Chapter 249: Chapter 202: What Am I Afraid of? The Worst I’ll Get is a Beating

"The total is one hundred sixty thousand in silver. Make sure you don’t overpay."

"...You just wait!"

Chen Yi smiled and shook his head, assuming she was just telling him to wait there for the silver.

「Not long after.」

Lou Yuxue hurried over, holding an ebony box, her face still extremely displeased.

But after seeing Chen Yi, she still snorted coldly, opened the box, took out a stack of gold notes, and prepared to count out one hundred sixty thousand.

But before she could start counting, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow from the corner of her eye, followed by a sharp pain in her neck.

Lou Yuxue stared blankly at Chen Yi. "You..."

The next moment, the familiar feeling of dizziness washed over her again.

As she lost consciousness, a final thought surfaced in her mind.

’This bastard is burning the bridge after crossing it!’

Chen Yi, however, didn’t think much of it. After settling her down, he sat at the table and began to count the gold notes in the box.

The method was roughly as follows:

"One for you, one for me, one for me, hey, one for me..."

"One for you, one for me, one for me, hey, one for me..."

Finally, Chen Yi finished counting. He looked at the thin stack of gold and silver notes left for her, and the smile on his face grew wider.

"Leaving you fifty thousand silver should be enough to cover your losses, right?"

Then he looked at the thick stack of gold and silver notes in his own hand and couldn’t help but sigh. "Making money is so hard."

’I’ve been busy for over half a month, and all I’ve earned is... less than three hundred thousand silver?’

The reason it was more was because the box contained not only the thirty thousand in gold notes from this transaction but also Bright Moon Building’s recent earnings.

Saying this, Chen Yi put away the silver and gold notes, got up, and called for Liu Lang to leave Spring Rain Building.

"Boss, did you get the silver?"

"Mhm, it was a decent haul."

Liu Lang rubbed his hands together and chuckled. "How much?"

Chen Yi looked at the faint light appearing in the east and replied casually, "Two hundred ninety thousand silver, I’d say."

"Two hundred... huh? Miss Yuxue agreed to that?"

"Of course she didn’t agree."

"Then how... uh, did you rob her?"

Seeing Chen Yi nod, Liu Lang was secretly speechless. At the same time, he couldn’t help but feel a little sympathy for Lou Yuxue.

’She’s probably going to die from anger, right?’

Chen Yi didn’t care about any of that. After calculating the time, he instructed:

"Just as I said, go into hiding first. Be careful and don’t let anyone notice you."

Liu Lang nodded and said with a smile, "Don’t worry, Boss. When I want to hide, not even Bright Moon Building can find me."

"That’s for the best. You..."

Before Chen Yi could finish, he abruptly looked up at the sky.

Liu Lang, beside him, did the same.

In the distance, under the cover of dark clouds, an extremely fast figure streaked from far to near, heading straight for the north.

Faintly, they could still feel the sharp, domineering, and cutting Dao Intent emanating from her.

Chen Yi and Liu Lang both didn’t dare to make a single move.

Only after they could no longer feel that powerful aura did they look at each other, both feeling somewhat relieved.

Liu Lang gave a dry laugh. "Boss, was... was that General Jinghong?"

Chen Yi grunted in affirmation. "It was her. But she’s returned to Shu State a little earlier than I expected."

"That aura of hers is terrifying... Aren’t you afraid?"

"What’s there to be afraid of? The worst that could happen is a sound beating."

Even if Xiao Jinghong and the Xiao Family found out what he had done, they wouldn’t do much to him.

When it came down to it, this could only be considered a "family dispute."

Of course, Chen Yi couldn’t possibly say this out loud. He just waved his hand, signaling Liu Lang to proceed with the plan.

He himself went silently to Quchi and boarded the Painted Boat that had been prepared long ago.

「About an hour later.」

After changing his clothes, washing up, and cleaning away all traces, Chen Yi finally relaxed completely.

Listening to the pitter-patter of the rain on the Painted Boat, the beautiful figure he had just seen appeared in his mind, and a slight smile touched his lips.

’Xiao Jinghong has returned with Liu Wen. She must have gotten that letter from Xiao Dongchen by now.’

’What happens next depends on how she and the Old Master deal with it.’

’I reckon even if the Old Master is sentimental about old ties, he’ll be able to act decisively against someone with such malicious intentions as Xiao Dongchen.’

’The only fear is that the Second Branch will interfere or plead for him. He might not die then.’

’But fortunately, the Hidden Guard will make a move.’

’As for the Jing State Liu Family... heh, their troubles are just getting started.’

With these thoughts, Chen Yi leisurely lay down on the bed.

As the Black Tortoise Concealment Technique circulated within him, it masked all traces of his Martial Arts aura.

While Xiao Jinghong was back, he didn’t dare reveal the slightest bit, lest he cause unnecessary trouble.

Of course, this definitely couldn’t be called fear.

It was purely out of his deep respect for his wife.

After all, he had to consider the dignity of Xiao Jinghong, the General of the Dingyuan Army. It wouldn’t do to claim all the credit.

The figure he had just seen and her sharp, domineering True Sword Intent appeared in Chen Yi’s mind, and he muttered to himself.

’Xiao Jinghong’s Upper Three Grades Cultivation, her True Sword Intent at the Perfection Realm... tsk, she’s really strong.’

’When will I ever be able to reassert my authority as a husband?’

Thinking this, Chen Yi let out a soft breath.

Sigh, what an exhausting night. Time for sleep.

Anything is possible in dreams.

...

But while Chen Yi slept soundly, some people in Shu State City were destined for a restless night.

「Inside Bright Moon Building.」

Lou Yuxue slowly regained consciousness. After realizing how deathly quiet it was, she sat down at the table.

Looking at the meager few dozen gold and silver notes on the table, her enchantingly beautiful face was completely expressionless.

It was the calmness that comes from reaching the pinnacle of rage.

"Liu Wu, heh heh!"

A whole three hundred forty thousand silver!

In the end, what she was left with was a mere fifty thousand.

If she excluded Bright Moon Building’s earnings, the silver coins she could provide to the Hidden Guard amounted to only thirty thousand.

This was a full ten times less than the figure she and Ge the Third had discussed during their planning.

As Lou Yuxue thought about this, a smile actually appeared on her face.

Enchanting, charming, gorgeous, exquisite.

Clearly, she was about to go mad with rage.

She could never have imagined that such a shameless bastard existed in this world.

Even among the many varied practitioners of the Evil Demonic Dao she had seen in Bright Moon Building, none had ever made her angrier than that "Liu Wu."

"A quick death is one thing, but he... what he did is worse than killing me. He’s rotten to the core!"

"Bastard!"

"I don’t care where you’re hiding, and I don’t care if you’re one of the Jing State Liu Family or not! I will find you, and I will repay today’s humiliation in full!!"