"Pant! Pant! Pant!"
"Old Zhang!"
Old Zhang reached out to steady the panting Qiu Xi. "No, where did you run off to? I only went to the fields for a bit, and you've already come back from outside?"
"And why the rush? Were you chased by something?"
"No... no!"
Stopping and resting for a moment, Qiu Xi spoke again.
"I just remembered an important question, so I was in a hurry to come back and confirm it."
"..."
Old Zhang sighed, "Young people, so young~"
"Old Zhang, I just want to ask, where did the water prepared in the laboratory come from?"
This was what Qiu Xi remembered while fetching water.
Although the water in the laboratory was also stored in large containers, she felt it didn't seem quite the same as the water she was fetching.
"What's wrong with that water?"
"That water was specially prepared for you by Boss Shen. I heard it cost quite a bit."
Qiu Xi was still a bit anxious. "Old Zhang, are you sure?"
"Of course!"
"We spent a lot of effort putting it in."
Speaking of this, Old Zhang couldn't help but sigh again.
"Research, no matter when, is always so expensive and labor-intensive!"
"It's not guaranteed to yield immediate results, and the cost is just..."
"Old Zhang! Thank you!"
"What for? Slow down a bit!"
"I've made a new discovery and need to go get my water bucket back."
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned and grabbed another bucket for collecting water.
Then she immediately headed back to where she had just run from.
"..."
Old Zhang watched from the side, worried for her.
"This young girl, isn't she afraid of falling?"
In just a short while, Qiu Xi had already reached the well.
"Hoo!"
"Whether it succeeds depends on you two."
Qiu Xi even talked to herself about the water.
Picking up the water bucket that was lying beside her, she washed it and filled it with well water.
The water she had just brought was collected from the stream flowing down the mountain.
Qiu Xi didn't know if there was any difference between the two types of water, so she planned to take both back to test.
Upon returning, Qiu Xi didn't bother to boil the water. She rushed straight into the laboratory with the water she had fetched.
She stayed there so long that she didn't even go out for dinner.
"Xiao Hua, help me check again, how are the effects of these two?"
It was already late at night when Qiu Xi finally finished making the water.
Due to being too nervous, the distillation process had to be redone several times, and a lot of water and roses were wasted.
"Drip!"
"Xiao Xi, the effect meets the standard, but it's not perfect yet."
"Hmm, so it's a water quality issue."
"Then which of these two is better?"
"The first one."
"Hmm... so it's the mountain spring water then."
"Xiao Xi, you could actually add something to this water to improve its purification."
"Huh? Add what?"
"The system store has it... Here! It's this."
"..."
"Xiao Hua, tell me, didn't you plan this all along!"
"You're wrongly accusing me!"
"I only remembered it when you mentioned the water problem just now."
Qiu Xi gave a suspicious look. "Really?"
"Really!"
"Alright, I'll change it first and try it out."
"Wait a minute! If it's like this, how will we explain it during mass production later?"
Just as she changed it, Qiu Xi realized there was still this problem.
"..."
"At worst, you can say it's a water quality issue and you need to find a better water source. You can use this one for now."
"..."
This system... is more cunning than me!
"Okay."
However, Qiu Xi still relented.
When it was sent for inspection later, they could just submit the mountain spring water.
As for the issue of finding a better water source, she would leave that to Uncle Shen.
Thinking this, Qiu Xi felt much more relaxed. She picked up the newly acquired item and prepared for a new round of experiments.
"Xi Xi."
But before she could start, she heard someone call her name.
That voice?
It sounded like Nan Hua!
As soon as she reacted, Qiu Xi saw the person.
Qiu Xi was a little surprised. "Ah Hua! What are you doing here?"
"Come to call you back."
"Look at the time, it's already this late."
"And when I came up earlier, I saw Technician Zhang. He said you haven't eaten, what's going on?"
As Nan Hua spoke, she started to get a little angry. Her hand had already reached out towards Qiu Xi.
In the end, she couldn't bring herself to hit her, so she could only gently tap her.
"Ah! It's so late?"
As Nan Hua spoke, Qiu Xi subconsciously glanced at her phone placed nearby.
The screen lit up, clearly showing 21:45...
"Only now you know! Hurry up, pack up, and let's go back."
"You can continue the rest tomorrow."
"Okay."
It really was quite late.
"Wait for me!"
Qiu Xi tidied up the laboratory.
She set aside the failed products, planning to deal with them later.
As for the semi-finished product, it wasn't useless, just not very effective. So Qiu Xi decided to take it back to use for a bath or foot soak.
After all, quite a lot of these semi-finished products were produced today...
Finally, Qiu Xi also took the qualified product back to try it out for herself. Perhaps after the experience, she might even find other issues besides the water quality.
"Alright, let's go back."
She carefully packed the bottles and jars. There were quite a lot of things.
Nan Hua looked at the pile, somewhat confused. "You're taking all of these back?"
"Yes."
"These are all the results of my day's work. I plan to try them out back home."
She was still a bit worried. "Is that okay?"
"Don't worry, it'll be fine."
Qiu Xi was confident about this.
"Alright then, give them to me."
"Okay, here you go."
"Gurgle gurgle~"
As they walked out, a strange sound rang out.
Qiu Xi clutched her stomach, feeling a bit embarrassed. "Heh heh... I think I'm hungry."
Nan Hua tried to suppress her laughter but couldn't.
"Let's see if you'll skip meals like this again in the future!"
Even while smiling, she didn't forget what she had been nagging about earlier.
"Okay, okay, starting tomorrow I'll set an alarm."
"Let's hurry back."
Qiu Xi was so embarrassed she wished she was already in her room.
With both hands full, Nan Hua could only rely on her words. "Alright, let's go back."
In the end, she couldn't bear to let her go hungry...
"Ah Hua~ You're the best~"