A Letter from Home

The next day, Gu Fengrui and Lu Xiaoning successfully finalized their divorce.

The Gu family remained entirely peaceful. Upon learning the news, Gu Fengrui's mother did not come over to cause a fuss; perhaps she had finally gained some perspective lately.

Soon after, Gu Fengrui's mother sent over a substantial amount of items, all intended for Gu Zhongning and the other children, including both food and clothing.

Gu Fengrui had originally thought that divorce would be an extremely difficult pill to swallow. Yet, when he was actually going through the procedures with Lu Xiaoning, he unexpectedly felt a profound sense of relief, completely free of any burden.

In truth, he had divorced her far too late. He should have agreed to it when Lu Xiaoning first proposed it earlier in the spring. Dragging it out for so long out of a desire not to hurt the children had ultimately brought no benefit to either himself or the kids.

True to form, on the third day following their divorce, Lu Xiaoning unhesitatingly boarded a plane to the Beautiful Country with her first love. The only people there to see her off were members of her own family.

Carrying her monthly correspondence, Lu Jiaojuer received yet another letter from Guangxi Province, penned by her family.

In the letter, her younger siblings first reported on their academic progress, then shared various anecdotes about happenings at school and home, and finally asked in unison whether the plan for them to visit the capital during the summer vacation still stood—a joint inquiry that brought a smile to Lu Jiaojue's face.

As for Su Yulan and Lu Jianping, they urged her not to worry about them, assuring her that everything at home was fine and nothing out of the ordinary had occurred. Additionally, Su Yulan mentioned that the fifteen jars of face cream Lu Jiaojue had sent back had completely sold out. The results had been exceptionally remarkable, and recently, more people had been coming around to inquire about them.

These skincare products were originally made by Lu Jiaojue for her own family's use, and she had later deliberately sent a few extra jars back home. After all, once her own family used them with good results, outsiders would naturally take notice.

And indeed, that was precisely what happened. After Su Yulan, her youngest daughter, her maternal niece, and Lu Jianping's nieces began using the cream, their skin improved day by day. The whitening effect was visible to the naked eye; blemishes and acne scars vanished, leaving their skin impeccably smooth in less than three months.

Such dramatic results possessed an impact far more powerful than any television commercial, especially since the transformation was happening to people they saw every day. Before long, word spread like wildfire. Girls who were preparing for blind dates or weddings, as well as those troubled by severe acne and blemishes, all began coming over to ask about it.

Upon hearing that a single jar of skincare cream cost eight yuan, many girls hesitated and backed away. Where would people in the countryside find that kind of money? Eight yuan was enough to buy meat for the entire family for a whole month.

Although many girls wanted to buy it but couldn't afford it, there were still those who could. A couple of girls from relatively well-to-do families, whose parents worked at the supply and marketing cooperative and the government office, managed to convince their parents through sheer persistence to grit their teeth and buy a jar.

As it turned out, the money was well spent. Within half a month, the effects became visible, and in a month, they looked like completely different people.

Consequently, even the mothers of these girls couldn't resist using it after seeing the results. Naturally, a single jar shared between mother and daughter ran out quickly, but the mothers were so impressed by the efficacy that they readily forked over the money to buy another jar exclusively for themselves.

In this gradual manner, Su Yulan accumulated a loyal customer base, and the fifteen jars of cream were imperceptibly sold out.

Lu Jiaojuer promptly replied to her family's letter. First, she assured her younger siblings that once she finished taking the college entrance examination and received her university admission notice, she would return to pick them up and told them to await her telegram.

As for her mother, Su Yulan, Lu Jiaojuer directly mailed her another twenty jars. In any case, she would be heading home in a little over a month, at which point she could personally bring back an even larger supply. Furthermore, these products contained no preservatives and were refined using low-tier alchemy cauldrons, meaning their shelf life was extraordinarily long—maintaining their quality for three to five years was not a problem at all.