“Gulp, gulp, gulp…”
“Haaaah~~”
“I… I want more!”
Watching Li Ke pour life potions down her throat one bottle after another, Luwei couldn’t help but feel a little worried.
Can you really drink this stuff like that?
Won’t there be any side effects??
With every small sip Li Ke took, she would show an extremely satisfied expression, occasionally shivering all over like a kitten shaking off water.
“Are you sure you can still drink? You’ve already finished ten bottles.”
“I… can drink!”
Li Ke’s voice sounded dazed and muddled, as if she were drunk, and her cheeks had taken on an unnatural flush…
“No more drinking. I can see you’re about to roll your eyes back…”
Luwei refused Li Ke’s request.
She couldn’t help but wonder,
Could it be that this life potion has some undiscovered effect?
Li Ke has drunk herself into this state; it’s definitely beyond the scope of “treatment” now.
The more Luwei thought about it, the more alarmed she became.
Could it be that this life potion has some addictive properties?
Fortunately, upon hearing Luwei’s refusal, Li Ke just puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction, but didn’t show any signs of having to drink it no matter what.
Instead, she flopped onto the tabletop, squinted her eyes, and smacked her lips, as if savoring something.
Before long, the sound of even breathing could be heard… she had actually fallen asleep right there.
Seeing this, Luwei turned her gaze to Shuangsha beside her…
“Li Ke doesn’t seem able to walk.”
“Call a carriage. We’ll take her back to the Kares Territory with us…”
Shuangsha’s expression clearly showed hesitation,
as if she were thinking about whether it was appropriate to help her master essentially abduct someone and take them home…
Luwei, however, didn’t pay any mind to her thoughts.
Looking at the golden glow above Li Ke’s head, a foolish smile appeared on Luwei’s face.
***
By the time the group returned to Carris Manor, it was already afternoon.
The moment she stepped through the manor gates, Luwei could feel numerous hidden gazes turning toward her…
Perhaps because she had extracted two of Floxi’s exclusive skills.
The [Intelligence] attribute on Luwei’s panel had increased from 7 to 38, with the result that her perception ability had been greatly enhanced…
Even Shuangsha beside her couldn’t sense these prying eyes, but Luwei could clearly distinguish the source of every single gaze.
Hmm, quite a few are Fina’s doing.
There are others, whose specific affiliations are unclear, but Luwei could sense their ill intentions…
It’s enough to show just how chaotic the Caris Family is right now.
However, Luwei didn’t pay them much mind.
Mostly just a bunch of bloodsuckers…
They watch Luwei’s every move all day long,
The more incompetent Luwei appears, the more excited they get, the more eager they are to fish for benefits from the Caris Family, which is in complete turmoil.
But what they don’t know is…
A cold smile curled at the corner of Luwei’s lips—
The chaos within the Caris Family, the chaos in the Kares Territory, more than half of it is an illusion.
Luwei had keenly noticed that someone wanted to deliberately spread rumors and sow chaos.
So she went along with their plan, playing along with these people, allowing the chaos to spread.
But in reality?
This chaos is all superficial, a carnival for those who thrive on chaos.
As for the indicators that truly reflect the level of turmoil in the Kares Territory—
Unemployment rate, emigration and flight rate, debt risk, rule of law index, public service guarantees, food inflation rate…
All of these have been maintained by Luwei at healthy levels.
But the cost of maintaining these… Luwei has had to throw a lot of gold coins at it.
Providing direct subsidies to the families of fallen soldiers; negotiating with merchant guilds to set minimum wage levels; expanding the Lord’s Fortress, building wartime defense facilities…
All the funds the Caris Family could mobilize have been invested by her, and she even borrowed a large sum of gold coins from merchant banks.
“I need money…”
Luwei wore a pained expression, deliberately walking past the numerous watchers.
“This rundown manor should have been renovated long ago, but why does tearing it down and rebuilding it cost so much…?”
But after only agonizing for a little while, a smile reappeared on Luwei’s face.
“Then let’s not tear it down for now. I’ll just hire someone to build me a big palace, and I’ll move out and live there myself.”
As expected, many of the gazes resting on Luwei now carried a faint trace of disdain.
Such a wasteful, extravagant act—only she, Luwei, could do something like that!
…And this was precisely the effect Luwei wanted.
The more naive and foolish she appeared, the more impatiently some people would reveal their true colors.
Luwei was waiting for these people.
The Caris Family was currently in a state where everything needed to be rebuilt, and the Potion Workshop hadn’t officially started selling potions to the outside world yet.
Luwei had to weed out the bloodsuckers within the family as much as possible!
Otherwise, when the day comes that she establishes the LuWei Group and colonizes the world with capital…
She looks down and sees a whole row of engorged leeches hanging off her?
She shook her head.
Just thinking about it gave her the chills.
In that case, why not take it even further?
Luwei’s mind suddenly became active.
“Shuangsha!”
She called out to Shuangsha beside her, who was carrying the sleeping Li Ke in one arm and the person-sized bundle on her back, silently following behind Luwei…
“What are you still following me for?”
As she spoke, Luwei’s gaze fell on Li Ke.
“Why aren’t you going to take care of business?”
“Go wash this little cutie clean and send her to my bed.”
As if feeling this wasn’t enough, Luwei put her hands on her hips, lifted her chin, and declared quite loudly:
“Hmph, tonight I’m going to have a really good time!”