Chapter 155 Who Is an Old Woman!

Shen Qingli looked somewhat surprised. "Did she actually come to find me directly?"

"Should President Shen go over now?"

"I'll go over. You all go ahead with your work."

After hanging up the phone, the woman stood up and walked toward the reception room, with Green Coriander following closely behind her like a little bodyguard.

Even though she was currently a small cat and looked like an easy target, her claws were certainly not just for show!

[Host, if she's here, we won't be able to go to the company, and I won't be able to sense anything.]

"No need. In a moment, you can sense if there is any demonic aura on her, or anything else to verify whether she has consumed the Beauty Pill."

[Got it, Host!]

Pushing open the door to the reception room, Shen Qingli saw the figure sitting inside.

Perhaps hearing the sound of the door opening, Chu Li quickly turned around with a fierce look in her eyes. Upon confirming that it was Shen Qingli, she immediately stood up and ran toward her.

"Shen Qingli, are you trying to drive me to a dead end? I haven't done anything! What right do you have to pin this on me?"

What she did was foolproof. How on earth did she find out?

Seeing the young girl charge forward to question her and deny what she had done, Shen Qingli could only feel a sense of helplessness.

She was still as naive and foolish as ever.

Brushing away the woman's hand that was gripping her neck, Shen Qingli raised an eyebrow.

"Don't you know what you've done? That surveillance video was taken right at the entrance of the bar. Didn't you check your surroundings before doing anything?"

This girl was so simple-minded that she almost wanted to personally tutor her.

Taking advantage of the gap while the two were talking, Green Coriander trotted back and forth around Chu Li's sides.

[Host, I can confirm for sure that she ate that thing. There is an intangible force inside her body—not a malicious one, but merely nourishing her physique.]

Shen Qingli understood what kind of nourishment this was.

Lowering her head to look at the oblivious young girl right in front of her, watching her bare her teeth and brandish her claws, Shen Qingli twitched the corner of her mouth.

"What should I do? I inexplicably find this little girl a bit cute."

Green Coriander raised an eyebrow. [Host, you need to watch your orientation.]

Shen Qingli glared at him, and Green Coriander instantly turned around, running over to squat on a nearby table.

"Naturally, you must bear the consequences of your own actions. However, there is one thing I'm quite curious about."

As she spoke, Shen Qingli reached out toward Chu Li and pinched her cheek.

"Did you eat something messy? Your condition is completely different from when I saw you two days ago."

"Little girl, you can't just eat random food and medicine. Be careful, the backlash will make you wish you were dead."

Chu Li's eyes widened. No matter how foolish she was, she could still catch the implication in Shen Qingli's words.

"How do you know I ate something?!"

After accidentally letting it slip, a flash of panic crossed her eyes, but she immediately defended herself: "I've been taking nutritional supplements recently, because—wait, is that any of your business, you old woman? Can an old woman like you even take these?"

An old woman...?

Green Coriander lay flat on the table, but his laughter echoed directly inside Shen Qingli's mind.

She raised an eyebrow and took a deep breath. "Little girl, watch your language, or you might bring disaster upon yourself!"

She was only twenty-four! Besides, her twenty-fourth birthday hadn't even passed yet!

With her cheek pinched by the woman's slender fingers, Chu Li glared back defiantly. Seeing the woman's expression that wasn't quite a smile, she suddenly understood.

"I mean you! You old woman, let go of me right now!"

Speaking indistinctly with her mouth pinched, Chu Li looked fully prepared to lock horns with Shen Qingli to the end.

Shen Qingli tutted and unceremoniously pinched Chu Li's cheek again. The dynamic between the two of them suddenly took on a rather bizarre twist.

"What a disobedient little girl. I have no time for you right now, scram!"

With that remark, Shen Qingli left with a dark expression.

Chu Li shouted "old woman" from behind, deliberately trying to piss Shen Qingli off!

Dong Yang, who had come to call Shen Qingli for a meeting, clearly saw the bulging veins on his boss's forehead and silently sighed in his heart.

"Throw her out."

Shen Qingli said with a cold face, and Dong Yang nodded.

Chu Li let out a hump. "Don't get cocky, Shen Qingli! Sooner or later, I'm going to defeat you, you old woman!"

After the angry roar, she turned around and left, trying to look carefree, completely forgetting the purpose of her visit.

By the time she remembered, it was already quite late, and she could only go online to clarify things herself, finally managing to distance herself from the scandal.

Returning home, Chu Li's gaze fell upon the bottle of medicine. Thinking of what Shen Qingli had said, she grew somewhat hesitant.

She wondered whether or not she should continue taking this stuff.

Yet, upon second thought, she figured, "She must just be jealous of how I look right now, which is why she said those things on purpose."

"Besides, what would an ordinary person like her know? I am going to become a top-tier superstar; my face and figure cannot afford any negligence!"

Chu Li muttered to herself and swallowed another pill, only this time, the sensation was exceptionally agonizing.

She collapsed straight to the floor, directly facing the full-length mirror by the doorway.

At that moment, the mirror reflected her face.

In the next second, Chu Li's eyes were filled with absolute terror. She didn't know if she was hallucinating, but for a split second, she saw her own face transform into that of an ugly old crone!

She screamed in fright. After snapping back to reality and looking at her youthful visage in the mirror, she finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"I must be way too tired lately, causing me to hallucinate. That was terrifying. I need to go to sleep immediately."

She got up and left. Shortly after she departed, Shen Qingli and Green Coriander materialized inside the room.

Her gaze landed on the tightly sealed bottle of pills. "It seems this is the thing. Indeed, it's not something an ordinary person could get their hands on."

[Host, there are restrictions placed upon it. You mustn't touch it directly, or whoever made this thing will sense it.]

Hearing this, Shen Qingli withdrew her hand.

"Is there a way to alter the medicine's properties, or to fish out a single pill for me to study?"

She smiled brightly as she stared at Green Coriander, making him break out in a cold sweat.

[Well, you see, um...]

"Alright, bring out whatever tools are needed. Don't make me repeat myself."

Hearing this, Green Coriander reluctantly produced a prop and dropped it into Shen Qingli's palm.

[This is a clamp that can block all detection, Host. You can just use this to take one out.]

Before he could even finish speaking, Shen Qingli had already reached out. Just as she was about to grab it, a sudden ripple stirred in the air.

[Oh no, Host, let's get out of here!]

Green Coriander instantly whisked Shen Qingli away. The very next second after they vanished, Rong Qiaoyi materialized in the room.

Frowning, she scanned her surroundings with hesitation before her gaze settled upon the bottle of pills.

"Just now, I seemed to sense an unusual aura..."

She muttered in a low voice, glanced toward the direction of the bathroom to confirm nothing was amiss, and then departed.