"How should I address you, Senior?"
Inside the private room, after they had eaten and drunk their fill, Chen Lin probed into her background.
She had certainly fleeced him. Just four dishes had cost three Mang Crystals, with the gold-patterned fish alone costing two Mang Crystals each. She had eaten almost all of it herself. If he failed to get any variegated crystal, he would feel like killing her.
"Qin Yueying."
The old woman sipped her spirit tea, looking perfectly comfortable and content.
Seeing that Chen Lin was about to ask more,
she smiled faintly. "Stop probing. I'm an old woman at death's door. What good would knowing my background do you? Just tell me why you approached me. Whatever happens, you're paying for this meal. I haven't a penny to my name."
Hearing this, Chen Lin stopped beating around the bush.
He went straight to the point. "You have some variegated crystal on you, don't you, Senior? I'd like to trade for a piece."
The old woman froze.
Then her voice turned cold.
"Who are you? How do you know so much about me? Were you sent by the Han Family?"
As she spoke, her aura surged, a faint killing intent swirling around her.
"Please don't misunderstand, Senior."
Chen Lin hurried to explain.
He had no desire to fight someone who was already dying.
"I'm not from the Han Family, nor do I know anything about your background. I'm simply sensitive to the aura of variegated crystal. That's why I approached you."
"You can sense the variegated crystal on me?"
Although the old woman withdrew her killing intent, her expression remained grim.
To prevent anyone from discovering it, she had deliberately placed the variegated crystal inside a Special Container. Yet someone had still detected it.
"My perception is merely