Chapter 29 The Second Decoction
Sitting in the passenger seat, Chen Xuan glanced at Su Yunxi beside him, enjoying a moment of warmth.
If only it could be like this forever, but unfortunately...
Chen Xuan couldn't help but recall the mission his former superior had assigned him: to become a live-in son-in-law!
Although it was a fake marriage, it was still a marriage, and this was a top-secret mission. He couldn't reveal anything. He wondered if it would cause Su Yunxi to misunderstand. If it did, it would be a huge problem.
Even though he tried not to think about it, he felt like it was a knife hanging over his neck. Whenever he thought about it, his neck felt cold.
Su Yunxi glanced at Chen Xuan and happened to see the conflicted expression on his face. She asked, "Chen Xuan, what are you thinking about?"
Chen Xuan quickly shook his head. "Nothing!"
"Oh."
Since Chen Xuan didn't say anything, Su Yunxi, being understanding, didn't press further. She too had something she couldn't tell Chen Xuan.
The reason she was late this afternoon wasn't due to work. It was because the Su family had arranged a marriage for her. The Su family had inquired when Su Yunxi could meet the other party.
Su Yunxi directly rejected the marriage, but the Su family was insistent, leading to an irreconcilable argument.
In the end, Su Yunxi drove away.
Su Yunxi dropped Chen Xuan off at the villa. After saying goodbye, she drove away.
"Is that Chen Xuan back?"
At this moment, Aunt Tang, dressed in her pajamas, walked in from outside.
Aunt Tang, whose name was Tang Yuru, had lost her husband years ago and had raised her son alone through hardships. Her son had finally gotten married, but unfortunately, he married a shrewish wife. She was then driven out by her daughter-in-law and had been renting a place until then.
Later, when Song Ping was hospitalized, Aunt Tang put aside her work and stayed by her side in the hospital.
Chen Xuan knew it wasn't easy for Aunt Tang and had asked her to move into the villa.
"Yes!" Chen Xuan nodded.
Aunt Tang tiptoed and peered down the road, gazing at the red Ferrari sports car, of which only the taillights were visible. She said gossipy, "Chen Xuan, is that beautiful girl who gave you a ride your new girlfriend?"
"Ah? No..." Chen Xuan's old face flushed, and he quickly shook his head.
Aunt Tang smiled knowingly and said, "Don't hide it from Aunt Tang. I saw it all from the window just now. It was a beautiful girl who brought you back, and she was driving a luxury car. What do you call that car? What does her family do? How old is she? Is she rich?"
Chen Xuan didn't expect Aunt Tang to have seen it and had to explain, "Aunt Tang, you're overthinking it. She's just a friend."
Aunt Tang immediately adopted the air of someone who knew better, patting Chen Xuan's shoulder. "Chen Xuan, Aunt Tang understands. No need to explain."
Chen Xuan was left speechless, unsure whether to laugh or cry.
Understand what?
Aunt Tang said, "But Aunt Tang has a few words of advice. When you find a wife, never find someone like Li Jiajia. I never liked her from the start, and look what happened!"
"Alas, it's just that the one you've found now is too rich. Our family's conditions don't match hers."
Suddenly, Aunt Tang sighed. "It's okay if it's a live-in son-in-law situation. As long as they don't dislike us, we can be live-in sons-in-law."
Chen Xuan was again left speechless, wondering where Aunt Tang got all these ideas.
Even the divine doctor Li had to curry favor with Su Yunxi.
Heihuo, who could shake the ground with a stomp in the martial world, had to seek Su Yunxi's mediation for business.
Su Yunxi's status and position were likely beyond his wildest imagination!
The number of people who wanted to become live-in sons-in-law in the Su family could probably stretch from here to Yanmen Pass.
How could it be his turn?
Aunt Tang was about to say more when Chen Xuan quickly interrupted her and changed the subject, "Aunt Tang, has my mother's condition improved at all?"
"Chen Xuan, speaking of which, your medicine is truly effective. Your mother is almost like a normal person now. She's just forgotten a lot of past events and sometimes gets confused and doesn't recognize people. She's much better than before," Aunt Tang said.
Chen Xuan felt a surge of happiness.
However, he still couldn't understand why someone had poisoned Song Ping.
"Chen Xuan, don't worry. Your mother's condition is improving, and it will get better and better," Aunt Tang comforted him, seeing his dejected expression.
"Thank you, Aunt Tang. I know."
Chen Xuan nodded.
"It's getting windy. Let's go inside," Aunt Tang said.
Chen Xuan and Aunt Tang walked into the villa. Aunt Tang went upstairs to sleep in the room next to Song Ping's. Chen Xuan, on the balcony, smoked a cigarette, took out the spiritual jade marrow and several medicinal ingredients, and went to the kitchen.
This decoction would take at least eight hours to simmer. Chen Xuan hadn't had the time during the day, but now he finally had it!
He rummaged through the kitchen and surprisingly found a clay pot.
Chen Xuan saw that there were still dregs of Chinese medicine in the clay pot. It was likely a folk remedy that Heihuo had found for his own weakness, and he had used this clay pot to simmer the medicinal soup.
Coincidentally, Chen Xuan could also use this clay pot to simmer medicine for his mother, Song Ping.
This decoction, with spiritual jade marrow as the main ingredient, could expel some of the toxins that had invaded his mother Song Ping's mind.
After eight hours of simmering, the decoction was finally ready. He strained out the dregs and poured the soup into a thermos cup. His mother Song Ping could take it directly in the morning.
With everything done, Chen Xuan's gaze shifted to the dregs, and his mind stirred.
Although he had faced rejections everywhere when selling the pills today, Chen Xuan knew that gold would always shine. The Sun family made a living by selling medicinal materials and had many connections. They should soon discover the benefits of these pills, and he believed that the Sun family would come to him seeking medicine soon.
He planned to use this spiritual jade marrow to refine more pills to raise funds for purchasing the other four spiritual herbs.
Besides, spiritual jade marrow was an extremely rare spiritual herb in the world, and Chen Xuan couldn't let it go to waste. So, he added a few more medicinal ingredients and simmered them over a low heat. Using some of his unique pill-refining techniques, he refined more than twenty pills in less than half an hour.
During the day, Chen Xuan had suffered from the pills' unappealing appearance and faced rejection everywhere.
This time, he used all his skills and employed several unique pill-refining techniques to make the newly refined pills look better!
Otherwise, it would severely limit their sales!
By the time the sky began to turn a fish-belly white.
A fragrance of medicine filled the kitchen.
"The pills are finally refined!"
Chen Xuan exhaled, raising his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
He eagerly took a pill from the pot and placed it before his eyes, wanting to see how the refined pill looked.
Although the appearance of these pills was far inferior to the pills Chen Xuan had refined with a furnace previously.
However, they were much better than the pills he had refined last time.
At least they weren't as unappetizing, and they were relatively round.
The appearance was like the difference between a plain woman and a woman who was presentable and could be taken to bed.
Looking at these pills with decent appearance, Chen Xuan thought that no one would look down on them anymore!
Thus, with full confidence, he carefully put the pills into a plastic bottle.
Normally, pills should be stored in jade containers, otherwise, the medicinal properties could easily evaporate. However, he didn't have any jade containers, so he had to use a plastic bottle for now.
Chen Xuan checked his watch. It was not yet six in the morning, still a bit early. So, he turned and lay down on the sofa to rest for a while.
He had barely slept for the past two days. He was too tired. As soon as he leaned back on the sofa, he fell asleep.
When Chen Xuan opened his eyes, it was already past eight o'clock. He looked around groggily.
Aunt Tang was cleaning.
Song Ping's condition had improved a bit, and she was watching television.
Chen Xuan stared at Song Ping and called out, "Mom!"