Wu San frowned as he focused for a moment, then said, "I don't feel anything."
"I told you, it only works on ordinary people. It's useless for Ability Users," Xiao Meichen pouted. "Look, you've wasted the potion."
"It's fine," Gu Wanyin said with a smile. "This is also an important experimental result."
They needed to test the effects of the potion on both ordinary people and Ability Users.
"Then I'll drink it too!" Xiao Meichen said enthusiastically.
Just as Gu Wanyin was about to hand it to her, Wu San suddenly intervened, looking at Gu Wanyin warily and asking, "Are you sure this potion is really harmless?"
Gu Wanyin was amused by his reaction.
In fact, at this point in the trials, the effects of the potion were already pretty much confirmed.
But seeing Wu San's anxious demeanor, and thinking about his previous intentions, she couldn't resist teasing him: "Well, that's hard to say. After all, we're still in the testing phase, so there might be some side effects."
Wu San's frown deepened, and he glanced worriedly at Xiao Meichen.
"No way! Nobody else had side effects, why would I?" Xiao Meichen said impatiently. "Boss Gu, give it to me quickly."
Gu Wanyin handed her the potion, and Xiao Meichen drank it in one gulp, as if afraid Wu San might try to stop her again.
This action scared Wu San so much that he started to break out in a cold sweat, constantly asking, "How do you feel? Are you uncomfortable? Does anything hurt?"
"Ouch!" Xiao Meichen suddenly clutched her stomach. "Why do I feel like my stomach is on fire?"
"What?" Wu San panicked, immediately embracing her. "What's happening? I'll take you to the hospital right away!"
"Wait, hold on!" Gu Wanyin quickly called out to stop them.
Wu San turned his head instantly, glaring fiercely at her: "What do you want? Meichen is already like this, and you won't even let us go to the hospital?"
Gu Wanyin: "...That's not what I meant. It's just that this is a normal reaction."
Previously, when ordinary people drank the potion, if they awakened a Fire Ability, they would feel a burning sensation in their stomach after drinking the potion.
But it would subside after a while.
"What do you mean normal reaction? Can't you see she's..."
Before Wu San could finish speaking, Xiao Meichen said, "Oh? The feeling's gone."
Wu San: "..."
Then, Xiao Meichen stretched out her hand, and sure enough, a small flame appeared in her palm.
"I really have a Supernatural Ability now!" Xiao Meichen excitedly showed her hand to Wu San. "Look! It's a Fire Ability! Just like yours!"
Seeing her happy expression, Wu San's gaze softened considerably: "Mm, that's amazing."
"Boss Gu, thank you, thank you so much!" Xiao Meichen kept bowing to Gu Wanyin.
Gu Wanyin felt embarrassed by her reaction and quickly said, "No need to thank me. I should be thanking you for volunteering."
Xiao Meichen then said to Wu San, "Look at you, being so fierce with Boss Gu just now! You really need to work on that temper of yours, okay?"
The hot-tempered Wu San was completely disarmed by her scolding, only able to say "okay, okay, okay."
"Hurry up and apologize to Boss Gu!"
Just as Wu San was about to apologize to Gu Wanyin, she said, "No need. He was just worried about you. I don't need his apology. I just hope that you two can be happy together from now on, and stop thinking about those useless things."
Wu San looked at Gu Wanyin's meaningful gaze and felt a shock in his heart.
Could it be that Gu Wanyin already knew who he was?
Gu Wanyin had been in constant contact with the survival base, so she must have heard about him from Ling Quan.
If Gu Wanyin knew who he was, then she probably also knew his purpose for coming to the hotel...
Why hadn't she immediately kicked him out?
Did this mean that she was absolutely confident that he couldn't cause any trouble in the hotel at all?
Wu San gritted his teeth, feeling quite disgruntled.
However, when he looked at the happy Xiao Meichen beside him, that feeling of resentment slowly disappeared.
Actually... this kind of life now seemed pretty good.
In the past, he thought he wanted many things - power above thousands of people, a harem of beautiful women. But since being with Xiao Meichen, he suddenly found himself enjoying this simple life of just the two of them together.
As for those things he wanted before, they seemed so meaningless now.
Maybe it was better to just continue living like this.
"Boss Gu, we'll be going now!" Xiao Meichen said with a smile. "Goodbye, Boss Gu!"
"Mm, goodbye."
Xiao Meichen pulled Wu San away, skipping as she said, "Shouldn't we eat something nice to celebrate at lunch today? I want hot pot, and I also want bubble tea!"
"Alright, whatever you want."
Gu Wanyin watched their retreating figures with a smile, marveling to herself at how things had developed to this point.
She had originally thought Xiao Meichen was the naive one, but now it seemed Wu San was the real innocent here!
He had wanted Xiao Meichen to fall into his trap, but ended up falling into hers instead...
However, seeing Xiao Meichen's behavior, she probably genuinely liked him too.
Since they both decided to live a good life together... should she still tie Wu San up and send him to Ling Quan?
After all, Wu San didn't have any deep grudges against her. Although his initial purpose for coming to the hotel wasn't pure, he couldn't really do anything.
The only thing he did was save Xiao Meichen, and then get tricked into being her boyfriend.
Thinking about this, Gu Wanyin wanted to laugh.
After returning to her room, Gu Wanyin made a video call to Ling Quan's side.
Ling Quan didn't answer immediately, probably busy with something and not in his study.
Gu Wanyin wasn't in a hurry.
In the afternoon, a few more people came to test the potion, both Ability Users and ordinary people.
After they finished testing, Gu Wanyin discussed with the researchers and decided they could start selling the Supernatural Ability potion to the public.
But only to ordinary people.
After all, it had no effect on Ability Users when they drank it.
As for the pricing of the potion, it was set at 6,000 points per bottle.
For such a miraculous potion, 6,000 points seemed cheap, but Gu Wanyin had her own considerations.
Firstly, this potion was to be sold to ordinary people. If it was too expensive, ordinary people wouldn't know how long they'd have to save up points to afford it.
Secondly, once ordinary people bought the potion and gained Supernatural Abilities, they would be braver and more efficient in killing zombies. Then, after obtaining crystals, they would have more points to spend at the hotel.
However, selling such an amazing potion too cheaply wasn't appropriate either, considering the researchers' hard work that went into it.
Before setting the price, Gu Wanyin sought the opinions of Zhuang Xiaoxia and others.
They all felt this pricing was reasonable.
They were doing this research out of interest and for their dreams anyway, not to get rich.
