Lu Chen said, "I don't like little girls, I can't destroy saplings! I only like you, come here, Jiaqi, give me a kiss! This is a garden, no one will see!" With that, he actually pressed his lips against hers.
This morning, he woke up to find so many naked beauties sleeping around him, which aroused him! However, with so many girls, it was difficult to make a move. Plus, knowing these beauties were all within his grasp, Lu Chen didn't really like them. But with girls like Xu Jiaqi, who required some effort to woo, he quite enjoyed teasing them.
Xu Jiaqi struggled fiercely, shouting, "Let go! I don't want an old cow eating young grass!"
The beautiful vice-dean comparing herself to an old cow was truly an insult to herself, while Lu Chen was definitely not young grass.
He hugged Xu Jiaqi tightly, saying, "Jiaqi, this isn't an old cow eating young grass, it's... uh, you know... a young cow eating mature grass."
"Mature my foot!" Xu Jiaqi was both amused and exasperated. Although she was a little angry that Lu Chen was teasing her like this, she didn't feel much repulsion. With any other man, she would have gone crazy. But this was Lu Chen, and she felt a mix of anger, sweetness, and a touch of happiness.
It seemed she was actually quite happy being teased like this.
Of course, she couldn't show her happiness outwardly. She whispered, "Let go, you lunatic! Do you believe I'll call the police?! Mmm..."
As she spoke, her bright red lips were already sealed.
Enjoying that moist tenderness, Lu Chen was completely intoxicated. Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he cried out in pain. He immediately reacted as if he'd seen a ghost, quickly releasing his mouth and his grip on Xu Jiaqi's hands.
He took two steps back, raised his hand to wipe his mouth, and found a few drops of bright red blood.
Xu Jiaqi snorted, "Now you know what's what, huh? Dare to kiss me? I'll bite you to death!"
As she spoke, she opened her mouth, her gleaming white teeth clanging loudly at Lu Chen.
Lu Chen smiled wryly, "Sister Jiaqi, you really are a tigress!"
Xu Jiaqi rolled her eyes at him, "Now that you know I'm a tigress, you'd better watch out and don't touch me again!" She continued walking forward. But the more she said that, the more Lu Chen's desire itch became.
It's true what they say: the easier something is to get, the less you want it; the harder something is to get, the more you want it.
Lu Chen couldn't resist any longer and pounced on her again, hugging Xu Jiaqi from behind.
The beautiful vice-dean scolded coquettishly, "You again! Believe me or not, I'll really bite you to death!" As she spoke, she twisted her head, her pearly white teeth clanging loudly.
"You can't bite me! You can't bite me!" Lu Chen laughed heartily. With this back-hugging position, Xu Jiaqi really couldn't bite him. Holding the beautiful vice-dean's fragrant body, he became increasingly intoxicated, and whispered, "Jiaqi, I won't kiss you anymore. Just let me hold you like this, okay? I promise, I won't move anywhere, I'll just hold you like this."
Xu Jiaqi sighed, trusting Lu Chen, and stopped struggling and resisting.
She said, "Then hold me like this, and don't move!"
"Okay, I promise I won't move!" Lu Chen readily agreed.
A while later.
"Hey, what are you doing with your hand? Why are you moving it up? Do you want me to cut it off?"
"Okay, okay, I won't move it!"
A while later.
"Lu Chen, don't let your hand go lower and lower! Do you want me to stab it a few times?"
"Okay, okay, I won't go lower."
A while later.
"Lu Chen! Don't stand behind me, or I'll cut it off!"
"Sister Jiaqi, I'm innocent! I didn't want to stand there, but it kept pushing, and I couldn't control it..."
...
Behind a large tree in the distance, a pair of venomous eyes were watching Lu Chen.
Two days later, the Gong family was discharged from the hospital. Of course, they didn't go back to that small hotel. Now they had money! They found a three-star hotel to stay in. After finishing his work, Lu Chen accompanied them to look at apartments. After seeing several, they finally chose a 130-square-meter three-bedroom apartment in the Country Garden residential complex.
This was a show flat, meaning it was fully furnished and ready to move in.
It cost 8,700 yuan per square meter, and including taxes and furniture, it came to about 1.5 million yuan.
With the 3.5 million yuan Xin Zhida had compensated them, after spending 1.5 million, they still had 2 million left! The Gong family paid off all their debts and even owed Lu Chen one million.
It was more of a repayment than a gift.
Leaving aside the smaller amounts, Lu Chen had given them a total of 800,000. The initial 100,000, followed by 700,000 he obtained from the criminal gangs involved in kidnapping, kidney harvesting, and organ trafficking.
Lu Chen couldn't refuse, so he returned 800,000.
With this 800,000, he simply bought an apartment in another building in the Country Garden residential complex.
It was a penthouse, a 70-square-meter one-bedroom apartment with a large rooftop terrace. From there, you could see almost half the city. It was a show flat, nicely decorated—not luxurious, but very stylish, which Lu Chen liked.
Standing on the rooftop, feeling the breeze and looking at Yunzhou City, Lu Chen was filled with mixed emotions.
He had run away from his arranged marriage and come here over a year ago. Lu Chen never imagined he would own a house here so quickly. When he first arrived, he even gave the beautiful landlady a hard time over a few dozen yuan in rent!
Life truly is like a play! If he hadn't met that girl named Shangguan Wan during his escape and obtained the Seven-Life Flower from within her, he wouldn't have had so many extraordinary encounters.
Lu Chen understood that these encounters were just the beginning.
He would inevitably face even more extraordinary encounters and greater dangers.
Having bought this house, Lu Chen didn't plan to live here immediately; he wanted to go back and live with Dong Qingqing. This house, perhaps, could be used to keep a mistress hidden away someday.
Thinking this, Lu Chen smiled wickedly, a mischievous grin spreading across his face as he faced the brisk wind.
Of course, more importantly, it could also be used to store some of his belongings.
In these past few days, Lu Chen hadn't forgotten his cultivation. He knew very well that he would likely encounter many dangerous people and perilous events in the future, so cultivation couldn't be neglected; storing energy was like storing ammunition!
Of the three jade pendants he obtained from the three men who were chasing Yu Menglan, each possessed an ancient and profound spiritual energy. Lu Chen had already completely absorbed the spiritual energy from one of them.
Strangely enough, as the last wisp of spiritual energy was absorbed, the jade pendant immediately turned to ash, disappearing into the dust.
The absorbed spiritual energy, guided by Lu Chen, circulated hundreds of times through his meridians, merging with his blood and qi, transforming into true qi and storing it in his lower dantian.
That place was practically a treasure trove!
Every time Lu Chen focused his mind on his lower dantian, he felt it swell and become incredibly full and powerful. So surging, seemingly inexhaustible, it gave him a great sense of security.
Several supernatural abilities had awakened within him. The three most obvious were the God of Cooking, God of Curses, and God of Medicine. There was another, slightly less obvious one, the God of Calculation, and a more subtle one—which Lu Chen guessed was the ability Yang Jiangyu wanted to utilize; it had an unusual connection to the black pearl she had given him. These five abilities occasionally traversed his dantian, stealing wisps of true energy from it.
Like seagulls scavenging small fish in the ocean.
These adorable abilities clearly treated true energy like food.
However, no matter how much they stole each day, it was a drop in the ocean compared to the true energy stored in his dantian.
The greatest consumption occurred when he needed to use them; at that time, their consumption of true energy was like that of a spendthrift. Therefore, Lu Chen had to absorb spiritual energy whenever he had time.
Fortunately, the ancient spiritual energy absorbed from the jade pendant was several times stronger than that absorbed from the pearl or the Dragon Elixir.
Once the Gong family was settled and the work at Moon's Fang was less demanding, Lu Chen, carrying the gold jewelry he'd looted from the three men chasing Yu Menglan, arrived at Seawater Time.
Seawater Time was the pearl shop owned by Yang Jiangyu.
As soon as Lu Chen entered, the shop manager recognized him. Knowing he was a VIP, the manager quickly greeted him with a smile. Lu Chen initially wanted to ask if the manager accepted gold jewelry, but then thought better of it, fearing questions, and decided to speak directly to Yang Jiangyu. He asked where Sister Jiangyu was.
The manager said the boss was inside discussing business with several distinguished guests and asked Lu Chen to sit for a while.
The pearl shop was quite large, about four or five hundred square meters, with individual tables, each with its own unique seating area. There were fabric sofas, swing chairs, and tatami mats—all very comfortable to look at and sit on.
Lu Chen casually chose a lounge area closest to the inner gate and sat down.
Soon, a beautiful woman brought over a pot of floral tea and four exquisite pastries. As she bent over, two snow-white mounds peeked out from her neckline, making Lu Chen's heart itch.
However, these mounds weren't as full as Xu Jiaqi's, nor as firm as those of the beauties like Nie Rong; they were the kind you could only glance at and forget.
The hospitality was quite good, though.
Lu Chen sipped his tea and ate his pastries. Bored, he took out a gold ring and started playing with it. The ring had unique patterns and looked quite artistic.
Lu Chen muttered to himself, "Should I keep one to wear? It seems to make me look more masculine!" Just as he was about to slip the ring onto his finger, a chill ran down his spine.
A warning sign!
Was it the divination power within him taking effect?
Almost instinctively, Lu Chen immediately stuffed the gold ring into his bag and straightened his back.
Then, he saw the inner door open, and first Yang Jiangyu came out, followed by three other people. The three were two men and one woman. The two men were around fifty years old, thin, and dressed in Tang suits. Their faces had a faint dark aura, making them seem very unnatural.
The woman was very young, about the same age as Lu Chen, with a very slender and beautiful figure. However, her breasts were very large, disproportionate to her body, yet all the more alluring.
She wore a black gauze dress and large, round, brown sunglasses.
When she came out, Yang Jiangyu was chatting and laughing with her, and the two men were also looking at Yang Jiangyu.
Suddenly, the slender, sexy woman in sunglasses turned her head and looked in Lu Chen's direction!