"Old Wu..."
Hearing the former's words, no matter how unwilling Zheng Shuang was, she had no choice but to admit defeat.
Since he's said that, then...
Thinking this, Zheng Shuang waved his hand, intending to leave with the Zheng family.
"etc."
Just as Zheng Shuang set off, Jiang Mu called her back.
"What is it, Young Master Jiang Mu? Is there something else?"
Suppressing the urge to tear Jiang Mu to pieces, Zheng Shuang forced a smile, saying in a strained tone.
"Have you forgotten our bet?"
Jiang Mu said calmly.
"Of course not."
Upon hearing this, Zheng Shuang's body trembled, but she still pretended to be calm and said.
"Could it be that Young Master Jiang Mu has taken a fancy to my body? But my defiled body is no match for Sister Hu Tao..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mu felt another wave of nausea.
This guy, he did it on purpose, didn't he? Why couldn't he just do something nice? Why did he have to do this to annoy him like this...?
(Author's note: But Brother Jiang Mu, you were the one who stopped them first...)
(Jiang Mu: Cough cough, I was too hasty...)
"Miss Zheng Shuang is too kind," Jiang Mu said somewhat awkwardly. "I would never dare to have any improper thoughts about you. However, didn't you just mention that you are in charge of the Zheng family's business with the Layered Rock Abyss?"
"That's right, could it be that you..."
"Well, I'm somewhat interested in this shipment. I wonder if you would like to..."
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Zheng Shuang refused to answer.
"Then please wrap up all the rough stones here."
Jiang Mu looked at Xu Fu and said calmly.
"The bill will be sent to the Zheng residence, along with the contract."
"Okay."
Xu Fu responded and hurried off to carry out his duties.
"etc!"
Zheng Shuang panicked.
"This violates the contract!"
"Oh?" Jiang Mu smiled faintly, "I think this is very much in line with the contract. Even if the Rock King Emperor himself came, he would praise my decision."
"Come on," Zheng Shuang quickly retorted, "Who understands the Rock King Emperor better, you or me?"
"So, what does Miss Zheng intend to do?" he hurriedly continued, "The contract is here; surely Miss Zheng won't renege on it..."
………………
"Alright..."
After a moment of inner communion, Zheng Shuang nodded firmly.
"Our Zheng family doesn't want this batch of goods."
"Then we would appreciate it if Miss Zheng could personally cancel the contract."
Jiang Mu took the contract from Xu Fu and handed it to Zheng Shuang.
………………
Jiang Mu breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Zheng Shuang personally cancel the contract.
"Manager Xu, now we can resell this batch of goods, right?"
Jiang Mu smiled and turned to Xu Fu.
"Of course, may I ask who you are, Young Master Jiang Mu...?"
"Let's settle this in cash."
Jiang Mu took out a check, which he had previously opened at the Northern Bank.
"readily."
And so, this shady (crossed out) deal was struck...
………………
"Now, the Zheng family's raw materials will be in our hands for a while..."
Jiang Mu chuckled.
"Brother Jiang Mu, watch out, you're drooling..."
Xiangling, standing to the side, remained silent.
"ah?"
Jiang Mu hurriedly tried to wipe his mouth, but after touching the empty corner of his mouth, he realized that he had been tricked by this little girl.
"You little brat, how dare you lie to me! Come here right now!"
"Hehehe..."
Xiangling made a face and ran away.
"You little brat, stop right there!"
………………
Watching the two chasing and playing around, Xingqiu muttered to himself.
"Sometimes, I really feel like Brother Jiang Mu isn't his age, but now it seems I was overthinking it..."
"Lulu lulu~"
Guoba tugged at Xingqiu's sleeve and pointed in the direction of the two with his little finger.
"Okay, let's go."
After patting Guoba's head, Xingqiu ran towards the two of them.
"Hey, wait for us!"
………………
"System, evaluate the task."
Back at Qingce Manor, Jiang Mu lay on the bed and submitted the task.
"The task has been detected as complete; the system will now evaluate the task."
"Quest items have been detected that need to be recycled. Submit?"
"yes."
"The items have been completely collected."
"Special item detected. Should it be recalled?"
"Special item?"
Jiang Mu thought for a moment, and then it dawned on him.
It must be that stone sphere that the system made me pay attention to.
After finishing his business deal with Manager Xu, Jiang Mu bought several rough stones, one of which was the "special item."
"Conduct the recycling."
"The system has been recycled."
"System upgrades have been accelerated."
"Sigh—" Jiang Mu said with some regret.
"Since you've already said you'd speed it up, then tell me how much longer..."
Although the chattering system was indeed a bit annoying, Jiang Mu was still feeling a little out of sorts without it.
"I hope the system upgrade is completed soon..."
While Jiang Mu was lost in thought, the system had already listed out the rewards for this mission.
Task rating: A+
The task rewards are as follows:
Random recipes x2
Tea seedlings x5
Soil amendment x3
Mobile phone x1
Stone slabs x4
That's it?
Jiang Mu was puzzled.
I gave the system materials worth millions of Mora, and it only gave me this little bit in return?
Something's not right...
"Random recipe detected, using it automatically..."
"Random recipe has been used."
"Congratulations on obtaining the five-star recipe - Fairy Jumps Over the Wall".
"Congratulations on obtaining the four-star recipe - Golden Crab."
"Since this is your first time obtaining a five-star recipe, the system will automatically issue you a reward."
"Ding! Congratulations on receiving 280 diamonds."
"So this is where it was..."
Jiang Mu was satisfied now.
It seems this system is quite considerate.
"But system, what's the use of these diamonds?" Jiang Mu asked疑惑地. "Last time you gave me 2800, and this time you gave me 280, but I don't know what to do with them. Is that...?"
"You do not have sufficient permissions."
The system's cold voice sounded again.
"Holy crap, I want to complain! I want my system!"
Jiang Mu wailed.
"The main program is being upgraded; you can only use me as a backup program for now."
The system's cold voice continued.
"Hey system, wanna dance?"
"I am grateful for your kind words."
"Hey, why does this sentence sound so familiar?"
………………
"Achoo!"
The girl sneezed cutely.
"Is someone thinking about me? Is it that big idiot?"
The girl rubbed her nose and smiled sheepishly.
"Wait for me, we'll see each other again soon."
………………
"Master, what should we do? The young lady has already smuggled out our last bit of goods..."
The group sat below, looking at the once spirited man at the head of the table. Their hearts were filled with mixed feelings of emotion, mockery, or fear, but no one dared to provoke that powder keg at this moment.
"Something that is incapable of accomplishing anything."
Cursing under his breath, the Zheng family head looked at his personal guards.
"Zheng Shuang".
"Yes, sir."
"Tonight, lead 50 elite soldiers to that kid's house and give him a good 'welcome,' and tell him that it's not so easy to take advantage of the Zheng family."
"yes."
Zheng Shuang nodded and stepped back.
"Give the order to have all the shops that are affiliated with the Zheng family hand over their materials first."
After pondering for a moment, the head of the Zheng family said.
"That kid has basically taken over all the supplies. Once Zheng Shuang deals with him, we'll make him spit out everything he's eaten!"
"Having too big an appetite can lead to choking..."
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