The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man

Chapter 105: Chapter 104: The Benefits of Having a Man

”I also think Gu Zhiqing is much prettier than before. Look at that face, and that tiny waist! She’s enchanting enough to drive a man crazy.”

At the foot of the mountain, an auntie who hadn’t seen Gu Jiaojiao in a long time spoke with a look of shock.

”Aiyo, look at you all, so clueless. That dewy, alluring look of hers is a clear sign she’s being well-nourished by her man. That’s even more effective than any Ten-Complete Replenishing Soup!”

”With enough fertilizer, how could the flower not bloom beautifully?”

Another auntie waggled her eyebrows, a lewd expression on her face.

Village folk didn’t lower their voices one bit when they told dirty jokes.

As Gu Jiaojiao was walking by, she happened to overhear these wild words. It startled her so much that she stumbled and nearly fell.

Her face flushed with embarrassment.

’These aunties really will say anything.’

Thinking about how her man had tossed and turned her all night, Gu Jiaojiao felt even more flustered. Afraid they might notice something, she scurried away in a panic, her face burning red.

By the time she reached the mountain, her face was still flushed, though it was hard to tell if it was from embarrassment or the run.

She steadied her nerves and began to pick some medicinal herbs that could be used in soap. In her previous life, she had studied under an old master of traditional Chinese medicine. This old master wasn’t particularly skilled in general medicine.

But when it came to beauty and rejuvenation, no one was better than him.

His ancestors had prepared wellness treatments for the ladies of the imperial court—all of them at the level of Imperial Concubines and Empresses.

Later, the imperial court was gone, but the formulas passed down through his family still remained.

This old Chinese doctor had an eccentric personality. Gu Jiaojiao had shown up at his door every day, pestering him for half a year before he finally agreed to give her a chance.

Gu Jiaojiao was also talented; otherwise, he wouldn’t have given her a second glance.

The old doctor passed all of his beauty and rejuvenation skills on to her. She treated him like her own master, even though he never officially acknowledged it.

But Gu Jiaojiao always introduced herself to others as the old Chinese doctor’s apprentice.

Over time, it became a tacit understanding.

Their school of practice had one rule: the formulas could not be used for evil, nor could they be sold to people with ill intentions.

Gu Jiaojiao agreed to it all.

So after she obtained the formulas, she didn’t think about selling them to others for a quick profit. Instead, she improved upon the original recipes.

She replaced some of the rare medicinal ingredients with more common ones that had similar properties, turning them into a facial soap the general public could afford.

The appearance of that facial soap immediately sent waves through the skincare industry. Many people wanted to buy out her formula.

Because of this, quite a few foreign powers also set their sights on her. During that time, Gu Jiaojiao had to take bodyguards with her whenever she went out, afraid she’d be kidnapped.

Gu Jiaojiao knew they weren’t after her facial soap, but the formulas she possessed.

Those people were probably used to their thieves’ logic, snatching up anything good for themselves. But Gu Jiaojiao refused to let them have their way and burned the formulas to ashes.

The old recipes were destroyed. Those formulas had been transcribed from memory by her master, and now they were all committed to Gu Jiaojiao’s memory.

Gu Jiaojiao was not a pushover, and her family had the resources. She went on to launch both high-end and affordable skincare lines, and even deliberately entered the foreign market to provoke those people.

They seethed with a hatred so intense they could have ground their teeth to dust, but there was nothing they could do about Gu Jiaojiao.

In her past life, she had improved many formulas that she hadn’t yet launched before she transmigrated into the book.

She still felt it was a bit of a shame.

Now, in this life, Gu Jiaojiao still wanted to develop the career she had left unfinished in her previous one.

Gu Jiaojiao spent the entire morning searching for medicinal herbs.

She was so absorbed in her search that, before she knew it, she had wandered deep into the mountain forest. Gu Jiaojiao looked around at the nearly identical surroundings and realized she was well and truly lost.

’I’m just so brilliant, aren’t I!’

Well, there was nothing to be done. It was a one-in-four choice.

Gu Jiaojiao picked a direction that looked right to her and started walking. When her view suddenly opened up to reveal a steep cliff face ahead, she fell silent.

She really couldn’t find her way home.

After a busy half-day, Gu Jiaojiao was thirsty and tired. She found a rock to sit on and rest, taking the opportunity to study the terrain.

Her stomach let out a RUMBLE. Gu Jiaojiao glanced at her watch: two in the afternoon.

She wasn’t surprised at the time at all. She used to be like this often.

Whenever she got serious about something, she would often forget the time.

Back when she was developing skincare products, she would get so into it that she could pull an all-nighter without even noticing. She’d be completely immersed in her experiments, monitoring them closely, and by the time she snapped out of it, it would already be the next day.

That was fine when she was at home. But to have this habit out here in the deep, old forest was practically asking for death.

She missed her man a little.

After resting for a while and giving herself a pep talk, Gu Jiaojiao prepared to continue her search for a way down the mountain.

Just as she stood up, a flash of a familiar color on the cliff face caught her eye. Gu Jiaojiao stared intently.

’Oh my god, Polygonum multiflorum!!!’