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

After a long while, Su Bai finally came to his senses. Without doing anything, he exited the call interface, opened the text message interface, and found the text message that he thought was an advertisement.

Looking at the long string of zeros on the latest balance, Su Bai raised his hand and pinched his cheek. "Ouch, that hurts!"

It's not an illusion!

Hua Gengchen really did give him 100 million yuan in pocket money!

Su Bai was both happy and conflicted as he looked at the 100 million yuan. He truly didn't know what to do with Hua Gengchen like this...

"Butler Hua, can I refuse this money?" Su Bai thought about it and still felt that he couldn't take the money! If he took it, he would owe Hua Gengchen, and how would he repay it in the future?

The clearer the distinction between him and Hua Gengchen, the better they were to each other.

Su Bai accepted the box of gold as a betrothal gift, intending to repay it with a similar dowry once he earned more money. However, he couldn't accept the pocket money, as he simply didn't have the means to give Hua Gengchen pocket money right now.

This was the first time Hua Jueming had ever seen someone refuse something his master had given him, and he was immediately taken aback before saying, "I'm sorry, Madam, I cannot make a decision on this matter."

"Little Su Bai doesn't want it? Then..." Before Bai Ze could finish saying "Give it to me," Hua Jueming covered his mouth to silence him. Hua Jueming smiled and said to Su Bai, "Madam, you can tell Master what you're thinking. I'll go now." With that, he took Bai Ze away, his hand never letting go.

Hua Jueming could guess what Bai Ze was thinking even with his toes. However, Bai Ze shouldn't interfere in matters between his master and mistress. If Bai Ze wanted pocket money, he should ask his master himself. After all, he had worked for his master for over a hundred years without ever receiving a single penny of salary.

But not long ago, his master suddenly gave him a wood-attribute spirit stone, which could increase his cultivation by one hundred years. His master said it was a reward suggested by his mistress, and Hua Jueming was excited for a long time. However, Hua Jueming felt that he had failed in many ways due to recent events, so he decided to work more diligently and live up to the trust of his master and mistress.

Bai Ze tried to resist throughout, but it was all in vain.

After Hua Jueming and Bai Ze left, Su Bai's gaze returned to his phone, and he murmured, "What am I going to do!"

Su Bai felt quite troubled. After a while, he exited the text message page, found Wang Ming's number, and dialed it.

Wang Ming was both surprised and delighted to receive a call from Su Bai. He asked Su Bai a lot of questions, which Su Bai answered one by one. Su Bai also said, "I will go to the villa tomorrow. It's time to start the pre-event activities."

"Okay." Wang Ming readily agreed. "Then I'll wait for you at the villa tomorrow." After saying that, Wang Ming wanted to ask if Hua Jueming would come, but he felt it was strange to bring it up so suddenly, so he didn't say anything and said goodnight to Su Bai.

Su Bai didn't notice anything amiss with Wang Ming. After saying goodnight, she hung up the phone, leaned back on the sofa, looked up at the ceiling light, and let her thoughts drift far away.

After thinking for a long time and many things, Su Bai finally got up from the sofa late at night and slowly went back to his room to sleep.

But when Su Bai finished washing up and lay in bed, he couldn't remember any of the things he had been thinking about on the sofa, as if they had been stolen away.

Forget it! If I can't figure it out, I'll stop thinking about it!

Things will work themselves out; he's definitely not going to believe in love again!

Su Bai put his phone aside, turned off the bedroom lights except for a desk lamp, and then snuggled into bed.

He still feels very tired and needs to rest properly!

Su Bai closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep. But whether it was because Hua Gengchen's presence was missing or because he had slept too much in the afternoon, Su Bai couldn't fall asleep at all. Even though he was very tired, he just couldn't fall asleep.

Su Bai tossed and turned until one or two in the morning before finally drifting off to sleep, but he didn't sleep very well; the slightest sound or noise would wake him up.

Su Bai slept lightly until 5 a.m., when she was woken up by the sounds of Hua Jueming and the cook getting up, followed by the other servants. By around 5:30 a.m., almost everyone was up except for Su Bai and Bai Ze.

Hua Jueming and the others were very careful. In the past, Su Bai would never have noticed them, but today was an exception. After hearing these noises, Su Bai was even less sleepy.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Bai decided to get up, since lying down would not help, so he might as well get up and breathe some fresh air.

As Su Bai sat up in bed, she glanced at the empty bed next to her. Hua Gengchen really hadn't come back all night!

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Su Bai quickly got up and changed his clothes. When he went downstairs, he met Hua Gengchen's gaze as he entered through the front door.

Before Hua Gengchen could retract his chilling aura and his eyes were filled with icy coldness, he suddenly met Su Bai's gaze. Su Bai was so frightened that she shivered several times and unconsciously tightened her hands around her clothes.

"I'm sorry." Hua Gengchen didn't mean it, but he didn't expect to meet Su Bai under such circumstances. He knew that he looked very scary. Many old monsters would avoid him, let alone Su Bai, a fragile human two-legged beast.

Su Bai opened his mouth to say "It's okay," but instead sneezed loudly, causing Hua Gengchen to immediately distance himself from him. Hua Gengchen's eyes flickered slightly as he entered the house, keeping as far away from Su Bai as possible, and headed straight for the top floor. He needed some time to calm down and avoid hurting Su Bai again.

After a whole night of running around outside, Hua Gengchen collected a total of 538 black crystals, not counting the black energy. In just one week, the number of humans parasitized by the black crystals had increased significantly, making it difficult for Hua Gengchen to control his aura.

Su Bai watched Hua Gengchen flee in panic, not even having a chance to utter the words of concern he was about to say, "Really, why are you running so fast? Am I some kind of monster?"

For no apparent reason, Su Bai became somewhat angry.

"What kind of kung fu has Hua Gengchen practiced? His ability to escape is truly infuriating," Su Bai thought angrily. "Hmph! Fine, I won't tell you then! It'll save Hua Gengchen from misunderstanding!"

At this moment, Hua Gengchen was unaware of the crucial matter he had missed by running away in fear of hurting Su Bai again.

Su Bai took a stroll in the garden outside, ate breakfast half an hour earlier than usual, and after finishing, he asked Hua Jueming to arrange a car for him and left home without looking back.

Once Hua Gengchen had finally calmed down, Su Bai was nowhere to be seen at home. Upon learning that Su Bai had gone to another residence, Hua Gengchen prepared to follow her without hesitation.

“Master,” Hua Jueming called out to Hua Gengchen, “new information has come from the Crimson Nether Club.”

Upon hearing this, Hua Gengchen immediately stopped in his tracks. "What news?"

"The fairies who were tracking the Crimson Nether Club reported that two of them, while tracking people coming and going from the Crimson Nether Club, discovered that there seemed to be a group of people at the Crimson Nether Club who specialized in cultivating black crystals. They would regularly go to a certain place to collect mature black crystals and then release new ones to parasitize human bodies."

Hua Gengchen frowned instantly upon hearing this news. He had said he felt something was off. Even with Bai Ze's weakened power of merit, he could still remove nearly a hundred black crystals in one night. Although that was a small number compared to the total human population, they were working in different areas. However, last night he went to the eastern area, which had already been processed, and the number of black crystals was still astonishing.

"Have the people tracking us keep a close eye on things and get the detailed list as soon as possible," Hua Gengchen ordered. The seriousness of the matter was more frustrating than he had imagined. His abilities were limited; if he couldn't stop the source, how could he possibly handle it?

"Also, tell Bai Ze to do some research and see if there's any way to prevent humans from being parasitized by the black crystals." Humans are quite fragile two-legged creatures. Being parasitized by the black crystals once is fine, twice might be dangerous, and three times would be life-threatening.

"Yes, I'll take care of it right away!" Hua Jueming didn't dare to delay for even a second.

Hua Gengchen originally intended to go find Su Bai, but due to this sudden change, he had to turn his attention back to the black crystals. In order to prevent the demons' scheme from succeeding, Hua Gengchen decided to go out and collect black crystals during the day as well. Anyway, he had plenty of faith power, so a small illusion was no problem for him.

On the other side, after Su Bai arrived at the villa, Wang Ming pulled her over to check her over from all angles. Only after confirming that she was indeed alright did he relax. "I'm so glad you're alright. I was so worried about you these past few days without hearing from you." His gaze involuntarily drifted towards the entrance, but he didn't see the person he was looking for at all.

"I'm sorry to have worried you!" Su Bai said, "How's the pre-event going? How are the bok choy growing? And what about the transportation..."

Turning his attention back, Wang Ming said, "It's all taken care of!" Wang Ming was a very capable partner. Although he was worried about Su Bai, he still managed to get everything done. "Everything is ready, just waiting for your orders, boss."

Su Bai looked at Wang Ming with emotion. It was his blessing to have such a capable friend!

"Let's do one last check. If there are no problems, let's start the pre-sale today!" Anyway, they won't sell too much during the pre-sale, maybe around 70 or 80 kilograms. Once the order quantity is confirmed, Su Bai and Wang Ming can guarantee that all the goods will be shipped out within today.

"Okay!" Wang Ming couldn't wait either.

After completing the final check, Su Bai and Wang Ming went to the computer, opened the online store interface, and clicked the start button for the pre-sale event after a countdown of ten seconds.

Su Bai and Wang Ming held hands, staring intently at the computer screen. Suddenly, the order count went from zero to one.

"I've got it! I've got it!" Su Bai excitedly pointed at the computer screen and jumped up with joy.

Wang Ming did something similar to Su Bai. Although he had done market research and had a lot of evidence to support his price, he was still a little shocked when he saw the price Su Bai set, because the price he set was four to five times that of ordinary bok choy on the market.

After the order quantity dropped to one, it suddenly started to increase rapidly after about thirty seconds. Su Bai and Wang Ming couldn't keep up with it, until all the cabbages were snapped up.