Chapter 46

Chapter 46

When the call connected, the man’s deep voice sounded as pleasant as ever.

“The Protective Jade you gave me earlier has a crack. Do you have time to come and take a look?”

Xia Sheng’s delicate brows furrowed slightly. “The Protective Jade has only been in use for half a month, and it’s already cracked?”

She had spent so much time crafting that Protective Jade, expecting it to last Shen Yanchen for over ten years.

For it to crack in just half a month was truly strange.

Shen Yanchen replied, “I accidentally dropped it on the floor tonight, and it cracked.”

Xia Sheng still found it odd. “I placed a Strengthening Incantation on that jade. Unless it was struck by thousands of pounds of pressure, it shouldn’t have broken.”

Shen Yanchen thought to himself: *No wonder I couldn’t break it by throwing it. In the end, I had to have someone use a cutting machine just to forge a tiny crack.*

“I’m not entirely sure about the specifics, but that’s how it broke.”

A certain lord’s voice was steady and powerful, showing no sign of guilt.

Xia Sheng didn’t press further, simply assuming she hadn’t done a good enough job initially. She said, “Alright, I’ll head over to take a look.”

“Where are you now?”

“I’m currently at the abandoned building site in the south of the city.”

“Wait there for ten minutes. I’ll send someone to pick you up.”

Xia Sheng pondered for a moment before agreeing.

The Shen Family residence and Qian Yusheng’s home were not in the same direction. If they took a taxi together, the detour would be a waste of time.

The others were worried about leaving her to wait alone, so they stayed with her for ten minutes.

Once she and Shen Shen got into the car, they finally went their separate ways.

Forty minutes later, the car pulled up at the main gates of the Shen Family estate.

Shen Yanchen, dressed in grey loungewear, stood tall and elegant at the entrance, waiting for her.

Seeing a child following beside her, his brow twitched almost imperceptibly.

“And this is?”

Xia Sheng briefly explained what had happened that night and introduced Shen Shen.

Sensing the overwhelming Baleful Qi emanating from Shen Yanchen, Shen Shen hid behind Xia Sheng and politely said, “Hello.”

Shen Yanchen’s cool gaze swept over him, and he gave a curt nod in response.

Shen Shen felt an inexplicable pressure and shrank further behind Xia Sheng’s back.

This human uncle’s aura and gaze were terrifying!

That look made it feel like he wanted to stew him into a soup.

The three of them entered the villa together.

Xia Sheng sat down on the sofa, and Shen Shen prepared to sit right next to her.

Suddenly feeling a gaze full of chill land on him, Shen Shen looked up and met Shen Yanchen’s eyes.

Shen Shen trembled all over, scooting his little bottom toward the other end of the sofa to put some distance between himself and Xia Sheng.

Shen Yanchen lowered his eyes and naturally sat down right between the woman and the child.

Shen Shen felt wronged.

It was one thing to not dare provoke the Little Immortal, but now he was even afraid of a regular human.

How pathetic!

Xia Sheng didn’t notice the strange atmosphere between the two. She asked Shen Yanchen for the Protective Jade and inspected it carefully.

“Are you sure this crack is from a fall?”

Why did she feel like the crack in this jade looked unnatural?

It looked as if it had been deliberately made by a machine.

Without a hint of a blush or a skip in his heartbeat, Shen Yanchen nodded calmly. “I’m sure.”

Since he said so, Xia Sheng didn’t say anything more. She took out her tools to fill and recarve the piece.

Shen Shen had grown up in nature and was naturally sensitive to the products and marks of the natural world. He could tell at a glance that the crack wasn’t from a fall.

He wanted to tell Xia Sheng the truth, but after glancing at Shen Yanchen, the words died in his throat.

He had a feeling that if he spoke up, this Handsome Uncle really would stew him into soup.

Xia Sheng spent twenty minutes repairing the Protective Jade, and then she prepared to leave with Shen Shen.
Shen Yanchen glanced at Shen Shen. His thin, sexy lips were set in a firm line, and his gaze was chillingly cold, completely devoid of the approachability he showed when looking at Xia Sheng.

He asked Xia Sheng, “How do you plan to deal with him?”

Suddenly being called out, Shen Shen trembled all over and shuffled further to the side, trying to distance himself from this terrifying god of slaughter.

Xia Sheng thought for a moment and said, “I’ll keep him at home. When I get back, I’ll put some soil on the balcony, draw a Spirit Gathering Array, and plant him in it.”

“A Spirit Gathering Array? Does he need Spiritual Energy to grow?”

“Yes. He’s a thousand-year-old ginseng that cultivated into a spirit, so he’s considered a spiritual plant. The higher the concentration of Spiritual Energy, the faster he grows.”

“Then it would be better to keep him here with me. A feng shui master once told me that my house sits on a Dragon Vein where the Spiritual Energy is most abundant. It should be very suitable for him.”

“That’s actually a good idea.”

Listening to the two of them discuss his future, Shen Shen felt a bit panicked.

He didn’t want to stay here at all!

He wanted to go with the Little Immortal!

If he stayed here, what if this fierce and malevolent uncle stewed him for soup?!

Compared to being used to make soup, he would much rather hand over a few ginseng whiskers to the Little Immortal every day!

He walked out from behind them to Xia Sheng’s side and hugged her leg, blinking his large eyes at her in an attempt to act cute and save his own life.

“Little Immortal, I want to go back with you, okay? I like you so much, I want to live with you every day.”

After speaking, he even rubbed his little head against Xia Sheng’s leg like a puppy.

Xia Sheng hesitated.

Shen Yanchen grabbed Shen Shen by the back of his collar, peeled him off Xia Sheng’s leg, and set him aside.

“My place is more suitable for your growth. If you want to see Xia Sheng, she can come to see you every day.”

Shen Shen’s little face crumpled into a bitter expression.

Wasn’t the main point of Handsome Uncle’s words actually the last part?!

In the end, Xia Sheng decided to leave the little guy there.

Shen Yanchen cleared out a room with a balcony on the second floor for Shen Shen.

Flower pots were placed on the balcony, and Xia Sheng drew a Spirit Gathering Array beneath them.

Shen Shen could normally absorb nutrients in the pots, and if he occasionally wanted to move around in human form, he could rest in the room in his human form.

Shen Shen was unhappy at first, but once he stuck his little feet into the soil and felt the overflowing Spiritual Energy within, his eyes instantly squinted with happiness. He transformed into his true form and burrowed into the dirt, unwilling to come out.

After settling Shen Shen in, Xia Sheng plucked a few whiskers from him before she left.

Shen Yanchen asked casually, “What do you plan to do with those?”

“Refine some Great Tonic Pills.”

Xia Sheng had heard Ning Xi mention before that many men in modern society suffered from a deficiency in kidney yang.

A single whisker from Shen Shen had a very high concentration of Spiritual Power; just a tiny bit would produce miraculous effects. The Great Tonic Pill should have a very good market once it was refined.

Jiang Zhongqing’s subsidiary companies owned several supermarket chains, which would be perfect for a partnership when the time came.

Shen Yanchen assumed that the Great Tonic Pill Xia Sheng mentioned was similar to ordinary health supplements, so he said, “I’m physically weak. When the medicine is ready, give me a few. I’ll help you test the effects.”

Xia Sheng gave him a strange look.

She had heard from Ning Xi that men were generally subtle and sensitive about such topics, and they usually bought such medicine in secret.

How was Uncle Nine so candid, openly admitting that he wasn’t up to par?

“Alright, I’ll bring some along the next time I come over.”

Shen Yanchen felt it was odd that the young girl was looking at him strangely, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on what was wrong. He simply gave a faint “mm” and saw her home.