Reborn through an arranged marriage, I awakened the Shennong farming system.

With Su Bai's startled cry, Su Bai fell off the bed. Hua Gengchen quickly reached out to pull her up, thus saving Su Bai from a close embrace with Mother Earth first thing in the morning.

Su Bai felt Hua Gengchen's body temperature coming from where he was being held. It took him a while to realize that the person in front of him was Hua Gengchen himself, not a ghost that looked like Hua Gengchen.

Hua Gengchen pulled Su Bai back to sit on the bed, annoyed, and asked indifferently, "Do I look that scary?"

Su Bai wished he could bury his head in his chest. How could such an embarrassing thing happen to him?

He raised his head with an embarrassed smile. "I just woke up early and my eyes were still blurry, so I couldn't see clearly. Please don't hold it against me, okay?" Who knew that Hua Gengchen, who was supposed to be on a business trip abroad, would suddenly come back and sleep with him? More importantly, he suddenly spoke up. Before this, he had no idea that there was another person beside him.

Hua Gengchen didn't speak, but just snorted twice. How could a demon who had lived for tens of thousands of years bother with Su Bai, a human in his early twenties?

Su Bai gave an awkward laugh, raised his right hand, pointed to the bracelet on it, and asked, "Did you put this on me?" He must have misheard Hua Gengchen's words; how could he lend out something like a life-saving talisman so casually?

"Hmm!" Hua Gengchen responded proudly. Su Bai must be very happy to have obtained such a valuable item! This is unique; there is no other treasure like it in the entire demon realm and human realm combined, not to mention that it has real life-saving effects.

Hua Gengchen could clearly see that Su Bai wanted to cut the bracelet. In order to keep Su Bai wearing it on his wrist instead of finding scissors to cut it off without thinking, Hua Gengchen came up with an important idea on the spot.

Su Bai was surprised to find it was true. She immediately put on a stern face and held out her hand to Hua Gengchen. "Take it back! I can't accept something so valuable!" It wasn't just any gold or jade; it was a life-saving charm! It was related to her life, so how could she give it away so easily?

Hua Gengchen was taken aback by Su Bai's response and his mind went blank. He rarely gave gifts, and anyone who received one from him was always grateful. This was the first time Hua Gengchen had encountered someone so explicitly rejecting a gift like Su Bai.

"There's no reason to take back what I've given away!" After thinking for a long time, Hua Gengchen could only come up with this reason that wasn't really a reason.

Su Bai was dumbfounded. What was Hua Gengchen saying to him at this moment?!

"This is your life-saving charm, I really can't accept it!" The Hua family is a reclusive family, what if this life-saving charm has some special meaning? He didn't want to owe Hua Gengchen a favor.

If Su Bai hadn't already tried and found that the bracelet couldn't be removed, he wouldn't be in such a passive position!

No one knew how Hua Gengchen had fastened the bracelet to his wrist, and why he couldn't take it off. After learning that it was Hua Gengchen's life-saving charm, Su Bai had already given up the idea of ​​cutting it with scissors; after all, it was a life-saving charm!

If Hua Gengchen gets involved, he can't afford to pay the compensation!

Seeing Su Bai's serious attitude, Hua Gengchen realized that a direct confrontation wouldn't work, and he had to say something gentler. "You were drunk last night and went to help break up a fight. The driver was terrified when he found you. If he had arrived a moment later, it's uncertain whether you would still be here unharmed. I'm lending you this life-saving charm temporarily in the hope that you can stay safe. I just got married, and I don't want people to say that I have a 'wife-killing' fate."

Su Bai noticed that he was easily impressed by Hua Gengchen whenever Hua Gengchen spoke at length. "But..."

"No buts, it's settled!" Hua Gengchen didn't want to give Su Bai another chance to argue, so he stretched out his long legs and got off the bed.

Su Bai looked at the bracelet and suddenly asked, "Did you rush back because you heard I had an accident?"

Hua Gengchen's back stiffened, and he paused for a moment before turning to look at Su Bai. "No, the matter abroad has been resolved, so I came back."

Su Bai looked calmly at Hua Gengchen, taking in the rare panic on his face, and smiled, "Is that so? What a coincidence!"

“Yes, isn’t it a coincidence?” Hua Gengchen followed up on Su Bai’s words. Too many things happened last night, and all the testimonies were correct, but he just forgot to explain how he got back.

You have to understand that planes from overseas don't fly back so quickly, and he only set off in the morning.

If this lie isn't covered up properly, his identity as a demon could very well be exposed, so Hua Gengchen has to be careful.

"I'm going to wash up first." Hua Gengchen fled in a panic.

Su Bai sat on the bed for a while, staring at the closed bathroom door, the smile on his lips never fading.

The first time I saw a panicked expression on Hua Gengchen's face, it wasn't a bad feeling.

Holding the bracelet tightly in her left hand, Su Bai's smile widened; it felt good to be cared for.

He knew that Hua Gengchen was hiding some things, but Su Bai wouldn't pry, since they both had their own secrets.

But did he really do a heroic act last night? He has no recollection of it at all. And he didn't feel any pain either. Is his fighting ability really that high?

Su Bai was no longer sure!

"It must be thanks to the driver!" Hua Gengchen said the driver had gone there too, right? With the driver's build, he made me feel so safe!

Having figured out what happened last night, Su Bai finally had the mind to appreciate the life-saving charm Hua Gengchen had given him. The beads on the bracelet were of indistinguishable material, emitting a faint glow, and felt cool to the touch, but not at all icy. A golden object, resembling a seashell but not quite, was tied to the center of the twelve beads. Looking at this object, Su Bai's mind raced with speculation.

This shiny thing, could it be made of gold?

But who would bother to shape gold like this? It looks like a seashell but not quite; it's more like fish scales!

The more he looked at it, the more it resembled fish scales. Su Bai finally became certain that the golden, shimmering thing was indeed fish scales, but he had never seen anyone use fish scales as a life-saving talisman. Unable to figure it out, Su Bai eventually attributed it to the custom of a reclusive family. After all, they had a long tradition, so it was normal for some of their customs to differ from others.

Just as she finished thinking this, Hua Gengchen came out of the bathroom. Su Bai glanced at him, and the obvious panic from before had disappeared. Hua Gengchen had returned to his normal self.

"I'm going to wash up." Su Bai got out of bed, put on his slippers, and headed to the bathroom.

Hua Gengchen stepped aside slightly and said to Su Bai just as he was about to close the door, "I saw the message you sent. When?"

Su Bai thought for a moment, "Then let's talk about it tonight!" He was currently hungover and his mind was not clear, so it was not a good time to talk. He would wait until he had a good nap in the afternoon before talking about it.

“Okay,” Hua Gengchen replied, as he had some things to take care of during the day.

After Su Bai washed up and changed into her pajamas, the two went downstairs one after the other. As soon as they got downstairs, Su Bai found Bai Ze sitting on the sofa wrapped in a quilt, holding a black crystal in his hands and looking dazed. With a worried look, Su Bai asked, "What's wrong with him? He seems a bit off."

"Ignore him, he's just having a relapse, he'll be fine in a while." It seems the matter of the black crystal is not easy to explain; Bai Ze thought about it all night but still couldn't figure it out.

"Huh? Oh!" He hadn't noticed anything wrong with Bai Ze before, but the scene before him made it hard to say that he was alright.

Sitting at the dining table, the maid first brought Su Bai a bowl of hangover soup before serving him a proper breakfast.

However, it was slightly different from the previous breakfasts, as there was an extra bowl of steamed eggs.

"What is this?" Su Bai picked up the steamed egg with some surprise and looked at Hua Jueming with a puzzled expression.

Hua Jueming smiled without saying a word, only giving Hua Gengchen a slight nod with his eyes. Su Bai looked on in astonishment. Had the sun risen in the west today? Why did everything seem to be happening in a way that was beyond his expectations?

Hua Gengchen noticed Su Bai's gaze, but didn't stop eating his breakfast or look up. "The doctor came last night and said you're too weak and need more nutrition. The doctor has already prescribed a formula, and the tonics won't arrive until today, so eat something high in protein to replenish your energy first." Actually, the egg in this steamed egg wasn't expensive; what was precious was the honey the driver had stolen overnight from Changbai Mountain, made by the bee tribe. That was a great tonic, very valuable even in the demon realm, because the bee tribe was extremely protective of their food and rarely sold their honey.

Before Su Bai could speak, Hua Gengchen continued, "From now on, you must eat an extra bowl of steamed egg every morning. I will have Hua Jueming supervise you."

"Huh!?" Even eating now requires supervision! Does Su Bai really think he's acting crazy today? Why does everything seem to be going in a strange way?

First, Hua Gengchen lent him a life-saving talisman, then prepared nourishing foods for him, and now he even has someone supervise his meals!

Is the person in front of him really Hua Gengchen?

If that's true, Su Bai will start to doubt whether what happened last night was really as Hua Gengchen said!

He seemed to have just remembered something. He did go to rescue people, but when the driver arrived, he seemed to have seen something extraordinary that deeply moved him.

But what did he see? Su Bai couldn't remember at all!

"Try it quickly and see if it suits your taste," Hua Gengchen reminded him, "it'll get cold if you don't eat it soon."

Su Bai obediently picked up the spoon and suddenly realized that the chill that had been accompanying Hua Gengchen seemed to have eased a lot this morning, and there was no longer that feeling of being so cold that one would shiver at the slightest touch.

After scooping a spoonful of steamed egg into his mouth, Su Bai was still thinking about the abnormality that had appeared on Hua Gengchen. Could a thousand-year-old iceberg have started to melt in just one night?

"Hmm? It's sweet!" Su Bai exclaimed in surprise.

In the eyes of the older generation, sugar was a rare commodity, so the steamed eggs Su Bai ate when he was a child were all sweet. Because he was used to it, he was not used to eating savory steamed eggs. He thought that Hua Gengchen had ordered people to make savory steamed eggs, but he did not expect them to be sweet.

After scooping three or four spoonfuls of steamed egg into his mouth, Su Bai's eyes narrowed with joy.

"Delicious?" Hua Gengchen's mood inexplicably improved when he saw Su Bai eating happily.

"Mmm!" Su Bai couldn't even open her mouth to answer Hua Gengchen's question, so she could only nod vigorously. After swallowing what was in her mouth, she sweetly said, "Thank you."

Hua Gengchen's heart skipped a beat at those sweet words, as if he himself had eaten a bowl of sweet steamed egg.