“What’s going on? Are advertisements getting this brazen nowadays? I’ll just say the photoshopping is pretty good!”
“Quietly adding, I saw him a couple of days ago. I can confirm he’s not lying—the scars on his face really are gone!”
“Really? If that’s true, then this beauty cream must be some kind of miracle drug!”
“I think what he said makes sense. It’s worth trying out if you’re curious—you never know. But I just checked, and it seems this Yihao Yuan research institute was only recently established. Their products aren’t even on the market yet!”
“So the product isn’t even on the market, and they’re already rushing to advertise? Just trying to cash in on hype, huh? That’s really something.”
…
Opinions in the group about this news were mixed—some believed it, others didn’t.
However, the kind-hearted group member who shared this information stopped speaking in the group after posting the message. Too many people had privately messaged him, wanting to learn more about the beauty cream, and he simply couldn’t reply to everyone.
The messages he posted in the group were also shared by someone onto a public platform. It was at this time that Mylon came across the post. Although they were all Volunteers, they couldn’t see each other’s daily comparison photos.
So, he had no idea how the others were doing. But after using the cream for a week, the color of the burn marks on his face had noticeably lightened. At first, he thought it might just be a placebo effect, but as he recorded and observed day by day, he quickly noticed the difference.
It really wasn’t just his imagination—the cream was genuinely effective. Even his family had noticed that the scars on his face had faded significantly.
Now, stumbling upon this post and seeing how the other person had fully recovered after using the beauty cream, his hope for his own situation grew even stronger. It felt as though he had suddenly regained his confidence.
Although the post had been shared on a public platform, it didn’t cause much of a stir. After all, there were plenty of similar posts, and most people assumed they were just advertisements upon seeing them.
Only the Volunteers who were actually using the beauty cream knew the true value of Yihao Yuan’s product.
Lu Xia was still unaware of the situation on the Light Network. However, as time passed, more and more feedback from the Volunteers came in, bringing the official launch of the beauty cream closer and closer.
Finally, the weekend arrived—the day she had agreed with Grace to visit Duke Leslie.
Early in the morning, Lu Xia changed her clothes and came downstairs. The old butler had already prepared the gifts for visiting Duke Leslie in advance.
The items had been handed over to Grace.
Seeing this, Lu Xia asked, “Is there anything else we need?”
Grace replied softly, “This is more than enough. I should have been the one to prepare these.”
For him, Lu Xia’s willingness to visit Duke Leslie was already an immense honor. Yet, she had even instructed the old butler to prepare gifts ahead of time.
“It’s only proper to bring gifts for a first visit,” Lu Xia said without further explanation. After telling the old butler not to prepare lunch for the day, she left the house with Grace.
On the way, Grace took the initiative to share details about his family. As the youngest in the family, he had two older Female sisters and one older male brother.
And he was the only ‘defective product’ among his siblings.
Therefore, at home, he had never been highly regarded. Even though Grace had achieved his current status through his own efforts, for everyone in the Empire, no amount of outstanding accomplishment could compare to the glory of being a Gene Fusionist.
Having roughly understood Grace’s family situation, Lu Xia nodded: “Since you don’t live at home now, you don’t need to take Duke Leslie’s attitude to heart.”
Grace’s heart skipped a beat—this was actually a word of comfort!
Although Lu Xia used the calmest and most natural tone, it was genuine concern.
This made Grace’s ears flush involuntarily: “I understand.”
Lu Xia didn’t notice the impact her words had on the man beside her; she had only spoken casually after hearing his account.
Soon, they arrived at Duke Leslie’s Residence. The other party had instructed the butler to greet them at the entrance in advance. Seeing them enter together, the butler respectfully took the visiting gift from Grace’s hands and smiled as he exchanged pleasantries with Lu Xia: “After receiving word from Master Grace that you would be visiting, the head of the family took it very seriously and ordered me to wait here early on!”
After all, Grace had gone to serve as a Husband-Attendant to Duke Lu Xia. Everyone in the Empire knew that Husband-Attendants were nothing more than low-status playthings.
If Lu Xia was pleased, she could dispose of them as she wished without even notifying Duke Leslie.
That was why Duke Leslie had been shocked and incredulous upon learning that Lu Xia would accompany Grace home to visit her.
For the first time, she truly took Grace seriously—the one she had always considered her greatest failure.
This seemingly useless youngest son did not appear to be as worthless as she had imagined.
She didn’t know what method he had used to persuade Duke Lu Xia to return with him for a visit.
But regardless of what he had done, being able to bring Duke Lu Xia back was his own ability.
Duke Lu Xia visiting with Grace, her Husband-Attendant, undoubtedly showed great regard for their Leslie family.
How could she not be happy or take today’s meeting seriously?
Before long, she saw Grace and Duke Lu Xia entering together, accompanied by the butler. Noticing the gifts in the butler’s hands, Duke Leslie’s mood improved even further.
Excellent—not only had they come, but they had also brought gifts.
Duke Leslie stood up with a smile and said, “Duke Lu Xia, you look even better than you did that day. I hope Grace hasn’t been neglecting his duties?”
“Not at all, Grace has been excellent.” Lu Xia took a seat beside Duke Leslie. “I thought it had been a while, and it was time to bring Grace back to visit you. I should have come earlier, but I’ve been busy with some matters recently. I hope Duke Leslie won’t take offense.”
“Of course not. I’m overjoyed that you could come here. Given the relationship between our two families now, we should indeed visit each other more often.”
“That’s what I thought as well.” As Lu Xia spoke, she noticed Grace standing to the side and couldn’t help but say, “You should sit down too.”
Upon hearing this, Grace’s expression remained natural. He merely glanced at Lu Xia before taking a seat as instructed.
Duke Leslie took all of this in, a flicker of surprise appearing in her eyes. It seemed Duke Lu Xia truly valued her family’s young male!
This made her even happier.
Lu Xia quietly observed Duke Leslie’s expression and was also satisfied with what she saw.
Since Duke Leslie is in a good mood, he should be quite willing to do something for her, right? ^_^