Although Tang Chen also liked this big pearl, compared with Wang Yanzhou, it was not even as good as one of his toes: "This thing, consider it as the reward for asking Boss Hua for a favor."
After Hua Wuxin took the contract from Tang Chen, he tilted his head back, rolled his eyes, and twitched his fingers in the air, as if he had some kind of hysteria. After a moment of confusion, he raised three fingers at Tang Chen and said, "...Within my ability, I can help you with three things."
Mo Yu sneered and said sarcastically, "Only three pieces. Boss Hua really knows how to do business."
After hearing this, Hua Wuxin carefully looked at Mo Yu and the smile on his face became even more intense: "In this world, there are not many things that can make me personally take action."
Tang Chen looked at Hua Wuxin as if he were prey. So they were a kindred spirit, a flower maniac. Wait, now wasn't the time to think about that. "I want to see Wang Yanzhou safe and sound, and also know the origins of the South Vietnamese artillery."
Hua Wuxin coughed dryly a few times, cleared his throat, and said, "No problem, there's one left."
Tang Chen looked at Hua Wuxin with a smile and said, "After you and I resolve the crisis in Qingliang Valley together, we will be even."
The smile on Hua Wuxin's face gradually became distorted. Although the black pearl was extremely precious, the matter of Qingliang Valley was still a matter of the imperial court, and it involved many things. If one of them was not handled properly, the black market he had worked so hard to run would be in danger.
"Princess, you think too highly of me. We, the careless people of the martial arts world, can't help with the affairs of the court."
Li Xinzhai, who had been silent the whole time, glanced at Tang Chen, then took out the jade cicada pendant that he had been carefully hanging on his chest and said, "Well, how about adding this?"
When Mo Yu saw him take out the heirloom, he hurried forward to grab it back, but was tricked by Li Xinzhai: "You, what are you doing!"
Li Xinzhai shook his head slightly: "They are just some external things."
This thing is indeed just a dead object, but it is something that the Li family has protected with the blood of generations. He values Tang Chen so much that he is willing to give this thing to someone else just to help her: "You, if Uncle Li knew, you..."
Li Xinzhai simply said, "I've made up my mind," and then threw the jade pendant in his hand to Hua Wuxin. Hua Wuxin's expression when she received the jade pendant was similar to her expression when she received the black pearl. Although both were shocked, the emotions hidden within were completely different. If she had been overjoyed upon seeing the black pearl, the moment she received the pendant, she was completely furious.
"Where did you get this?!"
Li Xinzhai waved his hand nonchalantly and asked, "Just tell me if it's enough."
Hua Wuxin lowered his head to examine the items in his hands, then made up his mind and took them all, keeping them close to his body: "...Forget it, I'll just go all out this time!"
"If you don't give us a satisfactory answer as agreed, I won't let you go," he said, and then Mo Yu walked away with a dark face. Li Xinzhai didn't ask where he was going, but judging by the direction he was going, he must be going to catch a bus.
Tang Chen faced Li Xinzhai, bent down with all his strength, and bowed, saying, "Thank you!"
Li Xinzhai saw this and quickly helped her up: "I told you, you are just a dead thing. I finally met you, and I don't know when I will meet the next 'you'."
Tang Chen was slightly startled, and after a long pause he quickly avoided Li Xinzhai's gaze and said, "...You are so kind, I will definitely let Wang Yanzhou return it to you!"
Li Xinzhai said with a smile: "If he pays it back, I will naturally accept it."
Seeing that Mo Yu hadn't returned yet, Tang Chen asked worriedly, "...Big Brother, he seems angry. Go and comfort him."
"Oh, there are so many people here, and you are still acting like a child. Really?" Li Xinzhai sighed slightly, and said no, but he ran after him at the speed of light.
After Li Xinzhai and the other two left, Tang Chen followed Hua Wuxin back to the tavern to rest and wait for them to come pick him up. After Hua Wuxin gave a few simple instructions, the empty streets suddenly became busy again.
Hua Wuxin finished her work and sat down across from Tang Chen. The inquiring look in her eyes made Tang Chen somewhat uncomfortable. "Princess, you are just as hard to fathom as the rumors and intelligence have shown."
Tang Chen ate some snacks and replied with a smile: "Really? But people who know me say I'm pretty, haha."
After Tang Chen counted Hua Wuxin's taps on the table fifty-five times, Hua Wuxin continued, "...I have a question. I wonder if the princess could enlighten me."
Tang Chen smiled and said, "Go ahead, but I have to remind you that I don't know much."
Hua Wuxin's question was simple: he was curious about Tang Chen's identity. Ever since she'd become a major focus, the black market had, as usual, been secretly gathering information about her. However, the search for her identity only began several years ago, when she first appeared at the Su Mansion in Jiangdu. The very next day after her appearance, the Su Mansion, from its peak, had fallen into decline.
"Who are you?"
Tang Chen didn't understand his question for a moment, and asked in confusion, "What person?"
Hua Wuxin patiently explained: "To put it bluntly, it depends on where you come from, where you are going, and what you want to do."
Tang Chen responded to this question, which she herself couldn't explain clearly, with a hearty laugh: "If I had known, I wouldn't be here today. Perhaps everything is due to fate. There is a cause and then there is an effect, similar to the butterfly effect. Perhaps I am just having a very long and real dream, and you, me, and everyone else are just an illusion in the dream."
Hua Wuxin looked at Tang Chen with interest and said, "I'm looking forward to this 'trip'."
Tang Chen and his two companions, together with Hua Wuxin and the black market masters who followed them closely in the dark, set out for Zhiyoulin together, hoping to reach Wang Yanzhou's side before everything got to the worst.
...A few days after they left, Wang Ruo, who had left Shouyang Mountain, followed the signs of the black market and found this small town that suddenly appeared and had no mark on the map.
Wang Ruo kicked the door of Hua Wuxin's tavern in half with one kick. Her furious and frantic appearance was in stark contrast to her usual dignified and reserved demeanor. "Where are those people? Where have they gone?"
The door of the tavern was kicked in again. Although it was not the same door, as the boss's subordinate, Xiao Luoluo felt the deep malice of the world towards him: "Oh, sister, what are you doing? Why are you kicking my door again? Can you please go through the main door next time? You are really bothering me!"
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