Chapter 327 Comfort
Chen Yang drove, bumping along the Qinling Mountains, and after dropping off the few people, he naturally didn't want to attract too much trouble. He got into the car and planned to leave.
At this moment, Huo Ling ran over "deng deng deng" and knocked on the car window. She glanced at her phone and said, "Brother Chen, you're really heartless. We've been through life and death together, and you're just sending us to the hospital and leaving? Aren't you even going to leave your contact information?"
Chen Yang frowned. Huo Ling giggled, and at the same time, her phone had already navigated to the WeChat friends list, clearly intending to add Chen Yang as a WeChat friend.
Although Chen Yang found the pretty girl Huo Ling, who was so forward and friendly, appealing, as a married man, it was best not to get involved.
Chen Yang hesitated and said, "No need. We live quite far from here and won't be coming back."
Huo Ling immediately shook her head and said, "That's not necessarily true. Think about it, such important cultural relics have now sunk to the bottom of the lake, and you are the sole witness. In the future, our cultural relics investigation department will definitely look for you again!"
Hearing this, Chen Yang glanced at Huo Ling and asked, "You're from the cultural relics protection department?"
Huo Ling immediately patted her chest and said, "I'm a master's student in history and archaeology, and I'm currently interning at the local cultural relics protection bureau! The dinglu you saw is truly very important and a milestone in archaeological history, so let's add each other as friends! We will definitely need to trouble you later."
Chen Yang thought about it and nodded, saying, "Alright, if there's any news about the dinglu in the future, you can also proactively send it to me. After I go back, I'll think about it and try my best to find a friend to draw a picture of the dinglu's appearance and send it to you."
Huo Ling smiled and nodded upon hearing this, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, let's keep each other updated. Brother Chen, thank you for supporting our work."
Chen Yang grinned. After adding Huo Ling as a friend, he didn't linger and drove rapidly towards Qingzhou City.
On the way, Chen Yang drove with one hand and took out the bronze dinglu from his backpack with the other, examining it carefully in his palm.
The dinglu showed no peculiar features. It was covered with many complex and mysterious runes that looked like scribbles, completely incomprehensible.
Chen Yang dripped blood onto the dinglu and channeled his internal energy, but no significant reactions occurred despite various methods.
The dinglu's greatest effect, it seemed, was that when grasped firmly in the palm, a yellow mist would slowly emanate from it, and this yellow mist was very beneficial for cultivation.
Chen Yang didn't dwell on it further. Regardless, the dinglu seemed to be of great benefit to him. Now that he had become the Hall Master of the Celestial Physician Hall, his strength had reached a bottleneck. As a Grandmaster, he was already hard-pressed to find an equal in China.
However, it wasn't that he was exceptionally strong, but rather that everyone was stuck at the Grandmaster level. Many elders and grand elders hidden within powerful families, who had entered the Grandmaster realm decades ago, were still unable to break through further.
His master, the nameless physician, had terrifying strength but was at the peak of the Grandmaster realm before his death, unable to advance further.
Therefore, with this small dinglu, his strength could at least continue to improve, which was extremely precious.
In the afternoon.
Chen Yang's car arrived in Qingzhou City. He hadn't seen Liu Ran for several days and wondered how she was doing.
Chen Yang couldn't help but accelerate, heading straight for the villa.
Upon arriving at the villa, a sound of "ying ying ying" sobbing was heard. Chen Yang was startled by the crying and immediately jumped out of the car, rushing into the villa.
Entering the villa, he found several women dressed rather scantily, sitting on the sofa.
His wife Liu Ran wasn't crying. She was holding a tissue and smiling as she comforted someone, while the one crying was Meng Qingxue.
Meng Qingxue wiped her tears dejectedly, feeling very sad, but Liu Ran, Su Ya, and Lin Yueyu, who were surrounding her, seemed to be offering perfunctory comfort.
Lin Yueyu smiled and said, "Cousin, stop crying. You can come here to stay again when you have time. For now, you should focus on your work!"
Su Ya next to her also suppressed a smile and said, "Exactly, exactly. Our villa is always open to you. I believe Chen Yang will agree too."
"Oh! Chen Yang is back, isn't he? Chen Yang, if my cousin wants to come and stay at the villa in the future, can you agree?"
Chen Yang looked utterly bewildered. He nodded subconsciously and said, "Yes, I can agree. But what's going on here?"
"Cousin is already sad and crying, and all of you are holding back your laughter. This friendship is too superficial!"
Liu Ran couldn't help but burst into laughter upon hearing Chen Yang's words. She said helplessly, "What can we do? It's just that Cousin is too eccentric."
"Others are overjoyed when they get promoted, but for Cousin, they asked her to become the deputy director of the unit, and she refused outright."
"Now that the matter has escalated, they've forcefully appointed her, and if she doesn't accept, she has to resign. Cousin had no choice but to agree."
"We're sending her off to celebrate her promotion, but she's making it seem like a parting of life and death."
Chen Yang vaguely understood upon hearing this. It seemed that after apprehending the infiltrators from the Black Dragon Pavilion and thwarting their plans, all the credit must have been attributed to Meng Qingxue, leading to her significant achievements and being forced into a promotion as the second-in-command.
Chen Yang chuckled wryly. He waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, you continue to comfort her. I'm going upstairs. I'm exhausted from this trip. I'm going to rest first. Hurry up and cook. Make a lot of delicious food, I'm starving."
Chen Yang muttered, slinging his backpack over his shoulder, and headed towards his bedroom.
Liu Ran could no longer bother comforting Meng Qingxue. She stood up, changed her clothes, and was about to go grocery shopping.
Su Ya immediately said, "I'll go too, I'll go too! We need to make a feast tonight."
"But, Liu Ran, don't you think Chen Yang is getting more and more arrogant? He's clearly living off you, but now he's ordering you around like a crown prince commanding a maid. You'll gradually lose your status in the family if you continue like this."
"I'm telling you, women must be strong and assertive. You have to keep your husband firmly in control to have a place in the family."
Liu Ran smiled and said, "Is it that complicated? Chen Yang is hungry and wants to eat something delicious. That's all."
Lin Yueyu also jumped up and said, "Then I'll clean the kitchen. I've decided, I'm staying another night and will leave your villa tomorrow morning."
"Cousin, stop crying. Hurry up and go to work! Look, no one's here to comfort you at home. Go on, go on."
Meng Qingxue dejectedly wiped her tears, glared angrily at the three of them, and said, "You all abandon your friends for men. The moment Chen Yang returns, you don't even want to comfort me anymore."
"Fine, I'll go to work. At this hour, I can still get stir-fried pork at the unit's cafeteria!"
Meng Qingxue huffed and picked up her bag, leaving the villa.