Song Nuan and Bai Jing exchanged glances, their faces full of suspicion.
After a full ten seconds of stunned silence, Bai Jing could no longer contain herself. She snatched the porcelain bowl from Chen Xiao's hand:
"How dare you show off in front of me? Kid, your scamming methods are too low-level. Those little ads on utility poles are more sophisticated than you!"
Saying this, she casually moved to throw the bowl into the trash can, her face etched with disdain.
"Wait!"
Song Nuan, unwilling to give up, quickly reached out to stop her, then frowned and asked Chen Xiao:
"Dr. Chen, do you really dare to guarantee that your medicine can remove scars?"
To intimidate Chen Xiao, she immediately pointed to Bai Jing and introduced:
"Sister Jing is an expert in the beauty industry. The 'Tian Sheng Li Zhi' beauty salon she owns, while I wouldn't dare say it's the best in Ju Xian City..."
Chen Xiao interrupted Song Nuan without hesitation:
"Not only can I guarantee that the White Jade Emerald Paste will have immediate and visible results, but I can also guarantee absolutely no side effects!"
Bai Jing chuckled, her face full of disdain:
"In all my years in this industry, I've never heard of a scar removal medicine that works instantly..."
Before she could finish, she saw Song Nuan actually taking a thin slice of cucumber and placing it on the scar on her chest, and she rushed to stop her:
"Nuan Nuan, are you crazy? This kid is clearly scamming you!"
Song Nuan gritted her teeth and said:
"He said there are no side effects anyway, let's just try it. What if it works?"
Bai Jing stomped her feet in anger:
"Just because he says there are no side effects, doesn't mean there aren't! Can he produce safety testing reports from relevant authoritative institutions?"
As she spoke, she directly reached out to tear off the cucumber slice Song Nuan had already placed on her chest.
To her disbelief, as soon as she pulled off the cucumber slice, she noticed that the scar on Song Nuan's chest had visibly faded:
"This... is this definitely not photoshopped?"
Song Nuan was equally shocked. As if driven mad, she grabbed cucumber slices from the bowl and haphazardly applied them to her chest, nearly exposing herself several times.
In just a moment, the White Jade Emerald Paste in the bowl was used up, as clean as if it had been licked.
Feeling a warmth spread across the area covered by the cucumber slices, Song Nuan looked at Chen Xiao with tears of excitement, her voice trembling:
"Dr. Chen, how long does it need to be applied to see results?"
Chen Xiao repeated his earlier words without hesitation:
"Instantaneous."
"So fast?"
Song Nuan was even more shocked and eagerly reached out to peel it off.
As if revealing a freshly boiled egg, she looked down and saw that the scar on her chest had indeed faded considerably. Overjoyed, she threw herself into Chen Xiao's arms, weeping with happiness:
"Dr. Chen, I never imagined your medicine would be so miraculous. You've cured a long-standing heartache of mine so effortlessly, sob sob..."
Chen Xiao immediately felt overwhelmed. He instinctively pushed away Song Nuan, who was weeping and soft as jade, and said with feigned composure:
"The White Jade Emerald Paste can only be applied once a day. Based on my estimation, you'll need two more applications to completely remove the scar."
Bai Jing stood frozen, dumbfounded, her face a mask of shock. For several moments, her worldview had completely collapsed.
Hearing Chen Xiao speak now, she finally snapped out of her shock and blurted out:
"Dr. Chen, are you willing to sell the secret formula for the White Jade Emerald Paste?"
As soon as she spoke, she realized her abruptness and hastily handed Chen Xiao a delicate business card:
"Let me reintroduce myself. My surname is Bai, given name Jing. I am the owner of the 'Li Zhi Tian Cheng' beauty salon..."
Remembering Bai Jing's previous insults, Chen Xiao interrupted her without a second thought:
"Didn't you say my scamming methods were even lower-level than those wild ads on utility poles?"
Bai Jing felt her cheeks burn and instinctively lowered her head:
"Dr. Chen, I'm truly... sorry. Before... before, I was blind and judged you wrongly."
Chen Xiao continued with a cold smile:
"And my secretly formulated White Jade Emerald Paste has indeed not undergone safety testing by relevant authoritative institutions."
Bai Jing eagerly interjected:
"I can help with that!"
Just then, Song Nuan's phone rang. It was the person investigating Chen Qing's car accident.
Without much thought, Song Nuan put it on speakerphone:
"Have you found out?"
Chen Xiao's heart leaped to his throat.
The person on the other end of the phone clearly had reservations and stammered:
"Miss Song... Miss Song Er, according to my investigation, the accident happened near the airport expressway. The hit-and-run driver who injured Ms. Chen Qing fled the scene immediately. The license plate... the license plate number is Hai A... Hai A five 9s..."
At this point, the voice on the other end of the phone abruptly stopped. Song Nuan and Bai Jing both froze, their minds going blank.
Chen Xiao, however, eagerly grabbed the phone and pressed:
"Who is the owner of the offending vehicle?"
Song Nuan, making a decisive move, suddenly snatched the phone and hung up.
Chen Xiao's gaze turned cold, and he sternly questioned:
"Song Nuan, what do you mean? Is the owner of the offending vehicle someone from your Song family?"