I’m the Villain’s Lackey, and I Started by Forcibly Kissing the Villain’s Sister - Chapter 49:

Chapter 49: The Freshly Refined Beauty Pill, and Its Unexpected Effects?:

Cough cough, to put it simply, Su Chen obtained four High-Grade Beauty Pills! 

Without hesitation, he swallowed one himself. Instantly, the skin on his face visibly improved, and he became even more handsome! It effectively regulated his skin, bringing out an unprecedented beauty. 

Although he was a man, who would like to have rough, poor skin? Better skin was always a good thing.

Unfortunately, each person could only consume one High-Grade Beauty Pill. Otherwise, Su Chen would have eaten all of them. 

With three pills remaining, he decided to give them away!

Soon, Su Chen had already chosen the recipient and personally delivered one to Bai Gucheng.

“Eh, why are you here? Missing your sister already?” Bai Gucheng, a seductive beauty, dragged Su Chen into her office as soon as he arrived at the company, lifting his chin flirtatiously. Coupled with the scent of her Armani perfume, she was practically irresistible! 

Seeing her about to pull out some candy, Su Chen quickly shouted, “Stop!!”

Then he took out the Beauty Pill. 

It was round, white, and fluffy, resembling a cotton ball.

“Eh? You even brought candy? No wonder you’re my brother’s follower,” Bai Gucheng teased, completely unaware of her overwhelming charm, smiling brightly as she reached out for the “candy.”

“Hey, hey! This isn’t imported candy. It has… special effects. You’ll know once you try it.”

“What kind of special effects?”

“Well… it’ll improve your skin. Look at me.”

As Su Chen finished speaking, Bai Gucheng looked up and stared at him. 

She was a little surprised, “You do seem even more handsome now. And… your skin looks much better!”

“Exactly! Just try it, and you’ll see,” Su Chen said proudly. 

After all, something like this was best given to his women! As for his boss Bai Zihang? He was a man—what did he need perfect skin for? 

No need to be too handsome!

Cough cough, Su Chen admitted he was being a bit of a double-standard hypocrite.

Soon, Bai Gucheng ate the pill. When she looked in the office bathroom mirror, she was utterly shocked: “This… this!!” 

Her already good skin had become as smooth and fair as a freshly peeled egg. 

Her looks improved significantly, giving off a delicate and radiant glow. It was more effective than any skincare product she had ever used!

And just one pill achieved this? 

Normally, it would take two to three months of consistent skincare use to see even a slight improvement. But with the pill Su Chen gave her, the effects were immediate! 

Bai Gucheng was amazed, her charming eyes flashing with astonishment.

“How did you get this? Do you have more?” Bai Gucheng asked excitedly.

She owned a large cosmetics company. If she could get the formula for this, it would skyrocket her business instantly.

“No more. Besides, it only works the first time you take it. After that, it loses its effect,” Su Chen replied, thinking he still needed to save the remaining two pills for Yan Ruyue and Leng Qingge. His goal was to make all his women beautiful because he himself would be the one benefiting.

“What a pity… If this could be mass-produced…” Bai Gucheng couldn’t even imagine the profits.

“It can be,” Su Chen said. “The one I gave you was a High-Grade Beauty Pill, but I also have the formula for a Low-Grade Beauty Pill. If you want it, I can give it to you.”

He was very generous; after all, keeping it to himself was pointless.

“Really?!!” Bai Gucheng’s face lit up with joy. With this, her company could mass-produce Beauty Pills!

And he gave the last High-Grade Beauty Pill to her? Bai Gucheng felt deeply touched. Su Chen really treated her well.

“Thank you so much! Here, let me reward you with imported candy…”

And then…

“Mm…” Su Chen, whose mouth was closed, was suddenly…

Sigh, just another day of being taken advantage of…

When the duo finally calmed down from the pink bubble atmosphere, they began to discuss the Beauty Pill seriously.

“You’re really giving me this formula?” Bai Gucheng took the small notebook from Su Chen and skimmed through it.

The ingredients weren’t particularly rare: peach blossoms, white winter melon seeds, Ligusticum wallichii, moutan bark, safflower, snakegourd seeds, magnolia bark, cinnamon bark, and Ganoderma purpurea…

These materials were relatively easy to obtain. Although she hadn’t seen the Low-Grade Beauty Pill in action yet, she was confident that it would easily outclass any skincare products on the market. After all, regular skincare products took months to show effects, while this pill? Results in under an hour—no, less than five minutes. No comparison!

“How much of a share do you want?” Bai Gucheng asked.

“A share?” Su Chen was a bit stunned. He tried to suggest, “Fifty percent?”

“Deal!” Bai Gucheng agreed without hesitation.

Although her company would have to go through complicated refining and testing processes, if Su Chen’s Beauty Pill formula worked, giving him fifty percent of the net profit was completely fair.

“???” Su Chen was dumbfounded. That easy?

If he had known, he would have asked for more!

At this moment, Su Chen still didn’t realize the terrifying profits the Beauty Pill formula would bring in the future…

…

Meanwhile, at the Skincare Product Testing and Development Department.

They had received the formula Bai Gucheng provided.

“Peach blossoms, white winter melon seeds, Ligusticum wallichii, moutan bark, safflower, snakegourd seeds, magnolia bark, cinnamon bark, Ganoderma purpurea?”

“Can such low-grade materials really create something like a Beauty Pill?”

“Isn’t the name a bit exaggerated?”

Although the experts grumbled, they didn’t dare ignore instructions from their boss. They ordered their subordinates to collect the materials and immediately began the refining tests. All production lines and machines were halted; the entire department shifted focus to develop the Beauty Pill.

The IPQC and FOC teams also joined the sampling process, overseeing the operations to ensure they adhered to standard parameters. In less than two hours, under the entire skincare department’s effort, they successfully developed ten Beauty Pills.

From sourcing raw materials to manufacturing and testing, the speed was lightning fast. This was partly due to Bai Gucheng’s urgency—otherwise, if they were allowed to slack off as usual, it would have taken two weeks to produce anything.

“This is the Beauty Pill?”

“It’s round and white… kind of looks like a snack or something.”

“But who’s going to eat it?”

Everyone fell silent and awkwardly stared at each other…

Although peach blossoms, white winter melon seeds, and the like were safe individually, combining ingredients could sometimes create unexpected effects. For instance, mixing antibiotics and alcohol separately was fine, but together could trigger a disulfiram-like reaction—dangerous.

No one dared to test the pill…

Then Deng Shu, the department head, came up with an idea: “Whoever volunteers to try the pill will get a 5,000 yuan bonus this month!”

Sure enough, heavy rewards bring brave volunteers!

The first to step forward was a newly hired intern, Xiao Mei. Her skin wasn’t terrible, but it did have some issues—acne on her forehead and red blotches on her face, making her complexion quite unsettling.

That was one reason she joined the skincare R&D department after graduation: to learn firsthand about good versus bad skincare products. Although she had gained a lot of knowledge, she hadn’t solved her own skin problems.

Even hospital dermatologists hadn’t helped much. They blamed it on internal heat or hormonal imbalances caused by staying up late and advised her to eat more fresh fruit and avoid spicy, greasy foods… but the truth was, she couldn’t resist spicy food.

She was from a hotpot-loving province—how could she quit eating spicy food?

Now, faced with the opportunity to try the pill and earn a 5,000 yuan bonus, Xiao Mei saw it as a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Thus, Xiao Mei chose to be the test subject, hoping it could change her facial condition!