After being universally criticized online, he cultivates immortality and farms to lead his motherlan

Chapter 73 Come to my house right now!
After his mother passed away, that woman naturally moved in and became his stepmother.

The mother's family knew the news, but since they couldn't compete with the Xiao family, they could only vent their anger at the Xiao family, arrange the mother's funeral, and completely sever ties with the Xiao family.

At first, everyone thought that Xiao Heqi was born weak and would die young.

Later, Xiao Heqi lived a good life.

Many people began to hope that he would die soon.

For many years, the Xiao family has maintained a single line of succession, with no instances of brothers vying for power.

His poor health made him a destined pawn to be discarded.

With his mother's family breaking ties with the Xiao family, he had no support behind him, so his existence was an obstacle for Xiao Li.

Since his mother's death, he has developed a fear of stormy nights and the dark. Yet, he is constantly tormented by the servants, who maliciously lock him in the dark attic.

He knew perfectly well who was directing those people.

Xiao Li is that woman's son; he should have hated him too.

But only Xiao Li would sneak up to the attic to unlock it from the outside and play hide-and-seek with him.

Xiao Heqi had seen that woman fiercely warn Xiao Li, telling him not to play with her anymore.

Xiao Heqi found it very interesting.

Therefore, he never rejected Xiao Li's overtures.

When Xiao Li followed him around like a shadow, he could always see the woman's face contorted with masculinity.

He felt a sense of satisfaction.

It wasn't until his health began to deteriorate that his uncle intervened and took him away from the Xiao family, only then discovering that he had been poisoned.

But this matter can't be brought to the public eye.

How many people in the Xiao family knew about or were involved in this matter, and how much more detailed the investigation is, the more disappointing the results will likely be?

After all, there was no one in the Xiao family who could uphold justice for him.

Just like when his mother passed away, no one in the Xiao family except him truly shed a single tear for her.

Fairness only exists between the strong.

The weak do not have this right.

He had long understood this principle, which is why he worked so hard to climb the ladder and found Yichen Technology...

Clear memories surged through Xiao Heqi's mind like a tide.

Even when he went to sleep at night, he could not find peace in his dreams.

He dreamt that he was standing on the edge of a cliff, with venomous snakes standing tall and hissing at him below. Beyond the cliff was an endless black sea.

He was awakened by a cell phone ringing at dawn, finally escaping the nightmare.

Xiao Heqi picked up his phone and saw that it was a WeChat video call.

—Jian Ning.

His hand hovered over the red reject button. After two seconds, perhaps still haunted by the fear from his dream, he couldn't wait to hear a living voice and pressed the answer button instead.

The video call connected, and on the phone screen, Jian Ning's hair was a mess, like a bird's nest, and there was black ash on her face from who-knows-where.

She grinned, revealing her white teeth, and said with delight, "Xiao Heqi, good news! I've got the basic medicine to treat you! Now I have several combinations to try out."

She was so vibrant, it was as if she could jump right out of the screen.

This eased some of the fear in his heart.

Xiao Heqi's lazy eyes widened in surprise, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he sat up, glancing at the time: "It's only 9:30 now, what time did you get up to prepare the medicine?"

Jian Ning said excitedly, "I didn't sleep all night to get this done."

She was genuinely happy, a joy unrelated to who she was treating, the system tasks, or the rewards.

It's a feeling of accomplishment when something you've learned suddenly becomes tangible.

However, this reality still needs to be tested by someone.

and so……

Jian Ning commanded, "Come to my house right now!" Xiao Heqi's voice still carried the languor of someone just waking up: "What for?"

Jian Ning declared confidently, "Come help me test the medicine!"

Xiao Heqi pressed his temples. "You're going to use me as a test subject for the drug?"

"Don't worry, I guarantee there won't be any problems. Come on over." Jian Ning left those words and then hung up the video call.

She cleaned up the traces of alchemy in the courtyard, and neatly packaged the small, brown-black pills into fixed portions.

These are just basic medicines that can help clear toxins from the meridians and blood. However, to eradicate the root cause and strengthen the body's foundation, several additional medicinal herbs are needed.

She turned all those additives into powder.

She held a winnowing basket, poured in the basic pills, brushed the basket with water, shook the basic pills, then added the additive powder and shook it evenly. By repeatedly adding the powder, the small pills would become larger pills.

She meticulously recorded every additive and proportion using pen and paper, and then packaged them into different medicine bottles.

These medicines are all effective for Xiao Heqi's body. She just wants to try them out to see which combination of ingredients is the most suitable and has the best effect.

The best way, of course, is for Xiao Heqi to personally test the efficacy of the medicine.

An hour later, Xiao Heqi appeared at the entrance of the villa.

The villa gates were tightly shut, so he rang the doorbell.

Jian Ning received a video notification from the doorbell at home. After answering, she pressed the switch for remotely controlling the front door and said to him, "Come in."

The little Border Collie excitedly dashed into the yard.

"Woof~" Master, who's here? I'll go get him.

Jian Ning smiled and said, "Go ahead, you've seen him before."

The little guy has become fascinated with picking up and dropping off people, and he finds it very fulfilling.

Jian Ning never stopped her and greatly encouraged this kind of proactive behavior.

On the other side, Xiao Heqi, who had entered the villa, encountered a fork in the road and didn't know which way to go.

The last time he came was at night. He just stayed by Jian Ning's side and left with a dog leading the way. He wasn't familiar with the roads here.

Just then, a dog suddenly darted out of the bushes.

"Wang Wang~"

Xiao Heqi recognized it; it was the dog that had taken him out last time. It must be Jian Ning's dog, so he strode after it.

After more than ten minutes, we finally saw a brand-new villa, unlike the dilapidated and abandoned buildings around it.

He stood outside the wooden gate of the courtyard and glanced inside.

When Jian Ning came out, she looked completely different from her appearance in the video.

She wore her hair in a low ponytail, and her face was clean and fair, seemingly glowing in the sunlight.

Jian Ning opened the wooden gate to the courtyard, nodded slightly, and gestured, "Come in."

Xiao Heqi stepped into the courtyard and saw the entire villa. It was completely different from the fleeting glimpse he had seen last night.

The lush green lawn is covered with cats and dogs lying around. To the left is a gravity-flowing stream. Beyond the stream is a small vegetable garden planted with water onions, rosemary, and other plants.

The sunlight shines on the entire yard, and there is a faint smell of radishes in the air.

He looked to his right and saw a rope running from the eaves of the house to the courtyard wall, with a clothes hanger hanging on the rope, and the hanger was crowded with radishes.

Jian Ning followed his gaze and looked over. "Those are the dried radishes I made. Do you like them?"

Just as Xiao Heqi was about to speak, Jian Ning walked into the house, her tone nonchalant yet somewhat proud: "Take some if you like. My dried radish is delicious; it's been certified as delicious by my grandma."

Xiao Heqi watched her retreating figure, and everything here carried an impact completely different from that night.

Vibrant and full of life.

After entering the house, Jian Ning pointed to the sofa without turning her head.

"Sit here and wait for me to bring the medicine."

(End of this chapter)