Sunday morning, Xue Yuantong was sleeping in.
Jiang Ning got up early. He had skipped breakfast and made his way to Yuzhou Mansion.
A security guard sat at the entrance, playing on his phone. He glanced at Jiang Ning but said nothing.
There were few people in the office building. Jiang Ning took the elevator all the way up.
The moment he stepped out of the elevator, he saw Shao Shuangshuang waiting at the door.
"Jiang Ning, come with me." Shao Shuangshuang led him into the company.
"Would you like me to show you around?" She pointed at the spacious office before them.
"No need. I'm here for the material." Jiang Ning refused. He had come solely for the final material for the Spirit Wood Boat.
When Jiang Ning reached Shao Shuangshuang's office, he sat directly on the sofa, while Shao Shuangshuang took the single-seater off to the side.
"You're saying someone beat us to the Azure Luo Zhi?"
"Yes. I sent people to purchase it and offered three million. The seller said he'd consider it. Normally, in situations like this, we would raise our offer a second time. But the next day, when we went back to him, he told us someone had bought it for eight million."
"We never even got a chance to make another offer. I had them ask for the buyer's information, but the seller had strong principles and refused to reveal anything."
"Later, we paid him two hundred thousand before he gave us the buyer's information," Shao Shuangshuang said.
"Apparently, that family bought the Azure Luo Zhi to save an elder of theirs." As she spoke, Shao Shuangshuang felt that using lingzhi to save a life might not be particularly useful. Yet they had still been willing to spend eight million.
"Send me the