Chapter 52
Luo Hengzhi finally spoke, but Lu Fei's heart died the moment he heard the price!
My mind went blank, and suddenly I didn't want to hear anything!
What the hell? It costs 580,000!
Of course, Lu Fei only dared to complain in his heart; he wouldn't dare to confront Luo Hengzhi in the same way he confronted Luo Yi.
At this moment, Lu Fei really missed Luo Yi's 50,000 pill; it was so cheap!
Lu Fei shook his head to bring his frightened soul back to its place, then pretended to be calm and not understand, deliberately asking, "Boss, where do you find cosmetics that cost 580,000? Are you trying to rip me off because you don't know anything about cosmetics?"
Luo Hengzhi corrected, "It's not 580,000, it's 588,000. Due to production costs, not a single penny can be less."
"Boss, I've worked for you for so many years, and even if I haven't done anything great, I've still put in a lot of effort. And you're nitpicking over such a small amount!" Lu Fei was speechless at his boss's cold-heartedness.
Ignoring Lu Fei's near collapse, Luo Hengzhi leaned back on the sofa, her eyelids slightly lowered, and said lazily, "I've paid you a salary for eight years, from a million-dollar annual salary to nearly ten million now. How much money have you made from me? You want me to round down a mere 500,000? Isn't that too greedy!"
Lu Fei's brain went blank: "..."
Holy crap! That makes perfect sense!
At that moment, Lu Fei even felt that he was extremely guilty, unforgivable, and utterly wicked!
"That's not right!" That makes no sense at all!
Lu Fei shook his head, shaking off his boss's brainwashing attempt to change the subject: "Boss, I'm your employee. You can't treat me like a customer. My salary is my legitimate income, earned through my hard work day and night!"
Luo Hengzhi shrugged and didn't press the matter: "If you think it's too expensive, then forget it. The price is set up so that it can be questioned. After all, prices aren't set in stone!"
As long as Luo Hengzhi makes this statement, the price of this item will only skyrocket and will never fall back even a fraction!
"Boss, I'll buy it!"
"Fine, I'll buy it!"
"Or you can just deduct it from my year-end bonus!"
Lu Fei felt so wronged and wanted to cry. This is so unfair!
"What's going on?" Luo Yi and Ye Zi walked in, and Luo Yi quickly went over to watch the show.
Lu Fei glanced back, intending to glare at Luo Yi, but when he saw the person next to Luo Yi, he couldn't take his eyes off her!
Dressed in simple white, she was breathtakingly beautiful, graceful as a fairy, her every feature a work of art. Her eyes were bright and clear, her head was delicate and her eyebrows arched, her beauty ethereal and otherworldly!
Lu Fei went through all the words used to describe a beautiful woman, but still felt that they were not enough to describe the beauty of the person in front of him!
"Sister-in-law!" Lu Fei stood straight and looked at Ye Zi, solemnly calling her "Sister-in-law." His boss was truly blessed!
Ye Zi nodded, and thus she rarely heard this form of address, though Luo Yi sometimes did call her that.
"Are you talking business?" Ye Zi asked.
Lu Fei was immediately tempted to tattle, but after glancing at his boss, he quickly abandoned the idea and honestly said, "I want to buy something from the boss!"
Upon hearing this, Luo Yi couldn't help but inquire, "The conversation sounded a bit heated just now. So, how much money did the boss ask you for?"
"Five hundred and eighty-eight thousand eighty thousand," Lu Fei said to Luo Yi through gritted teeth.
"Haha!" Luo Yi laughed. "Lu Fei, if only you had known this would happen! I sold it to you for 50,000 each back then, and you didn't want it. Now it's 588,000, and you're desperately saying you want it! Tell me... why did you do this!"
"One?" Ye Zi looked at Luo Hengzhi and asked, "A pill?"
Luo Yi interrupted, "Master, it's the same pill that Li Xue'er used. Lu Fei wants to buy some for his wife."
"That pill is missing one of the spiritual herbs." Ye Zi had just finished refining the pill in the backyard and took the opportunity to sort out the spiritual herbs she had obtained in the secret realm. There were quite a few, but some were still scarce.
Luo Yi patted Lu Fei on the shoulder: "There's nothing I can do. We don't have enough spiritual herbs, so this pill is probably not for you."
"Sister-in-law, what herbs are you missing? I'll go find them. If I can get the herbs, can you sell me the pills for a discount?" Lu Fei couldn't get a lower price from his boss, so he had to try a different approach and approach Ye Zi to see if he could save some money. 580,000 was really expensive.
"Okay," Ye Zi readily agreed, conjuring up a picture and handing it to Lu Fei. "You need to find a 'Moon Lotus' that is at least a thousand years old, and then collect the morning dew from its stamens before sunrise."
Before Lu Fei could even react to the sudden appearance of the image, he was stunned by the content below, leaving him somewhat disoriented: "Wait, sister-in-law, you just said it's at least a thousand years old? But... what plant can live that long!"
Ye Zi nodded and affirmed, "It must be over a thousand years old, otherwise the effect of the pill will be greatly reduced!"
"Maybe you should just give up," Luo Yi patted Lu Fei on the shoulder. "That's fate!"
Lu Fei's experience today was enough to make him question the meaning of life. He said dejectedly, "Where am I supposed to find a thousand-year-old plant? No wonder the boss asked for 588,000 yuan right off the bat."
Just then, the doorbell rang. Luo Hengzhi pulled Ye Zi to the restaurant. Luo opened the door to get the food, leaving Lu Fei alone, bewildered.
"Let's eat! Xiao Mo, transform and go eat!" As soon as the meal was served, Fire Phoenix had already rushed to the dining room, with Dragon Treasure calling out to Xiao Mo as he ran.
"Who is Xiao Mo?" Lu Fei was jolted back to his senses by the flying dragon treasure!
I noticed a movable black cube in the living room.
Luo Yi: "What are you standing there for? Time to eat?"
“Then…” Lu Fei pointed to Xiao Mo in mid-air, and Xiao Mo turned into a person right in front of Lu Fei.
"Oh my god!"
Seeing the sudden appearance of a living person, Lu Fei was startled again and screamed.
Luo Yi: "......"
Luo Yi was speechless. He turned to Xiao Mo, pointed to the washroom, and said softly, "You must be the Xiao Mo that Long Bao was talking about. Go wash your hands and get ready to eat."
"Let's eat, let's eat." Xiao Mo skipped past the dumbfounded Lu Fei.
Lu Fei grabbed Luo Yi: "So, what is that?"
"Xiao Mo," Luo Yi put her arm around Lu Fei's shoulder, who looked completely bewildered, and led him to the washroom. "Don't be confused, everyone's waiting to eat."
Fire Phoenix watched as Luo Yi carried the food five times before finally finishing it: "Let's eat!"
"Can we finish all this?" Lu Fei asked, looking at the two large tables laden with food.
Luo Yi: "You should ask if there's enough to eat!"
"That's about enough, but we can still have some fruit and desserts," Longbao said.
Luo Yi: "After we finish eating, I'll take you to the supermarket."
"What...what exactly are you?" Lu Fei asked, seeing Long Bao and Huo Feng eating heartily. What kind of toys can actually eat?
Longbao politely replied, "I am Longbao, and he is Huofeng. Uncle, please don't stand there, sit down and eat, or Huofeng will eat it all."
"Uncle," Luo burst out laughing, "Hahaha, Lu Fei, you really need a beauty and skin-nourishing pill."
Lu Fei, still reeling from the shock, looked at Ye Zi.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you take a look at me and see if I have extraordinary bones and an extraordinary appearance?"
Luo Hengzhi said coldly, "What do you want to do!"
Lu Fei: "No, no, boss. I just wanted to ask my sister-in-law to help me see if I can telekinesis."
Ye Zi didn't probe Lu Fei's spiritual root, but instead used the Observation Qi Technique to look at Lu Fei.
Seeing that Ye Zi was just looking at him without making a move, Lu Fei asked, "Is it alright for sister-in-law to just look at me like this? Should we take her pulse?"
As soon as Ye Zi opened her Heavenly Eye, she saw two wisps of black energy lying on Lu Fei's shoulder. She quickly calculated with her fingers and said, "When you leave home tomorrow, be careful of passing cars at the first turn."
Upon hearing this, Lu Fei immediately understood: "With 'Yan Yu' selling so well and a new product about to be released, it seems someone is getting envious and can't wait any longer!"
"Tonight, Luo Yi will go back with you." Luo Hengzhi pointed at Luo Yi, and Luo Yi immediately understood.
"No need, boss. I can handle this. I roughly know who it is." The business world is like a battlefield, so this kind of thing is nothing unusual, Lu Fei said calmly.
Ye Zi wiped her hands and stood up: "Let me see if you have any spiritual roots?"
If Luo Hengzhi's subordinates could cultivate, they would have the ability to protect themselves, and Luo Hengzhi would have less to worry about.
"Spiritual root?" Although Lu Fei wasn't quite sure what it was, he still leaned down slightly to cooperate. "Sister-in-law, what do you think?"
Ye Zi touched Lu Fei's forehead, raised her eyebrows slightly, and glanced back at Luo Hengzhi.
[They also have a single spiritual root; those who follow Luo Hengzhi all have pretty good aptitudes.]
Upon hearing Ye Zi's thoughts, Luo Hengzhi's lips curled up slightly. His wife was praising him again, commending him for his ability to judge people!
"A single metal spiritual root." Ye Zi handed Lu Fei a cultivation manual and a bottle of pills. "Guide the qi into your body as soon as possible."
Before Lu Fei could understand, Luo Yi took the food from him and, without finishing her meal, pulled Lu Fei to the courtyard, saying, "Let's go, let's guide the Qi into our bodies first."
Luo Hengzhi: "Send me the missing spiritual herbs, and I'll send people out to search for them and see if we can find them."
Now that Ye Zi knew about Luo Hengzhi's wealth, she naturally didn't stand on ceremony with Luo Hengzhi and sent him pictures of the missing spiritual herbs.
Luo Hengzhi saw the received picture and forwarded it. Then, she took out a beautifully packaged small box and pushed it to Ye Zi's side. It was a box that Luo Yi had just retrieved from Minglan Jewelry.
"See if you like it?"
Before even opening the box, Ye Zi could already sense the spiritual energy inside, indicating that it was a magic artifact of considerable level.
Ye Zi opened it and saw a pendant shaped like a small leaf, adorned with two small red plum blossoms. It may have incorporated modern craftsmanship, unlike ordinary magical artifacts, this one was overly exquisite and ornate.
Luo Hengzhi: "It's a small accessory with a protective and self-healing array inside. You can wear it casually when you're not in a hurry."
Ye Zi touched the two small red plum blossoms with her fingertips, wondering why Luo Hengzhi would coincidentally include red plum blossoms, as her golden core phenomenon was also red plum blossoms.
The reason why Luo Hengzhi and Hongmei got together can be traced back to the first time the two got close in the Sutra Pavilion. At that time, Luo Hengzhi lost control of her heartbeat for the first time in her life!
Ever since that day, when Luo Hengzhi smelled the sweet and rich plum blossom fragrance on Ye Zi's body, that fragrance lingered around her nose and secretly seeped into her heart.
Luo Hengzhi could never forget it!
The prototype of this necklace took root in Luo Hengzhi's mind!
The freshness of green leaves combined with the passion of red plum blossoms is just like Ye Zi, who appears aloof and cold on the surface, but possesses a passionate and vibrant heart that only Luo Hengzhi can hear!
Like a snow-covered winter day encountering a suddenly blooming red plum blossom, dazzling and passionate, its beauty beyond compare!
"The horizontal branches provide support for the small leaves!"
"Ye Zi, I will strive to be your support in the future!" Luo Hengzhi said sincerely, looking into Ye Zi's eyes.
The sudden confession caused Ye Zi's breath to catch in her throat, and her heartbeat even stopped briefly before pounding wildly again, completely throwing her off balance!
"I want to go down the mountain!"
"It'll be a long time... I might not come back again."
These were the words Luo Heng said to her before descending the mountain that day. Only then did Ye Zi realize that the Daoist partner she regarded as spending every day and night with her might never have included her in his world.
At that time, Ye Zi didn't even have the right to try to keep Luo Hengzhi; all she could say in response was a single, indifferent word: "Fine!"
A bitter feeling, along with a touch of unspeakable grievance, welled up in Ye Zi's heart!
"Does this... count as a confession?"
Ye Zi's tone carried a hesitation that she herself was unaware of.
"yes!"
Although Ye Zi hid it well, Luo Hengzhi still saw the grievance in Ye Zi's eyes. She felt guilty and heartbroken. Although Ye Zi never mentioned it, the hurt from that time still lingered.
Luo Hengzhi held Ye Zi's hands and lowered his head to gently kiss her fingertips!
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