[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-nothing-is-taboo":3,"chapter-nothing-is-taboo-nothing-is-taboo-chapter-366":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Nothing Is Taboo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2310751,4514,"Chapter 366: Fat Head, Big Ears","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-366",366,"\u003Cp>Gao Wanli did not yet know that the person who bullied her most had just entered Zhancheng from the south gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>San Niang Hui would hire a caravan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would bring Wang Shen back from Shanhe County.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shen would take Xiao Mo with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Wanmo declined a couple of times, then readily agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Xu Yuan left, the four men in the alley once again took the ancestral relics out of the box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also made contact with Xu Huanyang, who was still on the “Path of the Yellow Springs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Daye was tasked with telling Xu Huanyang, in full detail, Xu Yuan’s current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Huanyang did not oppose Shen Daye’s arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he grieved for his son, under these circumstances, he could not voice any objection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>San Niang Hui would grow obscenely rich, its caravan luxurious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had come all the way from Luocheng to transport everyone from Shanhe County to Zhancheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price was one hundred and fifty taels of silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The caravan was also accompanied by guards, a cook, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, Lin Wanmo would never have ridden in such an expensive carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if someone else paid, and she didn’t have to spend her own money, she still wouldn’t ride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Lin Wanmo’s mindset had adjusted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was not the kind of person who suffered needlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xu Yuan first earned money, though he gave his stepmother several hundred taels at once,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she still lived frugally, hoarding every coin to save for her stepson’s future bride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with Xu Yuan’s achievements… her major life concerns were no longer worries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the silver he sent home kept increasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Wanmo felt that her family’s life no longer needed to be as meager as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Lin Wanmo had already discussed with Wang Shen: once they reached Zhancheng, San Niang Hui would collect all kinds of fabrics, and Lin Wanmo would craft new Hundred-Ailments Cabinets and Heart-Measuring Scales for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was, in fact, the outcome of discussions Xu Yuan had held with Wang Shen and his stepmother during the New Year holidays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepmother could not directly sell her own crafted items—that was the rule of Hejiang Alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind this rule lay Hejiang Alley’s secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if stepmother made something and gave it to Wang Shen, and Wang Shen was also a member of Hejiang Alley,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was just as Xu Huanyang had done in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, stepmother could accept San Niang Hui’s offerings without guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan intended to cultivate San Niang Hui to suppress Pingtian Hui and squeeze its living space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The caravan delivered Wang Shen and Lin Wanmo to the Nan Cheng Patrol Office, where Fu Jingyu and Song Lu came out to greet them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Lord Xu has been promoted!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of San Niang Hui hurried to congratulate Ancestor Grandma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shen smiled broadly, overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I always said my Ah Yuan is a genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The caravan then took them to the Zhancheng Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The members of San Niang Hui took their leave first; on the way back to Huo De Ji Shi Tang, Master Fei ordered Miao Yan: “Nan Cheng is too far—we must acquire property near the Zhancheng Office so we can be closer to our Ancestor Grandma.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miao Yan replied without hesitation: “Rest assured, I’ve already planned it all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miao Yan laid out his plan: San Niang Hui’s Zhancheng branch would open a new tavern, a pastry shop, a gold shop, and a silk shop near the Zhancheng Office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These shops weren’t meant to make profit, but they would pay top silver to lure the best masters from the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From now on, offerings to the Ancestor Grandma—like daily meals—wouldn’t need to be bought outside; we’d produce them ourselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re a filial lad—excellent, excellent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The veteran secretaries praised him in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miao Yan never imagined that years later, San Niang Hui’s series of “Zu Ji” shops, maintaining the highest standards, would become the city’s benchmark for upscale consumption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And step by step, they expanded from Zhancheng across Jiaozhi, with branches even spreading throughout Zhengzhou!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They became San Niang Hui’s most profitable venture, surpassing its original core business of selling medicine with the Heart-Measuring Scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lang Xiao Ba, guarding the yamen gate, rushed to greet Lin Wanmo and Wang Shen the moment he saw them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then dispatched a captain to quickly report to Lord Xu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan stepped out and met Wang Shen and Lin Wanmo right outside Gao Wanli’s courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone happened to see Gao Wanli leading her “servants” in chasing and cornering Da Fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wanli screamed hoarsely: “Catch this beast! I’m going to roast it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Fu was truly terrified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This woman is already this fat—and she wants to eat me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should diet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Fu scrambled wildly around the courtyard, flapping his wings and squawking loudly, calling for Fan Zhe to come save him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Wang Shen saw Da Fu being bullied, her eyebrows shot up in fury: “Stop!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wanli ignored her completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her subordinates, seeing only an old woman, paid no attention and continued chasing Da Fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shen was about to act when Lin Wanmo held her back: “Auntie, you can’t interfere.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Wanmo stared coldly at Gao Wanli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she saw this woman, Lin Wanmo felt an inexplicable, intense revulsion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From soul to body, every part of her disliked this creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan reached out; the beast-tendon rope shot out, transforming into a vast net that settled over the courtyard, forming a “labyrinth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It blocked all pursuers, yet cleverly left one clear path open for Da Fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Fu flapped his large webbed feet, dashed in, and buried himself in Fan Zhe’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he no longer disliked Fan Zhe—he pressed his head insistently into Xu Yuan’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He beat his wings against his own breast, squawking loudly, as if to say: I was so scared…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wanli’s men were blocked, circled twice, and found no exit; one of them used his cultivation to leap into the air, trying to fly over the net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as they rose, the net rose with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One Wu Xiu, hot-tempered and full of pent-up rage from recent days, finally exploded—he drew his weapon and charged the net.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His weapon was an obscure one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two unusual curved blades, joined together to form a long, hooked scissor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed his weapon perfectly countered the net, so he lunged and slashed at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the expected result—the net being cut open—did not occur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, his scissors were entangled and wrapped layer upon layer by countless hair-thin, supple ropes emerging from the net!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wu Xiu yanked hard, but instead of freeing himself, he was pulled into the net, where more ropes surged forth and bound him completely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was like prey caught in a spider’s web, screaming and calling for his comrades to rescue him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His companions were eager to help, darting everywhere trying to reach him—but they could not pass through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wanli gritted her teeth and roared: “Xu Yuan! What are you doing?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Yuan replied without mercy: “I was about to ask you the same—how dare so many of you bully my goose? This conduct is despicable. Gao Wanli, you’re a Sixth-Rank Artisan, from a prominent clan, Deputy Chief of Discipline at Zhancheng Office—don’t you find this beneath your dignity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepmother’s eyes slowly narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately understood why she had felt such inexplicable loathing for this woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A New Artisan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Wanli, furious and wounded, pointed at the goose in Xu Yuan’s arms: “I’m bullying it?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1261,"2026-06-20T12:07:24.624Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e8d6113f22b2919c8cc73629caa79dbd1d1af34341b629fbb5aabbe1174bff56","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-367","nothing-is-taboo-chapter-365",413,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fnothing-is-taboo-cover.jpg"]