A crisp reply startled Gu Xixi: "[You're not Shen Qingyan, how do you know it is? Besides, you don't have eyes, you can't see it.]"

Your eyes are my eyes.

Gu Xixi: ...

She completely ignored the system's thoughts, and while she had some free time, she selected ten people she was satisfied with from the resumes she received, answered their various questions, and then sent them all interview invitations.

As for the ones placed at the back, there were just too many, and she was too lazy to look at them one by one.

The interview is scheduled for the next three days; just go to the supermarket to find her.

After sending the message, she exited the app and went upstairs to take a nap.

On the other side of the city, a recent graduate sat at the entrance of the light rail station, constantly refreshing the page, her eyes filled with despair and helplessness.

She attended a junior college in the district and returned home a few days ago to find her house filled with joyous celebrations. She asked around and found out that she was getting married!

Her family had mentioned that she should get married after graduation to raise money for her younger brother's wedding, but she always thought it was just talk and that they were usually very good to her.

Unexpectedly... she argued, resisted, and was locked in the house by her own mother. In the end, it was her younger brother's girlfriend who discovered her and secretly let her go. She ran out without taking anything with her, only having a few hundred yuan from her previous odd jobs.

Unable to find a job and seemingly at her wit's end, she unexpectedly stumbled upon a job posting from a high-end supermarket and immediately applied, drawn by the high salary, the lack of educational requirements, and her unusually strong physique.

She was homeless and didn't dare to sleep at night, so this was her lifeline. Unexpectedly, after refreshing the page again, the other party sent her an interview invitation.

She turned on the navigation and, using the last 30% of her battery, walked to the Fa Da Cai Supermarket.

……

Gu Xixi went downstairs and opened the supermarket door, where she saw three strange people: a girl who was drenched in sweat and looked exhausted early in the morning, Xu Yi, and an old man.

"This looks like your guest?" Xu Yi pointed to the girl. "She was waiting for you here when we arrived."

The three looked at Jiang Xi. She wiped the sweat from her brow and quickly straightened her clothes. Seeing the uncle in the uniform and the old man next to her, she felt a little awkward.

"Um, my name is Jiang Xi, and I'm here for an interview. Boss, you have customers, so please go ahead and do your job. I'll just wait here." After saying that, she took several steps back, feeling embarrassed, as if afraid that the smell of her sweat would bother others.

Looking at her disheveled state, Gu Xixi asked, "You... went for your morning exercise?"

"No, I... I walked all the way from the city center. It took me so long, so I'm all sweaty. I'm not usually this disheveled," Jiang Xi quickly explained, afraid of missing out on a job opportunity because of it.

Her eyes were pleading, and she hesitated to speak, wanting to tell her about her difficulties, but afraid that if she did, her boss would not want to get involved in her troubles and would simply reject her.

Gu Xixi didn't ask any more questions. Her parents had once said that all sorts of strange situations can occur during the lowest points in life, and asking too many questions would only put pressure on others.

So she smiled and said to Xu Yi and the old man, "Please wait a moment, I'll take care of this first."

The two nodded in understanding. Gu Xixi went into the supermarket, picked up a box of self-heating rice, a bottle of nutritional drink, and a bottle of mineral water, and handed them to Jiang Xi.

"You must not have had breakfast yet. Make yourself a bowl to eat first. There are tables and chairs in the backyard. I'll talk to you after I'm done here."

She forcefully shoved the object into Jiang Xi's hand, pointed her toward the backyard, then smiled and nodded before leading Xu Yi and the old man up to the third floor.

Jiang Xi was almost in tears. She really didn't expect that while others would bully her when she was down on her luck, this small business owner would dare to trust her so much and not be afraid that she would steal things.

She wanted to cry, but she held it back and went straight to the backyard with the food in her hand. This was a good start.

The future will definitely be better.

As Gu Xixi and her group walked up the stairs, the old man suddenly asked, "Little Gu, she's a complete stranger. Are you just going to leave her downstairs alone like this? Aren't you afraid the shop will be emptied out?"

Although she looks pitiful, you can't judge a book by its cover.

Gu Xixi waved her hand, "Don't worry, I have surveillance cameras. Besides, Xu Yi is right here. If the store is moved, Officer Xu will be so embarrassed. And I'm willing to take the risk and trust her this once. Maybe she's a lifeline for her. At most, I'll only lose a few things."

No matter how you look at it, she's not losing out. Besides, all her neighbors are acquaintances; it's not that easy for them to move her shop in broad daylight. Only the system can do that.

The old man nodded. This girl was intelligent; she was worldly-wise yet still retained a childlike heart—a rare quality.

When they reached the third floor, Gu Xixi gave each of them a bottle of Oriental Leaf tea and said with a smile, "I don't know how to brew tea, so please make do with this. If you have anything to say, just say it and let's resolve this as soon as possible."

The old man nodded, then took out a bunch of documents from his bag, including his ID card, and handed them to Gu Xixi. “Little Gu, take a look. I am Xu Guangming, the president of the Chinese Medicine Association. I’m here today to sincerely buy the copyright of ‘Qianjin Fang’ from you, so that I can publish it for study within the industry… Also, I wonder if you have any other prescriptions here? We can buy those too.”

"Or if you have any other ideas, we can talk about them."

Gu Xixi had always thought that the tax would be levied directly, but it turned out that she would have to pay her. She checked her documents and searched the news. Sure enough, it was exactly the same as on TV. Even the tone and expression of the voice matched the video.

It seemed to be her without a doubt, and it was Uncle Hat who brought her. After confirming her identity, she pushed all the things back and tentatively asked, "How much can you give me?"

She knew this thing was priceless, but she was genuinely curious about its exact value, so she asked.

Xu Yi and Old Master Xu exchanged a glance. Old Master Xu opened his palm and said, "The prescription is priceless and immeasurable. If we sell it to a profit-making company, young Gu can make endless profits. But I want to make all the verified prescriptions available to all TCM students for free. I'm afraid I can only offer a maximum of 120 million!"

She wanted to give it away for free, but she also had to accept a token amount, since it was Shen Qingyan's stuff and had to be sold at a certain price.

Gu Xixi then asked, "Does the association provide funding?"

"Yes!" Although he didn't know why she asked that, Old Xu still answered. Gu Xixi nodded thoughtfully, "Then I have other opinions."

Is it because they think the money is too little?

Old Xu and Xu Yi exchanged glances, pondering whether to raise prices at the association or use their own savings... Gu Xixi then spoke up, "Okay, but I have an additional condition. I need you to promise that as long as the treatment uses this formula, the consultation fee will be free. That's the reward I want."

Old Xu was truly shocked. He opened his mouth several times but couldn't utter a single word. She had actually agreed so easily.

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