NOVPUBAt that moment.
Niu Xiangxiu and her mother arrived upon hearing the news, and when they heard Chen Nan’s words, shock and anticipation were unmistakably visible in both their eyes.
Especially Niu Kai Xuan, who stood frozen in place, feeling as if his heart had leapt to his throat.
Chen Nan had just said that he needed to fully understand the book from the Traditional Chinese Medicine department at Provincial Medical University before he could help himself out of the wheelchair, so why did he suddenly change his story?
Could his words be trusted at all?
"Chen Nan, are you telling the truth? Can you really help my dad get out of his wheelchair and walk again?" Xiangxiu asked, struggling to contain her excitement, her voice trembling.
"Trust me, you won’t be wrong!" A confident smile spread across Chen Nan’s face. He glanced at the time, then said to Wang Ru, "Mother, let’s have lunch a bit later. I need to go out and find something first. Once your husband is out of his wheelchair, we can all celebrate together, as it will be a double blessing!"
Xiangxiu didn’t understand what Chen Nan was implying, but she still said, "I’ll come with you!"
"That’s fine!" Chen Nan agreed cheerfully.
Then Xiangxiu put on a pair of sneakers and followed Chen Nan out the door.
"Wife, do you think I can really get out of my wheelchair?" Niu Kai Xuan could still hardly believe what Chen Nan had said.
Wang Ru seemed not to have heard her husband’s question, and a bitter smile appeared on her face. "Our daughter has been taken by that guy Chen Nan!"
She could clearly feel the change in her daughter’s walk.
As someone who had been through it all.
How could she not know what had happened in their home while she and her husband were out buying groceries?
Niu Kai Xuan’s pupils twitched violently.
At that moment, he too grasped the meaning behind his wife’s words.
However,
he had no complaints.
Instead, a faint smile appeared on his face: "The child has a good character and integrity; he is also exceptionally capable and understands Xiangxiu well. The two of them together are truly a match made in heaven!"
"Let’s just silently bless them!"
Wang Ru, however, shook her head with a wry smile: "Sometimes being too outstanding isn’t necessarily a good thing, especially for our daughter."
Niu Kai Xuan immediately fell into silence.
Indeed!
Being outstanding is undoubtedly good for a man.
But it’s not necessarily beneficial for his partner.
Especially someone as exceptional as Chen Nan, who has a strong sense of loyalty and outstanding ability...
There were bound to be many admirers and various kinds of women around him.
However, children and grandchildren have their own fortune.
As parents, all they could do was bless them...
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"Where are you taking me?" In the Mercedes, Xiangxiu asked Chen Nan with a curious face, not understanding why he had driven to the outskirts.
Chen Nan explained with a smile: "Centipedes like dark, damp places, as well as dirty, messy environments, and also the crevices of stones near water, in mountainous areas, and near sandy soil."
Xiangxiu frowned, full of suspicion in her beautiful eyes: "What do you mean?"
Chen Nan didn’t keep her guessing, explaining: "A centipede can help our dad get out of his wheelchair and return to normal. It might sound like a fable, but as long as we find a centipede, we can help our dad become normal again."
He had previously thought of mastering the Heavenly Return Medical Records at the Provincial Medical University’s Traditional Chinese Medicine department before treating his mentor, Niu Kai Xuan, but he had overlooked the fact that there was a mysterious and powerful Gu Insect within his body.
Moreover, he had inherited Wu Ma Zi’s Gu Technique.
Although in today’s society, Gu Technique was seen as something that struck fear into people’s hearts, it was undeniable that the ancient sages who invented Gu Technique originally did so with the intention of healing people.
It was only because some malicious individuals misused it that Gu Technique came to be so feared.
It was precisely because he thought of the Gu Technique that Chen Nan changed his previous statement.
For him, there was no need to fully grasp the Heavenly Return Medical Records—he had the means to get Niu Kai Xuan out of his wheelchair!
The prerequisite was the need for some centipedes as a catalyst!
A single "Dad" caused Niu Xiangxiu’s face to swiftly blush with a flurry of red, her heart pounding erratically like a startled deer, giving her an almost suffocating illusion.
She chided with annoyance, "Don’t call me that randomly, I never said I would marry you."
Her tone shifted as she asked confusedly, "Logically speaking, centipedes can be found in the damp and dark places of the city, so why do we need to go to the outskirts to look for them?"
At this moment,
she had come to believe Chen Nan’s words.
Because in her eyes, Chen Nan was always a being with unfathomable methods.
Chen Nan explained, "Although centipedes live in many environments, there is indeed a world of difference between one centipede and another. For example, centipedes that live in the mountains or near rivers, they consume clean food and drink daily, and such centipedes have significant medicinal value."
"Conversely, the centipedes near garbage bins in the city might be a bit larger, but they feed on decay, carrying a natural stench. These centipedes hold no medicinal value whatsoever, and they even make people feel nauseated."
Niu Xiangxiu nodded thoughtfully, feeling that Chen Nan’s words made sense. Then she adjusted her seat, reclined in the passenger position, one hand covering her abdomen, lost in thought.
Seeing this, Chen Nan cautiously asked, "Did I hurt you earlier?"
A blush quickly spread across Niu Xiangxiu’s face: "With your ’substantial resources’, how could it not hurt?"
Chen Nan’s face turned red, and he chose not to say anything more.
After a half-hour drive, Chen Nan parked near an unremarkable scenic spot. Although the view wasn’t particularly appealing, there was a meandering stream with scattered stones and sand along its banks. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝔲𝔟.𝔠𝖔𝖒
This kind of place was also home to some centipedes.
Chen Nan didn’t get out of the car; he issued a command to the King of All Gu within his body.
All he had to do next was wait.
Wait for the centipedes nearby to receive the King of All Gu’s command and come to this spot.
For a time,
the atmosphere in the car became somewhat quiet, only their faint breaths interweaving with each other.
Niu Xiangxiu sneaked a glance at Chen Nan, noticing him staring intently out the car window, seemingly waiting for something, she curiously asked, "Aren’t we looking for centipedes? Why are we staying in the car?"
The corner of Chen Nan’s mouth curved into a charming smile: "We just have to ’wait by the stump to catch the rabbit’. It won’t take long before the nearby centipedes will show up."
Niu Xiangxiu was stunned, "Is it really that magical?"
Chen Nan casually chatted with her about his Gu Technique, leaving Niu Xiangxiu feeling awe-struck.
Roughly ten minutes later, there started to be some movement outside the car window.
One could see centipedes slowly crawling over from all directions, their bodies shimmering faintly under the sunlight, their orderly movements yet exuding a spine-chilling eeriness.
Seeing this,
Niu Xiangxiu couldn’t help but shiver and instinctively moved closer to Chen Nan, her eyes full of apprehension.
"There’s nothing to fear; it’s alright," Chen Nan gently patted her hand to console her, then opened the car door and stepped out.
He stood beside the car, eventually selecting six blood-red centipedes, a look of satisfaction on his face. With these centipedes, how could he worry about not being able to get his mentor out of the wheelchair and on his feet again?
