Chapter 52: Chapter 47: Which Hand Did You Just Smash It With

At this moment, Yu Lan was completely stunned.

She stood rooted to the spot, her hand hovering in mid-air, still poised to catch something. A flicker of confusion crossed her beautiful amber eyes.

’She’d only agreed to help deliver something to Shen Zueran. How could it have turned into this?’

’The potion should have landed safely in my palm. How could I have been so careless and dropped it?’

Unbeknownst to her, Yu Lan still had no idea just how precious the Human-shaped Recovery Potion was.

But seeing the fury in Li Yufei’s eyes, she instinctively tried to placate her and was the first to apologize.

"I’m sorry."

"It was my fault. I didn’t hold it steady."

’It must have been me who didn’t hold it properly, right?’ A flicker of doubt crossed Yu Lan’s eyes. Seeing Li Yufei’s pained expression as she stared at the shattered potion on the floor, Yu Lan quickly took a breath, ready to accept full responsibility.

"Is this potion needed urgently?"

"Don’t worry. I’ll replace it with an identical one."

Yu Lan’s reasoning was simple. ’Although this is the Science Research Institute’s latest creation, the formula and material ratios must be on record.’

’All I have to do is follow the formula and brew a new one.’

’As for the cost of the materials, I’ll just have to get an IOU from Shen Zueran and pay him back over time.’

Of course, this was all based on the fact that Yu Lan was unaware that the Li Family had invested a hundred billion into this Human-shaped Recovery Potion, and had even used the only existing sample of a rare interstellar medicinal ingredient to create it. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Unexpectedly, the sight of Yu Lan’s sincere apology only enraged Li Yufei further.

"Replace it with an identical one?"

"A mere researcher... such big talk. What could you possibly use to compensate me?"

Before Yu Lan could speak again, Louisa’s voice rang out from behind her.

"Miss Li, please forgive her."

"This is Yu Lan, the Advanced Researcher who recently developed the ’Hope’ Potion."

"This was truly just an accident. Yu Lan doesn’t understand how valuable the Human-shaped Recovery Potion is, which is why..."

Louisa seemed to be apologizing.

But in reality, she was fanning the flames.

Li Yufei was practically fuming.

Looking up at Yu Lan’s beautiful, gentle face, she grit her teeth.

"So, you’re the one who developed the ’Hope’ Potion."

Li Yufei’s eyes were cold.

She had imagined the developer of the ’Hope’ Potion to be a gentle, kind, and driven female; otherwise, accomplishing such a magnificent feat would have been impossible.

She had even considered trying to befriend Yu Lan.

But now, seeing Yu Lan’s actions, she was filled with nothing but disappointment.

’If Yu Lan thinks that developing the ’Hope’ Potion gives her the right to act superior, she is sorely mistaken.’

’And if she thinks she can approach the Li Family with that kind of attitude, I’ll make her regret it so profoundly she’ll wish she’d never been born.’

"If you dare to do something like this, you must be prepared to face the consequences."

"Men, take her away."

Li Yufei’s eyes were icy as she gave a sharp, commanding wave of her hand.

The fully-armed bodyguards accompanying her instantly transformed into their beast forms and charged straight for Yu Lan.

A delicate, slender female was no match for the powerful, brawny males; she was instantly seized by the waist and lifted off her feet.

By the time Shen Zueran rushed to the scene after receiving the news, he could only catch a faint glimpse of a Starship ascending into the sky.

"What in the world happened here?"

Shen Zueran’s voice was laced with a chilling ferocity as he unleashed his 3S-level pressure without restraint.

It was the first time the Scientific Research Institute Director, a man who was always cold and aloof in public, had ever lost his composure.

Panic flared in the male researcher’s heart.

Everything that had just transpired shattered his naive assumptions.

The potion he’d mistaken for a common Flowing Gold Potion was actually the Human-shaped Recovery Potion, developed exclusively for the Li Family.

The only one of its kind in the entire interstellar.

Smashed to pieces on the spot.

Right in front of a member of the Li Family.

’It was his fault. He was the one who had doomed Yu Lan.’

The male researcher trembled from head to toe.

Under Shen Zueran’s terrifying gaze, an inexplicable shiver ran through him. He spoke, his voice trembling:

"J-just now... Yu Lan accidentally broke the Human-shaped Recovery Potion that was developed for the Li Family."

"And the young miss of the Li Family happened to see it."

"So..."

And that was why she had been taken away.

"A Human-shaped Recovery Potion worth a hundred billion... smashed just like that?"

Shen Zueran’s lips curled into a sneer. "Where was the protective casing?"

"You just carried the potion in your bare hands? Are you an idiot?"

His words were cold and mercilessly sharp.

The privileged, high-ranking male glared down at him, his gaze like a knife, slowly raking across the researcher’s face.