Chen Nan said excitedly, "Good, I'll find a way to deal with that demon."
"I await your good news," Leng Qingmei replied. "If you can deal with the demon, I'll consummate our marriage with you."
"Then be prepared, all washed and waiting," Chen Nan left Leng Qingmei's room with a smile, his face full of anticipation.
Returning to the back courtyard.
He calmed himself down.
The host's influence on him was too great.
He had agreed to her proposal in a moment of excitement.
If it were him, he would absolutely not have agreed to Leng Qingmei's proposal.
Even if she had proposed consummating their marriage.
But now, he was not lacking in women at all.
Whether it was Ning Yinqiu or Xia Youwei, neither was inferior to Leng Qingmei.
The most crucial point was.
This matter carried too much risk.
He could not guarantee that his method would be effective.
However.
Regardless of the outcome, since he had promised.
He had to go all out.
After a simple meal, Chen Nan left the Leng family and went to the county yamen's morgue to find the body of the green-eyed zombie that had not yet been cremated.
The reason for finding this corpse was simple.
He needed the blood of the green-eyed zombie.
After all, corpse poison was terrifying, and even a cultivator at the Hua Xing realm could hardly resist it.
After collecting the green-eyed zombie's blood.
Chen Nan returned to the Leng family and heated the solidified blood in an iron bowl.
The next moment.
A pungent, foul odor spread.
The smell quickly reached Song Ziwei's room next door: "Young Master, are you stewing feces to eat? Why is it so smelly? Can I still sleep?"
Chen Nan shouted across the void, "Do you want a bite?"
Song Ziwei ignored him.
Seeing that the zombie blood had dissolved.
Chen Nan took out a silver needle and soaked it in the blood.
Chen Nan had just entered the Cai Yin realm.
With his current cultivation, to deal with a Hua Xing realm demon.
The most reliable method was poisoning.
Using a silver needle was the best approach.
What?
Can silver needles detect poison?
Wouldn't using a silver needle alert the other party?
Nonono!
Chen Nan did not deny that silver needles were historically used to detect poison.
However.
The poisons of history were very different from corpse poison.
This had to start with the nature of poison itself.
The most common poison in ancient times was arsenic trioxide, scientifically known as arsenic(III) oxide.
Due to backward production technology at the time, the refining process resulted in small amounts of sulfur and sulfides accompanying the arsenic trioxide.
When silver came into contact with sulfides, a chemical reaction occurred, producing "silver sulfide" (Ag2S).
This is why a black layer would form on the surface of the silver needle.
From this perspective, silver needles could indeed act as a poison detector.
However, this did not mean that silver needles inherently possessed the function of detecting poison.
Because it detected sulfur, not poison.
Regardless of whether poison was present, as long as there was sulfur, the silver needle would turn black.
Corpse poison, on the other hand, was different. It did not contain sulfur.
Therefore, even if soaked in it, the silver needle would not turn black.
After soaking for a night.
Chen Nan carefully put away the silver needle.
If he accidentally pricked his skin.
He would be finished.
In the morning.
Leng Qingmei came to the back courtyard and took him to the front courtyard to visit her father.
Compared to yesterday, Leng Xuemin's complexion had significantly recovered.
Xia Youwei said with a pained expression, "Your father woke up last night, ate a little, and then fell asleep again. He said that the family business should be managed by Chen Nan for now."
Upon hearing this.
Leng Qingmei and Chen Nan felt a strange thought arise in their hearts.
Everyone knew that Chen Nan had no interest in the family business.
Would Leng Xuemin propose handing over the entire family business to him at this time?
Was this reasonable?
Normally.
Chen Nan would certainly refuse.
And Leng Qingmei had never interfered in the family business.
This meant.
Once Chen Nan refused to take over the Leng family's business.
Then Xia Youwei would fully control the Leng family's business.
At that time.
Not only would Leng Xuemin be dealt with by Xia Youwei,
but all the money earned by the Leng family would fall into the hands of this demon.
This calculation was truly brilliant.
Thinking of this, Chen Nan sighed and said with an embarrassed expression, "Since father-in-law holds me in such high regard, then your son-in-law will certainly do his utmost to make the Leng family's business bigger and stronger, leading it to glory!"
Xia Youwei was stunned.
She seemed not to have expected Chen Nan to take over the Leng family's business.
It caught her off guard.
However, she did not say much and politely replied, "Then I'll have to trouble you, son-in-law."
Chen Nan's words carried a hint of helplessness, "Although your son-in-law does not wish to meddle in the Leng family's business, my wife also does not interfere with the family's affairs."
"If your son-in-law were to decline, wouldn't the entire family business fall upon mother-in-law's shoulders?"
"Mother-in-law has just married into the Leng family and still has to take care of the unconscious father-in-law at night. This is already a great burden."
"As a son-in-law, should I not help mother-in-law resolve her worries?"
"If mother-in-law were to manage the family business while also caring for father-in-law, and we only sought pleasure, what would be the difference between us and beasts?"
Xia Youwei did not expect Chen Nan to say so much.
Because she had heard that.
The son-in-law who married into the Leng family had a very low status.
He dared not even speak loudly in front of the servants.
And now, saying so much in front of her was undoubtedly showing her loyalty.
She accepted Chen Nan's declaration of loyalty without reservation.
Then she carefully observed this young man.
He was powerfully built.
And handsome.
He should be more potent than that good-for-nothing Leng Xuemin, right?
If she devoured his three souls and seven spirits, her strength would definitely increase.
At this moment.
Xia Youwei felt a flicker of desire.
After the meal, Chen Nan first went to the house where penicillin was being cultivated.
The cultivation of penicillin was going smoothly.
At this rate, the fungus would condense in two to three days.
Then Wu Jiu would be out of danger.
And the invention of penicillin would certainly establish his foothold in the underworld.
Turning vegetables into gold was not a dream for him.
Afterward, Chen Nan came to the Leng family's cloth shop.
The shopkeeper had already been informed of Chen Nan's takeover of the family business and had provided him with account books, inventory, and order details.
Although Chen Nan had never been a shopkeeper, since he had agreed to take over the Leng family's business, he naturally had to give it his all.
At noon.
While Chen Nan was looking through the account books upstairs.
The demon in the form of Xia Youwei from the Leng family arrived at the cloth shop.
She carried a food container and walked in.
Chen Nan quickly put down the account book and rose to greet her, "Why has mother-in-law come?"
"I heard you haven't had lunch, so I specially prepared two of my signature small dishes for you," Xia Youwei said, taking out two plates of delicate small dishes, a pot of wine, and two wine cups from the food container.
Seeing the two wine cups, Chen Nan was suddenly confused.
In broad daylight.
Why would this woman bring two wine cups?
Could she be trying to get him drunk and then absorb his vital essence and soul?
Xia Youwei saw what Chen Nan was thinking and sighed softly, "I'm in a bad mood and want you to drink with me and have a heart-to-heart talk. You don't mind, do you?" As she said this, she looked at Chen Nan with affectionate eyes.
Feeling her gaze, Chen Nan suddenly felt dizzy.
A strong sense of crisis surged in his heart.
It's over!
This demon wants to deal with him!