Chapter 210: Chapter 210: Success

When she sprinkled the salt, the Exorcising Flower pollen followed the salt grains into the soup, instantly swallowed up by the splashing water. With these two “ingredients” added to the pot—each neutralizing the other—the soup was now restored to its pure state.

Gu Qinghuan calmly put away the salt jar.

“Sister-in-law, I’ll go call everyone for dinner.”

“Go ahead, the fish in my pot is almost ready.”

Gu Qinghuan slipped the small bottle in her palm into her space, then called everyone to eat.

This meal looked ordinary on the surface, but was full of hidden secrets.

Xu Huaiyu was isolated by everyone; no one wanted to talk to him, or even sit near him.

He could only sit alone in the corner, with Yan Lijun and Liu Guifang beside him.

Everyone chatted and laughed, except with him—after all, he had angered the whole group.

The dishes were all set out. Gu Qinghuan brought over the big pot of soup and ladled out a bowl for everyone.

It looked like a random distribution, but in reality, the “ingredients” had already been added. Everyone got the same, very fair.

Lin Xiaomeng and Yan Lijun both accepted their bowls of soup with ease, even taking a sip right away.

“Thanks to Qinghuan, I’ve been in the Xu family village for years, but this is the first time I’ve tasted Feilong Soup. It’s just as delicious as the rumors say,” Lin Xiaomeng said with a smile.

Yan Lijun had just had a pleasant chat with Gu Qinghuan, so she chimed in, “It really is tasty. Thanks for the hard work, Second Sister-in-law.”

She didn’t know that Gu Qinghuan had just secretly saved her life.

“If you like it, have some more. Especially you, Lijun—since you’re pregnant, drinking more soup is good for you,” Gu Qinghuan replied with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.

Liu Guifang leaned over to look at the soup left in the pot.

“Second daughter-in-law, one bowl per person is enough. Leave the rest for Meiling, let her have some to nourish herself.”

A mother’s heart always aches for her own daughter.

She’d worked hard all afternoon, and hadn’t even gotten to taste the soup herself.

Gu Qinghuan pretended not to hear, serving herself a full bowl of soup, leaving only a thin layer at the bottom of the pot.

But there was still plenty of meat left—after all, the soup was the tasty part; the meat was tough and dry, not very appetizing.

Liu Guifang quickly scooped out the remaining meat and soup, setting the bowl aside to keep warm, planning to have Chen Jianghe take it home to Chen Meiling.

The family sat down to eat.

Though they looked united, in truth everyone was just quietly focused on their food. Lin Xiaomeng’s cooking was good, and today’s dishes were quite to everyone’s taste.

Lin Xiaomeng had been eating happily, but gradually she realized something was wrong. Everyone had finished their bowls of Feilong Soup, but why couldn’t she see the fortune progress bars behind them?

Not just Gu Qinghuan—she couldn’t see anyone’s.

Before, whenever they drank the fortune spring water, she could always see the progress bars behind them.

Even Xu Huaiyu—his gray progress bar was gone too.

What was going on?

Lin Xiaomeng panicked for a moment.

She was sure she’d seen Xu Huaiyu’s gray progress bar just this morning.

Now, she couldn’t see anything at all.

What had happened?

She was certain she’d put the fortune spring water into the Feilong Soup. No matter how skilled Gu Qinghuan was, there was no way she could pick out the fortune spring water from a whole pot of soup, right?

Unless...

She remembered the dream she’d had last night.

The person who claimed to be the King of the Underworld had told her that if she used the fortune spring water to harm others again, not only would the Underworld Palace take back everything it had given her, but in her next life, she’d fall into the animal realm.

Could it be that wasn’t just an ordinary dream, but a real message from the King of the Underworld?

She had just been about to target Yan Lijun, and now this had happened. It was hard not to overthink it."