"It's alright, I know your good intentions." Dong Qingqing shook her head, a bitter smile playing on her lips. "But it's a bit of a problem. He'll definitely spread it everywhere, even to my parents, saying I'm seeing other men before we're divorced. He's good at stirring up trouble, sigh..."
Her sigh suggested she had quite a few painful stories to tell.
Lu Chen's face hardened. "It's alright, I'll call Miao Wan right now and have him teach him a lesson. If he dares to spread rumors, I'll cut his tongue out!"
Lu Chen had already noted down Miao Wan's phone number. When he called, Miao Wan immediately agreed, even with an air of "It's an honor to serve the boss."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Chen chuckled, "Don't worry, Qingqing, Li Yuzhu definitely won't dare to do it again. From now on, he'll behave himself. But if he dares to do anything to you again, just tell me anytime."
Dong Qingqing nodded, her alluring eyes fixed on Lu Chen. She said, "You're getting more and more impressive! You're no longer the person who would haggle over rent for a few dozen yuan a month. Even Miao Wan listens to you so much. I've heard Li Yuzhu brag about him; he seems really powerful."
Lu Chen smiled faintly and waved his hand, "Not that powerful, just average. Well, I met a big shot who can keep him in check, that's why he listens to me!"
As he spoke, he noticed the redness and swelling on the back of Dong Qingqing's ankle and asked, "Qingqing, how did you get hurt?"
Dong Qingqing replied softly, "That beast twisted my ankle when he grabbed me."
Lu Chen quickly turned to grab the first-aid kit, then knelt on the bed with an air of nonchalance, saying solicitously, "Come on, Qingqing, let me rub your feet. I have magical hands; rubbing them will make the pain go away."
Dong Qingqing blushed, "No need, I can do it myself."
"It's alright. You're afraid to use force because of the pain. I understand this injury; you need to use force to heal quickly." As he spoke, Lu Chen grabbed a bottle of medicated oil and moved over, proactively reaching for Dong Qingqing's slender foot.
Dong Qingqing felt helpless and anxious, afraid Lu Chen would see something he shouldn't. She quickly stretched out her foot, sighing, "Okay, okay, let me rub it for you."
With that, her snow-white, delicate thigh was revealed from under the blanket, a whole smooth, jade-like leg displayed before Lu Chen's eyes. He couldn't help but swallow hard, wanting to look again and again, as if he couldn't get enough of it.
Although her legs were tightly pressed together and covered by a blanket, preventing any further view, it was enough to arouse lustful thoughts.
Dong Qingqing also noticed Lu Chen's predatory gaze. She whispered, "Chen, don't look around. Hurry up and rub it for me." As she spoke, she shyly closed her eyes.
Lu Chen looked up and was instantly captivated again.
Dong Qingqing's beautiful face was framed by slightly disheveled long hair, a few strands falling beside her cheeks, highlighting her alluring blush. Her entire face looked like a red apple, tempting one to take a bite.
Looking slightly downwards, two snow-white mounds were faintly revealed.
The aloof and glamorous young woman he had met at first had now melted into a vast expanse of spring sunshine.
Lu Chen swallowed hard, took a deep breath, and gently supported Dong Qingqing's lower leg with one hand while applying medicated oil to her wound with the other. As he massaged the wound, the beautiful young woman's fair and rosy foot swayed slightly before Lu Chen's eyes, appearing incredibly alluring.
While the wound was being massaged, Dong Qingqing gritted her teeth to endure the pain, but couldn't help but let out a couple of soft moans. Those sounds... any man who heard them would feel his blood boil and should probably check his gender.
Lu Chen calmed himself, closed his eyes slightly, and subtly focused his mind, slowly activating the Healing God Energy, one of the Seven Life Flower abilities within him.
Soon, he felt a wondrous energy flow through his body, coursing along his meridians towards the hand that was massaging Dong Qingqing's wound. Then, it slowly seeped into her wound.
Dong Qingqing reacted noticeably: "Ah Chen, why are your hands so warm? It feels like a current of energy is flowing into my bruised area..." She shuddered involuntarily, appearing quite comfortable.
Lu Chen chuckled and said, "Maybe the medicated oil is working."
After rubbing for another three or four minutes, Lu Chen received a strange message in his mind, formed naturally, seemingly sent by himself. This was similar to the supplementary data that naturally generated in his mind after drinking the gold-grade Dragon Elixir. This thought told Lu Chen that Dong Qingqing's bruise had subsided.
He looked down and was overjoyed. Sure enough, the original redness and swelling had now been reduced to a faint red mark.
"It's healed! Completely healed!" Lu Chen grinned and put down Dong Qingqing's delicate foot.
Dong Qingqing was stunned: "It's all better now?" She twisted her ankle, even more astonished: "It's really healed, it doesn't hurt at all anymore. Ah Chen, what kind of technique did you use? I don't believe it's just the effect of the medicated oil!"
Lu Chen chuckled, twisting his hand proudly: "I have divine hands, known in the martial arts world as the Divine Hand Healer, that's me, ahahaha!"
Dong Qingqing rolled her eyes at him: "You're quite shameless." She straightened up, pulled her foot back to look, and saw that the swelling had indeed completely subsided, and she couldn't help but believe in that so-called divine hand healer again.
Suddenly, she heard Lu Chen groan. Looking up, she saw his face was strange, flushed red, and his eyes were fixed, staring straight at her lower body.
Oh no! She thought to herself. Looking down, sure enough, she had been too amazed by Lu Chen's technique; how could it be completely healed so quickly? Straightening up and pulling her foot back was like spreading her legs wide open. The worst part was that the blanket wasn't covering her properly, and even worse, she wasn't wearing anything underneath!
Panic-wise, she yelled, "Chen, get out! I'll gouge your eyes out if you look again!"
Lu Chen chuckled sheepishly, quickly retreated, and closed the door.
In the living room, he paced back and forth, occasionally jumping up and down, looking down with a troubled expression, muttering, "Little brother, please, don't be like this! I know you've suffered these past few days, but what can I do? We can't be as promiscuous as before, can we?"
"Sigh, Sister Li, Sister Qingqing, those two are unbearable! They're my nemesis. I can't take it anymore, I really can't hold back. If I can't find a woman to solve this, my life will collapse. This imbalance of yin and yang is definitely a recipe for a short life..."
His "little brother" wouldn't shrink back down, so in desperation, Lu Chen came up with an idea: he went to the kitchen to cook!
Lu Chen rushed into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and a blast of cold air rushed out. He took a deep, comfortable breath and smugly muttered to himself, "Ah! Life is slowly coming back..."
The refrigerator was overflowing with food—vegetables, meat, everything imaginable, even some seafood—packed to the brim.
Lu Chen had bought all of this; Dong Qingqing wouldn't have bothered with such a thing. Since acquiring his culinary god ability, Lu Chen found himself enjoying going to the market and supermarket, buying all sorts of groceries and filling the refrigerator to the brim. Then, he could cook whatever he wanted.
Damn! Thank goodness I have seven abilities; if I only had this culinary god ability, wouldn't I be turning into an old lady sooner or later?
Concentrating his mind, Lu Chen began to unleash his culinary skills, taking out all the hidden treasures from the refrigerator. Then, washing vegetables, chopping vegetables, cutting meat, stirring… the sounds filled the kitchen.
Lu Chen gradually entered a state of complete absorption.
He was completely unaware that a graceful figure was already standing at the kitchen doorway. A slender, graceful figure wore a light blue chiffon dress, the hem reaching her knees, revealing a pair of shapely, smooth legs.
She exuded not only sexiness but also a sense of warmth.
This was, of course, Dong Qingqing.
After putting on her dress and composing herself, she came out. As soon as she emerged, she heard the clatter of dishes from the kitchen. That sound suddenly gave her a feeling of openness, a very comfortable sensation.
She leaned against the doorframe, quietly watching Lu Chen.
Listening to those sounds and watching Lu Chen cook, her heart was filled with happiness. And her appetite was whetted. She hadn't had any appetite before, but hearing those sounds made her want to eat. Of course, only Lu Chen's cooking. She had gained several pounds lately; a little belly was definitely there.
All thanks to Lu Chen!
The thought suddenly popped into Dong Qingqing's mind, and she felt her face flush and her heart pound. It was a feeling akin to a young girl's first stirrings of love!
However, thinking about her approaching thirty and Lu Chen's mere twenty-three, Dong Qingqing felt a pang of sadness. Besides, she was married and had children!
Lu Chen, on the other hand, hadn't noticed Dong Qingqing leaning against the doorway, staring intently at him. He was completely absorbed in his work, utterly focused.
In fact, he had entered a meditative state.
As his culinary skills improved, he clearly felt four streams of energy flowing through his body, like four dragons swimming in the deep sea.
Three of them were very distinct, clearly representing the abilities of the God of Cookery, the God of Curses, and the God of Medicine. The third was extremely faint, so faint that Lu Chen, without careful observation, would almost feel it had vanished.
What kind of ability was this energy stream? Lu Chen had a question in his mind.
He suddenly recalled the time he ate grilled fish at the food stall that day, when a premonition arose in his mind, allowing him to sense danger in his surroundings.
Clearly, this premonition was also one of the Seven-Life Flower's special abilities. So, it was this extremely weak energy flow? What kind of ability was it?
Lu Chen wasn't in a hurry. The Seven-Life Flower's special ability couldn't be forced; it would come naturally with practice.
Furthermore, Lu Chen also felt wisps of spiritual energy within his body being absorbed by these four energies, making them stronger. Among them, the Curse God energy absorbed the most vigorously, followed by the Healing God energy, while the weakest absorption, almost as if nothing was being absorbed, was still that inexplicably weak energy.
Lu Chen understood that this spiritual energy came from the medicinal power of the two bottles of Living Dragon Elixir.
After the Living Dragon Elixir entered the body, if the body relied solely on its own functions to absorb it, only about 60-70% would be absorbed; the rest would slowly disappear. Through cultivation, one can fully absorb the medicinal power of the Dragon Elixir.
About an hour and a half later, all the dishes were ready.
Lu Chen, as if he had just completed a practice of internal energy guidance, felt incredibly refreshed, his entire body brimming with energy from his bones to his flesh and skin. Although the four energies gradually faded, they left him feeling even more fulfilled.