Feelings Deepen

"Ah, you're really handing all these materials over to me to handle? This is a deal worth hundreds of billions. Aren't you afraid I'll pocket the money?"

Xu Xin was a little surprised. She had suddenly had that thought because she was concerned about Luo Feng, and she'd blurted it out without thinking. As soon as she finished speaking, she regretted it.

After all, there was nothing special between them. Asking Luo Feng to hand over materials worth hundreds of billions for her to handle was a little presumptuous.

But Xu Xin hadn't expected Luo Feng to agree without a moment's hesitation.

"Pocket it? You can pocket everything I own someday."

Luo Feng thought, but he didn't say it aloud for fear of being too forward.

"We're old classmates. I trust you."

Luo Feng said with a smile.

"By the way, charge the proper price for everything. And don't be shy about taking your commission. Handling this many materials is a lot of work."

Luo Feng continued.

"Okay, then I won't hold back."

Xu Xin said with a smile. She could feel how much Luo Feng trusted her. After all, the way someone responded to things without hesitation could reveal a lot.

Now Xu Xin finally understood just how important she was to Luo Feng.

He hadn't hesitated over hundreds of billions. That kind of sincerity was a hundred, even a thousand times better than the playboys who sent flowers, gifts, and cars.

Luo Feng was a Spiritual Telekinetic, and he was already quite wealthy. My family probably wouldn't object if I got together with him.

Xu Xin sneaked a glance at Luo Feng, the thought suddenly occurring to her.

She couldn't help it. Ever since Luo Feng had absorbed Dragon Blood and broken through to Planetary Level, his whole bearing had changed. His appeal to women had skyrocketed.

Especially for Xu Xin, who had already liked Luo Feng.

Once they'd settled the matter of the materials, the two of them gradually started talking about other things.

Their high school days and childhood stories.

Xu Xin also told Luo Feng about college.

Luo Feng told Xu Xin about some of his childhood dreams.

The more they talked, the more they hit it off. It seemed like they'd never run out of things to talk about. Time passed without either of them noticing, and before they knew it, more than an hour had gone by.

Outside the private room, Xu Gang had been keeping an eye on them. The frown on his face gradually gave way to a dark scowl.

"What's going on? My sister and that poor kid have been in there for over an hour and still haven't come out. Could they be...?"

Xu Gang knew his sister, Xu Xin, treated Luo Feng differently from other men. At the very least, she seemed to like him.

But it should have been no more than that. Now, though, something seemed off.

A young man and woman spending over an hour alone together in a room without coming out was obviously abnormal.

Xu Gang couldn't hold back any longer. He didn't care whether it would upset his sister and strode straight over.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

Inside the private room, Xu Xin and Luo Feng had been chatting happily when someone suddenly knocked on the door.

"Someone's coming in. Luo Feng, quickly put away all these monster materials for now."

Xu Xin hurriedly said, suddenly remembering something.

Seeing Xu Xin's nervous expression, Luo Feng almost laughed.

Xu Xin really was always thinking of him. She was a good girl.

Back in high school, Luo Feng's feelings for Xu Xin had been more of an instinctive attraction. They hadn't spent much time together.

But after talking with Xu Xin for so long today, Luo Feng had gotten to know her better.

As the daughter of a prominent family, she wasn't the least bit spoiled or arrogant, unlike what one might expect.

Instead, she was gentle, kind, and considerate.

And from the stories she told, Luo Feng could tell Xu Xin was the kind of girl who was gentle on the outside but strong-willed within.

Although Luo Feng knew from the memories he'd absorbed that the two of them would eventually get married, the original novel hadn't exactly given the heroine much screen time. In fact, she'd barely appeared at all.

What Luo Feng remembered most was that after learning of his death, Xu Xin had taken her own life.

Many people might think she was foolish and irresponsible, but Luo Feng could feel the love behind it.

A love that held nothing back.

So in this life, Luo Feng couldn't muster the slightest interest in any other woman. In his heart, he had already chosen Xu Xin.

"No need. The person outside is probably your brother. It's fine to let him in."

Luo Feng's mental power had detected Xu Gang as soon as he entered the private room. Xu Gang had been watching them ever since Xu Xin and Luo Feng held hands.

Luo Feng had even heard Xu Gang's whispers earlier.

So he knew who the man was.

Remembering that it was her brother, Xu Xin relaxed a little.

She went over and opened the door a crack.

The moment it opened, Xu Gang hurried inside.

But as soon as he entered, he saw the mountain of monster materials piled up in the room and froze on the spot.

"This... You two..."

He completely forgot everything he'd meant to say.

Xu Gang might have been a playboy, but as the Xu Family heir, he recognized these high-grade materials.

More than a dozen Lord Rank materials and nearly a hundred high-grade commander-level materials were piled up as casually as if they were worthless. Even an ordinary War God would have a hard time getting their hands on so many.

Most importantly, he'd clearly seen Luo Feng enter empty-handed. So where had all this stuff come from?

Xu Gang couldn't make sense of it.

Xu Xin quickly closed the door. She found her brother's expression funny, but then remembered how agitated he'd looked earlier.

Did my brother think Luo Feng and I were doing something in here? Was he worried I'd get taken advantage of?

Xu Xin thought.

Luo Feng looked at Xu Gang with a smile, too.

After a while, Xu Gang finally came to his senses and turned to Luo Feng.

"Hello, Luo Feng. Let me introduce myself. I'm Xu Xin's older brother, Xu Gang."

"Hello, I'm Luo Feng."

Luo Feng's expression was perfectly calm.

He knew his future brother-in-law was a snob, so there was no need to act friendly toward him. He only needed to show off his strength and wealth.

The pile of materials before them already proved plenty.

Materials worth hundreds of billions—even though the Xu Family was one of the twelve major families in the HR Alliance of Jiangnan Base City, it probably couldn't produce that much all at once.

The Xu Family was said to have assets worth trillions, but those were fixed assets, not cash.

Even its actual liquid funds probably weren't enough to come up with so much at once.

"Haha... I've heard all about you from my sister, Luo Feng. At the high school she attended, I hear there were only three Advanced Martial Arts Students, and you were one of them!

"And my sister told me you went for the Quasi-Martial Artist Assessment as soon as you finished the college entrance exams?

"You must be a Martial Artist by now. That's impressive—a Martial Artist at eighteen!"

Xu Gang showered him with praise as soon as he arrived.

Meanwhile, Xu Gang's mind raced as he tried to piece together how Luo Feng had gotten so many monster materials. But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out.

That was precisely why he didn't dare offend Luo Feng before he knew the whole story.

"Was there anything else?"

Luo Feng kept his polite smile, but his meaning was obvious: have some tact, stop bothering us, and leave.