Chapter 188: The True Effect of the Shrinking Potion

The next part was much simpler.

Pulling him over to sit at the dining table in the living room, Xu Yinsheng personally and gently cut a piece of cake and slid it in front of him.

“Come on, have a taste. I put a lot of effort into making this.”

Xu Yinsheng urged.

Under Xu Yinsheng’s expectant gaze, Zhao Yicheng, who was “mesmerized by beauty,” suddenly sensed something was off.

He put the knife down and pushed the cake back toward Xu Yinsheng.

“You eat first.”

“Oh, come on, you’re worried I poisoned it, aren’t you.”

Xu Yinsheng rolled her eyes helplessly, took the knife back, cut off a corner of the cake, and popped it into her mouth, chewing right in front of him.

“See? No poison.”

“I know you’re mad at me over that thing. I promise I’ll discuss it with you next time. You’ve been busy all day, right? Today’s your twenty-ninth birthday. Don’t tell me you forgot your own birthday. Tsk tsk tsk, I guess it’s not surprising—a single old man almost hitting thirty.”

“Ahem, anyway, happy birthday.”

Seeing Zhao Yicheng raise an eyebrow, Xu Yinsheng decisively cut off this dangerous topic.

She pushed the cake back in front of Zhao Yicheng.

“I can’t give you fireworks across the city or a drone squadron, but at least I learned how to make cake from my ex-girlfriend. What can I say, all my ex-girlfriends are so talented.”

“Here, give it a try.”

“Thank you.”

Though Xu Yinsheng’s tone was all nonchalance and swagger, Zhao Yicheng could still hear a trace of concern.

Zhao Group had been busy with all sorts of things lately.

If Xu Yinsheng hadn’t mentioned it, he’d almost forgotten it was his birthday today.

Wait, no—his mother overseas had messaged him “Happy Birthday” early this morning.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yicheng’s lips curled into a smile.

He picked up the knife again, sliced the cake, and brought a forkful to his mouth.

The strawberries on the cake were very fresh, the cream was deliciously sweet, and there was a certain indescribable “flavor” to it that tickled his appetite… and something else down below…

This is…

Xiao Yin’s taste.

His slightly wild gaze landed on the girl’s high, curving chest beside him.

He raised an eyebrow—she seemed to have developed even more, bigger than before.

His gaze traveled upward, and he saw those lively, watery eyes filled with shock, as if she couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

What’s wrong?

Zhao Yicheng frowned.

He reached out to pat the girl’s smooth head—a habitual gesture, like petting a cat.

But this time, something was different.

With a crisp “clack,” his wristwatch tumbled to the floor!

It was his usual watch, always clasped securely on his wrist—mostly for style, since what CEO doesn’t wear a watch?

But now, it had slid right off his long, strong wrist—not because the clasp broke, nor the watch face came off, but the whole thing slipped off directly.

Zhao Yicheng looked down.

On the floor lay his watch, slightly cracked… and a small, tender hand.

The next moment.

“Xu, Yin, Sheng!”

The voice that echoed through the villa was not a man’s, but a boy’s, his teeth gritted in fury.

Even if he didn’t know why he’d turned into this state, he was sure it had everything to do with Xu Yinsheng!!

The truth, unsurprisingly, was just as he thought.

Facing Zhao Yicheng’s anger, especially when she saw him already drawing out a shiny, greasy leather belt, Xu Yinsheng wilted completely, like an eggplant hit by frost.

“I-I-I didn’t mean for this to happen.”

She pulled a long face, shivering.

“I just wanted you to go impotent, that’s all.

“I really didn’t expect the shrinking potion would shrink your body—I thought it was just the opposite of an aphrodisiac.”

“This was all given to me by my future self.”

Impotence? Shrinking potion? Future Xu Yinsheng?

Question after question flashed through his mind, but even after this sudden incident, Zhao Yicheng still managed to keep some rationality.

Holding the belt, he didn’t actually strike; anger couldn’t solve anything, it would only escalate their issues.

“Solution.”

The childish voice echoed in the air.

“Solution?”

Xu Yinsheng froze, then slapped her forehead as a look of sudden realization appeared.

“Got it, got it, I’ll go get it right now.”

With that, she scrambled up from the floor and dashed to her bedroom.

Just a few seconds later, she ran back, slammed a black diary on the table, picked up a ballpoint pen, and scribbled furiously!

How do you reverse the shrinking potion’s effects?!

Online wait!

Urgent!!

Zhao Yicheng frowned as he watched her odd, seemingly unconnected actions, starting to suspect Xu Yinsheng had caught his mental illness.

Had he just been too harsh?

He’d once discussed with a psychiatrist how Xu Yinsheng might have a psychological disorder, which could be triggered in daily life under certain conditions.

But Zhao Yicheng had never talked about this with Xu Yinsheng.

First, he suspected the white-coated doctor had misdiagnosed her—Xu Yinsheng, with her carefree attitude, eating and sleeping all day, hardly seemed ill; second, he knew what mental illness was like, and thought it better for her to remain carefree, eating and sleeping, than worrying about it.

Now, under Zhao Yicheng’s worried gaze, neat handwriting appeared on the yellowish paper:

The potion’s effect ends in a month, or… try a high-difficulty position once, hmm, that kind o(* )

Quickly covering the second half of the sentence, Xu Yinsheng turned to Zhao Yicheng and shouted, “One month! The effect will wear off after one month!”

“I have work tomorrow.”

In an instant, the world spun.

Tiny Zhao Yicheng, carrying the much taller Xu Yinsheng, looked just like a little kid lugging a giant plush toy, striding victoriously toward the bedroom.

Why is he still so strong even after shrinking?

That was Xu Yinsheng’s last coherent thought.

***

Twenty years later, in the private movie room of the villa.

Crunch~ crunch~

“I am you, you think I don’t know your sneaky tricks?”

Watching those two fair, naked bodies on the ultra-HD 24k screen, Witch Xu Yinsheng munched on popcorn and teased.

“The growth potion is just ordinary sugar water. As for the shrinking potion, heh heh heh.”

Those gemlike purple eyes flashed with a cunning smile, and her lips curled into an eerie grin.

She added her own twist.

Like, simple aphrodisiacs, or simply stimulating desire, or drawing out the dark side of human nature, or…

Thinking of the aloof fairy and the wicked shota, thinking of herself getting “driven,” thinking of being able to personally witness her own depravity as a woman—

Witch Xu Yinsheng’s lips glistened with excited drool, and she let out a series of weird “keh keh keh” giggles.

To witness her own fall as a woman—that was way more interesting than working out or doing yoga.

That white-coated psychiatrist had at least one thing right: live with someone mentally ill long enough, and you’ll end up catching it yourself.

Hm, maybe it’s more accurate now to call it an “xp.”

Just like Witch Xu Yinsheng now—her own “xp” is watching her own depravity as a woman.