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

It took Su Bai a while to react after Hua Gengchen left, "What on earth is going on?!"

He believed his proposed solution was good for both of them, so why did things end up like this?

Su Bai picked up the divorce papers from the table, put them back in the file folder, and prepared to go back to his room to talk to Hua Gengchen again. Perhaps Hua Gengchen had been too direct earlier and couldn't accept it; this time he could be more gentle.

Back in his room, Su Bai didn't see Hua Gengchen. Frowning slightly, Su Bai turned and went downstairs. After searching around, Su Bai still couldn't find Hua Gengchen. "Where did he go?"

Su Bai clearly remembered that he hadn't heard the car start, which meant that Hua Gengchen was still at home. But the house had five floors, with several rooms on each floor. How long would it take him to find Hua Gengchen?

"You can dodge the first day of the month, but you can't dodge the fifteenth." Anyway, he had already told Hua Gengchen his thoughts, so giving him some time to think about it was fine. In any case, his thoughts would not change.

Su Bai took out her phone from her pocket and sent a message to Hua Gengchen: I still hope you can seriously consider the divorce.

After sending the message and waiting for a while without receiving a reply, Su Bai stopped waiting, put his phone away, went back to his room to prepare for bed, as he was going to prepare for the sale of the first batch of vegetables the next day.

After leaving the study, Hua Gengchen went straight to the rooftop swimming pool, activated the formation, and jumped in without even taking off his clothes.

Surrounded by water, the anger he had previously suppressed in front of Su Bai suddenly poured out. Centered on Hua Gengchen, the water in the swimming pool froze rapidly at a visible speed, freezing the entire space in the blink of an eye.

Hua Gengchen didn't know what he was angry about. He only knew that he was very irritable and angry, and he desperately needed something to distract him, otherwise he might do something he would regret.

'ding dong'

A notification sound suddenly came from beneath the frozen water. Hua Gengchen recognized it as the ringtone he had specially set for Su Bai. After a slight pause, Hua Gengchen broke the ice and took his phone out of his pocket.

After reading the message on his phone, Hua Gengchen's anger erupted once again. This time, everything in the room froze, radiating a deep chill.

Suddenly, the phone rang again. It was a message from Bai Ze, who wanted more black crystals for research, as one crystal was far too few.

Hua Gengchen needed something to distract him, so he replied to Bai Ze with a "wait" before jumping out of the pool, drying his clothes, and flying away.

The black energy hadn't been cleared away for a while, and since he was in a bad mood tonight, he decided to vent his anger on it! As for the black crystals, he'd get them for Bai Ze to study if he found them, but if not, so be it.

When Su Bai woke up the next morning, he subconsciously reached out to touch the spot next to him. He frowned slightly when he found it was ice cold. Could it be that Hua Gengchen hadn't gone back to his room to sleep all night in order to avoid him?

Suppressing her doubts, Su Bai washed up, changed her clothes, and went downstairs. She saw Bai Ze and Hua Jueming in the restaurant, but Hua Gengchen was nowhere to be seen.

Where is Hua Gengchen?

“Something came up at the company last night, and the master had to take care of it,” Hua Jueming said. “But before he left, he instructed the kitchen to prepare steamed eggs and a nourishing soup. Which one would you like to have first, Madam?”

Su Bai was thinking that Hua Gengchen shouldn't have done something like hiding from people, but the next second he heard Hua Jueming say that Hua Gengchen had even specially ordered someone to make him a tonic soup, so he wasn't sure anymore.

"Choose only one?" No matter what, Su Bai couldn't connect the matter of hiding from people with Hua Gengchen, so he could only temporarily believe that Hua Gengchen really had something going on with his company.

Hua Jueming smiled and said, "No, you have to eat both." The steamed egg is to nourish Su Bai's body, while the tonic soup is to nourish the body and stimulate the blood. Both are what Su Bai needs right now, so he must eat them.

"Ah!" Su Bai's jaw almost dropped in shock. They ate it all!

Hua Jueming nodded silently, that was right. "If Madam finds it bitter, I have also prepared fresh fruit, all of which are sweet and sour, the kind that can effectively suppress the bitterness."

Despite Hua Jueming's words, Su Bai couldn't help but scrunch up his face when he saw the bowl of dark, murky medicine; he hated drinking medicine the most.

"Little Su Bai, you should drink this medicine! It'll be good for your health," Bai Ze advised from the side. He had specifically consulted ancient texts to select the most potent blood-activating tonic for Su Bai. "Your body is too weak; the doctor said you need to nourish it properly!"

Su Bai couldn't refute this. He didn't have any major health problems, but he did have some minor ones.

"How long do I need to take this medicine?"

“One month.” Bai Ze carefully held up one finger. Last night, he and Hua Gengchen robbed the lair of Xiaoyue Tianlang and Jiuweihu and found two portions of divine medicine. Considering that Su Bai’s physique was relatively weak, Bai Ze divided one portion of divine medicine into half a month’s supply. The two portions were exactly one month.

"A month!" Su Bai exclaimed in shock. He couldn't even manage a week, let alone a whole month. "No way, I can't do it!" Who would drink medicine for a whole month for no reason!

"Little Su Bai, this is only the first course of treatment." Bai Ze found Su Bai's ever-changing expressions too amusing and couldn't help but tease him, since Hua Gengchen wasn't around anyway.

"Ah!" Su Bai wanted to escape right now. There was still a second course of treatment left. Did Hua Gengchen have a grudge against him? He looked pitifully at Hua Jueming, "Can I not drink it? So what if I'm weak? I've gotten through all these years without any major problems!"

"No!" Hua Jueming's attitude on this matter was extremely firm. This was for the good of Su Bai and also for the good of the demon realm. Hua Jueming would not back down.

Upon hearing this, Su Bai lowered his head dejectedly, reluctantly took the tonic, and after mentally preparing himself, tilted his head back and drank it down in one gulp. "So bitter~" Hua Jueming immediately handed him some fruit, and Su Bai ate several in a row before stopping.

"I'll go to the other courtyard in a bit and tell Hua Gengchen that I'm looking for him when he comes back."

"Okay, ma'am."

After the bitter taste in his mouth lessened slightly, Su Bai quickly finished his breakfast and then had the driver take him to the villa. As soon as Su Bai left, Hua Gengchen returned almost immediately, the timing was so precise that even a second too early or too late would have resulted in a collision.

"Take this." Hua Gengchen tossed the cloth bag he was carrying to Bai Ze. "Quickly study it and find a solution. There are more black crystals than I expected."

Hua Gengchen initially went there with the intention of venting his anger, but after finding dozens of black crystals in a small area, he realized something was wrong. After working all night, he brought back a total of 350 black crystals, many of which were the size of an adult's fist.

"Wow, so many!" Bai Ze hadn't expected the number of black crystals to be so staggering. He instantly abandoned his nonchalant attitude. "I'll try my best!"

Hua Gengchen sat at the dining table and asked the servants to prepare his bowl and chopsticks. "Hua Jueming, how's the investigation at the Chiyou Club going?"

Hua Jueming replied, "The people who were tracking us sent back a message last night. Many of the people coming in and out of the Chiyou Club are acting strangely, including students who work part-time there. However, we still need some time to get a complete list."

"Tell them to speed things up," Hua Gengchen said. "Send out more demons to investigate. Once they find anyone parasitized by the black energy, contact me." After half a year without clearing the black energy, the situation among humans was more complicated than Hua Gengchen had imagined, especially after the appearance of the more advanced black crystal.

"Yes, Master." Hua Jueming immediately went to handle the task after receiving it, not forgetting that he was now redeeming himself through meritorious service.

"Are you going to focus on dealing with the black energy problem?" Bai Ze asked. He felt that Hua Gengchen's return time today was a bit strange, and the coldness on Hua Gengchen's body was stronger than usual. Even his cold face looked colder than usual.

The maid brought Hua Gengchen's breakfast, and Hua Gengchen started eating immediately, answering Bai Ze's question without even looking up: "It's about time to deal with the black energy anyway. Besides, the black energy is different from before, so shouldn't I pay more attention?"

Bai Ze was aware of the dangers of the black energy, but his abilities were no match for Hua Gengchen's. "Good! It'll be one less thing to worry about if we resolve this sooner." The demon realm has already suffered, and the human realm cannot afford to suffer any more.

Hua Gengchen remained silent; he would never reveal his true purpose to anyone.

After breakfast, Hua Jueming completed the tasks Hua Gengchen had instructed and relayed Su Bai's words to him. Upon hearing this, Hua Gengchen stiffened for a moment and asked, "When will Su Bai return?"

"Madam didn't say, but based on the usual time, she'll be home around 11:30, and around 6:00 in the afternoon." Hua Jueming didn't know why Hua Gengchen suddenly asked him this, but adhering to the principle of answering every question, he honestly replied.

Hua Gengchen nodded after hearing this and went back to his room to catch up on his sleep.

At 10:30, Hua Gengchen got up and went straight out the door, much to the astonishment of Hua Jueming and Bai Ze. No sooner had Hua Gengchen left than Su Bai arrived home, and the two missed each other perfectly.

The first thing Su Bai did when he got home was to ask Hua Jueming about Hua Gengchen's whereabouts. He was taken aback when he learned that Hua Gengchen had just left the house. Could it be that Hua Gengchen was really hiding from him?

Why does it feel so...childish?

Su Bai felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.

But this was just speculation. Su Bai decided to wait and see before making a decision, because the idea of ​​hiding from people to avoid reality was really...unthinkable for Hua Gengchen to do.

Hua Gengchen returned shortly after Su Bai left in the afternoon. When Su Bai was about to get home in the evening, Hua Gengchen left again, but this time Hua Jueming said that Hua Gengchen had company business to attend to and had to go.

Su Bai chose to believe for the time being, but he was becoming increasingly certain that Hua Gengchen was avoiding him.

The same thing happened on the second and third days. Su Bai always just missed Hua Gengchen. Even though they lived under the same roof, they never even bumped into each other.

Su Bai felt helpless but also wanted to laugh. Hua Gengchen was really childish!

Dragging things out wasn't Su Bai's style, so after confirming that Hua Gengchen was indeed avoiding him, Su Bai took out his phone and sent Hua Gengchen a message: I'll wait for you to come back tonight to discuss the divorce, no matter how late.

Unable to see the person, Su Bai had no choice but to resort to this method. As long as this matter remained unresolved, he would not be able to have peace of mind.