Let's go back to that night.
After drinking Qin Xiyao's fish head soup, Uncle Xu was now being watched by Luo Chen and the other two, like a monkey on display in a zoo.
"Old Xu's behavior is off."
"Yes, it feels very painful."
"It seems that won't work."
The three of them feigned regret and expressed their disappointment.
This completely baffled Uncle Xu, who was lying on the ground, clutching his stomach and curled up.
What do you mean by "it's no longer working"?
Has the situation gotten that serious?
Shouldn't we call an ambulance for him?
You've been watching for an hour or two, are you really that curious?
Uncle Xu said there was still hope for him, but the three of them seemed heartless and didn't seem to notice this at all.
[...]
"Boss, although I can't accept Qin Xiyao's terrible cooking, there are still some benefits."
Raphael never expected that eating a terrible meal would actually lead to a breakthrough in his cultivation level.
This was completely unexpected, and Raphael found it amazing.
"Can you sense any other changes?"
Luo Chen wanted to know more.
"Hmm... Aside from breaking through to the early stage of Dark Force, it seems like there's nothing else."
Raphael's tone was uncertain; apart from his own significant breakthrough in cultivation level, everything else seemed quite normal.
"And what about you?"
Seeing that Raphael could not provide a useful answer, Luo Chen had no choice but to obtain some information from Tiger Soul.
"Young Master, I'm about the same. Except for the hurdle of breaking through to the Transcendent Realm, everything else is normal."
Having received the same answer, Luo Chen turned his gaze to Uncle Xu.
"Then why haven't you changed at all?"
Both of them ate Qin Xiyao's terrible cooking, so why hasn't Uncle Xu made a sound for an hour or so?
Uncle Xu expressed his helplessness and also wanted to know what was going on.
But shouldn't the most important thing right now be to call an ambulance for him?
In the end, the ambulance that Uncle Xu had been hoping for did not arrive. Raphael had no such intention; if even she could withstand it, how could Uncle Xu not?
Luo Chen ignored it and returned to his room with questions in mind, also asking the system what was going on.
[Qin Xiyao, as the female protagonist of the book, has no plot holes; her designated talent is the ability to turn normal dishes into something abnormal.]
[Even things that seem normal are usually abnormal. In the world of culinary disasters, Chef Qin wasn't the number one. I was strongly against it back then.]
[This situation arose because Chef Qin's culinary creations contained dangerously high levels of harmful substances, posing a life-threatening risk.]
When a living system senses the threat of death, its will to survive will be activated.
[At the same time as activation, some potential, that is, innate talent, is often brought into play. I believe this is the most appropriate reason for this.]
The system's response left Luo Chen speechless.
Because he also felt that this was very likely.
But when asked why Uncle Xu didn't react, the system gave Luo Chen this explanation.
A person's potential is limited; if their experience and knowledge become too extensive, it often backfires.
[Having explored too much and experienced too many things makes it difficult to unleash potential again, simply because such experiences are still within one's capacity to bear.]
[Chef Qin's culinary disasters are unbearable for others, easily threatening their lives.]
[But for Uncle Xu, it's still within my psychological tolerance range, which is why it has no effect on him.]
[As for why he was in so much pain, it was mainly because his digestive abilities couldn't keep up with his mental will.]
Luo Chen understood what the system was saying, and he knew that for someone like Uncle Xu, even if he ate too much of Qin Xiyao's terrible cooking, it wouldn't have any effect.
At worst, it might result in a stomach perforation.
If you want to put your ideas into practice, it's best to find people with weak willpower and little experience; they might just unleash more of your potential.
Of course, although Luo Chen had discovered a new continent, he never thought of using others as guinea pigs for experiments.
It would be quite troublesome if something went wrong.
[...]
While Luo Chen was asleep, another thing happened.
Uncle Xu is still in pain because he hasn't recovered from that experience.
Tiger Soul couldn't bear to see Uncle Xu suffer like this, so he found a brick somewhere and gave Uncle Xu a physical slap on the wrist.
When the brick hit him, Uncle Xu was completely stunned.
The effect was quite good; the brick broke in half.
Tiger Soul dislikes doing things without a clear beginning or end. Carrying the nearly unconscious Uncle Xu, he threw him back into the room and then slowly closed the other's resentful eyes.
Having done all this, Tiger Soul went back to sleep with a clear conscience.
[...]
The next day.
Luo Chen was unaware that such a thing had happened last night. After having a nutritious breakfast prepared by Raphael, he led them to Tianlai.
Upon arriving at the general manager's office, Qin Xiyao met Raphael and the others, and her first question was to ask them if they were alright.
Raphael and the others are naturally fine; if anything happened, it was because of Uncle Xu's trickery with Tiger Soul.
But the matter involving Uncle Xu cannot be attributed to Qin Xiyao.
So the topic quickly came to an end.
"Weren't you going back to Ningcheng? Why did you come all this way today?"
"We are going back, but there are still some things to do before we go back."
Luo Chen sat casually on the sofa and poured himself a cup of herbal tea.
He also poured Qin Xiyao a glass, seeing this gesture.
Qin Xiyao suddenly remembered that on the first day Luo Chen arrived, she had accidentally drunk the cup of tea that Luo Chen had poured.
Thinking about this, Qin Xiyao's expression changed slightly, and her tone became strange.
"What else is there for you to do now? Haven't you done everything you needed to?"
"Since you're going back, then go back as soon as possible. I'll handle things here."
Luo Chen was slightly taken aback by this tone.
[Although I'm used to her attitude towards me, this seems a bit too obvious.]
I don't think I've done anything to offend her lately.
[Forget it, forget it, let her do what she wants. Anyway, I can't control her.]
[The host successfully dissed the opponent; reward: +3 Strength.]
Qin Xiyao snorted softly, not knowing why, but she felt inexplicably angry whenever she saw Luo Chen.
It makes me even angrier, especially since the other party thinks that way.
Luo Chen didn't think too much about it. He took a sip of the flower tea and put it down, saying, "That's true, but shouldn't I return the power to you?"
"You are, after all, the general manager of Tianlai. If I go back, you won't have any authority. How will you manage the company?"
The so-called authority is nothing more than announcing to the company who the next person in charge is.
If Luo Chen doesn't return to Yan Province, then he will still be the head of Tianlai. Even though Qin Xiyao has already made her decision, we still need to wait for him to make a decision before we can proceed.
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