Unorthodox methods, cultivating immortality relies on rich women

Tang Shaoyou produced a bottle of wine from somewhere and asked, "Master, Director Jiang, would you like some drinks?"

Before Jiang Haichao could speak, Shen Qingzhou said directly, "No need, I don't drink."

His words surprised Jiang Haichao, because he had seen Shen Qingzhou smoking heavily and subconsciously assumed that he also liked to drink.

Since Shen Qingzhou said he wouldn't drink, Jiang Haichao and Tang Shaoyou naturally wouldn't either.

Seeing that Shen Qingzhou was enjoying his food, Zhang Lijuan said happily, "If you like my cooking, please eat more. Don't be shy."

Shen Qingzhou didn't hold back at all, even commenting, "The dishes are just average, but the cured meat is really good."

Jiang Haichao nodded in agreement.

"These are my pickled ones. If you like them, please have some more," Zhang Lijuan quickly said.

In fact, Tang Shaoyou and his wife had no appetite at all at this moment; their minds were entirely on their son in the room, anxiously waiting for him to wake up.

Finally, Zhang Lijuan couldn't hold back any longer and put down her chopsticks, saying, "Master, Director Jiang, please continue eating. I'm going to my room to check on the child."

Shen Qingzhou didn't care, and Jiang Haichao understood her feelings, so he didn't say anything at this time.

But soon, Tang Shaoyou couldn't resist any longer and put down his chopsticks to go into his room. In an instant, the table full of dishes was left for Shen Qingzhou and Jiang Haichao to eat.

Jiang Haichao discovered that Shen Qingzhou had a really big appetite and ate very quickly, basically swallowing food without chewing it much.

"You eat a lot and are very healthy. When I was young, I was just as strong as you," Jiang Haichao said.

Shen Qingzhou glanced at him sideways. This old man was so skinny, what was he bragging about?

Soon, the two finished the food on the table. To be precise, Shen Qingzhou ate it all by herself, while Jiang Haichao didn't eat much. Tang Shaoyou and his wife didn't come out at all.

Then, a soft voice came from inside the house: "Son, how are you feeling?"

"mom……?"

Tang Yonghui's weak voice then rang out.

"My son..."

Then came soft sobbing.

"Has the person recovered?"

Jiang Haichao looked at Shen Qingzhou, who was gathering the bottom of the plate into his own bowl.

"Of course, it doesn't depend on who makes the move, but since I've just recovered, my body will be a bit weak and I'll need to rest for a while..."

As they were talking, the couple rushed out of the room one after the other.

"Master... thank you... thank you... we kowtow to you..."

They were about to kneel down before Shen Qingzhou.

Shen Qingzhou stretched out her hand impatiently, "Don't try that on me, pay up."

"Uh...yes, yes...honey, come with me."

Tang Shaoyou stopped kneeling and pulled Zhang Lijuan into the room.

Shen Qingzhou, who was about to take out her business card, suddenly froze. "Where did they go?"

"Of course I'm giving you money," Jiang Haichao said with a smile.

"Cash?" Shen Qingzhou was a little surprised. Don't you keep your money in the bank?

He was right. The couple came out soon, with Tang Shaoyou holding a black plastic bag.

He placed the bag directly in front of Shen Qingzhou and said, "This contains 180,000 yuan, all the savings we can currently withdraw..."

Before Shen Qingzhou could speak, he took two large gold bracelets from Zhang Lijuan beside him.

"These bracelets were bought when we got married. If we sell them now, they'd be worth at least 40,000 or 50,000 yuan. I'll give them to you to offset 20,000 yuan of the cost. If you find it too much trouble, I can handle it myself and give you the money back later," Tang Shaoyou said sincerely.

Shen Qingzhou hesitated for a moment, then suddenly turned to Zhang Lijuan and asked, "Do you still have any of that cured meat you made?"

Zhang Lijuan didn't understand why he would suddenly ask that, but she quickly replied, "Yes, there are some left in the refrigerator."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingzhou immediately got up and opened her refrigerator. Sure enough, she found two pieces of cured meat in the freezer. Without any hesitation, Shen Qingzhou took them out along with the bag.

As the others stared in disbelief, he said, "These two pieces of cured meat are worth 20,000 yuan, the remaining 180,000..."

Shen Qingzhou placed the business card on the table.

"Transfer to this account, not a penny less."

"No, no, thank you, Master, thank you..." Tang Shaoyou and his wife expressed their gratitude profusely.

Shen Qingzhou carried the cured meat toward the door, while calling out to Jiang Haichao.

"Old man, let's go. What are you still doing here?"

He didn't have any money to pay the driver, and he couldn't very well give the driver the cured meat he had just received, could he?

"Here they come, here they come..." Jiang Haichao stood up with a big smile.

Tang Shaoyou and his wife politely offered to see them out, but Jiang Haichao stopped them, saying, "Take care of the child first, we can talk later."

The couple then stopped insisting, their minds now entirely focused on their son who had just "awakened" in the room.

As Shen Qingzhou reached the door, she suddenly remembered something and turned back to say, "Just a reminder, your son has just come back to life. It's best if he doesn't go downstairs for the next seven days. Even if he does go downstairs, he shouldn't wander around the neighborhood."

Although Tang Shaoyou and his wife didn't know why, they readily agreed.

Jiang Haichao, however, helped them ask the questions that had been on their minds.

"Didn't you notice that those buildings with sealed windows over there are all columbariums?"

After Shen Qingzhou finished speaking, she didn't explain further and went straight out the door. Jiang Haichao quickly followed.

Jiang Haichao found Shen Qingzhou, who was carrying cured meat and walking with a swaying gait, looking extremely unserious, increasingly pleasing to the eye.

When Shen Qingzhou returned to the office, Jiang Xinyue was eating. Upon seeing Shen Qingzhou return, she quickly put down her chopsticks and bowl.

"You eat yours."

He put the cured meat on the coffee table, slumped down on the sofa, and lit a cigarette for himself.

"Oh, right, your old man went home," Shen Qingzhou said, exhaling a smoke ring.

Xiao Qiu ran over and reached out her little hand to poke at the smoke rings in the air.

Jiang Xinyue nodded. She knew about this. Jiang Haichao had already sent her a message before Shen Qingzhou even got home.

"By the way, you've posted so many things online these past few days, has anyone contacted you?" Shen Qingzhou asked.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xinyue put down her chopsticks again, picked up a notebook from the table next to her, and opened it.

"A Mr. Wang from Jiajinyuan said his dog is lost and he will pay a reward of 500 yuan if anyone can help find it."

"Ms. Zhang from Hongyuan Community lost her tabby cat. We will pay a reward of 1,000 yuan to help find it."

"Mr. Zhan from Cuizhu Garden wants us to help investigate his wife; the fee is negotiable."

……

"Why is it still the same old stuff? It's either finding pets or catching adulterers. The pay is low and the work is heavy. Isn't there anything with higher pay?" Shen Qingzhou sighed, interrupting Jiang Xinyue to continue.

"There really is one." Upon hearing this, Jiang Xinyue flipped through the notebook.

"A man surnamed Yang from Huaqiao Town wants to find an unmarried man under the age of thirty to arrange a ghost marriage for him. If he is interested, the fee will be no less than 100,000 yuan."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Shen Qingzhou sat up straight immediately.

Is this for real? Giving money to his wife?

He felt an old man standing at the door, saying to him, "Old Shen, do you want a wife?"

Is this something we can do? But there's still one problem.

"Isn't it pretty?"

"What?"

Jiang Xinyue was somewhat bewildered and hadn't quite reacted yet.

P.S.: I'm adding an extra chapter. Please keep reading these next few days and don't let it sit. That way, I'll have a chance to be featured on Sanjiang Literature City next week. Thank you so much!