Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 479 - 477: Dream Chasing Star

Thinking of going to Chang’an, Lin Wanwan felt downcast again.

From last year until now, she’s brought so many good things to the Great Tang, yet Li Shimin has only rewarded her once. Isn’t potato, white-feather chicken and cotton good enough!?

Maybe it’s because Mao County is too far from the Emperor, sigh! Being away from the center of imperial power has its pros and cons. Delayed recognition and rewards, I wonder how Xiao Chong reported to her.

After breakfast, Lin Wanwan hinted in various ways for the two of them to quickly sign.

Xiao Chong and Dugu Di understood her intent through her tone and sent their personal guards to fetch their personal seals, satisfying Lin Wanwan’s request with a stroke of the pen.

Although Dugu Di was full of doubts about Lin Wanwan’s additional requests, he accompanied Xiao Chong in signing.

Lin Wanwan, looking at the paintings stamped and signed, felt quite satisfied.

The only regret was Zhan Ziqian was no longer alive; if he were here, having him sign would make it truly perfect!

In history, having the endorsement of famous people has been one of the methods to verify the authenticity of paintings.

Emperor Qianlong, the seal-obsessed maniac, although he destroyed the original charm of antiques, authenticated them with his stamps, and very few could question the authenticity of paintings stamped madly by Qianlong.

But unfortunately, both Dugu Di and Xiao Chong are not considered famous in history; perhaps only by checking their family genealogy could one find small traces.

Xiao Chong remains unknown due to dying early; as for the equally talented Dugu Di, why is he unknown?

Could it be because of his eyes?

Perhaps he couldn’t enter politics due to eye disease. After all, historical figures are usually aristocrats who have held office; those who rise by pure talent like Li Qingzhao are rare.

After Xiao Chong and Dugu Di bid farewell, Lin Wanwan quickly sent Little Qingyu to the Wang Family’s private tutor, then started her new day’s plan.

The first thing was feeding the clouded leopard; last night, she didn’t release it considering it might attack if she opened the cage, which would be overstepping boundaries.

Lin Wanwan decided to be the clouded leopard’s caretaker for some time before setting it free.

In the Great Tang, many people kept leopards as pets; however, it’s usually the husbands who do so, while the wives prefer gentler pets.

Lin Wanwan took some meat to feed the mother and baby clouded leopard. Since they were confined in a cage, the leopard didn’t show much aggression, perhaps thanks to Xiao Chong’s training.

Despite Xiao Chong’s gentle, scholarly appearance suggesting he is a cultivated young man, when it comes to taking action, he is neither hesitant nor soft. This is evident in the fear he instills in criminals and the submission of county government subordinates.

After personally feeding the leopards, Lin Wanwan instructed others to move them to the side room of the main house; she wanted to spend more time with them while reading medical books.

She hadn’t yet decided on the release location, as it couldn’t be too close to human habitats, to avoid accidentally injuring people.

But in modern times, everywhere is inhabited; even mountains and waters are largely developed into tourist spots, finding a secluded forest requires effort.

After all, Lin Wanwan also needed to consider the distance between two worlds, if it exceeded 50 kilometers, the Space-Time Gate’s activation spot would update randomly, risking exposure.

So there’s no rush in release matters; at present, the upgrade for the Space-Time Gate is not imminent. She has moved many precious marine creatures to modern times, and the Space-Time Gate hasn’t shown any signs of upgrading or breaking through.

While Lin Wanwan was busy self-learning through medical books in the Great Tang, another hot topic related to her surfaced in the modern world.

A couple of days ago at an auction on Hong Kong Island, a 15.20-carat blue diamond was sold for a high price of forty-eight million US dollars, making it into one of the world’s ten most expensive diamonds.

The buyer who named the blue diamond as Dream Chasing Star.

If Lin Wanwan carefully looked at this trending topic and studied the photo of the blue diamond within, she’d realize this very blue diamond was embedded in the necklace pendant Lu Shouyue had gifted her.

Unfortunately, Lin Wanwan was now in the Great Tang, indifferent to such news, thus she remained unaware.

In fact, the news didn’t mention the identity of the person who bought the blue diamond.

Since Lu Shouyue consistently refused media interviews, and the auction took place in his own auction house, he could easily keep it confidential; the news described the buyer as a mysterious person.

For someone like Lu Shouyue running businesses with great enthusiasm, slight lack of discretion can attract huge attention.

Even though he was so low-key, his name was still infamous in media circles.

If he were simply riding on legacy wealth, he could remain anonymous online, but in reality, his auction house ranks among the world’s top under his management, and no amount of discretion can conceal that.

While the outside world did not know who the wealthy person who bought the blue diamond was, many around Lu Shouyue did, his family, for example.

Lu Shouyue’s grandmother Yu Ni was a good friend of Master Yao despite the age gap; she liked Master Yao’s works very much, collecting several pieces, and Master Yao even embroidered a portrait for her.

If Lin Wanwan wore the necklace out, it would surely draw the attention of observers.

In addition to his relatives, Lu Shouyue’s reckless friends were well-informed and good at analysis.

"Old Lu, did the blue diamond help you win the beauty?" 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Is your mind occupied with anything other than beauties all day long?"

"Really?! So you haven’t succeeded yet? Crazy, having spent billions without even a sound, aren’t you considering cutting losses?" Wang Bocheng immediately picked up the subtle hint from Lu Shouyue’s tone, "Old Lu, don’t be a love fool, our pals who switch girlfriends every six months really don’t want to lose face."

Although Wang Bocheng was the son of an internet mogul and the most popular second-generation millionaire, his approach to pursuing women was always fast, firm, and he didn’t splurge.

Once he found a woman too demanding, he’d turn away without delay.

The spending on his past girlfriends averaged only two or three million each, anything more he deemed unworthy.

Hence he couldn’t comprehend Lu Shouyue at all; from what he knew, Lu Shouyue alone had spent over two million just clearing negative online news for Lin Wanwan.

With such a brutal investment-return ratio, what is Lu Shouyue thinking? Would a veteran venture capitalist keep making such decisions?!

"Did your recent investment fail again?" Lu Shouyue countered, "Are you about to lose the five hundred million your father gave you?"

"...Go away!"

Hitting on the raw nerve, annoyingly!

Wang Bocheng admired Lu Shouyue’s money-making ability, never having seen him lose money, which was why he insisted on pulling Lu Shouyue into investing in an entertainment company together.

Making money together ensures being lifelong comrades.