"Grandma isn't old; she'll grow teeth again in a while." Lin Yao's heart skipped a beat. He remembered that he could give Grandma the "Year-Reaching Pill" first, and then use Xiao Cao's "Year-Reaching Pill" to help Grandma recover after Xiao Cao finished her seclusion. He had heard reports of septuagenarians growing teeth again after eating black ants or something similar, and his pills were said to be incredibly effective. He figured it would definitely have the same effect.
"Don't talk like a child. You're so old, how can you grow teeth anymore?" Grandma said gently to Lin Yao, not taking his words seriously, but she was very happy to hear them.
“Mom, you know what, maybe he really will grow teeth.” Lin Hongmei looked up from a pile of documents. “Yao’er is quite capable now, don’t underestimate your good grandson.”
"Yao'er, you only think about your maternal grandma, have you thought about your maternal grandpa? Why didn't you buy me a gift?" Lin Yao's maternal grandfather, Lin Huanhua, was sitting at his son-in-law Luo Jimin's desk, looking at Min Hong's documents. After hearing the conversation between the grandfather and grandson, he stopped looking at the documents and asked Lin Yao for a gift.
“Of course, Grandpa,” Lin Yao answered loudly. “I have old Beijing cloth shoes, size 39, and I also brought you authentic Quanjude roast duck. I even bought extra sets of Beijing-style sweet bean sauce and flatbread. I know Grandpa likes that Beijing-style sweet bean sauce the most.”
"Your grandfather can't eat animal fat. Roast duck is too greasy and bad for his health," Grandma said immediately before Grandpa could reply.
"With Yao'er, this miracle doctor, in our family, what's there to be afraid of when we eat roast duck? We can eat braised pork belly whenever we want from now on. I've always wanted to try Sichuan-style braised pork belly, and now I finally have the chance." Grandpa Lin Huanhua smiled and rejected his wife's opinion. His daughter, Lin Hongmei, had already told him about Lin Yao's abilities. Although it sounded a bit unbelievable, he immediately believed it. Now that he had this amazing grandson, he didn't need to worry about dietary restrictions at all. He had always loved good food.
"Even if you could eat whatever you wanted, could you still chew anything except braised pork belly?" Grandma bluntly pointed out his shortcomings. She still couldn't believe that her grandson, who had always been as weak as a kitten, could have such abilities. Lin Yao had been in her arms since he was a baby, and she was just glad that he was healthy. She didn't expect Lin Yao to have any great abilities; she just wanted him to be happy.
"I'm going to ask my grandson to help me grow teeth later, so he can even eat crabs!" Lin Huanhua retorted directly, not caring that his daughter and son-in-law were laughing at him. This family had no taboos to begin with, and everything was very casual.
"Hey, Linzi, where's my gift?" Lin Su, who had been pondering how much to ask for, shouted loudly. She was resentful of being ignored, especially by the arrogant attitude her cousin Lin Yao had shown when he walked past her. He was nothing like his usual timid self, which made her feel like a failure.
Lin Yao smiled, rummaged through his backpack and pulled out a two-ounce bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor), placing it on the coffee table. "Here, this was specially bought for you."
Lin Sufeng spun around like a whirlwind, grabbed the Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor), and roared, "Little Lin! This is what you gave me?! And it's already opened! That's outrageous!"
Despite her anger, Lin Su did nothing, because she had always been careful to protect her fragile cousin since childhood, and this habit had become her instinct.
Lin Yao bought Erguotou at the airport specifically to try it out. He had always heard that this liquor was the king of liquors in the north—cheap, affordable, and delicious. After taking a sip, he lost interest but couldn't bear to throw it away, so he brought it back to Chengdu. In terms of cost, this bottle of Erguotou was worth more than just a few yuan, because it had been checked in as baggage.
"I was busy, so I only bought these things. I even had someone help me buy them." Lin Yao looked innocently at her arrogant cousin Lin Yao and pouted. "I bought you a few pearl necklaces at the airport. They are said to be top-quality pearls raised in the Ming Tombs Reservoir. You can wear them if you like, or grind them into powder and eat them if you don't. They are said to be good for your complexion."
"That's more like it." Lin Su snatched a large handful of unwrapped pearl necklaces—white, pink, and light blue. Clearly, her cousin was very generous, and most importantly, he had been thinking of her. She felt quite satisfied.
"Sister, have you found a husband yet? If you get married, the Lin family will give you a dowry of ten million." Lin Yao was overjoyed to see his cousin Lin Su's beaming face. It felt so good to see his family members living happily.
A few ordinary pearl necklaces costing a hundred or so yuan can make my cousin, who is just as frugal as I am, happy. I might as well add fuel to the fire and make her even happier, and also find out some gossip.
"Tch, do I need you to pay me?" Lin Su proudly raised her head. "Your sister has a great figure, looks, a wealthy family, is gentle and virtuous, generous and capable. Finding a rich husband will be a piece of cake for her."
Everyone burst into laughter, and Grandma kept calling her "crazy girl."
"By the way, you guys made that 'skin whitening and softening powder,' give me a lot more. I've gotten so tanned lately, I can't show my face in public." Lin Su's pride vanished in an instant, and she immediately became humble.
"Su'er, don't even think about that powder. Yao'er has some good methods. Just go to him, and you won't need to take any medicine anymore." Lin Hongmei said with a smile, remembering that her son Lin Yao had said that he could permanently change a person's skin color. She also wanted to see the wonder.
"Ah~~" Lin Su rushed over and grabbed Lin Yao's arm with great force, almost pulling him up. "Give it to me now, your sister's life depends on you."
"Sis, it's not that exaggerated." Lin Yao was speechless for a moment, thinking that women's immunity to beauty is always negative, and his free and easy cousin was no exception. "I see that you only have a few pimples, and your skin is very good. At most, you just have some pimple marks. You're not dark at all."
"Go to hell, Lin Zi!" Lin Su gritted her teeth and raised her eyebrows, pretending to be fierce. "Look at Aunt's skin, it's so tender that it looks like it could burst with water if you pinch it. That's the kind of skin I want. I'm not asking for much."
"You're asking for too much? My mom is naturally beautiful, you don't have that kind of talent." Lin Yao bluntly teased Lin Su, sitting calmly and unmoved. He liked the feeling of teasing his cousin. The family joked happily, and the atmosphere was very warm.
"Good little brother, help your sister out, she's almost going to never get married." Lin Su used her irresistible charm. She didn't realize that this was the first time she had done this in front of Lin Yao. Perhaps she was unconsciously influenced by Lin Yao's current demeanor, and no longer saw him as a pitiful little brother who needed to be protected as before.
"Alright, sit down, let's begin."
Lin Yao smiled, pulled Lin Su to sit beside him, and directly activated his attribute true energy to carefully remove the dormant pigmentation from her skin.
The dark spots faded and then disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the skin on the face became fair and smooth. This was because Lin Yao cleaned up the skin tissue cells and intercellular substances while removing the pigmentation.
Forty minutes later, Lin Yao poured out a super "life-saving pill" and handed it to Lin Su, saying, "Alright, take this pill and you'll be fine. You won't get tanned no matter how much sun you get, so you can go and seduce your future brother-in-law."
"That's it?" Lin Su was very surprised, but from the expression on the face of her relative who had been watching her closely, she knew that something miraculous had happened, and she quickly rushed to her bag to look for a mirror.
"Of course, I'm your great little brother, this little thing is no big deal." Lin Yao proudly raised his head, mimicking Lin Su's previous manner, but the expression on his face wasn't quite as convincing; the suppressed smile ruined this heroic image.
With a loud thud, the mirror in Lin Su's hand fell onto the wooden floor, but it didn't break, demonstrating the floor's resilience and the mirror's excellent quality.
"This... this won't turn black again? Really?" Still in disbelief, Lin Su stared blankly at Lin Yao, her shock beyond words.
The acne on my face disappeared as if it had never existed. The dark spots left by the acne were completely gone, and my skin became smooth, fair, and translucent, comparable to my aunt Lin Hongmei's skin.
This... this can't be a miracle, can it?
"I've already told you Yao'er is a miracle doctor now. Do you think your aunt is just kidding?" Lin Hongmei said matter-of-factly, her tone very casual, but the happiness and pride in her eyes revealed her true feelings.
Lin Su picked up the small mirror from the ground and examined her face carefully again. Then, she noticed her hands, where the skin had become just as beautiful. She rolled up her long sleeves and found that the skin on her arms was the same. Next, she bent down and rolled up her trouser legs. In front of her relatives, she showed her calves without any regard for her image, and even rolled up her trouser legs above her knees, just to see the skin on her whole body.
Neither her maternal grandparents scolded Lin Su. In their eyes, she was just a crazy girl anyway, and there were no outsiders here, so she wouldn't do anything too outrageous.
Lin Yao was smugly waiting for his cousin's praise. He was really looking forward to it, just like a student who had studied hard for ten years and finally passed the imperial examination waiting for praise from his family. He looked at Lin Su with a smile.
"Little Lin!" Lin Su's tone suddenly turned fierce. "You've seen my body?!"
"Ah~~~" Lin Yao was stunned, speechless, and the expectant expression on his face turned into an awkward one.
As a doctor, Lin Yao had just used his elemental true energy to treat his cousin Lin Su's skin, so he naturally performed the procedure on every part of her body without missing a single detail. At that time, he didn't have any improper thoughts, which was perfectly normal.
But now that Lin Su brought it up, they immediately realized that this was a very embarrassing situation.
My cousin is a girl, and she's the kind of girl who doesn't have a boyfriend.
He, however, was her cousin, a family member. Was this kind of treatment appropriate?
No wonder large hospitals have rules and regulations that require surgeons to avoid having family members involved in surgeries; it seems there's a reason for it. At this moment, Lin Yao suddenly started thinking about hospital regulations, his expression still that of a dazed and dumbfounded fool.
"Su'er, Yao'er was a doctor just now, why are you making a fuss about it?" Grandpa Lin Huanhua was a traditional Chinese medicine doctor himself. Although he didn't know how Lin Yao had done it, sitting there for half an hour and finishing Lin Su's beauty treatment, Lin Su's opinion at this moment was obviously unreasonable, so he was the first to criticize Lin Su.
Lin Hongmei was also a little embarrassed. She hadn't noticed this kind of ethical issue before. Seeing her indignant niece's outburst, she didn't know how to respond for a moment, so she simply buried her head in the documents and pretended to be working very hard.