The cornerstone of trust

The power of Elder Ghost Hand's self-destruction exceeded everyone's imagination.

Even with Yu Jinli's formation and Gu Yanzhi's magical artifacts weakening it layer by layer, the energy storm transformed from the remnant soul of the elder still destroyed the entire museum exhibition hall in a mess.

Fortunately, because Feng Jinxuan had cleared out unrelated personnel in advance, there were no casualties.

However, the imperial green jadeite worth hundreds of millions, along with numerous other priceless antique treasures, were reduced to dust in this storm.

Looking at the ruins before her, which resembled those ravaged by missiles, Yu Jinli felt a pang of heartache.

That's all money!

Especially that piece of imperial green! She was hoping to get 30% of the "spoils" from it!

Now it's all gone!

"Stop looking." A warm, large hand gently covered her eyes. "Out with the old, in with the new. I'll get you a bigger one later."

It is the sealing of the profound mystery.

He didn't know when he had walked up to her.

"Boss, you said it!" Yu Jinli immediately snapped out of her grief, grabbing his hand as if afraid he would go back on his word. "A gentleman's word is as good as his bond! I need video evidence!"

As she spoke, she tried to take out her phone to record a video.

Looking at her adorable, money-obsessed appearance, Feng Jinxuan finally couldn't help but chuckle softly.

He pulled the girl into his arms.

"Okay, whatever you say."

...

That evening, to celebrate the great victory of this "encirclement and suppression operation", Yu Jinli proposed to hold a small celebration banquet in the mansion.

There were only four participants.

She, Feng Jinxuan, Gu Yanzhi, and that... Chu Xiu, whom she forcibly dragged out of bed, looking like he was wondering, "Who am I? Where am I? Why am I here?"

The dining table was laden with delicacies from land and sea.

Yu Jinli raised her wine glass high, her face flushed with excitement.

"Come on! Let's toast to our Justice League's first great victory!"

Gu Yanzhi smiled and raised his glass.

Chu Xiu listlessly raised the cup in front of him... goji berry health tea.

"Little Koi, I'm warning you. My appearance fee this time is very high. Remember to ask your boss for reimbursement for your ticket to watch the show."

Feng Jinxuan ignored him, only looking at the slightly tipsy girl beside him, his eyes overflowing with doting affection.

He picked up the serving chopsticks and placed a piece of her favorite sweet and sour pork on her plate.

"Drink less alcohol," he said in a low voice, with a hint of barely perceptible gentleness, "It's bad for your health."

Gu Yanzhi, standing to the side, watched the intimate atmosphere between the two that no one else could intrude upon, and the smile in his eyes faded slightly.

He picked up his wine glass, took a small sip, and concealed the complex emotions that flashed across his eyes.

After several rounds of drinks and five courses of food,

Yu Jinli is completely drunk.

She hooked her arms around Feng Jinxuan's neck, like a spoiled cat, and chattered nonsense in his ear.

"Boss... hiccup... let me tell you... you can't live without me now..."

"You and I... are... bound by fate..."

"I... hiccup... I am your... destined magic weapon!"

Feng Jinxuan let her fuss, simply reaching out to firmly support her waist to prevent her from sliding off the chair.

He looked into the girl's slightly tipsy, watery eyes, which sparkled like two pools of spring water. He felt his throat go dry.

Just then, Yu Jinli seemed to suddenly remember something.

She struggled to sit up straight in his arms.

Then, amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd, she took out a matching pink diary, radiating girlish charm, from her seemingly ordinary pink handbag. That handbag was actually a spatial artifact.

"This!" She solemnly placed the diary in front of Feng Jinxuan as if presenting a treasure, "It's for you!"

Feng Jinxuan was taken aback.

"What's this?"

"My... pledge of allegiance!" Yu Jinli hiccuped, looking quite magnanimous. "It's also my... entire fortune!"

That diary recorded her entire journey, a veritable history of struggle: from a small business owner burdened with debt and struggling to make ends meet to a major shareholder of Jinli Technology Company, a company with billions in investment and a promising future.

Inside, there is not only her grand blueprint for the future development of the "Koi is Coming" APP.

It also records how she treated Feng Jinxuan as a "meal ticket" from the very beginning, and how she devised 108 ways to "fleece" him.

And, in their subsequent interactions, there were subtle changes in her mindset that she herself was unaware of.

This is her most real, and also most shameful, "dark history".

But at this moment, she willingly handed it over to the man in front of her.

This is an absolute trust without reservation.

Looking at the silly girl in front of him who had laid out almost all her cards, Feng Jinxuan felt as if his heart had been hit hard by something.

It's both sour and soft.

He didn't look at it immediately.

He simply reached out and carefully put away the pink diary that still held the girl's warmth.

"Okay." His voice was hoarse. "I'll accept it."

Yu Jinli smiled with satisfaction.

She felt that she had accomplished a highly ritualistic act of "alliance".

She had no idea that she had planted a time bomb that would one day blow them both to smithereens.

After the celebration banquet ended, Gu Yanzhi and Chu Xiu also took their leave.

Feng Jinxuan carried the completely drunk Yu Jinli back to her room.

He carefully placed the girl on the soft bed and covered her with a blanket.

Then, he sat on the edge of the bed, quietly watching her sleeping face in the dim light of the bedside lamp.

He took out the pink diary and hesitated for a long time.

In the end, it still didn't open.

He simply put it in the deepest, locked drawer of his bedside table.

He thought, this is her secret.

He should respect her.

Just as he was about to get up and leave, Yu Jinli's personal cell phone, which was on the bedside table, suddenly lit up.

This is a new message.

The sender was Gu Yanzhi.

Feng Jinxuan's gaze instantly sharpened.

He knew he shouldn't have looked.

But for some inexplicable reason, he still reached out and picked up the phone.

The phone was not password protected.

He clicked on the new message.

The message was very short.

[Koi, are you asleep? There's some news about your parents that I think you should know.]

Feng Jinxuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

He was about to put down his phone and pretend he hadn't seen anything.

The screen lit up again.

It was Gu Yanzhi's second message.

They have already arrived in Cloud City.

They want to see you tomorrow.