Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn

Chapter 862: Chapter 19: Missing Friend

After reading the note, Xiao Xian felt something was odd. Yiyi’s clumsy English had left her mostly indoors since arriving in the United States, always accompanied by her, so why did she go out alone this time.

Xiao Xian thought about it again and felt relieved. Compared to some areas in the United States, Ithaca has relatively good security. What’s more, Yiyi is no longer the little girl who came to report at Holy Heart back then. Any ordinary thug who encounters her would only end up getting beaten.

As for Aisha and the others, they probably wouldn’t act openly.

After having a simple dinner, Xiao Xian surfed the net in the apartment and chatted about recent happenings with Xuerou back in China.

Xuerou, who was in China, hadn’t been idle since her two friends went abroad as exchange students. She had already found an old mechanical factory in the north-east and a software company in Shanghai, preparing to launch the multifunctional big head sticker machine she designed.

However, there was an interlude during this period; "Mei Nian" contacted Xuerou.

When this message popped up on MSN, Xiao Xian stopped.

Why would "Mei Nian" reach out to Xuerou? Could it be that she discovered something too?

"Don’t worry, she didn’t directly contact me, but got in touch through the person in charge at the pharmaceutical company. She likely found out that the hangover medicine is produced by the factory in Hebei. After the antiemetic was developed and the conditions were agreed upon with Wang Shuai, didn’t we also mass-produce the antiemetic? It’s quite popular with pregnant women in the market. Reputation is everything, our company’s patents in Europe and America are already granted. According to my mom’s plan, we’ll rebrand the factory as a biopharmaceutical company soon and list on Hong Kong’s SME board to raise some funds," a long string of characters appeared on the screen.

Xuerou is becoming more and more experienced now. After reading this piece of text, Xiao Xian felt a bit more at ease.

"Wouldn’t it be too much trouble for Auntie? At first, we were just playing around, and does Mei Nian really need to ask for our help? Her cultivation is much stronger than mine," Xiao Xian hadn’t thought that her and Xuerou’s playful antics would roll a nearly bankrupt small pharmaceutical factory into a high-tech company with vast potential for growth.

"Don’t underestimate yourself, my mom and the factory’s pharmacists have said that the quality and quantity of our drugs are all because you formulated the bulk of solutions, enabling stable production at the factory," after getting inspiration from rose perfume, Xiao Xian learned to infuse herbal Spiritual Energy into a new medium, which she chose to be the liquid lake water in Silver-grade Space.

The Little White Jiao had already been expressly forbidden to swim in the space, and for this, it had been resentful for a long while.

After leaving China, considering the safety of Zhuo Feng and Xuerou, Xiao Xian let the Little White Jiao periodically travel between Yanqing and the United States.

Moreover, she also extracted a portion of the silver solution and assigned it to the White Flood Dragon. Although the long journeys brought the Little White Jiao much resentment, going out meant "on official duty," allowing more free time for activities, which made the Little White Jiao quite pleased.

"The latest thing Mei Nian wants to develop is a type of ginseng lozenge, but she hasn’t found a solvent like the one you formulated, and she’s facing challenges in her ginseng lozenge development, so she wants to collaborate with us. Do you mean to cooperate with her or not?" Xuerou respected Xiao Xian’s decision.

"Let’s see what condition she proposes," Xiao Xian, considering the Mei Family’s monopoly over Chinese herbal medicine in Northern China, thought that the pharmaceutical factory couldn’t afford to offend them directly. Xiao Xian was also curious about what conditions Mei Nian would propose.

"That works, I’ll have my mom handle it. How’s everything going in the United States? Has Yiyi found her mom yet?" When they reached this point in the conversation, Xiao Xian realized it was close to ten at night, and Yiyi still hadn’t returned.

Something felt off; Xiao Xian told Xuerou the situation, and Xuerou advised her to go out and look immediately.

Xiao Xian hadn’t been at Cornell University for long, so looking for someone could only be like a headless chicken, without direction. She thought about it over and over and ended up asking Wang Shuai, since the team leader should be able to play some role.

Wang Shuai showed an anxious expression upon hearing that Yiyi was missing. After noticing Xiao Xian’s slightly sarcastic glance, he coughed.

"I’ll immediately check with the school office, and did you encounter anyone or anything during the day?" Xiao Xian recounted the day’s happenings briefly, but nothing seemed suspicious.