My Sassy 'Crown Princess'

666. Xiao Chen’s Past (2)

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Flying Pigeon scratched his head and said, “No.”

Qian Ye wore a gossipy expression, “No? Then say it. Don’t worry., We won’t tell anyone else.”

Flying Pigeon hesitated, thinking to himself: since Lou Yu and others have joined the team, they should have made the Heart Demon Oath not to disclose the secret inside. So it’s no big deal to tell them.

“Do you know Xiao Lie?” Flying Pigeon asked mysteriously.

Qian Ye nodded and said, “Yeah! You once said, Xiao Lie, at the age of 20, improved the formula of Tianhe potion, so that the cost decreased by 90%, but the effect is the same as the original. A unique genius.”

Flying Pigeon gave a hollow laugh and said with disdain, “That’s only people’s gossip. Actually Xiao Lie was far under his fame.”

Then he went on with resent, “At the beginning, our boss was overjoyed when he knew that Xiao Lie was also in the Valley, so he spent a lot to hire him.”

“But Xiao Lie was so pampered that when he joined the team, he always asked for this and that. And when he was not in the mood, he’d make trouble out of nothing.”

“Since our boss needed him, he had to meet all his requirements, unfortunately, having worked here for half a year, he failed to work out anything, but wasted a lot of poison-removing potions instead. As time passes, our team all holds prejudice against those pharmacists.”

“...”

Lou Yu frowned, “How is that possible? Hasn’t he improved a lot of the formula of Tianhe potion? How could he be so incompetent?” Even if that guy couldn’t work out the real poison-removing potion, he shouldn’t have achieved nothing.

Flying Pigeon sneered, full of sarcasm, “because the one who improved Tianhe potion formula was not him at all.”

Lou Yu froze there, and then said if enlightened, “So it was Xiao Chen?”

Flying Pigeon nodded, “Yes, during that half year, Xiao Lie had wasted a lot of resources but achieved nothing, so a lot of members had a word about him, thinking that he wasn’t worth of his name at all. Some suggested to expel him, and some even suggested to kill him.”

“Maybe Xiao Lie was also very anxious, so he secretly tried to cozy up to some people and asked them to look for Xiao Chen.”

Flying Pigeon narrowed his eyes. How would the boss’ heeler be so easy to be bought? After knowing that Xiao Lie asked someone to look for Xiao Chen, the boss had already sensed something fishy.

“Our boss secretly eavesdropped on the conversation between Xiao Chen and Xiao Lie, then knew that Xiao Lie is fundamentally a waste.”

Lou Yu held his chin, thoughtfully saying, “So that’s the original story. They both are surnamed Xiao. Are they related?”

Flying Pigeon nodded, “Yeah, you can say that. Xiao Lie and Xiao Chen are half-brothers. Xiao Lie was son of the first wife, while Xiao Chen was son of the concubine.”

Lou Yu thoughtfully said, “I see.”

Flying Pigeon shrugged his shoulders and said, “After Xiao Lie’s thing came to light, many people in the team got indignant and Xiao Lie was killed soon after.”

Lou Yu, “...”

“Dead?” Qian Ye could not help asking.

Flying Pigeon nodded and said, “Yeah. In the valley, human life is worthless. It makes no difference if you die.”

“At the beginning, in the team, many people, because of the requirements of Xiao Lie, delayed the search for the black smoke stones, and then lost their lives, after knowing Xiao Lie was a fake, many people couldn’t stand such a big blow.”

Lou Yu nodded understandingly, “Xiao Lie has really gone too far.”

“At the beginning after Xiao Lie died, everyone’s prejudice against him was still very big, and a lot of people did not agree on training Xiao Chen, but, the boss prevailed over all dissenting views and enrolled Xiao Chen.” Said Flying Pigeon blandly.

Lou Yu looked at Flying Pigeon, “Xiao Chen did not let your boss disappointed.”

Flying Pigeon nodded, full of reverence, “Sure, whether one is an expert or not, you’d already know with one move. A fake could never compare with a real talent. In less than half a year, Xiao Chen successfully worked out the potion that could hold the invasion of the black smoke. And these years, Mr. Xiao Chen has kept improving that kind of potion.”

Lou Yu nodded and said meaningfully, “Real is real, and false is false.”

The flying pigeon nodded and said, “Yes!”

Qian Ye frowned, eyes not good looking at flying pigeon way: “you did not say so before, you said that Xiao Lie spent three years, but also did not develop a drug to drive poison, and finally depressed.”

Flying Pigeon smiled awkwardly and said, “What I said before was only to fool you. Actually it was for your good. Such a capable pharmacist like Xiao Chen still couldn’t work out the poison-removing potion after so long, you’d only waste your time on that.”

Lou Yu frowned, chuckled, saying full of confidence, “Mo Fei is no inferior to Xiao Chen.”

Flying Pigeon nodded and smiled, “Maybe.”

Lou Yu looked at Flying Pigeon but said nothing.

Flying Pigeon then said with some sarcasm, “On right, after Wu family knew that Xiao Lie was here, they ever sent people here trying to rope him in, pity that he had already died.”

Lou Yu, “...”