Xu Mu hadn’t finished speaking when Xu Shou hung up the phone.
“What the heck! What’s going on?”
Xu Mu was in the middle of talking when he suddenly noticed Ye Tong beside him, who had already opened her eyes.
Ye Tong usually slept lightly, and she would often wake up shortly after Xu Mu did in the morning.
Previously, fearing Xu Mu might lecture her again in the morning, she would pretend to continue sleeping.
Today was different, so she didn’t pretend.
“Was it Dad on the phone?” Ye Tong asked softly.
“Yeah, he wants me to go to the company right now, and it’s only seven o’clock,” Xu Mu said somewhat helplessly.
“Go ahead, it might be something important. I’ll get up and make you a quick breakfast,” Ye Tong offered, preparing to get up.
“No need, you should rest well these days. I’ll just grab something from the street,” Xu Mu said, gently pushing Ye Tong back down.
[Affection +20]
“Alright, take care on the road,” Ye Tong nodded lightly.
Compared to yesterday, the justice points earned were less than before.
But overall, Ye Tong needed rest; he couldn’t keep exploiting her.
Xu Mu quickly freshened up and drove straight to the company. As for breakfast, he decided he could eat after handling the matter at hand.
Arriving at the underground parking garage beneath the company building, Xu Mu parked his car and headed for the elevator.
He then took the elevator to the top floor of the building.
Standing in front of the door, he knocked, and upon hearing a voice from inside, Xu Mu pushed the door open and entered.
Inside the office, four people were already present.
They were the same people from the Xu family estate yesterday.
Xu Shou, Xu Ningbing, Chen Bei, and Wang Weiliang.
Seeing Xu Mu enter, Wang Weiliang ran over and grabbed Xu Mu’s arm, exclaiming, “Young Master Xu! You’re a genius! An absolute genius in medicine!”
Xu Mu scratched his head and, seeing Wang Weiliang’s dark circles, chuckled, “Mr. Wang, don’t praise me too much, or I might get arrogant.”
Xu Ningbing, standing nearby, gave Xu Mu a deep look, realizing this person had been hiding his talents all along.
[Affection +5]
Chen Bei also looked at Xu Mu in disbelief; who would have thought that the once foolish young man would shine in the field of medicine?
“Alright, Old Wang, tell him what you just said again,” Xu Shou said, sitting in his chair with a smile.
Wang Weiliang nodded, “Young Master Xu, among the several solutions you provided yesterday, two can also produce weight-loss drugs. The cost is lower, but the effect isn’t as good as our original.”
“There’s one that’s comparable to our weight-loss drug, not much different, but the last one is really strong. By changing materials, the cost is lower, and the effect is better.”
Wang Weiliang spoke to Xu Mu with excitement.
Xu Mu nodded slightly; he didn’t understand medicine.
He was just proficient in pharmaceuticals, having reviewed the previous materials and processes.
He replaced them with others that were equally effective, if not better.
Some substances were difficult to extract, but he had the methods.
“Young Master Xu, and the bad scheme you provided, I’ve managed to succeed in experiments as well,”
Wang Weiliang continued, “Through calculations, using this method to make drugs, the short-term effect is exactly the same as our weight-loss drug, but after about half a month, the body will develop antibodies, causing a rebound and no longer being effective.”
“It won’t harm the body, right? Our goal is to punish Qian Gang and them, not to affect consumers,” Xu Shou asked from the side.
"Chairman, rest assured, these medications are nutritious. Although they don't have any weight loss effects, long-term consumption won't cause any harm, just like those health supplements on the market."
Wang Weiliang looked at Xu Shou and said.
"That's good," Xu Shou nodded lightly.
"By the way."
Chen Bei suddenly turned to Xu Shou, "Chairman, as soon as I got home last night, Qian Gang called me, saying he wants to treat me to dinner today."
"Haha, old Qian can't sit still."
Xu Shou sneered, "Old Chen, take this fake prescription with you. The rest is up to you."
"I understand, I'll make sure to complete the task."
Chen Bei nodded heavily.
Xu Shou let Chen Bei and Wang Weiliang leave first.
Especially Wang Weiliang, who hadn't slept all night.
At his age, Xu Shou advised him to go home and rest.
After they left, only the three members of the Xu family remained.
Xu Mu was contemplating whether to let Xu Ningbing know about his plan to elevate Xu Shou.
According to the original plot, Xu Ningbing dreamed of becoming a martial artist.
It was Dragon King who led Xu Ningbing to the path, so she was always grateful to him.
But if Xu Ningbing knew, she might actively approach him.
However, Xu Mu didn't plan to elevate Xu Ningbing first; her favorability was negative, unless Xu Mu was foolish.
After much thought, Xu Mu decided to let Xu Ningbing know.
Always acting cold towards him, it would drive her crazy.
Although from the plot, Xu Ningbing's personality was like this, she remained cold even towards Dragon King.
"Dad, I'm going to get busy."
Xu Ningbing prepared to leave; she didn't want to stay here any longer.
It was obvious that Xu Shou would start praising Xu Mu next, and she was not interested in listening.
Xu Shou nodded lightly.
At this moment, Xu Mu took out a red plastic bag from his pocket.
He approached Xu Shou and said, "Old man, this is a pill I prepared for you. Once you take it, you can enter the realm of martial artists."
Xu Ningbing's hand was already on the doorknob, the door was open, but upon hearing this, she closed it again.
Martial artist?
Xu Mu actually knew about it?
And he said that taking a pill could directly step into it?
Xu Ningbing immediately turned around and saw Xu Mu taking out a black pill from that cheap plastic bag.
"Who gave you this thing?"
Xu Shou asked with a frown.
"If it were from someone else, I definitely wouldn’t give it to you; I’d be afraid of danger. But this pill, I made it myself."
Xu Mu already had his reasons ready, "I added heavenly treasures to it, which I spent a fortune to acquire."
"I appreciate your sentiment, but this kind of good stuff, you should use it yourself."
Xu Shou smiled and shook his head, "I'm getting old."
"I've already used it. This is made from the leftover heavenly treasures. Hurry up and take it; would your son harm you?"
Xu Mu proactively pushed the pill towards Xu Shou's mouth.
"Xu Mu, stop giving Dad these flashy things. What if he gets sick from taking them?"
Xu Ningbing frowned as she walked over.
"It's fine."
Xu Shou took the pill and swallowed it, considering it his son's gesture.
He chewed a few times and swallowed the pill.
Xu Mu immediately used the Eye of God to check Xu Shou's information.
Name: Xu Shou
Role: Chairman of Jiangbei Xu Group
Favorability: (Maxed Out)
Destiny Level: 1 (Max Level is 10)
Strength: 46
Speed: 49
Endurance: 45
Defense: 48
Xu Mu currently possesses 154 points of Destiny Power, and he decides to increase Xu Shou's strength.
He raises Xu Shou's strength to 50 points.
Initially, Xu Mu thought Xu Shou would advance to the Bright Energy stage, just like himself, but that didn’t happen.
Xu Mu had no choice but to continue boosting him. The Destiny Power he had accumulated was originally intended to enhance others.
He added another ten points, raising Xu Shou's strength to 60.
At that moment, black text suddenly appeared before Xu Mu's eyes:
[Detected damage to the subject's meridians, requires 100 Destiny Power to repair]
Seeing this black text, Xu Mu was completely stunned.
Damaged meridians? It turns out his father has a past shrouded in secrets!
Cheng's father told him he was getting remarried—to a wealthy woman. Cao Cheng realized his time had finally come: he was about to become a second-generation rich kid. Sure, it might be a watered-down version, but hey, at least he'd have status now, right? The wealthy woman also had four daughters!! Which meant, starting today, Cao Cheng gained four stunning older sisters?? But that wasn't even the whole story... "My name is Cao Cheng—'Cheng' as in 'honest, smooth-talking gentleman'!"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
