"That butler boy?"
Su Qiushi exclaimed in shock, "What is he doing hiding in here?!"
"Grandpa, haven't you always been curious about why this black soil swallows up the corpses of those bad people?"
Su Ruyi wiped away her tears and looked at Su Qiushi.
"It's because Xiao Yao signed an agreement with my Huichuntang..."
He provided me with everything I needed, and the price was...
He is now a slave to this space...
Like Su Yin, he was already a living soul...
Never to perish, forever...
A slave…
Su Ruyi couldn't continue: "Xiao Yao...why are you so stupid?!"
"What? Our perpetually sunny backyard, our ever-flowing water and medicine, our ever-steaming hot meals, and the fruits and vegetables that are always at their peak ripeness in this black soil—all of that…all of that steward boy sold himself into slavery?"
Su Qiushi was completely stunned. "This kid is really good to you! Ruyi, how can we get him to be released from his servitude?"
"I don't know..." Su Ruyi was in a state of utter confusion.
"Can I use merit points?" Su Qiushi asked tentatively.
“Merit…” Su Ruyi’s eyes lit up and she rushed toward the room where the merit book was kept.
Now, she can extract a small amount of merit from the merit book, but she is not yet very proficient at it.
She twirled her fingertips around the merit book, drawing out all the merits she had accumulated over the past three months from practicing medicine, taking on apprentices, and selling medicine, and then wrapped them around her fingertips.
Then, they approached the black bead.
The merit was instantly absorbed by the bead, leaving not a trace!
At the same time, Xiao Yao's voice rang out: "Ruyi, how could you be so foolish? Three months of merit points!"
"Ah Yao? Ah Yao, you finally spoke!" Su Ruyi shouted into the void.
Su Qiushi couldn't hear Xiao Yao's voice, but he could guess that the kid must have spoken: "Great, Ruyi, you guys chat, I'm going to... cough cough, I'm going to take a nap."
Su Qiushi slipped away.
Su Ruyi asked, tears streaming down her face, "A Yao... is your injury healed?"
Xiao Yao's voice remained gentle: "Ruyi, don't cry. You've always done a great job, I've seen it all."
"What's the deal with this bead?" Su Ruyi asked anxiously.
“This is the bead that accompanied you in your fourth life!” Xiao Yao said slowly. “Ruyi, this contains all the merits of your fourth life. Of course, there’s more than that… Actually, I’m not a slave, but the team that trains you here.”
"My team?!" Su Ruyi was completely clueless.
“Ruyi, every time you kicked the corpses of villains off the ridge in your past lives, I have already incorporated them into my army. They have no feelings, but they are exceptionally brave. Ordinary people would call such a group ‘ghost soldiers,’ but you said that word is too terrifying. You called your army of about a hundred people ‘Xiao Family Army’ and asked me to train them. Have you forgotten?”
"In my seven lifetimes, I have killed about a hundred villains?" Su Ruyi understood.
“Yes, it’s not that much, actually,” Xiao Yao said. “However, taking them back, back to the day before your parents were murdered, is enough to change everything!”
Xiao Yao's words brought countless memories that Su Ruyi had deliberately concealed back to life.
Yes, that chance to start over was something Su Ruyi and Xiao Yao earned by sacrificing seven lifetimes of happiness. They had to endure seven lifetimes of suffering before they could return!
"Ruyi, I can't say too much. Remember, don't feed this bead with merit anymore. Just remember our promise—you accumulate merit, and I'll wait for the day we go back together!"
...
Ten years later, Su Ruyi found a mutton-fat jade thumb ring wrapped in red cloth in the jewelry box in her boudoir.
The moment her divine sense entered, Su Yin almost instantly roared and pounced on her: "Su Ruyi, how could you be so cruel! Ten years! A whole ten years!!! And you only just came!"
"What are you shouting for?!" With just one look from Su Ruyi, Su Yin immediately fell silent.
Su Ruyi was very satisfied: "You probably already know what time it is now, right?!"
Su Yin nodded: "Ruyi, this is the golden age of China! You must seize the opportunity... Listen to me, I've thought it through, we must..."
"Do you remember this?" Su Ruyi opened her palm, revealing a cloud-like, soft and delicious merit.
Su Yin stretched out her hands, her eyes burning with desire like wildfire.
Su Ruyi placed the ball of merit in Su Yin's palm.
Su Yin swallowed the ball of merit in small sips, tears streaming down her face as she ate: "This taste... I had almost forgotten what this tasted like... I've thought about it for so, so long..."
"Compared to the eternal life you have gained, these ten years are but a fleeting moment," Su Ruyi said calmly.
Su Yin didn't respond and just focused on eating.
After he finished eating, Su Ruyi finally explained her purpose: "I need you to help me build a traditional Chinese medicine business empire."
In fact, Su Ruyi was very familiar with Su Yin's thinking in his previous life, but what she wanted to build was a pharmaceutical empire, not the real estate field that Su Yin later switched to.
"Tell me how far you've come so far? With my example from your past life, I'm sure you won't do too badly at copying my homework, right?" Su Yin asked jokingly.
Su Ruyi pondered for a moment, then began to speak eloquently: "Over the past ten years, 70% of my merits have come from my 27 secret Chinese medicine formulas, which I have integrated into a single brand—'Ruyi Pharmaceutical'..."
As Su Yin listened, she frowned.
After Su Ruyi finally finished speaking, he beat his chest and stamped his feet, saying, "You really have absolutely no talent for doing business! Ten years and all you've managed to run is a small pharmaceutical company?! Why didn't you come to me sooner?!"
Next, he took out the notebook that Su Ruyi had given him ten years ago, and pointed to the last blank page: "Do you know how much effort I put in to resist writing on this page?"
Su Ruyi looked at the notebook and saw that, except for this page, all the other pages were completely black—it was unknown how many times Su Yin had written the words!
Su Ruyi silently handed over a new notebook and pencil.
Su Yin took it, rubbed it for a while, smelled it under her nose, and then began to write.
About an hour later, a very complete business plan for a traditional Chinese medicine empire was handed to Su Ruyi.
After he finished writing, Su Ruyi held the book in front of him with both hands, and a puppy instantly appeared in her palms. It was still the same little white puppy—after the puppy died of old age last year, she asked Lan Yu's senior uncle for help to preserve its soul.
Now, Su Yin has finally received his gift.
The puppy stuck out its tongue and gently touched the back of Su Yin's hand.
Su Yin took the puppy and didn't dare to breathe.
Even after Su Ruyi left, Su Yin remained in that stiff posture, but Su Ruyi's divine sense detected that he was crying.
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