Upon hearing the news, Chen An couldn't help but frown slightly, with a look of surprise on his face.

The expression is not deliberate, and looks very natural.

The leading Bamboo Leaf Gang monk, a middle-aged man dressed in white, was always observing Chen An's facial expression and did not notice anything unusual.

In order to observe further, he said: "According to our investigation results, the last time Manager Zhang appeared in front of others was when he left the cheap area in your moving carriage."

Chen An did not hesitate at all and said truthfully: "It is true."

"I was moving to the core area that day, and because I had a pregnant wife with me, I bought a carriage to travel."

"Considering that the cheap area was very unsafe some time ago and worried about the possibility of encountering danger on the road, I found Manager Zhang the afternoon before departure and asked him to escort me for a fee."

"The next day, after Manager Zhang escorted us to the entrance of the core area, he returned to the cheap area by himself. We haven't seen each other since then."

These words are nine-tenths true and one-tenth false.

After hearing this, several monks from the Bamboo Leaf Gang felt that there was nothing unusual and immediately ruled out Chen An as a suspect.

In fact, from the very beginning, they didn't suspect Chen An much, they just came here for a normal visit and investigation.

First, Chen An had no motive to kill.

Second, Chen An’s cultivation was too low, and he had no ability to kill Manager Zhang.

There is really nothing to doubt.

They mostly thought that Manager Zhang’s disappearance might be related to Black Iron Villa.

Because the undercover agent from Black Iron Villa, Manager Ouyang, whom they had been secretly watching, happened to disappear on the same day.

They suspected that Manager Zhang was also an undercover agent of Black Iron Villa. He must have received some news in advance and evacuated with Manager Ouyang.

Anyway, the disappearance of Manager Zhang is most likely related to Manager Ouyang.

Just like that, after simply asking Chen An some questions, these monks from the Bamboo Leaf Gang left.

As they walked, the white-robed monk in the lead said unwillingly:

"Alas, I wanted to play the long game and use Ouyang Feng to catch the other undercover agents in Black Iron Villa and uproot them completely. But now, my plan has failed."

When the people around him heard this, they couldn't help but shake their heads, feeling equally unwilling.

"well!"

The monk in white sighed again, and then made a final decision: "Forget it, let's close the net from tonight and catch all the known undercovers from Black Iron Villa in the gang!"

The other side.

Looking at the figures of the Bamboo Leaf Gang monks gradually going away, Chen An, who was standing in front of the courtyard gate, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was a close call just now.

Fortunately, these people’s investigative skills are not good enough.

If this happened in the previous life, anyone who had received nine years of compulsory education would have discovered through a simple investigation that he was lying.

After all, the carriage used for moving was blown up and all the luggage inside was gone, which was a big suspicious point.

"Perhaps it's not that the other party is stupid, but that the other party simply doesn't regard me as a suspect. After all, my cultivation level is too low."

Chen An laughed at himself in his heart.

Then he turned around and went back into the house, working diligently in the alchemy room as usual.

There is no way, because he is very short of money now.

Not only does one have to pay a monthly rental fee of 100 low-grade spirit stones, but one also has to save up to buy "Mandarin Ducks Flying Together" which costs 1,000 low-grade spirit stones.

This requires diligence.

Of course, while working diligently, he will also reward himself well.

Communicate with Gu Xinyue on a daily basis.

Find Song Huaying to discuss different paths to becoming an immortal.

Life is fulfilling and comfortable.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month passed.

My little wife Song Huaying's belly is getting bigger and bigger.

Seeing this, Chen An reduced his time on alchemy and spent more time with her. He often took her for walks in the yard and chatted with her about children.

[Marriage relationship +1+1+1+1+1…]

That night, Song Huaying lay on the bed to rest, and Chen An sat beside her and told her stories to help her fall asleep.

They all tell some love stories from previous lives.

For example, Romance of the West Chamber, Liang Zhu Turning into Butterflies, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, White Snake and Xu Xian, Chang'e Flying to the Moon, The Peacock Flies Southeast, etc.

Song Huaying was fascinated by the story and couldn't stop listening.

[You patiently tell your wife Song Huaying a love story before bed, and your relationship with her increases by 1.]

"Okay, let's stop here for tonight. I'll continue tomorrow night. Ying'er, go to bed early."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Chen An urged Song Huaying to go to bed early.

Song Huaying was addicted to the story, and immediately hugged his arm and said coquettishly: "Husband, I want to know whether Xu Xian and White Snake were together in the end. Please tell me more, otherwise I won't be able to sleep."

Looking at his young wife like this, Chen An couldn't help but think of himself in his previous life who often read novels all night long.

In the dim student dormitory, I curled up in the quilt, looking at how many hours of sleep I could still get, and thinking that I could just watch for another half an hour before going to sleep.

As time went by, daybreak came.

Therefore, he knew very well that if he continued to talk, his little wife would definitely keep begging to listen more until the next morning.

In order to prevent this situation from happening, Chen An chose to tell her the ending of the story in one go, a comedy ending that was tailored to her taste.

It is said that Fahai was moved by the love between Xu Xian and Bai Niangzi and chose to help them be together, allowing them to stay together forever and have many children and grandchildren.

Song Huaying was very satisfied with this ending.

But after listening to it, he didn't go to bed obediently.

Instead, she said coquettishly:

"Husband, I'm hungry and want to have a midnight snack~"

"Ying'er, you're pushing it too far."

"But husband, I'm really hungry."

"Okay, then I'll go to the kitchen and make it for you, but you must go to sleep after eating."

"My husband is the best!"

"I want to eat my husband~"

Song Huaying looked at Chen An with her beautiful eyes full of water and gave him a sly smile.

Chen An flicked her forehead and said, "Girl, read less of that kind of books in the future."

"But my husband obviously likes it very much."

"One thing at a time."

"I don't care, I just want to eat."

“…”

[You and your wife Song Huaying communicated all night and discussed different ways to become immortals. Your relationship with your wife +1.]

The next day, early morning.

Chen An came out of Song Huaying's room.

I plan to wash up, have the breakfast made by Gu Xinyue, and then go to make the elixir.

But after breakfast, Gu Xinyue didn't let him leave.

"Husband, are you sleepy?"

"What's wrong?"

Chen An was somewhat confused by the question.

Gu Xinyue pursed her lips and said, "Nothing, I just want to know if you are sleepy, husband."

"I just woke up, so I'm definitely not sleepy."

"Husband, you are sleepy."

"?"

"You're sleepy."

Gu Xinyue said with a somewhat stubborn expression.

Chen An understood.

It turns out that this icy concubine wanted him to sleep with her in the room.

I guess it's because he stayed at Song Huaying's place the whole night, which made Bingzha feel unbalanced.

To sleep back in the morning.

After figuring this out, Chen An was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Seeing that her husband was unmoved, Gu Xinyue became anxious and hinted at him again:

"Husband, you are sleepy."

"Yes, yes, I am very sleepy. Let's go, Yue'er, take a nap with me."

"Um."

After one stick of incense.

[You have in-depth communication with your wife Gu Xinyue, and make efforts to expand your family. Spiritual strength +1. ]

“Crack—”

Chen An walked out of Gu Xinyue's room with a refreshed look on his face.

I originally wanted to make elixirs.

But after all the trouble I’ve been going through last night, I really don’t want to waste any more time.

He decided to go outside first, breathe some fresh air, relax his mind, and then come back to make the elixir.

Come outside.

Chen An unconsciously looked towards his neighbor Wen Zhiyun's house.

This beautiful woman in menopause is really an ascetic monk, just as Manager Zhang said.

Ever since she blocked my door in the morning and questioned me half a month ago, I haven't seen her in the past few days.

The kind where not even a shadow can be seen.

I don’t know if she has been staying at home all the time and never goes out.

"It seems that I was lucky to see her the first few times."

Chen An shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He originally wanted to flirt with this beautiful woman to see if he could trick her into becoming his Taoist partner.

Because he was thinking that since this beautiful woman was an ascetic monk, her strong point should be cultivation.

Then if I could become a Taoist partner with her and have in-depth communication with her in the room, wouldn't my cultivation level be increased by 1 directly?

In this way, the efficiency of practice is greatly improved.

I think so.

But given the current situation, this is somewhat unrealistic.

Because this beautiful woman is too much of a homebody.

I haven't even left the house for so many days, so I don't know where to start even if I want to flirt with her.

Unless, like last time, he made some loud noise while communicating with Gu Xinyue all night, so that this beautiful woman could not sleep all night and could not help but come to block the door and demand an explanation the next morning.

In other words, if you take the initiative to find her, you will most likely be scolded.

Just as Chen An was thinking about these random things.

A man suddenly appeared on the wall of Wen Zhiyun's house.

Sneaky and I don't know what he's trying to do.

Like a voyeur.

Like a flower thief.

Chen An narrowed his eyes and was surprised to find that the sneaky man was actually a neighbor who had come to visit him that day, a swordsman who had reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.

…

PS: Putting out the bowl, asking for monthly votes and recommendation votes!

(End of this chapter)