Free Web NovelChapter 472: Chapter 468: Cosmeceuticals
Yun Hao: ...
’What in the world does she mean?’
He watched Li Hongmei run off, his expression cold and unforgiving. He was utterly dumbfounded.
’Is this Li Hongmei crazy or something?!’
’She was the one pestering me before, so how did it turn into me pestering her?’
Yun Hao furiously punched the air.
’Are all these women so heartless? Gu Jiaojiao said she liked me, but then she turned right around and married Leng Yuan, not sparing a single thought for me.’
’And Xu Wenwan is the same. She was such a gentle, kind girl when we were kids, but now she just looks at me with disgust and disdain. It makes me so angry I want to hit someone. If Village Chief Xu hadn’t forced me, it’s not like I’d be willing to marry her!’
’And now, Li Hongmei.’
’She’s so ugly, yet so confident. How delusional can you get? Does she really think I’d pester her?’
Yun Hao had only wanted to clear things up with Li Hongmei, but he’d unexpectedly wound up fuming. In the end, he could only return to his room with a dark expression.
Hu Ziqiang was already eating in the kitchen when Li Hongmei came in. Normally, a large group of people ate together, but now only the two of them remained. The smile on Li Hongmei’s face grew even more brilliant.
She walked over and sat down right beside Hu Ziqiang.
Hu Ziqiang tensed up, then quickly scooted to the side.
Li Hongmei smiled, seeing that Hu Ziqiang was just being shy.
Hu Ziqiang looked at Li Hongmei’s large, round face and suddenly lost his appetite. He shoveled down the rest of his rice in a few quick bites, turned, and fled.
Li Hongmei nibbled on her chopsticks, a dreamy, love-struck smile on her face.
Because Yun Hao was renting a room, everyone in the village now knew he was marrying Xu Wenwan. Recalling all the things Xu Wenwan had been doing lately, the villagers were all treating it as a joke.
Since the wedding date was so rushed, friends and relatives were only notified the day before. Yun Hao had attended Gu Jiaojiao’s wedding, so she was invited as well.
Gu Jiaojiao had no intention of going. She would just have Chen Ruoyu take the gift money for her when the time came.
Right now, she was in her courtyard, working on her skincare products.
Now that the market for her facial soap and shampoo bars had been fully established, Gu Jiaojiao was preparing to launch two skincare sets as a trial run.
She had actually formulated a skincare set for herself back when she was making the shampoo bars. After using it for a while, she found it was even more effective than what she had created in her past life—perhaps because the environment here was unpolluted.
After some time, her face had become fair, supple, and dewy. It didn’t get dry or chapped even in the winter, all thanks to the facial cream she had made.
This was a facial cream once used by the ladies of the imperial palace, one that could truly make one’s "hands as tender as new shoots, and skin as smooth as cream."
Women in ancient times were even more attentive to daily skincare than their modern counterparts. Only with a good foundation—healthy skin—could one paint a truly exquisite look on top.
In later generations, women wore makeup to please themselves. But in the imperial palace, a woman’s appearance was tied not only to her own fate but also to the honor of her entire family. Therefore, a beautiful face was of much greater importance to them.
Their families would help them search far and wide for various beauty regimens, all for the purpose of capturing and holding the Emperor’s favor.
However, the cost of producing this facial cream was exorbitant, the ingredients were rare, and the process was incredibly laborious.
Fortunately, Gu Jiaojiao was only making two sets; any more and she truly wouldn’t be able to manage. This was precisely why she wanted to target the high-end market.
The machinery available now wasn’t advanced. Relying solely on her own two hands, even if she spun like a top all day, how much could she really make?
But focusing on the high-end market was different. She would use the best ingredients, and there weren’t many people who could afford such a product anyway.
