kettle black.
"Stop nagging me." Hua Fangling sighed. Who was to blame? If she had known her novel could become a reality, she would have definitely written a perfect society where the motherland was strong and could crush all the foreign powers.
"Ancestor, what do you want to know from me?"
"Well, you remember I mentioned before that I wanted to write a novel? It happens to be about a honey trap, and I was wondering if anything similar has happened around you. Observe around and give me some inspiration." Hua Fangling said the reason she had thought of for a long time.
"This is reality, do you really think it's a novel? Life is already so tiring, why would someone use a honey trap? There must be some benefit for them to do this, right?" Ji Hanyu's mind went blank. Where would you find a honey trap in real life?
"Novels are based on life, you know? How can a honey trap not exist? Right now, there's a huge crackdown on spies and secret agents everywhere. Maybe someone will use a honey trap, like an important leader or a scientist. Even if the person being tempted has a strong will, if the person takes a risky approach, deliberately misleads their family, or causes trouble for their family, wouldn't that have an impact?" Hua Fangling patiently persuaded.
"What else can we do?" Ji Hanyu took the bait as expected.
"Those shady rats are capable of anything. Think about it, if someone uses their good looks to seduce you and your husband misunderstands, wouldn't that affect his job? If they send a woman to your husband's side and take some photos that cause misunderstandings, wouldn't you be affected? Never underestimate the methods of those bad forces abroad. Just be careful. If you know anything about this situation, tell me."
Hua Fangling became more and more agitated as she spoke; she truly did not want Ji Hanyu to have the same ending as in the book.
"Okay, I'll be careful..."
Ji Hanyu listened attentively, which put Hua Fangling at ease for a while, and she was completely relieved about the other half of her worries half a month later.
As fate would have it, shortly after Hua Fangling finished her phone call with Ji Hanyu, the honey trap from the story actually happened. However, this time, thanks to Hua Fangling's prior precautions and the fact that she didn't suffer from postpartum depression, the honey trap naturally failed.
Not only did the honey trap fail, it also gave Ji Hanyu credit, making her position as chairwoman of the Women's Federation even more secure.
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Author's Note: In real life, I have this kind of constitution. At first, I really thought it was a problem for other people to have a bowel movement every day, but then I was told that it was abnormal for someone like me to have one two or three times a week. I was so dizzy!
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