Cheng Liu, who stayed up late working last night and even jumped into the swimming pool out  of excitement, got up early in the morning, drove from the villa’s garage, and went directly to the company

When she passed the door of the villa next door, she gave it a long look. It was only six o’clock and Ji Chaozhou should still be asleep. 

Cheng Liu managed to get only three hours of sleep, but her sleep quality had been good and she was still full of energy even when she got up this early.

Although she might not see him all day today, Cheng Liu felt that they had made great progress in their relationship and was in a very happy mood overall.

It was probably the feeling when both career and love were about to have a double harvest.

Young President Cheng always felt that her life was about to take off in a happy trajectory.

… …

In fact, the person in the villa next door had already woken up. When Cheng Liu drove out, Ji Chaozhou was sitting in the living room and heard the movement outside. It was not until the car left and no movement could be heard anymore that he slowly stood up and walked out, staring blankly at the pomelo seedlings on the left side of the front courtyard.

She…  didn’t come to water them this morning.

Ji Chaozhou stood in the front courtyard for a long time and finally went out to Ranshan Laboratory.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

Tang Fang came in late today. In fact, her working hours at Ranshan were very relaxed; she only needed to ensure that new fragrances were released every quarter. However, since Ji Chaozhou took over Ranshan, the number of perfumes that have been rejected has skyrocketed.

It could be said that there were almost no new fragrances that could satisfy Ji Chaozhou.

But the other perfumers dared not complain. Not to mention that Ji Chaozhou was the head of Ranshan, the Midu he developed was enough for Ranshan to make a strong comeback. Sales have been increasing in recent years. Who has anything to complain about?

However, the tasks that they needed to do as perfumers still had to be completed.

As soon as Tang Fang arrived at the laboratory, she heard several young perfumers chattering, their faces painted with a blush.

“What are you talking about?” Tang Fang asked, putting on her white coat.

“He came to the laboratory today,” the young perfumer said excitedly.

Tang Fang understood immediately when she heard this: Ji Chaozhou, who had not come to the lab for several days, finally came today.

Many young perfumers in Ranshan like to walk up the stairs to the second floor and then take the elevator up. The only thing they could see there was Ji Chaozhou.

Ji Chaozhou’s status, talent, and personality were all admired by their perfumers. It was said that when Yun Ran went to Ranshan back in the days, it was also a ‘grand event’. But she didn’t come often, and in the end, she never came again.

“I still have to make a new fragrance, otherwise I would have gone to the laboratory on the second floor. Just one look at him and I feel inspired.”

“I want to go too. Didn’t Master Ji come over and suddenly mixed another new fragrance? The bottle of incense that Master Tang brought over last time smelled really good too.”

Tang Fang put on her gloves and couldn’t help but smile bitterly when she heard this, “Last time, it was a new incense that he didn’t even want anymore.”

“The ones that Master Ji created and then discarded, these incense smells better than the ones we so carefully prepared.” A young perfumer said dejectedly, “I feel like rubbish.” 

“Okay, stop chatting, I bought a batch of expensive spices two days ago, and I will take you to smell it.” Tang Fang took these young perfumers over to the laboratory.

Then she carried a box of new spices to the second floor, ready to hand it over to Ji Chaozhou.

Sure enough, he was in the laboratory, and the white square table was piled with fragrance bottles.

Tang Fang knocked on the door before going in. As soon as she pushed it open, she smelled an extremely bitter smell. It made her wrinkle her nose subconsciously.

The taste was like the bitterness when the bark of a tree was peeled off. She seemed to be able to see the green sap bursting from the torn bark right at that moment.

It wasn’t pungent, more like the bitterness and astringency of green juice that enters the brain through the nose, with a hazy smell that makes people subconsciously avoid it.

Too bitter, too astringent.

Tang Fang stood at the door for a while and then walked in.

Once a perfumer has had the opportunity to smell a lot of spices, they would realize that not all spices were fragrant. Some spices have weird or even unpleasant smells, but when used as a supplementary fragrance and when mixed with other spices, they could sometimes get an unexpected fragrance.

Tang Fang placed the new incense she mixed on Ji Chaozhou’s table and put the box she was carrying next to it. “It’s a new batch of spices. I picked out some of the best quality ones.”

Ji Chaozhou nodded and expressed he understood.

“Is it a newly prepared auxiliary fragrance?” Tang Fang couldn’t hold back her curiosity. She had smelled this scent before, and it didn’t look like a single layered spice.

Ji Chaozhou raised his eyes and suddenly asked her, “What do you think?”

“It’s too astringent and bitter. If you add something like a sweet orange flavor, it can neutralize it,” Tang Fanglu had already added several flavors in her mind to neutralize the smell.

Ji Chaozhou capped the perfume bottle, lowered his eyes and said, “I think it’s good right now.”

Tang Fang was stunned for a moment, and then said, “Then I’ll wait for Master Ji’s results.”

Even after her years of mixing perfume, she lost her confidence in front of Ji Chaozhou.

Some people were born to create fragrance. Ordinary people still need to learn, but Ji Choazhou just pick it up by his fingertips.

But after coming out of Ji Chaozhou’s lab, Tang Fang thought about it for a long time, and still had to shake her head. The taste was indeed too astringent and too bitter.

Was there something wrong with her nose?

“Master Tang, tell us what you smell like?”

Tang Fang returned to the laboratory. A young perfumer came over and took a sniff. He frowned, “It’s too bitter.”

“Master Ji is mixing new fragrances over there,” Tang Fang Lu explained. She suspected that there might be something in it that could only be smelled by him.

This should be the difference between geniuses and ordinary people.

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If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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Chapter 38.2 — Day 13 (Copycat Dessert)
Chapter 38.2 — Day 13 (Copycat Dessert)

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