Dandan had been too afraid to check the product reviews on the Star Network these days. Instead, he stayed outside A-Wu’s door every day, waiting for her to come out.
Before A-Wu went into seclusion to study, she had told Dandan not to disturb her unless necessary. To Dandan, this meant he was not allowed to knock on his master’s door on his own.
So he obediently stayed outside her door, while the frenzy for Enchanting Fragrance on the Star Network continued to grow.
In just two weeks, Enchanting Fragrance had become wildly popular and completely sold out. At first, because there were only a small number of pills, its popularity was limited to a small circle.
But after A-Wu went into seclusion to study and the pills remained out of stock, the influence of Enchanting Fragrance gradually spread further and further.
It all started with a college student who had taken Enchanting Fragrance and successfully won the girl of his dreams.
Because the Pill Shop never restocked, he went to the Star Network forum and made a post complaining about it.
He had simply gotten into the habit of making a post whenever something happened. He never expected his post to suddenly become extremely popular.
Almost everyone who had tried Enchanting Fragrance left comments complaining about the shop being out of stock and refusing to restock.
The post quickly attracted a huge amount of attention.
Once the spectators confirmed the effects of Enchanting Fragrance, the Star Network forum exploded!
As the story spread from person to person, the effects of the medicine became more and more exaggerated, almost mythical.
But everyone who had actually tried it had the same message:
Restock it quickly!
They wanted to buy more!
Unfortunately, the owner of the Pill Shop, A-Wu, never appeared.
Dandan had no way to deal with the situation either.
Soon, some skilled programmers on the Star Network even started threatening to track down the identity of the shop owner.
The commotion became so big that even the Star Network’s central intelligence noticed it.
The Star Network’s central intelligence was a special form of intelligent life. Its core principles were fairness and justice. It served only Federation law.
Even if the Federation President personally demanded someone’s information, it would never reveal any legally protected private information.
After confirming that all of A-Wu’s information and activities were completely legal, the central intelligence protected her account with several layers of security in accordance with citizen privacy laws.
Then, after A-Wu actually came under attack from a Star Network program, it not only reported the incident to the authorities for her but also added several more layers of protection.
Without A-Wu knowing anything about it, both the Star Network’s central intelligence and the Federation government had already protected her.
After the programmer was punished, everyone finally calmed down.
Every day, the forum was filled with nothing but requests for Enchanting Fragrance.
As for Tao She, who had been the first person to buy the medicine, he was not the first to benefit from the craze.
In fact, he knew absolutely nothing about it.
His army commander, Qi Yuzhan, had dragged him back for intensive closed-door training.
He had never imagined that the girl he had sworn to marry had already become a Star Network celebrity.
The second customer, Luna, on the other hand, had recently been getting everything she wanted and was enjoying herself immensely.
After receiving the pills, she dressed up carefully, took one, and went to a business gathering.
Luna’s family was a second-rate business family on Capital Planet.
She had grown up wealthy, was beautiful, and was also a B-grade ability user.
Because of these advantages, there were so many people pursuing her that they could probably line up for several streets outside her home.
Yet there was one person she had always cared about.
He was practically her childhood sweetheart—the eldest grandson of the Wang family, one of the most powerful business families on Capital Planet: Wang Chidong.
When they were young, they had been innocent and close. They had even talked about getting married when they grew up.
But at some point, they gradually drifted apart.
Luna still had some feelings for Wang Chidong, but they were not strong enough for her to do anything about them.
This time, while she was back on Capital Planet for vacation, Luna heard that the Wang family was preparing a marriage alliance.
The intended bride was obvious.
Luna had originally planned to do nothing.
But then Enchanting Fragrance suddenly appeared.
She felt that perhaps this was fate giving her a chance.
So she decided to give herself one last opportunity and went to the gathering.
At the party, Luna was like a blooming moonflower, attracting half of the young and talented men present.
They surrounded her, all hoping to win the favor of their goddess.
Luna drank glass after glass of wine.
Her cheeks became slightly flushed, and her eyes grew hazy with drunkenness, making her even more beautiful.
But among all the people surrounding her, the one she wanted to see was still nowhere to be found.
After taking Enchanting Fragrance, Luna felt as though her emotions had become much stronger.
For example, she was feeling a little sad and wronged right now.
These were emotions that she, the woman usually known as the Iron-Blooded Rose, had almost never experienced before.
After drinking another glass of wine, one of the plant-type humans standing nearby noticed that the moonlight goddess in front of him was sad.
He could not help stepping forward to comfort her.
Luna glanced at the plant-type man.
His pheromones were fresh and light, and she did not dislike them, so she remained seated and did not move away.
Just as he was about to place a hand on Luna’s shoulder, another arm suddenly reached over from the side and wrapped around her shoulder.
The hand resting on her shoulder was slender and pale, with long fingers and clearly defined joints, yet it was surprisingly strong.
Luna looked up.
She froze.
She never expected the person she had been thinking about all night to suddenly appear right in front of her.
Wang Chidong glanced at his slightly drunk childhood sweetheart and politely said to the people around them, “Sorry. She’s had a little too much to drink. I’ll take her away first.”
The plant-type man sensed that Wang Chidong’s pheromones were rather strange.
He reached out to stop him.
“Excuse me, but may I ask what your relationship is with this lady?”
Wang Chidong’s cold gaze darkened for a moment.
After a pause, he calmly replied,
“I’m her fiancé.”
With that, he took Luna and left.
The people around them had not expected such a beautiful woman to already have a fiancé.
They were disappointed, but seeing Luna obediently follow Wang Chidong away, they could only disperse.
Wang Chidong brought Luna into a lounge and casually locked the door behind them.
He looked at Luna sitting somewhat dazedly on the sofa.
For some reason, his childhood sweetheart seemed even more attractive than usual, and she was affecting his emotions much more strongly.
He had thought that as long as he stayed away from her, he would return to normal and become the calm and intelligent heir of the Wang family again.
He had never expected that seeing her surrounded by other men would make the anger inside him nearly burn away all of his reason.
Just like now.
He knew perfectly well that she was drunk, yet he still shamelessly wanted to seduce her.
Wang Chidong knelt on one knee in front of Luna.
He loosened his tightly tied tie and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his clearly defined eight-pack abs.
Supporting himself with one hand beside Luna’s ear, he gently lifted her chin with the other.
“If you want to get married, I can be the one, too. What do you think?”
Half-awake and half-drunk, Luna wrapped her arms around his shoulders.
She tilted her head back, exposing her delicate neck and allowing him to do as he pleased.
As their lips met, Luna had a brief moment of clarity.
Even then, she somehow found time to think:
Tomorrow, I’m going back to the Star Network to buy more!
There were many other people who had taken Enchanting Fragrance and ended up in situations similar to Luna’s.
A-Wu, however, had no idea that she had already brought several couples together.
As soon as she came out of seclusion, Dandan immediately reported the situation at the Pill Shop to her.
A-Wu had known that the pills would sell well.
After all, the effects spoke for themselves.
But she genuinely had not expected them to become this popular.
She nodded in satisfaction.
She was more than happy with the situation.
In the future, she would not need to advertise any new medicines!
She could save money!
A-Wu still had no idea how to use the forum, so she ignored all the posts about her on the Star Network.
Instead, she logged into the Pill Shop and posted an announcement under the shop owner’s account.
Alchemist: Thank you everyone for your love and support for our Pill Shop~ Enchanting Fragrance is currently sold out, and we have no stock available at the moment. Also, we will be releasing new products in the future, so please look forward to them~~
After posting the announcement, A-Wu went back to cultivating.
She had no idea how the people camping in her shop waiting to buy medicine felt.
If you have the ability to post an announcement, at least tell us when you’ll restock!
And if you’re releasing a new product, at least tell us when!
Everyone was in tears.
Most of them angrily logged off, leaving only a small number of scalpers behind to continue waiting for the chance to buy the pills and resell them.
A-Wu did not care what everyone on the Star Network thought or how much they complained.
As long as it did not affect her ability to sell medicine, she was fine with it!
In fact, she was more than happy to let them advertise her products for free.
She checked the Star Network and found that if she wanted to take the pharmacist certification exam, she would have to go to Capital Planet.
Her current home, Azure Star, was a B-grade habitable planet under the jurisdiction of the Capital Planet Medical Bureau.
She then searched the Star Network for spaceship ticket prices and travel guides for Capital Planet.
After calculating the credits in her account, A-Wu found that although she could not resist buying a huge pile of energy stones to cultivate with, she still had enough credits left for a round trip.
So she happily registered for the exam.
After that, A-Wu seriously followed the travel guides on the Star Network and began preparing for her trip.
This would be the first time in all her lives that she had ever traveled through space!
Just thinking about it made her excited~
Meanwhile, the people on the Star Network who were eagerly waiting for the next product had no idea that the release they were looking forward to every day had suddenly become a distant dream because the owner of the Pill Shop was preparing for an interstellar journey~
After packing her luggage, A-Wu planned to return to her room and make every second count by cultivating.
Then she saw Dandan cleaning nearby and suddenly remembered that she needed to tell him she would be leaving soon.
“Dandan, I’m going to Capital Planet next month. You’ll have to stay home alone and take good care of the house, okay~?”
Dandan’s blue screen flickered.
Ever since he had been activated, he had always stayed by his master’s side.
He had never even left this planet.
He really wanted to go with his master…
But he couldn’t.
Dandan knew that his master did not have many credits left.
He could not make things difficult for her.
“Master, don’t worry and go. Dandan will take good care of the house. I’ll clean everything spotless every day and wait for you to come home!”
A-Wu’s powerful soul allowed her to notice the few seconds of hesitation in Dandan’s response.
Her instincts told her that Dandan wanted to go with her.
During this period, A-Wu had completely come to regard Dandan as a real person.
Mechanical life was no different from humans except for its physical form.
If there was any difference, A-Wu felt that mechanical life was actually more pure.
Whether it was toward people or toward things, their feelings seemed more straightforward.
A-Wu thought for a moment but still decided not to bring Dandan this time.
First, she really did not have enough credits.
Second, she was not going there for fun.
She planned to finish the exam as quickly as possible and return home early.
She could take Dandan with her next time!
By then, she would buy him that beautiful artificial body.
Surely he would be even happier to have his new body when they went out to play together!
Still, she had to comfort him first.
That pitiful little look in his blue screen was almost about to jump right out at her!
“Dandan, I’ll bring you a present when I come home! Is there anything you want?”
When Dandan heard that his master was going to bring him a present, his blue screen flashed wildly with emotion.
Even his chip seemed to be heating up.
He happily said, “Master! Dandan doesn’t want a present! I heard there’s a fruit called Snow Crystal Pear on Capital Planet. It’s very good for your health. Master, please buy some for yourself!”
A-Wu suddenly felt a tight ache in her heart.
She crouched down and gently touched Dandan’s round head.
Her beautiful, expressive eyes were as gentle as water as she looked directly at his glowing screen.
“Dandan, my body is already healthy now. You don’t have to worry about me anymore.”
Dandan’s two mechanical hands moved helplessly.
“Master’s body is healthy? Master is a healthy baby now?!”
A-Wu’s face twitched slightly when she heard the word baby.
But then she remembered that Dandan had been taking care of the original Lin Wu ever since she was born.
In a way, he really was like half a mother to her.
So she said nothing and simply nodded.
Dandan, however, became so excited that he rolled all around the house.
Every so often, he would come back and urge A-Wu to go to the hospital for a full-body examination.
Of course, A-Wu had no intention of going!
People in the Interstellar Federation had medical records from birth.
If she went to the hospital, how was she supposed to explain suddenly changing from a sickly person into someone full of energy?
Should she say that she had suddenly awakened an ability?
…
Wait.
That actually might work~
A-Wu decided that she could get her abilities tested again later.
Wouldn’t that give her a perfectly reasonable explanation?
But for now, A-Wu did not want to waste money on a hospital visit.
With that money, she would rather buy energy stones!
No matter how advanced the medical equipment was, could it really be more reliable than her own spiritual sense examining her body from within?